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Paris, 1945. Frederick Rowlands arrives in a city riven by the political turmoil following the Liberation at the behest of MI5 agent, Iris Barnes. A young woman calling herself Clara Metzner has just been released from Ravensbruck concentration camp - and Rowlands, who last met her in Berlin in 1933, has been given the task of confirming whether she is who she says she is. This is far from easy, not only because of Rowlands blindness, but because Claras experiences have changed her almost out of recognition. But her evidence may be vital in assisting Iris to track down suspected collaborators in the upper echelons of French society.Then Clara - or the girl who is claiming to be her - is found dead, in circumstances that point to murder. Thrown into the unfamiliar world of Parisian high society, Rowlands must track down the killer, and prevent further deaths - including his own.

Germany, 1878: young brothers Paul and Karl Effinger leave the German provinces to seek their fortune in Berlin. Ambitious and talented, they soon establish themselves as entrepreneurs and marry the daughters of high-society families. A flourishing horizon opens before them, but the Great War and the youthful rebellion of the 1920s lay waste to bourgeois certainties, and, as the generations pass, a rising antisemitism begins to shadow their bright world.With dazzling historical sweep, Gabriele Tergit tells of the familys changing fortunes within the vibrantly evoked, ever-changing metropolis of Berlin. Full of parties, drama and the most delicious gossip, The Effingers is a vibrant, monumental portrait of Germanys Jewish life, in all its richness and complexity.

A fierce new chorus of voices emerges from contemporary Ireland. Eight writers. Sixteen unforgettable stories. Translated from Irish for the first time. Stories from Belfast to Kerry, from the immigrant experience to the weight of tradition, these voices refuse easy comfort. They explore the raw territories of motherhood and loss, desire and betrayal and the clash between old certainties and new realities. A tattooist claims his lovers skin. A widow faces an impossible choice about her disabled son. Birds of prey stalk through dreams of environmental catastrophe. Here is family in all its beautiful, terrible complexity the bonds that sustain us, the ones that suffocate, the love that heals and the secrets that destroy. Bold, unflinching, and impossible to ignore Stepsisters showcases the depth and power of contemporary Irish womens writing.Featuring stories from Eithne Ni Ghallchobhair, Deirdre Brennan, Roise Ni Bhaoill, Biddy Jenkinson,Katherine Duffy andRealtan Ni Leannain.

January 1941. When Detective Inspector John Jago is called to a house in Londons Bloomsbury, he finds the body of a woman whos been attacked and left to die, her only crime seemingly being her kindness to strangers. Shes taken victims of the Blitz and the war thats torn Europe apart and given them refuge in her home, but now shes a victim too - of murder.As Jago tries to find out who killed her and why, he uncovers a tangle of damaged hearts and minds. There may have been envy, resentment, even outright hostility. But who would want to strike down an angel of mercy in her own home?

Two plays from an exciting Irish dramatist, winner of the Verity Bargate Award for Citysong.BÁN is a reworking of Lorcas The House of Bernarda Alba set in de Valeras Ireland. Like the sisters at its heart bound tightly, neither open nor tender, mourning their father, surveilled by their mother. They long for escape, power, the local eligible bachelor. The question isnt who can have which, its can any of them have any?Raw and raucous, dark but not unduly despairing, BAN is premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on its Peacock Stage as part of the 2025 Dublin Theatre Festival. It was nominated for the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.Absent the Wrong is an intimate and sweeping, raw and heady play about seventy years of adoptees looking for answers.A woman looking for her child is lied to. An artist pitches a memorial thats never built. A landlord raises rents. A parrot disappears. (Or does it?) Thousands of children disappear. (No question this time.) Theres family reunions, collective actions, inexplicable Mormons. Its about being the only person in the family photo who isnt white and not daring to ask why, about having multiple heritages but knowing nothing about any of them.Its about Ireland, Irishness, about a century of destroying families in the name of The Family. Its about wondering, searching, loving, losing, fighting, losing some more, and sometimes finally winning when all seems lost.Absent the Wrong was premiered on the Abbey Theatres Peacock Stage as part of the 2022 Dublin Fringe Festival.Carys D. Coburn is one of the founders of MALAPROP, whose work has won acclaim in Ireland and beyond.

Escape to Avila Falls in this Cozy Second-Chance Romance Jane is a successful ghostwriter living her dream in New York City, collaborating with movie stars and musicians while quietly longing to publish her own novel.But just as her career comes to a crossroads, shes called back to her hometown of Avila Falls, a charming mountain town with a colorful cast of characters, where a chance encounter with her high school crush stirs unexpected questions about her NYC life. These doubts deepen as Jane tries to find her place back in Avila Falls; begins a new project with Liv, a pop star grappling with her own identity; and reconnects with a friend and mentor who runs the local bookstore, And Then There Were Books.Jane begins to see her hometown differently and sparks begin to fly. She questions whether the version of herself shes created is truly who she wants to be. Could the answers shes searching for lie in the very place she once ran from?Chapter One Again is the debut novel from actress Keelia Clarkson. This cozy, clean second chance romance is the perfect read for anyone searching for love, purpose, and a place to call home. Chapter One Again is perfect for readers who love: Cozy fiction and clean romance Charming small-town settings Faith-friendly themes Chapter One Again is the first book in the Avila Falls series. Watch for the sequel, Page Two with You.

O mundo, dizem, é um livro. E um livro também pode conter o mundo.GRANDE PRÉMIO DE LITERATURA DE VIAGENS MARIA ONDINA BRAGA, ATRIBUÍDO PELA ASSOCIAÇÃO PORTUGUESA DE ESCRITORES.Partindo das suas muita

April, 1867. A train departs Kings Cross station bound for Lincoln. Among the passengers is a man attired in the garb of one in high ecclesiastical office. He is accompanied by a brawny man carefully carrying a large leather bag, who ensures that they are not joined by any other travellers in their first-class compartment.Back at Scotland Yard that evening, Detective Inspector Colbeck is alerted to news of a brutal murder and robbery on the train. The urgent request for help from the Bishop of Lincoln states that a man has been shot dead and something of great value, a silver model of Lincoln Cathedral, has been stolen.Colbeck is more and more intrigued by the case as he and Sergeant Leeming follow the lines of inquiry, and he is convinced that the killer and thief is still close at hand. But with the city bursting at the seams for the annual Horse Fair, the timing is far from ideal and further complicates a challenging case for the Railway Detective.

When Juno Browne purchased a car for her lover, Daniel Thorncroft, she was not expecting that the previous owner would lock a dead body in the boot. Who the dead man could be is a persistent question, as is the whereabouts of the seller, Amber Horrell. While Inspector Ford and the Ashburton police are on the case, Junos insatiable curiosity and concern for the missing Amber lead her to start sleuthing on her own. It turns out that the Horrells, Ambers family, are notorious in this corner of Devon, with an ancient murder and vanishing red diamond in their past and a shady antiques business very much in their present.With a second murder, Junos involvement in the investigation becomes more complicated and the line between reality and fiction also become blurred. But the truth, she discovers, is far more complicated than it seems.

O rosto dela, belo mesmo na morte, olhava para o céu azul; os cabelos castanhos e sedosos espalhavam-se como um véu ao redor da cabeça, realçando o tom pálido da sua pele; os lábios, ligeiramente entreabertos, pareciam sussurrar um ultimo adeus. Num dia quente de vero, a pacata cidade de Mount Chester entra em alvoroço com o desaparecimento de Jenna, uma rapariga de dezassete anos. Horas depois, o caso ganha contornos tragicos: o seu corpo e encontrado nas montanhas isoladas. A detetive Kay Sharp corre ate ao local, percorrendo quilometros ate a base de Wildfire Ridge. Os sinais no corpo de Jenna no deixam duvidas: foi brutalmente assassinada. Ao lado da vitima, Kay encontra um gancho de cabelo em forma de borboleta, com impresses digitais que podem ser a chave do misterio. Determinada a encontrar respostas, a detetive mergulha nos segredos da pequena comunidade e descobre que Jenna mudara radicalmente nos ultimos meses: ja no era a adolescente popular e sorridente de antes; algo recente provocara essa transformaço e pode ser esse o motivo da sua morte. Quando chegam os resultados forenses, as impresses digitais no gancho de cabelo no pertencem a Jenna, e o verdadeiro choque apodera-se de Kay quando descobre que a jovem estava em contacto com alguem ligado ao seu proprio passado; um segredo enterrado ha dezasseis anos que pode vir a arruinar a sua vida.LESLIE WOLFE ESTA NO TOP 3 DAS AUTORAS DE THRILLERS MAIS LIDAS EM PORTUGAL

Luz Gabás, autora de obras tan icónicas como Palmeras en la nieve o Como fuego en el hielo, y ganadora del Premio Planeta 2022 con Lejos de Luisiana, regresa con una extraordinaria novela de amor y aventura como solo ella sabe escribir.California, 1849. La fiebre del oro enloquece a los hombres que, llegados desde todas las partes del mundo, alcanzan los rios y montañas donde se esconde el metal mas codiciado. Entre ellos esta Lorien, un joven español a quien, tras una desesperada travesia, el azar le regala la aventura mas apasionante que jamas pudo imaginar: un amor inmenso, una amistad inquebrantable y una hazaña poco convencional en una tierra inhospita en plena efervescencia.Luz Gabas ha escrito una novela magnifica; una historia coral sobre los desafios de la vida cuando la lealtad y la amistad se enfrentan a la supervivencia, cuando el sentimiento de pertenencia a un territorio se revuelve contra el corazon.Asi era California a mediados del siglo XIX: el lugar en el que los sueños comenzaron.

Tan ambiciosa como demoledora, Venganza aúna la mejor ficción con la denuncia. Un thriller adictivo y necesario que revela lo que se esconde tras los focos.NADIE MATA COMO CARME CHAPARRO. El esperado cierre de la trilogia DELITO.Cuando Carlos Manso, magnate de la comunicacion y simbolo del poder mediatico en España, muere en circunstancias escandalosas, se desata una tormenta que salpica a periodistas, jueces, forenses, sus herederas y figuras clave del poder en España. Lo que comienza como una muerte tragica y sensacionalista pronto revela una compleja red de secretos, chantajes, abusos y encubrimientos. En medio de ese maremoto, el carismatico y asocial forense Santi Munarriz se enfrenta a uno de los momentos mas complicados de su carrera y de su vida.La novela sigue una estructura coral que permite al lector adentrarse en todos los flancos del sistema: desde las redacciones y las mesas de diseccion del Anatomico Forense, hasta los despachos del poder.Con una prosa afilada, un ritmo narrativo que no da tregua y una lucidez implacable, Carme Chaparro construye una historia adictiva y necesaria. Venganza es un thriller, pero tambien una denuncia. Una cronica emocional y una radiografia de la España mediatica de hoy.

Aquí encontramos al Jon Bilbao más crudo y eléctrico. Las tres primeras colecciones de cuentos que Bilbao publicó antes de llegar a Impedimenta, reunidas por primera vez en un solo volumen. La piedra fundacional de una de las voces mas poderosas de la narrativa breve en español.Antes del volcan es el mapa subterraneo de una erupcion. En estos relatos extraidos de tres libros ya miticos y largamente inencontrables: Como una historia de terror, Bajo el influjo del cometa y Fisica familiar, a los que se añaden tres relatos ineditos en forma de bonus tracks Jon Bilbao explora el momento en que lo cotidiano se resquebraja y deja entrever una fisura. Una mujer sueña que su casa es tomada por ardillas. Un padre teme la arquitectura mental de su hijo. Un cometa altera el ritmo de un pueblo costero. Una pareja de mirones observa como sus vecinos rezan cada noche la Biblia. Y siempre, por debajo, subyace el temblor de lo desconocido: la amenaza larvada, la violencia que acecha bajo lo visible, el extrañamiento que asedia lo domestico. Publicados por primera vez en un solo volumen, Antes del volcan reune los cuentos con los que Jon Bilbao redefinio la narrativa breve española contemporanea.Historias que basculan entre la tension invisible y la grieta emocional, la amenaza natural y el delirio intimo, lo gotico y lo cotidiano. Relatos que, como lava detenida, conservan intacta su temperatura. Una cartografia del miedo que nos habita. El punto exacto en el que todo empieza a moverse bajo nuestros pies.CRITICAJon Bilbao escribe con tal calidad y es poseedor de una imaginacion tan portentosa que el lector le acompaña admirado. Jose Maria Pozuelo Yvancos, ABC CulturalFiccion y no ficcion se abrazan como ingredientes fundamentales, confundidos en el ejercicio mas ludico de contar historias, en uno de los hitos mas redondos que ha alumbrado la narrativa española en este siglo. Pablo Bujalance, El Diario de SevillaJon Bilbao perfecciona, a cada nuevo libro, su peculiar y, a ratos, muy anglosajon don para aquello que Roberto Bolaño llamo el ejercicio de esgrima. Laura Fernandez, BabeliaLa escritura de Jon Bilbao no es inocente ni gratuita, no escribe solo por darse el gustazo de contar (que tambien), sino que busca un cierto sentido trascendente a la literatura. Santos Sanz Villanueva, El CulturalEl universo de Jon Bilbao edifica una metarrealidad poblada por seres y conflictos representativos de arraigadas inquietudes existenciales. Jesus Ferrer, La RazonJon Bilbao esta levantando una obra que podra ser leida con respeto dentro de cien años Alberto Olmos, El ConfidencialEl gran merito de Bilbao es, ademas de retratar con todas sus virtudes y flaquezas unos personajes impactantes, su notable agilidad, ese ritmo trepidante que nos lleva sin descanso de una historia a otra, sin darnos cuartel. Rosa Marti, EsquireJon Bilbao es autor de una obra solida y perturbadora, donde es capaz de crear una realidad alternativa. Cine y LiteraturaUnas narraciones redondas que avalan que nos cuestionemos la costumbre de vivir, con sus derivas. Ricardo Martinez Llorca, Culturamas

Dos historias de terror psicológico y tintes sobrenaturales en una ambientación decadente y opresivaDonde hubo fuego, cenizas quedan: Chan Wai Man solo quiere estudiar, pero una niña desaparecida lo arrastra a un infierno de culpa y aterradoras visiones. A medida que el recuerdo de un retrato inacabado lo persigue, la realidad se disuelve en una espiral de horror. ¿Puede una promesa rota mantener atrapada un alma? y condenar a otra?El Camino de Papel Mantequilla: Una joven pareja descubre que en su nuevo piso no estan tan solos como creen. Cuando una presencia inexplicable comienza a manifestarse tras la pantalla de una television, deben encontrar el modo de liberarla. Solo el ritual adecuado podra trazar la senda hacia el mas alla? si logran sobrevivir para completarlo.Revelacion del terror asiatico: Mak Siu Fung es un versatil creador de Hong Kong, con trayectoria en el comic, la animacion y la escultura.

Petróleo, aparecida póstumamente en Italia en octubre de 1992, es la obra más ambiciosa y vasta de Pasolini. Según todos los indicios, el escritor empezó a trabajar en esta novela en enero de 1967, y se dedico a ella, con creciente actividad, hasta el momento mismo de su muerte. Sus declaraciones no dejaban duda respecto a la importancia que atribuia al libro: Lo que he hecho desde que naci no es nada, en comparacion con la obra gigantesca que estoy llevando a cabo, decia en diciembre de 1974, y en enero de 1975 precisaba: Contiene todo lo que se, sera mi ultima obra. En la concepcion de Pasolini, Petroleo debia presentarse como la edicion critica de un texto inedito. Este libro inacabado y fragmentario ha hallado singular y tragico acomodo en las circunstancias que han rodeado su labor de edicion.

Berlin, 1920s: a beacon of culture and hedonism, but a political mess. The streets are crowded with war veterans, beggars, prostitutes and madmen, desperately chasing any means to secure a few marks or a roof over their heads. Come nighttime, a rag-tag group descends on the Jolly Huntsman pub to dance and drown their cares in all the schnapps they can afford. But in this society on the brink, pleasure all too easily erupts into violence.A bleakly comic story of struggle and discontent on the fringes of the metropolis, Berlin Shuffle is a blistering portrait of a divided society that would give way to fascism. Written when he was just twenty-two years old, Boschwitzs first novel displays his extraordinary talent for capturing Germanys self-destruction, which would tragically engulf him only five years later.

Exquisite and unputdownable. RACHEL JOYCETenacious and tender . . . a modern tale of love blossoming in unlikely circumstances. AUBE RAY LESCUREPowerful and meditative . . . this will stay with me for years to come. CRYSTAL HANA KIMThis is a love story of two people working side by side but living worlds apart.Miras days are filled with duty and light on freedom. In a new country, living with a husband she barely knows - and who she fears shell never love - Mira is desperate to discover all that her new life in England might offer.And then theres Tahliil. The quiet, beautiful man she sees at work each day. With a depth in his eyes and a face full of questions. The first person in this new world who listens to Miras hopes for who she yearns to become.But beyond their lunchtime encounters, the pair couldnt lead more different lives: the duties that bind them, the homes they are trying to build threaten to subsume them. As Mira and Tahliil navigate the deep and turbulent waters of their new worlds can they find a way to be together, and will finding each other set them free?

Its almost Christmas, and Gwinny Tuffels thoughts are on what shell buy for DCI Birch (retired) and whether she can adopt another furry friend. But sorting through her late fathers papers leads her into his mysterious past, pointing to an enigmatic liaison now living in a Somerset commune. Gwinny and Birch find themselves unexpectedly snowed in with a group of retired spies, along with an energetic Cocker Spaniel, and embroiled in a murder case. Will they uncover the culprit and escape in time for Christmas?

Enrol in this rivals-to-lovers dark academia fantasy of necromancers and gladiatorial combat against eldritch abominations, perfect for fans of Gideon the Ninth and A Deadly Education.St Penderghasts is an elite college for necromancers and gladiators, promising glory to those who can perfect the arcane arts of graving or spiring. Graving is the notorious act of raising the dead and shaping their decaying flesh into eldritch abominations. Spiring is divine-fuelled combat against undead horrors in grand arenas, thrilling crowds of thousands.Halen Kilchoir would kill (and resurrect) anything to study graving at St. Penderghasts under the guidance of her hero, master necromancer Mortritis. But Hal cannot enlist alone: the only way she can secure admission is to enter a dangerous accord with her mortal rival, Alastair Faulton accomplished spirer and the infuriating, formidable exiled scion of the great Faulton dynasty. If they team up as spirer gladiators, fighting gruesome creatures in a cut-throat competition, they could both earn their prestigious places at the college.As Hal and Alastair fight grisly monsters and ghastly peers side by side, mending their years-long feud in the resplendent halls of the college, Hal faces the horrors of graving, spiring, and the revolting prospect of a romance with her own nemesis.

A new serving of satire from bestselling author and beloved Guardiancolumnist John Crace.I lap up everything John Crace writes gratefully: I love his cleverness, his wit, and his heart.NIGELLA LAWSONIt ended as it began. With Downing Street under grey leaden skies. Someones idea of a cosmic joke. Only this time the rain had eased to a light drizzle rather than a torrential downpour. If youre a Tory, you take your blessings where you find them on days like these.After fourteen years of Tory rule, John Crace has seen it all: a bucket-load of sleaze and scandals, myriad questionable policy decisions, and an ever-revolving door of impressive* candidates trying to get themselves to the top of a sinking ship.With a bumpy start, Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and the Labour Party have taken the reins while Kemi Badenoch and the Tories slink off to regroup in opposition. Many proclaim that the United Kingdoms political landscape has changed - but are those fabled sunlit uplands finally in view? Selected from Craces much-loved Guardian column, The Bonfire of the Insanities lights up a new chapter of governmental absurdity with mordant wit and caustic humour.(*terms and conditions apply)