Happy New Year! Kick-start 2012 with some fantastic new books out this month.

Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? SJ WATSON’s Before I Go To Sleep is this year’s most thrilling paperback debut - a psychological and deeply haunting novel which will keep you up at night.

Make the most of your brain this January with PAUL MCKENNA's I Can Make You Smarter. Within the pages of this book is a groundbreaking new system that will teach you how to apply the strategies of some of history's greatest geniuses and the latest research into the science of the brain, to help you live an extraordinarily effective and creative life.

When you've dedicated your life to your children, what happens when they grow up? A Sunday Times bestseller, Daughters-in-Law by JOANNA TROLLOPE is a poignant and moving tale about a mother watching her children drift away. Also look out for JUDY ASTLEY's highly entertaining new novel, The Look of Love When Bella’s ex-husband turns up wanting to sell the family home, she jumps at the chance to stay to in the house and earn some money by agreeing to rent her house for a reality TV makeover programme. And it turns out that the house isn't the only thing that will benefit from a change... Both now available in paperback, ebook and audio.

Prepare to be gripped and chilled in Finders Keepers the sensational new novel from BELINDA BAUER. At the height of summer a dark shadow falls across Exmoor. Children are being stolen from cars. Each disappearance is marked only by a terse note - a brutal accusation.

And finally, out later this month is Siege, the latest thriller by SIMON KERNICK. The lives of many hang in the balance as a group of highly trained gunmen storm the historic Stanhope Hotel on Park Lane. As darkness falls and the men become increasingly violent there is one question in everybody’s minds: will they survive the night? Watch the trailer now.

Peoplequake, Snuff & The Affair

On Monday 31st October, according to UN figures, the world's 7 billionth baby was born. This gives rise to an uproar about a population bomb and the need for a control on the global birth rate. But FRED PEARCE argues that this is already being diffused and that our focus should be on the 'consumption bomb'. Read more about it in his book, Peoplequake, a groundbreaking book that reveals the truth about population levels, and where they will take us in the future.

Sales of Snuff continue to soar as TERRY PRATCHETT hits the top of the Bestseller charts yet again. As the books fly off the shelves the reviews have come flooding in and, unsurprisingly, they positively glow with praise for “another brilliant, bravura command performance of comic fantasy”.

The Affair by LEE CHILD topped the overall bestseller lists across hardback and paperback both sides of the Atlantic on its first week on sale, a feat no British adult writer has achieved since records began. It also shot to number one in Australia and New Zealand.

Dam Busters with James Holland

Head over to BBC iPlayer to watch author and historian JAMES HOLLAND present a fresh analysis of the 1943 mission to destroy German dams with a brand new weapon- the bouncing bomb.

Win an iPad2 with Blood harvest by SJ Bolton
To celebrate publication of Blood Harvest in paperback, we have a sleek iPad 2 to give away! When the Blood Harvest trailer reaches 20,000 views on YouTube we'll open the prize draw on her facebook page! So to be in with a chance to win, make sure you 'like' the SJ BOLTON Facebook page and share the video!

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