Margaret Forster
Is There Anything You Want?

Mrs H, Rachel, Edwina, Ida, Sarah, Dot and Chrissie are fat, thin, old, young, married or single - as diverse as human nature can be. But they are all survivors. This enthralling novel follows ordinary lives, women's lives in particular, all connected by the same hospital clinic in a small Northern town. This is a novel about learning to live with scars, whether mental or physical, looking back over one's shoulder while trying to go forward. You can trip up or, if you're careful, you might make it.

Tess Gerritsen
Body Double

A pathologist in a major metropolitan city, Dr Maura Isles sees corpses every day- many of them victims of violent murder. But never before has the grim expression 'dead ringer' rung so terrifyingly true. Because never before has the lifeless body on the medical examiner's table been her own. Yet there can be no denying the evidence before her shocked eyes and those of her colleagues: the woman found shot to death outside Maura's home is the mirror image of Maura.

Two couples meet in an antenatal class and loathe each other on sight. Flashy Hugo and Amanda plan a five-star birthing experience with private hospitals and maternity nurses. Right-on Alice and Jake want a home delivery with whale music. But baby Theo has barely arrived before Hugo and Amanda hit problems: Hugo fails miserably to bond with his son and Amanda decides motherhood is boring . This is a romantic comedy about first-time parents and forbidden love.