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Tidings of Comfort, Joy and Jolly Good Reads

A gentle ocean breeze. A comfy recliner. The sharp crack of an ice cube in the gin and tonic nestled at your side. And a mighty fine book to lose yourself in. Yes, Waoku Lodge is the perfect place to get all caught up on your reading list. Here’s our pick of the best summer reads…
      
Euphoria
Lily King
Loosely based on a trip anthropologist Margaret Mead made to the Sepik River, in New Guinea in 1933, this is the story of three young anthropologists caught in a passionate love triangle. A riveting, provocative read set against the steamy backdrop of the jungle.
    
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
Joël Dicker
There’s twists and turns aplenty in this clever, creepy thriller. When a body is found buried in the backyard of novelist Harry Quebert, the locals turn against him. The only person who retains any faith in Quebert’s innocence is his former student, Marcus Goldman. Goldman sets out to solve the mystery…and the result becomes his second book.

The Paying Guests
Sarah Waters
It’s 1922 and Frances Wray and her mother live in genteel poverty in a south London house. Stuck with a mountain of debts courtesy of her father and two brothers, Frances must take on lodgers in order to make ends meet. But the arrival of Lilian and Leonard Barber brings with it unexpected – and ultimately devastating – consequences.
    
Swimming in the Dark
Paddy Richardson
Two families with two very different pasts united by fear and hate. Set in Central Otago and Leipzig, this is a fast-paced but beautifully told tale by Kiwi author Paddy Richardson.
    
Madmen: Inside the weirdest election campaign ever
Steve Braunias
Based on the campaign diaries Braunias filed every day during the 2014 election for Metro magazine, Madmen is a surreal, comic account of the campaign and includes a hallucinogenic bus trip through the North Island with Prime Minister John Key!

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