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Our featured reading room title for November is Dark Matter by Michelle Paver. On the Reading Room page you'll also find reading guides, extracts and exclusive author interviews for all of our previous Reading Room Books of the Month.
Book Of The Month
November's Reading Room Book of the Month
Dark Matter
'Paver is the mistress of suspense, and the strangeness that humans can suffer from when exposed to the Arctic wilderness is brilliantly exploited in this period piece' The Times
January 1937. Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poor, lonely and desperate to change his life. So when he's offered the chance to join an Arctic expedition, he jumps at it. Spirits are high as the ship leaves Norway and at last they reach the remote, uninhabited bay where they will camp for the next year. Gruhuken.
But the Arctic summer is brief. As night returns to claim the land, Jack feels a creeping unease. One by one, his companions are forced to leave. He faces a stark choice. Stay or go. Soon he will see the last of the sun, as the polar night engulfs the camp in months of darkness. Soon he will reach the point of no return - when the sea will freeze, making escape impossible. And Gruhuken is not uninhabited. Jack is not alone. Something walks there in the dark..
Watch Michelle Paver's interview about Dark Matter with Richard & Judy
Book Of The Month
September's Reading Room Book of the Month
An Object of Beauty
'Funny man Steve Martin proves his literary mettle with this genuinely good novel examining the New York art world ... Think The Devil Wears Prada with paintbrushes' Grazia
'Even at the age of twenty, Lacey's entry into the classroom had the pizazz of a Broadway star. . . It was apparent to everyone that Lacey was headed somewhere, although her path often left blood in the water. . .'
Lacey Yeager is beautiful, captivating, and determined to conquer the New York art scene. Groomed at Sotheby's and hungry not only to climb the career ladder but also to infiltrate the city's social elite, she charms men and women, old and young, rich. . . and even richer. Art prices are rocketing and Lacey is at the heart of the boom. But just as the art bubble look set to burst, a secret from Lacey's past emerges, threatening to detonate everything she has worked for.
Book Of The Month
August's Reading Room Book of the Month
The Glass Rainbow
When Dave Robicheaux gets the call saying his ex-partner Clete Purcel is in jail for felony assault and resisting arrest, bailing him out is instinctive. After all, Clete is the man who saved Dave's life.
The man Clete assaulted is a suspect in a series of murders, but as Robicheaux investigates, he is confronted with the possibility that the murders will lead him to a place of utter darkness and living evil, connected to the one person he will do anything to protect: his daughter.
