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Dear Reader,

Whether you want to escape, be entertained or, dare we say it, start thinking about Christmas presents, here’s a great place to start with a colourful array of our new books out this autumn.
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November 2011
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New books this November
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  A shot of pure adrenalin in book form   A shot of pure adrenalin in book form

Ex-journalist STEPHEN LEATHER knows how to deliver a story that packs a punch and in his latest Spider Shepherd offering FAIR GAME he’s ratcheted up the action to the max. Ex-SAS trooper- turned-undercover cop Dan ‘Spider’ Shepherd is brought in to rescue the crew of a yacht kidnapped by Somali pirates off the coast of Africa, but soon discovers there are more lives at stake than just those of the crew.

Read more about Stephen Leather.
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  How well do you know the people closest to you?   How well do you know the people closest to you?

Another ex-journalist, ALI KNIGHT, debuts with an altogether creepier kind of story in WINK MURDER. Late one night Kate is woken by her husband, drunk, covered in blood and mumbling that he’s killed something – or someone. Words he later denies. But when a woman who works at his office is found dead, Kate’s cosy life begins to unravel at frightening speed. This is an outstanding psychological suspense novel that fans of Nicci French and Sophie Hannah will love.
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  Magical power is on the rise . . .   Magical power is on the rise . . .

JASPER FFORDE The Sunday Times bestselling author of the THURSDAY NEXT, NURSERY CRIMES and SHADES OF GREY series, is extending his weird and wonderful brand of fantasy to younger readers in THE LAST DRAGONSLAYER series – of which THE SONG OF THE QUARKBEAST is the second hilarious and irreverent instalment. Suitable for anyone aged 8 upwards, it is set in the realm of King Snodd IV of Hereford, whose greed for magical power is being thwarted by sixteen-year-old Jennifer Strange and some rather unusual friends . . .


Delve into the magical world of Jasper Fforde.
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  Comin’ for to carry you home . . .   Comin’ for to carry you home . . .

How do you become one of the most successful rugby players the sport has ever seen? Judging by the England Captain and Bath flanker’s autobiography LEWIS MOODY: MAD DOG – AN ENGLISHMAN, it’s by putting your heart, soul and body on the line. From student days and dark days, through success with the Leicester Tigers, a World Cup winner’s medal and an MBE, to the honour of leading the England team to battle in 2011, LEWIS MOODY bares all in this warts-and-all account of his incredible career. He may not have won the World Cup this year, but he won the respect – and hearts – of the rugby world a long time ago. A must for all rugger fans.
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  'Luke Gamble is a West Country treasure . . . like Dr Doolittle but real!' Martin Clunes   'Luke Gamble is a West Country treasure . . . like Dr Doolittle but real!' Martin Clunes

When he was a little boy, Luke Gamble's mother gave him a copy of a James Herriot book with the inscription: 'one day you might write a book like this'. Well, now that time has come to pass. TV vet LUKE GAMBLE is not only a family favourite but he is also a born storyteller. THE VET: MY WILD AND WONDERFUL FRIENDS is his memoir, through naive beginnings in a Dorset practice, biting squirrels and a nasty foot and mouth outbreak, to setting up on his own and even chasing the woman of his dreams through a rather gruelling race . . .

Luke is founder of the Worldwide Veterinary Service. Read more here.
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11.22.63 by Stephen King
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  11.22.63 by Stephen King   If you could go back and change history . . .

Which day would you choose? STEPHEN KING has opted for one of the most defining moments of the twentieth century – the assassination of JFK. A high school teacher from Maine goes back to 1958 to try and divert the course of history in this ambitious and heart-stoppingly dramatic time travel novel, with a love story that transgresses all the rules of time. 11.22.63 is a WHAT IF? story like no one's ever read before.

'Going backwards proves to be another step forward for the most remarkable storyteller in modern American literature.' - Mark Lawson, Guardian

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Competition
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  Competition   Win a copy of HELL'S BELLS by John Connolly

We have five copies of John Connolly's new paperback HELL'S BELLS to give away to those who correctly answer the following question:

What is the name of John Connolly's latest hardback, which published in September 2011?

Is it:

A. The Burning Soul
B.  The Gates
C. The Whisperers

Simply email your answer to competition@hodder.co.uk with your name and address.



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