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The Jarrold book department has an exciting range of all the latest titles. From educational to non-fictional, you can find it all.
Anything we do not have displayed on the shop floor can be ordered for you at no extra charge.

July selection - Great Summer Reads For Everyone!
A huge selection of titles 3 for 2 or £1 off at Jarrold’s

A place called hereA Place Called Here, Cecelia Ahern (HarperCollins, £6.99)

‘Ever since the day her classmate Jenny-May Butler vanished, Sandy Scott has been haunted by what happens when something, or someone, disappears.

Finding has become her goal. But then Sandy disapears too, stumbling upon a place that is a world away from the only one she has ever known. Now all she wants, more than anything, is to find her way home.’

The memory keepers daughterThe Memory Keeper’s Daughter, Kim Edwards. (Penguin, £7.99)

‘It should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy family, but the night that Dr. David Henry delivers his wife’s twins is a night that will haunt five lives forever.’

A moving story of two families’ struggle with the consequences of a devastating secret of betrayal. As the secret unfolds you will be drawn into the the struggles and torments of the main characters. Heartrending.

Spot of botherA Spot of Bother, Mark Haddon. (Vintage Books, 7.99)

Fifty-seven year old George’s new and comfortable retirement is rocked when his daughter decides to remarry and the family stability is upheaved.

George struggles with his own personal problems during the proceedings and it leads to a farcical yet poignant sequence of events that are dark, yet surprisingly comical.

The Eagle in the sandThe Eagle in the Sand, Simon Scarrow. (Headline, £6.99)

Trouble is brewing on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire. The troops are in a deplorable state, while the corrupt behaviour of the senior officers threatens to undermine the army’s control of the region.To restore the competence of the men fighting defending a vital fort, two experienced centurions are dispatched to Judaea from Rome.

Macro and Cato soon discover that their task is even more serious than they anticipated and that they must stamp out rebellion and corruption before the Eastern provinces are lost to the Empire forever.

Risk of darknessThe Risk of Darkness, Susan Hill (Vintage, £6.99)

In her third Simon Serrailler book Susan Hill’s master storytelling skills once again bring to life a plethora of superbly penned characters in this surperb and chilling crime novel.

Missing children, no leads, and no closure leads to a case of serial killing and kidnapping for DCI Simon Serailler. Addictive stuff.

Jarrold book of the month

Close, Martina Cole (Headline £6.99)

Martina Cole - CloseMartina Cole delights again with her latest paperback. She begins with telling us of a family’s life in the dark and dangerous criminal underworld. Patrick Brodie is a rising star of this world and begins to assume he can have exactly what he wants. And he wants Lily Diamond.

She is different to other girls, with no illusions of love and marriage. Together they are determined to give their children the life that they never had.

Circumstances change for the pair and Lily is left on her own to bring up her family in a world where you can trust nobody. Now on her deathbed, refusing to battle a vicious cancer, she relives her past to her children. The children face a life alone without the glue that has held their family together. How will they cope?

Martina Cole at her best, effortlessly keeping the reader hooked in a thrilling journey which is intense and thrilling.

Business choice

Anything is possible

Anything is Possible, Michelle Dewberry (Orion, R.R.P.- £14.99)

When Sir Alan Sugar spoke the magic words, ‘Michelle, you’re hired,’ on the hugely successful BBC2 series The Apprentice, 26 year old Michelle Dewberry’s future in the fast-paced and demanding world of business was assured. Michelle has battled personal traumas throughout her life and her courageous struggle has seen her move from checkout girl to business brain proving that infact, anything really is possible. Save £3 on publisher’s RRP at Jarrold’s. Signed copies available.

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