A British institution in Puerto de la Cruz for over 100 years
IN ACCORDANCE with the directive of the Spanish Government, placing the country under a state of emergency, we regret to announce that ALL English Library activities are suspended until further notice. The library will not be open for the return or lending of books and DVDs etc., as previously announced.
We hope that all our members will stay safe during this very difficult and trying period.
TODAY’S REVIEW features the latest Richard and Judy winter selection. As always with this husband and wife team a varied and interesting selection of some very good reads. Also recently arrived to be found in our new book section novels that will take you to Venice, Nazi-occupied Europe, 1930’s Burma, Arles in the Camarge and a lemon grove in Sicily. There’s something on offer for everyone’s taste, from romance, thrillers, investigations and of course the odd murder or two.
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THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS – LISA JEWELL
In a large house in London’s fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them a hastily scrawled note. They’ve been dead for several days. Who has been looking after the baby? And where did they go?
THE SILENT PATIENT – ALEX MICHAELIDES
Alicia Berensen lived a seemingly perfect life until one day six years ago, when she shot her husband five times. Since then she hasn’t spoken a single word. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations – a search for the truth that threatens to consume him….
BLOOD ORANGE – HARRIET TYCE
Described as a psychological thriller. Alison has it all a loving family and a career on the rise – she’s just been given her first murder case to defend. But all is never as it seems ….
Obsession, revenge, lust and murder play out on the pages as a female barrister tries to hold her life together while her personality tries to tear it apart. At once shocking and riveting, You won’t be able to stop reading this book.
WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING – DELIA OWENS
For many years, rumours of the ‘Marsh Girl’ have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the Marsh she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be loved. When two young men from town became intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life – until the unthinkable happens.
DVD – MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS – DV1306
The film explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart Queen of France at 16, widowed at 18, Mary defies pressure to remarry and instead returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. By birth, she also has a rival claim to the throne of Elizabeth I who rules as the Queen of England. Rivals in power and in love, the two Queens make very different choices. Betrayal, rebellions and conspiracies within each court imperil both Queens – driving them apart, as each woman experiences the bitter cost of power.
21 NEW TITLES WERE ADDED THIS MONTH (New releases +++)
DA478: FANTASTIC 4: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER: The Fantastic Four learn that they aren’t the only super-powered beings in the universe when they square off against the powerful Silver Surfer and the planet-eating Galactus.
DA482: ALIEN VS. PREDATOR: During an archaeological expedition on Bouvetøya Island in Antarctica, a team of archaeologists and other scientists find themselves caught up in a battle between the two legends. Soon, the team realize that only one species can win.
DA494: HELLBOY: Hellboy, caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge.
DA495: HELLBOY 2: The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must save the world from the rebellious creatures.
DA496: STARDUST: In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he’ll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.
DC0081F: DOCTOR WHO. THE TALONS OF WENG-CHIAN: The Doctor and Leela land in Victorian London, and find themselves in the middle of missing girls, mutilated bodies, and vicious Chinese gangs. The Palace theater, presenting hypnotist Li H’sen Chang seems to be at the center of it all.
DC191: ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN: Two mysterious orphan children have extraordinary powers and are chased by a scheming millionaire. But where do these kids really call home?
DL457: MILLIONS: Ethics, being human and the soul come to the fore when a 7-year old finds a bag of Pounds just days before the currency is switched to Euros and learns what we are really made of.
DL458: SHOWTIME: A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based television cop show, while tracking down the manufacturer and distributor of an illegally made semi-automatic firearm.
DR275: TRISTAN + ISOLDA: An affair between the second in line to Britain’s throne and the princess of the feuding Irish spells doom for the young lovers.
DS477: REVELATIONS: Just before the start of the Apocalypse, a physicist and a nun race against the clock to see if the end of the world can be averted.
+++DS480: CATHERINE THE GREAT: Sophia Augusta’s marriage to Peter III, the Emperor of Russia, is anything but the fairy-tale life that she had been promised. In a historical tale of political intrigue, sex and murder, she takes control of her life, her marriage, and her kingdom, becoming one of Russia’s most celebrated and beloved monarchs.
DT657: CHILDREN OF DUNE: The twins of Paul “Muad’dib” Atreides become embroiled in the political landscape of Arrakis (“Dune”) and the rest of the universe.
DT658: THE INVASION: As a Washington, D.C. psychiatrist unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.
DV1316: SONG FOR A RAGGIE BOY: The true story of a single teacher’s courage to stand up against an untouchable prefect’s sadistic disciplinary regime and other abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.
DV1319: TRAINSPOTTING: Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
DV1320: THE DARK IS RISING: A boy’s life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the dark.
+++DV1321: DOWNTON ABBEY (THE MOVIE): The continuing story of the Crawley family, wealthy owners of a large estate in the English countryside in the early twentieth century.
+++DV1322: JUDY: Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
+++DV1323: MRS LOWRY & SON: A portrait of the artist L.S. Lowry and the relationship with his mother, who tries to dissuade him from pursuing his passion.
DV1324: QUARTET/TRIO/ENCORE: Three films by W. Somerset Maugham. A total of 10 short stories. Old but not dated as his work is finely honed and covers a broad spectrum of interest.
WE ARE SORRY THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING SITUATION IN THE SOUTH WITH THE CORONAVIRUS. ALL CONSULAR RESOURCES HAVE BEEN REDIRECTED. IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR ANOTHER DATE.
