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NADIE SABE QUIÉN ES CATE KAY.NADIE, EXCEPTO UNA MUJER. Anne Marie sueña con triunfar en Hollywood. Junto a Amanda, su persona favorita en el mundo, planean dejar atrás su pequeño pueblo olvidado para perseguir una vida llena de brillo y glamour. Cass Ford esta huyendo y no solo de su pasado. Un terrible accidente la ha impulsado a dejar todo atras y empezar una nueva vida. A todo, excepto a la culpa y a los fantasmas de aquellos a quienes ha traicionado. Cate Kay esta en la cima del mundo. Es la escritora del momento, su serie de libros es un exito rotundo y las adaptaciones cinematograficas rompen records de taquilla. Sin embargo, su identidad es un secreto inviolable, desconocido incluso para las mas altas esferas del mundo artistico. SOLO UNA DE ESTAS TRES MUJERES EXISTE.¿Cuales son los limites de la ambicion?¿De que serias capaz para alcanzar la gloria?Cuando el pasado golpee la misteriosa puerta de Cate Kay, revelando grandes secretos impronunciables, la autora se vera obligada a abrazar el poder de su propia historia, romper por fin su coraza...Y contarle al mundo la verdad sobre el icono. Sobre la leyenda.SOBRE CATE KAY.

En la cocina del Ambroisie, todos los fuegos están bajo control, excepto el que surge entre ellos...Avery sueña con trabajar en el Ambroisie, el restaurante más prestigioso y exigente de Boston. Lo que nunca imagino es que, al cruzar esas puertas, conoceria al hombre que cambiaria su vida para siempre.El chef Rayden Wade es talento, misterio y fuego. Con unos ojos que ocultan demonios, unos tatuajes que cuentan historias y unas manos capaces de crear maravillas, lucha por domar sus pesadillas mas oscuras.Entre Avery y Rayden no deberia ocurrir nada: ella es demasiado joven, el es demasiado hermetico. Sin embargo, cuanto mas intentan mantener las distancias, mas evidente resulta que lo suyo es imposible, pero tambien inevitable El es oscuridad. Ella es luz.Una historia de amor prohibido a fuego lento. Si el era oscuridad, yo queria ser su luz.Si el era fuego, yo queria ser su oxigeno.Y si el era el color negro, yo queria ser su oro.

El mal se oculta en las sombrasLa tranquilidad invernal del idílico pueblecito sueco de Åre se rompe cuando Johan Andersson, antiguo esquiador olímpico muy querido en la zona, aparece maniatado y ase

Dam y Gu son dos veinteañeros de Seúl. Dos seres que se aman a pesar de las. agresiones del mundo exterior, una sociedad surcoreana marcada por la competencia despiadada, donde los niños reciben una educacion estricta de sus padres, desde la infancia hasta el matrimonio, para tener una oportunidad de exito. Por eso, cuando Dam presencia el asesinato de su novio en la calle a manos de unos cobradores de deudas, el tiempo se detiene. Ella lo acuna en su pecho y lo lleva a casa, donde lava con mimo cada centimetro de su piel antes de sentarse y comenzar un particular ritual. Juntos, los amantes lamentan una vida de trabajo extenuante en un pais que los exprime hasta la ultima gota. Muerto Gu, Dam decide que no va a dejar su cadaver al alcance de sus enemigos para que no puedan profanarlo.Y comienza un juego barbaro, devorando pedazo a pedazo, lagrima a lagrima, el cuerpo de su amado, para asi enterrarlo donde los otros no puedan hacerle daño, donde su alma gemela pueda vivir para siempre.Hambre es un fenomeno literario en Corea del Sur con el que han empatizado centenares de miles de lectores, una obra de culto fascinante por sus reflexiones sobre el amor, el dinero y sus efectos en nosotros.

CARNICERAS DE DÍA, JUSTICIERAS DE NOCHE Un vibrante thriller que denuncia, emociona y celebra la sororidad como arma y refugio.En un barrio de clase media de Ruan, es imposible pasar por alto la fachada rosa de Las Carniceras. Desde la calle se oye el afilar de los cuchillos, el golpe seco de las piezas de carne sobre el mostrador y las risas de las tres profesionales que la regentan. Pero estas mujeres comparten algo mas que su oficio: todas han sido victimas de la violencia machista y, aunque han sobrevivido, no han olvidado. Cuando una de ellas sufre una nueva agresion, su reaccion es rapida y colectiva. Deciden que ya han soportado bastante y que los transgresores los violadores, los complices, los mentirosos y los maltratadores pagaran por sus crimenes. A medida que varios hombres del barrio empiezan a desaparecer sin dejar rastro, el panico cunde entre los vecinos. En cuestion de semanas, las singulares justicieras se convertiran en blanco de cotilleos y amenazas, y mientras vigilan de cerca al proximo que pueda pasarse de la raya, la policia las ira cercando poco a poco. Oscuramente comica y profundamente feminista, el electrizante debut de Sophie Demange capta a la perfeccion, mediante lo envolvente de su trama, los peligros y desigualdades a los que aun se enfrentan las mujeres.Una explosiva y emocionante novela de mujeres en la que, hasta el giro final, vamos devorando cada una de sus paginas. Babelia Un jubiloso thriller feminista, a medio camino entre Chloe Delaume y Joyce Carol Oates. VogueLa alternancia entre salvajismo y fragilidad es lo que hace tan poderosa esta novela: una catartica oda a la sororidad.Le Progres

The first English-language collection from one of Indias most hard-hitting writers, these poems brilliantly exemplify writing as an act of resistance. Militant, satirical, and biting, Kalyani Charal pulls no punches in eviscerating paternalistic - and patriarchal - bourgeois socialists who speak on behalf of others.Writing from lived experience, Charal delineates the bourgeois values that fuel the social machinery of caste oppression, while drawing parallels with social and racial marginalisation around the world. Thus, in her poetry, the specificity of Dalit lives in Bengal, a region which prides itself on its Leftist history and enlightened culture, and whose partition into India and Bangladesh has left a legacy of communal tension, refugees, and statelessness, is at the same time the universality of precarity, marginality and dispossession. Finally, there is space for love - wistful and full-throated, with an attentiveness to the natural world that speaks to her claim that "all Dalit woman writers are eco feminists".

One family. One cursed house. One hundred years.A unique, ambitious, and witty gothic horror puzzle-box, exploring over a century of hauntings across a single house in the North of England. Perfect for fans of Andrew Michael Hurley and Catriona Ward.Delfling Hole, a small country cottage nestled in a dark, wet corner of the Peak District. Home to many. Grave to many more. You could say that it has seen better days, but thats not really true. Is it?1819.A young doctor arrives in a small village to help with a smallpox outbreak, but when his wife takes against an old friend of his who comes to stay at their house, he begins to believe she may be possessed.1946.A young girl takes part in a seance as her father lies dying upstairs, but as she and her siblings summon the ghosts of war, they realise they may have welcomed something terrible into their home.1987A tabloid newspaper, desperate to exploit a local story of a man living in a haunted house, takes things much too far, with devastating consequences.2023.After the death of her mother, Vee discovers that Delfing Hole has been left to her. But she doesnt want it. Who would? Returning to the house that served up so many nightmares to her as a child, she soon discovers that she may hold the key to stopping them once and for all.But after more than a century of horrors, is Delfing Hole ready to give up so easily?A searing and ambitious take on the haunted house novel, this is a wildly inventive debut about one working class family, haunted across generations, marking the arrival of an extraordinary new voice in horror.

A dark and unsettling queer adult horror from the award-winning author of The City Beautiful. Perfect for fans of Eric LaRocca and Stephen Graham Jones.Ten years ago, the quiet mining town of Coalfield, Pennsylvania was thrust into the national spotlight when a boy at a local foster home was found brutally murdered. After the foster mother was arrested on suspicion of murder, the four remaining children were dragged in front of a court to explain what truly happened. There, Elliot Wolffjust eight years-oldtestified.What emerged were disturbing tales of child abuse, the sacrifice of animals and infants, and strange rituals performed in the woods and mines of the town. And the Dragon, always the Dragon, a specter who lurked in the shadows of the home.Now on the cusp of adulthood, Elliot is still struggling to move on from the trial. He still finds his thoughts circling Coalfield, thoughts that he pours into writing music or drowns out with various substances.Then, he is approached by Dean Corvin, a washed-up grindhouse director filming a documentary on the Satanic Ritual Abuse allegations at Coalfield. While sitting in front of a camera and rehashing his trauma is the last thing Elliot wants to do, Dean makes him an offer he cant refuse, an offer that might finally allow Eliot to escape his aunts stifling house and start over somewhere far away.But Elliot isnt the only survivor joining the documentary: the other survivors are there, too, and each one has different memories of what happened.The first few days of filming are strange, with bizarre dreams and memories resurfacing that he had long thought lost to time. As Elliot begins to reenact his final days at Coalfield Childrens Home, he begins to wonder if there may be a grain of truth to the lies he told on the stand. If something sinister and otherworldly really did happen to them.If the Dragon is still out there, and intends to keep the past buried.

Witness macabre ceremonies, malicious creatures, and elder gods emerging in this companion anthology to Shadows Over Innsmouth and Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth, containing 17 short stories inspired by the legendary horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, and curated by award-winning anthologist Stephen Jones.Featuring stories from some of the biggest names in horror fiction, including Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, A. G. Slatter, and many more. This newly redesigned edition also includes a revised and updated Introduction and Contributor Notes, along with additional artwork exclusive to this printing.The final volume in the original trilogy that began with Shadows Over Innsmouth and Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth. Witness a macabre ceremony conducted by moonlight, kid detectives unearthing a sinister supernatural secret, and a skilled harpist lulling the old gods back to sleep beneath the seaalong with an Innsmouth poem by H. P. Lovecraft himself and a "posthumous collaboration" between the author and August Derleth.Featuring 17 short horror stories from some of todays top Lovecraftian writers, curated by World Fantasy Award-winning editor Stephen Jones. This newly redesigned edition also includes a revised and updated Introduction and Contributor Notes, along with additional artwork exclusive to this printing.Including stories from: H. P. Lovecraft Ramsey Campbell Adrian Cole August Derleth John Glasby Brian Hodge Caitlin R. Kiernan Brian Lumley Kim Newman Reggie Oliver Angela Slatter Michael Marshall Smith Simon Kurt Unsworth Conrad Williams

On holiday at a fashionable German spa, young civil engineer Herr von Gordon meets Colonel von St Arnaud and his younger wife, the beautiful Cécile. Gordon is drawn to this elegant and melancholy woman, who seems to hold herself at a distance from her husband. As he and the married pair tour local attractions and enjoy the scenery of the Harz Mountains, he finds himself ever more fascinated by Cecile - and by the mystery surrounding her past.As Gordon and Cecile grow closer, her husbands jealousy, the gossip of polite society, and the secrets of the past converge. When they meet again in Berlin society, the attraction between the two young people will have tragic consequences for all.A challenge to societal conventions, a portrait of a complex woman and a biting send-up of early tourist culture, Fontanes novel is an elegant, ironic and moving classic of 19th-century realist fiction.

An account of the poet authors love affair with Dutch art, and the consolations and ecstasies of the objects we gather on our way through life. We begin standing in the Met in front of a painting by Jan Davidsz de Heem: Still Life with Oysters and Lemon. Looking almost more closely than we can bear at this image from the 17th century, Doty attempts to tell us everything it holds, from pigments to forms, and above all, meaning.This confrontation with beauty is one of many that shapes his life, from the pinwheel peppermints that emerge from his grandmas purse in his Tennessee childhood to the cracked china platter that graces the mantelpiece in the home he shares with his dying husband. But it is Dutch still-life painting that seems to have the most to tell him. This book is his record of years spent looking closely at bunched asparagus, translucent wine glasses, curling lemon peel and the bloom on grapes.In a brief, lucid, powerfully concentrated narrative, which tells the story of a life of self-discovery and an avid gaze, Mark Doty writes with poetic specificity and painterly clarity. In his loving description of reality, we begin to see that simply looking can be the most tender reverence.

A festive collection of brand new crime stories set against the backdrop of Christmas, written by authors published by Bedford Square. From chilling mysteries hidden beneath twinkling lights, to dark secrets unfolding during the most wonderful time of the year, these tales prove that even the season of goodwill has a dangerous edge...With stories from: - Sara Paretsky - William Boyle - Donna Moore - Sophie Hannah - Hannah Morrissey - Paul Halter - Merle Nygate - Bonnie Burke-Patel - Gay Marris - Paul Waters - Leigh Russell - Samatha Lee Howe - Tony White - Alex Coombs - Hannah King - Nick Triplow - Kay Blythe - James GradyAnd more!

A reclusive young woman moves into what seems like the perfect apartment and is obsessively drawn to her reclusive neighbour, who keeps a lush garden and is hiding a deadly secret Eat the Ones You Love meets Wilder Girls in this sensual, sapphic, botanical horror novella from the New York Times-bestselling author of Bloom and House of Idyll.When Lucy McClintock moves into a dreamy Victorian in downtown Savannah after years of suffering under the rule of her overbearing grandfather, she feels like shes won the lotterywell, outside of the creepy landlord. She soon notices a glorious green haven in the backyard and meets her downstairs neighbor, Saskia, a weightlifter who lives in a magical apartment overflowing with plant life and beautiful artwork. Naive and lonely Lucy is drawn to strong and secretive Saskia, and as the two women grow closer, they discover they share more than just an apartment buildingA seductive, heady, sinister read: breathless romance and bone-chilling suspense collide in this sweet and deadly tale.

The triumphant conclusion to the Villains trilogy from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.The ExtraOrdinary of Merit City, a secret group of individuals gifted with a power connected to their manner of near-death experience, have been keeping a low profile, avoiding the ever-watchful eye of EON in the wake of the showdown with Marcella, Eli, and Serena.But when EONand its relationship to the ExtraOrdinaries begins to change under the leadership of a new director with a terrifying agenda, the time for hiding is over. The path to the truth of what happened to EON leads Victor, Sydney, Mitch and the rest into the enemys lair at EON headquarters, where they encounter unexpected allies, shocking new abilities, and the ultimate confrontation.Against all the years, the betrayals, and the oddsthe arch rivals and their allies will meet for a final time, on a chess board laid out by a rival they didnt expect.

For the denizens of mythical Primeval, its fields and forests bounded by two rivers, the world beyond is nothing more than a dream. Yet their stories or Times are a microcosm of the tumultuous recent history of the world. The fortunes of the family of Michal the miller, whom conscription carries away in 1914, punctuate nearly a century of war and occupation. The outcast Cornspike raises her daughter among the creatures and spirits of the forest. The squire Popielski loses his faith and becomes obsessed with a game where progress is attained only by dreaming the right kind of dream. Non-human beings trees and mushrooms and archangels have their Times too, as do inanimate objects, which may be more important for the world than people. Alongside bloodshed and betrayal, the dramas of Primevals daily life mark the birth, life, and decline of its little world and Time, making us consider afresh the stories that help us comprehend and navigate our own. Rich with the capaciousness and innovation that have brought Olga Tokarczuk to sustained international fame, Primeval and Other Times is yet another treasure for confirmed fans and new converts alike.

Riveting and highly inventive Chinese-inspired science-fantasy of a royal family torn apart, painful betrayal and deadly secrets. Set on a drowning continent full of corruption and deception and strange technology this is richly envisioned and powerfulOn Pio, the floating empire of lotuses, Xlian discovers the royal advisors ploy to overthrow her brother, Yun, the emperor, in the same way they had murdered their parents, by creating a deadly flood that will make Yuns death seem as though an accident. She flees to the drowning continent of Opera, a place of high tech and near environmental collapse where companies vie to sell a chance at immortality. There Xlian seeks out her exiled brother Lang to help in her efforts to disrupt the advisors plans and remove them from court.Also residing on Opera is the outcast, No Face. Abandoned by the empire of Pio, they plot to destroy those who tore their family apart. When Xlian is caught and imprisoned and No Face discovers the shocking truth about their past, the two must work together to stop the advisors and unify their two lands or lose everyone they love to flood and revolution.

When Laura Cameron, a philosophy professor at a London university, is found dead in a bizarre echo of the Reeva Steenkamp case, the questions are myriad. Her friend and colleague, Esther Luck, is as shocked as everyone else.But Esther knows more than shes letting on. After two years battling ovarian cancer, her notions of what makes life worth living, of what her future holds, have changed utterly. Held in a tense web of intrigue between Lauras widower Jack, her ex Michel, and her conventional family, Esther is given the chance of new life on borrowed time as the mystery of Lauras death deepens.What follows is an exploration of guilt, mortality, freedom, time and the brilliant and beautiful puzzle of being alive.

A propulsive and thrilling chase through the multiverse as a washed-up writer joins an elite crew of scouts on a mission to stop terrorists destroying entire realities.Perfect for fans of character-driven multiverse adventures such as The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson, and The Long Earth series by Terry Pratchett and Stephen BaxterTim begins to slide into parallel worlds every three days, at first dismissing the surreal but subtle changes around him as stress until he first wakes up with a family he never had, and then three days later wakes up on an abandoned planet.He soon meets Fred, a traumatised Ryder who travels between worlds to protect Luminariesa lineage of women critical to humanitys future. Theyre joined by Zhue, a warrior sent back from 5,000 years in the future, whose transition from male to female reflects her own complex inner journey to stop the murder of Luminaries on World #20, a crisis that will ultimately erase that world from existence.Believing the culprit to be John Cho, the man responsible for the destruction of Freds crew, the trio pursue him across worlds and eras, having been tasked by Union Arcade, the organisation overseeing Ryder missions.Despite their efforts, they become the hunted and grow desperate, until Tim realises Cho isnt their true enemy; instead, he has been tracking, and often saving them, to catch the real killerFreds former best friend and a high-ranking operative within Union Arcade itself. Forced to ally with Cho, they finally confront and stop the real killer.

Drawn from the Sicily of Giovanni Vergas childhood - at the time, the poorest place in Europe - the stories in Little Novels of Sicily capture lifes inimitably ironic blend of beauty and sorrow. A loudly lamenting widower enters negotiations for a new wife even before the grave is filled; a donkey driver finds the patronage of the king a mixed blessing; and successful revolutionaries discover that liberty is of short duration.Full of twists in perspective and lyrically described landscapes, Vergas stories record the class struggles of Risorgimento Italy, the relationship between men and the land, and the cynical yet reassuring intimacy of life in a rural community. In deceptively simple, powerfully concentrated prose, Verga shifts between affection and dry detachment, but never turns his gaze away from life as it is really lived.

An unoccupied flat. A freshly dressed bed. The body of a young woman laid out neatly on the duvet. The dead girl looks familiar troublingly familiar but Detective Inspector Cassie May cant place her. And to compound her troubles, Cassie has just started dating the flats owner, James Flynn.When her boyfriend is accused of murder, an ambitious young DI risks her career and her life by defying her bosses, the security services, and a crime syndicate, to prove the innocence of a man who seems more worried about the long-buried secrets she might unearth than the murder charge hanging over him.Set across the leafiest of Sheffield suburbs, the sink estates of South Manchester, and the bleak and snowy Pennine moors that separate them, The Wythenshawe Dandy presents a discomforting picture of a world where privilege and wretchedness coexist.