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Why was a local philanthropist murdered? The late Mr Lionel Bygood, well-known locally for giving help and advice, has been bashed in the head with a bronze statue. With all signs pointing to the victim knowing his killer, Bill Slider and his team find themselves embroiled in an investigation that provides scant evidence, but all too many suspects.

Tony Richards hires Veronica Blackstone to write love letters for him, despite seemingly not needing her help. After he's found dead, the police reveal his name was Ted Roberts and believe he was killed during a robbery gone wrong. Veronica isn't convinced. Why did he lie about his name? Who were the letters for? Veronica's determined to find out.

Travel writer Jill Curtis is in Louisville, Kentucky, on the next stop of her bourbon tour assignment, but the night before her first tour at Parker's Distillery, she is shocked to learn that the master distiller, William Scott, has died suddenly of a heart attack . Could there be more to William's death than meets the eye?

An original and probing debut work of non-fiction by a brilliant new writer, rooted in her years-long quest to study the cultural legacy of the wolf

This enquiry into the explorer mindset is part meditation, part memoir, from one of 'Britain's greatest explorers' (Telegraph)

A spellbinding novel about family secrets and bonds, thwarted hope and the brutal realities of life in a society rife with inequality, from the Women's Prize-shortlisted author

'A highly enigmatic, affectionate and robustly written portrayal of a mother-son relationship . . . very relatable' Diana EvansDriven by a deep-seated desire to understand his mother's life before he was born, Derek Owusu offers a powerful imagining of her journey. As she moves from Ghana to the UK and navigates parenthood in a strange and often lonely environment, the effects of displacement are felt across generations. Told through the eyes of both mother and son, Losing the Plot is at once emotionally raw and playful as Owusu experiments with form to piece together the immigrant experience and explore how the stories we share and tell ourselves are just as vital as the ones we don't.

"A deep-dive into kindness, the science behind it and how we can better build it into our lives, from the author of The Art of Rest. Using the latest research from psychology and neuroscience, and working in collaboration with the University of Sussex's world-leading Kindness Institute, Claudia Hammond takes us on a eye-opening tour of kindness: what constitutes kindness (it's not just one thing), effective strategies to build more of it into our lives and the benefits of being kind. The book is structured around the seven keys of kindness: 1: There is more kindness in the world that you might think; 2: Being kind makes you feel good and that's OK; 3: Don't get too hung up on motives; 4: Kind people can be winners; 5: Kindness comes from seeing other people's points of view; 6: Anyone can be a hero; 7: Remember to be kind to yourself; A Prescription for kindness. You are kinder than you think, but we could all be kinder still - with enormous benefits for our personal mental health and wellbeing. The Keys to Kindness sets out a prescription for a kinder life that you can adapt to your own circumstances, and how to apply these lessons to ourselves, others and the planet"--Publisher's description.

In this essential and impassioned text, LeRoi Jones traces the intertwined development of blues and jazz music with the history of its creators in 'White America'. As important and relevant as at its first publication in 1963, it shows how music and its people are inseparable - expressing and reflecting the other, surviving and adapting through oppression.