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A wickedly funny coming-of-age novel about a misfit teenager in London determined to eliminate the one thing standing between her and a good life: her father “Hands down the funniest, most original novel I’ve read in ages.”—Grant Ginder, author of The People We Hate at the Wedding I...

Oddball couple Jane and Simon take a private detective class and must use their (admittedly limited) skills to solve a series of mysterious disappearances in this delightful debut mystery. Jane Pye and Simon Mash are a millennial couple with a little extra time on their hands. Jane was recently...

A terribly funny and lovably louche novel about five friends growing older, if not always up, from Andrew Martin, author of Early Work and Cool for America. This program features multicast narration. Without Cassandra, Aaron would probably be dead. Fortunately, she won’t leave him—despite...

Two years ago, Ruth was an ambitious journalist on the trail of a serial killer with a very specific calling card. Then her best friend became the latest victim, and Ruth's life fell apart. When police shelve the case, Ruth decides there is only one way to force them to keep looking: make him kill again. Or at least, make it look like he has… The good news: working at a funeral home has its perks, like access to fresh hearts she can use to stage convincing crime scenes. The bad news: the real killer has noticed Ruth's 'work' too, and now it's not just the police trying to catch her…

Ce livre s'adresse aux femmes. À celles qui ont des gosses, celles qui n'en veulent pas ou celles qui ne parviennent pas à en avoir. À celles qui aiment les hommes, celles qui aiment les femmes, celles qui aiment un peu tout le monde et qui ne se posent pas de questions. À celles qui sont devenues fortes à coups de claques, de ruptures et de rendez-vous chez le gynéco. Celles qui ont galéré à comprendre ce que signifiait être une femme dans ce bordel et qui tiennent debout par habitude. Ce livre est aussi pour les hommes.

Dorothy and Gina may be separated by twenty years, but their friendship is timeless. At seventy-one and nearly ninety, life’s too short not to have a little fun – especially in Corfu. When Dorothy is invited to visit an old friend at his villa, she insists Gina comes along. They’re looking forward to sunshine, sea breezes, and perhaps a dash of ouzo. But their plans are upended by an unexpected guest: glamorous actress Florence Quinn, who’s taken up residence in the pool house.

Cat Sebastian’s long-awaited foray into contemporary romance! A witty, emotional, and deliciously slow burn enemies-to-lovers romance between two costars on a popular sci-fi television series. Simon and Charlie, actors on a long-running sci-fi show, can’t stand one another. Charlie is...

Who'd want to assassinate Charlie March? The original Cold War hero. Mentor, brother, confessor-in-chief to Nathan Muir, he's the spy who waltzed in from the cold and wrote a bestseller in the Florida sunshine. But when a bomb on his yacht puts Charlie March on ice, and his dying words implicate Muir, the CIA dispatch hard-luck Agency lawyer Russell Aiken to force Muir's confession and bury forty years of dirty secrets. By legal means...or otherwise.

The death of Maxilodimus Cruett, who drowns in a vat of oil, sparks a global controversy. Society becomes divided into Rationalists, Pilgrims, and various new theological groups who debate whether the event was murder, a miracle, or a “merger” of substance and consciousness. Grease itself starts to become sentient—it begins to hum, speak, and eventually organize, eventually forming an international commission. Legal battles ensue, culminating in a global strike where all lubrication ceases, with disastrous results for worldwide infrastructure.

In early 2021, the stock value of PwnShop—a dead to rights bricks-and-mortar retailer disrupted by the digital downloading of video games—inexplicably ballooned overnight. While much has been written about the mechanics of the meme stock short squeezes, no one has yet clarified the chaotic drama of what was happening inside such a company during its zeitgeist moment.

"Sexy and laugh-out-loud funny, full of delicious drama and surprisingly moving – Aubrey’s chaotic undead rollercoaster of a journey had me cackling, yearning and questioning my entire existence." —Anna Downes, bestselling author of Red River Road Love is hard. Being undead is harder...

For fans of Bad Summer People and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, four influencers begin to suspect their mega-church's new pastor isn’t as devoted as he seems, and must decide if exposing him is worth revealing their own secrets. "A delightful satire full of tenderness and heart. Alli has...

For fans of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Miranda July comes a whip-smart, irresistible novel about a college senior who has 48 hours to sell her recently deceased mother's surprise stash of rare pills, or suffer the consequences. Arvy Keening is just trying to get through the week. Tantalizingly...

La mujer de un rico ingeniero de Bilbao ha sido secuestrada y el marido, cuando se dispone a pagar el rescate, descubre que tiene un amante. El profesor Loizaga siente la curiosidad para llegar hasta el final de la historia y descubrir qué se esconde detrás de todo, así que decide investigar con la ayuda de su amigo, el oficial de la Ertzaintza Román Escudero.

Is it too much to ask that a managed care facility refund a year's advance payment when your grandfather dies before he can move in? Frank Johnson doesn't think so, which is why the thirty-three-year-old now lives in a nursing home, locked in a chess match feud with management that doesn't occupy nearly enough of his time. When foster kid Elroy is thrust into his life, Frank decides to turn this forced relationship to his advantage—launching a string of absurd decisions, inappropriate behaviors and unexpected glimpses of tenderness that ultimately turn a New Jersey suburb upside down.

Maggie Halloran's life is finally perfect. For recently retired Maggie Halloran, life in her renovated two-bedroom St Ives fisherman's cottage is picture-perfect. With her daughter in London and her mother in Penzance, Maggie is free to enjoy the odd sleepover with her boyfriend, Nigel, visit galleries, or do her beloved sudoku. When Maggie's reserved mother falls giddily in love and announces her forthcoming wedding, Maggie takes it in her stride. But then Maggie's daughter, Alice, announces she's pregnant and needs somewhere to live – along with her new puppy.

Was ist das Erste, das dir einfällt, wenn du an Kuba denkst? Rum. Zigarren. Traumstrände. FALSCH! Lass mich dein Weltbild geraderücken, kleine Prinzessin. Die richtige Antwort lautet: Drogen. Nutten. Waffen. Mir kannst du glauben, denn ich wurde vor dreißig Jahren ungefragt in diesen abgefuckten Scheißhaufen namens Welt hineingeboren. Von der geheiligten la familia abgerichtet wie ein blutrünstiger Kampfhund. Von meinem Vater programmiert wie ein herzloser Roboter.

C.S. Lewis' apologetic classic The Screwtape Letters is full of keen wit and wise counsel—if one is a Christian believer. Such a reader will find much to ponder in its pages. But instead of a wily senior devil who offers advice to a mentee nephew on how to secure the damnation of humans, what if the letter writer were a clever angel who instructs his underling how to keep humans firmly fixed in their Christian faith?

Der Freund oder der Kater? Einer von beiden muss weg. Kater Matteo hat Sorgen: Wenn seine Gastgeberin Jana tatsächlich mit ihrem Freund, dem unsympathischen Allergiker Justin, die schicke Penthouse-Wohnung in der Innenstadt bezieht, was wird dann aus ihm? Zusammen mit seinen Freunden, dem erfahrenen Rudi und der kleinen Katze Fritzi, schmiedet er einen Plan, um das zu verhindern. Hoffentlich kapiert Jana noch rechtzeitig, was los ist – denn auch die nettesten Menschen können manchmal etwas begriffsstutzig sein … Tania Sommer war in ihrem Leben bereits mehrfach Katzen-Gastgeberin.

Dorothy Gale isn't in Kansas anymore. These days, she's the smoothest thief in Oz, pulling off heists flashier than Eeyore's underpants. But after years of high-tech robberies, she's ready to hang it up. Just one last score stands between her and a happily-ever-after with her sketchy-but-hot boyfriend, Hatter. If it goes well, she'll be a legend. If not… well, there's always Kansas.