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Till death do us part

- Compiled by ROUWEN LIN lifestyle@thestar.com.my

You’re Invited

Author: amanda Jayatissa Publisher: Berkley Books

Amaya has not heard from her former best friend Kaavi for several years. So she is a bit surprised when she reaches out, inviting her to her wedding in Sri Lanka. When Amaya finds out that the groom is her ex-boyfriend, she decides to fly out just to stop the wedding from happening. The celebratio­n is lavish, a week-long party where everything unfortunat­ely goes wrong. And when Kaavi goes missing and is presumed dead, everyone assumes that it is Amaya who is behind it.

A Hundred Other Girls

Author: Iman Hariri-kia Publisher: sourcebook­s Landmark

Having grown up with Vinyl magazine, Noora is over the moon when she lands a job as assistant to its editor-in-chief, Loretta James. It has been a dream since she was a little girl to write for the magazine, and with Loretta now as her mentor, Noora thinks she is finally on the right path. That is, until she started her job. Loretta is a nightmare to work for, an insecure woman who doesn’t understand the ever-evolving media landscape and plots against other people in the company whom she perceives as a threat. And the digital team at the magazine is woke for all the wrong reasons.

Dark Earth

Author: Rebecca stott Publisher: Random House

Isla and Blue, together with their father, are living in exile on a small island they call home. Their father is a blacksmith who has been accused of using dark magic to make his “firetongue” swords. Isla has been secretly learning her father’s trade, which is forbidden to women in this patriarcha­l society. When her father dies, the warlord Osric and his son Vort want to enslave the sisters. So they flee to Ghost City, where they connect with a group of undergroun­d rebels who are living among the ruins.

The Perfect Neighborho­od

Author: Liz alterman Publisher: Crooked Lane Books

On his walk home from kindergart­en, five-year-old Billy goes missing. His mother, Rachel, is angry at herself for being too busy at work to pick him up that day and she wonders if someone in the neighbourh­ood is responsibl­e for this. His babysitter, who turned up late that afternoon, is also blaming himself. Then another kid gets abducted and the town is thrown into a frenzy. The police are on the case but they don’t have any leads. How many kids have to disappear before this mystery is solved?

The It Girl

Author: Ruth Ware Publisher: scout Press

The past decade has been a nightmare for Hannah and her group of friends after April was brutally murdered by a man. John the killer was thrown into jail and now that he has died, Hannah feels like they can finally breathe again. She is expecting her first child and her husband is nothing short of remarkable. Then a journalist turns up and presents her with new evidence that suggests John might not have been guilty of this crime. As Hannah dredges up old memories with her friends and scrutinise­s them with an older, wiser eye, she is shocked at the revelation­s that surface.

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