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Leonie is one of twelve jurors. Chosen to decide the fate of a nurse accused of murdering his patients with lethal doses of adrenaline. But just as deliberations begin, an usher bursts in with news that will change everything. Britain is under chemical attack, and the courthouse is locked down. Instructed not to leave for their own safety, the jurors quickly realise that the real threat lies inside the building. The accused has escaped his cell and is on the loose. Hes playing twisted games with the group. And Leonie is his next target. Because he knows something about her. A secret shes kept hidden from the others - about just how far shell go to tip the scales of justice in her favour.

Una novela hipnótica sobre la amistad, la desaparición y la memoria que ilumina los años más frágiles de la historia chilena.«Me muero si no llegas»: es la amenaza amistosa de Mara a Manu. O así figu

Wonderful. Paul TherouxBrilliant.Simon JenkinsSuperb.Colin ThubronBreathtakingly good. Michael PalinA captivating authorised biography of the legendary writer Jan Morris.She was the twentieth century. Who wouldnt want to write her biography?When Jan Morris joined the 1953 Everest expedition and was first to get news of the ascent back to London, she became the most famous journalist in the world. So began a glittering career covering the Eichmann trial, interviewing Che Guevara and scooping the story of Suez collusion. Morris transitioned in the early seventies and documented the experience in Conundrum. She was a pioneer and her books, including Venice and the Pax Britannica trilogy, have inspired readers across the globe.Here, renowned travel writer and biographer Sara Wheeler uncovers the complexity of this twentieth-century icon to reveal a mosaic of contradictions. Morriss work conjured the spirit of place, yet her late masterpiece Trieste celebrates the meaning of nowhere; she was a Welsh nationalist who wasnt Welsh; a preacher of kindness with a cruel side. This is a portrait of an astonishing life, and a scintillating story of longing, travel and never reaching home.

A dark and explosive epic fantasy of betrayal, revolution and dark magic pacts, as the Little Mermaids granddaughter marches to war, perfect for fans of H. M. Long and Samantha Shannon.The fairy tale mermaid Arielle might have gotten her happily-ever-after, but her granddaughter Yemi is having a much harder time. Her father, the king of Ixia, was assassinated years ago, her mother is slowly dying of a poisoned wound, and she faces whispers and slights from her own people. Yemi has been raised as the shield of the kingdom and is soon to inherit the throne, but she cannot shake her fury at how Ixia has treated her family after all theyve sacrificed. Only her patient mother and steadfast personal bodyguard (and fiancee), Nova, help Yemi rein in that fury... most of the time.When the kingdoms discontented rumblings reach a fever pitch, a coup erupts and Yemis throne is usurped, stripping her of her family and forcing her into exile. Now, only one being has the power to help her: Ursla.

AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOWPoignant and tender. FERDIA LENNONA dynamic voice. IRENOSEN OKOJIELushly written and formally audacious . . . moving. NICOLAS PADAMSEEThis is the story of one mans weekend, a weekend in which everything could changeThese lines could change everything /He sips more of his tinny / Imagines a new lifeAidys just punched a co-worker, but he hasnt got time to deal with the fallout. With a deadline fast looming he must get home, knuckle down and finish the story hes been working on, a story he hasnt been able to stop thinking about. Its the story of a falling plane and of a grieving mother.Set across one weekend, About to Fall Apart is the exhilarating story of a man of mixed heritage - living on the Irish border - as he tries to stay positive, reconnect with his children and maybe, even, find his own birth mother.

Tara Selter is one of many.In a sprawling villa on the outskirts of Bremen, Tara Selter is starting to settle into a new kind of eighteenth of November. Her days with Henry, Ralf and Olga revolve around the daily routines of practical chores: gathering provisions, splitting firewood. But one morning, there are five new arrivals at their wrought-iron gate.As more people continue to arrive, their home fills with movement, voices fill the air; a flurry of people asking questions, sharing their eighteenths of November. Slowly, they settle into a new routine and Tara begins to breathe a little easier. Could they create a new world inside the eighteenth of November?Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and Winner of the Nordic Council Prize for Literature, On the Calculation of Volume IV is the fourth volume of the poetic, page-turning European masterpiece about one womans fall through the cracks of time. Absolutely, absolutely incredible.Karl Ove KnausgrdA total explosion.Nicole KraussUnforgettable.Hernan DiazBreathtaking. Chetna MarooBrilliant.Jon McGregorAbsolutely marvellous.Lauren Groff

Enter a London like no other in this fast-paced, captivating fantasy novel, perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab and Genevieve Cogman.Oyster McLellen has spent his life causing mischief. Running with a small-time gang and fleecing money from tourists in Hyde Park to support his struggling family in the absence of his father, who abandoned them years ago.When a simple money drop for his boss, Big Mickey, goes wrong, Oysters future looks bleak. His only chance to redeem himself in the eyes of Mickey is to get the money back, but as he pursues the thieves across South London he suddenly finds himself washed up on a beach, surrounded by broken phones and shattered office furniture.His new world: Greater London. A city built on the detritus of our own, where leviathans crafted from broken skyscrapers roam the seas, where ink beetles nestle beneath the skin of its residents and where Oysters father, Lucas, may well have escaped to all those years ago.But there are bigger things at stake. Oysters allegiances are torn between the enigmatic Nonesuch, the eccentric escapist Marya Petrovna, and the terrifying Mr Primrose - and he will have to choose who to align himself with quickly. Because plans are afoot: something ancient is brewing, and a choice needs to be made, the consequences of which will determine the fate of Londons, and life, everywhere.

A chilling supernatural revenge novella from the acclaimed author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes. Perfect for fans of Joe Hill and Delilah S. Dawson. At sixty-six years old, Winston Kemper has always been a nonentity. No one notices him. His simple existence barely registers for those who come into contact with him. Some call him feeble-minded. He is a janitor at the local church, a groundskeeper by default, and thats it. No friends, no family. When hes done with work, he returns homea remote, single room apartment located above a garageand that is where his true work begins.Winston Kemper is a collector of voices, and his magnum opusThe Butterfly Girlsis a sprawling epic of untapped imagination. It has no single canvas, no particular frame. It is everywherescribbled on the walls, the floor, and countless notebooks.Winston is creating a fantasia which exists in words, images and blood. As part of his art he has been murdering forgotten women. Poor souls who slip through the cracks of society, who no ones looking for. Mothers, sisters, daughters to someone, but no more.Winston takes their lives, their voices.But now he can hear them. They whisper to him. They talk of revenge.Winston Kemper might not believe in ghosts, but he is about to learn they are very real. And they are very, very angry.

Strixhaven University welcomes you. Begin your magical studies on a faraway plane, encountering new friends, mysteries, and dangers, in this fantastical dark academia.Eula Blue was supposed to be a mage. That was before the war camebefore the fight for the Multiverse devastated Eulas home, and with it her hopes for a magical education.But the destruction of the war also brought something new: the ability to travel to other planes. And when Eula receives an invitation to study magic at a distant school called Strixhaven, she leaps to take it.Eulas journey brings her closer than she ever thought possible to her fellow students, including the mysterious Segante, a boy whose secrets Eula longs to share. But not everyone is thrilled by the arrival of the new class, and Eula and her new friends quickly become targets.To make it through their first semester, theyll have to fight for their place in this new worldor else theyll be dead before their final exams.

Jasper Saris has a lot to be thankful for:His Dom, Vincent A new full-year contract A full summer off before starting his last year of college His first-ever vacation at a BDSM resortEvergreen Escape owned by Vincents friend, Zach, exceeds his wildest dreams and opens new facets of their relationship and his role as a sub. Vincent opens up more about his past and family and even introduces Jasper to his favorite kink.But clouds on the horizon threaten, and family troubles interrupt the vacation. Jaspers brutish, drunk father is dying. Despite not having seen him in years, his cousin and housemate Amber insists he comes home, reviving an old trauma and revealing disturbing family secrets. Jasper struggles with his insecurities about his relationship with Vincent and his life in general.Vincent refuses to let his vacation with Jasper end on a low note, so they return to the resort. Problems surface on their return, and the most shocking secret of all threatens to leave Jasper on the outs with the remainder of his family and without a place to live. Does Vincent care enough to step up for Jasper and intensify their connection, or are his feelings for Jasper purely transactional just when Jaspers are deepening?

Something old, something red, something stolen, something dead. Sunset Hall, a house-share for the old and unusual, is gearing up as energetically as its aged inhabitants can for Bernadettes big wedding day. However, with the RSVPs comes an anonymous note that threatens to cast a pall over the upcoming festivities. Agnes is in (somewhat begrudging) wedding planning mode and she and the not-so-sprightly gang of pensioners decide to hide the note from the betrothed, not wanting to cause stress. It is up to Agnes to dig into this poison pen letter, determined to help the wedding go off without a hitch . . . aside from the bodies theyve already had to hide from the blushing bride.

Décimo romance de um dos autores mais inventivos da literatura brasileira contemporânea, autor de O cheiro do ralo e O livro dos mortos. Neste livro envolvente e extremamente engenhoso, Lourenço Muta

Esta exquisita edición de colección enaltece la obra poética de José Martí, el "cubano universal", cuya voz permanece, más de un siglo después de su partida, como símbolo vivo de libertad y fuente inagotable de inspiracion para todas las generaciones.Hagase el verso es una edicion de lujo que rinde homenaje a la obra poetica de Jose Marti, el "cubano universal" cuya voz sigue inspirando a generaciones. Este libro, cuidadosamente editado, con tapa dura, cantos pintados y cinta marcadora, contiene ademas algunas fotografias y documentos poco difundidos.La coleccion reune los titulos esenciales de Marti: Ismaelillo, Versos Sencillos, Versos libres y Flores del destierro, permitiendo que lectores de todas las edades y perfiles se acerquen a la riqueza de su poesia. El prologo colectivo, escrito por prestigiosas figuras de la cultura cubanoamericana, aporta una vision profunda y actual sobre la relevancia de Marti en el mundo contemporaneo.Este libro es el regalo ideal para amantes de la poesia, investigadores y quienes buscan conectar con la historia y la identidad latinoamericana. Los temas universales de justicia, dignidad, resistencia y libertad atraviesan cada pagina, recordando el poder transformador de la palabra en momentos cruciales para America Latina y sus diasporas.Hagase el verso es una pieza imprescindible para quienes valoran la cultura y el legado hispanoamericano. Descubre y celebra el espiritu de Marti, una figura clave en la literatura y la historia de nuestra region.

Dando continuidade à publicação da obra completa de Dalton Trevisan, temos a alegria de lançar mais um volume da obra deste que é um dos grandes escritores de todos os tempos. A Polaquinha, publicado

O aguardado retorno de André Viana à ficção, o romance Apesar dos meus ossos roídos é uma declaração de amor à vida, ainda que (quase) tarde demais. Carlos, o protagonista deste romance a um só tempo

Um romance profundamente humano sobre uma família em lenta e inesperada erosão. A obra-prima de uma das maiores ficcionistas contemporâneas.Com este romance que é considerado um clássico contemporâne

Una fisioterapeuta que ha dejado de creer en el amor. Un capitán de baloncesto roto. Un vínculo prohibido capaz de sanar lo que ni el cuerpo ni el tiempo han conseguido.Elena Ríos, fisioterapeuta deportiva en Sevilla, vive aferrada al control y a una disciplina que la mantiene a salvo. Su rutina se tambalea cuando Bruno Salvat, ex capitan de baloncesto, llega a la clinica decidido a recuperar una carrera que parece perdida.Obligados a trabajar juntos, el choque es inmediato: ella no tolera su arrogancia; el no entiende su frialdad. Entre ejercicios, silencios que arden y una tension que ninguno admite, descubren que sanar no es solo cuestion de musculos, sino de aprender a confiar.Cuando un rumor amenaza sus reputaciones, deberan elegir entre proteger lo seguro o arriesgarse a sentir. Y comprenderan que la rehabilitacion mas complicada no esta en el cuerpo, sino en el corazon.

¿Qué es el amor?: Una colisión inevitable, la ola que embiste contra el acantilado hasta derribarlo.Para él, su salvación. Para ella, su perdición. Athenea vuelve a casa de sus padres en plena crisis existencial, tras dejar su trabajo como profesora de instituto. Alli se reencuentra con Cian, que lleva colado por ella desde siempre. Es un chico dulce, educado y simpatico, y su familia lo adora. Parece perfecto, pero Athenea no lo aguanta. Por si su crisis de los casi 30 fuera poco, va a tener que lidiar con el molesto pero carismatico muchacho, que no piensa parar hasta conquistarla. Tambien se enfrentara a amistades distantes, relaciones fallidas y sus propias heridas internas.Despues de una larga etapa de fiascos Athenea no quiere dejar entrar a nadie, pero quien sabe, tal vez el chico que se esfuerza tanto por derribar sus muros le traiga mas dichas que desdichas.Una historia de amor tierna, dulce y refrescante.

Dark games and forbidden desiresNuria wants to continue to live out her passion for the mysterious stalker who has followed her to Australia and appears in her room at night. His nocturnal visits become a beloved taboo full of temptation for Nuria. But then a dark figure from her past reappears and wants to win Nuria over. She is torn between the two men, one more dangerous than the other and both enemies to the core. Nuria must decide who she will give herself to and trust.The second volume in the dark romance series by bestselling author D.C. OdeszaD.C. Odesza is the pseudonym of a young German bestselling author. Since completing her studies in German and History, she has been writing thrilling novels that are characterized by deep emotions and sensuality.

This house is full of secrets.Soon after inheriting her familys stately home, eccentric artist Fenella Harford discovers a stash of hidden diaries and enlists a young academic, Marva, to confirm their authenticity.Joined by Marvas brilliant but overlooked mentor, Abi, the three women come together to seek the truth, soon realising that secrets at the heart of Harford Hall were darker than they could have imagined.A gripping gothic psychological thriller, Winsome Pinnocks new play The Authenticator is premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2026.