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Sophisticated, intelligent, impossible to put down, Maggie O’Farrell’s beguiling novels—After You’d Gone, winner of a Betty Trask Award; The Distance Between Us, winner of a Somerset Maugham Award; The Hand That First Held Mine, winner of the Costa Novel Award; and her unforgettable...

A deliciously compulsive first novel from New York Times Editor's Choice author of Lights On, Rats Out, Cree LeFavour's Private Means captures the very essence of summer in a sharply observed, moving meditation on marriage, money, and loss. It's Memorial Day weekend and Alice's beloved dog...

In the gritty landscape of Philadelphia, The Capital tells the story of two societal outcasts who launch a financial services company to prove their worth. Their ambition, however, plunges them into a high-stakes world of fast money, prestige, and dangerous crime. More than just a rags-to-riches tale, The Capital is a powerful exploration of an enduring friendship between two unlikely individuals, tested to its limits and beyond.

Tiffany Gibbons is a single mother of 4 children that recently inherited a home from her deceased grandmother in the Ridgely Square community of Baltimore City. While attempting to help her best friend Sasha Green along with developing a relationship with her estranged aunt, Gina Simms, Tiffany finds herself on a dangerous collision course with a local gang called the Alphas and a crooked unit of police called the Narcotics and Firearms Taskforce, lead by Detective Marshawn Bell.

Post-war London is a city in flux, with burned-out buildings serving as vivid reminders of the past. But beneath those scars is a sense of resurging optimism. Chrissie Walker, a new student at Goldsmiths arts college, feels it keenly. So does Mary Quant, the auburn-haired classmate who becomes Chrissie's best friend.

In Devil’s News, Stephanie Lewis, a young and seemingly naïve production assistant, lands a job at a bustling NYC local news station. Navigating the cutthroat world of journalism, she soon finds herself in a hostile workplace. Suspicion grows as she believes that the recent string of deaths seems more than tragic accidents. Blending newsroom drama and mystery, this tale takes listeners into the media’s dark side and the extreme lengths people will resort to for success and secrecy.

Framed in a drug sting by the person he trusted most, grad student Jean emerges from seven months at Rikers Island into a pandemic-ravaged New York City. His parents won't speak to him. His girlfriend has moved on. And Marcus, the friend who betrayed him, has vanished. Working as a food delivery cyclist through the empty streets of 2020, Jean pedals between his shattered past and an uncertain future. But as the city erupts in protests over George Floyd's murder, he's forced to confront not just personal betrayal, but the injustices that have shaped his life as a young Black man in America.

Anthony, il fratello di Sean, è un tipo tosto. Quando erano bambini, la madre cercava di tenerlo lontano dai guai, ma senza successo. Sean doveva essere diverso, doveva andarsene lontano e non tornare mai più. Ma Sean torna. Torna a Belfast, dove i posti di lavoro sono sempre meno, la sua laurea non ha valore e nessuno lo considera. Torna, suo malgrado, alle vecchie abitudini: notti folli, prestiti non restituiti, affitti non pagati, lavori occasionali che falliscono. Torna in queste strade lacerate, dove la prosperità promessa dalla pace non è mai arrivata.

Secure in their growing trust, Elise and Roy venture beyond the bedroom and into a world of forbidden excitement. The couple attends an exclusive underground sex club – a place Elise has visited before – where every secret desire is on display. Roy’s nerves nearly get the best of him amid the dim red lights and writhing bodies, but with Elise by his side he plunges into a night of eye-opening delights. Together they watch a pair of lovers entwined in public ecstasy, and Roy is shocked to find the sight doesn’t spur only jealousy – it turns him on.

The Book of Ayesha is a powerful coming-of-age story set in the heart of Detroit. Ambitious teenager Ayesha Jones is determined to rise above the struggles of her city, but her journey is marked by devastating loss, betrayal, and the harsh realities of growing up in an environment that tests her at every turn.

Living-in a high-priced Brownstone she, her-maid and little-Pug carry-on life, as an competent-author. She as many of her friends go-through life, and she's as bankable as her latest best-selling book. She's with one of the best-publishers, having her personally picked-editor...

I grew up in Brooklyn, New York City—where the city never sleeps and the streets never forgive. Raised by a prostitute and drug addict who fought every day for survival, I learned early that the world cared little for those cast aside. To most, my mother was just another lost soul. But to me, she was a queen—the one person who loved me unconditionally. When I watched her die in front of my eyes, beaten, violated, and left for dead by the very monsters the world had abandoned her to, I made a vow: I’d make them pay, and I’d become the voice for the voiceless.

It is 1943 in Nazi-occupied Paris, and nobody is safe. Nobody, except perhaps one small group of people, who’ve always existed outside the law… At Le Cirque Casini, the trapeze artists still fly. The strong men still perform amazing feats. The sad-faced clowns still make people laugh, even in a city with a broken heart. The Nazis do not trouble them, as long as they keep the people happy and entertained.

A cult classic, Fixer Chao—which was named a Los Angeles Times Book of the Year—by New Yorker contributor Han Ong, delivers a sharp and insightful narrative about racial and social hierarchy, personal identity, and alienation William Paulinha, a resourceful, gay Filipino sex worker, is...

An uncompromising and sensually charged collection from one of the great practitioners of the short story The debut story collection from Los Angeles writer Kate Braverman assembles a vivid patchwork of interconnected narratives set in Southern California. Through brief, often haunting snapshots...

Benvenuti a Babylon, una tipica e sonnolenta cittadina del sud, dove anni prima la famiglia Larkin ha subito una terribile tragedia. Ora stanno per subirne un'altra: la quattordicenne Margaret Larkin verrà derubata della sua innocenza e della sua vita da un assassino al di là della legge. Ma a Babylon sta accadendo qualcosa di strano: i semafori lampeggiano di un blu inquietante, una mano spettrale scivola fuori dallo scarico di un lavello da cucina, le tombe eruttano dal cimitero locale... E sotto la superficie torbida del fiume, un'entità mutevole, quasi umana, prende lentamente forma.

Searing. Explosive. Lyrical. Compassionate. Here is the astonishing new novel by the Man Booker Prize–winning author of The White Tiger, a book that took rage and anger at injustice and turned it into a thrilling murder story. Now, with the same fearlessness and insight, Aravind Adiga broadens...

Op kerstavond strandt Nina's trein tijdens een sneeuwstorm in Amsterdam. Ze kan geen kant op want ze kent niemand in de stad en alle hotels zijn volgeboekt. Maar dan komt er hulp uit onverwachte hoek. In de volle treincoupé biedt een oudere vrouw haar en een arrogante medereiziger onderdak aan. Tot haar eigen verbazing zitten ze niet veel later in de Rosse Buurt bij deze onbekende weldoenster aan tafel. Kunnen ze de vooroordelen over elkaar loslaten en de avond een positieve wending geven? Terwijl het buiten gestaag blijft sneeuwen, ontdekt Nina dat de wonderen de wereld nog niet uit zijn.

Morgan, Charlotte, and Abby Weiss are filled with mixed emotions. After their beloved mother took her own life without leaving a note, the siblings go through the motions of a funeral while grappling with grief and anger at their parent’s actions.

Razor sharp between the pipes, mysterious off the ice, Malakai Petrov is the Chicago Fury’s notorious goalie. The 6’5 Russian giant is hiding an entire world behind the mask he wears on and off the ice. He thinks his secrets are buried deep enough so that no one can ever crack the ice guarding his stone heart. Until he meets a certain teammate's sister, with hypnotizing silver eyes, who’s got a knack for sticking her nose in places it doesn’t belong.