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sixth novel from the International best-selling Manchester
based crime writer to feature clinical psychologist Dr Tony
Hill and Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan. Can they
catch a killer, unmoved by youth and innocence, and driven
by the most perverted of desires, with a shopping list of
an apparently unconnected group of young victims? | ~
released 3rd Sep 2009 ~ | ~ click here to read more & pre-order online ~ |
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| | Sal Kilkenny returns in this compellingly topical novel from the acclaimed Mancunian crime writer. Set in Manchester, it follows the case of a wife who begrudgingly agrees to end the life of her beloved husband, only to be arrested and charged with his murder. 12 jurors hold her fate in their hands in this captivating, sentimental story filled with tears, tragedy and humour | ~ released 31st July 2009 ~ | ~ click here to read more & pre-order online ~ |
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| | Ian
Hough tells the true story of Mancunian smugglers, drug
dealers, designer clothing counterfeiters and clued-up lads
on the make with true tales of skulduggery, mayhem and fighting
abroad, with Manchester's changing fashion and music scene
as a backdrop to the oral memories. Described by Trainspotting
author Irvine Welsh as "an essential read". | ~ released 8 June 2009 ~ | ~ click here to read more & buy online ~ |
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| | This
beautiful children's book from the Saddleworth author is
set just after the last ice-age and combines ancient history
with faeries and magic. A haunting, touching tale in which
Keri tries to save her dying brother by bargaining with
the dangerous Faerie Queen Mabb, who does nothing for free
and exacts a terrible price. | ~ released 4 June 2009 ~ | ~ click here to read more & buy online ~ |
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| | The Mancunian author and mother of Sophie Hannah tells the old love story made new of Queen Dido of Carthage and her lover Aeneas, the founder of Rome. As with her other Trojan series of books, the gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece and Rome play their part in this masterful retelling of myth and legend, love, jealousy and fate. | ~ released 7 May 2009 ~ | ~ click here to read more & buy online ~ |
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| | Another
gripping thriller from the Manchester author sees Detective
Inspector Jon Spicer's wild younger brother murdered and
horribly mutilated. Full of anger, he heads to the town
where the body was discovered, hell bent on finding the
killer. Set amongst Manchester's tower-blocks and out on
the bleak heights of a secretive rural town in the Peak
District. | ~ released 30 Apr 2009 ~ | ~ click here to read more & buy online ~ |
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| | The
latest instalment of the 'Mates, Dates' series from the
best-selling Mancunian author in which the full story of
Tony and Lucy's romance can be revealed. An irrestible treat
for the author's legion of young fans. Writen for younger
teenage girls, over 3 million copies of 'Mates, Dates' books
have been sold so far. | ~ released 24 Apr 2009 ~ | ~ click here to read more & buy online ~ |
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| | Mancunian
author Jeanette Winterson edits, introduces and brings together
some of Britain's best authors with stories inspired by
opera. This specially commissioned collection of comedies,
tragedies and tales of love is contemporary British fiction
at its very finest and includes a story inspired by 'The
Makropulos Case' from Manchester-based author Jackie Kay. | ~ released Apr 2009 ~ | ~ click here to read more & buy online ~ |
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| | Rabbi
Simcha Weinstein grew up in Prestwich. As a short fellow
he waited for his growth spurt. That never happened so,
to avoid the anti-Semitism he confronted, he became funny.
In this collection he looks at Jewish humour in the 21st
Century from the Marx Brothers to Woody Allen, Jackie Mason
to Larry David and Sarah Silverman to Sacha Baron Cohen. | ~ released Apr 2009 ~ | ~ click here to read more & buy online ~ |
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| | Following
on from his Mancunian adventures in 'Pies & Prejudice',
the Wigan writer goes in search of 'Middle England'. From
Shakespeare to JK Rowling, Vaughan Williams to Craig David,
William Morris to B&Q, "Morte D'Arthur" to
"Midsomer Murders", this is a charmingly funny
expedition, with plenty of stop-offs for tea and pastries,
to discover the truth. | ~ released Mar 2009 ~ | ~ click here to read more & buy online ~ |
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| | The first crime thriller novel from the former Principal Inspector of Schools for the City Of Manchester. Set in Manchester city centre, Moss Side, the Gay Village, the Christmas Market and the luxury canalside apartments, DCI Tom Caton and forensic profiler Kate Webb are on the hunt of a killer dressed as a clown, who finds the city's regeneration unacceptable. | ~ released 19th Feb 2009 ~ | ~ click here to read more & buy online ~ |
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| | The fourth psychological crime novel from the award-winning Mancunian poet and author. Very highly critically acclaimed, The Times described it as a 'superbly creepy, twisty thriller about obsessive love, psychological torture, and the darkest chambers of the human heart' , adding it 'should establish her as one of the great unmissables of this genre' | ~ released Feb 2009 ~ | ~ click here to read more & buy online ~ |
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known for his best-selling thrillers &
sea stories |
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Cannan |
| novelist
from 1909 until sent to a mental hospital
in 1923 |
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Lee
Child |
| Granada
director turned creator of the Jack Reacher
series |
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| | | • Shelagh Delaney | | playwright best known for her 1956 debut 'A Taste of Honey' |
| | • Mike Duff | | novelist with stories of low down & sleazy Mancunian scallies |
| | • Carol Ann Duffy | | poet laureate since 2009 and professor at Manchester Metropolitan |
| | • Suzannah Dunn | | historical fiction novelist who teaches at Manchester University |
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| | • Louis Golding | | best-selling novelist who wrote 1932's 'Magnolia Street' |
| | • Walter Greenwood | | influential Salford novelist who penned 'Love on the Dole' in 1933 |
| | • Sydney Grundy | | playwright & dramatist celebrated for his 1892 ' Haddon Hall' |
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| | • Sophie Hannah | | modern poet & thriller writer who is studied at GCSE & A-level |
| | • Mike Harding | | comedian, poet, playwright & author of non-fiction & novels |
| | | • Billy Hopkins | | author of nostalgic locally based best-sellers including 'Our Kid' |
| | • Cathy Hopkins | | multi-million selling author of the 'Mates, Dates' teenage books |
| | • Ian Hough | | cultural commentator who charts Manchester's criminals |
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| | • Gwyneth Jones | | science fiction & fantasy novelist who also writes children's books as Ann Halam |
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| | • Susan Kay | | award-winning novelist best know for her 1994 book 'Phantom' |
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Frank
Lean |
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writer behind the Dave Cunane Private Eye
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Grevel
Lindop |
| Manchester
University lecturer turned history &
travel writer |
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Daran
Little |
| Coronation
Street writer who has penned various related
books |
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| | • Val McDermid | | International best-selling Manchester based crime writer |
| | • Livi Michael | | award-winning novelist & author of the 'Frank the Hamster' kids books |
| | • Trevor Miller | | screenwriter, playwright and author of 'Trip City' in 1989 |
| | | • Paul Morley | | celebrity music writer and commentator from Stockport |
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| | • John Oxenham | | prolific novelist & poet famed for his 1913 book of verse 'Bees in Amber' |
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| | • Joe Pemberton | | critically acclaimed novelist described as a new voice in black British fiction |
| | • Chloe Poems | | gay, transvestite, sexually explicit poet with largely Manchester based prose |
| | • Karl Pilkington | | Mancunian comedy writer, broadcaster and Ricky Gervais sidekick |
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| | • Graham Robb | | multi-award winning history, biography and travel writer |
| | • Bill Rogers | | writer of Manchester-based crime thrillers & educational books |
| | • Jane Rogers | | novelist famed for the 1991 drama 'Mr. Wroe's Virgins' |
| | • Nicholas Royle | | thriller novelist and prolific short-story writer behind 'Antwerp' |
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| | • Lemn Sissay | | highly popular poet & playwright, who makes regular TV appearances |
| | • Paul Southern | | crime thriller writer who looks at the racial overlaps of the underworld |
| | • Howard Spring | | author of many Manchester based novels including 1940's 'Fame is the Spur' |
| | • Cath Staincliffe | | author of 'Blue Murder' and the acclaimed Sal Kilkenny crime mysteries |
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Tim
Willocks |
| novelist
who wrote 'Bad City Blues' & is rumoured
to have dated Madonna |
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Jeanette
Winterson |
| multi-award
winning novelist behind 1985's 'Oranges
Are Not the Only Fruit' |
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Karen
Woods |
| novelist
who's characters live on a North Manchester
council estate |
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