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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.

THE QUEEN OF SCANDINAVIAN CRIME THRILLERS REDA THRILLER WRITER OF THE HIGHEST ORDER LIZA MARKLUND Hanne Wilhelmsen must track down a missing twelve-year-old suspected of murder in this twisting thriller perfect for fans of Jussi Adler-Olsen, Ragnar Jonasson and Ann Cleeves In 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 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. Wilhelmsen, recently promoted to superintendent in the Oslo police.Readers love DEATH OF THE DEMONA fascinating tale with some shockers thrown in *****Cant wait to read the next one! *****An ending that knocked my socks off *****Keeps you guessing *****AWESOME!! *****

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 Ma...

#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.____________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.

Desert Heat,Darryl MacArthur (Mac) Lester and Raymond Vincent (Raven) Watkins help people while running Macs laundry and dry cleaning business. You have a child in trouble? You have a problem with crime in your neighborhood? If you have a loved one go missing? They will help you. Mac, a college graduate with a degree in cultural Anthropology, never able to ply his trade as a vocation due to inheriting the laundry from his ailing father, now uses what he learned in college as an avocation in the real world. Ray quit college his freshman year due to the murders of his pregnant wife, his cop brother and his brothers wife along with Ray, himself, taking two bullets to the chest. He went into the military after he recovered physically and remained there until the rage ebbed. Still troubled, he returned and went to work for Mac. In the years since, he has built a reputation as a crime fighting urban legend.Julia Olson, an award winning investigative reporter who, three years ago, lost her beautiful younger cousin forever as she tried to come from Mexico across the desert to live the American dream, specializes in writing about Americas immigration issues. Julia is a strong voice for immigrants rights within a sane American immigration policy. She digs deep, leaving no stone unturned, practices fair reporting but remains thorough and tough when she has to be.Somewhere in the desert south of Tucson, Arizona, a truckload of recent arrivals to America are gunned down. Julia comes down from Phoenix for the story. Mac and Ray come down because they believe the daughter of one of their employees might be among the dead. Together, the three of them investigate the incident that takes them back to Phoenix and a human and drug smuggling operation run by evil and greedy men who slough off human life for the almighty buck.As Ray fights his own demons and Julia and Mac find each other, they come up against ruthless drug and human smugglers and a Mexican drug cartel that will stop at nothing to protect their operation and themselves.The action spans the valley of the sun ending up all the way down to Mexico as the passion of love, the bittersweet taste of revenge and the challenge to stay alive against unbeatable odds reverberates from every page until the final fiery confrontation.

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.

White Lotus meets Hereditary in this uproarious and unsettling dissection of a dysfunctional family and their ghosts, both literal and metaphorical. Perfect for fans of Grady Hendrix and Ronald MalfiAnna only has one rule for the annual Pace family vacations: tread lightly, and survive.It isnt easy when shes the only who doesnt seem to fit in. Her twin brother Benny goes with the flow so much hes practically dissolved, and her high-strung older sister Nicole is so used to everyoneincluding her blandly docile husband and two young daughtersfalling in line that Anna often ends up chastised for simply asking a question. Her Mom is baffled by Annas life choices (why waste her artistic talent at an ad agency?), and her Dadwell, he just wants a little peace and quiet.The gorgeous villa outside a remote Tuscan town seems like the perfect place to endure so much family timenot to mention Bennys demanding new boyfriend, Christopher. If her family becomes too much to handle, then at least Anna can wander off to a wine tasting or lose herself in an art gallery. That is, until strange things start to happenstrange noises at night, food rotting within hours, dreams that feel more like memories. Then, the unsettling warnings from the locals: dont open the tower door.But Anna does open it. And what she releases threatens to devour her familythat is, if her family doesnt tear itself apart first.

Der Auftakt der groen Bestsellersaga.Stuttgart, 1903: Als Tochter eines Schokoladenfabrikanten fuhrt Judith Rothmann ein privilegiertes Leben im Degerlocher Villenviertel. Doch die perfekte Fassade tauscht. Judiths Leidenschaft gehort der Herstellung von Schokolade, jede freie Minute verbringt sie in der Fabrik und entwickelt Ideen fur neue Leckereien. Unbedingt mochte sie einmal das Unternehmen leiten. Doch ihr Vater hat andere Plane und fadelt eine vorteilhafte Heirat fur sie ein noch dazu mit einem Mann, den sie niemals lieben konnte. Da kreuzt ihr Weg den des charismatischen Victor Rheinberger, der sich in Stuttgart eine neue Existenz aufbauen will ...

A wickedly funny, feminist revenge fantasy novel of one fat womans fight against sexism and the beauty industry. Dietland will be adapted into AMCs 10-episode straight-to-series starring Julianna Margulies and Joy Nash. Wow... ferocious and hilarious - Margaret AtwoodA book with a message, loud and clear - GuardianPlum Kettle does her best not to be noticed, because when youre fat, to be noticed is to be judged. Or mocked. Or worse. But when a mysterious woman starts following her, Plum finds herself involved with an underground community of women who live life on their own terms. At the same time, a dangerous guerrilla group called "Jennifer" begins to terrorize a world that mistreats women. As Plum grapples with her personal struggles, she becomes entangled in a sinister plot, the consequences of which are explosive. Part coming-of-age story, part revenge fantasy, Dietland is a bold, original and funny debut that takes on the beauty industry, gender equality and our weight loss obsession - from the inside out, and with fists flying.

A MAJOR 2021 DEBUT FICTION LAUNCH, THIS REMARKABLE IRISH NOVEL ABOUT THE MESSINESS OF MODERN FAMILY LIFE COMES WITH PRAISE FROM MEG MASON TO ANNE ENRIGHT__________AN IRISH TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NEWCOMER OF THE YEARGilmartin is clearly a writer to watch Clare ChambersThe search is off - here is our next read. Here is an expert writer Meg MasonSarah Gilmartin gives us terrific, complex characters and strong themes, in prose that is charged with insight Anne Enright__________Kate has taught herself to be careful, to be meticulous.To mark the anniversary of a death in the family, she plans a dinner party - from the fancy table settings to the perfect Baked Alaska waiting in the freezer. Yet by the end of the night, old tensions have flared, the guests have fled, and Kate is spinning out of control.But all we have is ourselves, her father once said, all we have is family.Set between the 1990s and the present day, from a farmhouse in Carlow to Trinity College, Dublin, Dinner Party is a dark, sharply observed debut that thrillingly unravels into family secrets and tragedy.As the past catches up with the present, Kate learns why, despite everything, we cant help returning home.A brilliant coming-of-age page-turner about the complications of sibling relationships and the trauma of family secrets, perfect for fans of Kate Atkinson, Maggie OFarrell and Anne Enright__________FURTHER PRAISE FOR DINNER PARTYGilmartins depiction of an Irish family across the decades leaves the reader in no doubt how complicated love can be John Boyne, author of The Hearts Invisible FuriesA fresh, confident and compelling new take on sibling dynamics and family secrets that are never far from the surface Henrietta McKervey, author of A Talented ManSarah Gilmartin is a really wonderful storyteller. A writer here to stay Joseph OConnor, bestselling author of Star of the SeaA classic Irish family saga... A blazing new talent in Irish fiction Gavin Corbett, author of This is the WayOne of the best Irish debuts Ive read this year. A novel of family - full of warmth, insight, tragedy and, ultimately, how to survive it all... Rick OSheaA family gathering goes disastrously wrong in Gilmartins raw, emotionally searing novel about the toxicity of secrets and the inescapable lure of home. WaterstonesExquisitely captured. . . beautifully paced, confident and insightful Daily MailGorgeously wrought and moving Irish TimesA fine debut Irish IndependentDelicately studied Sunday Times, IrelandA finely observed Irish debut GuardianGilmartin writes beautifully Sunday Times, Culture__________READERS LOVE DINNER PARTYA tense, literary page-turnerAn incredibly poignant story of a family torn by loss and griefA totally compelling read about fraught family relationships, sisterhood, loss, grief and everything in between

Disco Pigs is the award-winning play about two warped teenagers that confirmed Enda Walshs place in the forefront of young Irish dramatists and was filmed in 2001 with Cillian Murphy and Elaine Cassidy.Pig and Runt are two 17-year-olds who share everything: birthday, language, worldview - and that moment when pop songs and life-changing orgasms flash by and last forever.Disco Pigs was first performed by Corcadorca Theatre Company at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, in September 1996, and subsequently at the 1996 Dublin Theatre Festival. It received its UK premiere at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in August 1997, before transferring to the Bush Theatre, London, in September 1997, and then on international tour.It won the Stewart Parker Prize for the best Irish debut play and the George Devine Award in 1997.Also included in this volume is Sucking Dublin, a fierce and uncompromising short play about a group of five individuals tormented by a rape in a claustrophobic, drug-infested Dublin.Sucking Dublin was first performed by the Outreach Department of the Abbey Theatre at Basin Lane Youth Reach Centre in Dublin in 1997. It also played at the Samuel Beckett Theatre in Trinity College, Dublin, from 4 November 1997.