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An electrifying new novel from Leslie Jamison, one of our most beloved contemporary voices: the epic story of three women connected by the haunting power of an ancient myth Every monster has two mothers—the woman who bore him, and the pain that shapes him. They raise him together. Knossos...

When a young father and well-liked sports coach is stabbed to death on his front doorstep in East London, D.I. Matthew Denning and D.S. Molly Fisher expect a straightforward hunt for a grudging enemy. But when the body of a respectable schoolteacher is discovered, the two murders mirroring each other, the coincidences are impossible to ignore. As the mystery unfolds, Denning and Fisher unearth a sinister connection between the victims and a new truth emerges: someone has decided to deliver their own justice, one victim at a time...

Misa Kincaid never asked for the kind of pain that cracked her world open, but one life-changing moment left her questioning everything: her past, her future, even her own existence. Young, smart, and carrying more weight than anyone her age should, she's forced to navigate life with no one to...

Amelia Rose, pop star mondialement connue, est épuisée par la vie intense qu'elle mène. Une nuit, inspirée par son idole, Audrey Hepburn, elle décide sur un coup de tête de conduire jusqu'à Rome. Enfin, Rome dans le Kentucky. Amelia n'avait certes pas planifié grand-chose, mais elle n'avait pas prévu de tomber en panne sur la pelouse d'un pâtissier grincheux, et encore moins de devoir cohabiter avec lui le temps qu'on vienne la tirer de là.

'A gritty powerful story. A must read for fans of gangland crime' - Bestselling author Kerry Kaya Young, blonde, beautiful and bored, Annette Lambrianu is tired of life on the family vineyard with her husband and young son, Antonias. Yearning for excitement, she flees in the night with the small...

'The love story was gorgeous - such brilliant energy and chemistry' Kristen Bailey Tropes: 💓 Second chance romance 🔥 Forced proximity 💘 Will-they-won't-they 🛤 missed connections The best people in life are worth the wait... When Liv finds herself locked in a shed with handsome...

The Last Leaf is a short story by O. Henry published in his 1907 collection The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories. The story first appeared on October 15, 1905, in the New York World. The scene of the story of The Last Leaf is the Greenwich artist colony in New York City. Over the past century, it has developed from a poor literati settlement to a world-famous art center and tourist attraction.

'I absolutely loved this book!' Maxine Morrey Madison reckons she’s a pretty good judge of character. When a disaster at work brings professional photographer Toby into her life, she has him all worked out within minutes. As their work collaboration blossoms into friendship, her preconceptions...

World-renowned pianist Gloria Banderas is at the height of her career when a curious ailment forces her to cancel a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall. The same day, she befriends one of the many free-spirited artists inhabiting the warren of apartments above the theater. With her career and marriage at a standstill, Gloria moves into an empty studio and convalesces among the poets, photographers, and dancers who eke out a living with total dedication to their art. As a return to her old routine beckons, Gloria must decide which parts of her life are worth fighting for.

A fun, feel-good read from Top 100 bestselling author Carmen Reid 🛍️Every book in the Annie Valentine Series can be read as a standalone🛍️ There's just one accessory Annie Valentine can't find...the perfect man! Meet Annie Valentine: stylish, savvy, multi-tasker extraordinaire. As a...

It’s October in Montreal, 2002, and winter is coming on fast. Past due on his first freelance gig and ensnared in lies to his family and friends, a graphic design student with a gambling addiction goes after the first job that promises a paycheck: dishwasher at the sophisticated La Trattoria. Though he feels out of place in the posh dining room, warned by the manager not to enter through the front and coolly assessed by the waitstaff in their tailored shirts, nothing could have prepared him for the tension and noise of the kitchen, or the dishpit’s clamor and steam.

A national best seller in both hardcover and paperback, the first book of the masterful Cairo Trilogy introduces the engrossing saga of a Muslim family in Cairo during Egypt's occupation by British forces in the early 1900s.

Harry Bosch teams up with LAPD detective Renée Ballard to solve the murder of a young girl in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Detective Renée Ballard is working the night beat -- known in LAPD slang as "the late show" -- and returns to Hollywood...

""American literature today begins and ends with the meaning of what Miller has done."" — Lawrence Durrell ""There is nothing like Miller when he gets rolling. . . . One has to take the language back to Marlowe and Shakespeare before encountering a wealth of imagery equal in intensity."" —...

Shakur's protagonist is Lapeace, the leader of the Eight Tray Crips gang in South Central Los Angeles. In a deadly gunfight with Anyhow, a Blood and Lapeace's rival since childhood, eight innocent civilians are killed. Anyhow is captured. Lapeace becomes a fugitive and he must hide out in the home of his girlfriend Tashima, a hip-hop mogul, as a pair of crooked LA detectives, John Sweeney and Jesse Mendoza, attempt to track him down.

You think you know how the world works? Think again. 21st Century America Magic has faded from the minds of mankind, until an encounter between Melisande Stokes, linguistics expert at Harvard, and Tristan Lyons, shadowy agent of government, leads to the uncovering of a distant past. After...

A FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEARA CrimeReads Best Crime Novel Notable selection Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renée Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed Bosch's mentor, the man who trained...

The painter Mario Minniti has travelled to Naples to seek out his old friend and former mentor Caravaggio. But on arrival, the great painter is nowhere to be found. In a bid to find him, Mario retraces Caravaggio's last known movements. His search reveals a life lived dangerously. Starring David...

WINNER of the Pulitzer Prize The Sunday Times Bestseller Best Books of 2022 pick - New York Times, Obama, TIME, Slate, Oprah Daily, Kirkus, LA Times, EW, Sarah Jessica Parker Read by a full cast of narrators, Trust by Hernan Diaz is a sweeping, unpredictable novel about power, wealth and truth...

Essence best-selling author Keith Lee Johnson's popular series continues with this fourth book, which reaches back to unearth the roots of JohnnieWise's family tree. On the eve of her arranged marriage in an African village, a 16-year-old girl elopes with her fiancé's younger brother. But the lovers are captured and sold into American slavery - and the girl wonders if she'll ever see her man again.