Richard and Judy Book Club Reads

Looking for a good book to get you through the long winter nights? Or perhaps your plan is to escape to the sunshine and relax by the pool, reading. Not sure where to start? Why not visit your local Torfaen Library. Our staff are a mine of information when it comes to book recommendations and they will usually come up with the goods.

Another source of suggestions is the Richard and Judy Book Club, they’ve recently released their titles for spring 2018. All 8 books are available to borrow or reserve from Torfaen Libraries.
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Fiona Barton – The Child

When a paragraph in an evening newspaper reveals a decades-old tragedy, most readers barely give it a glance. But for 3 strangers it's impossible to ignore.

John Boyne – The Heart’s Invisible Furies

Cyril Avery is not a real Avery - or at least that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then who is he?

Matt Haig – How to Stop Time

Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41 year old, but he was born in 1581. Owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. 'How to Stop Time' is a wild, bittersweet, time-travelling story about the mistakes humans are doomed to repeat and about the lifetimes it can take to learn how to live.

Cara Hunter – Close to Home

Last night, 8 year old Daisy Mason disappeared from her parents' summer party. No one in the quiet suburban street saw anything, or at least that's what they're saying.

Lisa Jewell – Then She was Gone

Laurel Mack is living in the past. It's been 10
years since her 15 year old daughter Ellie disappeared, and Laurel's never given up hope of finding her. But now, she no longer has a choice in the matter. It's time to let go, but can she?

Jo Nesbo – The Thirst

A woman is found murdered after an Internet date. The marks left on her body show the police that they are dealing with a particularly vicious killer. Under pressure from the media to find the murderer, the force know there's only one man for the job - but Harry Hole is reluctant until he starts to suspect a connection between this killing and his one failed case. When another victim is found, Harry realises he will need to put everything on the line if he's to finally catch the one who got away.

Michelle Richmond – The Marriage Pact 

Newlyweds Jake and Alice are offered membership of a club which promises members will never divorce. Signing The Pact seems the ideal start to their marriage, until one of them breaks the rules because The Pact is for life and its members will go to any lengths to ensure nobody leaves.

Beth Underdown – The Witchfinder’s Sister

1645. When Alice Hopkins' husband dies in a tragic accident, she has no choice but to return to Manningtree, where her brother Matthew still lives. But home is no longer a place of safety. Matthew has changed and there are rumours spreading through the town, whispers of witches and a great book in which her brother is gathering women's names. To what lengths will her brother's obsession drive him and what choice will Alice make when she finds herself at the very heart of his plan?

Clwb Llyfrau Richard a Judy

Chwilio am lyfr da i fynd â chi trwy nosweithiau hir y gaeaf? Neu efallai eich bod yn bwriadu dianc i’r haul ac ymlacio ger y pwll yn darllen? Ddim yn siŵr lle i ddechrau? Pam nad ewch i’ch llyfrgell leol yn Nhorfaen? Mae ein staff yn llawn gwybodaeth pan ddaw’n fater o argymell llyfrau ac fel rheol bydd ganddynt awgrymiadau da i chi.

Ffynhonnell arall o awgrymiadau yw Clwb Llyfrau Richard a Judy. Yn ddiweddar, maent wedi rhyddhau eu teitlau ar gyfer y gwanwyn 2018. Mae’r 8 llyfr ar gael i’w benthyg neu eu harchebu o Lyfrgelloedd Torfaen. 
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Fiona Barton – The Child

Pan fo paragraff mewn papur newydd gyda’r nos yn datgelu trasiedi a ddigwyddodd ddegawdau yn ôl, nid yw’r rhan fwyaf o ddarllenwyr yn cymryd fawr o sylw ohono. Ond i dri dieithryn, mae’n amhosibl ei anwybyddu.

John Boyne – The Heart’s Invisible Furies

Nid yw Cyril Avery yn Avery go iawn – neu o leiaf dyna’r hyn y mae ei rieni mabwysiol yn dweud wrtho. Ond os nad yw’n Avery mewn gwirionedd, yna pwy yw e?

Matt Haig – How to Stop Time

Mae gan Tom Hazard gyfrinach beryglus. Efallai ei fod yn edrych fel gŵr 41 cyffredin, ond fe’i ganwyd ym 1581. Oherwydd cyflwr prin, mae wedi bod yn fyw am ganrifoedd. Mae 'How to Stop Time' yn stori wyllt,  chwerw-felys am deithio drwy amser yn ymwneud â’r camgymeriadau mae pobl yn eu gwneud dros ar ôl tro, a’r oesoedd y gall eu cymryd i ddysgu sut i fyw.

Cara Hunter – Close to Home

Neithiwr, diflannodd Daisy Mason, 8 oed, o barti haf ei rhieni. Ni welodd neb ar y stryd dawel unrhyw beth, neu o leiaf, dyna mae pawb yn ei ddweud.

Lisa Jewell – Then She was Gone

Mae Laurel Mack yn byw yn y gorffennol. Mae’n 10 mlynedd ers i’w merch 15 oed, Ellie, ddiflannu, ac nid yw Laurel erioed wedi colli gobaith y caiff hyd iddi. Ond nawr, nid oes ganddi ddewis. Mae’n amser gadael iddi fynd, ond a fedr hi?

Jo Nesbo – The Thirst

Ceir hyd i fenyw wedi ei llofruddio ar ôl dêt rhyngrwyd. Mae’r marciau ar ei chorff yn dangos i’r heddlu eu bod yn delio gyda llofrudd arbennig o anfad. Dan bwysau gan y cyfryngau i gael hyd i’r llofrudd, mae’r heddlu’n gwybod mai dim ond un dyn all wneud hynny - ond mae Harry Hole yn anfodlon nes iddo ddechrau amau cysylltiad rhwng y llofruddiad hwn a’r un achos y methodd ei ddatrys. Pan geir hyd i gorff arall, mae Harry’n sylweddoli bod angen iddo fentro popeth os yw, o’r diwedd, i ddal yr un a ddihangodd.

Michelle Richmond – The Marriage Pact

Newydd briodi, mae Jake ac Alice yn cael cynnig aelodaeth o glwb sy’n addo na fydd yr aelodau byth yn ysgaru. Mae arwyddo’r Cytundeb yn ymddangos fel dechrau delfrydol i’w priodas, nes bydd un ohonyn nhw’n torri’r rheolau. Oherwydd mae’r Cytundeb am oes a bydd yr aelodau yn gwneud unrhyw beth i sicrhau nad oes neb yn gadael.

Beth Underdown – The Witchfinder’s Sister

1645. Pan fo gŵr Alice Hopkins yn marw mewn damwain drasig, nid oes ganddi ddewis ond dychwelyd i Manningtree, lle mae ei brawd Matthew yn dal i fyw. Ond nid yw ei chartref bellach yn lle diogel. Mae Matthew wedi newid, ac mae straeon yn lledaenu drwy’r dref, yn sibrwd am wrachod a llyfr mawr yn yr hwn y mae ei brawd yn casglu enwau menywod. Pa mor bell y bydd obsesiwn ei brawd yn ei yrru, a pha ddewis fydd yn rhaid i Alice ei wneud pan gaiff ei hun wrth graidd ei fwriadau?