Reader's Digest Select Edition Da Vinci Code / Up and Down in the Dales / The Return of the Dancing Master / A Gathering of Light

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

When Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor, and Sophie Neveu, a young French cryptographer, investigate a stranger murder at the Louvre, their intriguing quest soon has the French police on their heels. At stake is a long-buried secret, set to unleash a cataclysm. A record-breaking best-seller.

Up and Down in the Dales by Gervase Phinn

Yorkshire school inspector Gervase Phinn is back with a host of new, unforgettable characters who inadvertently scupper his best-laid plans. Phinn offers an escape into an idyllic country existence where laughter and plenty of fresh air are considered every child’s birthright.

The Return of the Dancing Master by Henning Mankell

When a retired police officer is murdered at his remote house in northern Sweden, Stefan Lindman is driven to find out who would kill his old colleague in such a merciless fashion. As Lindman works alongside local police, he gradually uncovers a network of evil that emanates from a dark corner of Sweden’s wartime history. This is master craftsman Mankell’s riveting debut in Select Editions.

A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly

It’s the summer of 1906 and 16-year-old Mattie Gokey is working at a hotel in the Adirondack Mountains. When a guest asks her to burn some letters, Mattie agrees. But next day the young woman drowns, and Mattie has to think hard about her promise. A powerful story, partly based on fact, about the choices that shape a life.