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Best reads of the year 2010
The books on this list were chosen by Peterborough reading
groups as some of their favourites read this year.
Blacklands by Belinda Bauer
Twelve-year-old Steven Lamb digs holes on Exmoor, hoping to find
a body and lay to rest the ghost of the uncle he never knew, who
disappeared aged eleven and is assumed to have fallen victim to the
notorious serial killer Arnold Avery. Only Steven’s Nan is not
convinced her son is dead. She still waits for him to come home,
while her family fragments around her. Steven is determined
to heal the widening cracks between them before it’s too late, so
he crafts a letter to Arnold Avery in prison …
Dead Simple by Peter James
Michael Harrison had it all: good looks, charm, natural
leadership, a wicked sense of humour, and now, Ashley, his fiancé.
While out celebrating with a group of friends a few nights before
the wedding, Michael unexpectedly finds himself enclosed in a
coffin equipped only with a flashlight, a walkie-talkie, and a
breathing tube. It's all in good fun, payback for the grief his
mates have suffered at his hands. That is, until the four are
killed in a drink driving accident just moments after, leaving
Michael completely alone and buried alive.
Frenchman's Creek by Daphne Du Maurier
The Restoration Court knows Lady Dona St Columb to be ripe for
any folly, any outrage that will alter the tedium of her days. But
there is another, secret Dona who longs for a life of honest love
-- and sweetness, even if it is spiced with
danger. It is this Dona who flees the stews of
London for remote Navron, looking for peace of mind in its solitary
woods and hidden creeks. She finds there the passion her spirit
craves -- in the love of a daring pirate hunted by all Cornwall, a
Frenchman who, like Dona, would gamble his life for a moment's
joy.
Guernica by Dave Boling
An extraordinary epic of love, family, and war set in the Basque
town of Guernica before, during, and after its destruction by the
German Luftwaffe during the Spanish Civil War. In 1935,
Miguel Navarro finds himself in conflict with the Spanish Civil
Guard and flees the Basque fishing village of Lekeitio to make a
new start in Guernica, the centre of Basque culture and tradition.
Once there, he finds more than just a new life – he finds someone
to live for.
The
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann
Shaffer
It's 1946 and author Juliet Ashton can't think what to write
next. Out of the blue, she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of
Guernsey - by chance, he's acquired a book that once belonged to
her - and, spurred on by their mutual love of reading, they begin a
correspondence. When Dawsey reveals that he is a member of
the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, her curiosity is
piqued and it's not long before she begins to hear from other
members. As letters fly back and forth with stories of life in
Guernsey under the German Occupation, Juliet soon realizes that the
society is every bit as extraordinary as its name.
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