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A sweeping historical debut about friendship, race, coming of age, an impossible love story and a missing diamond set in 1950s Florida for fans of Demon Copperhead and Go as a River. Growing up in the 1950s on the grounds of a former orange plantation, Hallie Bentley has learned to dodge snakes...

1943. The tide of war is turning. For months, the Japanese Empire has dominated the Pacific. Now, for the first time, it is being pushed back. Across the ocean, the Allies are striking on every front. Pearl Harbor is under relentless assault, American industry is surging back to life, and new fleets are entering the fight. In China, Japanese armies are reeling. In the Pacific, their once unstoppable advance is slowing… then faltering.

In a snowbound London, danger races down the tracks—can Becky and Flynn derail disaster before it’s too late? December 1915. Becky lies silent in a coma, framed for treason, while Flynn is caught in a treacherous web of spies and lies. With Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes unable to intervene, the stakes have never been graver. The enemy is relentless, and the battle has never been more personal.

C'est la lecture de ce roman vrai qui a inspiré Steven Spielberg pour réaliser son célèbre film La Liste de Schindler. Comme l'a écrit le Guardian, " c'est une chose de rassembler des documents historiques et des témoignages. C'en est une autre de les ramener à la vie comme l'a fait Thomas Keneally ". Et en effet, l'auteur reconstitue l'histoire d'Oskar Schindler – industriel allemand qui dirigeait une usine rattachée à un camp de concentration durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Shattered Faces brings to life the extraordinary, nearly forgotten story of American sculptress Anna Coleman Ladd, whose courage and compassion transformed the lives of soldiers disfigured in the Great War. In 1917, as the world reels from unprecedented...

Discover the emotionally gripping new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling historical fiction and family saga author. Liverpool, 1920. With her troubles in the past, Polly Caveney is free to live the life she loves travelling the country with Farrell’s fairground and her sweetheart Fergus...

From the author of Call the Canaries Home comes a young woman’s journey through grief and resilience when the loss of her son forces her to start over—until a face in a crowd changes everything. The disappearance of her fiancé in World War I left Ruth Beddingfield well acquainted with grief...

In this exhilarating and lyrical historical novel inspired by true events, a girl develops a profound bond with a freedom-loving horse marooned on Alaska’s remote Katmai Coast. In 1956, a foundering barge caught in a violent storm strands a quarter-horse stallion named Takli on Alaska’s...

For a young man on a strange journey toward home, a storm works its miracles in a bittersweet novel of loss, love, and the families we choose by #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz. When a twister touches down in 1950 rural America, Benji Frost survives a day like no other. A young...

Eine junge Frau kämpft um ihren Tulpenhof, ihre Familie und die Liebe – der neue bewegende Roman von Kindle-#1-Bestsellerautorin Kerstin Lange Holland, 1940. Die Familie de Boer bewirtschaftet seit Generationen einen Tulpenhof. Ihr ganzer Stolz ist die legendäre Sorte »Kaiserblut«. Als deutsche Soldaten den Hof besetzen, zerbricht die Welt der 24-jährigen Femke. Ihr eigener Bruder kollaboriert mit den Besatzern, beide Eltern sind krank.

Untitled Novel 3, a new HarperCollins book, full description to follow when available...

Søstrene Oline og Thea vokser op under små kår i den lille vestjyske kystby Nymindegab i mellemkrigstiden. Skyggen fra forældrenes fattigdom og udsigtsløse liv kaster sig langt ind over søstrenes liv, men de to piger er alligevel heldige at være født i en brydningstid, hvor børn formår at hæve sig over deres herkomst og skabe sig et andet liv end deres forældres.

Meet Harriet White, Sherlock Holmes' feisty – and entirely fake – assistant, in this gloriously fun mystery, perfect for fans of Anita Prose, Verity Bright and Janice Hallett. 🔎 London, 1932. A young maid steps onto a train… and disappears. Her family writes to the only person they can...

From the author of The Help. “You give a girl a taste of fresh air and then you take it away—she’ll grow fierce and wild to get it back.” Oxford, Mississippi, 1933. Eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Ever since her beloved mother failed to come home...

Soline Roussel is well schooled in the business of happy endings. For generations her family has kept an exclusive bridal salon in Paris, where magic is worked with needle and thread. It’s said that the bride who wears a Roussel gown is guaranteed a lifetime of joy. But devastating losses during World War II leave Soline’s world and heart in ruins and her faith in love shaken. She boxes up her memories, stowing them away, along with her broken dreams, determined to forget.