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Don DeLillo’s pseudonymous comic masterpiece by Cleo Birdwell, “the first woman ever to play in the National Hockey League,” is a cult treasure now republished for the first time in nearly half a century. Meet Cleo Birdwell. She is twenty-four, a schoolteacher’s daughter from Badger...

From the brilliantly witty author of Aphrodite and Herc comes a story set in the court of King Arthur, featuring knights, valour, sacrifice, magic and a feminist retelling of the love story of Tristan and Isolde. * * * * * * * * * Isolde, Queen of Cornwall, is on the run. She didn’t mean to...

'You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but their own' New York Times It is 1945. When peace breaks out at last, familiar wartime routines are interrupted, and the residents of Barsetshire seem as disconcerted as they are overjoyed. As the...

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Stephanie Plum's life is never boring, not even for a split second, in the adrenaline-fueled new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. In a now-or-never moment, Stephanie Plum made the decision of a lifetime. But some lifetimes are shorter than others and Stephanie...

Winner of the Herralde Novel Prize A darkly funny coming-of-age novel where Florida’s sun-drenched strangeness meets the dangers of derelict parenting and misplaced devotion An eccentric Spanish philosophy professor relocates with his two children, a boy and a girl, from Boston to a gated...

From a Booker Prize-longlisted author, a novel in which a woman tries to overcome her abusive past and find her estranged sister in a deeply moving and darkly humorous quest for redemption Foul-mouthed, scrappy, and self-destructive, Steffie is her own worst enemy. Sustained by her sardonic...

In diesem Text in Hörbuchform wird eine humoristische Analyse der Spezies Rentner und Beamte vorgenommen und der Gegenstand Balzacs schmunzelnder Betrachtung ist im Allgemeinen gesprochen der Alltag. Der Titel hält also, was er verspricht: In Teil 8 der Aufsätze des Alltags steht die Krawatte im Brennpunkt der Debatte und zwar primär aus historischer, modischer und praktischer und sekundär aus jeglicher sonstigen Sicht, Perspektive und Deutungsform.

‘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...

‘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...

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...

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...

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...

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 stuffed skunk. This time...

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«.

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...

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...