buying books for hols on friday what to buy?

[frazzled74]

i m going to british bookshops on friday and want to buy 2-3 books, what can you recommend?have just read the hand that first held mine and loved it.

[orienteerer]

My chosen authors would be:
William Boyd
Gerald Seymour
Robert Harris

[Mummyisamonster]

Douglas Kennedy - all of them are fabulous.

happy reading

[ArcticRoll]

American Wife Curtis Sitenfeld
One Day and agree with Mummyisamosnter re Douglas Kennedy though prefer his earlier novels A Special Relationship and The Pursuit of Happiness to more recent stuff.

[elkiedee]

Have you read Maggie O'Farrell's earlier books?