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Discover a darkly comic speculative murder mystery from an exciting new novelist, perfect for fans of Good Omens and Lucifer. People have a few ideas about Death, and the worst by far is a skeleton in a black potato sack. If she's lucky, she gets a scythe. The truth: she's just a woman doing a job and she's very good at it. Until she takes time off to live as a human and everything falls apart. Someone's killing people not on her schedule (well, not yet anyway) and with no thanks to the Temp she left in charge, it's up to her to make things right. With the help of her oh-so-sanctimonious sister, Life, and a charming (sexy) parasitologist, Death must stop the killer before it's too late. That's if she can defeat her greatest challenge yet - human bureaucracy. Who better to investigate a murder than Death herself?

She vowed she'd never do it. She lied. Vanessa Feltz has done the unthinkable and written a joltingly honest autobiography. You think you already know all there is to know about Vanessa? You don't know the half of it. Brace yourself for the achingly funny, deeply moving untold story: the behind the scenes lowdown on the parents who planned her wedding before she could walk, how she became the nation's second-most-famous fat person, life as the British Oprah, feuding with Madonna and Miss Piggy aboard the Big Breakfast bed, an excruciatingly public divorce, gruesome gastric band surgery, a sixteen-year skirmish with an ageing boybander and finding herself shockingly single at sixty-one. She's spent thirty-five years in the public eye: 'Vanessa's Friends Say She's Drinking Custard!' Vanessa seizes her chance to set the record straight in this warm, witty, intensely human story. She spares no one's blushes, including her own. How could someone so clever make such cataclysmic mistakes?Vanessa's often wrong, but always relatable. She puts the 'Oh my goodness, I can never unread that paragraph!' into celebrity autobiography.

Rose had the sense of a thread being pulled. One tug and everything could unravel. South-east London, 1925. Talented, ambitious designer-dressmaker Rose Burnham knows well both the strains of her profession and the secrets it can yield. Newly established in her own business, she and her sisters are privy to the hushed conversations that unspool behind the fitting room's closed doors. So when a major client finds herself the victim of a deception, it is Rose she tells. Driven by the shortage of men following the Great War, Miss Holmes had engaged the services of a matrimonial agency, only to be cheated out of her inheritance by a fake suitor. Rose is determined to bring the swindler to justice. To begin with, playing the detective is a grand adventure, but as pressures mount and an old friend receives a troubling string of poison-pen letters, Rose discovers there is more to investigating - and these investigations - than she'd bargained for.

'A stirringly painful, true account' Daily Mail'A cruel and sizzling war novel' The Sun'A book by a hero about heroes. It conveys the smell of battle, the pain of the doomed men as few other books ever have done' News of the World___________This is a novel, although the battle and many of the incidents described in the book are true.Unless you have experienced war, it is impossible to imagine its grim reality. But The Cauldron does just that - unsparingly, painfully, brilliantly - because it is written by someone who was there.This is the story of a platoon of British paratroopers dropped sixty miles behind German lines into the bloody maelstrom that Arnhem became in September 1944. With the end of the war nigh, the Allies make one bold bet to end it before Christmas. But it is a bet doomed to failure...Like never before, this is what it must have been like for the men parachuted into the cauldron. It has the smell, the taste, the fear of war - the terrifying sense of kill or be killed, and the horror of watching your friends die in front of you...

Everyone is dying to be invited...Amy receives an exclusive invitation to the party of the year. Billionaire business magnate Lawrence is getting married, and it looks set to be a summer wedding to remember.He rarely appears in the public eye, so this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for Amy. She has spent months building up to this moment; it's her only chance to get revenge.Because she knows who Lawrence really is - that beneath the polished public persona he is a vicious killer, responsible for the deaths of not just Amy's sister but several other innocent women.What Amy doesn't know is that Lawrence has a plan of his own. And that some of the people at this party aren't meant to be guests. They are meant to be victims...

Discover the Korean runaway prizewinning bestseller for fans of LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR and KLARA AND THE SUN'A stunning story of love, care and sacrifice' BORA CHUNG, author of CURSED BUNNY_____________Let's all learn how to slow down ...2035: In the shadow of a race course, a young woman finds a robot named Coli on a scrap heap, contemplating the sky. Intrigued, she takes him into her care and learns how he is designed to be a humanoid jockey.She and Coli are determined to rescue his beloved race horse who is heading for the knackers' yard after a lifetime of overwork. To remind the horse of happier times, they hatch a special plan to let her run another race.But it will be no ordinary event- they will train her to run the slowest time of her life.In the heat of the race, Coli feels the horse running too fast. She is in pain and will soon injure herself.To save his friend, Coli will commit one final act of bravery ...Radiant, urgent, deeply moving, A Thousand Blues is a hymn to our earth and to our humanity, giving powerful voice to those left behind in a fast forward-moving world of toxic productivity and competition. Brimming with heart, hope and rage, it shows how friendship, community and sacrifice will set us free.__________'A stunningly crafted novel, evoking a myriad emotions' Kim Bo-young'A dazzling, warm novel that shows us how to move forward as a society without leaving anyone or anything behind' Choi Jin-young, author of To the Warm Horizon'A breath of fresh air in the sci-fi genre' *****'Feels like a feather softly descending and tickling my heart' *****'A sci-fi novel full of human warmth' *****

Read the pageturning Korean feminist thriller for fans of KIM JIYOUNG BORN 1982 and CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN - soon to be a major Netflix Original TV Series starring Gong Yoo from SQUID GAMES and Seo Hyun-jinMeet Noh Inji: thirty years old, with five wedding rings so far, and she's never once been in love. When Inji takes a job at Wedding & Life, the popular matchmaking service, she never imagines role will be with NM, their secretive marriage division that rents out 'field husbands and wives' to their wealthiest clientele for a limited time. Just like a real marriage, Inji's assignments involve a wedding, some sex and a bit of housework, there is even a special helpline in case of any DV. It's all tailored exactly to the client's desires - no legal battles, no fights, no emotional baggage. In no way is Inji interested in finding real love, despite everyone trying to convince her otherwise- her brazen neighbour Granny, her flirtatious best friend Shi-jeong, and her failed blind date, Tae-seong. Then one of Inji's old husbands, a mysterious high-profile music producer, requests her back for another year. Soon Inji's own dark past will begin to unravel - as well as the sinister underbelly of the NM's management team, who will stop at nothing to preserve their reputation - and that of their clients.

'Britain's finest living nature writer' - The TimesIs there any bird more mysterious than the cuckoo?It is invariably heard, and not seen. And if seen, it is mistaken for a sharp-winged hawk. The female cuckoo - by a trick that borders on alchemy - is able to disguise its egg as another's. In Greek myth the god Zeus assumed the form of a cuckoo to seduce Hera.But we forgive the cuckoo its con-artistry, because it is the true herald of spring. It is the bird that uplifts our wintered hearts, with that first two-note 'cuk-koo' unmistakable as it sounds across the country.In The Curious Life of the Cuckoo, John Lewis-Stempel explains one of nature's greatest enigmas in vivid, lyrical prose, and celebrates this iconic bird.Praise for John Lewis-Stempel'His immense, patient powers of observation - along with a flair for the anthropomorphic - mean he is able to offer a portrait of animal life that's rare in its colour and drama.' - Observer'Engaging, closely-observed and beautiful ... this author's deep love of the world around him is as inspiring as it is entertaining.' - Daily Mail'That John Lewis-Stempel is one of the best nature writers of his generation is undisputed.' - Country Life'John Lewis-Stempel is the hottest nature writer around.' - Spectator'It's his observation of the natural world - the sight, the sound, the smell of it - that is so memorable. He has a distinctively brisk, muscular style of writing that has a poetic intensity and concision. - Guardian'His prose is immaculate' - Der Spiege'The master of nature-writing' - Radio Times'Lewis-Stempel sees and hears things others will never see and hear, and he can write about them as no one else can.'- Daily Mail: Summer Reads

A wry, razor-sharp and moving collection of stories exploring marriage and female friendship - including a story that revisits the main character from her iconic novel, Prep - from the New York Times bestselling author Romantic Comedy and American Wife.In 'Lost But Not Forgotten,' Sittenfeld gives readers of her novel Prep a chance to see how our beloved character Lee Fiora is doing twenty years later, when she returns to Ault for an alumni reunion and grapples with memories of an incident that happened while she was a student. In 'Pretzels are for Biting,' a woman looks up two best friends that she moved away from after her divorce. In 'Creative Differences,' a photographer from the mid-west balks when she realizes that the 'documentary' she stars in is actually a commercial for a multi-national corporation. And in 'Atomic Marriage,' a Hollywood producer fall for the author of a bestselling Christian self-help book while working on the film adaptation.In these twelve dazzling stories, Sittenfeld skewers our assumptions about fame, marriage and prejudice. Laying bare on the page what we're all thinking but hesitate to say, she explores women's lives at the intersection of ambition, intimacy, and the entangled pursuit of a fulfilling life.

'A seed in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible' Old Welsh ProverbOne orchard, three women, eleven letters. Hannah has lived at Berllan Deg all her life, her husband came to live at the orchard when they got married. Tonight, she prepares for his funeral as he lies in the parlour. Over fifty years of marriage, a lifetime of memories dissipating in the impossibility of his stillness. He was a writer and a beekeeper who came to understand the world through the language of bees. He has left her eleven letters; the exact same number as there are frames in a bee's nest. Each letter is an examination of an aspect of their marriage. The morning of the funeral, Sadie, Hannah's estranged little sister comes back home for the service. As the letters unfold, they reveal a devastating secret that will make Hannah have to re-evaluate her whole life. Bitter Honey is a novel which brings three very different women together into a broken Eden and examines how they rebuild it on their own terms.

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Marguerite has been locked in the attic of her family home, a disintegrating Chelsea house overlooking the stench of the Thames. For company she has: a sewing machine, a copy of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management and trays of congealing food carried up to her with little regularity. Marguerite has been confined by her mother, Cécile, who is concerned about her engagement to an older, near-penniless solicitor, Mr Lewis, and wishes to educate her daughter on 'proper' married conduct - lest she drag the family's good name into disrepute. But why is Marguerite pursuing the aged Mr Lewis in the first place? Why are her mother's visits seemingly becoming less frequent? And just how much time has passed since the lock closed on the attic's hatch?Carrion Crow is a transportive and gloriously gothic commentary on the constraints of polite society - and the even greater danger of conformity - that unfurls one family's festering secrets.

'A modern-day Freya Stark' - Tatler'Roberts' writing is beguiling' - The i'Roberts is a wonderfully lyrical writer' - ObserverFrom the acclaimed author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia, comes a new journey tracing a colonial-era African expedition. In 1879, King Leopold II of Belgium launched an ambitious plan to plunder Africa's resources. The key to cracking open the continent, or so he thought, was its elephants - if only he could train them. And so he commissioned the charismatic Irish adventurer Frederick Carter to ship four tamed Asian elephants from India to the East African coast, where they were marched inland towards Congo. The ultimate aim was to establish a training school for African elephants. Following in the footsteps of the four elephants, Roberts pieces together the story of this long-forgotten expedition, in travels that take her to Belgium, Iraq, India, Tanzania and Congo. The storytelling brings to life a compelling cast of historic characters and modern voices, from ivory dealers to Catholic nuns, set against rich descriptions of the landscapes travelled. She digs deep into historic records to reckon with our broken relationship with animals, revealing an extraordinary - and enduring - story of colonial greed, ineptitude, hypocrisy and folly. ............................................... Praise for The Lost Pianos of Siberia· An extraordinary encounter with a wildly fascinating and astonishingly ill-known region... This is a wonderful book. - Sunday Times· The ultimate quest for the oddest objects - pianos - in the most unlikely place - Siberia. But Roberts makes it much more than that, an elegant and nuanced journey through literature, through history, through music, murder and incarceration and revolution, through snow and ice and remoteness, to discover the human face of Siberia. I loved this book. - Paul Theroux· An impressive exploration of Siberia's terrifying past. - Guardian· An exuberant, eccentric journey through Russian vastness, European history and Russian culture, The Lost Pianos of Siberia is a quixotic quest, a picaresque travel adventure and a strange forgotten story, all wrapped into one fascinating book. - Simon Sebag-Montefiore· What shines through in this book is Roberts' genuine, humane affection for and fascination with the people she meets in Siberia. - Literary Review

The Hating Game meets Beach Read in this sexy and hilarious enemies-to-lovers romance!Rosie, an idealistic and passionate Peruvian American who has grown up without strong ties to her culture, leaves her Tennessee hometown to pursue her dream of making it in New York as a writer. But her plan is derailed when she ends up in class with her archnemesis and ex-crush, Aiden Huntington-an obnoxious, surly, and gorgeous literary fiction writer who doesn't have much patience for the romance genre or for Rosie.Rosie and Aiden regularly go to verbal battle in workshop until their professor reaches her breaking point. She allows them to stay in her class on one condition: they must cowrite a novel that blends their genres.The reluctant writing duo can't help but put pieces of themselves into their accidentally steamy novel, and as they slowly get to know each other, they try to put their differences aside. Meanwhile, their manuscript-in-progress provides an outlet for them to confess their feelings-and explore their attraction toward each other.When Rosie and Aiden find themselves competing against each other for a potentially career-changing opportunity, the flames of old rivalry reignite, and their once-in-a-lifetime love story is once again at risk of being shelved-unless they can find a way to end the book on their own terms.

'Unfailingly sweet and surprisingly sexy at the same time, The Art of Catching Feelings is a home run'JODI PICOULT, Sunday Times bestselling author of Mad Honey'Chris and Daphne's achingly vulnerable, hot slide into love was so masterfully crafted with intimacy and care that I was tempted to go right back to the first page once I finished (fine, and maybe I did)'JESSICA JOYCE, bestselling author of You, with a View- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Daphne Brink doesn't follow baseball, but watching "America's Snoozefest" certainly beats sitting at home in the days after she signs her divorce papers. After one too many ballpark beers, she heckles Carolina Battery player Chris Kepler, who quickly proves there might actually be a little crying in baseball. Horrified, Daphne reaches out to Chris on social media to apologize . . . but forgets to identify herself as his heckler in her message. Chris doesn't usually respond to random fans on social media, but when a DM from "Duckie" catches his eye, he impulsively messages back. Duckie is sweet, funny, and seems to understand him in a way no one else does. Daphne isn't sure how much longer she can keep lying to Chris, especially as she starts working with the team in real life and their feelings for each other deepen. When he finds out the truth, will it be three strikes, she's out?- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Readers love The Art of Catching Feelings'Sweet, swoony, and a little bit steamy, Thompson's latest blends popular romance tropes with a heartfelt look at life's curve balls, and how we help each other move forward''Each Alicia Thompson book is my new favorite book - but THIS one is just perfection. I love Thompson's ability to give flawed, real-feeling people HEAs. I finished in one sitting even though I didn't want it to end''Alicia Thompson is now three-for-three with phenomenal contemporary romance novels . . . This was a unique spin on the "You've Got Mail"/"Bookshop Around the Corner" secret pen pal/real life tension trope . . . A TOTAL HOME RUN''A heartwarming love story that not only made me laugh out loud but also tugged at my heartstrings . . . As a fan of sports romance, this book is a perfect example of why I love the genre so much . . . 5 stars without a doubt!'

Grace Hastings's dream job at the popular 'true love' dating app, Fate, has turned into a nightmare. Her boss is a leech, her career is stagnating, and her fiancé has just brutally dumped her. Her hope for finding her own love story is waning, and she feels like a fraud for promoting a concept she no longer believes in. When the company's CEO offers her an opportunity to earn a big promotion, she resolves to fight her imposter syndrome to show she deserves a seat at the table. The opportunity?To launch a brand-new app focusing on IRL dating and genuine connection. The problem? She must develop and test drive a series of 'first dates' with the other person gunning for the job: notorious socialite playboy and Grace's biggest work rival, Eric Bancroft. During their disastrous hikes, dangerous cooking classes and steamy yoga sessions, they begin to realise their stark differences may just be surface level and Eric might just be the perfect person to challenge Grace's perceptions of love, dating culture and self-worth.

'The Queen of raw family romances' Telegraph'Catherine Cookson soars above her rivals' Mail on Sunday'Her characters have the grit of real life' Sunday Times__________________________In Christine Winter's youth, her family home was always full of love and laughter. Along with her brother Ronnie and their neighbours, Don and Sam Dowling, Chrissie passed a happy, untroubled childhood, even when the strains of the outside world darkened her family's doorstepAs she grew up, though, Chrissie quickly realised that she'd have to leave her carefree youth behind. As a young woman, she found that she was seemingly cursed with an indefinable charm that drew men to her, and in some cases led them to the brink of obsession.Chrissie was used to refusing men's advances, preferring to keep to herself even in the face of their passion. Until one day, Chrissie met a stranger on the river bank near her home and found her life irreversibly changed._________________________Readers love Cookson's gripping historical sagas:¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿'Storytelling at its best'¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ 'Cookson's stories are timeless'¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ 'A great choice for a summer read'¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ 'Always a joy to read'Catherine Cookson, UK's top 100 bestselling authors of all time, Nielsen BookScan, July 2024

No crime writing retreat is complete without a murder... When legendary author J. R. Alastor hires Mila del Angél to host a murder mystery retreat on his private island, she jumps at the chance. The guest list? Six crime and thriller writers, all masters of the genre. Alastor wants to give his guests the thrill of their lives: a week of party games, trope-fuelled riddles, and maybe a jump-scare or two - but Mila is plotting some fun of her own for one of the names on the list. Then a different guest turns up dead, and suddenly Mila finds herself in a lethal game she didn't plan for. With a storm cutting off the island and the body count rising, Mila must work out how to escape a killer who knows literally every trick in the book...

Fasten your seatbelts as Formula 1's favourite underdog, Guenther Steiner, takes you on a wild ride through his ten years at Team Haas. From the first seeds of his idea to establish a new F1 team to the challenges of funding and building that team from the ground up, Guenther shares the real story of the origins of Team Haas, immerses readers in the high and lows of its first decade on the grid, and opens up about his departure from the team at the end of 2023. As Guenther recalls his proudest achievements and the many, many disasters he has faced, he takes readers into the boardrooms, pit lanes and garages, and out on to the circuits of the world's greatest race tracks. We spend time with drivers, mechanics, executives, sponsors, commentators and fans, and take in many private moments too, all the while grappling with the big challenges and small details that keep the wheels of a Formula 1 team turning. Told in his inimitable style, packed with hugely entertaining stories, outspoken opinions and unvarnished truths, this is Guenther at his very best - insightful, opinionated and completely unfiltered.

Famous film star Lila Crayne is America's sweetheart: she's generous and kind, gorgeous and magnetic. A golden girl. She and her fiancé, visionary filmmaker Kurt Royall, have settled into a stunning New York apartment, and are embarking on a new movie: a modern feminist adaptation of a classic twentieth-century novel. To prepare for the leading role, Lila begins work with charming and accomplished therapist Jonah Gabriel to dig into the trauma of her past. Soon, Lila's impeccably manicured life begins to unravel on the therapy couch - and Jonah is just the man to pick up the pieces. But neither of them is being entirely honest, and before long a deadly game of revenge is triggered, in which everyone, on screen and off, plays a part . . .

Your house is on fire. What do you save?You have seconds to decide.If everything is about to burn, what do you rescue first?When the West End Gallery in London's fashionable Coal Drops Yard is set alight, it has a list of paintings for the fire service - a grab list - for them to snatch from the flames.But the list has been altered. It's the wrong list.Then the ashes reveal another tragedy: an unidentified dead body. Someone who shouldn't have been in the gallery. Crusading journalist Famie Madden wants to know who it is and why they were there. Soon it becomes apparent that the ashes are hiding much more than they should have - and that this is much more than a casual act of arson...Bestselling author and legendary broadcaster, Simon Mayo creates a spellbindingly contemporary thriller ripped from the pages of today's newspapers and woven it into a story which will take Famie far from the pages of her website into a murderous family saga, centuries in the making.

Two elderly sisters tend a large walled garden, planting and reaping crops according to the plans left to them in an almanac by their mother. They are entirely self-sufficient, they believe that the outside world is a wilderness and that they will only survive if they remain in the garden and live as their mother dictated. They live in one part of a large house inherited house, the doors to the upper levels sealed off - the secrets of their past sealed along behind them. And they dare not look beyond the walls for fear of what lurks outside. But then the arrival of a young boy unsettles their careful lives and makes them begin to question the existence they have so carefully forged and the 'truth' that has been laid out for them in this strange new world. One sister believes that everything their mother has taught them will keep them safe; the other longs for the possibilities of a different life she might have lived. Meanwhile the boy is perhaps not quite as innocent as he seems...

Mia Kruger has returned to the island of Hitra where she once came to end her own life. Having reconciled with her twin sister's death, she no longer harbours a wish to die. But the challenges of her work have taken a toll, and to Holger Munch's discontent, she has decided to leave the police force once and for all. But when Mia is approached by 11-year-old Sofia, the investigator inside her is awakened. Sofia, having heard the famous Mia now lives on her island, enlists the former detective to find out what happened to her best friend Jonathan who disappeared three years earlier. When a young girl is found brutally murdered with Jonathan's name next to her in blood, it seems the cases are connected. Calling in Munch to join the investigation, the pair are reunited to solve the case of a serial killer, this time faced with all the challenges that being on a rural, isolated island entails. As tensions start to build between the local inhabitants of Hitra, Mia and Munch must navigate not only stormy seas but a maze of dead-end leads and tense relationships before ultimately finding the elusive killer. Smarter, faster and more suspenseful than ever, international bestseller Samuel Bjørk is back with his most satisfying mystery to date.

The most unforgettable novel yet from the award-winning, bestselling author of SNAPHow do you solve the impossible?*Don't miss THE IMPOSSIBLE THING, available to pre-order now!*'Belinda Bauer's fiction teems with life. She's also an ingenious creator, never afraid to improve on reality' Daily Telegraph

On a backstreet in Tokyo lies a pawnshop, but not everyone can find it.Most will see only a cosy ramen restaurant. And just the chosen ones - those who are lost - will find a place to pawn their life choices and deepest regrets.Hana Ishikawa wakes on her first morning as the pawnshop's new owner to find it ransacked, the shop's most precious acquisition stolen and her father missing. And then into the shop stumbles a charming stranger, quite unlike other customers. For he offers help, instead of seeking it.Together, they must journey through a mystical world to find Hana's father and the stolen choice - through rain puddles, hitching rides on paper cranes, across the bridge between midnight and morning and through a night market in the clouds.But as they get closer to the truth, Hana must reveal a secret of her own - and risk making a choice she will never be able to take back.Erin Morgenstern meets Studio Ghibli in this dreamlike and enchanting fantasy novel from an exciting new voice.Coming soon and available to pre-order now!

The runaway #1 New York Times bestseller'A ripping read. . . . The parallels to the present day are strong, even startling' New York Times'A chilling history lesson... Vivid, urgent, smart' Washington PostAs Hitler's ascendancy began to make a Second World War inevitable, a clandestine network flooded the United States with disinformation aimed at sapping the strength of its war effort and persuading Americans that their natural alliance was with the Nazis.It was a sophisticated and shockingly well-funded campaign to undermine democratic institutions, promote antisemitism, and destroy citizens' confidence in their elected leaders, with the ultimate goal of overthrowing the US government and installing authoritarian rule. Some of the country's most influential elected officials, including senators and members of Congress, worked to disseminate Nazi talking points, while fascist paramilitaries stockpiled bombs and weapons in preparation for violent insurrection.Prequel unearths the forgotten story of these insurrectionists, as well as the heroic efforts of the journalists, prosecutors, and regular citizens who sought to expose their plot and bring them to justice. Deeply researched, the story of how the crisis was averted is also a deeply relevant tale for our own disquieting times.