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‘Worthy of Georgette Heyer…the most wonderfully satisfying five star Regency Romp’ Julie Caplin ‘I wanted you more than life itself, Thomas Fairfax … but you didn’t come back.’ Sir Thomas Fairfax’s heart is as frozen as the wintry grounds of the Knightswood estate. Since his...

Kann es sein, dass die exzentrische Mrs Potts ein düsteres Geheimnis hat? Der letzte Fall für Mrs Potts – in dem sie selbst unter Mordverdacht gerät. Es sollte ein ruhiger Abend für Judith Potts werden, doch dann steht plötzlich eine Fremde vor ihrer Tür. Die Frau behauptet, Judiths Stieftochter zu sein – und beschuldigt sie, vor 49 Jahren ihren ersten Ehemann auf Korfu ermordet zu haben. Als Beweis präsentiert sie ein Foto, das Judiths bisheriges Alibi in Frage stellt.

I am having problems relating to my crew member, having never been a great fan of cats, nor they of birds. Why have we been press ganged into service together? What can they hope to achieve by sending this absurd duo out to sea? I am an owl. The Cat is a cat... In Pea Green Boat, Stewart Lee and...

Emma hat es geschafft. Sie ist seit 365 Tagen nüchtern und hat damit einen großen Meilenstein ihres AA-Programms gemeistert. Mit Hilfe ihrer Sponsorin tastet sie sich nun ins soziale Leben zurück: Sie geht neue Freundschaften ein, kommt Ben aus der IT näher und gewinnt immer mehr...

‘A heartwarming summer read.’ Sunday Express The wonderful seaside story from Jennifer Bohnet, perfect for fans of Fern Britton and Veronica Henry! Time’s running out to save the little kiosk by the sea… Sabine knows that if she doesn’t come up with a plan to save her little kiosk soon...

A classic tale from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, of a family torn apart by the arrival of Ben, their feral fifth child. ‘Listening to the laughter, the sounds of children playing, Harriet and David would reach for each other’s hand, and smile, and breathe...

Brought to you by Penguin. Inspector Frank Grasby returns in a gripping new murder mystery, from the bestselling author of Murder at Holly House. As the snow falls, the hunt for a killer begins... Frank Grasby’s father, the Reverend Cyril Grasby, is getting married at Rowntree Hall on...

For Tamsin Angel, Christmas has always meant glamour and dazzling parties. But when bailiffs arrive at her door and her husband disappears without a trace, her perfect festive world collapses overnight. Meanwhile, her sister Sam has spent years rebuilding her life after losing her husband on...

From author Duncan Ralston, the bestselling author of Puzzle House, comes a chilling new supernatural horror novel with a psychological bend. Every mind holds the key to its own subversion. Damien's childhood as a test subject in a paranormal research facility left him deeply reserved but...

New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin's nightmarishly hilarious John Dies at the End series is back to entertain all who dare enter. A massive, sticky pile of severed human limbs suddenly appears in the parking lot of a vacant department store in a desolate small town. A set of...

A locked room. An obvious suspect. Absolutely nothing adds up. It’s Verona Montero's favorite kind of sh*tshow. Harry Kim died in a locked apartment. No signs of forced entry, windows too small to fit a well-fed Chihuahua. Clean scene. The cops call it an accident. But Verona's best friend...

New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin's nightmarishly hilarious John Dies at the End series is back to entertain all who dare enter. A massive, sticky pile of severed human limbs suddenly appears in the parking lot of a vacant department store in a desolate small town. A set of...

NARRATED BY THE AUTHORS! Stinking Beauty is the sixth installment of the Stinky’s Stories series, a hilarious, highly illustrated chapter book series from New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein and J.J. Grabenstein! It’s story time again at Hickleberry Elementary with Stinky the...

From two-time Leacock Medal winner and bestselling author Terry Fallis comes a slim parable of a novel that imagines a world where literature rules—and one humble writer discovers that success can be the strangest fiction of all. What if novelists were the new rock stars? Malcolm Forde is a...

“An extraordinary exploration of friendship that spans the broadest universal themes of love and loyalty to the most intricate, intimate and memorable details of a human life.” —Jill McCorkle, New York Times bestselling author It’s never too late to make amends in this hilarious and...

The young Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann conjures a brilliant and gently comic novel from the lives of two geniuses of the Enlightenment. Toward the end of the eighteenth century, two young Germans set out to measure the world. One of them, the Prussian aristocrat Alexander von Hum-boldt...

Ein Tatort wie aus einem Horrorfilm: Der Baum ist schwarz verkohlt, an seinen Stamm gefesselt die Leiche eines Mannes, der offensichtlich zu Tode gesteinigt wurde. Die Identität des Toten können DS Washington Poe und Fall-Analytikerin Tilly Bradshaw schnell klären: Es handelt sich um Cornelius Green, den Führer einer extrem konservativen christlichen Sekte mit zweifelhaftem Ruf. Green soll früher sogenannte »Konversionstherapien« durchgeführt haben, um homosexuelle Teenager zu »heilen«.

Dans une Virginie ravagée par la guerre de Sécession, la vie quotidienne se fissure, les loyautés se tendent et chaque décision peut faire basculer un destin. Jean de Villiot capture l’électricité d’une époque où les frontières se déplacent et où l’on progresse dans la poussière et l’incertitude, entre rumeurs de batailles et silences des maisons désertées. Plus qu’un simple tableau militaire, c’est un épisode vécu à hauteur d’hommes et de femmes, où le courage, la peur et l’espoir s’entrelacent.

Roman inachevé, publié en 1881 après la mort de Flaubert, Bouvard et Pécuchet met en scène, sous les noms de ses deux protagonistes, l’irrémédiable échec érigé en art. D’un humour acide, l’auteur y pousse plus loin encore sa charge, éreintant illusions et prétentions avec une précision implacable. Fresque de la faillite humaine, ce classique posthume dresse un miroir cruel et jubilatoire, où l’entêtement et la soif de certitudes se heurtent aux limites du monde. Une écoute savoureuse pour goûter l’ironie flaubertienne à son plus haut degré.

The snow is falling and the hot chocolates are piled high with marshmallows at the Comfort Food Café, and one unexpected visitor is in for a holiday miracle… Meredith Bailey is a woman who doesn’t do emotions, doesn’t do cake, and she absolutely does not do cosy Dorset villages. But when...