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泣きたいときもあるけれど、食べて、飲んで、生きていく！ 犬森祥子、バツイチ、アラサー、職業は「見守り屋」。営業時間は夜から朝まで。様々な事情を抱える客からの依頼で人やペットなど、とにかく頼まれたものを寝ずの番で見守る。

珠玉の人間ドラマ×絶品グルメ小説第２弾 犬森祥子が離婚をきっかけに「見守り屋」の仕事を始めて約一年。気づけば、小三の娘と会えないまま半年が経つ。元夫が再婚して以来、面会させてもらえなかったのだ。

THE MILLION COPY #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BUTTER IS BACK WITH A NEW NOVEL OF OBSESSION ‘Tender and thrilling it’s Yuzuki at her best’ ELLE ‘Deliciously satisfying’ iPAPER ‘Enjoyable and addictive’ INDEPENDENT ‘Fantastically dark’ ERIN KELLY Eriko really wouldn't mind being...

The cosy, heartwarming first book in the multi-million copy bestselling series. What would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time? Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s Before the Coffee Gets Cold, translated from Japanese, explores this...

Bloomsbury presents Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum, read by Rosa Escoda. **AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER** WATERSTONES BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2023 PICK WOMAN & HOME NOVEMBER BOOK OF THE MONTH iPaper TOP FICTION PICK 'An absolutely charming novel that all bookworms will adore'...

Ein universeller Roman über Genuss, Lebenskunst und die Geschichte einer weiblichen Befreiung. Für alle LeserInnen von Han Kangs "Vegetarierin", Sayaka Muratas "Ladenhüterin" und Mieko Kawakamis "Brüste und Eier". Rika, eine junge Journalistin in Tokio, recherchiert über die Serienmörderin Manako Kajii, die Männer mit ihren Kochkünsten verführt und anschließend umgebracht haben soll. Manako behauptet, sie verabscheut nichts mehr als "Margarine und Feministinnen" und hat eine ausgeprägte Leidenschaft für hemmungslosen Genuss und insbesondere Butter.

Skelettet af kriminalkommissær Alan Banks' barndomsven, Graham Marshall, dukker op af mudderet på en byggeplads. Graham forsvandt sporløst 40 år tidligere, og Banks har været tynget af skyld lige siden. Samtidig med at Banks begynder at grave i fortiden, forsvinder en ung dreng fra sit hjem...

En kvinde født i Romeriget i det fjerde århundrede havde ikke mange valg. Overklassepigen, den selvstændige og beslutsomme Charis, insisterer dog på ikke at lade sig undertrykke. For at undgå et tvangsægteskab flygter hun til byen Alexandria, hvor hun forfølger sin drøm om at blive læge...

'Hey Upper East Siders. Hot off the blogs: Blair Waldorf-everyone's favorite Manhattan socialite, high priestess of headbands, and deliverer of withering one-liners-is making a comeback' VOGUE 'Grab a headband, a bunch of peonies and a pair of kitsch stilettos, because Gossip Girl's Blair...

An ambitious hedge fund employee takes increasingly extreme steps to climb the corporate ladder in this chilling workplace horror novel set in the eldritch Manchester of The Magnus Protocol. Greed is good. Fear is better. When back-office analyst Theodore Baker breaks into the safe of a recently...

This gossipy and glamorous novel of young women starting out in publishing was a 1950s New York Times bestseller and the basis for the Joan Crawford movie. "Both a scandal and a roaring success." — The Washington Post Twenty-year-old Caroline Bender lives with her parents in Port Blair, New...

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that has the following traits: It’s close to her home, and it requires no reading, no writing, and, ideally, very little thinking. Her first gig - watching the hidden-camera feed of an author suspected of storing contraband goods - turns out to be inconvenient. Her next gives way to the supernatural: announcing advertisements for shops that mysteriously disappear. As she moves from job to job, it becomes increasingly apparent that she's not searching for the easiest job at all but something altogether more meaningful.

初老ホテルマン、正義に狂う 仙台の老舗ホテルに勤続30年、初老ホテルマンの「正義」が暴走する。家庭も職もある50代中年男の独りよがりはあぶない。 「カスハラなんて言い出すんじゃないだろうな」 仙台の小さな老舗でホテルマンとして勤務している大山茂。

From a bestselling novelist, this "cultural phenomenon" is a fascinating foray into the hearts, minds, and mating habits of modern-day New Yorkers and the inspiration behind the television series (Oprah). Enter a world where the shocking and hilarious dating rituals of the privileged are exposed...

The Cities Classics Collection: London, Paris, New York allows you to step into the vibrant streets of three of the world's most iconic cities through a carefully curated collection of literary masterpieces. From the foggy alleys of London to the grand boulevards of Paris, and the buzzing avenues of New York, these stories bring to life the essence of urban life, capturing the triumphs, tragedies, and timeless experiences of the people who shaped these cities.

100万部読まれてほしい、史上最高のデブ小説！ 九段理江さん（小説家） この一年で読んだ小説の中で、一番好きかもしれない。 ラランド・ニシダさん（お笑い芸人） あなたは人に「デブ」と言えますか？ 欺瞞の薄皮をぴりりと剥ぎとる、 笑いと皮肉てんこ盛りの、傑作中編小説集！ 三國造船で働く安井は、職場の人たちを「サンゾウ」と一括りにし、直視せぬようやり過ごしてきた。労働組合からの要請を受け、改めて個々のサンゾウを観察し始めるが……。

美味しい！が明日の元気になる バツイチ・アラサー「見守り屋」の犬森祥子は今宵も依頼人の寂しさやモヤモヤに寄り添い、夜勤明けの一杯で疲れを癒す。 大ヒット！ 人間ドラマ×絶品グルメ小説第３弾。

Golden Globe-winning actor Michael C. Hall (Six Feet Under) performs Truman Capote's masterstroke about a young writer's charmed fascination with his unorthodox neighbor, the "American geisha" Holly Golightly. Holly - a World War II-era society girl in her late teens - survives via socialization, attending parties and restaurants with men from the wealthy upper class who also provide her with money and expensive gifts. Over the course of the novella, the seemingly shallow Holly slowly opens up to the curious protagonist.

Meet Harriet White, Sherlock Holmes' feisty – and entirely fake – assistant, in this gloriously fun mystery, perfect for fans of Anita Prose, Verity Bright and Janice Hallett. 🔎 London, 1932. A young maid steps onto a train… and disappears. Her family writes to the only person they can...