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MAR 2014

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Paul Janson, a character first featured in Robert Ludlum's bestselling novel The JansonDirective, has a new goal: save the world, one operative, one mission, one redemption at a time.

Reformed from his days of covert-operations, Paul Janson has set a new mission for himself. Working in partnership with champion sharpshooter Jessica Kincaid, he rehabilitates disenchanted agents and helps them create new lives outside of the violent intelligence sector. These former operatives then form a network of support for Janson when it comes to his other job--Janson also takes on independent assignments. For a fee, he'll use his skills to resolve international crises. But only those actions that he believes contribute to the greater good of all.

Whether he's rescuing an American doctor from Somalian pirates, attacking militant thugs intent on murdering a West African public servant agitating for human rights, or hunting the money-lenders who capitalize on barbaric civil war, Janson stays honest with three simple rules: 1) No torture. 2) No civilian casualties. 3) No killing anyone who doesn't try to kill them.

Yet with his commitment to doing what is right--while facing canny intelligence operatives, ruthless warlords, deep sea marauders, or brutal dictators--Janson finds that his most difficult task is figuring out if he's fighting for the good side.

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ROBERT LUDLUM’S™ THE JANSON OPTION

By PAUL GARRISON

Grace Reinhart Sachs is living the only life she ever wanted for herself. Devoted to her husband, a pediatric oncologist at a major cancer hospital, their young son Henry, and the patients she sees in her therapy practice, her days are full of familiar things: she lives in the very New York apartment in which she was raised, and sends Henry to the school she herself once attended.

Dismayed by the ways in which women delude themselves, Grace is also the author of a book You Already Know, in which she cautions women to really hear what men are trying to tell them. But weeks before the book is published a chasm opens in her own life: a violent death, a missing husband, and, in the place of a man Grace thought she knew, only an ongoing chain of terrible revelations.

Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public disaster, and horrified by the ways in which she has failed to heed her own advice, Grace must dismantle one life and create another for her child and herself.

YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN

By JEAN HANFF KORELITZ

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NYPD RED 2

By JAMES PATTERSON

9781455576746

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9781455553334

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James Patterson's scariest, sexiest stand-alone thriller since The Quickie.

Ben isn't like most people. Unable to control his racing thoughts, he's a man consumed by

his obsessions: movies, motorcycles, presidential trivia-and Diana Hotchkiss, a beautiful

woman Ben knows he can never have.

When Diana is found dead outside her apartment, Ben's infatuation drives him on a hunt to

find out what happened to the love of his life.

Ben soon discovers that the woman he pined for was hiding a shocking double life. And now

someone is out to stop Ben from uncovering the truth about Diana's illicit affairs.

In his most heart-pumping thriller yet, James Patterson plunges us into the depths of a mind

tortured by paranoia and obsession, on an action-packed chase through a world of danger

and deceit.

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MISTRESS

By JAMES PATTERSON

NYPD Red 2 is the next outstanding novel in James Patterson's newest series, a thriller that careens through New York City and deep into the psyche of a depraved killer you've never seen before.

When NYPD Red arrives at a crime scene, everyone takes notice. Known as the protectors

of the rich, famous, and connected, NYPD Red is the elite task force called in only for New

York City's most high-profile crimes. And Detective Zach Jordan is the best of the best, a

brilliant and relentless pursuer of justice. He puts professionalism above all, ignoring his

feelings for his partner, Detective Kylie McDonald, the woman who broke his heart when

they first met in the academy.

But even with their top-notch training, Zach and Kylie aren't prepared for what they see

when they're called to a crime scene in the heart of Central Park. They arrive to find a

carousel spinning round and round, its painted horses grinning eerily in the early morning

dark. There is only one rider: a brutally slaughtered woman, her body tied up and dressed in

a Hazmat suit, on display for the world to see.

The victim, a woman of vast wealth and even greater connections, is the fourth in a string of

shocking murders that have hit the city. As the public pressure mounts, and political and

personal secrets of the highest order hang in the balance, Zach and Kylie must find out

what's really behind the murderer's rampage. But Kylie has been acting strange recently--

and Zach knows whatever she's hiding could threaten the biggest case of their careers.

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THE ENCHANTED

By RENE DENFELD

9780062323330

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S$26.00

A wondrous and redemptive debut novel, set in a stark world where evil and

magic coincide, The Enchanted combines the empathy and lyricism of Alice

Sebold with the dark, imaginative power of Stephen King.

"This is an enchanted place. Others don’t see it, but I do." The enchanted place is an

ancient stone prison, viewed through the eyes of a death row inmate who finds escape

in his books and in re-imagining life around him, weaving a fantastical story of the

people he observes and the world he inhabits.

Fearful and reclusive, he senses what others cannot. Though bars confine him every

minute of every day, he marries visions of golden horses running beneath the prison,

heat flowing like molten metal from their backs with the devastating violence of prison

life.

9780593068588

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A devoted single mother…with life-changing decisions to make.

Fiona Carson has proven herself as CEO of a multibillion-dollar high-tech company, but she

still has to meet the challenges of her world every day. Devoted single mother, world-class

strategist, and tough negotiator, Fiona weighs every move she makes and reserves any

personal time for her children. Isolation and constant pressure are givens for her as a woman

in a man's world.

Meanwhile, Marshall Weston basks in the fruits of his achievements. At his side is his wife Liz

– the perfect, supportive corporate spouse – who has gladly sacrificed her own law career to

raise their three children. Smooth, shrewd, and irreproachable, Marshall is a model chief

executive, and the power he wields only enhances his charisma. And to maintain his position,

he harbors secrets that could destroy his life at any moment.

Both must face their own demons, and fight off those who are jealous of their success. Their

lives as CEOs of major companies come at a high price. But just how high a price are they

willing to pay? Who are they willing to sacrifice to stay on top? Those they love, or

themselves?

POWER PLAY

By DANIELLE STEEL

9780345530912

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BELLAGRAND

By PAULLINA SIMONS

The passionate love story that led to The Bronze Horseman.

They gave up everything to be together, but love was just the beginning ...Italian immigrant Gina, independent, compassionate and strong, desperately wants a family.

Boston blue-blood Harry, idealistic and political, wants to create a better world. Bound together by tormented passion, they rail, rage, and break each other's hearts, only to come face to face with a stark final choice that will forever determine their destiny.

Their journey takes them through four decades and two continents, through triumph and turmoil, from the wooden planks of the troubled immigrant town of Lawrence, Massachusetts, to the marble halls and secret doors of a mystical place called ...Bellagrand.

From internationally bestselling author Paullina Simons comes the passionate love story that led to The Bronze Horseman.

BONES OF THE LOSTBy KATHY REICHS

9781476754758

SIMON AND SCHUSTER

S$15.00

When Charlotte police discover the body of a teenage girl along a desolate stretch of two-lane highway, Temperance Brennan fears the worst. The girl’s body shows signs of foul play. Inside her purse, police find an airline club card bearing the name of prominent local businessman John-Henry Story, who died in a horrific fire months earlier. How did Story and the girl know each other? Was she an illegal immigrant turning tricks? Was she murdered? Was he?

Tempe must also examine a bundle of Peruvian dog mummies confiscated by U.S. Customs. A Desert Storm veteran named Dominick Rockett stands accused of smuggling the objects into the country. Could there be some connection between the trafficking of antiquities and the trafficking of humans?

As the complications pile on, Tempe must also grapple with personal turmoil. Her daughter, Katy, grieving the death of her boyfriend in Afghanistan, impulsively enlists in the army. Meanwhile, Katy’s father, Pete, is growing frustrated by Tempe’s reluctance to finalize their divorce. As pressure mounts from all corners, Tempe soon finds herself at the center of a conspiracy that extends all the way from South America to Afghanistan and right to the center of Charlotte.

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9780007493715

HARPER UK

S$18.00


GHOSTWRITTENBy ISABEL WOLFF

9780007455065

HARPER UK

S$18.00

A childhood mistake. A lifetime of regrets.

Jenni loves her job as a ghostwriter – it satisfies her insatiable curiosity about people. And she can hide behind the stories of others, and not think about her own life too much…

But when she starts working on the memoirs of a survivor from the Japanese internment camps in Java, striking coincidences force her to examine her own past.

Gripping, poignant and beautifully researched, Ghostwritten sheds light on a forgotten part of a history. About a life-long secret and that one chance to make the right decision, it is a novel that lingers long after the final page has been turned.

9780007468546

HARPER UK

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The latest wonderfully witty novel from Britain's favourite TV presenter, Fern

Britton.

Two sisters, one house, a lifetime of secrets...Each year, the Carew sisters embark on

their yearly trip to the family holiday home, Atlantic House, set on a picturesque

Cornish cliff.

Prudence, the hard-nosed businesswoman, is married to the meek and mild Francis,

but she's about to get a shock reminder that you should never take anything for

granted. Constance, loving wife to philandering husband Greg, has always been

outwitted by her manipulative sibling, but this year she's finally had enough.

When an old face reappears on the scene, years of simmering resentments reach

boiling point, but little do the women know that a long-buried secret is about to bite

them all on the bottom. Is this one holiday that will push them all over the edge, or can

Constance and Pru leave the past where it belongs?

THE HOLIDAY HOMEBy FERN BRITTON

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JUST WHAT KIND OF MOTHER ARE YOU?

By PAULA DALY

9780552169196

TRANSWORLD

S$16.00

What if your best friend's child disappears? And it's all your fault.

This is exactly what happens to Lisa Kallisto - overwhelmed working mother of three - one freezing December in the Lake District. She takes her eye off the ball for just a moment and her whole world descends into nightmare. Her best friend's thirteen-year-old daughter Lucinda has gone missing and now, devastated by this and publicly blamed, Lisa sets out to right the wrong.

9780316220934

HACHETTE BOOK GROUP

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When the daughter of a billionaire Hollywood director is found murdered after what appears to be a kidnapping gone wrong, Los Angeles Special Trials prosecutor Rachel Knight and Detective Bailey Keller find themselves at the epicenter of a combustible and high-profile court case.

Then a prime suspect is revealed to be one of Hollywood's most popular and powerful talent managers--and best friend to the victim's father. With the director vouching for the manager's innocence, the Hollywood media machine commences an all-out war designed to discredit both Rachel and her case.

KILLER AMBITION is at once a thrilling ride through the darker side of Tinseltown and a stunning courtroom drama with the brilliant insider's perspective that Marcia Clark is uniquely qualified to give.

View interview with Marcia Clark here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmHcuI7pfKI

KILLER AMBITION

By MARCIA CLARK


MOTHER, MOTHER

By KOREN ZAILCKAS

9780007547401

HARPER UK

S$18.00

An electrifying debut novel about what happens when the one who should love you the most becomes your worst enemy.

Sure to appeal to fans of GONE GIRL, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN and ROOM Meet the Hurst Family. Meet Violet Hurst -16 years old, beautiful and brilliant. So why is she being accused of being a danger to herself and others?

Meet her brother Will Hurst - the smartest and sweetest twelve-year old boy around. But does he really need all that medication he is being told to take? Meet oldest sister Rose - the one who got away.

She disappeared one night in her final year of school, never to be heard from again. And then meet their mother - Josephine. Perhaps it will then all start to make sense...

9780552779708

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A spellbinding novel that will resonate with readers of Mark Haddon, Louise Erdrich, and John

Irving, Perfect tells the story of a young boy who is thrown into the murky, difficult realities of the

adult world with far-reaching consequences.

Byron Hemmings wakes to a morning that looks like any other: his school uniform draped over

his wooden desk chair, his sister arguing over the breakfast cereal, the click of his mother’s heels

as she crosses the kitchen.

But when the three of them leave home, driving into a dense summer fog, the morning takes an

unmistakable turn. In one terrible moment, something happens, something completely

unexpected and at odds with life as Byron understands it. While his mother seems not to have

noticed, eleven-year-old Byron understands that from now on nothing can be the same.

What happened and who is to blame? Over the days and weeks that follow, Byron’s perfect world

is shattered.

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PERFECTBy RACHEL JOYCE

9780812999006

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RUN TO YOUBy RACHEL GIBSON

9780552170567

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The scorching hot love story of two troubled hearts from New York Times bestselling

author Rachel Gibson, author of Rescue Me and Nothing But Trouble.

Ex-marine Beau Junger likes fast cars and loud music. His body is covered in tattoos

and makes girls go weak at the knees. But Beau's not interested in love this year: No

women. No sex. No complications. His only worry is saving Stella Leon. Stella

doesn't need saving. She's always been independent, confident, strong. At least on

the outside. And she definitely doesn't need a man.

After all, she's never known one she could depend on. But when Beau turns up and

spirits her across state to meet her estranged sister, everything changes. They've

both got their demons to face, but as the southern heat brings tensions sizzling to the

surface, something sparks between them. This tough guy has finally met his match -

and they're both about to fall harder than a ton of red-hot bricks...

9781599953618

HACHETTE BOOK GROUP

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Nine years after Rom Sebastian was thrust into the most unlikely of circumstances as

hero and bearer of an unimaginable secret, the alliance of his followers is in disarray.

An epic battle with The Order has left them scattered and deeply divided both in

strategy and resolve in their struggle to become truly alive and free. Only 49 truly alive

followers remain loyal to Rom. This meager band must fight for survival as The Order is

focused on their total annihilation. Misunderstood and despised, their journey will be

one of desperation against a new, more intensely evil Order. As the hand of this evil is

raised to strike and destroy them they must rely on their faith in the abiding power of

love to overcome all and lead them to sovereignty.

SOVEREIGN wonderfully continues the new testament allegory that was introduced in

FORBIDDEN and continued in MORTAL.

SOVEREIGNBy TED DEKKER


TAKE MUM OUTBy FIONA GIBSON

9781847563651

HARPER UK

S$16.00

'What d'you want a boyfriend for? You're a mum...

' Laugh-out-loud funny, Fiona's writing deals with the real life cringe-worthy moments we all know so well...You need to get back in the saddle...'

Ugh - Alice despises that phrase. She's fine being single - with two slothful teenage boys and a meringue business to run, she has enough on her plate without negotiating the troublesome world of modern dating. However, Alice's three best friends have other ideas. Each one will present her with an utterly delicious, eligible man - all Alice has to do is pick her favourite.

Get set for...Three blind dates...Two teenage boys messing up her plans...And one man who'll melt Alice's heart. But which one will it be? Perfect for fans of Tracy Bloom, Kate Long and Tess Stimson.

9781420118544

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson creates her most electrifying thriller

to date, as a mother's unspeakable crime sparks a new killing spree. . .

The most hated woman in Savannah, Georgia, is about to be set free. Twenty years ago,

Blondell O'Henry was convicted of murdering her eldest daughter and wounding her two

other children. The prosecution argued that beautiful, selfish Blondell wanted to be rid of

them to be with her lover.

Now Blondell's son, Niall, has recanted his testimony and demolished the case in the

process. Reporter Nikki Gillette is determined to get the true story, and not just for

professional reasons. Blondell's murdered daughter, Amity, was Nikki's childhood friend.

The night she died, Amity begged Nikki to meet with her, insisting she had a secret to tell,

but Nikki didn't go. Her guilt is compounded by other complications—Nikki's favorite

uncle, Alexander, was the attorney who helped save Blondell from execution. And rumors

swirl that he was one of her many lovers…

TELL MEBy LISA JACKSON


THE THIRD KINGDOM: A RICHARD AND KAHLAN NOVEL

By TERRY GOODKIND

9780007493753

HARPER UK

S$20.00

From the internationally bestselling author of the Sword of Truth series, comes

a new Richard and Kahlan novel, sequel to The Omen Machine.

The bloodthirsty Jit is dead, and against all odds Richard and Kahlan have survived.

But a new menace has attacked them in the Dark Lands. Infected with the essence of

death itself, robbed of his power as a war wizard, Richard must race against time to

uncover and stop the infernal conspiracy assembling itself behind the wall far to the

north. His friends and allies are already captives of this fell combination, and Kahlan,

also touched by death's power, will die completely if Richard fails. Bereft of magic,

Richard has only his sword, his wits, his capacity for insight - and an extraordinary

companion, the young Samantha, a healer just coming into her powers. Compelling,

fast-moving, and intense,

The Third Kingdom is a powerful tale that welcomes new readers to Terry Goodkind's

world, while opening up new vistas of worldbuilding for longtime readers of the

adventures of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell.

9781784160036

TRANSWORLD

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Memories define us.

So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep?

Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten overnight.

And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story.

Welcome to Christine's life.

BEFORE BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP

By S J WATSON

In cinemas: 2014Stars: Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong


GAMES OF THRONES: GRAPHIC NOVEL: VOL 3MVL: CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA


THE THIRD KINGDOM: A RICHARD AND KAHLAN NOVEL

9780007545582

HARPER UK

S$16.00

The final instalment of Robin Hobb's Sunday Times best-selling series The Rain

Wild Chronicles.

Dragon blood and scales, dragon liver and eyes and teeth. All required ingredients

for medicines with near-miraculous healing powers. The legendary blue dragon

Tintaglia is dying of wounds inflicted by hunters sent by the Duke of Chalced, who

meanwhile preserves his dwindling life by consuming the blood of the dragon's poet

Selden Vestrit. If Tintaglia perishes, her ancestral memories will die with her. And

the dragons in the ancient city of Kelsingra will lose the secret knowledge they need

to survive. Their keepers immerse themselves in the dangerously addictive

memory-stone records of the city in the hope of recovering the Elderling magic that

once allowed humans and dragons to co-exist. In doing so they risk losing their own

identities, even their lives. And danger threatens from beyond the city, too.

For war is coming: war between dragonkind and those who would destroy them.

RAIN WILD CHRONICLES (4) –BLOOD OF DRAGONS

By ROBIN HOBB

GAMES OF THRONES: GRAPHIC NOVEL: VOL 3

By GEORGE R.R. MARTIN

9780440423232

RANDOM HOUSE

S$38.00

When dealing with a masterpiece, only the best will do. That’s why writer Daniel Abraham and illustrator Tommy Patterson were chosen to adapt George R. R. Martin’s beloved fantasy classic A Game of Thrones as a graphic novel. And as anyone who has read the previous two collected volumes of the ongoing series can attest, the result has been a stunning tour de force faithful in every respect to its brilliant original.

In King's Landing, Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell--the Hand of King Robert Baratheon--is surrounded by enemies. Some are openly declared, such as Ser Jaime Lannister and his sister, Queen Cersei. Others are hidden in the shadows. Still others wear the smiling mask of friends. But all are deadly, as Eddard is about to discover. Nor is the enmity between Eddard and the Lannistersiblings the sole source of friction between these powerful noble families. For Tyrion Lannister, the Imp--whose stunted, twisted body houses the mind of a genius--has but lately won his freedom from Lady Catelyn Stark, Eddard's wife, who had accused him of attempting to murder her youngest son, Brandon.

Now he seeks out his father, his restless thoughts bent on revenge. Far to the north, the bastard Jon Snow, newly sworn to the Night's Watch, takes the first faltering steps toward a destiny stranger than he could ever dream--a destiny that will bring him face-to-face with unspeakable horrors from beyond the edge of the world. While across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen, wed to the great Dothraki warlord Khal Drogo, and pregnant with his child--a son prophesied to conquer the world--will see her own destiny take an unforeseen turn.

GAMES OF THRONES: GRAPHIC NOVEL: VOL 3GAMES OF THRONES:

GRAPHIC NOVEL: VOL 3

Steve Rogers is dead! Long live Captain America! He was a hero to millions, an inspiration to America's armed services and the representative of his nation's greatest ideals. He lived for his country - and now, he has given his last final measure for the nation he loved, shot down in cold blood.

In the aftermath of his death, Cap's longtime partner, the Falcon, makes revenge his first order of business. Sharon Carter finds herself spiraling out of control, a captive of the Red Skull's minions. And Bucky Barnes, a.k.a. the Winter Soldier, must reconcile his own sordid past with the calling to become the new Captain America! Experience Marvel's blockbuster shakeup of the Captain America mythos like never before in this new adaptation!

MVL: CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN AMERICA

By LARRY HAMA

Cover art to come

9780785189961

HACHETTE BOOK GROUP

S$36.00

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