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Loose Threads


Three homicidal maniacs. Two radioactive shoes. One body in a suitcase. When Dr David Cairney, a politics lecturer, goes missing on the way home from his retirement party, his wife asks ex-boxer and journalist Robbie Gould for help. Gould wants nothing to do with it. But he needs the money. Meanwhile, the body of another politics lecturer, Professor Stephen Hogg, has been found, his body folded into a suitcase beside the Clydeside Expressway. While poking around the murder victim’s office, Gould encounters pathologist Sarah Badar. She worked on Hogg’s post mortem, only to find her report redacted, and she wants answers too. As the pair delve deeper into the case, they unearth connections between the two academics and a rogues’ gallery of oddballs and grotesques including rival gangsters from Edinburgh and Glasgow, a llama-farm owner in Kirkintilloch and an ex-KGB general with a trepanned skull and a thirst for vengeance. Sarah and Gould find themselves immersed in a world of missing Kremlin diamonds and pre-digital espionage – all coded signals, orange peel and scraps of red thread.
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13,49 €

Norse Fairy & Folk Tales


Step into a world of enchantment with this captivating collection of Norse fairy and folk tales, beautifully presented in a handsome hardback edition with gilded page edges. Scandinavian fairy tales belong in the world's treasury of beloved stories with many of our most familiar tales having Norse origins. This collection offers a smorgasbord of giants, trolls, and clever - and not-so-clever - siblings, all conforming to the recognisable fairy-tale tropes set earlier by the Brothers Grimm. The stories give you a fascinating insight into Nordic concerns in the 19th century, the time at which these tales were collected from native oral storytellers. This is elegantly presented with an embossed cover design, ivory pages, beautifully designed endpapers and silver gilded page edges, making a wonderful gift or collectible for any fans of mythology and legends. ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Ornate Classics are beautifully bound editions of iconic literary works across history. These compact, foil-embossed hardbacks are printed using deluxe ivory paper and make the perfect gift.
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14,99 €

Jó kislányok, rossz viszonyok


A Jó kislányok kézikönyve gyilkossághoz szerzőjének legújabb sikerkönyve Valaki eltűnt. Senki sem beszél. De MINDENKI figyel… Pip Fitz-Amobi felhagyott a nyomozással. A tavaly megoldott gyilkossági ügyet feldolgozó bűnügyi podcast óriási népszerűségre tett szert. Pip mégis váltig állítja, hogy nyomozó napjainak vége. Amikor azonban eltűnik egy közeli barátja, a rendőrség a kisujját se mozdítja, így kénytelen újra akcióba lendülni. Ha a zsaruk nem nyomoznak, megteszi Pip; ám a kisváros minden sötét titka újabb kérdéseket vet fel. Vajon Pip megtalálja a válaszokat, mielőtt kifut az időből? Miről szól? Pip Fitz-Amobi egy korábbi gyilkossági ügy után megpróbál felhagyni a nyomozással, és a róla készült bűnügyi podcast is hatalmas sikert arat. Amikor azonban egy közeli barátja eltűnik, a rendőrség pedig nem tesz érdemi lépéseket, Pip ismét nyomozni kezd, miközben egy kisváros egyre több sötét titkával szembesül.
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14,08 €

BEWARE OF TRAINS PB


A collection of 16 short stories from Edmund Crispin featuring his beloved amateur detective, Gervase Fen. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best.Who burglarised the train heading for Victoria Station, and whatever became of its conducto? id the village idiot or Mrs Foley murder the mean-spirited Edgar Foley, or could the constable be responsible for the devious dee? ho on Earth will be able to untangle the affair of the disappearing car, the black necktie, and the abortive thef? nter Gervase Fen, Oxford professor and sometime super-sleuth, an expert at solving cases that baffle even the most astute policemen. These sixteen short classics by a master of the modern detective story will test your crime solving abilities as well; Edmund Crispin has provided all the clues you need to detect the solution, using logic and common sense. Can you meet the challenge?
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13,49 €

Roman Fever


Tales of betrayal, rivalry and loss from the great chronicler of New York's Gilded Age, in an irresistible Little Clothbound Classics edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith In these elegant and devastating tales of deception, desire and social intrigue, Edith Wharton exposes the brittle veneer of civility that masks human ambition and longing. From the sunlit terraces of Rome to the drawing rooms of New York, Wharton's characters navigate a world bound by class and convention, yet charged with emotional undercurrents they barely understand. In 'Roman Fever', two middle-aged women confront the unspoken rivalries that have shadowed their friendship for decades; in 'Mrs. Manstey's View', a lonely widow's cherished glimpse of life beyond her window becomes the stage for a quiet tragedy; and in 'After Holbein', the elaborate pretences of two ageing New Yorkers reveal the haunting persistence of vanity and illusion.
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18,99 €

Evil Bones


Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan returns in a case that will test her to her limit. OF ALL THE CREATURES IN THE WORLD, ONLY HUMANS HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR EVIL… Small animals have been turning up throughout Charlotte, North Carolina, mutilated and displayed in the same bizarre manner. Now it seems the perp is upping the ante. When Temperance Brennan visits the latest crime scene, she finds that the victim is a dog. Somebody's pet. Vowing to find whoever is responsible, Tempe is disturbed to learn from a forensic psychologist that the escalating pattern of aggression suggests even more macabre discoveries to come. And then it happens. A woman is found disfigured and posed in a manner that mimics the earlier killings. As Tempe follows the horrifying clues to a shocking conclusion, she finds herself forced to confront an increasingly terrifying question. What is pure evil?
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15,99 €

Dinner at the Night Library


For fans of What You Are Looking For is in the Library and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Translated by Philip Gabriel, the translator of The Travelling Cat Chronicles The Night Library is no ordinary library. Within it are found the rarest and most unusual collections - the books of deceased famous writers: the books they wrote the books that inspired them the books they loved All Otaha Higuchi wants to do is work with books. However, the exhausting nature of her work at a chain bookstore, combined with her paltry salary and irritating manager quickly bring reality crashing down around her. She is on the verge of quitting when she receives a message from somebody calling themselves 'Seven Rainbows', inviting her to apply for a job at a library with no name, a place referred to simply as 'The Night Library'. After successfully passing the interview, Otaha arrives at The Night Library and her sunny personality immediately earns her comparisons with Anne of Green Gables. For the very first time she feels she has found her place in the world. As well as a treasure trove of books, the library houses a group of likeminded literary misfits, including a legendary chef who prepares incredible meals for the library's employees at the end of each day. Together they embark on a series of bookish adventures. But when the library's mysterious owner decides to temporarily close the library, Otaha and her friends fear that it may not reopen and that the peace they have found there will be lost to them forever. Is their friendship and their faith in the value of books strong enough to save it? And what will remain if it isn't? Dinner at the Night Library is a heartwarming literary mystery, filled with quirky characters, Japanese culture and the mouthwatering meals. It asks why books matter and offers a cheer of encouragement to everybody who believes they do. Ultimately, it is a paean to reading and the relevance of books through the ages-past, present, and future.
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HOW TO LOSE LORD IN TEN PB


‘Sophie Irwin is an exciting and original voice. She''s a must-buy author for me’ Taylor Jenkins Reid''I simply couldn''t put this book down. Joyous, hilarious and full of sparkling enemies-to-lovers tension, it has everything you could want in a regency romcom’ Beth O’Leary, The Flat ShareFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a delicious new romance…He wants a wife. She wants to be jilted. This. Is. War.Rich, handsome and titled Lord Ashford has every lady in England longing for his hand in marriage.Everyone, that is, except Miss Lydia Hanworth – the only young woman Ashford wishes to marry.Pressured into accepting Ashford’s proposal, the announcement must be kept secret for ten days. Can Lydia free herself from her obligations before the engagement is publicly announced, without ruining her reputation? You can achieve an awful lot in ten days, after all…Readers LOVE Sophie Irwin:‘LOVED this’ ?‘Sophie Irwin – she is such a fresh, fun, witty writer in this space. I''d read anything she wrote’ ?‘An excellent, delightful, refreshing Regency Romance’ ?‘What an absolute treat’ ?‘Inhaled it. Loved it’ ?‘Fun, light and romantic’ ?‘20 stars out of 5!! This book was a balm to my soul’ ?‘It is going to become a go-to favourite’ ?‘An absolute must read for fans of Regency romance’ ?‘So enjoyable, unpredictable, wonderful characters, just SO GOOD’ ?
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13,49 €

Sázka o srdce - Vílí zálety a hříšné korzety 1


S vílami by se lidé neměli sázet – a jejich víno by neměli pít. Spisovatelka Edwina Danforthová poruší oboje. V opilosti uzavře magickou sázku s mužem, na jehož existenci by nejradši zapomněla. Pravidla? Během měsíčního knižního turné svést víc milenců než ten druhý. Edwina sice píše žhavé romance, mimo stránky knih je ale spíš nesmělá. Její protivník William Haywood je okouzlující, sebevědomý… a nebezpečně přitažlivý. Začíná hra plná vášně a rivality. Co když se ale nenávist změní v touhu?
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19,99 €

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Charity


PRE-ORDER NOW! The highly anticipated new and final instalment in Linda Calvey''s gripping gangland series. What will become of the three sisters of the Wills family? . . .As the youngest of three sisters, Charity Wills is used to getting what she wants. When she was a teenager, she fell in love with the dashing bad boy next door and married him. If she wants something beautiful and expensive in a shop, she discreetly puts it in her bag - the Old Bill be damned. If she has enemies that need seeing to, her father-in-law can pull some strings to make the problem go away.So when Charity finds herself suddenly on her own - her beloved Little Danny in prison and no sign of a much-wanted pregnancy on the way - she is at a loss. She wants to start pulling her weight in her influential crime family. But as she works to pull off a plan that will fly under the radar of the law, an old enemy of the Wills family grows ever nearer, determined that Charity will not have her happily ever after . . .A gritty and gripping gangland story set in London''s East End - for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers.
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25,49 €

Insomniacs After School, Vol. 14


Two sleepless teenagers find kinship as they escape to their school’s astronomy observatory. Unable to sleep at night, Ganta Nakami is cranky in class and unpopular with his classmates. He discovers that the school observatory, once used by the now-defunct astronomy club, may be the perfect place for a nap—but he's not alone. Fellow insomniac Isaki Magari is willing to share the observatory with Nakami, and a friendship between the two begins as they bond over the most unlikely things. Magari and Nakami promised they’d take their exams in January together, and Magari makes the difficult decision to undergo surgery now in order to keep that promise. Then, at last, it’s time for graduation. The two of them stand before their town’s seven bridges and look ahead, making wishes for their future. This beloved coming-of-age story finally reaches its long-awaited happy ending!
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SNAKE AMONG SWANS HB


For fans of House of the Dragon® and The Priory of the Orange Tree comes a dark and propulsive tale of warring kingdoms, female rage and a wild magic that refuses to be tamed, by the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Fallen Gods trilogy.“Death is come to take you home, death of blood and thorn and bone…”Tilde has always heard the whispers of the kithwood, the voices of her ancestors speaking through the mysterious forest of her homeland.But now both the kithwood and her kingdom are in danger.For Tilde is the only surviving heir of a conquered land. To unite the people and finally stop the bloodshed, she marries the ageing warlord, King Liran. Her duty is to bind their nations and bear him a son.But the swan king’s court is dangerous. Tilde is a threat to the claim of Liran’s older sons, who will do whatever it takes to remove her, to the princess Elise who has only ever known loyalty to her family, and to the priests who own them all.Yet none of them know that Tilde is a snake in their midst, with allies on her side and dark, forbidden power of her own. She wants her kingdom back, and she will sacrifice everything to claim it.For the queen to rise, the swans must fall.''One of my favourite epics of all time'' – SAMANTHA SHANNON''Breathtaking'' – SAARA EL-ARIFI‘An addictive, cunning political fantasy'' – SHANNON CHAKRABORTY''Captivating'' – ANTONIA HODGSON''Vicious, brutal, intricate'' – TASHA SURI
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26,99 €

Glass Lake


''THE GLASS LAKE is Maeve Binchy at her spellbinding best - you''ll never want it to end'' Woman''s Journal''Maeve Binchy really knows what makes women tick. She crystallises their hopes, dreams and passions in her novels and now she has done it again in THE GLASS LAKE ... a marvellous read'' Daily MirrorKit McMahon lives in the small Irish town of Lough Glass, a place where nothing changes - until the day Kit''s mother disappears and Kit is haunted by the memory of her, alone at the kitchen table, tears streaming down her face. Now Kit, too, has secrets: of the night she discovered a letter and burned it, unopened. The night her mother was lost. The night everything changed forever...
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14,99 €

Make Believe


Make Believe is a book for adults about books for children, a rallying cry for art and imagination, and a celebration of the power of storytelling in all our lives.Mac Barnett, the beloved, bestselling children's author and U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, urges us to think expansively about the potential of children's books-and the particular brilliance of young readers: What if children are a great audience for art?What if they are in fact better equipped to engage deeply with stories than adults?What if humans' ability to appreciate art is, if not innate, awakened early in childhood?Well, then we'd better do our best to make some good kids' books.Barnett has published more than 60 children's books, which have been translated into 30+ languages and have sold more than 5 million copies worldwide, winning many international prizes along the way. Make Believe is his incisive, intimate, and timely invitation to approach children's literature not only as an art form worthy of deep study and criticism, but as a portal into the lives of the children. And at a time when we are faced with a national literacy crisis, he champions the profound joys of literature and the importance of reading for pleasure. Written with humor and academic rigor, Make Believe reads like a letter from one's smartest and funniest friend.
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19,99 €

Lizard


FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Suspense and mystery are peppered with romance and humour in this fast-paced novel set amidst the spectacular Cornish landscape, from the bestselling crime writer and author of Holy Island. There's nothing so deadly as the sea, and the man who survives it... Bryher Enys is the proud owner of Cornwall's newest restaurant, Panorama. When she isn't whipping up culinary feasts, she volunteers with the local lifeboat crew - a tight-knit team who regularly risk their lives to save others. With no immediate plans to settle down, life is pretty much perfect. Until one stormy night, when a distress signal shatters the calm. A luxury yacht is going down fsat, and Bryher joins the rescue. Too late to save the vessel, they search the raging seas for survivors - but find only one... A man with no name, no memory and the power to turn her world upside down. PRAISE FOR LJ ROSS“LJ Ross keeps company with the best mystery writers” - The Times“A literary phenomenon” - Evening Chronicle"Totally gripping from start to finish” 5-star reader review"A must read book. Can't wait for the next one." 5-star reader review"I couldn't put this book down from the minute I picked it up! A great mix of thriller, romance, intrigue with a hint of humour." 5-star reader review"Great page turner, with a lively plot that holds numerous twists and turns; keeps you guessing until the very end” 5-star reader review“Brilliant from start to end, be prepared to read in one sitting!” 5-star reader review“Atmospheric, gripping and twisted…YOU HAVE TO READ THIS!” 5-star reader review
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BEGINNING MIDDLE END HB


‘A summer book for life’ ALI SMITH‘Dazzles on every page’ KATIE KITAMURA‘I was utterly captivated’ KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVEFrom the award-winning author of Lost Children Archive, Valeria Luiselli, comes a wondrous new novel about family, time and starting over.All I had to do, or so I thought, was to answer a simple question: How do I reinvent it, the story, our live? mother and a daughter take off on a road trip after the collapse of a marriage. Their journey begins in Sicily during a summer of rapidly-changing winds, volcanic rumbles and sudden tempests. How do you begin again, the mother wonders, if you got the beginning wrong? The trip soon becomes a quest for origins – not just through their family history, but also further back to a mythical and even geological past.With her daughter leaving childhood behind and her mother beginning to show signs of dementia, the narrator finds herself at a crossroads. She must now ask herself: How do we situate ourselves deeply in the world while accepting our transience in it? How are a family''s memories made and what happens when they disappea? road novel, a mother-daughter story, a radical portrait of starting over, in all its forms, Beginning Middle End offers an exhilarating testament to the power of the stories and the loves we hold most dear.‘What sets Valeria Luiselli’s new novel apart is its clarity, its immediacy, its vividness’ COLM TÓIBÍN, author of Long Island‘Beautiful, funny and tender … I loved it’ EMMA HEALY, author of Sweat‘An instant classic, Luiselli is at her bravest and most sincere’ SAMANTA SCHWEBLIN, author of Fever Dream‘I loved spending time with the women in Beginning Middle End, who soon began to feel like friends’ OCTAVIA BRIGHT, author of This Ragged Grace‘Luminous, reverberating and original – a novel to reckon with and to marvel at’ PAUL FARLEY, author of When It Rained for a Million Years
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25,49 €

The Incredible Kindness of Paper


“A sweet confection of a story, filled with heart.” —Nikki Erlick, New York Times bestselling author Can one random act of kindness change the trajectory of a life? Serendipity has the power to fold two fates together and reunite a pair of lost loves in this enchanting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the “tug-at-your-heartstrings winner” (Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author) The Hundred Loves of Juliet. Can one random act of kindness change the trajectory of a life? In elementary school, Chloe Hanako Quinn is assigned Oliver Jones as her pen pal partner. Before sending her letter, she also whispers a note into it…and he hears her. Little does she know it would be the beginning of a friendship that would bloom into something more. That is, until disaster strikes, and Oliver and his family disappear without a trace. Now over twenty years later, Chloe is a high school guidance counselor in New York City. But life in the Big Apple is not what she dreamed it would be as she faces a layoff, rising rent, a situationship, and loneliness. Desperate for encouragement, she gives herself a pep talk via uplifting messages written on yellow origami paper that she folds into roses. When one of the roses unexpectedly finds its way to a neighbor in need of cheering up, a desire to spread kindness and optimism is sparked in Chloe, who begins folding more roses and leaving them around town. Across the city, Oliver has picked himself up from the rough circumstances that forced him to leave everything behind as a teenager—including Chloe. Now a successful financial analyst, Oliver’s past continues to haunt him. But when the city is suddenly inundated with yellow origami roses, a specific one finds its way into his hands and changes his life forever…
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13,49 €

The Country Road Murders


'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades' LEE CHILDCross Rivers is the kind of small town where everyone knows your name – and your secrets. Silas Tucker was destined for glory until a devastating accident brought him back to the place where his life fell apart. His father was gunned down on a deserted country road when Silas was just a boy. The killer never brought to justice. Now, teenage girls are vanishing and the Southern Mafia's shadow looms over his hometown. The community is terrified. The police need help. And Silas Tucker has nothing left to lose. When the law isn’t enough, sometimes you have to take justice into your own hands. --------------------------------------------------PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON‘Nobody does it better' JEFFERY DEAVER'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind' MICHAEL CONNELLY'James Patterson is The Boss' IAN RANKIN‘Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW‘Patterson is in a class by himself’ GUARDIAN‘One of the greatest storytellers of our time’ DAILY MAIL
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26,99 €

Art of Opposition


''What a triumph ... One of Britain''s most gifted and inspiring writers'' – Sarah Hall''Every artist needs to read this book, there''s something for the soul on every single page'' Derek OwusuBoth as a novelist and as a screenwriter, Courttia Newland has found himself, through circumstance or choice, in a place of opposition to the commercial mainstream. Now, he reflects on what it means to be an artist operating in the margins and shares his experiences and observations for those facing similar hurdles and choices.Newland covers key aspects of creating beyond the mainstream, including centring your own voice; which voices are allowed full freedom of artistic expression and which are not; the importance of reading outside of the white Western canon; and how success shapes the work of historically excluded creatives. Alongside his own observations and experiences, he explores the work of – and in some instances interviews – other oppositional artists, including Percival Everett, Lou Mensah, Iain Banks, Jean Binta Breeze and others. The result is a startling provocation, and a galvanising vindication of refusing to conform.
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22,99 €

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