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The incredible story of a war between gangs of tomb raiders, from Maremma to CaliforniaMany of the Etruscan artifacts now exhibited in the worlds most prestigious galleries have a story. This one, for exampleTuscany, 1972. Bardo is the best tomb raider around. Over the years, he has managed to build an illicit traffic of Etruscan artifacts, via the capital and all the way to America. When his son Giovanni takes over the trade, it soon becomes apparent he lacks his fathers talents. As if that werent enough, rival gangs see this moment of weakness as a good opportunity to take over the market.A story of betrayal, revenge, and true love, The Witchs Mouth offers a glimpse into the world that shaped the history of many museums, from Italys provinces and the romantic land pirates and their excavation fever, all the way to the highest echelons of global trading.

A terrifying and powerful dark academia novel about Jewish folklore, grief, and other things locked in the archives. Perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher, Tori Bovalino and Sunyi Dean."Its real. Youll see."Michael Stein arrives at the Schechter Institute for Judaic Studies battered and broken after the death of his boyfriend seven months prior. Blaming himself for the accident that killed him, Michael has come to the Institute to complete his boyfriends dissertation as part of his effort at repentance. While Michaels own past leads him to condemn superstition as a way to mask prejudice and old-fashioned beliefs, his boyfriends research argues that the folktales told in the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe were based in truth, and that demons and other creatures walked the earth, wreaking havoc on peoples lives.Instead of the Institutes infamous archivist, Michael is met by his grandson, Jacob Schechter, who has taken over the archive after his grandfathers death. A firm believer in the existence of the supernatural, Jacob explains that the archive plays host to a coterie of household demons. Michael insists that he is a skeptic, but strange and frightening occurrences plague his research, causing Michael to question both his sanity and his view of the world. To cope with his guilt, grief, and the terrifying shadows following him, Michael must reckon with the events leading up to his boyfriends deathand his role in itby trusting the enigmatic Jacob to help uncover the truth. As untangling the mysteries of the past bring Jacob and Michael closer together, their respective secrets threaten to tear them apart. Because Michael is not the only one with darkness on his conscience, and if he and Jacob discover the truth of each other, only one of them may survive the fallout.

Willie Ryan returns to his home town in the great central plain of Ireland, having escaped from the insane asylum where he was committed, and unvisited, by his devout Catholic family for twenty-five years. The given pretext for his commitment was an attack on his sister-in-law, Mary Ryan, wife of his brother Michael. The true reason: an affair with a hedonistic young man who introduced him to art, literature and music. In this exposee; of the petty bourgeois snobbishness, hypocrisies and pretensions of the little grocers republic of 1950s Ireland, nothing evil happens as long as it is not seen. Through Willies piercing vision, we see the truth of his brother Michaels grief and remorse, his nephew Chriss fear of freedom, and the perceptiveness of asylum nurse Halloran. As Willie prepares for death, he agrees to a private family mass, setting the stage for a confrontation with father Mannix, one of those complicit in putting him away.

The first novel written about the enigmatic literary legendAustralia, 1901. Miles Franklin, the young daughter of poor bush farmers, manages to publish her first novel against all odds. A work of remarkable boldness and passion, it becomes an immense success in the English-speaking world. While she strives to maintain her anonymity under a male pseudonym, her identity is revealed and she is exposed to the misogynistic prejudices of her time. Alone and penniless, she sets sail for America where a life of service to the most vulnerable, and feminist causes awaits her. She forges countless friendships, experiences magnificent loves, and, through it all, nurtures her passion for writing and her ambition for literary success. Guided by her generosity and sense of humour, she embarks on numerous adventures across Europe before returning to her homeland. There, she will deliver a final blow to the critics who proclaimed that her wit and her genius had dried up.

Dark, gritty and addictive... this is Hannah Morrissey at her best Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling authorTemperatures and violent crimes have risen to all-time highs as a new drug ravages Black Harbor.Sergeant Nikolai Kole discovers a body wrapped in garbage bags and doused in bleach in the back of a clubhouse. Tommy Greenlee, the ex-husband of Koles former lover, Hazel, has been shot several times and left for dead. And the killer left what appears to be a calling card.When Hazel returns to Black Harbor, she is back in the heated atmosphere of Koles orbit. Their love affair can hardly pick up where it left off. They both used each other to their own ends before: would they do it again?As they work together to solve this murder, they will not only unearth Black Harbors deepest, darkest secrets theyll each have to face their own.

A historical African-Wild West horror story of supernatural vengeance and terrifying occultic magic from the winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. Two fearsome deities battle each other for the souls of white twins destined to either bring vengeful devastation or salvation to their community in Texas, USA, for a great injustice done to their mother.When Sally-Mae Jenkins is violated and impregnated by the twin scions of a wealthy rancher, shes sent to join the African missionary ship as a widow. Pregnant and terrified, Sally-Mae vows vengeance on all those who abused her and her family.Amara is a young woman with the body and face of an old hag. The village outcast, Amara can eat the diseases ravaging the villagers and cure the most deadly ailments. But her powers drain her youth and her strength and the only help she has is the fearsome entity that claimed her soul, the spirit known as Aja-Mm, the death-giver and physician of the dead.When Sally-Mae arrives in Amaras village, her unborn twins become the focus of both the Python-Goddess, Asata, who wants the twins dead, and Aja-Mm, who wants the twins alive in her service, just like Amara. And suddenly, Sally-Mae finds the boys, with their unearthly and fearsome powers, have become the weapons of her vengeance against the unsuspecting citizens of her home town back in Texas.A gripping tale of supernatural horror, bitter revenge and battling deities, suffused with Onohs trademark thrilling storytelling, wit and dark humor.

Books to look out for in the first half of 2026 Lucy Popescu, Camden New JournalThe Tribe is the epic tale of a family and its history and a family in history.The Carraches are a powerful Sephardic dynasty in the cosmopolitan city of Salonica during the dying days of the Ottoman Empire. After the Greek annexation of the city, they settle in France until, in 1940, the Nazi Occupation sends some into hiding, some into flight and others into camps. In the early 1960s, the survivors and their children confront the familys past, with long hidden secrets uncovered and deep-seated conflicts exposed, even as the Eichmann trial forces the world at large to confront the full enormity of the Holocaust.The Tribe crosses cultures and continents in its exploration of family, race, nation and empire. As the central characters journey from adolescence through early adulthood to late middle age, they experience first loves, political and sexual awakenings, artistic triumphs, religious pressures, marital struggles, dynastic rivalries, brutal persecution, resilience and liberation, before, helped by their children, they finally achieve a degree of reconciliation both with one another and the city of their birth.

In the last jittery years of the eighteenth century, England is hungry for marvels. In rides Doctor Gustavus Katterfelto, a celebrity conjurer who once performed for Kings and now lives by his wits, with his battered stage gear and his black cat Cleo.He is joined by Roger Gossage, a young Moroccan Jew stranded in Britain. When a river accident leaves Katterfelto injured and Roger combing the Severn for lost property, he finds a dented silver horn, cold as a grave coin. When breathed into, it answers with a womans voice - she speaks of far-off cities, strange machines and in riddles, and soon "the Oracle of Clevelode" is the sensation of the Midlands. Crowds pack Duvernets theatre and fields at dusk. Doom-preachers chant her phrases. Rival magicians and zealots circle. But then a shadowy Constable of the Night sets a trap.As hysteria rises, Roger begins to suspect the horn is not a trick at all. In Nottingham a scientific committee is formed to test the oracle. What begins as theatre becomes obsession, and ends in a public trial for "pretending to sorcery", with Roger fighting to save Katterfelto and the voice inside the horn.Told as a breathless true account, The Trial of Katterfelto is a darkly comic historical fever dream about spectacle, belief, and the price of hearing the future.

A powerful debut compelled by questions of borders and displacement. In one story I stay in that city forever, in one I board, and in another I am still waiting.I am daybreak; I am everywhere.In The Tree Is Missing, Shannon Kuta Kelly explores the poetics of the border. The collection crosses through non-places, moving between the unnamed and unmapped spaces on the edges of the European city. With remarkable poise and restraint, these itinerant poems experiment with oral history and translation, traversing the borderlines of nation, language and time. They draw on folklore to evoke a world that feels current and present, but which can only be reached through storytelling. In doing so, Kuta Kelly explores the loss and displacement - the fracture of identity - necessitated by personal and political turmoil. She writes with a restless immediacy from within the histories that continue to shape us.

Medieval Europe. A world of darkness. Of Gothic castles, isolated monasteries, of monks and knights and things that go bump in the night. A world where vampires can roam at will... At least, as long as they obey the rules! For a vampire may not murder another vampire. Not unless they have a really good reason to, anyway.Enter Judge Dee. Ancient. Immortal. Ascetic. His cold intellect draws him wherever a mystery is present, and he will rest at nothing to solve the puzzle. Jonathan, the judges human assistant, on the other hand, mostly just wants cheese. With bread, if possible. And some pickles would be nice. After all, its not easy spending your life in the company of murderous vampires who only see you as a tasty snack...Their adventures take them from the warm Italian valleys to the heights of the French Alps as they come face to fang with fiendishly complicated puzzlesnot the least of which is love! But as they are drawn inexorably onwards to London, Jonathan wonders what awaits them when they finally arriveand what choices he may have to make once they get there.Praise for The Three Coffin Problem:"Sink your teeth into this! The Three Coffin Problem is a whimsical delight about everyones favorite vampire detective." Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of Mexican Gothic"Does fresh, funny, mystifying, clever and subliminally scary things with the mediaeval mystery genresimply by adding vampires to the mix. Hugely recommended." Kim Newman, author of Anno Dracula"Judge Dee is my favorite vampire, and its a joy to watch him work in these stories where he reminds us even a monster must have standardsor else. Along with his reluctant but faithful human servant Jonathan, Judge Dee unravels the unique crimes of the undead and delivers justice, or at least the next closest thing. Vampires are rarely ever this smart, and never this funny. Lavie Tidhar has injected new life into the genre, and I thank him for it." Christopher Farnsworth, author of The Presidents Vampire"Lavie Tidhar is killing it. Id say this book is what youd get if Arthur Conan Doyle got drunk on absinthe and made out with Edward Goreybut its Tidhar all the way down, at his funniest and wittiest. The books packed with vampires of all stripesthe backstabbers, the front stabbers, the shocked stab-eeswho are always up for a snack, and the body count is hilariously high. Tidhar had better keep the Judge Dee & Jonathan stories coming or I will hurt somebody." Daryl Gregory, author of Revelator

Shes lived many lives, but her goal is always the same: survival.ER Doctor Dev Balakrishnan is late for work when he sees her: slumped on the curb like a broken doll, covered in blood.Everyone else walks on by. Not Dev.He saves peoples lives every day, but Brooke is different: prey one minute, predator the next. As she spins her web of stories Dev finds himself hopelessly caught up in her world of danger and deceit.Brooke will test Dev in ways he never dreamed of.Whether he passes or fails will become a matter of life and death - for both of them.

From the opening of her own yarn shop, to the anticipated proposal from her boyfriend Richard, everything seems to be working out for Tabitha Grey.That is until the sweater curse starts to come into play... a theory that from the moment you make something for your partner, disaster will be around the corner. After finishing her crochet cashmere sweater for Richard, she comes home to find him with another woman. Following a shattering break up, Tabitha impulsively gathers together everything shes ever made him, taking the crochet goods to the local charity shop and out of her life.But it isnt long until the fateful jumper reappears, on a mysterious man emerging from a narrowboat along the canal. Cooper seems to be everywhere in her small town, and while Tabitha tries to distance herself from everything that connected her to Richard, she cant seem to stop running into Cooper.Amidst a growing attraction to the new resident, and the possibility of a second chance with Richard, Tabitha finds herself tangled up in a series of events that threaten to throw her plans overboard.

The next uplifting, feel-good read about friendship, our furry friends, and the joy of second-chances from the million-copy bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things. Its never too late for a fresh start - whether youre on two legs or four...When burnt-out city vet Leona Lennox moves to the market town of Fiddlers Green determined to set up a dog rescue centre, recently divorced Desmond Leaks takes an instant shine to her and makes a rash promise to get his college band back together for some fundraising gigs.Although The Wild Boys havent played together in years, Desmond and his best friend Johnny have no trouble persuading their old drummer to reform as The Stray Dogs. But charismatic frontman Darcus McGuire, the magic ingredient in the original line-up, is harder to track down, and Desmond is strangely reluctant to try . After a disastrous first gig and objections by the neighbours, the future of the rescue centre looks ever more uncertain. But the residents of Fiddlers Green are not to be underestimated, particularly when the fates of their four-legged friends are at stake.And meanwhile, the elusive Darcus McGuire might just be ready to make a comeback...Lost dogs and lost people alike find new beginnings and unexpected routes to happiness in this gorgeously uplifting story filled with Ruth Hogans trademark wit and warmth.__________________________Praise for Ruth Hogan:WARM, COMPASSIONATE, WITTY MIKE GAYLELIFE-AFFIRMING CELIA ANDERSONFULL OF HOPEPRIMA

Award-winning stories from the world of All the Murmuring Bones and The Briar Book of the Dead, this is a compendium of fantastic tales from the dark gothic heart of the Sourdough universe. Witches, assassins and pirates are brought to life in immersive, sinister and magical prose.Comprised of three collections (Sourdough and Other Stories, The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings and The Tallow-Wife and Other Tales) these mosaic narratives form much of the foundational mythology for the novels All the Murmuring Bones, The Path of Thorns, The Briar Book of the Dead The Crimson Road and A Forest, Darkly.Within these pages, coffin-makers work hard to keep the dead buried and their own murderous urges in check; poison girls are schooled in the art of marital assassination; books carry forth stories and forbidden secrets; a young witch wreaks a terrible revenge on an old lover; the Little Sisters of St Florian devote their lives to knowledge good and bad; a dying forest god is reinvigorated; mermaids and seamstresses make dangerous bargains; changelings bring havoc. Saints slumber, hind-girls dance across the countryside, bears show their true colours, and the fate of the upper and lower worlds rests on the whim of a volatile plague maidenExquisite, compelling and rich with unforgettable characters, these stories layer and intertwine in the dexterous hands of a master storyteller. All three collections were shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award with The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings winning the award. This is beautiful fairy-tale gothic of the most haunting and dangerous kind.

In the bookshops and cafes of present-day Paris, ex-psychologist Gabe Figaret is trying to put his shattered life back together. When another doctor, Reynard, asks him to help with a delusional female patient, Gabe is reluctant - until he meets her. At first Gabe thinks the woman, Angelina, is merely terrified of Reynard, but he quickly discovers she is not quite what she seems.When Angelina tells Gabe he must kill her and flee to a place she calls Morgravia, he is horrified. But then Angelina shows him that the cathedral he has dreamt about since childhood is real and exists in Morgravia.Soon, Gabes world will be turned upside down, and he will learn shocking truths about who he is . . . and who he can - or cannot - trust.The Scriveners Tale is an action-packed fantasy adventure filled with twists that will keep you guessing until the last page.

This collection of three uncanny tales highlights the best of a 19th-century German author who is seen by many as the father of modern sci-fi and fantasy. In The Sandman, young Nathanael grows up terrified of a legendary figure who will steal his eyes if hes caught out of bed at night - but its only when Nathanael has grown to adulthood, seemingly settled and happy, that the full, terrifying truth unfolds. A living doll, a series of doppelgangers, and the seeds of madness combine in this classic story of self-destruction.The Cremona Violin also deals with obsession and thwarted desire, this time between an overbearing father and a musically talented daughter who may die of heart failure if she unleashes the full power of her extraordinary voice. Suppressed passion and possessive control prove a fatal mix in this powerful and claustrophobic story. The Golden Pot, meanwhile, is a novella-length tale which Hoffmann believed was his masterpiece. Disturbing, exciting and dream-like, it introduces us to the bumbling Anselmus, whose romantic tribulations are complicated by a witchs curse and the fact that hes in love with a girl who also happens to be a snake.Influential in the worlds of both literature and music during his lifetime, Hoffmanns doppelgangers, unattainable love objects and sinister puppet masters have lived on, becoming key figures in the modern imagination.

Rebellion and ruin await in the gripping second installment of Evan Leikams debut fantasy series, perfect for fans of Joe Abercrombie, R.F. Kuang, and Nicholas Eames.The king is dead. Shes still alive. The revolution is yet to come... The riveting adventure continues in the sequel to Evan Leikams breakout fantasy debut Anji Kills a King.Anji has survived a dozen different deaths. The king is dead, her family is dead, the fabled mercenaries of the Menagerie are deadand shes still here, the price that was on her head now jingling as coins in her own pocket.In the wake of her journey, the city she once called home has changed, and a revolution is brewing in a camp on the riverbank. A revolution Anjis new windfall was meant to fund, and still could if she can forgive them for being willing to throw her life away to do it. But building a bright new kingdom wont be as simple as cutting one kings throat... and in a city of dark alleys and desperate times, her path will take her to shadowy places she never could have expected.

The Ringer was supposed to be dead. Now the notorious killer walks the streets of London again. His mission: vengeance for his sisters murder. Scotland Yard Inspector Wembury and police doctor Lomond investigate, but this villain is a master of disguise ...In this classic crime thriller, Edgar Wallace blends a well-paced story with delightfully crafted characters, and its no surprise, that The Ringer (1926) has been adapted as a cult movie more than once.

Jane has everything under control. Though her ex-husband has moved an hour away, totally disrupting her daughters routines, and her mother has died, her publisher has dropped her and her literary agent no longer wants to represent her. Shes even organised enough to be able to stand in for an ill friend and teach a residential writing course at a days notice.But the last student to arrive, in a flurry of drama and noise, is the person who will bring everything crashing down: Lucy, the woman who Janes husband left her for, his second wife. How can the two possibly spend a week together?But this course could mean a serious boost to the writing career of one of them. How can they not?