Selection of New Book Releases

Hello everyone. I hope you’re all enjoying your Thursday so far. The temperature has certainly dropped today hasn’t it.

Summer has gone and we say hi to dark mornings, cold hands and scraping of the windscreen on cars.
The one thing I do love about this time of year is that when I do make it home after work or whatever, I can curl up in the chair with a blanket and a lovely mug of hot chocolate and read into the night.

As it’s Thursday, there is a new batch of book releases too. Here are four of the books released today that I am looking forward to reading.

Rather Be The Devil sees the return of Rebus and is the latest novel by Ian Rankin. It’s released today by Orion. I can remember seeing a documentary on the BBC about Ian Rankin and his writing process. It was so interesting. It was also very encouraging for a new writer like me as I got to see someone as fantastic as this author have the same insecurities as me when writing his books and he just sits down and gets on with it. I hope it does someday get repeated.

This book is the twenty first novel in the Rebus series. The general gist is that it has been forty years but for John Rebus, the death of Maria Turquand still prays on his mind. She was murdered in a hotel on the same evening a famous singer and his entourage were staying. Maria’s body has never been found.
Meanwhile, young pretender Darryl Christie is left weakened and vulnerable after a vicious attack and an enquiry into a major money laundering scheme threatens his position.

Danielle Steel also has a new novel out today. The Award has just been released by Bantam Press.
Gaelle is sixteen when the German army occupies France in 1940. Her father and brother are killed in a matter of months and her mother descends into madness.
Gaelle becomes a member of the resistance. She fearlessly delivers Jewish children to safety underneath the eyes of the Gestapo.
Toward the end of the war, she tries to help save France’s art treasures but when the war draws to a close, she is accused of collaboration. She flees to Paris and then to New York to start a new life as a model, a wife and a mother.
The ghosts of her past however are always near.

The third book out today is Lyrebird by Cecelia Ahern. This has been released by Harper Collins. I have actually read this book already (I will be reviewing it as part of the Lyrebird blog tour on 8th November so watch this space.)

I think this book has one of my favourite covers of 2016.
Deep in the forest in the south west of Ireland, a young girl lives alone. She is such a well-kept secret that no one knows she exists.

She possesses an extraordinary talent. It’s a gift that will earn her the name, Lyrebird.
When documentary maker Solomon stumbles into Laura’s solitary world, her life is turned upside down.

She is pulled from the familiarity of her home to the strange, loud and bustling city of Dublin and very quickly thrust into the spotlight. Laura has to try and get to know a world that is also trying to understand her.
Will she feel trapped or free?

The final book in my list today is the latest from Lesley Downer. It’s called The Shogun’s Queen and it’s released today by Bantam Press.

The first book in the Shogun Quartet Series this book sounds like it is going to be great. I will be catching up with Lesley on 10th November where she will be chatting about her book.

The year is 1853. Growing up amongst the samurai of the Satsuma clan in Japan’s deep south, the beautiful headstrong Okatsu has been encouraged to be bold, taught to wield the halberd and to ride a horse.

When she’s seventeen, four black ships disappear. Barbarians threaten Japan’s very existence. Okatsu is given a special role to play and she’s the only one who can save the realm.

She eventually ends up at a castle where there are whispers of murders and ghosts. It’s her that must complete her mission and discover the secret of the only man who may enter the woman’s palace. The Shogun himself.

What are you looking forward to reading this week?

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Laura

I'm Laura. I started Novel Kicks back in 2009 as I wanted a place to discuss books and writing - two loves of my life. As someone who has anxiety, these two things give me, and I am sure countless others, a much needed escape.
There is a monthly book club, writing exercises, prompts, reviews, author interviews, competitions and guest posts. I cover many genres and I hope there is something for everyone.
I grew up by the sea in Dorset and currently live in Poole with my husband, Chris and three cats. I love writing and have a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing from Falmouth University. I am writing my first book. If only I could stop pressing delete. Chris has threatened to stop it from working. Haha.
I have always loved creative writing since I was in first school and would very much like to meet my teacher, Miss Sayers, to say thank you for all the encouragement she gave me then.
When not writing, I love reading, cats, Disney, singing (I can't sing but this doesn't stop me,) and falling into a good TV show or film. If I could step into any fictional world, it would be amongst the characters in ABC's Once Upon a Time.
I love reading many genres and discovering new authors.