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An unhappy family returns to Britain from a hot country, filling their suburban house with the glittering hoard they brought back from their exotic sojourn. But the sadness of A, the wife, dulls the shine of their treasure. The house grows quieter, darker. Daughter B learns to hide inside it, in a night-time world whose colours are undimmed by the tense misery of the daytime household. There she sails aquamarine seas on a thistledown boat, ponders the proliferation of dream-tigers, and watches dances and celebrations from the windows of a house whose rooms multiply and change position all the time. As daylight circumstances deteriorate, with her mothers death and Bs departure to boarding school, she becomes determined to take up permanent residence in the house of sleep. But there are night-time institutions determined to control her, and night-time battles to be fought, before she can come home to the dark forever. A kaleidoscopic autobiographical narrative, which speaks the language of childhood dreams which was once known to us all, this is a work of astonishing visual power and devastating loneliness.

Moving through somnambulant states, Sleep Gate evokes Inger Christensens description of the necessity for us to dream our way inward. The poems in Sleep Gate push Christensens dream inward further, into biological dreaming itself. Fully absorbed in the fabric of sleep, enfolded into the inventory of dreams, these poems become part of the process of sleep respiration, so that we might consider the world around us from another perspective. Moving through the changing states of peoplesdreamscapes and what might affect them, like nightmares, insomnia and other sleep disorders, Sleep Gate captures the disjunctive, jump-cutting quality of dreams: within the unspoken context of deep-sleep tectonic logic, these poems jump from a time before the clouds are inventoried to the present, from Winters gnashing bruxism to a garden anointed with gluey residue. A collection that, as on waking, assembles the world through distortion and towards clarity.

Geraldines judgment is sharp. But this case cuts deeper than most.When Peter Selby vanishes after reporting a suspicious encounter, few take notice until a man is found brutally stabbed in a quiet York suburb. Detectives Geraldine Steel and Ariadne Croft begin to investigate, but what looks like a random act of violence soon unravels into a dark and deeply personal mystery. As they dig into the lives of the victims, the emotional landscape grows increasingly fractured.Peters wife is guarded, their daughter erratic and angry. The second victims family are cold, evasive, and seemingly determined to keep the past buried. Then a second disappearance throws everything into chaos. With each revelation, the detectives uncover layers of resentment, betrayal, and psychological trauma lurking behind the neat façades of domestic life.Under mounting pressure, and with Ariadne in growing danger, Geraldine must navigate a maze of fractured relationships and shifting motives before the killer strikes again. Taut, unsettling, and emotionally charged, this psychological crime thriller exposes the darkness beneath the surface and the human cost of secrets left to fester.

«Wendy Davies siempre consigue trazar con palabras el camino perfecto para llegar al corazón de los lectores».Alice KellenEstar presente en la vida de los demás puede no ser suficiente, y quizá ha ll

DE LA AUTORA DE LA CIRUJANA, EL THRILLER DEL MOMENTO.Si estás leyendo esto, he desaparecido.Cierro la carpeta con la carta que he estado escribiendo y me dirijo al salón. Mientras miro por la ventana hacia la casa de al lado, pienso en todo lo que puedo perder si vienen a por mi: a mi querido marido, que no tiene ni idea de lo que he hecho; a mi familia, que me apoya pase lo que pase; y nuestra preciosa casa junto al mar, donde crei que estaria a salvo.Todos dicen que estoy paranoica, pero simplemente me estoy preparando, porque mis secretos me han puesto en un grave peligro.Asi que, si ocurre lo peor, esta carpeta contiene todo lo que mi mejor amiga necesitara para encontrarme, escondida en un lugar que solo ella podria adivinar. Desde que eramos niñas es la que me conoce mejor, y es la unica capaz de unir las piezas y descubrir la verdad.Solo ella puede encontrarme. Pero lo tiene que hacer rapido.Porque si no, todas sus mentiras saldran a la luz tambien---¡Madre mia! El mejor caso de desaparicion que he leido jamas (¡y he leido muchos!) Me ha encantado este libro. ¡Mas de cinco estrellas! Una lectura increiblemente adictiva y trepidante que te mantendra pegada al Kindle.Heidi Lynns Book Reviews Imprescindible. ¡Me ha encantado! Agil, lleno de giros y muy bien hilado. Te mantendra pasando paginas hasta altas horas de la madrugada Fantastico.@JudithDCollins ¡Esta historia es mucho mas de lo que parece! Tantas capas, tantas preguntas; mi mente no paraba de buscar nuevas respuestas en cada capitulo. He leido muchos libros de Leslie Wolfe, y este es uno de los mejores.Reseña en Goodreads ¡Buenisimo! Emocionante madre mia, el final te deja con la cabeza dando vueltas.Reseña en Goodreads Lo lei en una sola sentada, ¡esta genial! Cuando crees que ya tienes resuelto el misterio, la autora lanza otro giro. ¡Un libro excelente!.Reseña en NetGalley

Madison is quiet, intelligent, and dependent on Oliver. He is narcissistic, selfish, and lives a dangerous life. Too dangerous for Madison. But when she is suddenly asked to pretend to be his girlfriend, she has no other choice... Bestselling author Ayla Dade writes a heartwarming friends-to-lovers romanceMadisons dream of studying law is coming true. But she has a problem: to keep up at NYU, she needs Ritalin. And the only one who can get it for her is Oliver. Afraid that this fact will become public and she could lose her place at university, she avoids him as much as possible.But Oliver has completely different problems. His mother is about to kick him out of the Plaza Hotel, which he needs for his business, because of his criminal secrets. So he blackmails Madison into playing his sensible fake girlfriend. What he didnt count on were his feelings...Shattered Trust is the third part of the East Side Elite trilogy by Ayla Dade. The volumes are loosely connected and can be read independently of each other.

In Hamburgs troubled Wilhelmsburg district, Prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a brutal double murder amid corruption and gentrification. Battling personal demons and powerful foes, she fights to expose a citys dark secrets.____In Wilhelmsburg, Hamburgs so-called problem area, an American couple is found brutally murdered in a derelict villa.Prosecutor Chastity Riley is assigned the case, and quickly finds herself waist-deep in a murky tangle of city planners, shady investors and vanishing officials. The gentrification machine is rolling on, and someone is sending a very clear message.As November fog settles over the city, Chastity is coughing up blood, her personal life is a slow-motion disaster, and her former colleague, Faller, wont stop interfering. But nothings going to stop her from cutting through the lies not even the sharks circling ever closer.Dark, caustic and piercing, Sharks is a searing investigation into greed, power, and the price of resistance in a city devouring itself, from one of Germanys finest, most original crime writers.______

Neal Stephenson, en medio del desierto y bajo la protección de mezcalito, habla con un escorpión que le ofrece un arma para los niños perdidos del futuro. SH00TER es la historia de esos niños perdido

The Isle of Seven Cities isnt where its supposed to be, it doesnt have seven cities except when it does, and its disorienting even to those who live there. But its also the best lead to how magic came back to the world, so journalists Innis Stuart and Karsten Roth are en route to Seven Cities to dig up the biggest story of their lives.

One of the most brilliant British writers working today.SpectatorWho decides the rules of the games we play?In August 2007, or thereabouts, a young philosopher leaves Oslo, heading for Greece, on a mission to find Theodoros Apostolakis, the head of the Society of Lost Things. Fortunately, Apostolakis isnt lost, but everything else is: ancient libraries, entire civilisations, priceless books and a beautiful box, once used to play the world-famous game of Seven. The hunt for this small thing, among the countless lost things, becomes an absurdist quest through time and space: from the earliest human societies to the advent of AI.Told, shared and mythologised by our narrator, along with a wild cast of dreamers, philosophers, poets, rebels and optimists, Seven is an extraordinary, uplifting journey through an ever darkening world.

Crimea, 1854: Sevastopols inhabitants taunt the besieging forces that keep them trapped behind defensive walls. So begins Leo Tolstoys depiction of nine months of battle and bravery, based on his own experiences in the Crimean War.This new translation by acclaimed translator Nicolas Pasternak Slater introduces us to long-suffering citizens, vain hussars and the courageous Kozeltsov brothers - one jaded and pragmatic soldier, one naive and hungry for glory. Enduringly vivid, profoundly ironic, Tolstoys portrayal of the stumble from triumph to disaster captures the absurdity at the heart of conflict.

Obsession and depravity shatter suburban life and academia in this compelling double dose of psychological suspense, pairing two complete novels and two rare short stories, from six-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Joyce Carol Oates. Perfect for readers of Margaret Atwood, Shirley Jackson, and Donna Tartt.CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF PSEUDONYMOUS SUSPENSE FROM JOYCE CAROL OATESFour decades ago, acclaimed literary author Joyce Carol Oates penned her first novel of psychological suspense under the name "Rosamond Smith." In the Smith books, Oates explored themes of betrayal and deception, lust and murder, through stories involving twins, doubles, and hidden second identitiesinitially, keeping her own double identity a secret.Hard Case Crime is proud to bring these extraordinary works of crime fiction, long unavailable in bookstores, back into print in definitive double editions, each pairing two complete novels and two never-before-collected Oates short stories, all linked thematically, to weave a sinister web filled with dark reflections.In This Volume...A model suburban husband grows obsessed with a beautiful stranger in DOUBLE DELIGHT, while an eminent professor preys on a vulnerable student in NEMESIS and the echoes continue in the rare short stories "A Girl Worth Twenty Million" and "First Death."

Scotland is a land steeped in romance often these stories end happily but, inevitably, they must sometimes end in tragedy too. The tale of love, faith and heartbreak has been told across the ages, a story that humanity never tires of reading. Such timeless magic weaves through the folk tales of this ancient land, now scattered across the pages of this book.Within this collection we learn of love in its many and varied forms; love between two people, between parents and children and between friends and communities. From selkies and fairies to witches, ghosts and even the Devil, these ancient Celtic myths are entwined with Scottish folk tales to bring to life experiences of doomed love, cursed love and love foretold by dreams. These tales have been carefully chosen and retold by Orkney storyteller Tom Muir and lovingly given form through the artwork of Hester Aspland.

Lady Ruby Ballimore has had enough of the Marriage Mart. After offending yet another Marquess, Ruby flees London for the holiday house of a glamorous yet absent princess. Armed with a forged invitation and her like-minded friends, Ruby arrives in Cornwall expecting a summer of freedom.Instead, shes greeted by a derelict mansion and the most suspiciously charming man shes ever met. Privateer turned con artist Captain Malcolm Archer has dragged his crew into posing as staff at the princesss estate. Its the perfect cover for Archers smuggling scheme (not to mention free rent). That is, until a feisty London heiress crashes the party.As sparks fly, deceptions run wild - because in this Great Cornish Fake Off, the only thing riskier than telling the truth is falling in love...

Publicado em 1934, S. Bernardo é o segundo romance de Graciliano Ramos e um dos pontos mais altos de sua obra. Narrado em primeira pessoa por Paulo Honório, o livro se apresenta como um relato de vida escrito ja na maturidade, quando o protagonista repassa sua trajetoria e tenta compreender seus erros. De origem pobre, Paulo Honorio ascendeu socialmente por meio da esperteza, do calculo e, sobretudo, da exploraço do trabalho alheio. Tornou-se dono da fazenda S. Bernardo, simbolo de seu triunfo economico e de seu desejo de poder. No entanto, o que poderia ser uma historia de sucesso e superaço revela-se um testemunho amargo. Paulo Honorio construiu tudo a base da violencia fisica, social e afetiva , e a fazenda cresceu ao mesmo tempo que a sua vida pessoal se tornou vazia. "Vencendo a vida, porem, ficou de certo modo vencido por ela: imprimindo-lhe a sua marca, ela o inabilitou para as aventuras da afetividade e do lazer", resume Antonio Candido em posfacio incluido nesta ediço. No centro da narrativa esta o casamento com Madalena, jovem professora idealista, cujo olhar sensivel e etico contrasta com a mentalidade pratica e dura de Paulo Honorio. Incapaz de compreender ou aceitar esse mundo alheio as suas preocupaçes materiais, ele oprime e sufoca a mulher, conduzindo-a a um desfecho tragico. Para alem da ascenso e derrocada de um homem, no entanto, o romance e uma reflexo sobre poder, afeto e fracasso, revelando os mecanismos de dominaço em uma sociedade ate hoje marcada visceralmente pela desigualdade. Com texto estabelecido a partir do cotejo de oito verses e notas editoriais que esclarecem variantes entre elas, esta nova ediço reafirma o cuidado da Coleço Graciliano Ramos na Todavia com o rigor textual, a renovaço critica e a permanencia literaria de uma obra-prima.

Set in what may be the future, and centred on six women sharing a space in some sort of crumbling apartment tower, Ruins, Child is remarkable for its irresistible sweep, wit, and prickly splintered truth. Giada Scodellaros novel is like a precious old mirror: dropped, looking up at you, flashing light and bits of the undeniable. With the pulsating sway of its liquid mosaic narrative, the novel may recall Virginia Woolfs The Waves, but is entirely its own animal: kaleidoscopic, pointedly disorienting in its looseness, and powered along by snatches of speech from its compelling ensemble cast, often vernacular, often overheard. Its a book seemingly drawn from deep wells of Black American reality: Scodellaros female protagonists push back against authority in the very vivacity of their telling, setting afoot a freeing-up and a mysterious inversion of marginalization. A surreal musing, Ruins, Child uses the lens of urban infrastructure, social commentary, folklore, choreography and collective listening to create an ethnography of place and an ode to communal ruins.

Ruby the rabbit, filled with curiosity and a gentle longing for adventure, wakes to a golden morning in Meadowbrook and feels a special spark urging her beyond her familiar routines. Though she has always loved exploring the riverbank, she has never dared to follow the river to the grand sparkling waterfall her friends speak of with awe. But today something shifts inside hercourage begins to bloom. As she wanders along the rivers edge, soaking in the scents of moss and wildflowers and the soft melody of birdsong, she discovers a cluster of floating logs and suddenly imagines building her very own raft. Inspired by the shimmering water and the promise of meeting new river friends like turtles, otters, and beavers, Ruby begins crafting her raft with sticks, vines, and determination. Through trial, error, and growing confidence, she ties each knot with care, fueled by dreams of gliding down the river toward the waterfall and discovering what she is truly capable of. By the time she balances on a steady log and feels the gentle sway beneath her paws, Ruby knows without doubt that today she will step beyond the meadow and let her bravery carry her into a brand-new adventure.

Spenser may have uncovered an explosive secret that threatens the career of a controversial figure, in this latest installment of Robert B. Parkers beloved series.Vic Hale isnt anyones idea of a father figure. He is one of the biggest and loudest podcasters in the nation and got there by spewing overheated rhetoric thats reviled by some but loved by even more. His particular brand of entertainment is so successful, hes about to sign the biggest contract in the history of online broadcasting. Vics riding high... until he gets a visit from Spenser, who specialises in bringing guys like Hale back down to Earth.Spenser is there on behalf of Daniel Lopez, a young man who believes Hale may be his father. Its a potentially explosive revelation for a man in the podcasters position and it might even be enough to blow up his massive new deal. That could explain the bodies that start popping up bodies connected in one way or another with the mystery surrounding Daniels birth. There are a lot of questions remaining, and Spensers going to have to find the answers before someone shuts Hale or Daniel up for good.

Boston PI Sunny Randall investigates a popular book critic on a mean streak... only for her to wind up dead, in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parkers bestselling series.World famous author Melanie Joan Hart asks for Sunnys help in tracking down Book Babe, the screen-name of an enormously popular book reviewer, who has trolled her with a deeply insulting one-star review. This usually wouldnt matter except that Book Babe has thousands of followers, and her unwarranted blast has Melanies publisher threatening to pull all her books.But Sunnys investigation reveals that the reviewer and Melanie have a rich history in fact, she may even have good reason to hate the torn-up author. And when Book Babe suddenly turns up dead, casting Melanie as a possible suspect, Sunny finds herself in a complicated web, which, if she cant untangle fast enough, might just put a target on her back.

15 brand-new short stories inspired by and in honour of legendary writer Ursula K. Le Guin. Featuring Ann Leckie, Karen Joy Fowler, Charlie Jane Anders, Kelly Link, Ai Jiang and many others.Revolution in the Heart is a collection of 15 brand new stories by a group of celebrated authors, all inspired by one of the iconic figures in all of science fiction and fantasy: the legendary and award-winning Ursula K. Le Guin.From the appearance of her first work of short fiction in 1962 to the publication of the last in 2016, Ursula K. Le Guin was a master storyteller, winning innumerable awards, and achieving both commercial and literary success. She created the beloved stories of Earthsea alongside the urgent and essential stories of the Hain, pushing forward the form and concepts of science fiction and fantasy - reshaping them into forward-thinking genres.This collection honours her legacy with stories from authors she inspired:Ann Leckie Molly Gloss Kelly Link Charlie Jane Anders Sarah Pinsker Chana Porter Ai Jiang Alaya Dawn Johnson S. Qiouyi Lu E. Lily Yu Vandana Singh Aliya Whiteley Premee Mohamed Darice Little Badger Karen Joy Fowler