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Owls Do Cry

Owls Do Cry

''Janet Frame was a unique and troubled soul whose luminous words are the more precious'' HILARY MANTEL''Her dark, eloquent song captured my heart '' JANE CAMPION''All my preoccupations as a writer - my notions of home, beauty, madness of sorts and longing - come from her'' MEG MASONSo the day promised fair, and the sea lay like a quilt with the waves tucked under, and the trees wavering like leafless water, cut to fit from a transparent block of blue air and frost.Owls Do Cry tells the story of the Withers family: Francie, who is twelve and about to start work at the woollen mills, hard drudgery sweetened with the thrill of riding a bike to work; Toby, who would rather play at the dump than go to school, where the dark velvet cloak of epilepsy often wraps itself around him; Chicks, the youngest; and Daphne, whose rich poetic way of seeing the world leads to a heartbreaking life in institutions.Written with lyrical beauty and a deep sensitivity in its depiction of hardship and tragedy, Owls Do Cry is a poetic masterpiece and regarded as one of the best New Zealand novels ever published.INTRODUCED BY MARGARET DRABBLE ''The first great New Zealand novel and a modernist masterpiece . . . the book''s immense power to unnerve, astonish and impress endures'' Guardian
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The Wedding

The Wedding

With a new introduction by DIANA EVANS''A writer of huge compassion and acute observation, and also of dazzling style . . . Her work is more relevant than ever'' Diana Evans''Timelessly cinematic, with painterly visual descriptions and pitch-perfect dialogue that ranges across class, region, race, age, and gender'' Emma Garman, Paris ReviewSet on a bucolic Martha''s Vineyard in the 1950s, The Wedding tells the story of life in the Oval, a proud, insular community made up of the best and brightest of the East Coast''s black bourgeoisie. Within this inner circle of ''blue-vein society'', we witness the prominent Coles family gather for the wedding of their loveliest daughter, Shelby, who could have chosen from ''a whole area of eligible men of the right colors and the right professions.'' Instead, she has fallen in love with and is about to be married to Mead Wyler, a white jazz musician from New York. A shock wave breaks over the Oval as its longtime members grapple with the changing face of its community.Not just the story of one wedding, but of many, this compelling story offers insights into issues of race, prejudice and identity while maintaining its firm belief in the compensatory power of love.Through a delicate interweaving of past and present, North and South, black and white, The Wedding unfolds outward from a single isolated time and place until it embraces five generations of an extraordinary American family. It is an audacious accomplishment, a monumental history of the rise of a black middle class, written by a writer who lived it. Wise, heartfelt, and shattering, it is Dorothy West''s crowning achievement.
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Murder at the Pyramids

Murder at the Pyramids

January 1901. Abigail and Daniel Wilson, often lauded as 'The Museum Detectives', are on their way to the Great Pyramid at Giza. Their explorations, including the Robbers' Tunnel, take a very sinister turn when they come upon the body of a man who has been brutally murdered. Investigations by the local police reveal him to be Simeon McGruder, an American writer who was penning an article about the mysteries of the Sphinx. When Daniel and Abigail return to Cairo they are asked by the American Embassy if they can take on the case, but they have a difficult path to tread as they try to keep different factions onside: the British and American authorities, the puppet Egyptian Government and officials, while at the same time facing lies and deviousness from McGruder's associates and friends.
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Nagasaki 1945

Nagasaki 1945

Doktor Takaši Nagai z Nagasaki (1908–1951) je dnes ve světě vnímaný jako Gándhí Japonska. Léta se věnoval výzkumu radiologie, a to i přes riziko, že může onemocnět leukémií. Koncem 2. světové války byla na Nagasaki svržena atomová puma a on v mžiku přišel téměř o všechno: celá čtvrť lehla popelem, během několika vteřin zahynuly tisíce lidí včetně jeho milované manželky Midori, z katedrály i z jejich domu zbyla jen hromada sutin. V troskách byla i nemocnice, shořely všechny jeho výzkumy... On sám s dvěma dětmi výbuch přežil a spolu s několika kolegy pak pomáhali ošetřovat raněné. Kvůli nemoci z ozáření věděl, že nebude dlouho žít, přesto však ve zbývajících letech dodával ve své chatrči naději mnoha lidem, kteří za ním přijížděli z celého Japonska i ze zahraničí. V Římě už probíhá proces jeho blahořečení
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My Friends

My Friends

The beautiful new novel that will make you laugh and cry, from the global bestselling author of Anxious People and A Man Called Ove. Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger’s life twenty-five years later… You have to take life for granted, the artist thinks, the whole thing: sunrises and slow Sunday mornings and water balloons and another person’s breath against your neck. That’s the only courageous thing a person can do. In the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world three tiny figures sit at the end of a pier. Most people don’t even notice them. Most people think it’s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise. Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant seaside town, a group of teenagers seek refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days together. They tell jokes, they share secrets, and they commit small acts of rebellion. These lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream, a reason to love. Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be placed into 18-year-old Louisa’s care. Determined to learn how it came to be and to decide what to do with it, Louisa embarks on a cross-country journey. But the closer she gets to the painting’s birthplace, the more nervous she becomes. In this stunning testament to the transformative, timeless power of friendship and art, Louisa is proof that happy endings don’t always take the form we expect.
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The Elsewhere Express (Paperback)

The Elsewhere Express (Paperback)

Embark on a magical journey in this uplifting and inspiring fantasy from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Water Moon - perfect for fans of Spirited Away, Dallergut Dream Department Store and The Starless Sea. DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS BEAUTIFUL LIMITED EDITION HARDBACK, featuring gorgeous illustrated endpapers with a scene you can colour in! Raya is a lost soul, going through the motions of life without a dream of her own. One night, on her subway ride home, Raya's thoughts wander too far. She wakes on the Elsewhere Express, a magical train that offers its passengers a sense of purpose, peace, and belonging. The journey is a chance for Raya to reimagine her life - but only if she finds her compartment before time runs out. Once aboard, Raya meets an intriguing artist named Q and together they race to find their place on the train, through a boarding car carpeted in meadow grass and along a dining carriage where passengers picnic on lilypads. But a mysterious stowaway has boarded with them, and with it a dark, malignant magic that threatens to destroy the train. The closer Raya comes to uncovering the stowaway's identity, the nearer she draws to the ultimate question: What is her life's true purpose - and is it a destination the Elsewhere Express can take her to?
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The Edge of Darkness

The Edge of Darkness

India, 1951. After wilfully ignoring orders, Persis Wadia, India's first female police detective, is exiled from Bombay to the wild and mountainous Naga Hills District. As India's first post-Independence election looms, and tensions rise across the country, Persis finds herself banished to the Hotel Victoria, a crumbling colonial-era relic, her career in tatters. But when a prominent politician is murdered in his locked room at the Victoria, his head missing, she is thrust back into the fray. Is the murderer one of the foreigners staying at the hotel or an insurgent from the surrounding jungle? As the political situation threatens to explode, Persis has only days to stop a killer operating at the very edge of darkness... The sixth rip-roaring thriller in the award-winning Malabar House series and a perfect entry point for new readers. 'Persis Wadia, denizen of India's own Slough House - Malabar House in Bombay - has been further sidelined. She is far from Bombay in the remote Naga Hills, an area of rebels and lawlessness which may just swallow her whole. Persis is a brilliant creation ... With a satisfying backdrop of little-known aspects of newly independent India's history and the ever-present tension with the remaining British colonists, this is a richly satisfying book at many levels' ALIS HAWKINS
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Venus Fly Trap

Venus Fly Trap

PRE-ORDER EMMA MEDRANO''S NAIL-BITING NEW NOVEL OF FRIENDSHIP, RIVALRY AND THE THIN LINE BETWEEN INFATUATION AND OBSESSION ''Thrilling, seductive, toxic, wild'' Reader Review''Cracking . . . A great read about friendship, devotion and obsession'' Reader Review---''It’s not the blood that gives away the fact that he’s dead; it’s the eyes. You never notice someone blinking, but it’s so obvious when they stop.''When university student Louise moves in with her friend Cat, she can’t believe her luck. In her eyes, Cat is perfect: she''s rich, gorgeous, enigmatic and sexy. Cat’s also the only person who has ever managed to persuade Henry - who doesn''t do commitment - into a monogamous relationship.Life in their orbit is never dull. But when one thing leads to another and a night in for the three of them ends up in bed, Louise is confronted with the true nature of Cat and Henry’s relationship, and has nowhere to hide when Cat asks for her help getting out of it.Louise would do anything for Cat, even if what Cat asks terrifies her.Because for Louise, the only thing worse than doing what Cat has asked, would be to lose her completely . . .PRAISE FOR NOTHING SERIOUS''Emotionally intelligent and thought-provoking. Raw and compelling'' Daily Mail''A thought-provoking, quietly devastating novel about loneliness and what people will do to belong'' Red''Sharp, sublime, and achingly hopeful. I loved it'' Chris Whitaker, author of ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK''A searing exploration into the shape of loneliness and how far we''ll go to create connections'' Heather Darwent, author of THE THINGS WE DO TO OUR FRIENDS and A SHARP SCRATCH
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Perspectives

Perspectives

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2026*'There is no living writer whose new books I fall on with greater delight than Laurent Binet. . . Perspectives is a proper treat' Naomi Alderman'A dazzling romp' GuardianFlorence,1557. As dawn breaks, a painter is discovered lying on the floor of a church, stabbed through the heart. Above him, the paintings he laboured over for more than a decade. At his home, a hidden portrait scandalously depicting Maria de Medici, daughter of the Duke of Florence, as a naked Venus. Who is the murderer? Who made the painting? As the city erupts in chaos, Giorgio Vasari, the great art historian, is picked to lead the investigation. Letters fly back and forth carrying news of plots and speculation about the killer’s identity – between Maria and her aunt Catherine de’ Medici, the queen of France; between Catherine and her secret agents; and between Vasari and his friend Michelangelo. And the truth, when it comes to light, is as shocking as the bold new artworks that have made Florence the red-hot centre of Europe. Bursting with characters and colour, Perspectives is a mystery like no other that shows us Renaissance Florence as we’ve never seen it before – a dazzling, hugely entertaining novel of court machinations, murder and art. 'Doesn’t get much better than this' Sunday Telegraph'A racy and enjoyable detective story' The Times 'A dazzling romp' Guardian'Funny and very gripping' Financial Times
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The Dentist

The Dentist

Don't miss THE TAILOR, the brand new George Cross Mystery - available to pre-order now. Good detectives notice details. Great detectives connect them. When a weather-beaten body is found on Clifton Downs, the police are quick to dismiss it as a quarrel among the unhoused community. DS George Cross knows how it feels to be overlooked. Unwilling to do the same to others, he sets out to find out what really happened to the dead man. As George learns about a life that slowly unravelled, his investigation leads him to a decades-old murder. The question is how are the two deaths linked – and who killed each victi? f anyone can find the answers, it’s George Cross – a man who has always felt like an outsider himself. Perfect for fans of MW Craven, Ann Cleeves and Joy Ellis, The Dentist is part of the million-copy-bestselling George Cross Mystery series, which can be read in any order, by the 2025 Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library Award longlistee. ALSO IN THIS MILLION-COPY-BESTSELLING SERIES#1 THE DENTIST#2 THE CYCLIST#3 THE PATIENT#4 THE POLITICIAN#5 THE MONK#6 THE TEACHER#7 THE BOOKSELLER#8 THE TAILOR CROSS CHRONICLE SHORT STORIESTHE LOST BOYSTHE EX-WIFETHE HUNTERTHE BASKET CASE Why readers love George Cross... 'A clever mystery full of tension but also humour and compassion. George Cross is becoming one of my favourite detectives.’ Elly Griffiths'In DS George Cross, Tim Sullivan has created a character who is as endearing as any I’ve ever come across in this genre. His quirks are his gift, and with Sullivan’s tremendous plotting and superb writing, this series is a gift to readers.' Liz Nugent'The fact that Cross has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder makes him just as intriguing as the murder mystery' The Times'A British detective for the 21st century who will be hard to forget' Daily Mail 'A compelling, suspenseful police procedural with an intimate, positive insight into living on the autistic spectrum' Woman'An excellent, excellent read' Reader Review
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Death Rocks

Death Rocks

FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOLY ISLANDTHERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A COINCIDENCE... When the body of a talented photographer is found on the rocks beneath the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle, DCI Ryan and his team of detectives immediately suspect the worst. But, since none of their potential suspects seems to have a motive, the case runs cold. Then, when another body is found dead on a lonely stretch of road near Hadrian’s Wall and their only suspect has an airtight alibi, the team are faced with another crime without a perpetrator. With the number of unexplained deaths in the area increasing rapidly and only a series of coincidences to work from, Ryan and his team must find the invisible link between them to crack the case—before it’s too late. Can Ryan solve his most dangerous case ye? urder and mystery are peppered with romance and humour in this fast-paced crime whodunnit, set amidst the spectacular Northumbrian landscape. ---------------------------------PRAISE FOR LJ ROSS"LJ Ross is the queen of Kindle" - Sunday Telegraph"She keeps company with the best mystery writers" - The Times"Holy Island is a blockbuster" - Daily Express"A literary phenomenon" - Evening Chronicle
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In the Dark

In the Dark

A four-year-old girl has disappeared from her home. And then more family members vanish.Detective Sofia Hjortn is in a race against time to find them as she and her colleagues desperately search a snow-covered rnskldsvik. Meanwhile, Sofia has other problems to deal with. Heavily pregnant and balancing work and a difficult relationship with her boyfriend, she is at breaking point. Can she make it to the light at the end of the tunne? n edge-of-your-seat Scandi detective novel. Perfect for fans of Will Dean, Ragnar Jnasson and Camilla Lckberg.
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A Box Full of Darkness

A Box Full of Darkness

1960s: Three siblings are all haunted in three very different ways. Violet wakes to a strange and cold woman looming over her bed, Dodie wakes in a constant state of drowning and Vale wakes to beaming light and probing figures. But the one thing that haunts them the most is the dissapearance of their little brother, Ben, who went missing during a game of hide and seek. 1980s:Violet is notified that Ben''s spirit is seen wondering their haunted childhood home calling for them to return and the three siblings do just that. But secrets become un-earthed, their past traumas seem more connected that they thought and all siblings are faced with a very angry spirit who wants revenge.
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The Surgeon's House

The Surgeon's House

London, 1883. The brutal murder of Rose Parmiter, beloved cook at Evergreen House, shatters the sanctuary Rebecca Harris has built for vulnerable women and children. As grief grips the household, unsettling events begin to stir - echoes of a past that refuses to stay buried. The malign legacy of the Everley family, who called Evergreen House home, casts a sinister shadow, and when two more lives are claimed, dread spreads through the refuge. Rebecca must draw out the poison of the past before Evergreen's promise of hope is consumed by darkness.
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Mrs Hudson and the Belladonna Inheritance

Mrs Hudson and the Belladonna Inheritance

London is sweltering and housemaid Flotsam longs for a break from the oppressive heat, although housekeeper Mrs Hudson remains unruffled. However, Baker Street is about to be consumed by an extremely weighty matter: the last Will and Testament of armaments tycoon Charles Belladonna. Belladonna left his considerable fortune to an only son who went missing, stolen from his cot, years before. Now not one but seven young men appear, each claiming to be the long-lost heir. The tangled case draws the War Office's attention, and a demand for Mr Sherlock Holmes's assistance. Only the razor-sharp minds above and below stairs at Baker Street stand a chance of uncovering the truth and foiling the sinister forces at work. For readers who treasure Conan Doyle, the Holmes & Hudson series offers a loving homage, enriched by fresh voices in the Holmes and Watson household.
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The Teacher

The Teacher

Don't miss THE TAILOR, the brand new George Cross Mystery - available to pre-order now. 'Every generation has its iconic detective — Holmes, Poirot and Morse — but Cross is emerging as the one for now. Treasure him.' DAILY MAIL'George Cross is becoming one of my favourite detectives.' ELLY GRIFFITHSThe victim’s worst enemy was himself. When an elderly man is found dead in his home, the angle of his neck says he fell down the stairs. The stab wound on his body tells a different story. In the weeks before his murder, Alistair Moreton changed. A recluse by nature, neighbours swear someone was living with him, someone he didn’t want them to see. Moreton spent a lifetime making enemies and now DS George Cross needs to uncover which one finally struck back. Because in all of Alistair's years, there was something important he never learned. If you go through life hurting people, don't be surprised when they teach you a lesson. Perfect for fans of MW Craven, Ann Cleeves and Joy Ellis, The Teacher is part of the million-copy-bestselling George Cross Mystery series, which can be read in any order, by the 2025 Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library Award longlistee. ALSO IN THIS MILLION-COPY-BESTSELLING SERIES#1 THE DENTIST#2 THE CYCLIST#3 THE PATIENT#4 THE POLITICIAN#5 THE MONK#6 THE TEACHER#7 THE BOOKSELLER#8 THE TAILOR CROSS CHRONICLE SHORT STORIESTHE LOST BOYSTHE EX-WIFETHE HUNTERTHE BASKET CASE'Starts with a bang and then continues to deliver all the way to the thrilling end.' IMRAN MAHMOOD'George Cross is in a class of his own.' SIMON TOYNE'A must-read series.' THE TIMES'DS George Cross shot to the top of my favourites when I first encountered him. The Teacher shows him at his best.' MARI HANNAH'George Cross is a superb creation... The Teacher also offers an insightful examination of whether guilt for past deeds has a half-life.' DOM NOLAN'George Cross is a highly readable creation whose adherence to the rules throws a bright light on the often murky world of policing.' SARAH HILARY'DS George Cross is a genius creation... Get the whole series and thank me later!' TREVOR WOOD Why readers love George Cross . . . ‘The fact that Cross has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder makes him just as intriguing as the murder mystery’ The Times'I am insanely in love with George Cross.' Stephen Fry ‘A compelling, suspenseful police procedural with an intimate, positive insight into living on the autistic spectrum' Woman
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Desert of the Heart

Desert of the Heart

This was the freedom she wanted, an animal freedom exposed to the emptiness of sky and land and water. As she stepped forward, Ann flipped into the water and was gone. Evelyn Hall, running from her disastrous marriage of sixteen years, arrives in the neon-lit desert heat of 1950s Reno - the only place in America where she can apply for a quick divorce. Arriving at her guesthouse she meets free-spirited Ann Childs, a casino ''change girl'' fifteen years her junior. Overwhelmed by both the vast, lonely beauty of the Nevada desert and her magnetic attraction to Ann, Evelyn must gamble all her own certainties and conventions to win a new kind of freedom. Bold, witty and shimmering with desire, this groundbreaking 60s novel is an unforgettable queer classic.INTRODUCED BY JACKIE KAY''An undisputed lesbian classic'' SARAH WATERS''Intelligent and utterly believable'' JOYCE CAROL OATES ''Brave, bold and brilliant'' JACKIE KAY
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Departure(s)

Departure(s)

Departure(s) is a work of fiction - but that doesn't mean it's not true. Departure(s) is the story of a man called Stephen and a woman called Jean, who fall in love when they are young and again when they are old. It is the story of an elderly Jack Russell called Jimmy, enviably oblivious to his own mortality. It is also the story of how the body fails us, whether through age, illness, accident or intent. And it is the story of how experiences fade into anecdotes, and then into memory. Does it matter if what we remember really happened? Or does it just matter that it mattered enough to be remembered? It begins at the end of life - but it doesn't end there. Ultimately, it's about the only things that ever really mattered: how we find happiness in this life, and when it is time to say goodbye.
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Cameo

Cameo

''A writer living and thinking his way to the frontiers of human society'' SpectatorCameo is the life story of invented Irish novelist Ren Duka, who has unexpected, runaway international success with a prolific series of autofictional novels. What begins as a playful satire on literary ambition and the chaos of our times expands into a dazzling, polyphonic odyssey that challenges the border between fiction and reality. As the Ren Duka novels race outwards in widening circles of influence, we encounter Dina Tatangelo, cult novelist of the New York underworld; a Japanese manga artist whose work eerily affects his family life; a grizzled Dublin taxi driver who just might ferry his passengers between worlds; a film-star facing public disgrace; and Rob Doyle, an author enduring a psychic and ontological crisis.Cameo is at once a metaphysical architecture of the imagination, a human comedy full of unruly passions, and a self-portrait across multiple dimensions.
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