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Common Ground


'The perfect antidote to dark nights and our current news cycle' Scotsman Germaine only accepted the job at the Kenmar allotments for a fresh start. Far from anyone who knows her history she can focus on work and tending to her own plot. Most of the other plot-holders keep to themselves and that suits her just fine. But when the local council announces plans to turn the allotments into luxury housing, Germaine finds herself leading a battle to save the place that has become a sanctuary for fractured souls. Amidst crumbling sheds and overgrown paths, the rag-tag band plan protests, forge alliances and uncover long-buried secrets. Soon they’ll learn that the allotments aren’t just plots of land but a place to belong. A love letter to community and the power of activism, from the author of Ginger and Me and Graffiti Girls. Praise for Common Ground ‘A warm and tender portrait of a community coming together in crisis – and learning to fight back. Humanity glows from every page’ Karen Campbell ‘Common Ground is a book like a warm hug. A comforting story of coming together, friendship and the strength of community. A book to reassure’ Catherine Simpson 'Common Ground is shot through with seriousness, warmth & wit, and confirms that Elissa Soave is one of the surest and clearest voices in Scottish fiction.' Andrew Meehan 'What a group of beautifully depicted, perfectly flawed and deeply engaging characters' Helen Paris 'A heartwarming, empowering neighbourhood adventure about growing ourselves and one another, nurturing our public spaces and being so much stronger together than we can ever be apart. I loved spending time with these characters' Emma Styles
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26,99 €

The Death Bed


PRAISE FOR CHRIS BRIDGES ‘Hugely gripping’ ABIGAIL DEAN ‘A unique new voice’ ERIN KELLY ‘Full of surprises’ LESLEY KARA –––––––––––––– She’s not there to save her friend. She’s there to silence her. When nurse Laura arrives at her old best friend’s death bed, it’s not out of compassion – it’s out of fear. Her enigmatic friend Sadie is dying, and with her last breath, she might destroy everything. Sixteen years ago, tragedy tore their group of nursing students apart. And Laura has spent every moment since then ensuring the truth never sees the light of day. But as Sadie fades, the past refuses to stay buried. And Laura is about to learn: The dying don’t always go quietly. And some confessions are worth killing for. ‘Chilling’ FORBES ‘Gripping’ SUNDAY POST –––––––––––––– AUTHORS LOVE THE DEATH BED 'Sinister and packed with twists' D S BUTLER 'The Death Bed kept me intrigued and hooked until the shocking end’ MARIE TIERNEY ‘Vivid, harrowing and utterly compelling' LESLEY KARA 'As slick as it is sick' JO FURNISS ‘Intriguing, atmospheric and unpredictably twisty’ CATHERINE KIRWAN 'Darkly atmospheric and gripping’ ASHLEY TATE ‘Sick, twisted and impossible to put down!’ NAOMI WILLIAMS ‘Intoxicating and riveting’ BONNIE BURKE-PATEL PRAISE FOR THE McDERMID DEBUT SHORTLISTED SICK TO DEATH ‘Emma is a force to be reckoned with…deliciously dark and twisted, and a lot of fun.’ OBSERVER ‘A hugely gripping and enjoyable debut… Clever and witty.’ ABIGAIL DEAN ‘A gripping debut from a unique new voice. Bridges writes with a stinging authenticity and tinder-dry humour.’ ERIN KELLY ‘A slick and exciting debut that had me devouring each page… A twist to rival Gone Girl left me gasping.’ KATY BRENT ‘A dazzling debut, skillfully crafted and full of surprises. Beautifully written, utterly original and shockingly dark.’ LESLEY KARA ‘Thrilling, moving and thought-provoking, with a brilliant central character. A skilful suspense novel.’ B. P. WALTER
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13,49 €

A Wind of Bitter Tears


Newly married and freshly returned to service, Rob Llewellyn is deployed at short notice to Afghanistan. As he adjusts to the brutal pace of combat operations, his wife Anne - still in Australia - is blindsided by a war crimes investigation into an incident she believed long buried. Separated by continents but united by pressure, Rob and Anne are forced to confront more than physical distance. Each faces battles they cannot share, in systems that demand silence and reward obedience. And as the true cost of service comes into focus, they begin to see that the greatest threat may not come from the Taliban - but from within. A story of love under fire, institutional betrayal, and the unseen injuries of war, A Wind of Bitter Tears is a powerful exploration of what happens when the uniform protects everything... except the people who wear it.
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15,99 €

Sycorax


Born of the sun and moon, shaped by fire and malady, comes a young woman whose story has never been told . . . They call her Sycorax. Seer. Sage. Sorceress. Outcast by society and all alone in the world, Sycorax must find a way to understand her true nature. But as her powers begin to grow, so too do the suspicions of the local townspeople. For knowledge can be dangerous, and a woman's knowledge is the most dangerous of all . . . With a great storm brewing on the horizon, Sycorax finds herself in increasing peril - but will her powers save her, or will they spell the end for them al? beautifully written and deeply moving imagining of what came before Shakespeare's The Tempest from the author of A Girl Made of Air. Readers are LOVING Sycorax'Spellbinding and empowering' ?'A truly beautiful and heart-breaking story' ?'I couldn't put it down!' ?
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14,99 €

Making History


KJ Parker''s new novella is a darkly witty historical fantasy. A group of scholars are asked to do the impossible by a ruthless king. The cost of refusal being death, of course.History isn''t truth...it''s propaganda.Academics can be cocky. Atop their perches of authority high above the thrumming masses of the unquestioning world they can begin to think themselves gods. It is extremely rare for this authority to be tested. But a challenge from an idiotic, power-hungry king?that''ll do it.Our narrator is one of a dozen professors at the University of the Kingdom of Aelia. Early one morning, all of them are rounded up for an audience with their dictator, Gyges. You see, Gyges is new to the job?he only just invaded Aelia last year?and like any good tyrant, he''s looking to expand his empire. But he doesn''t think his public image can take the hit of (another) unjustified assault. No problem, he''s come up with a plan?have the scholars construct an ancient city from scratch that justifies his right to the lands of the neighboring city-state.Now these bookworms must put their heads together to do the impossible. They must make history. Because if they don''t, they''ll lose their heads all-together.
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13,49 €

Every Time We Burn


Northern California, end of summer. Fire Hazard Severity Zone: Very High.A mysterious death.On the anniversary of her mother''s death, CEO-in-waiting Robyn Sandoval goes for a morning run. She knows her father - a local fire fighting hero - is desperate to speak to her, to tell her something he wants her to know before she starts her new job leading the corporation that owns most of their Northern Californian town of Destino. But when Robyn arrives, she finds him dead.A devastating fire.Meanwhile, after months of drought, a freak forest fire ignites on the mountain ridge looming over the town. Destino has never burned; its unique position protected by the seemingly insurmountable barrier of the ridge, a favourable wind direction, and a belief long held by the community that they are categorically safe.A life split in two.Robyn is shaken to the core by her father''s death, and her life is shattered in two, the fabric of her reality shorn by the sheer force of her grief.The next time she wakes, everything is different: her father is alive, and there''s no sign of the fire on the ridge.To understand what is happening, she has to confront not only the secrets of her past but both versions of her present. Because back in her world, the fire is spreading and the time to find answers is running out...
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14,99 €

It Comes from the River


‘A gritty and captivating tale of resilience, violence and the power of female solidarity’ HARPER'S BAZAAR‘This unflinching debut builds relentlessly to a heart-stoppingly dramatic climax’ DAILY MAIL‘Haunting, lyrical and thoroughly gripping’ CLARE FISHER‘Thrilling, poetic, dark and alive – a shimmering gemstone of a debut’ ALICE ASHFrom the river it comes. To the river it always returns. Alex, Lauren and Nancy are three women each trapped in their own lives, swept along by forces beyond their control. Alex is isolated in her abusive marriage, and struggles to keep her growing family together; Lauren is doing what she can to provide for her two boys; and Nancy dreams of escaping the care home that her son abruptly moved her into. But there’s another character in this story. Beckoning, menacing, hiding within bushes and behind shadows. What unites these women? And can they break the cycles holding them back?
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13,49 €

If It Isn''t One Thing . . .


A fatal road crash - a domestic incident turned deadly - if it isn''t one thing, it''s another for Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman in this intricately plotted, warm-hearted Posadas County Mystery, set in small-town New Mexico "If you haven''t yet discovered these wonderful mysteries, you are in for a treat!" Anne Hillerman, New York Times bestselling author When a pickup truck pulling a horse trailer collides with a loaded semi, it seems like a straightforward accident. Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman presumes the most complicated part of the clean-up will be getting thirty tons of unsplit firewood off of Posadas County''s state highway. But the plot thickens when the mangled vehicles are wrenched apart and the pickup''s deceased driver is not who Estelle was expecting. Who is the dead man - and where was he heading with his cargo, a prized stallion whose owner is frantic to get him back? And if it isn''t one thing, it''s another. Just as Estelle gets her teeth in the case, she''s called to a domestic incident between a local volatile couple, which has led not just to death - but to the injury of a fellow cop. Understaffed and overworked, Estelle finds herself plunged into two tricky investigations, which will take her across the border into Mexico to find the answers - and the justice - that she seeks. If you like C.J. Box, Anne Hillerman and Terry Shames, you''ll love this small-town mystery which combines a vivid setting, multidimensional characters who spring from the page, and meticulous plotting, full of twists and turns.
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13,49 €

Blood and Memory


General Wyl Thirsk of Morgravia has endured unimaginable loss at the hands of King Celimus - his best friend murdered, his sister imprisoned, and his mentor condemned to death. Now, Celimus has set his sights on the neighbouring realm of Briavel and its inexperienced Queen Valentyna, pressuring her into a doomed political marriage. Wyl is desperate to save the woman he loves from this hideous fate, but destiny intervenes. Trapped by a gift from the witch, Myrren, Wyl must embark on a perilous journey to find the elusive Manwitch, the only one capable of breaking the dangerous enchantment over him. As war looms from all directions, Wyl's quest becomes terrifyingly woven into the future of three realms - and he must confront his destiny to protect everything he holds dear.
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14,99 €

The Death of Trotsky


In August 1940, a man walked into Leon Trotsky's study in Mexico City and drove an ice pick into his skull. The killer? Ramón Mercader - an aristocratic Spaniard turned Soviet assassin. The mastermind? Joseph Stalin. But this was no simple hit. It was the climax of a decade-long global hunt: a story of seduction and betrayal, of fake identities and secret loyalties, of idealists and fanatics, lovers and spies. While Trotsky raged in exile - still clinging to his revolutionary dream - Stalin's agents closed in. At the heart of it all was Mercader: a man trained to lie, charm and ultimately to kill. Tracing a path from the cafés of Paris to the battlefields of Spain, from Stalin's Kremlin to a bloodied study in Mexico, The Death of Trotsky unfolds like a spy thriller - a story of obsession and betrayal, of dreams destroyed and loyalties twisted, culminating in one of the most shocking murders of the modern age.
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27,95 €

Loving a Vampire is Total Chaos - Total Chaos 1


Celine Brennan should be riding the high of her recent promotion to detective, but instead she's been saddled with a case no one can seem to solve with murders so gruesome others before her have quit. Not to mention, there's something suspicious with a new club in town and her focus keeps being pulled from the case she should be devoting her attention to. Zavier Lockwood is old. Three-hundred-years old to be precise and he's bored because of it. Killing the scum of Chicago and cleaning up the streets since the cops can't seem to do it is his favorite pastime. Until he lays eyes on Celine. Soon, he finds his obsession with her far more tempting than murder. After all, no vampire can resist the allure of their mate. As their paths cross thanks to Zavier's uncanny ability to be wherever Celine is they both come to realize there's something far more nefarious going on in the city they both love. They'll have to work together to get to the bottom of it, but what happens when Celine realises the man she's falling for isn't only not human, but he's the same one committing the crimes she's supposed to solve? Tropes: Vampire Romance Grumpy Vs Sunshine Fated Mates Vampire x Human He's kinda unhinged but we like it! Detective Working The Case Fated Mates Delightfully Unhinged MMC Grumpy Cat Companion CW/TW: Parent with dementia (on page); mentions of blood and kidnapping (on page); gore (on page)
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18,45 €

Death and the Gardener


Through long winter mornings in Bulgaria, a man sits by the bedside of his elderly father. His father, who created and left- behind a garden, blooming from a barren village yard: peonies and potatoes, roses and cherry trees. His father, without whom the man begins to quietly crack. Because the end of our fathers is the end of a world. From the winner of the International Booker Prize comes a novel about a father, a son and an orphaned garden, interweaving the botany of sorrow, the consolations of storytelling and the arrival of the first tulips of spring. Translated by Angela Rodel
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18,45 €

The Children of Eve


BE AFRAID. MOTHER IS COMING. Wyatt Riggins, the boyfriend of rising Maine artist Zetta Nadeau, has gone missing, leaving behind a cell phone containing a single-word message: RUN. Private investigator Charlie Parker is hired to find out why Riggins has fled, and from whom. Parker discovers that Riggins, an ex-soldier, has been involved in the abduction of four children from Mexico: three girls and a boy, all belonging to the cartel boss Blas Urrea - except Urrea's family is safe and well in Mexico, which means the abductees cannot be his children. Yet whoever they are, Urrea wants them back, and has dispatched his agents to secure them, even if it means butchering everyone who stands in their way. One of those agents is Eugene Seeley, a clever, ruthless solver of other men's problems. The other is an unknown woman. Every child has a mother. Now Charlie Parker will face one unlike any other, and learn the terrifying truth about the Children of Eve.
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16,45 €

Ordinary Saints


Can you imagine it? I'd say to them. Can you imagine me there in the front row in Saint Peter's Square? The lesbian sister of a literal saint. Brought up in a devout household in Ireland, Jay is now living in London with her girlfriend, determined to live day to day and not think too much about either the future or the past. But when she learns that her beloved older brother, who died in a terrible accident, may be made into a Catholic saint, she realises she must at last confront her family, her childhood and herself . . . Inspired by the author's own devout upbringing, Ordinary Saints is a brilliant debut novel from a fresh, exciting new voice which asks - who gets to decide how we are remembered - and who we will become?
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16,45 €

The Silversmith - The Selvaren 1


She was born to save this world. But falling in love will destroy it. Still reeling from the mysterious deaths of her father and brother, Ary Gold survives only by sheer will in the icy wilds of the North. But when strangers arrive with stories of long-lost magic, Ary is thrust into a fate far largerthan her sorrow. The realm of Nyrida is under threat. An ancient shadow wielder has risen, determined to plunge the world into corrupted darkness. And Ary is the only one who can stop him. They say she has royal blood. That magic runs in her veins. That she is already promised in marriage-to a powerful commander whose army is her only hope of winning the coming war. But her fiercest challenge will not be on the battlefield... Assigned to shape her into a warrior is a man cloaked in violence and secrets. Cold, arrogant, and maddeningly unreadable, he isn't her betrothed-but he may be her undoing... Ary is powerless to resist the impossible attraction building between them. Will she follow her destiny? Or risk everything for a love as wild and dangerous as the power that's awakening inside her? Shadows are closing in. Love is the greatest threat of all. And the fate of the world rests in the hands of a grieving girl who never asked to be chosen.
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16,45 €

The Girl with the Suitcase


London, 1941 When Mary meets a glamorous stranger named Elizabeth she realises their lives couldn’t be more different. Elizbeth is beautiful and charming, about to set off on a dazzling adventure to Ireland where she’s inherited a grand house. Mary, shy and meek, has nothing to look forward to but the dreary life of a maid in Hampstead. But when an air raid forces them to take shelter underground Mary’s life is suddenly changed forever. After waking up in hospital, injured but alive, the nurse mistakes her for Elizabeth and hands over her suitcase with Elizabeth’s money and tickets to Ireland inside. This is Mary’s chance to escape the hardship of her life and start afresh. Will she take it and what could go wrong?
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16,45 €

Cleopatra


YOU KNOW MY NAME. BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME. Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall. Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves. Your poets sing of my bloodlust, but I was always protecting my children. How wilfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, divinely blessed to rule. Death will silence me no longer. This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived. From one of the most remarkable and acclaimed storytellers of her generation, the #1 bestselling author of FAEBOUND and THE FINAL STRIFE, this epic and groundbreaking new novel shows us Cleopatra on her own terms.
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22,45 €

Celebrations at the Toffee Factory


Discover the gripping conclusion to Glenda Young's Toffee Factory trilogy, set in a WWI toffee factory in the North-East!The Great War has ended, but Jack's toffee factory struggles after years of sugar rations and its troubles are far from over. Fun, feisty Elsie longs for freedom and excitement. Hoping to meet the man of her dreams, she spurns the attention of dependable Stan. Will she realise that what she wants and what she needs are different thing? fficient Anne takes control at the factory to change its fortunes after the war. She creates a new line of toffee. However, an unwelcome blast from Mr Jack's past tries to jeopardise the factory's success. And Hetty is torn when her sweetheart Dirk prepares to leave for his hometown in Belgium. At the same time, her old boyfriend Bob returns from the Front, determined to marry her. Who will Hetty choos? s the toffee factory girls celebrate the end of the war, they are more determined than ever to face the future with courage and hope. Praise for Glenda Young:'Real sagas with female characters right at the heart' Woman's Hour'Glenda Young brings a new freshness to the genre' My Weekly'Saga fiction at its best . . . I enjoyed it immensely' Vicki Beeby'A lovely read, full of highs, lows, friendship and foes' Johanna Bell'Will resonate with saga readers everywhere . . . a wonderful, uplifting story' Nancy Revell'I really enjoyed . . . It's well researched and well written and I found myself caring about her characters' Rosie Goodwin'All the ingredients for a perfect saga' Emma HornbyReaders are hooked by Glenda's Toffee Factory trilogy!'As always Glenda Young's books hold your interest from the first to the last page. If I have one grumble it's that the books seem all too short as I never want them to end!' ?'A delightful book filled with laughter, sadness, and numerous ups and downs' ?'I loved this and didn't want it to end. The story was compelling and there were moments of happiness, sadness and joy too' ?'I couldn't put the book down and have done nothing else but read all day - thank you Glenda' ?'You can't not fall in love with the characters in this book! I absolutely loved it!' ?Love Glenda's sagas? Don't miss her cosy crime mystery series starring Helen Dexter and her trusty greyhound Suki. Murder at the Seaview Hotel, Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel, Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel and Deadly Dancing at the Seaview Hotel are all out now!
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29,49 €

A Schooling in Murder


*A Times Best Book of the Year* From the author of The Ashes of London, comes a new historical mystery set in the last days of WWII 'Ten out of ten' The Times ‘A grand piece of work – a triumph and one of Taylor’s best’ MICK HERRON 'A wonderfully unique novel from the master of historical crime fiction. Beautiful, haunting, and quite brilliant' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON ‘As good as I’d expect from a master of the craft’ VAL MCDERMID 'A wonderful, subtle novel, set in a strange, enclosed world. Beautiful writing and a gloriously satisfying ending' ANN CLEEVES __________ England, May 1945 In the last days of World War II, Monkshill Park School for Girls stands far apart from the violence in Europe. Yet a woman has been murdered in its grounds. Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, has disappeared. The teachers and girls whisper that she’s run away, but in fact she has met a violent end. Replacement tutor and amateur crime writer Alec Shaw arrives to find a school riven with bitter rivalries and dangerous tensions. He begins to suspect there is a real-life mystery waiting to be solved… and these echoing halls hide a killer.
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13,49 €

Beletria je často nazývaná aj krásnou, alebo umeleckou literatúrou. Toto označenie pochádza z francúzskeho názvu belles lettres (krásna literatúra)Výrazom beletria sa súhrnne označujú umelecké prozaické diela. K najznámejším beletristickým žánrom patrí poviedka, novela, román, črta či umelecká reportáž.

Romány, poviedky a novely ponúkajú pútavé príbehy s výraznými postavami a atmosférou. Divadelné hry zase slúžia ako materiál pre divadelné predstavenia a prinášajú konverzácie, dramatické situácie a komediálne alebo tragické prvky.

Beletria je neoddeliteľnou súčasťou literatúry, ktorá obohacuje naše vnímanie sveta a poskytuje nám príležitosť prežívať rôznorodé príbehy a vstúpiť do rôznych svetov. Bez ohľadu na to, či preferujete dobrodružstvo, romantiku alebo reflexiu, beletria vám umožní objaviť nové myšlienky, inšpirácie a zábavu.

Hľadáte knižných hrdinov, ktorí vás zavedú do sveta romantiky, histórie, sci-fi či fantasy? Prinášame vám ten najlepší výber skutočných príbehov, románov, detektívok, noviel a poviedok. K úspešným autorom beletrie patria Jozef KarikaDominik Dán, Róbert Bryndza, Kristína Tormová, Urbaníková EvitaTáňa Keleová Vasilková a Stephen King