June Book Competition

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
Cressida Cowell

The story begins in the first volume of Hiccup's How to Train Your Dragon memoirs…sword‐fighter, a dragon‐whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn't always like that.

In fact, in the beginning, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was the most put‐upon Viking you'd ever seen. Not loud enough to make himself heard at dinner with his father, Stoick the Vast; not hard enough to beat his chief rival, Snotlout, at Bashyball, the number one school sport; and certainly not stupid enough to go into a cave full of dragons to find a pet… It's time for Hiccup to learn how to be a Hero.



Read the rest of Hiccup's exploits in the How to Train Your Dragon series in How to Be a Pirate, How to Speak Dragonese, How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale, A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons, How to Ride a Dragon's Storm, How to Break a Dragon's…

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WRITTEN IN MY OWN HEART’S BLOOD
Diana Gabaldon

It is June 1778, and the world seems to be turning upside-down.

The latest epic volume in the multi‐million‐copy bestselling Outlander series.



The British Army is withdrawing from Philadelphia, with George Washington in pursuit, and for the first time, it looks as if the rebels might actually win. But for Claire Fraser and her family, there are even more tumultuous revolutions that have to be accommodated.



Her former husband, Jamie, has returned from the dead, demanding to know why in his absence she married his best friend, Lord John Grey. Lord John's son, the ninth Earl of Ellesmere, is no less shocked to discover that his real father is actually the newly-resurrected Jamie Fraser, and Jamie's nephew Ian Murray discovers that his new-found cousin has an eye for the woman who has just agreed to marry him.

And while Claire is terrified that one of her husbands may be about to murder the other, in the 20th century her descendants face even more desperate turns of events. Her daughter Brianna is trying to protect her son from a vicious criminal with murder on his mind, while her husband Roger has disappeared into the past…

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FACE OFF
David Baldacci

In this unprecedented collaboration, twenty-three of the world's favourite crime writers bring you original, co-written short stories featuring their much-loved series characters.

Face Off includes the first meeting of Ian Rankin’s Rebus and Peter James’ Roy Grace; a case for Dennis Lehane’s Patrick Kenzie and Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch, as well as a page-turning mystery starring Lee Child’s Jack Reacher and Joseph Finder’s Nick Heller.

Edited by David Baldacci, this exclusive page-turning collection also includes Jeffery Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme and John Sanford’s Lucas Davenport, Linwood Barclay’s Glen Garber and Raymond Khoury’s Sean Reilly, Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child’s Aloysius Pendergast and R.L. Stine’s Slappy the Ventriloquist Dummy, Linda Fairstein’s Alexandra Cooper and Steve Martini’s Paul Madriani, Steve Berry’s Cotton Malone and James Rollins’ Gray Pierce, Lisa Gardner’s D.D. Warren and MJ Rose’s Malachai Samuels, T. Jefferson Parker’s Joe Trona and John Lescroart’s Wyatt Hunt and Heather Graham’s Michael Quinn and F. Paul Wilson’s Repairman Jack.

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A PERFECT HERITAGE
Penny Vincenzi

A family. A firm. A lifetime of secrets.

A Perfect Heritage is the irresistible new novel from the No. 1 bestselling author Penny Vincenzi, the original and the best.



At Farrell, you can rely on the personal touch. The legendary Athina Farrell remains the company's figurehead; and in her kingdom within the Berkeley Arcade, Florence Hamilton plies their cosmetics with the utmost discretion. She is sales advisor ‐ and holder of secrets ‐ extraordinaire.



But the world of cosmetics is changing, and the once‐perfect heritage of the House of Farrell is now under threat, its customers tempted away by more fashionable brands.

Enter Bianca Bailey, formidable businesswoman, mother of three, and someone who always gets her way. Athina and Bianca lock horns over the future of the House of Farrell; but it is the past that tells its devastating tale of ambition and ego, passion and wonder, and survival.

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