“Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper
Fiction
The Colour of Death
By Michael Cordy
In a residential neighbourhood of Portland, Oregon, an unknown young woman uncovers a shocking crime scene by inexplicably sensing the evil within its walls. To the police, she is a mystery. She can't even tell them her own name. They christen her Jane Doe.
Suffering terrifying hallucinations, Jane is assigned to Nathan Fox, a forensic psychiatrist struggling with his own demons. Together they must piece together the jigsaw that is Jane's identity.
Then a sequence of brutal killings terrorizes the city and Fox learns Jane is the only cryptic link between the unrelated victims. To solve the murders, Fox must discard his black and white preconceptions, look beyond the spectrum of normal human experience and confront the dark truth of her past...and his own.
Rs. 900/- Available at Serendib Bookshop (Pvt) Ltd Mount Lavinia
Cake Decorating
Cupcakes
By Sue McMahon
Irresistible recipes for a complete range of miniature cakes covering traditional cupcakes, fruit-based cupcakes and finally a chapter of themed cupcakes for special occasions, such as weddings, birthdays and christenings.
These diminutive cakes are so cute, you'll want to bake the whole range! A classic book fully illustrated in colour throughout
Rs. 1,800/- Available at Serendib Bookshop (Pvt) Ltd Mount Lavinia
Empress of Rome
By Kate Quinn
'Fans of Philippa Gregory will be entranced. Kate Quinn's unforgettable third novel is a mesmerising story of passion, ambition and betrayal.'
Gladiator turned soldier Vix is back in Rome to make his fortune.
Sabina, the wayward daughter of a senator, craves adventure. United by their devotion to the Emperor, Vix and Sabina are unaware that the wolves are gathering.
Trajan's enigmatic Empress has her own plans for Sabina. And the aristocratic Hadrian, the Empress's protégé, conceals dark ambitions rooted in a secret prophecy. When Trajan falls, the hardened warrior, the adventurous girl, the shadowy empress and the scheming politician are caught in a deadly whirlwind that threatens to seal all their fates - and that of the Roman Empire itself...
Rs.675/= Available at Makeen Books, Col 3
Fiction
A Night Like This
Julia Quinn
Anne Wynter's job as governess to three highborn young ladies can be a challenge - in a single week she finds herself hiding in a closet full of tubas, playing an evil queen in a play and tending to the wounds of the oh-so-dashing Earl of Winstead.
After years of dodging unwanted advances, he's the first man who has truly tempted her, and it's getting harder and harder to remind herself that a governess has no business flirting with a nobleman. Daniel Smythe-Smith might be in mortal danger, but that's not going to stop the young earl from falling in love.
And when he spies a mysterious woman at his family's annual musicale, he vows to pursue her. But Daniel has an enemy, one who has vowed to see him dead.
And when Anne is thrown into peril, he will stop at nothing to ensure their happy ending ...New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn's enchanting second novel in the Smythe-Smith quartet is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud and tug at your heartstrings in equal measures.
Rs.995/= Available at Makeen Books, Col 3
Fiction
The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)
By J. K. Rowling
The first adult novel by J.K.Rowling of Harry Potter fame, No. 1 on Amazon and all other major lists. The book was released only on September 27.
When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock.
Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war.
Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils…Pagford is not what it first seems.
And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?
Rs 2975/= Available at Vijitha Yapa Bookshop
Raising Children God’s Way
By Juliet Thomas
It is important to consider children as significant persons, no matter how young they are. The greatest pride of any parent is well brought up children, and the great sorrow—wayward children.
Raising Children God’s Way is wonderful guide on parenting. The book stresses the need of bringing up children in godly discipline that enable them to face a difficult world and guard themselves against wrong influences.
Rs 450/= Available at Pragna Publishers (Gte) Ltd, No 5 P.T De Silva Mw, Dehiwala. Tel-O777008997- 2712631
Fiction/ Fantasy
Windhaven
By George R. R. Martin & Lisa Tuttle
From #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and acclaimed author Lisa Tuttle comes a timeless tale that brilliantly renders the struggle between the ironbound world of tradition and a rebellious soul seeking to prove the power of a dream.
Among the scattered islands that make up the water world of Windhaven, no one holds more prestige than the silver-winged flyers, romantic figures who cross treacherous oceans, braving shifting winds and sudden storms, to bring news, gossip, songs, and stories to a waiting populace.
Maris of Amberly, a fisherman’s daughter, wants nothing more than to soar on the currents high above Windhaven. So she challenges tradition, demanding that flyers be chosen by merit rather than inheritance. But even after winning that bitter battle, Maris finds that her troubles are only beginning. Now a revolution threatens to destroy the world she fought so hard to join—and force her to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Rs. 640/= Available at Sarasavi Bookshop Nugegoda
Thriller/ Crime & Mystery
Fallen
By Karin Slaughter
The Killing won’t stop until someone’s pays the price… Special Agent Faith Mitchell returns home to a nightmare. Her baby daughter Emma has been locked outside, and there's a trail of blood to the front door.
Without waiting for back-up, Faith enters the house. Inside a man lies dead in a pool of blood. Most worrying of all, her mother is missing. When the Atlanta police arrive, Faith has some difficult questions to answer. But she has some desperate questions of her own. What were the killers searching for?
And where is her mother? Suspended from duty, Faith turns to her work partner, Will Trent. Together he and Sara Linton must piece together the fragments of a brutal and complicated case, and catch a vicious murderer with only one thing on his mind. To keep on killing until the truth is finally revealed.
Rs. 750/= Available at Sarasavi Bookshop Nugegoda
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