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This month on SimonSays UK we've got plenty going on, from an author spotlight on one of the country's leading crime writers -- Lynda La Plante -- to a sizzling selection of summer reads that are guaranteed to get you hot. There's also a fabulous competition to win £500 worth of fashion vouchers in conjunction with Johnny Be Good -- the captivating new novel from Paige Toon. In Children's, June sees the arrival of the hilarious sequel to the massive bestseller Aliens Love Underpants and this time, it's dinosaurs who are getting in on the act! Altogether, it's a brilliant month -- we hope you enjoy what S&S UK has to offer.

June Author Spotlight

Clean Cut

By Lynda La Plante

Anna Travis investigates the brutal murder of a quiet, unassuming mother in the new thriller from the author of Above Suspicion and The Red Dahlia.

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion

By Lynda La Plante

Rookie detective Anna Travis embarks on her first murder case -- and the killings couldn't be more gruesome. But when the evidence points to a beloved celebrity, she faces an agonizing choice.
The Red Dahlia

The Red Dahlia

By Lynda La Plante

Above Suspicion's Anna Travis must summon all her strength and guile to hunt down a sadistic killer whose grisly m.o. mimics that of the infamous Black Dahlia murderer.

Summer Reading
Exit A

Exit A

By Anthony Swofford

From the bestselling author of Jarhead comes an unforgettable novel about a youth spent on a U.S. air base in Japan and the gritty neon streets just outside it, where the Japanese underworld lurks and a rebellious young girl finds herself in great danger.

Holly Would Dream

Holly Would Dream

By Karen Quinn

With her wedding and a big promotion coming up, fashion historian Holly Ross' happily ever after seems assured. So how, in the space of one day, does she end up homeless, penniless, and fiancé-less? With the sparkling Mediterranean and the city of Rome as the backdrops, Holly's adventures begin to resemble one of the 1950s Hollywood gems she so adores.

Drop Dead Beautiful

By Jackie Collins

Lucky Santangelo is back -- with a vengeance! She's as strong and sexy as ever, but older and wiser, and determined to reclaim her power position in Las Vegas. International superstar author Jackie Collins commemorates her 25th novel by bringing back her most popular heroine.
Bridesmaids

Bridesmaids

By Jane Costello

Evie is twenty-seven and has never been in love. Small wonder, then, that the prospect of being a bridesmaid fills her with trepidation. At least her new boob-enhancers will keep her company -- that is, until she meets Jack -- the most ruggedly attractive man Evie has ever laid eyes on.

The Medieval Murderers
The Lost Prophecies

The Lost Prophecies

By The Medieval Murderers

A mysterious book of prophecies written by a sixth century Irish monk has puzzled scholars through the ages, and whoever comes into possession of the cursed Black Book of Bran meets a gruesome and untimely end.
House of Shadows

House of Shadows

By The Medieval Murderers

Bermondsey Priory, 1114. A young chaplain succumbs to the temptations of the flesh -- and suffers a gruesome punishment. From that moment, the monastery is cursed and over the next five hundred years murder and treachery abound within its hallowed walls.

Manga - Shonen titles
Death Note Vol 11

Death Note Vol 11

By Tsugumi Ohba

Near wants to expose Light as the Death Note killer...but will the pressures of his fiancée, his new flame, and his acolyte prove to be fatal distractions from this challenge?
Claymore Vol 1

Claymore Vol 1

By Norihiro Yagi

Claire, nicknamed silver-eyed killer, is such a powerful Claymore she can slay a Yoma using only one hand. But she must constantly struggle to keep from becoming a monster herself.

Shojo titles

Aishiteruze Baby Vol 1

By Yoko Maki

When a popular high-school playboy suddenly finds himself the surrogate parent of his 5-year-old cousin, the girls at school who miss his attentions decide to play dirty to get him back.

Children's
Dinosaurs Love Underpants

Dinosaurs Love Underpants

By Claire Freedman
Illustrated by Ben Cort

Did you ever wonder why dinosaurs became extinct? They were all wiped out in a mighty Pants War! Join T-Rex and the rest of the gang as they slog it out to gain prehistoric pants supremacy in this hilarious follow-up to the award-winning Aliens Love Underpants.

Yuck's Alien Adventure

Yuck's Alien Adventure

By Matt and Dave
Illustrated by Nigel Baines

Two horribly disgusting adventures in one book! Yuck returns to antagonize his sister Princess Polly with the help of an alien called Puke and a dirty and smelly lost dog named Scruff.

Featured Biography

The Legend of Colton H Bryant

By Alexandra Fuller

The sad, powerful story of a retarded oil rigger in Wyoming is a reminder that there is still a place where cowboys roam the plains, relationships can get you through, and a simple, soulful and just man can stake his claim.

Non-Fiction Highlights
House to House

House to House

By David Bellavia
With John Bruning

In a memoir that is destined to rank with the finest personal accounts of men at war, a U.S. Army infantryman documents the 2004 assault on Fallujah -- one of the most sustained and savage urban battles in the history of American men at arms.
Brothers

Brothers

By David Talbot

In a gripping political history that is sure to be one of the most talked-about books of the year, Salon.com founder David Talbot sheds a dramatic new light on the tumultuous inner life of the Kennedy presidency and its stunning aftermath.

Paws for Thought

Under the Paw

By Tom Cox

Everyone knows about Mad Cat Woman, but the phenomenon of Mad Cat Man is less widely reported.  Tom Cox records the chaos of owning seven of the most charismatic, idiotic and duplicitous cats in the country, addressing death, depression, flying fur and the first human sentence spoken by a feline along the way.

Coming Soon…
Promise of the Wolves

Promise of the Wolves

By Dorothy Hearst

Brilliantly weaving together original research, lovable characters and a dynamic, thoroughly engaging plot, the first title in The Wolf Chronicles trilogy is an adventure story in the tradition of Clan of the Cave Bear and Watership Down.

Blood Ties

Blood Ties

By Sophie McKenzie

When two teenage misfits with complicated family histories are attacked by men from RAGE -- the Righteous Army against Genetic Engineering -- they make some startling discoveries about their identities, which will affect their past, present, and future in life-altering ways...

What We're Loving…
Recipes for Cherubs

Recipes for Cherubs

By Babs Horton

Sent to stay with a reclusive aunt at her dilapidated hotel on the Welsh coast, Catrin becomes fascinated by a 200-year-old Italian recipe book that she discovers on the premises.  As she grows closer to her frail, lonely aunt, Catrin realises that people from the past can sometimes interlace with the present and point a way forward into the future.

Child 44

Child 44

By Tom Rob Smith

How do you solve an impossible crime? A Soviet MGB officer finds himself trapped in a race against time and faces an excruciating choice -- his wife or his life -- in this amazingly assured and exciting debut set in Communist Russia in 1953.

Win £500 worth of FULL CIRCLE clothing

Johnny Be Good

By Paige Toon

As the personal assistant to wild boy of rock Johnny Jefferson, Meg Stiles' life is a whirlwind of showbiz parties and backstage passes. So far she has her feet firmly planted on the ground. But with Johnny's piercing green eyes and a body Brad Pitt would kill for, how long will it be before she's swept right off them?

Continuing Bestseller

The Secret

By Rhonda Byrne

What is...the Secret? Its fragments have been found throughout the centuries. Now, or the first time, all the pieces come together in an incredible revelation that will transform every aspect of your life and let you tap the power that's within you.

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