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The Accursed
Joyce Carol Oates
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An eerie, unforgettable story of power, loss, and family curses in early
20th century Princeton.
Princeton at the turn of the 20th century: soon-to-be commander-in-chief Woodrow Wilson
is president of Princeton University. On a neighbouring farm, muck-raking novelist Upton
Sinclair, enjoying the success of The Jungle, has taken up residence with his family. Grover
Cleveland, fresh out of his second term in the White House has retired to town for a quieter
life. Meanwhile, the elite families of Princeton have been beset by a powerful curse - their
daughters are disappearing. A young bride on the verge of the altar is seduced and abducted
by a dangerously compelling man - a shape-shifting, vaguely European prince who might just
be the devil. In the Pine Barrens on the edge of town, a mysterious and persuasive evil takes
shape.
When the bride’s brother sets out against all odds to find her, his path will cross those of
Princeton’s most formidable people, from presidents past to its brightest literary luminaries,
from Mark Twain to Jack London, as he navigates both the idyllic town and the Dante-esque
landscape of the Barrens.
About the Author
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Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Book Award and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction, and has
written some of the most enduring fiction of our time. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of Humanities at
Princeton University.
The Lost Boy
Camilla Lackberg
On a late summer’s night, a young woman jumps in her car, her hands slippery with blood
on the steering wheel. Taking her five-year-old son, Nathalie flees to the only safe haven
she knows …
A man has been murdered in his home: the victim, Mats Sverin, was the council’s financial
director, heading up a regeneration project worth millions. But when Patrik and his team start
digging into the dead man’s life, all they can uncover is unanswered questions. Why was Mats
in such a rush to return to his home town of Fjällbacka after years in Gothenburg? And is it
pure coincidence that Mats’s childhood sweetheart Nathalie has also suddenly returned to
the area?
Mats visited Nathalie on Gråskär before his death. The locals call the island ‘The Ghost Isle’ -
they say that it’s haunted, and that the dead have something to tell the living. But will anyone
get close enough to uncover the dark secrets that lurk there?
About the Author
Camilla Lackberg worked as an economist before a course in creative crime writing led to a drastic change of career. She is a
household name in Sweden and all of her thrillers featuring Erica Falck and Patrik Hedström are number one bestsellers.

The Fine Colour of Rust
P.A. O’Reilly
Single mother Loretta Boskovic may have fantasies about dumping her two kids in the
orphanage and riding off on a Harley with her dream lover, but her reality is life in a dusty
country town called Gunapan.
A self-dubbed ‘old scrag’, Loretta’s got a big heart and a strong sense of injustice. So, when
Gunapan’s primary school is threatened with closure, and there’s a whiff of corruption
wafting through the corridors of the local council, she stirs into action. She’s short of money,
influence and a fully functioning car, but she does have loyal friends who’ll do whatever it
takes to hold on to the scrap of world that is home.
The Fine Colour of Rust is a wryly funny, beautifully observed, life-affirming novel about
friendship, love and fighting for things that matter.
About the Author
Paddy (P.A.) O’Reilly is from Australia. Her work has been published and broadcast both in Australia and internationally. Her short
story collection The End of the World was shortlisted for several awards. Paddy has spent several years living in Japan, working as
a copywriter and translator.
Indiscretion
Charles Dubow
The Great Gatsby meets Fifty Shades of Grey in this torrid novel of love, lust and deception.
Harry and Madeleine Winslow are a devoted couple, blessed with talent, money and
charm. One summer, at their cottage in East Hampton, they meet Claire and cannot help
but be enchanted by her youth, intelligence and disarming naivety. Claire falls eagerly into
the Winslows’ welcoming orbit. But over the course of the summer, reverence transforms
into dangerous desire. By Labor Day, it is no longer enough to just be one of their
hangers-on …
About the Author
Charles Dubow spent his summers at his family’s house on Georgica Pond in East Hampton (primary setting for Indiscretion). He has
worked as a roustabout, a lumberjack, a sheepherder in New Zealand, a congressional aide and was a founding editor of
Forbes.com.

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