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David Copperfield is the story of a young mans adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the magnificently impecunious Micawber, one of literatures great comic creations.

In the middle of winter, a fire blazes through a dance studio.Seventeen young dancers die. Their promising careers cut short by a tragic accident. But where others see tragedy, DCI Katie Maguire sees murder.This is not the first fire to sweep through Cork. And in one recent case, the victims were dead before the fire was lit. Katie Maguire is determined to see justice done, unaware shes about to face her most chilling killer yet...

THE FIFTH INSTALMENT IN THE HANNE WILHELMSEN SERIES.The edgy detective investigates a brutal series of murders while dealing with tragedy closer to home.Chief Prosecutor Sigurd Halvorsruds wife is found dead in front of the fireplace in the family living room. The cause of death is instantly apparent - she has been brutally decapitated. Halvorsrud immediately falls under suspicion. Then a journalist at one of Oslos largest newspapers is found beheaded. What links these two horrifically violent crimes?Detective Inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen is called in to lead the investigation with her old colleague Billy T. But the most demanding task that Hanne Wilhelmsen has ever faced in her career clashes with the worst crisis in her personal life. Cecilie, the woman she lived with for almost twenty years, is seriously ill. Wilhelmsen must ask herself: is the truth worth chasing at all costs?

Top NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat and her partner, journalist Jameson Rook, pursue the elusive former CIA station chief who ordered the execution of her mother over a decade ago. But their quest for the old spy unearths an alarming terror plot that has already entered its countdown phase. Complicating their mission, a serial killer boldly names his next victim: Detective Heat.

A woman seeks revenge when the man she believes to have been her torturer happens to re-enter her life.Years have passed since political prisoner, Paulina, suffered at the hands of her captor: a man whose face she never saw, but whom she can still recall with terrifying clarity.Tonight, by chance, a stranger arrives at the secluded beach house she shares with her husband Gerardo, a human rights lawyer. A stranger Paulina is convinced was her tormentor and must now be held to account...Ariel Dorfmans play premiered at the Royal Court in 1991, and is now recognised as a modern classic. It ran for a year in the West End, was a hit on Broadway and was filmed by Roman Polanski starring Ben Kingsley and Sigourney Weaver.A play that audiences will carry out of the theatre and into lifeNew York Times

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2016 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZEAn astonishing interweaving of myth, fantasy, history and autobiography, Kenzaburo Oes Death by Water is the shimmering masterpiece of a Nobel Prize-winning author.For the first time in his long life, Nobel-laureate Kogito Choko is suffering from writers block. The book that he wishes to write would examine the turbulent relationship he had with his father, and the guilt he feels about being absent the night his father drowned in a storm-swollen river; but how to write about a man he never really knew? When his estranged sister unexpectedly calls, she offers Choko a remedy - she has in her possession an old and mysterious red trunk, the contents of which promise to unlock the many secrets of the man who disappeared from their lives decades before.

Returning from a brief holiday, Juno Browne is relieved to find that no one has been murdered in the picturesque Dartmoor town of Ashburton while she was away. Though uncharitable friends suggest that the quiet was simply due to her absence. Just as shes settling back into her routine at the antiques shop and as domestic helper and dog walker, the brutal killing of local journalist Sandy Thomas shocks the town and Juno is swept up into a fresh murder inquiry.What was Sandy really investigating on the night she was killed? With a spate of dog kidnappings to contend with as well, the Devon countryside never felt less tranquil, and inevitably Junos amateur sleuthing skills will be called upon once again .

The third instalment in the JOHANNE VIK series, from the reigning queen of Scandinavian crime writing, Anne Holt.When Helen Barclay becomes the first female US president, the whole world takes notice. And unfortunately for President Barclay, one man takes very particular notice. He knows her darkest secret, buried for over twenty years. And not only does he have the power to destroy everything shes worked for, but he also has the ultimate motive. Unfortunately for the FBI and the Norwegian police, nobody knows about this when Helen Barclay chooses to visit Norway for her first state visit. But when she goes missing from a locked, heavily secured bedroom, they are forced - unwillingly - to work together to find her. Has she been kidnapped? Murdered? Can the US president really just disappear into thin air...?

The Paradise Mens Softball League has wrapped up another game, and Jesse Stone is lingering in the parking lot with his teammates, drinking beer, swapping stories of double plays and beautiful women in the late-summer twilight. But then a frightened voice calls out to him from the edge of a nearby lake. There, two men squat at the waters edge. In front of them, facedown, was something that used to be a girl.The local cops havent seen anything like this, but Jesses L.A. past has made him all too familiar with floaters. This girl hadnt committed suicide; she hadnt been drowned: shed been shot and dumped, discarded like trash. Before long it becomes clear that she had a taste for the wild life; and her own parents cant be bothered to report her missing, or even admit that she once was a child of theirs. All Jesse has to go on is a young mans school ring on a gold chain, and a hunch or two.

Anne Holts brilliant detective Hanne Wilhelmsen investigates her third case: the manager of a childrens home is dead and a twelve-year-old tearaway is on the run.Anne Holt is the Godmother of modern Norwegian crime fictionJo NesboIn an orphanage outside Oslo, a twelve-year-old boy is causing havoc. The institutions ageing director, Agnes Vestavik, sees something chilling in Olavs eyes: sheer hatred. When Vestavik is found murdered at her desk late at night, stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife - with Olav nowhere to be found - the case goes to Hanne Wilhelmsen, recently promoted to superintendent in the Oslo police. Hanne suspects that Olav witnessed the murder and fled, and she orders an investigation of the orphanage staff. But this, however, is one case where her instincts are leading her astray.Meanwhile, Olav makes his way to his mothers apartment in central Oslo. When police finally catch up to him, Olav will lead them on a chase that will upend all of their assumptions. A dark and captivating thriller, Deathof the Demon examines the murky intersection between crime and justice.

The unexpected reconciliation between Amory Ames and her reformed playboy husband Milo is still on a fragile footing when Amory is drawn into an investigation into the disappearance of valuable jewellery. Unable to say no to an old family friend, she agrees to help lay a trap to catch the culprit at a lavish masked ball. But when a guest is murdered, Amory is pulled even further into the enquiry.

As Malaga goes up in flames in 1936 and the Civil War begins its monstrous destruction, Gamel Woolsey, an American poet, watches fear stalk through a traditional Spanish village. The villagers, wishing simply to be left to cultivate their cabbages, are caught in a cycle of violence which provokes hatred, anger and a thirst for revenge in even the most peaceful of souls. This humane and sympathetic account puts the people of Spain first, whatever their political persuasion, and gives a gripping and harrowing account of the emotional effects of war in general, and of civil war in particular.

A standalone supernatural thriller from the author of the chilling Merrily Watkins Mysteries. December has the shortest days, the darkest nights... In the ruins of a medieval abbey on the Welsh Border, four young musicians start work on an album influenced by the sites bloody history. Its December 1980 - the night John Lennon will be murdered in New York. And therell be more horror before the sun rises and the session tapes are burned. Or are they? Years later, Moira, Dave, Tom and Simon are persuaded to return to the abbey to complete the recordings they thought had been destroyed. But the old tapes - and all the darkness they contain - have been restored. And its December again.A PHIL RICKMAN STANDALONE NOVEL

In the wake of a series of unfortunate experiences in the Cotswolds, Thea Osborne, accompanied by her spaniel Hepzibah, is perhaps over-optimistic about the English summertime and the possibilities of her latest house-sitting assignment in the secluded village of Cranham. Despite the ease with which Theas new job begins, looking after Harriet Youngs reptiles, she soon finds a dark side to the characters she encounters. From the elderly Donny Davis to the enigmatic figure of Edwina, it soon becomes clear Harriets beloved geckoes are not the only cold-blooded creatures at large in Cranham...

Online investigative journalist Scott King investigates the death of a pop megastar, the subject of multiple accusations of sexual abuse and murder before his untimely demise in a fire another episode of the startlingly original, award-winning Six Stories series.A captivating, genre-defying book with hypnotic storytellingRosamund LuptonA chilling, wholly original and quite brilliant story. Deity is utterly compelling, and Matt Wesolowski is a wonderful writerChris WhitakerMatt Wesolowski taking the crime novel to places its never been before. Filled with dread, in the best possible wayJoseph Knox_______________A shamed pop starA devastating fireSix witnessesSix storiesWhich one is true?When pop megastar Zach Crystal dies in a fire at his remote mansion, his mysterious demise rips open the bitter divide between those who adored his music and his endless charity work, and those who viewed him as a despicable predator, who manipulated and abused young and vulnerable girls.Online journalist, Scott King, whose Six Stories podcasts have become an internet sensation, investigates the accusations of sexual abuse and murder that were levelled at Crystal before he died. But as Scott begins to ask questions and rake over old graves, some startling inconsistencies emerge: Was the fire at Crystals remote home really an accident? Are reports of a haunting really true? Why was he never officially charged?Dark, chillingly topical and deeply thought-provoking, Deity is both an explosive thriller and a startling look at how heroes can fall from grace and why we turn a blind eye to even the most heinous of crimes_______________Praise for the Six Stories seriesA gripping exposure of the underbelly of celebrity and obsessive fandom with lashings of supernatural horror Daisy Jones and the Six gone to the dark side. I couldnt put it downHarriet TyceMatt Wesolowski is boldly carving his own uniquely dark niche in fictionBenjamin MyersDark, twisty and incredibly clever ... an author to watch!C L TaylorA dark, twisting rabbit hole of a novel. You wont be able to put it downFrancine ToonFirst-class plottingS MagazineA dazzling fictional mysteryForeword ReviewsReaders of Kathleen Barbers Are You Sleeping and fans of Ruth Ware will enjoy this slim but compelling novelBooklistAn exceptional storytellerAndrew Michael HurleyBeautifully written, smart, compassionate and scary as hell. Matt Wesolowski is one of the most exciting and original voices in crime fictionAlex NorthInsidiously terrifying, with possibly the creepiest woods since The Blair Witch Project a genuine chiller with a whammy of an endingC J TudorFrighteningly wonderful one of the best books Ive read in yearsKhurrum RahmanDisturbing, compelling and atmospheric, it will terrify and enthral you in equal measureM W CravenBold, clever and genuinely chilling with a terrificSunday MirrorA genuine genre-bending debutDaily MailImpeccably crafted and gripping from start to finishBig IssueThe very epitome of a must-readHeatWonderfully horrifying the suspense cracklesJames OswaldOriginal, inventive and dazzlingly cleverFiona CumminsHaunting, horrifying, and heartrending. Fans of Arthur Machen will want to check this one outPublishers Weekly

#1 NEW YORK TIMES READERS BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMENS PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR FICTION THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING AUTHOR BOOK AT BEDTIME ON BBC RADIO 4 AN OPRAHS BOOK CLUB PICKWithout a doubt the best book Ill read this year. KATE ATKINSON Its EPIC. Righteously angry, DEEPLY moving and exquisitely written. MARIAN KEYES Daring, entertaining and highly readable.The TimesElectrifying.Daily MailA blaze of a book. RACHEL JOYCE A masterclass. RICHARD POWERS Masterful. Pulitzer Prize Powerful.GuardianA work of genius. KATE MOSSE ____________ Demon Copperhead is a once-in-a-generation novel that breaks and mends your heart in the way only the best fiction can. Demons story begins with his traumatic birth to a single mother in a single-wide trailer, looking like a little blue prizefighter. For the life ahead of him he would need all of that fighting spirit, along with buckets of charm, a quick wit, and some unexpected talents, legal and otherwise. In the southern Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, poverty isnt an idea, its as natural as the grass grows. For a generation growing up in this world, at the heart of the modern opioid crisis, addiction isnt an abstraction, its neighbours, parents, and friends. Family could mean love, or reluctant foster care. For Demon, born on the wrong side of luck, the affection and safety he craves is as remote as the ocean he dreams of seeing one day. The wonder is in how far hes willing to travel to try and get there. Suffused with truth, anger and compassion, Demon Copperhead is an epic tale of love, loss and everything in between. Legit about to get an Id rather be reading Demon Copperhead sticker for my Nissan Murano. ROB DELANEY ____________ Readers love Demon Copperhead:***** Outstanding . . . I dont know how someone can write a book like this: inhabit a totally different character and create it with such empathy, respect and fullness. ***** Powerful and brilliant. To immerse yourself in a Kingsolver novel is to put yourself in the hands of a master. ***** This was one of the greatest books I have read . . . Kingsolver is a magician with words, and her rage quietly seeps from each page. ***** Raw, angry, starkly beautiful . . . Genuinely one of the best books Ive ever read. ***** An incredibly raw and moving read, with a big-hearted hero who will stay with me for a long time. ***** I cannot overstate how absorbing this book is. It is wonderful and has restored my faith in fiction and novels.

The international bestseller, by the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2008, available for the first time in English translation.Young Nour is a North African desert tribesman. It is 1909, and as the First World War looms Nours tribe - the Blue Men - are forced from their lands by French colonial invaders. Spurred on by thirst, hunger, suffering, they seek guidance from a great spiritual leader. The holy man sends them even further from home, on an epic journey northward, in the hope of finding a land in which they can again be free. Decades later, an orphaned descendant of the Blue Men - a girl called Lalla - is living in a shantytown on the coast of Morocco. Lalla has inherited both the pride and the resilience of her tribe - and she will need them, as she makes a bid to escape her forced marriage to a wealthy older man. She flees to Marseilles, where she experiences both the hardships of immigrant life - as a hotel maid - and the material prosperity of those who succeed - when she becomes a successful model. And yet Lalla does not betray the legacy of her ancestors. In these two narratives set in counterpoint, Nobel Prize-winning novelist J. M. G. Le Clezio tells - powerfully and movingly - the story of the last free men and of Europes colonial legacy - a story of war and exile and of the endurance of the human spirit.

I need to find somebody and I might need a little help looking ...The summer of 48 in the city of Angels and theres heat on the streets when Daphne Monet hits the sidewalk. Heat when she disappears with a trunkload of somebody elses cash.Easy Rawlins is a war veteran just fired from his job. Drinking in a friends bar, he wonders how to meet his mortgage when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will locate Miss Monet, a blonde with a reputation. Its a simple decision, but for one thing. Nobody warned him - better the devil you know ...

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.An international diamond-smuggling pipeline has opened up and theBritish Treasury wants to know whos controlling it. Impersonating a captured courier named Peter Franks, Bond infiltrates the criminal ring and finds an unlikely ally in Tiffany Case. As the rings stateside go-between, she may be just another link in the chain, but Tiffany is also Bonds best shot at finding the elusive figure at the head of the operation - a syndicate boss known only by the initials "ABC." But if Bonds cover gets blown, hell find that the only thing harder than a diamond is surviving the payback of a pair of murderous henchmen.With a sparkling trail of smuggled gems as bait, Diamonds Are Forever leads Bond on a globe-hopping mission where deadly assassins lurk behind every corner.