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In post-revolutionary France, Jean Valjean is a man on the run. After serving years for stealing a loaf of bread, he’s determined to make a fresh start—only to find himself pursued by the dogged Inspector Javert. But when Valjean takes on the responsibility of raising Cosette, the young daughter of a tragic woman, his path to redemption becomes even more complicated.

なんと、『体育館の殺人』の衝撃から10年！平成のエラリー・クイーンは、短編もここまですごかった本格ミステリ、SF、話題の百合小説まで、※全7編傑作「11文字の檻」（書き下ろし）収録大事件に遭遇したカメラマンが感じた違和感を描く「加速していく」、全面ガラス張りの特異な屋敷での不可能殺人の顛末「噤ヶ森の硝子屋敷」、どんでん返しの切れ味鋭い「your name」

エリート公安捜査官・小日向純也の目の前で自爆テロ事件が起きた。犯人はスペイン語と思しき言葉を残すものの、意味は不明。ダイイングメッセージだけを頼りに捜査を開始した純也だったが、要人を狙う第二、第三の自爆テロへと発展してしまう。

溜め池近くの植え込みから、ビニールシートに包まれた男の惨殺死体が発見された！　警視庁捜査一課の警部補・姫川玲子は、これが単独の殺人事件で終わらないことに気づく。捜査で浮上した謎の言葉「ストロベリーナイト」が意味するものは？

「売れない作家の夫に三行半」「スナックママの妻に愛想が尽きた」おしどり夫婦が消えた！？

県警捜査四課のエースだった片桐誠一は、情報漏洩の疑いで左遷された。十年後、濡れ衣を晴らす機会が訪れるが、上司から拳銃のやらせ捜査を命じられ、かつての捜査協力者だった暴力団幹部の刀根剛に協力を求める。

Entre un métier envahissant, un mari égoïste et un patron corrompu, Jade est sans cesse à la limite du burn-out. Est-ce pour fuir cette réalité toxique qu'elle accepte de superviser la création d'un palace dans l'archipel indien d'Andaman ? Un paradis tropical où elle découvre une île inviolée et coupée du monde, habitée par un peuple ancestral dont le nom sonne comme une alerte : les Sentinelles.

Twenty-two of Greene's very best stories are collected here, each of them bearing the hallmark themes that characterise his great novels: innocence and vengeance, love and hate, pity and violence. Writer and Greene aficionado, Yiyun Li, has arranged the stories into pairs, to be read together in contrast or in harmony – as a duel or a duet.

Eigentlich haben Ben und Esther alles, was sie brauchen: eine lebendige Beziehung zu Jesus Christus und wichtige Funktionen in ihrer Gemeinde – dem göttlich funkelnden Safespace, in dem der Pastor teure Sneaker trägt, seine Frau Highlights aus der Predigt auf Instagram teilt und Gott uns so sehr liebt, dass er seinen einzigen Sohn hingab, und so weiter. Doch Ben hat ein Problem, das zwischen ihm und seinem göttlichen Vater steht. Niemand weiß davon, nicht mal seine Schwester Esther. Je verzweifelter er sich aus den Fängen der Sünde befreien will, desto mehr tyrannisiert sie sein Leben.

Dans la chaleur du mois de juin, un car s’arrête sur la place de Lizzanello, petit village des Pouilles. Carlo, l’enfant du Sud, en descend, accompagné d’Anna, sa femme. Originaire du Nord, celle-ci découvre une terre inconnue, figée dans le temps, écrasée par le poids des traditions. Anna ne va pas à l’église, aime lire, est curieuse. Elle est et restera aux yeux des villageois « l’étrangère ». Jusqu’au jour où, contre l’avis de Carlo, elle devient la première postière de Lizzanello.

Fleeing his failed marriage in Berlin, Lukas Dorn revisits the West of Ireland, the place of his honeymoon two decades earlier. While his former wife is being cancelled at work and his daughter is arrested at a street protest, he tries to make sense of his broken life with his journal as his sole companion. His inherited memory of the Nazi Holocaust comes face to face with the present when he meets a refugee from a recent warzone. As Lukas communes with the elements in this wild coastal place, he is forced into a confrontation with the past that will carry him to the edge of existence.

Eine junge Frau ergattert einen Traumjob: Stelle bei einem tollen Verlag in einer beliebten Stadt, und über München lacht die Sonne. Ein Sommer zum Verlieben, vielleicht auch zum sich Verlieben. Im Vorzimmer des Verlegers sitzt Charlotte ganz nah am Zentrum der Macht. Dass der seine Assistentinnen oft auswechselt, erfährt sie schnell. Aber sie entwickelt ein gutes Verhältnis zu ihrem Chef, der ihre Stärken erkennt, ihr vertraut, auf sie setzt.

Welcome to The Cherry Blossom Bookshop, a mysterious haven for book lovers that appears only during the fleeting cherry blossom season. Nestled amidst the bloom of delicate petals, you’ll find a sanctuary for those burdened by regrets and past sorrows. Here, Sakura, the enigmatic young owner, and her wise tortoiseshell cat, Kobako, patiently await the arrival of souls in need of solace and healing.

Sculpted and lucid, strange and uncanny, this is an explosive collection from the incomparable imagination of Samanta Schweblin, a master of the short story. A gripping blend of the raw, the astonishing and the tragic, every story is as perfectly unexpected as a snare: tightly, exquisitely wound, ready to snap at a touch.

Pip’s world is small. But it’s about to become a whole lot bigger. For years she’s tucked away her dreams, shrinking herself into the space left behind – like the delicate origami she creates alone in her room. Then hope comes from an unlikely place: an astronomer from the local observatory. He teaches her to look up at the stars, and to see a world far bigger and more beautiful than she ever imagined. And perhaps in that big, beautiful universe there’s someone waiting for her. If she can find the courage to open her heart.

An unnamed protagonist is prompted by their grandmother's slide into dementia to investigate their family history. The more their grandmother forgets, the more the narrator tries to remember: what was it in their childhood that prompted them to feel so alienated from their body? Why is their grandmother struggling to differentiate between herself and her sister who died as a child? And what happened to their great aunt, who disappeared when she was young? But tracking down answers to these questions proves difficult in a family steeped in secrecy.

Teresa is everything he wants. She is beautiful, charming, rebellious, and born with every advantage in life. He has only ever existed on the margins. A poor immigrant from Murcia, earning his living stealing and selling motorbikes, he could only ever dream of being with the daughter of the Catalan bourgeoisie. When their desires take hold, they must face the realities of a world designed to keep them apart.

At fifty-eight Minnie McAllister isn’t an old woman. But as Alzheimer’s ravages her mind, her brain says otherwise. Cat McAllister is tackling everything life can throw at her. And just when she thinks it can’t get any worse, she’s faced with the discovery that Minnie might not be the mother she once knew. Meanwhile, Cat's daughter, Ruby McAllister, who is staring at a two very blue lines, faces a decision that will change the course of her life.

Peggy Gilbert left the hustle and bustle of London for the beautiful blue skies and rugged cliffs of Pencarrow Bay three years ago with her husband, Ted. While Ted has immediately taken to life in their new corner of the world and Peggy feels as though he's leaving her behind, so she’s determined to find her own passion. Peggy will do everything from a sunrise swim to a salsa class and a fishing trip. Can Peggy find what she’s been looking for? Or has it always been closer to home than she thought?

Juillet 2018, soir de la finale de la Coupe du monde de football. Un jeune homme se cache dans les WC d'un centre commercial, les mains couvertes de sang. Il se fait appeler Tom. Ce fils unique de vingt-neuf ans, de son vrai nom Romain Marais, est un étudiant égaré et érotomane, aux prises avec d'étranges désirs de dévoration. Actrice noire en pleine ascension, Lame se livre à des séances d'hypnose pour soigner un eczéma qui la ronge.