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Voľné pokračovanie príbehov sestier Walshových tentoraz rozpráva o Maggie. Maggie je na rozdiel od Rachel z knihy Prázdniny pre Rachel a Claire z Melóna naopak vyrovnaná a úspešná, dalo by sa povedať „biela ovca" rodiny Walshovcov. Vydala za slušného človeka, pracuje v úspešnej firme... Ibaže zrazu zistí, že ju manžel podvádza a šéfka jej už chystá výpoveď. Z usporiadaného života v bezpečí rodinného krbu zostanú iba trosky, a tak sa prvý raz v živote rozhodne pozbierať odvahu... a utiecť k najlepšej priateľke Emily do čarovného Los Angeles. V Meste anjelov, ktoré je mekkou opálených dlhonohých krásavíc sa síce cíti ako ryba na suchu, no ani sa nenazdá, stretáva sa s ľuďmi z filmovej brandže, a dokonca ponúka štúdiám svoj prvý filmový scenár... Koniec manželstva predsa neznamená koniec sveta!

Stella Sweeny is back in Dublin. After living the dream in New York for a year - touring her self-help book, appearing on talk shows all over the USA and living it up in her 10-room duplex on the Upper West Side - she's back to normality with a bang. And she's got writer's block. Stella wants a clean break as she didn't exactly leave New York on a high. Why isshe back in Ireland so soon? Who is it who keeps calling? Stella wants to get back to being the woman she used to be. But can she? And should she?

Helen Walshová znovu na stopě „Není nad objevný metody… vedu v patrnosti věci i lidí, co chci nakoupnout, vykopnout a zakopat. Potřebuju k tomu lopatu? Nikoli. Jedná se o velmi abstraktní záležitost, o takový pěkný šikovný seznámek všech, který natolik nesnáším, teda nenávidím, že bych je nejradši praštila tím náčiním rovnou po papuli.“ Helen Walshová se sice jen tak nevyděsí, strach a obavy si prý vymysleli chlapi, aby získali lepší postavení a skvělé platy, přesto to s ní jde z kopce. Jako soukromé očko pohořela, živnost musela ukončit, nezvládla hradit hypotéku, přišla o byt a ke všemu dávné vnitřní běsi znovu vystrkují růžky… A nejen oni, též jeden bývalý nápadník s okouzlující tváří a mizerným charakterem, Jay Parker. Obrací se na ni se žádostí, aby se okamžitě ujala nového případu a našla Waynea Diffneye. Člen kapely Laddz-Kámoši Wayne Diffney přezdívaný Potrhlík se zničehonic ztratil. Přesněji řečeno pět dní před vyprodaným jednovečerním koncertem-návratem této kdysi legendární chlapecké skupiny zmizel ze svého domu v ulici Mercy Close. S Jayem se všechno pořádně zašmodrchalo a Helen s tím podvraťákem už nikdy nechce mít nic společného. Navíc má přece nového přítele, velmi, ale velmi přitažlivého detektiva Artieho Devlina. A s ním je jí dobře, i když háček by zde byl – jeho pubertální syn ji přímo živelně nenávidí a bývalá manželka není zcela „bývalá“. Nové setkání s Jayem rozvíří stará trápení, oživí chvíle, o kterých se Helen domnívala, že se staly hudbou minulosti. Helen postupuje prazvláštním způsobem, podle vlastních určitých pravidel, a tak proniká čím dál víc do onoho podivného světa přepychu i ponurosti, kde se jejím největším nepřítelem stává vlastní mysl a jedinou spřízněnou duší člověk, se kterým se nikdy nesetkala – Wayne. Nejnovější román Marian Keyesové si vás zcela podmaní, podobně jímavou a přitom opravdu velmi veselou knihu jste snad ještě nečetli. Helen Walshová je statečná i zranitelná, hubatá i skvělá hrdinka ze současnosti.

Helen Walshová znovu na stopě „Není nad objevný metody… vedu v patrnosti věci i lidí, co chci nakoupnout, vykopnout a zakopat. Potřebuju k tomu lopatu? Nikoli. Jedná se o velmi abstraktní záležitost, o takový pěkný šikovný seznámek všech, který natolik nesnáším, teda nenávidím, že bych je nejradši praštila tím náčiním rovnou po papuli.“ Helen Walshová se sice jen tak nevyděsí, strach a obavy si prý vymysleli chlapi, aby získali lepší postavení a skvělé platy, přesto to s ní jde z kopce. Jako soukromé očko pohořela, živnost musela ukončit, nezvládla hradit hypotéku, přišla o byt a ke všemu dávné vnitřní běsi znovu vystrkují růžky… A nejen oni, též jeden bývalý nápadník s okouzlující tváří a mizerným charakterem, Jay Parker. Obrací se na ni se žádostí, aby se okamžitě ujala nového případu a našla Waynea Diffneye. Člen kapely Laddz-Kámoši Wayne Diffney přezdívaný Potrhlík se zničehonic ztratil. Přesněji řečeno pět dní před vyprodaným jednovečerním koncertem-návratem této kdysi legendární chlapecké skupiny zmizel ze svého domu v ulici Mercy Close. S Jayem se všechno pořádně zašmodrchalo a Helen s tím podvraťákem už nikdy nechce mít nic společného. Navíc má přece nového přítele, velmi, ale velmi přitažlivého detektiva Artieho Devlina. A s ním je jí dobře, i když háček by zde byl – jeho pubertální syn ji přímo živelně nenávidí a bývalá manželka není zcela „bývalá“. Nové setkání s Jayem rozvíří stará trápení, oživí chvíle, o kterých se Helen domnívala, že se staly hudbou minulosti. Helen postupuje prazvláštním způsobem, podle vlastních určitých pravidel, a tak proniká čím dál víc do onoho podivného světa přepychu i ponurosti, kde se jejím největším nepřítelem stává vlastní mysl a jedinou spřízněnou duší člověk, se kterým se nikdy nesetkala – Wayne. Nejnovější román Marian Keyesové si vás zcela podmaní, podobně jímavou a přitom opravdu velmi veselou knihu jste snad ještě nečetli. Helen Walshová je statečná i zranitelná, hubatá i skvělá hrdinka ze současnosti.

Claire žije v presvedčení, že jej milovaný manžel James je mužom jej života, a s láskou očakáva okamih, keď mu bude môcť ukázať ich prvorodenú dcéru. Až kým jej dve hodiny po pôrode drahý James neoznámi, že ju opúšťa, lebo sa zamiloval do susedky, ktorá je od nej navyše o pár rokov staršia. Claire je v šoku. Mal to byť predsa najkrajší deň ich spoločného života. Vráti sa domov k excentrickej rodine a postupne si hojí rany v kruhu svojich blízkych. Pošliapané sebavedomie jej pomaličky zliepa záujem mladého fešáka Adama. Príbeh je popretkávaný sebaironizujúcimi vtipnými vnútornými monológmi hlavnej postavy i slovným pingpongom medzi Claire a jej svojskými sestrami. Pobaví i zaujme vtipnými sondami do hlbín ľudskej duše.

Marian Keyes, the No. 1 bestselling author of Rachel's Holiday, is back with her stunning new novel The Mystery of Mercy Close and the return of the legendary and beloved Walsh sisters.Helen Walsh doesn't believe in fear - it's just a thing invented by men to get all the money and good jobs - and yet she's sinking. Her work as a Private Investigator has dried up, her flat has been repossessed and now some old demons have resurfaced.Not least in the form of her charming but dodgy ex-boyfriend Jay Parker, who shows up with a missing persons case. Money is tight and Jay is awash with cash, so Helen is forced to take on the task of finding Wayne Diffney, the 'Wacky One' from boyband Laddz.Things ended messily with Jay. And she's never going back there. Besides she has a new boyfriend now, the very sexy detective Artie Devlin and it's all going well. But the reappearance of Jay is stirring up all kinds of stuff she thought she'd left behind.

International best-seller Marian Keyes, author of Sushi for Beginners, This Charming Man and the award-winning Anybody Out There, explores love, life and secrets in The Brightest Star in the Sky. 'June the first, a bright summer's evening, a Monday . . .'And into the busy, bustling homes at 66 Star Street slips, unseen, a mysterious visitor. As the couples, flatmates and repentant singletons of No 66 fall in and out of love, clutch at and drop secrets, laugh, cry and simply try to live, no one suspects the visitor patiently waiting in the wings. For soon, really very soon, everything is going to change . . .'Zips along with engaging characters, fabulous plotting and spot-on dialogue. Marian Keyes: what a genius' Daily Mail'When it comes to writing page-turners that put a smile on your face and make you think, Keyes is in a class of her own' Daily Express'An expert storyteller who can make you roar with laughter one minute then sob into your pillow the next. The perfect book to cosy up with' Lorraine Kelly, SunMarian Keyes is the author of the internationally best-selling Walsh sisters novels Watermelon, Angels, Rachel's Holiday, Anybody Out There - winner of the 2007 Popular Fiction prize - and now The Mystery of Mercy Close. She has also published two collections of her journalism, Under the Duvet and Further Under the Duvet.

Everybody remembers where they were the day they heard that Paddy de Courcy was getting married'. Lola has every reason to be interested in who Paddy's marrying - because although she's his girlfriend, she definitely isn't the bride-to-be. Heartbroken, she flees the city for a cottage by the sea. But will Lola's retreat prove as idyllic as she hopes? Not if journalist Grace has anything to do with it. She wants the inside story on the de Courcy engagement and thinks Lola holds the key. Grace knew Paddy a long time ago. But why can't she forget him?Grace's sister, Marnie, might have the answer but she also has issues with the past. Her family is wonderful but they can't take away memories of her first love: a certain Paddy de Courcy. What will it take for Marnie to be able to move on? And what of the future Mrs de Courcy...Alicia is determined to be the perfect politician's wife. But does she know the real Paddy de Courcy? Four very different women. One awfully charming man. And the dark secret that binds them all...

Dammit', she realized. 'I think I'm having a nervous breakdown'. Hot-shot magazine editor Lisa Edwards' career is destined for high-rise New York when suddenly she's diverted to low-rise Dublin. But what can she do about it? Ashling Kennedy, Lisa's super-organized assistant, worries about everything from her lack of waist to the lack of men in her life. She's even anxious about of a little bit of raw fish ...Clodagh Kelly is Ashling's best friend and has her prince, her beautiful kids and a lovely house - everything in fact that Ashling ever wanted. She should be - yet, she's not - happy.

How did it end up like this? Twenty-seven, unemployed, mistaken for a drug addict, in a treatment centre in the back arse of nowhere with an empty Valium bottle in my knickers ...' Meet Rachel Walsh. She has a pair of size 8 feet and such a fondness for recreational drugs that her family has forked out the cash for a spell in Cloisters - Dublin's answer to the Betty Ford Clinic. She's only agreed to her incarceration because she's heard that rehab is wall-to-wall jacuzzis, gymnasiums and rock stars going tepid turkey - and it's about time she had a holiday. But what Rachel doesn't count on are the toe-curling embarrassments heaped on her by family and group therapy, the dearth of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll - and missing Luke, her ex. What kind of a new start in life is this?

The agent: Jojo, a high-flying literary agent on the up, has just made a very bad career move: she's jumped into bed with her married boss, Mark...The bestseller: Jojo's sweet-natured client Lily's first novel is a roaring success. She and lover Anton celebrate by spending the advance for her second book.Then she gets writer's block... The unknown: Gemma used to be Lily's best friend - until Lily 'stole' Anton. Now she's writing her own story - painfully and hilariously - when supershark Jojo stumbles across it... Three girls hoping and sometimes needing to make it big in the publishing world. But did anybody ever tell them that there's always another side to every story?

"I'm in the Last Chance Saloon. In my decrepit, thirty-one-year-old state, I'd probably never get another man..." Tara, Katherine and Fenton have been best friends since they were teenagers. Now in their early thirties, they've been living it up in London for ten years. But what have they got to show for it? Sure, Tara's got her boyfriend - but she loves retail therapy so much more. Katherine, on the other hand, is a serial singleton whose neatness fetish won't let a man mess up her life. And Fenton? Well, Fenton has everything. Until he gets ill and he has to ask himself: what have you got if you haven't got your health? All three are drinking in the last chance saloon and they're about to discover that if you don't change your life, life has a way of changing you...

'I had to go back to New York and try to find him. There was a chance he mightn't be there but I had to give it a go because there was one thing I was certain of: he wasn't here.' Anna Walsh is officially a wreck. Physically broken and emotionally shattered, she lies on her parents' Dublin sofa with only one thing on her mind: getting back to New York. New York means her best friends, The Most Fabulous Job In The World and above all, it means her husband, Aidan. But nothing in Anna's life is that simple anymore! Not only is her return to Manhattan complicated by her physical and emotional scars - but Aidan seems to have vanished. Is it time for Anna to move on? Is it even possible for her to move on? A motley group of misfits, an earth-shattering revelation, two births and one very weird wedding might help Anna find some answers - and will change her life forever. Hilarious, heartbreaking and life-affirming, Marian's unforgettable new novel is as epic as it is entertaining.

Lift up the covers, get yourself comfortable and let Marian take you places you've never been before. Places like the Irish air-guitar championships, a shopping trip to Bloomingdales with a difference and Cannes with a chronic case of Villa-itis. Along the way you'll encounter knicker-politics, fake tans, sticky-out ears and passionate love affairs both with make-up and Toblerones. And of course, agony aunt, Mammy Walsh is on hand to solve all your problems. Hilarious and poignant, down-to-earth and moving, Marian's long-awaited second volume of journalism and previously unpublished writing is the modern woman's perfect companion. So put the kettle on, grab that Kit Kat Chunky and slide Further Under the Duvet everything else will wait.

When people ask me what I do for a crust and I tell them that I'm a novelist, they immediately assume that my life is a non-stop carousel of limos, television appearances, hair-dos, devoted fans, stalkers and all the glitzy paraphernalia of being a public figure. It's time to set the record straight. I write alone, in a darkened bedroom, wearing my PJs, eating bananas, my laptop on a pillow in front of me...' Her novels are read and adored by millions around the world - now read Marian Keyes' collected pieces: regular bulletins from the woman under the duvet. Bursting with her hilarious observations - on life, in-laws, weight loss and parties; her love of shoes and her LTFs (Long-Term Friends); the horrors of estate agents and lost luggage; and, how she once had an office Christmas party that involved roasting two sheep on a spit, Moroccan style - it's the perfect bedtime companion, and will have you wincing with recognition or roaring with laughter.

Marian Keyes' Sushi for Beginners is the blissfully funny, smart tale of three women who discover that the line between success and failure, happiness and sadness, sanity and madness is finer than they ever thought . . . 'Dammit,' she realized. 'I think I'm having a nervous breakdown.' Hot-shot magazine editor Lisa Edwards' career is destined for high-rise New York, when suddenly she's blown off-course into the delights of low-rise Dublin. But what on earth can she do about it? Ashling Kennedy, Lisa's super-organized assistant, is good at worrying. Too good. She's even terrified of a little bit of raw fish . . . Clodagh Kelly is Ashling's best friend and has done everything right: beautiful kids and a husband come prince - everything in fact that Ashling has ever wanted. She should be - yet, she's not - happy. Three women on the verge of happiness and even closer to a complete breakdown. Which way will they fall? 'Keyes has given romantic comedy a much-needed face-lift. Chatty and warmhearted, Keyes's talent is to tell it how it is' Independent 'Laden with plots twists, jokey asides and nicely turned bits of zeitgeisty observational humour ... her energetic, well-constructed prose delivers life and people in satisfyingly various shades of grey' Guardian 'The voice of a generation' Daily Mirror