15. The Fifth Child, Doris Lessing

133 páginas

Harriet and David Lovatt realize their dream of a home, four children and a happy family life. But when Harriet becomes pregnant for the fifth time, she instinctively knows that *this* baby is different. Her fear grows as she struggles to care for the new-born child, finding herself faced with a dark sub-continent of human nature, unable to cope ..

14. The Quickie, James Patterson

310 páginas

James Patterson takes us on a twisting roller-coaster ride of thrills in his most gripping novel yet. Lauren Stillwell is not your average damsel in distress. When the NYPD cop discovers her husband leaving a hotel with another woman, she decides to beat him at his own game. But her revenge goes dangerously awry, and she finds her world spiralling into a hell that becomes more terrifying by the hour. In a further twist of fate, Lauren must take on a job that threatens everything she stands for. Now, she's paralyzed by a deadly secret that could tear her life apart. With her job and marriage on the line, Lauren's desire for retribution becomes a lethal inferno as she fights to save her livelihood - and her life. This story of love, lust and dangerous secrets will have reader's hearts pounding to the very last page.

13. Os Reinos do Norte, Philip Pullman

340 páginas

Mundos Paralelos é uma trilogia mágica e poderosa, recheada de aventuras, imaginação e mistério. A sua protagonista é Lyra, uma menina de onze anos que anda sempre na companhia do seu génio. E é justamente com Pantalaimon que ela irá fazer uma perigosíssima viagem até às vastidões longínquas do Norte, para tentar desvendar os seus mistérios… Mas a realidade revela-se assustadora… Lyra irá conhecer criaturas fantásticas, feiticeiras que cruzam os céus gélidos, espectros fatais e ursos blindados numa luta terrífica entre a vida e a morte, o bem e o mal, a sobrevivência ou a aniquilação do mundo…

12. What the Lady Wants, Jennifer Crusie

250 páginas

Nothin' like a dame...

Mitch Peabody was learning pretty fast that the life of a private detective was not all it was cracked up to be. Cheating husbands, suspicious wives, unsuspecting mistresss -- case after case left him cynical and disillusioned. This was nothing like the world of tough-talking detectives and smart-mouthed, stunning dames he'd envisioned . . . until she walked through the door.

Right down to her stilettos, Mae Sullivan was a knockout with a lethal body -- and a lethal family to go with it. There was something not quite on the up-and-up about her, but she came with a case he couldn't afford to refuse . . . and left him with a case of lust like he hadn't had since high school. It didn't take long for him to fall for her, hook, line and sinker. But was Mae only interested in catching the double-crossing crooks who murdered her uncle . . . or did the lady want to catch him?