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What do you do in your teenage years when you realise what your parents taught you wasn’t enough? You must go out and find books and poetry and pop songs and bad heroes - and build yourself. It’s 1990. Johanna Morrigan, 14, has shamed herself so badly on local TV that she decides that...

It's a good time to be a woman: we have the vote and the Pill, and we haven't been burnt as witches since 1727. However, a few nagging questions do remain... Why are we supposed to get Brazilians? Should we use Botox? Do men secretly hate us? And why does everyone ask you when you're going to...

Sergeant Ali Wren and her springer spaniel, Police Dog Wilson, return in another mystery set in the charming but secretive town of Heft. When a pride of peacocks escapes from the local stately home and makes itself comfortable in a quiet cul-de-sac, Ali expects a day of feathers, fuss, and phone...

It's beginning to look a lot like murder… Christmas is cancelled. After spending the last two discovering bodies and unmasking killers, Anna has officially banned all things festive. No turkey, no tinsel, no forced merriment of any kind. Just one tiny thing first – survive a weekend...

It's not about the wedding, it's about the marriage…license. Sean When my ex cheated and begged me to take her back, I made a rash, too-public vow: the next woman I kiss will be my wife. It seemed like a good idea at the time—anything to stop being everyone’s second choice. The ultimate...

George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution has become an intimate part of our contemporary culture, with its treatment of democratic, fascist, and socialist ideals through an animal fable.

CAUTION! All employees must correctly dispose of otherworldly biohazards found on Dark Enterprises property. Failure to comply may result in one hell of a mess... "If a door is closed, you leave it alone." That's the one rule janitor, Sam, is given when he starts cleaning the infamous thirteenth...

Seine Endzwanziger hat sich Hendrik Popom anders vorgestellt. Nichts will ihm so richtig gelingen. In seinem Agenturjob sitzt er seine Zeit ab, mit seiner Freundin lief es schon einmal besser, und dann ist da plötzlich dieser Mann – Popóm. Er ist fast doppelt so alt und dennoch weiß Hendrik: Dieser Mann bin ich. Zögerlich nähern sich die beiden einander an. Ihre Beziehung ist voller Rätsel, Zuneigung und Widerstände. Hendrik hofft, in seinem anderen Ich das zu finden, was ihm in seinem Leben fehlt – Halt und Zuversicht.

Das Einzige, was in den Canyons noch heißer ist als die Sonne? Ihr Ex. Leider. Lily Wilder liebt es, Touristen durch die staubroten Canyons von Utah zu führen. Doch als eines Tages ausgerechnet ihr Ex Leo vor ihr steht, um mit Freunden an einer ihrer Treasure-Hunt-Adventures teilzunehmen, ist...

From New York Times bestseller Elle Cosimano comes Finlay Donovan Plays with Fire—the explosive next installment in the Finlay Donovan series. When Finlay Donovan showed up at Stacey Pickens’s house to defend herself and her loved ones against Stacey’s vicious rumor mill, she uttered a...

A recent college grad moves to Tokyo in pursuit of her all-consuming anime obsession, in a darkly humorous debut for fans of Colored Television and Big Swiss. Having recently graduated from a prestigious university, a young woman who goes by Rina moves to Tokyo to complete academic research and...

Margo’s Got Money Troubles gets a thrilling gothic twist in this delightful, darkly funny debut novel set in a castle in the Scottish Highlands. When Emma Propeller’s unreliable and narcissistic husband, James, fails to return home to her and their new baby from a business trip, she fears...

Silver Fox by Adam Borba is a forthcoming title from Flatiron Books...

Ausgerechnet im winterlichen Sankt Moritz sollen die Erdmännchen Phil, Rufus & Ray möglichst unauffällig auf die aufmüpfige Patentochter Kelly von Interpolchefin Mary Montgomery aufpassen. Diese sucht ihren verschollenen Vater und ist zu allem bereit. Der Auftrag geht voll in die Hosen. Doch dann verschwindet Kelly in den Schweizer Alpen und Phil & Friends müssen sich wohl oder übel ins Bergabenteuer stürzen.

I know how this story ends. And it's NOT with the best friends falling in love. Even if Chase checks all my boxes--and then some. He's the perfect guy, and he deserves the perfect girl. Which, to be clear, is not me. I knew one day I would have to let him go. I just didn't know it would be so soon.

Off Beat Humor about aging and embracing the process of becoming being a Senior Citizen. Wacky Fun Stuff to make you smile. There are crazy thoughts of Bizarre Hilarity with Quirky Twist. Getting old is not easy and instead of crying about it, laughing about it is much healthier. Chapters like, The Woes of Aging and Venturing Out in Public. Book one in a series of three to keep you plodding along. Absolute Absurdity!

When Mae wakes from a 6-month coma, she barely recognizes her own life. Her fiancé, Rob, a charismatic tech mogul, is more obsessed in running the world’s most popular dating app than rekindling their fractured relationship. But Mae soon discovers that her amnesia isn't the only thing being manipulated. Diving into a dark web of deceit, can Mae uncover truth behind D8N App’s sinister new algorithm before she becomes its next victim? In this darkly comedic thriller, where Black Mirror meets Hitchcockian Gone Girl , trust is a glitch, and love could be the last mistake you ever make.

Quand la Joconde cache un secret fatal, seul un chat grincheux et une brocanteuse futée peuvent le démêler. Et si le chef-d'œuvre absolu du Louvre n'était qu'une copie ? Calypso Finn, ex-star de télénovelas brésiliennes reconvertie en brocanteuse sur la Côte d'Azur, voit son quotidien chamboulé par l'arrivée de Leandro, un charmant Italien. Il affirme posséder la véritable Joconde et souhaite la restituer au célèbre musée. D'abord sceptique, Calypso accepte d'explorer cette proposition stupéfiante. Cependant, la situation s'envenime, entraînant Calypso dans un périlleux labyrinthe.

Kevin Kershaw is on the achy side of fifty, divorced, and spends his days processing insurance claims. It’s a far cry from the wondrous future he imagined as a teenager. Then, one random day, as Kevin drifts through his joyless existence, he stumbles upon a shop that defies belief—possibly the last remaining video shop in England. He eventually ventures in and meets the enigmatic shopkeeper, who presents Kevin with a VHS tape.

Saint Frank has had a time of it, things have not gone smoothly for him so far, but now he has an ally in his fight against the rogue saint Dark Charlie, One-Eyed Cy, lord of the sea. A war is coming, and it's Saint Frank and One-Eyed Cy who are bringing that war to Dark Charlie; however, Dark Charlie has a new ally of his own, Poseidon, One-Eyed Cy's nemesis, whom Frank accidentally resurrected from the dead. With a cast of thousands! Maybe it's twenty, but it's a lot! This epic ball of epicness couldn't be more epic if it killed the dinosaurs, that is just how epically big it is, huge!