Best books for summer

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Make the most of longer daylight hours to read in the sunshine. Deirdre O’Brien picks some brilliant reads for you…

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BRILLIANT DEBUT

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Bantam – £16.99 When working class Lou was a teenager, she joined Dublin’s most exclusive girl’s school – intent on righting a terrible wrong. Thirty years later, a law suit stirs up a hornet’s nest of trouble – past and present. Powerful and compelling.

Claire McGowan Thomas and Mercer – £6.99 A group of old friends travel to a remote Scottish island to celebrate a joint 40th birthday – only for events to take an extremely sinister turn. Trapped on the remote island – who will escape with their lives? Creepy and claustrophobic.

ROMANTIC READS

Lucy Vine

Simon and Schuster – £8.99

As she approaches her 32nd birthday, Ginny starts to obsess about the predictions a fortune teller made back when she was a teenager – three bad and three good things. And then they start to come true. A fabulous laugh-packed romp.

FROM THE AUTHOR OF SEVEN EXES

Justin Myers Sphere – £16.99 Drama teacher Leo is content with existing in the back ground and playing sidekick to his pals. But over a year of change, likeable Leo evaluates what he really wants in life and finds his time to shine. A fun and engaging modern romance.

JOURNEYS

Sarah Leipciger Doubleday – £16.99 Decades after their daughter disappeared, a divorced couple reunite on a drive across Canada to investigate a lead in the unsolved mystery. Along the way, their past, present and deepest emotions are slowly revealed. Totally absorbing and deeply moving.

MISSING DAUGHTER MYSTERY

Penelope Tree Moonflower Books – £18.99 At the height of the swinging 60s, teenager Ari runs away to London, becoming a top model and the muse of an infamous photographer. But there are terrible downs amid all the glamour, as told in this gripping tale written by the ultimate 60s It Girl.

ADVENTURE STORIES

Ruth Reichl Magpie – £9.99 Be transported to the City of Light on an adventure with Stella, whose estranged mother dies and leaves her a one-way plane ticket to Paris. With the help of a friend, an amazing designer dress and a lot of incredible meals –she discovers her destiny. Delicious.

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