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1348: The Black Death enters England through the port of Melcombe; the people of the county start to die in their thousands. In the demesne of Develish, Lady Anne takes control of her people's future, she chooses a bastard slave, Thaddeus Thurkell, to act as her steward, and together they decide...

Because love is one thing no one can explain Dr Steven J. Fisher is a young and brilliant biochemist (special subject: the female orgasm). He's invented a Viagra-like pill for women - now he just needs his results to be perfect. Annie is an orgasmically-challenged arts student (special subject...

Daniel is a sixteen-year-old drug dealer and he’s going to jail. Then, suddenly, he’s not. A courtroom intervention. A long car ride to a big country house. Other 'gifted delinquents.’ The elusive, devastating Rachel, and Alex, so tightly wound he seems about to shatter. So where are they?...

Charles O’Brien, Irish bard and giant. The cynical are moved by his flights of romance; the craven stirred by his tales of epic deeds. The Surprising Irish Giant may be the sensation of the season but only his compatriots seem to attend to his mythic powers of invention. John Hunter...

A chaotic young doctor might be the only person who can catch a killer in this "hilarious, macabre, and heartrending" (Lucy Foley) debut mystery from Adam Kay, former doctor and BAFTA-winning author of This is Going to Hurt. “A thrilling, twisting mystery. . . . Impossibly funny but also...

George Wilkins, an elderly man with schizophrenia, lives in isolated despair on a Kansas farmhouse. His new home health nurse, Elsa Chambers, seems calm but harbors a dark agenda. As she introduces a blue pill that clouds his memory, George's unease deepens. Will he survive what's to come or become another death under her belt?

George Cross: unfailingly shrewd. Uniquely brilliant. 'One of the most iconic British fictional detectives of the 21st century.' DAILY MAIL 'One of my favourite detectives.' ELLY GRIFFITHS 'Reaffirms everything that has made this series a bestseller.' VASEEM KHAN 'A joy to read, beautifully...

Ten years after Jason Miller killed his best friend in Afghanistan, another drug overdose results in him being sent to White Oaks Mental Hospital to be evaluated as a suicide risk, or so he believes. Soon, Jason realizes the one thing he has in common with the other patients: they are all alone in the world, with no one to follow up on anything being done to them.

Ein rätselhafter Todesfall erschüttert Sylt: Im OceanView, dem Insel-Aquarium, bricht unter den Besuchern ein Schrei des Entsetzens aus. In einem Schaubecken treibt die Leiche einer jungen Frau. Die Polizei hält den Fall schnell für gelöst: Überwachungskameras zeigen, wie Tim, der vorbestrafte Ex-Freund der Toten, ihr zur Tatzeit auflauert. Noch am selben Abend wird er festgenommen. Die Journalistin Anke Fischer, nach dem Verlust ihres Partners frisch nach Sylt gezogen, glaubt nicht an die Aufklärung des Falls.

Unser Leben, unsere Welt werden durch unsere Erinnerungen zusammengehalten. Was geschieht mit uns, wenn wir sie verlieren, und welche Möglichkeiten tun sich auf, wenn andere unsere Erinnerungen wiederbeleben können? Der 74-jährigen Alma Konachek, die in einem Vorort von Kapstadt lebt, widerfährt genau dies. Sie verliert ihr Gedächtnis... Wie alle Werke Doerrs zeugt auch dieses von der Größe des Lebens - von der geheimnisvollen Schönheit der Fossilien, Wolken, Blätter - von dem atemberaubenden Glück, in diesem Universum zu leben.

Diagnosed as severely autistic at the age of three, Tito, nearly nonverbal, was brought up by his loving mother Soma, who taught him to read English and challenged him to write his own stories. The initial result was The Mind Tree, published in 2003, which Tito wrote between the ages of eight and 11. The Gold of the Sunbeams is an equally impressive, beautiful collection of stories, each prefaced by a charming note from Tito explaining how the story came into being.

AUTRICE BESTSELLER DEL SUNDAY TIMES. UN GRANDE THRILLER. Un’autrice pluripremiata. Tradotta in 20 lingue. Oltre 1 milione di copie vendute. Per un bambino che nasce, una donna deve morire. Non è leggenda, è... La decisione di Tora Hamilton di trasferirsi assieme al marito alle isole Shetland non è stata facile. Da medico abituato alla frenesia della vita d'ospedale, si è ritrovata catapultata in una comunità fatta di eterni e immutabili riti e in una natura tanto bella quanto aspra. Una domenica mattina, mentre scava una buca per seppellire un animale domestico, Tora scopre il cadavere di una donna.

A must-listen thriller from the author of Dead Already.

Martin Arrowsmith’s youthful curiosity for science has blossomed into an altruistic devotion to medicine and research. The doctor moves from small towns to big cities and from local offices to prestigious institutes. With every step upward that Arrowsmith takes in his career, his idealism is challenged by the greed, corruption, and commercialism of the scientific community, as well as by the temptations of women, money, power, and glory. Against the odds, and through loss and groundbreaking discovery, Dr. Arrowsmith must stay true.

Innanför kapellets väggar, nu nedfläckade av blod, ligger två nunnor - en död, en allvarligt skadad - båda offer för ett skoningslöst, brutalt övergrepp. Det barbariska brottet verkar sakna motiv, och de äldre nunnorna i klostret är inte till mycket hjälp i polisutredningen. Men rättsläkaren Maura Isles obduktion av den döda kvinnan ger ett chockerande resultat: Den 20-åriga syster Camille födde ett barn innan hon mördades. Det makabra fallet tar en ny, häpnadsväckande vändning när en annan kvinna hittas mördad i en övergiven byggnad, med kroppen lemlästad till oigenkännlighet.

Doctor Felix Hoffmann is furious when an infusion pump mysteriously fails, nearly killing his 82-year-old patient. But his anger quickly turns to suspicion when he learns the patient’s posh apartment is for sale - without the patient’s knowledge. Together with his vivacious girlfriend, Celine, Felix discovers that someone at the hospital has concocted a deadly scheme to fleece geriatric patients and then hasten their deaths. Turns out he didn’t save his patient from an equipment failure - he saved him from murder.

It's New Year's Eve, the final night of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, and another poor soul has turned up dead. Ted Eddings, a scuba diver and investigative reporter who was a favorite at the medical examiner's office, is found 30 feet below the Elizabeth River's icy surface. Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner for the state of Virginia, can't help but wonder why she received a phone call from someone reporting the death before the police were notified.

Read by Julia Whelan, including an Author's Note read by Kristin, revealing her inspiration for telling the women's heroic stories, which had been either forgotten or entirely overlooked. Adored by millions and soon to be a major motion picture, The Women is a sweeping story of epic love...

From renowned British politician Stanley Johnson, an exciting, intelligent thriller about the rise of a mysterious virus and one man's fight to stop a deadly pandemic, perfect for fans of Michael Crichton and Dan Brown. How do you stop an invisible killer? When a young woman in New York City...

Three Chicago women have been found strangled, embalmed, and posed as if still alive. Doubting the findings of the local PD’s profiler, the FBI calls on forensic psychologist Zoe Bentley to investigate. Zoe quickly gets off on the wrong foot with her new partner, Special Agent Tatum Gray. Zoe’s a hunter, intense and focused; Tatum’s a smug maverick with little respect for the rules.