Sunday, December 27, 2009

A Prisoner of Birth

Publisher: Pan Books
Author: Jeffrey Archer
Number of Pages: 616
Price: RM20
Synopsis:
If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson the day before or the day after, he would not have been arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend.

And when the four prosecution witnesses are a barrister, a popular actor, an aristocrat and the youngest partner in an established firm's history, who is going to believe his side of the story?

Danny is sentenced to twenty-two years and is sent to Belmarsh prison, the highest security jail in the land, from where no inmate has ever escaped.

But everyone has underestimated Danny's determination to seek revenge and Beth's relentless quest to win justice...

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Sidney Sheldon's Master of the Game & Mistress of the Game



Publisher: Harper Collins
Author: Sidney Sheldon (Master of the Game) & Tilly Bagshawe (Mistress of the Game)
Number of pages: 673( Master of the Game) & 519 (Mistress of the Game)
Price: RM40 for both
Synopsis:
Master of the Game
The Blackwell family had it all; Kruger-Brent, a multi-billion pound company, property across the globe, and lifestyles more glamorous than any Hollywood star. But their empire was born of naked ambition, death and betrayal.
The handsome and talented Tony Blackwell longs to be an artist but his mother has other plans. She needs an heir, and she always get what she wants.
Eve and Alexandra, the stunningly beautiful Blackwell twins, one as pure and gentle as a new born, the other a twisted, evil schemer who will stop at nothing in her quest to inherit Kruger-Brent.
Watching over them is one of the most powerful women in the world, Kate Blackwell. For years she built up an unbreakable empire, sacrificing everything for the sake of her one true love - her company. She is, and always will be... Master of the Game.
Mistress of the Game
The Blackwell family were an enigma, rich and powerful beyond compare. Kate, Tony, Eve and Alexandra had a life of dreams, but their dreams were born of greed, ambition and murder.

Now that tainted legacy passes to the next generation. Lexi Templeton, kidnapped and abused by her captors - will her terrifying past force her to bring down the very empire that created her? Robbie Templeton, Lexi's older brother, once despised by his father and confused about who he really is. Max Webster, the only child of scheming Eve... one day the Blackwell billions will be his. Only Lexi Templeton stands in his way.

Past Secrets

Publisher: Harper Collins
Author: Cathy Kelly
Number of pages: 473
Price: RM 18
Synopsis:
Behind the shining windows and rose-decked gardens of Summer Street, single mother Faye, hides a secret from her teenage daughter Amber. Whilst thirty-three year old Maggie, hides one from herself.

When fiery Amber decides to throw away her future for love, and Maggie finds herself back home looking after her sick mother, secrets begin to bubble over.

The only person on Summer Street who appears to know all the answers is Christie Devlin. Wise and kind, she can see into other people's hearts to solve their problems. Except that this time, she has secrets of her own to face...