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Private Lives
In the sleepy seaside sleepy town of Waverly, Rosie and Seb Kent are happily married. Now that Seb has achieved his dream of becoming headmaster of the local school, their lives couldn''t be any better.Then Abi arrives.Abi, a young, single mother, has come to Waverly for a fresh start. She plans to reinvent herself and give her children a new life.Then she sees Seb.As their complicated hidden past threatens to destroy them both, they try their hardest to keep it contained. But in a small town, secrets don’t stay hidden for long and soon, what should be their private business becomes a very public scandal. How far will everyone – them, their families and the whole community – go to protect everything they hold dearest?
The Other Child
'Pulse-pounding . . . jaw-dropping twists! Keeps readers hooked from the first page to the shocking conclusion' Reader Review ? ?You'd know your son anywhere . . . wouldn't yo? ouise has never felt the deep bond with her son, Alfie, that other mothers talk about. Now three, Alfie is volatile, difficult - and Louise can't help but blame herself. Then he makes a new friend, Jacob, and everything changes. Alfie becomes calmer. Happier. Louise should be thrilled - until she meets Jacob's mother and starts noticing strange coincidences: the same hospital, same birth date. . . and Jacob looks eerily like Louise's husband. As doubt spirals into obsession, Louise's suspicions deepen. With Jacob, she feels a bond she's never had with Alfie - an unsettling, impossible connection. And soon, she's forced to confront the unthinkable:What if her child isn't really her? gripping, emotionally-charged page-turner for fans of Lisa Jewell, Claire Douglas and Andrea Mara - this is a mother's worst nightmare, brought chillingly to life.
Bloody Awful in Different Ways
THE SENSATIONAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE'Bloody awful? Bloody brilliant, more like' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Pure joyous storytelling on every page … A little treasure of a book' FREDRIK BACKMAN'A delight from start to finish' JENNIE GODFREY'Flawless ... So sharp, so beguiling, so acutely observed' GUARDIANI’m fizzing. I love not being his son. Yes. I can feel it in my whole body. A great thrill – as if an adventure has begun. As if I’m the boy in a book about a boy who finds out his dad is the king of a magical and distant land. Christmas, 1983. In the aftermath of yet another furious argument, seven-year-old Andrev’s mother lets him in on a secret: his father is, in fact, not his father. And so begins a new kind of childhood, in which fathers come and go, arriving in red Volvos and sweeping his mother off her feet. Fathers can be magicians or murderers, artists or thieves, and, like growing pains, or the weather, they appear uninvited and leave without warning. Fathers are drawn to his mother like moths to a flame – but even she can’t control how they behave. Vivid and joyful, raw and tender, Bloody Awful in Different Ways is a novel about growing up in the chaos of social change; about how love begins and ends; and above all, about men. Because after all, you learn an awful lot about this strange species when you have seven fathers in seven years. READERS LOVE BLOODY AWFUL IN DIFFERENT WAYS'I loved this book so much. It reminds me a bit of Demon Copperhead but if Fredrik Backman was writing it' FIVE STAR READER REVIEW'Once every now and again comes a book that I just absorb. I have to press it into people's hands and say 'you must read this'. This is one of those books: a joyful, laugh out loud, heartbreaking and uplifting wonder' FIVE STAR READER REVIEW'Actually bloody brilliant in different ways ... Vivid and witty and punchy and just so real' FIVE STAR READER REVIEW'Hugely readable and often very funny ... Superb' FIVE STAR READER REVIEW'5 joyous stars. I urge you to read this. It may just be your book of the year. It is mine' FIVE STAR READER REVIEW
The Disappearing Act
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 Russia’s greatest living writers.
The Wedding
'A homecoming, a plethora of long-buried family secrets, and a once in a lifetime storm... this is one wedding invitation you won't want to turn down' FIONA LEITCH 'Cathy Cole drops an unforgettable cast into an atmospheric location and leads them through a twisty plot that keeps you guessing until the end. Thoroughly enjoyable!' N.R. DAWS, author of MURDER AT THE PALACEThere's no good time to discover a dead body. But in the middle of your wedding day has to be the worst time ever. For Jenny Hislop, her wedding in her coastal hometown in Ireland is meant to be the happiest day of her life. Despite the painful memories the town holds of the parents she's lost, Jenny's blissfully happy as she makes her way from the ceremony to the secluded lighthouse for the reception. Then she finds a dead body on the cliffs. A murder victim. Who looks identical to her husband. As far as Jenny knows, her husband - still alive and well - is an only child. So, who is this stranger who looks so much like him? Was he killed because of their resemblance? Could he be dead because of a mistaken identity? If so, which of her wedding guests would want her husband dead, and wh? hen more wedding guests start to die, two things become crystal clear. One, the people closest to Jenny are hiding deadly secrets from her. And two, this will certainly be a wedding no-one will ever forget . . . Praise for The Wedding . . . 'Very twisty!' READER REVIEW'I had to remember to breathe it was so gripping' READER REVIEW'Absolutely loved it. A must-read!' READER REVIEW
Dissolution
NAMED A BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE ‘This twisty, absorbing thriller is both a moving love story and fascinating speculative fiction exploring memory, time and reality’ GUARDIAN ‘An expertly crafted puzzle of a story’ NEW SCIENTIST 'Suspenseful, provocative and surprisingly tender' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'Old-school creepy… a five-star horror novel' STEPHEN KING on Ascension 'A vivid, unputdownable story, about love and loss and all it means to be human' SUNYI DEAN, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Book Eaters ‘An outstanding puzzle box of a novel … thrilling, intelligent sci-fi with a touch of horror' GARETH BROWN, internationally bestselling author of The Book of Doors 'A nimbly constructed story that starkly explores the dangers of neuroscience run amok' KIRKUS In this staggeringly mind-bending speculative thriller for fans of Blake Crouch and Ted Chiang, a woman dives into her husband’s memories to uncover a decades-old threat to reality itself… Maggie Webb has lived the last decade caring for her elderly husband, Stanley, as memory loss gradually erases all the beautiful moments they created together. It’s the loneliest she’s ever felt in her life. When a mysterious stranger named Hassan appears at her door, he reveals a shocking truth: Stanley isn’t losing his memories. Someone is actively removing them to hide a long-buried secret from coming to light. If Maggie does what she’s told, she can reverse it. She can get her husband back. Led by Hassan and his technological marvels, Maggie breaks into her husband’s mind, probing the depths of his memories in an effort to save him. The deeper she dives, the more she unravels a mystery spanning continents and centuries, each layer more complex than the last. But Hassan cannot be trusted. Not just memories are disappearing, but pieces of reality itself. If Maggie cannot find out what Stanley did all those years ago, and what Hassan is after, she risks far more than her husband’s life. The very course of human history hangs in the balance. 'A compelling narrative that takes the reader on a page-turning journey through both time and memory’ T.R. Napper, award-winning author of 36 Streets ‘A tender and compelling tale of love and memory across time and history. Thrilling, thought-provoking and melancholy. Superb’ David Wragg, author of The Black Hawks
The Astral Library
From New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn comes a gorgeously written fantastical adventure which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures.Alexandria “Alix” Watson has learned one lesson from her barren childhood in the foster-care system: books will never let you down, unlike people. Working three dead-end jobs to make ends meet and knowing college is a pipe dream, Alix takes nightly refuge in the high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Public Library, escaping into her favorite fantasy novels and dreaming of far-off lands. Until the day she stumbles through a hidden door and meets the Librarian: the ageless, acerbic guardian of a hidden library where the desperate and the lost escape to new lives…inside their favorite books.The Librarian takes a dazzled Alix under her wing, but before she can escape into the pages of her new life, a shadowy enemy emerges to threaten everyone the Astral Library has ever helped protect. Aided by a dashing costume-shop owner and bookmarking their way from volume to volume, Alix and the Librarian flee through the Regency drawing rooms of Jane Austen to the back alleys of Sherlock Holmes and the champagne-soaked parties of The Great Gatsby as their enemy draws closer. But who does their enemy really wish to destroy—the Library, the Librarian, or Alix herself?
The Witch and the Wolf
Discover the sequel to gothic fantasy sensation The Bell Witches from Sunday Times bestseller, Lindsey Kelk.Blood is thicker than water…Since arriving in Savannah Emily Bell has faced prophecies, werewolves, family secrets and her own grandmother''s attempt to take her life.But, strangely, surrounded by her friends and new family, Savannah has never felt more like home.Now, faced with the absence of her love, Wynn, as he wrestles with his new abilities as a werewolf, and burdened with the task of finding her fellow witches to avert the prophecy that surrounds her, Emily is attacked by a new threat. A lone wolf that will stop at nothing to destroy her.Emily must act fast and find out the wolf''s identity before it kills her and all those she cares about. She will soon find out she can’t do everything alone, and that a burdened shared is a burdened halved…
Injustice For All
A Kansas City police officer is dead.A young African-American man stands accused. A promising life is on the line...Harper is assigned another high-profile case, as 18-year-old Darnell Williams is accused of killing a Kansas City Police Officer. At first, this seems like just another dead dog loser case that Harper would end up pleading out.As she gets deeper into the specifics of the case, she realizes that she has stumbled into something much, much bigger. She ends up being warned to back off, or face disciplinary charges of her own. The more she is brushed back, the more intrigued she becomes. She becomes convinced that a true injustice is being perpetrated on her client and she must fight the system to prove his innocence.With the fast-pace that you''ve come to expect with a Harper Ross Legal Thriller, Injustice for All is a book that is not to be missed!Jackson County Legal thrillersBad Faith (Harper Ross)Justice Denied (Harper Ross)Hidden Defendant (Harper Ross)Injustice for All (Harper Ross)L.A. Defense (Harper Ross)The Associate (Damien Harrington)The Alibi (Damien Harrington)Reasonable Doubt (Damien Harrington)The Accused (Harper Ross)The Hate Crime (Damien Harrington)Secrets and Lies (Damien Harrington)Until Proven Guilty (Damien Harrington) Emerson Justice Legal ThrillersDark Justice Coming Soon:Southern California Legal ThrillersPresumption of Guilt (Avery Collins)Trial by Jury (Christian Davis)
The Cheat Book (vol.3)
NOT FOR GROWN-UPS!Wish your school was a SMART SCHOOL? With shiny, TALKING SCOOTERS to take you to your classes? And vending machines full of delicious SNACKS? When a new Smart School opens up, Kamal and his friends are part of the lucky first test group. With robot teachers, vending machines full of free snacks, and talking scooters that take you to your classes, what could possibly go wrong?The answer: everything.With the trusty Cheat Book and its lifehacks by his side, can Kamal find a way to fight back? ?? Join Kamal on his hilarious new adventure, from brilliant author-illustrator RAMZEE. Perfect for 8+ readers of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Loki. With black-and-white illustrations throughout! PRAISE FOR THE CHEAT BOOK (vol.1): ''Laugh-out-loud funny. Kids are going to love The Cheat Book!'' Cressida Cowell, bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon ''Comedy gold!'' Louie Stowell, bestselling author of Loki: A Bad God''s Guide series ''Clever and hilarious ... A funny and much needed fresh voice in the middle grade arena'' Dapo Adeola, award-winning illustrator ''An authentic heart-warming story, jam-packed with fun, friendship and just the right amount of peril - it''s the coolest book in town!'' Rachael Davis, author of I am NOT a Prince! ''Move over, Tom Gates, there''s a new kid on the block! The Cheat Book is an absolutely hilarious, riot of a read'' Swapna Haddow, author of the Dave Pigeon series ''A HILARIOUS quest for coolness. It''s fresh, it''s joyous... Children are going to love it!'' Rashmi Sirdeshpande, award-winning children''s author
Huntsman
DELUXE EDITION--featuring beautiful dark red sprayed edges!Welcome to the dark world of The Hunted Kingdom where the daughters of modern-day mob families are reimagined fairy tale princesses like you’ve never seen before. In Huntsman, family is power... and power is everything. Nine years ago, my aunt took everything from me. My world. My throne. My mother. I’ve bided my time since then, serving under her in the Mwuaji crime family, but she’s crossed another line. She put a price on my head, sending the legendary assassin the Huntsman, Malachi Bowden, after me. The Huntsman’s never failed a contract before, but I know everything there is to know about him. It’s finally time for me to take my revenge and finish the war my aunt started. The Huntsman might be my death. But Malachi Bowde? e’s my weakness.
Three Summers
Italy, 1957Rafaella Parisi is on the cusp of womanhood, tucked away in her father''s Puglian olive groves, impatiently waiting for the flood of summer visitors that breathe life into her small fishing town. Waiting for one boy in particular: Cosimo.The son of the wealthy Franchetti family, Cosimo''s life is glamorous, exciting and refined - a world away from Rafaella''s. Yet love and desire are stronger than wealth or power; Rafaella and Cosimo are bound by destiny itself. But when a devastating accident tears their families apart, their innocence is ripped from them. And a vow is made that changes both of their lives.Three years later, Cosimo sees Raffaella for the first time since that summer. Now married to a man who is intent on building an empire, Raffaella is in danger and Cosimo knows it. And though he longs to save her, he cannot undo the promise he made all those years ago. To help her would be to lose himself. An impossible wish.Unless love is worth going against everything he stands for...
The Elopement
Three women, two families, one forbidden marriage. Get ready to fall in love with the brand-new regency romance from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Godmersham Park and Miss Austen. ‘A richly imagined family saga, love story and social comedy’ Times'Gripping and moving and also so sharp and funny. I loved it!’ Sabine Durrant, bestselling author of Lie with Me‘Has all the wit and wisdom of a Jane Austen novel’ Red -----------------1820. Mary Dorothea is living under the sole charge of her widowed father, Sir Edward, a man of strict principles and high moral values. But when Sir Edward marries Miss Fanny Knight of Godmersham Park, Mary’s life is suddenly changed. Mary’s new stepmother, Fanny, comes from a large, happy and sociable family, and Fanny’s brothers are amusing, handsome and completely charming. One brother is particularly attentive and, as Mary approaches her seventeenth birthday, a bond forms between them that leads, on the last day of the year 1825, to a proposal of marriage. Sir Edward’s outrage is immediate, his refusal isabsolute. The union will never take place. There appears to be only one solution . . . -----------------Praise for The Elopement:‘Hornby’s Austen books are funny, bittersweet family sagas, impeccably researched and lavishly imagined’ The Times 'Tremendous' Nigella Lawson'Has all Austen’s wit and unnerving powers of observation with an extra twenty-first century zap' Ferdinand Mount, prize-winning author of Big Ceasars and Little Caesars‘Few writers are as perspicacious or half as delightful as Hornby’ Karen Joy Fowler, international bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club‘A captivating return to the world of the Austens’ Woman & Home‘Combines meticulous period research with a fine feeling for the characters' inner lives, hopes and fears’ Daily MailReaders are loving The Elopement:'I was hooked from the first page' 5-star reader review'I loved every minute of this novel' 5-star reader review‘One of the best books I’ve read this year. It’s a delight - by turns refreshing, funny, romantic, poignant and touching’ 5-star reader review‘Full of warmth, wit and suspense’ 5-star reader review'It is so well-written with vivid period detail that I felt immersed in the Austen world and did not want it to end' 5-star reader review
Motherfaker
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR A YEAR OFF WORK . . . ?'The comedy gold standard' – Stylist'This book will make you guffaw out loud' – Prima'It’s one that’s sure to have you laughing and crying in equal measures' – ExpressMeet Barri Brown. Respected teacher. Upstanding citizen of Guernsey. Down for a bit of law-breaking . . . Barri has spent years slaving away as a teacher and covering for colleagues with kids. When her husband vanishes – along with her savings – it’s the final straw. And so, she hatches a wild plan: fake a pregnancy and use the paid maternity leave to start over somewhere new. With seven foam bumps, a wardrobe full of smock dresses and a great pregnancy heist underway, all Barri has to do is blag it until she can disappear for good – without getting caught and being sent to prison for fraud. How hard could it b? n a small island like Guernsey, it’s a motherfaking nightmare. And to make matters worse, when Barri’s fake pregnancy forces her to make genuine connections with people for the first time in years, she begins to understand the true cost of her deception . . . Will she really get away with telling the mother of all lies?__PRAISE FOR MOTHERFAKER'A bold, brilliant and bonkers caper’ – ALEXANDRA POTTER'Brilliantly original and hilariously executed' – ROSIE WALSH'A very clever novel' – Belfast Telegraph'Funny, moving, relatable and keeps you on the edge of your seat' – LIBBY PAGE'I raced through it' – Daily Mail'I couldn’t put this down! Hilarious, surprising, and sneakily tender' – NATALIE SUE'A crazy, screwball comedy with real heart and soul' – SARAH HAYWOODREADERS LOVE MOTHERFAKER'A rare mix of laugh out loud funny, moving and compelling''Clever, tender, and impossible to put down – an absolute joy from start to finish''Funny, emotional, heart wrenching and action packed, with an idyllic Guernsey location''Hilarious, touching, emotional, infuriating and a bit bonkers''A fantastic debut that I just wanted to keep reading!'
Echoes in the Wind
When Chaplain Rob Llewellyn arrives at the Australian Army’s basic training centre, few know what to make of him. He’s quiet, intensely private, and watches more than he speaks. His predecessor left in disgrace, and no one expects this new padre to last long. But Rob Llewellyn is not what he seems. What no one knows is that he was once a Royal Marine sniper—an elite marksman forged in combat, fluent in violence, and shaped by losses he never speaks of. He’s put the rifle down, traded camouflage for the cross, and come to serve in a new way. But that doesn’t mean he’s forgotten how to survive. As Rob navigates suspicion from recruits and officers alike he begins to confront not only their pain, but his own. Haunted by the past, and compelled to protect those in his care, Rob is forced to ask himself: can a man trained to kill ever truly become a man of peac? choes in the Wind is a gripping exploration of trauma, identity, and redemption—a story of a soldier-turned-shepherd trying to help others heal, even as he struggles to forgive himself.
Felicia's Favourites
Felicia’s Favourites is a powerful story of family secrets – and one mother’s extraordinary legacy – from billion-copy bestselling author Danielle Steel. Felicia Weston leaves her five daughters more than just cherished memories as it is revealed that she led a double life, having kept her celebrated pen name and extraordinary career as a famous bestselling novelist a long-held secret. Devastated by the loss of their mother and wishing they’d known her better, the girls learn that her legacy included a substantial inheritance and a picturesque Connecticut farmhouse: a sanctuary where Felicia wrote most of her novels and enjoyed a loving relationship of which her daughters had no knowledge. Each of the sisters is confronting a personal crossroads. From mending the scars of a disastrous marriage and navigating life-altering injuries, to untangling forbidden loves and facing the harsh light of truth on infidelity, each journey is as unique as the women themselves. Bound by blood and complexity, can the precious sanctuary their mother left behind be the catalyst for individual renewal and family unity? Or will it simply unravel the threads that bind the? he pain of loss brings blessings of its own. And love, betrayal, secrets, and the enduring legacy of one remarkable mother can transform lives forever.
Dirty Money
'Instantly gripping. Smart, timely and great fun from beginning to end' Bella Mackie, author of How to Kill Your Family'Oozes with style, pace, and a cunningly imagined plot' Lucy Clarke, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Hike'Razor-sharp writing, great characters and a brilliantly topical story' T.M. Logan, author of The Dream HomeRAMONA CHANGAn investigative journalist turned private detective, Ramona's final scoop left her with a target on her back. Now in hiding, she is living in a run-down flat in east London. But when her latest case looking into an upmarket escort agency takes a dark turn, she needs information only accessible to those in power . . . DETECTIVE SERGEANT MADELEINE FARROWA high-flying operative at a government agency, it's the day of her fiftieth birthday when Madeleine finds out that she has been given the lead on an investigation into corruption on a global scale. But when she finds her case mysteriously blocked from the inside, she needs someone on the outside, capable of moving undetected . . . As Ramona's and Madeleine's cases collide, can the unlikely allies find justice for multiple victims within the capital's hotbed of lies and deceptio? gripping thrill-ride set against the gloss and grit of contemporary London, DIRTY MONEY introduces an unforgettable new detective duo created by critically acclaimed writer Charlotte Philby. 'Brilliant! Effortlessly cool and clever. Cracking plot too' Jane Casey, author of The Killing Kind'Slick, stylish, glimmering with menace and introducing two unforgettable new leads' Lucy Foley, author of The Guest List
The Frenchman
'Gripping... revelatory' The Times'A thrilling roller-coaster ride of a novel...Think James Bond with a Parisian twist' Express 'Twisty and riveting ... seamlessly blends insider tradecraft and a doomsday plot' David McCloskeyTHE THRILLING INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON FROM THE FORMER INTELLIGENCE AGENTTHE GAME IS ON. AND IT'S ABOUT TO GET DEADLY... Alec de Payns is an undercover agent in an elite division of France's famed intelligence service. When a routine mission goes fatally wrong, Alec is forced to confront the unthinkable: his team has been betrayed by one of their own. Tasked with investigating a covert bio-weapons facility in Pakistan, Alec must race to uncover its secrets to save the lives of his loved ones. But with a traitor in the ranks, deceit following his every move, it's not just Alec in the firing line. It's the potential destruction of Paris itself... Five-star reader raves:'WOW!''As good as it gets''Best espionage I've ever read''Best spy novel...and by someone who has been a spy!'
The Final Chapter
Benjamin Stevenson meets Nine Perfect Strangers in a story about writerly ambition, self-discovery and - of course - revenge. Sharp, fresh, bold, thrilling and gothic - gripping suspense from a spectacular new Australian talent. An opportunity a writer would die for ... Desley Barron is ready to prove her doubters, and herself, wrong about her flagging writing career. She's won a spot at an exclusive writing retreat in the Blue Mountains. Only instead of feeling creative, Desley finds her insecurity increases while the ghost stories about the house have her jumping at shadows. This secluded house is the last place anyone will think to look for high-profile author Colette Halifax, which is perfect as she hides from a looming scandal. Unfortunately, someone here is threatening to ruin the one part of her life that isn't already a shambles. Meanwhile, Maia McKenzie has plans that don't involve writing at all. She's schemed to ensure the one person she wants to see is here - the man who almost killed her mother. All have a secret. All will do anything to keep it hidden. And they're not alone. The retreat is perched on the edge of a forest steeped in the horrors of Australia's worst serial killer - and no one knows just who is watching. When a storm unleashes its fury and they're trapped, a body is left in the snow ... and any one of them could be next. PRAISE:'Gilchrist hooked me good and proper. Creepy closed-in setting? Enough secrets and suspense to fill a body bag? Twisty narratives and the twisted psyches of we writers who weave them? Yes, don't mind if I do! I could check out from The Final Chapter any time I liked, but I could never leave. What a cracking mystery debut!' Trent Dalton 'A pacy and unpredictable thriller, dripping with atmosphere and sharp observations. With an eerie isolated house and the deteriorating relationships between a cast of distinct and nuanced characters, each with their own agenda, the stage is set for a page-turning, chill-inducing gallop to the finish line.' - Jo Dixon, author of A Shadow at the Door and The House of Now and Then'This story of writers-behaving-badly on a deadly retreat from hell gripped me from the start with its intensely dramatic setting and ghostly goings on. Gilchrist is a bold and confident new voice in the world of gothic fiction - her prose leaps off the page like the storms that plague the retreat. Strap yourself in for a thrilling ride.' - Cassie Hamer, author of The Stranger at the Table'Deviously clever and wickedly sharp - this is one writer's retreat you'll be glad you only visited on the page.' - Kylie Orr, Australian author of The Eleventh Floor
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 Karika, Dominik Dán, Róbert Bryndza, Kristína Tormová, Urbaníková Evita, Táňa Keleová Vasilková a Stephen King.
