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A riotously sharp novel about self-righteousness, control, and the unexpected afterlife of a dogRose Cutler prides herself on her principlesveganism, feminism, eco-consciousness, and general moral superiority. She runs a yogurt business she quietly despises and lives alone, comfortably distanced from the mess of human relationships. But, when her brother and sister-in-law let her watch her six-year-old nephew Nathan, things go spectacularly wrong. After Roses dog kills a corgi at the park, Nathan begins to bark, overeat, and claim that the dead dog has possessed his body. Rose assumes this is trauma. Nathan insists its metaphysical fact. As Rose embarks on a misguided quest to free Nathan from his canine passenger, what begins as an attempt at childcare devolves into a surreal, anarchic spiral of suburban chaos. Brimming with unhinged charm and moral ambiguity, The Hitch is a biting satire of the stories we tell ourselves to stay saneand the havoc we wreak when those stories fall apart.

Its Christmas eve, but theres no cheer in Tywyllwch, Wales. Four children have disappeared. The mysterious stranger in black garb might be the culprit. What does he know? Did he really see the Mari Lywd?Always ready to stop the unbelievable and profane, Solomon Kane has a problem to solve. How do you fight a folk tale?

The Girl Who Spoke to ShadowsA lyrical gothic fairytale about fear, memoryand the voices waiting in silence.By Evelyne DLorien"Fear, she learned, was only the shadow of wonder."When seventeen-year-old Iris Marrow inherits her late aunts forgotten manor, she expects dust, silence, and a few locked doors.What she doesnt expect is for the house to listen.The shadows lean toward her voice.They flicker when she whispers.And one nightOne of them whispers back.Drawn between fear and fascination, Iris begins to listenand what she hears unearths a family truth long buried in silence.Each shadow holds a secret.Each whisper is a memory.And the only way to free them is to answer.The Girl Who Spoke to Shadows is a dark, atmospheric short story for adult readers who love quiet magic, soft gothic melancholy, and prose that breathes like a lullaby.Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman, Erin Morgenstern, and Kelly Barnhill.Book 2 in the Tales from the Silent Garden series Also available as a sleepcast or gentle audio story ~6,000 words | ~2530 minutes read time Themes: Voice, Fear, Memory, Shadows, Light

Internationally recognized as a socially important work of gay literature Roger Austen. Originally published in Europe in the 50s to avoid prosecution for obscenity, The Gaudy Image is one of the most important lost gay novels. Set in New Orleans and featuring a colourful cast of louche but loveable characters, the story follows Titania aka Thomas Schwartz through the backstreets, bars and club of the French Quarter in search of the perfect lover the Gaudy Image. A beautifully written story that is both elegant and caustically humorous, erotic and sympathetic

A captivating and terrifying literary body horror set on the east coast of England about desire, the male gaze, and the gory lengths we will go to satisfy our hunger. Perfect for readers of Lucy Rose and Monika Kim.Sussex, 1994. 19-year-old Tim helps run his family winery in the remote Oldscoombe valley. Since his mother left two years ago, Tim has nobody but his short-tempered father and delinquent older brother. He staves off loneliness by holding funerals for roadkill and lusting after his neighbours beautiful, unattainable wife until the summer he stumbles across a secret.Theres a woman hiding at the bottom of the well near Tims house. Shes beautiful. Shes soaked in blood. She says shes killed a man. Tim must only feed her, clothe her, and keep her safe. Infatuated, Tim steals gifts for her while his older brother takes the blame; straining relations with the only family he has left.Over time, her requests escalate from wine to live animals, which alter her appearance in horrifying ways. When she eats a chicken, feathers sprout from her neck. When she eats a centipede, her spine splits; she grows more legs. Tim realises that, with the right diet, he could sculpt her to the image of his wildest fantasies...As the power balance shifts, the line between pet and prisoner starts to blur. The woman demands a human sacrifice whose identity she can consume. And Tim must choose: the unsuspecting woman he covets, or the mother who abandoned him and broke his heart.

In stories of exquisite compression, Japanese-Argentine writer Alejandra Kamiya conjures absences, shadows and all that must remain unsaid.As dawn breaks, a woman prepares to make a perfect breakfast for her husband and son, while a subtle note of disquiet grows louder. A Japanese soldier resolutely obeys a command as precise as it is inexplicable. Two girls discover themselves through electrically charged games, which they will recall in letters for the rest of their lives.Enigmatic yet sharply clear, The Fallen Trees Are Also the Forest is a book of quietly shattering epiphanies from a unique voice in international fiction.

The writer known as M. is living in exile while her home country wages war on a neighbouring state. Wracked by shame and severed from her language, M. finds herself unable to write, unmoored in a present where the future feels unknowable. When she travels to a nearby country for an event, a twist of fate leaves her stranded in an unfamiliar city, phoneless and untraceable. In this rupture, she feels a flicker of liberation the possibility of starting over but memories of childhood, books, films and tarot cards pull her back, the last fragments of a vanishing world. Then she meets a troupe of circus performers who invite her to join them. For a moment, reinvention seems within reach. Oscillating between reality and dream, written in rich, hypnotic prose, The Disappearing Act is a haunting meditation on identity, language and the fragile desire to disappear by Maria Stepanova, one of Russias greatest living writers.

1984. Girlo Wolf is born into a world of pickets and poverty. Life on The Rock is precious, but growing up is far from easy. Struggling with her mental health and the backlash of childhood trauma, she falls into a dark underworld of sex, drugs and alcohol. Driven by the stories of home, Girlo finds freedom in writing and strives to become a poet, discovering that her words are a vehicle to recovery and survivorhood.A gut-punching tribute to the reality of life in post-industrial Britain, Gemma June Howells debut novel is an authentic portrayal of the intergenerational struggles of working-class communities and one womans journey to empowerment."A testament to the joy and redemption of breaking the rules and breaking the mould." Rachel Trezise"An omnivorous mind." Niall Griffiths"Fierce, furious and heartfelt, Howells The Crazy Truth explodes from the page" Carly Holmes

One week to escape High in the mountains, a sudden rockslide traps ten hikers in an abandoned bunker, nicknamed The Ark. Then it starts to flood. One person will be sacrificed There is only one chance of survival - in order for the rest of them to escape, someone must be left behind. But one of them has other plans As they struggle to decide who to abandon, the group is torn apart by a brutal murder. And it wont be the last. Can they unmask the murderer and reach safety before the water rises? Or will The Ark become their tomb?

"NOT ALL OF THIS IS TRUE. But some surely is. Most of it, I hope." When five wealthy trophy hunters descend upon a remote African forest, they overlook the passionate young researcher, Angel Restorick, who has learned to communicate with the chimpanzees she studies. As the hunters close in, Angel must use her unique bond with the chimps to outwit the human predators. From the Cornish village of St Piran to the jungles of Tanzania and back, this gripping tale weaves themes of conservation, connection, and courage against exploitation.

When a self-styled Angel of Death begins granting the dying a final act of mercy on the streets of Newcastle, DCI Jack Parker is forced to confront both a ruthless killer and his own advancing dementia. The gripping third instalment in Trevor Woods addictive, gritty DCI Jack Parker series.__________Killer or saint?Death is stalking the streets of Newcastle. An anonymous killer is offering the terminally ill a dignified escape. Mercy to some. Murder to others.DCI Jack Parker doesnt want the case. He has a secret of his own an early-onset dementia diagnosis hes desperate to conceal. But the signs are becoming impossible to ignore. As his mind begins to betray him, the city faces its own moral reckoning.While politicians debate a contentious new law and the self-styled Angel of Death selects another victim, Jacks world is shaken when the killings are traced to a carers support group one his wife, Helen, has been attending in secret.Yet his deepest fear is also his darkest temptation. Because when his disease becomes unbearable, Jack cant escape one haunting question: could the Angel of Death be the saviour hes been waiting for?_______________Praise for the DCI Jack Parker series:Weaves together an incredibly clever plot with a beautiful, soulful story. An absolutely magnificent bookVictoria DowdSuch a great story, so cleverly written. Taut, tender and full of very human twists. This is the start of something big William ShawOne of the best hooks for a novel Ive seen this year, and artfully executed by a writer at the top of his game. An absolute masterpiece of teasing tension thatll drag you by the scruff of the neck to the very last pageRobert RutherfordA juicy theme for a series of police procedurals . . . exquisiteThe TimesCrime fiction at its very best - the keep-you-guessing story is peopled with characters you cant help caring about. A superb start to this intriguing series Frances QuinnA super-smart and highly original police thriller, written with huge heart Doug JohnstoneTold with Woods signature directness, its serpentine twists keep the reader guessing. It heralds an exciting new series Daily MailWood crafts characters that drip with humour and heart and you will not want to stop reading when you startSun

May 1942. Thousands of American GIs are stationed across eastern England building airfields to bomb Germany. Cambridge is a liberty town - a hot spot for Yanks on leave. DI Eden Brooke is called to the aerodrome five miles east of the city when the remains of an airman, identified by his dog tag, are uncovered as workmen extend the runway. Its clear the victim has been buried for decades. Brooke discovers the base was used to train US pilots in the Great War - a quarter of a century earlier. When another soldiers body turns up just days later, its clear there is a connection . the clues all lead back to a long-lost parish register, and a story of love and revenge which spans two world wars.

Step into the past. Rush headlong at the future. The Age of Calamities is here.Henry VIII wants Anne Boleyn dead, but theres just one small problem - shes alive again by morning, sipping tea at the breakfast table. In the gilded hush of the Winter Palace, the Romanov sisters slip through time and waltz aboard a star-bound spaceship. A woman on the run strikes a sinister bargain with the ghost of Joan of Arc, but can she reclaim her body in time for sunrise?Fiercely inventive and darkly playful, these stories unfold on historys fault lines, where women take their revenge against ill-fated times. With sly wit and piercing poignancy, The Age of Calamities exhumes the past to haunt the present, charting the tragicomic yet hopeful act of living.

The new novel by the international bestselling author of Fresh Water for Flowers When Agnes hears from the local police her Aunt Colette has died, she cant believe her ears. Her fathers sister Colette, her Tata, died three years ago and has been resting in peace in the cemetery of Gueugnon. Agnes is called to identify the body: there is no doubt, its Aunt Colette. But then, who rests under the stone engraved with Colettes name? And why did she fake her own death? So begins an investigation back in time, as Agnes pieces together the multitude of stories that lie behind her aunts second death. An intricate, compelling web of stories told with irony, delicacy and depth, Tata will keep readers glued to every page.

((Fur die Vorschau))Ein Sommer im landlichen Massachusetts: Die 17-jahrige Charity Royall lebt in einer verschlafenen Kleinstadt bei ihrem trunksuchtigen Adoptivvater und traumt von einem besseren Leben. Als eines Tages ein junger Architekt aus der Grostadt auftaucht, sieht sie ihre Chance gekommen. Die beiden beginnen eine Liebesbeziehung.((Fur Onix))A Summer in rural Massachusetts: Seventeen-year-old Charity Royall lives with her hard-drinking adoptive father. She dreams of escaping the sleepy little town for a more exciting and fulfilling life. Her chance comes when a young architect from the city arrives one day. She starts a passionate love affair.

Stevensons shilling shocker is a psychological mystery in which a damnable young man stalks the London fog, connected in some horrific way with the respectable Dr Jekyll and an evil chemical potion. Stevenson said there were Little People inside his head stage-managing the internal theatre of his dreams and he credited these Brownies with giving him the idea for Jekyll and Hyde.A new Faber Classics edition of this uncanny tale of split personality.

This contemporary twist on Brief Encounter is a tender meditation on what might have been.Maybe we love people because they wont let us know them.A summers evening in Manhattan. Nothing - not cold drinks, not showers not a stroll through the chilly aisles of an all-night drugstore - can undo the heats hold on the city. Julian is half watching the evening news, his husband filling the dishwasher. Thats when it arrives. An email with the subject line: From Paul Axel. An email about a dead man from Carol - a woman Julian has never met. Paul has left a message hed like her to relay. Emails are exchanged. Morning coffee at the Bryant Park Grill is agreed. Carol, fulfilling Pauls final request, wonders how she will tell Julian of a life - and a love - he has no idea existed. A life, encased in a flash drive, containing multitudes.

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 powerful love story like no other for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid, David Nicholls and Jojo Moyes________________________________When Audrey and Fraser tumble into a love story for the ages, theirs is an epic, unbreakable romance - until one tragic moment upends everything.Facing the unimaginable, wrestling with guilt, theyre left haunted by what ifs.Would their lives still have imploded if theyd done one little thing differently? Where would they be if events had unfolded the other way around?An epic love story of two soulmates that offers hope for those who think theyll never love again.________________________________Readers love Emma Grey...I will basically read anything Emma Grey writesWill make you laugh, cry, and feelPhenomenal!Compelling, sweet and heart-breakingDelivers laughs amidst the tears and a heaping side of hope

Two women hunting the same killer. One seeks justice. One seeks fame. Both have something to hide.In a remote Scottish town where everyone knows everyone, the disappearance of local girl Poppy McCarthy should be impossible to hide. But as Detective Sarah Morton discovers, some secrets run deeper than blood.When internet sensation Casey Jones arrives to investigate, her viral YouTube videos about the case spark a media frenzy. The town divides: some worship Casey as a crusader for justice, others see her as a dangerous provocateur. For Sarah, shes a threat not just to the investigation, but to the fragile peace of a community already fracturing under pressure.As Caseys revelations start destroying lives, Sarah realizes shes dealing with something far more sinister than a fame-hungry influencer. Because Casey knows things about Poppy she shouldnt. And Sarah is beginning to suspect that the real predator isnt hiding in the shadowy hills of Galloway, but broadcasting to millions from plain sight...