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Monday, 02 March 2009 11:34

RunRUN
By Ann Patchett

Beautifully written novel about family, what we believe our family to be. Teddy and Tip Doyle have been raised by their father, former Boston mayor Bernard Doyle since the death of their mother. A car accident on the snowy Boston streets changes all they believe about family. Run brings into focus issues of race and class but most of all family.

In the WoodsIN THE WOODS
By Tana French

Incredible psycho-thriller! Detective Rob Ryan and his partner are assigned to the murder investigation of a 12-year-old girl. Katy's body was found in the same woods where 20 years earlier a young Adam Ryan played with his two best friends. Adam and his friends went to the woods to play one day at the end of the day Adam was found gripping a tree in terror wearing blood filled sneakers and a t-shirt with slashes on the back. His friends were never seen again.