Help with bus pass renewals
Existing Concessionary Travel Cards holders and new applicants are being asked to apply for new-style cards via the new Transport for Wales online portal. Your old-style cards are only valid until 31 December 2019. If you are having difficulty in renewing your bus passes, come along to the library and we’ll help you complete an application online. Just bring along your existing bus pass and your national insurance number. We also have temporary bus passes available.
New books
Snow is falling and books are calling. We have a good range of new books for you to snuggle up and read over Christmas.
Crime and thrillers:
‘Brutal’ by Mandasue Heller. A bereaved husband is faced with a devastating choice in this gritty thriller.
‘A Shadow on the Lens’ by Sam Hurcom. 1904 and Thomas Bexley, one of the first forensic photographers, is called to Dinas Powys. A young girl has been found murdered but the crime scene appears to have been staged, and worse still: the locals are reluctant to help.
‘Red Strike’ by Chris Ryan. Another in the Strike Back series. Chris Ryan turned to writing thrillers to tell the stories the Official Secrets Act stops him putting in his non-fiction.
‘The Stone Circle’ by Elly Griffiths. Nelson is disturbed when he receives a letter telling him to go to the stone circle and save the child who is buried there. Sure enough, a child’s bones are found in the circle, those of a girl who vanished thirty years ago. When the lead suspect in that case, the so-called Stone Man, is found dead, Nelson knows that he is dealing with a killer who cannot forget the past.
‘Her Sister’s Secret’ by E V Seymour. An absolutely gripping psychological thriller with suspenseful twists
‘Neon Prey’ by John Sandford. Lucas Davenport pursues a prolific serial killer who has gone undetected for years in the newest nail-biter by this internationally bestselling author.
‘The Venetian Masquerade’ by Philip Gwynne Jones. A game of blackmail and betrayal is played among the backstreets and canals of Venice
‘The Punishment She Deserves’ by Elizabeth George. Another masterpiece of suspense in the Inspector Lynley series.
‘The Silver Wind’: Four Stories of Time Disrupted by Nina Allan. Martin Newland is fascinated by watches and clocks and the nature of time. Time, memory, love, hope and regret all complicate Martin’s quest for the truth. In the implied spaces and overlaps between these five moments in time the reader is granted a mysteriously enriching vision of the everyday world
‘Ghost Fire’ by Wilber Smith. A new generation of Courtneys fight for freedom in an epic story of
tragedy, loss, betrayal and courage that brings the reader deep into the seething heart of the French and Indian War.
Romance
‘The Winter Orphan’ by Cathy Sharp. A heart-breaking story of one child’s courage, from the bestselling author of The Orphans of Halfpenny Street.
‘Wrapped Up in You’ by Jill Shalvis. The perfect feel-good romance to brighten your day
‘Beauchamp Hall’ by Danielle Steel. Inspired by the TV show Downton Abbey, Beauchamp Hall is an uplifting story of an ordinary woman embracing an extraordinary adventure
Nonfiction
‘My Friend Anna’ by Rachel DeLoache Williams. The true story of the fake heiress of New York City
Poetry/ criticism
‘Great Goddesses: Life lessons from myths and monsters’ by Nikita Gill. Step into an ancient world transformed by modern feminist magic.
Children’s fiction
‘On Angel Wings’ by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Quentin Blake
‘Mimi and the Mountain Dragon’ by Michael Morpurgo.