Summer Giveaway 2015 #3

Another irresistible bundle of books in time for Christmas. To go in the draw simply email us at editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au by 6pm Wednesday 16 December with ‘Summer Giveaway #3’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email. As we cannot afford to post giveaway bundles overseas, entries are restricted to Australian residents only. Hilary Spiers Hester & Harriet Two widowed sisters move together into an idyllic English village. On their reluctant way to Christmas dinner with their boring cousins, they meet a young girl hiding with her baby and take the waifs home with them. But now their longed-for peace and quiet is threatened by mysterious strangers as well as dark goings-on in the village.  ‘… what may well be my favourite characters of the year’ – Jamie Ashbird Courtesy of Allen & Unwin Kate Atkinson A God in Ruins Focusing on Ursula’s beloved brother Teddy from Life After Life, Atkinson takes him into a post-war future he never expected to have. A God in Ruins looks at war and its consequences, but also at the endless possibilities offered by fiction. ‘[Atkinson’s] genre-defying writing continues to surprise and dazzle.’ – Stephanie Merritt Courtesy of Doubleday Lucy Sussex Blockbuster: Fergus Hume & The Mystery of the Hansom Cab Fergus Hume’s self-published The Mystery of the Hansom Cab (1886) was a runaway best-seller, yet Hume died in poverty. Blockbuster is both the story of a publishing phenomenon that helped define crime fiction and a portrait of the bustling 19th century city of Melbourne. ‘… a fine, thoroughly engaging and multifaceted history.’ – Peter Pierce Courtesy of Text  Kate London Post Mortem A long-serving beat cop and a teenage girl fall to their deaths from a London tower block, leaving a rookie policewoman and a five-year-old boy on the roof. DPS officer Sarah Collins begins an investigation that will take her into the dark heart of policing. ‘Intelligent, atmospheric, captivating.’ – Rosamund Lupton Courtesy of Corvus Don’t forget, all you need to do to enter the draw is email us at editors@newtownreviewofbooks.com.au by 6pm Wednesday 16 December with ‘Summer Giveaway #3’ in the subject line and your name and address in the body of the email. Good luck!

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