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Happy New Year everyone!
To welcome in 2023, we have hand-picked a selection of reads to give you a boost during the month of January. Perhaps you will be inspired by fictional tales of new beginnings, take up a new hobby or practice a little self-care? Take a look at our choices below.
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A New Start For The Wrens
Vicki Berry
Following a humiliating experience involving the man she thought she'd marry, Iris Tredwick signs up to the Wrens in order to escape and find 'the right sort' of man to please her mother. After a bumpy start, Iris manages to befriend outspoken Mary and dreamer Sally as they are sent to their first posting - in Orkney.
There she meets engineer Rob, whose flirtatious nature both charms and confounds straight-laced Iris. Much more appropriate for her is local doctor Stewart, if only she felt the same spark for him as she does for Rob.
As Iris, Mary and Sally work to interpret signals from incoming ships, they realise the enemy is somehow one step ahead of their manoeuvres, dropping sea mines under the cover of darkness. Could there be a spy on the island? And can the Wrens prevent disaster striking before it's too late?
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It Ends At Midnight
Harriet Tyce
It's New Year's Eve and the stage is set for a lavish party in one of Edinburgh's best postcodes. It's a moment for old friends to set the past to rights - and move on. The night sky is alive with fireworks and the champagne is flowing. But the celebration fails to materialise. Because someone at this party is going to die tonight.
Midnight approaches and the countdown begins - but it seems one of the guests doesn't want a resolution. They want revenge.
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Still Standing
Stephen Leather
The SAS are used to deaths during combat - it goes with the turf. But when one of their own is said to have committed suicide in Thailand, red flags are raised. Pete Green wasn't the sort of soldier who would ever take his own life.
Davie is determined to fly to the Land Of Smiles to find out what really happened to his twin brother. But if he is going to find out the truth he'll need help - the sort of help only SAS Sergeant Matt Standing can provide. But soon after they arrive they come under attack, leaving Standing to investigate on his own.
There are clearly people who want to shut down all enquiries and Standing knows he will have to use all his SAS jungle skills to survive.
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Mr Doubler Begins Again
Seni Glaister
Baked, mashed, boiled or fried, Mr Doubler knows his potatoes. But the same can't be said for people. Since he lost his wife, he's been on his own at Mirth Farm - and that suits Doubler just fine. Crowds are for other people; the only company he needs are his potato plants and his housekeeper, Mrs Millwood, who visits every day. Until the day she doesn't.
With Mrs Millwood missing, Doubler's routine is plunged into chaos - and, more alone than ever, he begins to worry that he might have lost his way. But could the kindness of strangers be enough to bring him down the hill?
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New Books Coming Soon
Take a scroll through our upcoming releases and bestsellers - all available to order.
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Did you know that if the book you want isn't in the library, you can place a hold and we will reserve it for you?
Not placed a hold before? Not sure how to get started?
Check out our simple guide to placing holds at the bottom of this e-mail!
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Everything you need to know about holds:
how to reserve a book
When you're looking for a specific book, it can be disappointing when it's not on the shelf at your local library. Not to worry - our easy-to-use holds system has you covered.
- When you place a hold on a book, if we have a copy on the shelf at another of our libraries, we'll send it over to your local library for you to collect.
- If all of our copies are on loan, you will join a queue and when it's your turn, we'll send a copy over to your local library for you to collect.
- You'll receive an e-mail when your hold is ready to collect, and you have 13 days after the hold arrives to collect it.
- Holds are free for children, and a small charge is made for adults.
- You can place up to 20 holds on your library account.
- You can place holds online - all you need is your library card number and password.
- Alternatively, our friendly staff are always happy to place holds for you.
You can ask in the library, or e-mail us with your request at: libraries@cheshiresharedservices.gov.uk
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