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''A MAJOR TALENT'' KISRTIN INNESMartha and Finn''s marriage is hanging by a thread. Martha, crippled by paralyzing climate anxiety, finds herself at odds with Finn, who steadfastly refuses to confront the demons of his past.In a desperate attempt to repair their relationship, they join a group of privileged tourists on a pilgrimage to The Salt Centre, a mysterious retreat nestled deep within the Bolivian salt flats.United by a shared quest for spiritual enlightenment, the group embark on a journey guided by an elusive shaman. As a series of salt ceremonies unfold, hallucinogenic episodes force each of them to confront their own versions of reality.When the final ceremony descends into a nightmare, Martha and Finn are met with an ultimatum. Forced to grapple with the moral implications of their trip they must ask themselves: are some wounds too deep to heal?PRAISE FOR THE SALT FLATS:''Original and bold, this is an ambitious and hugely imaginative novel.'' Lucie McKnight Hardy''Gripping, compulsive and deeply deeply human.'' Heather Parry''A superb and spellbinding evocation of an otherworldly place, doused in a creeping sense of horror.'' Carole Hailey''Compulsive and compelling.'' Cailean Steed

''Propulsive'' GUARDIAN''Unmissable'' HEATHER CRITCHLOW''Masterful'' SARA FOSTERThe world is in the grip of climate catastrophe. Sydney has been transformed by rising sea levels, soaring temperatures and increasingly intense social division and unrest. When a child on the margins goes missing from the area of the city known as the Floodline, Senior Detective Sadiya Azad is assigned to find her. But when a woman''s body is found not far from where the girl disappeared she stumbles into a web of lies and corruption. With only days until a deadly storm strikes the city Sadiya and her partner Detective Sergeant Paul Findlay find themselves locked in a desperate race against time. Chilling and utterly compelling, Landfall is crime writing at its best - and a terrifying vision of the future bearing down on us.

''A fresh, tender, and resonant bildungsroman'' R. O. Kwon, author of Exhibit''Playful and witty, What A Time To Be Alive is a charming meditation on coming-of-age, privilege, and grief''Cecile Pin, author of Wandering Souls''A dark coming-of-age story set in Stockholm [with] a really light touch that makes it really beautiful''Natasha Brown, author of Universality''Jenny Mustard writes with honesty and wit about the strange, mundane, and wondrous aspects of youth''Ayşegül Savaş, author of The Anthropologists''A beautifully plangent coming-of-age novel . . . will go straight to your heart''Lucy Caldwell, author of These Days''A timeless writer . . . reminiscent of the power and grace of writers like Rachel Cusk and Raven Leilani''Molly Aitken, author of Bright I BurnSome people move to the big city hoping to find themselves - Sickan Hermansson isn''t leaving it up to chance.Twenty-one, friendless, without money but not without hope, Sickan''s arrival at Stockholm University represents a new start. Her lonely childhood in a small southern town has left her utterly unprepared for intimacy: for friends, for sex, for love even. But Sickan is determined to build a new version of herself from the ground up, to make up for lost time. To simply be normal.Just as Sickan seems to be finding her first ever friends, in whose company she finally feels safe, she meets Abbe: beautiful, charming - and by some miracle he wants her too. Unlike Sickan, Abbe seems completely at ease in his own skin. A solid foundation then, on which to build a relationship? Maybe?What A Time To Be Alive is a story of class, sex, loneliness, and the trials of young womanhood. But above all, it''s a story of firsts: the first party you''re actually invited to, the first moment you fall in love, the first time you betray a friend. The first time you ask yourself, how much of myself am I willing to sacrifice, to finally fit in?''Sharp, well-observed and warmly human. I hate comparing anyone to Sally Rooney, but I think that if you enjoy her writing you will, just as I did, love spending time in the company of Jenny Mustard''s characters.''Rick O''Shea, Irish Independent

Inspired by true stories of WWII, don''t miss this emotional and poignant historical novel debut of courage against all odds, perfect for fans of Anna Stuart and Soraya M Lane.Poland, 1942. After witnessing the destruction of her hometown in Warsaw, Anna Kowalski joins the Polish Resistance. She is tasked with smuggling as many children as possible out of the Warsaw Ghetto through the sewers and relocating them to safety.Through her work, Anna meets Johnnie Nowak, an RAF pilot who had managed to escape from a prisoner of war camp. He''s not safe in Warsaw, so Anna leads him out of the city to protect him...But suddenly Anna is caught by the SS and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp where she is surrounded by even more horror and despair. A female guard, known as The Beast, is renowned for her violence and aggression towards her prisoners, and she''s set her sights on Anna.When Anna is relocated to a different camp, she finds herself reunited with Johnnie Nowak, the pilot she had saved. Desperate to escape, the two of them devise a plan, that if caught, could mean a fate far worse than death.Will Anna and Johnnie finally find freedom, and survive the war together?

The Sunday Times bestseller from an electrifying new voice in epic fantasy - a masterfully woven tale of imperial intrigue, cutthroat competition, and one scholar''s quest to uncover the truth.''IT''S THRILLING, ROMANTIC, OFTEN TRAGIC, AND ALWAYS FUNNY'' ALIX E. HARROW''SIMPLY GLORIOUS!'' GEORGIA SUMMERS''FIENDISHLY CHARMING AND CLEVER'' TASHA SURIShe might win the throne. She might destroy an empire. Either way, it begins with murder. After twenty-four years on the throne, it is time for Bersun the Brusque, emperor of Orrun, to bring his reign to an end. In the dizzying heat of mid-summer, seven contenders will compete to replace him. Trained at rival monasteries, each contender is inspired by a sacred animal - Fox, Raven, Tiger, Ox, Bear, Monkey, and Hound. An eighth - the Dragon proxy - will be revealed only once the trials have begun. Eight exceptional warriors, thinkers, strategists - the best of the best. Then one of them is murdered. It falls to the brilliant but idiosyncratic Neema Kraa to investigate. But as she hunts for a killer, darker forces are gathering. If Neema succeeds, she could win the throne - whether she wants it or not. But if she fails, she will sentence herself to death - and set in motion a sequence of events that could doom the empire . . .PRAISE FOR THE RAVEN SCHOLAR''The Raven Scholar is an intricately plotted historical mystery steeped in gothic charm and intellectual intrigue'' ?????''It [The Raven Scholar] is truly one of the best epic fantasy books I''ve read in a long time'' ?????''I have NEVER rooted a romance more'' ?????''This book is simply "Magnificent"'' ?????''Mature and sensible, but still idealistic, emotional, passion-driven [characters]'' ?????

Welcome to the spicy sequel of Shadowed Moonlight, the urban romantasy series filled with witches and werewolves.Kane and Briar are back . . . but so is the danger.Briar and Kane have solved Cambria''s murder, but the trouble keeps coming: Briar''s stepfather was the one pulling their strings all along. Now he''s compelling her to protect his secrets while he uses her as a pawn in his torturous game.Torn between her stepfather''s commands and her own heart, Briar struggles with her new role as her coven''s second. And with Kane as Alpha of the Northern Pack, duty threatens to rip them apart.Then Kane''s old flame reappears, igniting Briar''s jealousy and throwing another wrench into their suddenly complicated relationship.With secrets, suspicions, and powerful forces working to tear them apart, can Kane and Briar weather this storm?READERS LOVE IT''An unforgettable urban romantasy'' ?????''A compelling blend of mystery and romance'' ?????''This book had me on my KNEES'' ?????''The romance was incredible had me audibly squealing'' ?????''A gritty urban fantasy that will sink its claws into you from page one'' ?????

God has abandoned the world.Perfect for fans of Susanna Clarke and Andrew Taylor!A country in flames.1791. The age of belief and superstition is passing. A new light dawns. In Paris, revolution threatens to set the world ablaze.But whose hand stokes the fire?Across the sea in England, Thomas Peach lives in quiet retirement. Some call him a magician, others a madman. But when his friend the poetess Arabella Farthingay falls prey to a sinister seducer, Mr Peach''s fading powers are called on once more.He follows her to France - and into a world where reason contends with terror, brotherhood with bloodshed, and the last remnants of faith with the oldest enemy of them all...Praise for Jas Treadwell:''Treadwell''s book is a magnificent pastiche of 18th-century fiction''The Sunday Times''Tristram Shandy meets Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in a novel that addresses dark disturbing themes with tremendous wit, charm and elegance''Daily Express''Part historical pastiche, part gothic horror, this is an ambitious and stylistically bold 18th-century adventure with shades of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell''SFX''Treadwell''s book entertains and impresses . . . He must be heartily congratulated both for performing an extraordinary feat of literary ventriloquism and also for reminding us what historical fiction does best: create an entirely convincing vanished world while also using that world as a lens through which to view the present day''Guardian

"Absolutely fascinating . . . I wholeheartedly recommend it. She''s meeting people where they actually are . . . We all need it!" Ella Mills on The Wellness Scoop Podcast"An incredible book . . . I have recommended it to every single one of my friends with minis. It''s all about finding that ''messy middle'', not trying to be a perfect parent, and she is just phenomenal in how she guides the ''modern parent'' from newborn to secondary school." Chessie King''A really useful guide. . . it''s one of those books everybody should have on their shelf'' Gabby Logan ''Tara Porter is your sanity-bestowing guru'' Caitlin Moran______________________________________________________________________________________Every parent wants health and happiness for their baby growing up - but how to achieve that? What really is ''good enough'' when it comes to parenting? Parenting is in need of an update - we are living through unprecedented times and our children are struggling with their mental health. Dr Tara Porter is intent on reducing the pressure of modern parenting advice for both parents and children.As a mother of three and practicing psychologist with over 25 years of clinical experience, including within the NHS, Tara will show you how to find your ''good enough'', an approach that allows you to define your own role, avoid parental guilt and espouse an approach of balanced, boundaried emotional support, whilst retaining your sense of sanity and self as you do so.Discover Tara''s three key principles for: Relationship-based parenting at every age Firm and kind parenting Finding balance: not neglectful or perfect parenting, but somewhere in the middle _____________________________________________________________________________________ Reader reviews: ''We all know it''s impossible to be perfect: perfect children, perfect parents but still we chase the impossible. This book says to stop trying to be perfect. We just need to be good enough. It explains clearly how to do it at different stages of a child''s life. The book will work for parents, childcare and teaching professionals alike.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Porter honestly talks about her own parenting and professional expertise. She does not shy away from calling out the inconsistencies, soullessness or the unrealistic expectations of many parenting tips, and common practices in our modern world. I enjoyed her focus on love, support, joy, kindness and firmness, being good enough and acceptance of change . . . Very strong and engaging book that makes you feel okay to be good enough.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

''I absolutely loved this book and found myself drawn in and unable to put it down from page one! I can see this being a great pick for anyone who loved Daisy Jones and The Six'' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''I seriously loved this book! It brought together two of my great loves in life, music and books... The characters were out of this world! I felt all of the emotions... What a wonderful story'' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐They were a rock ''n'' roll love story... until he disappeared without a trace... Jane Pyre was part of the famous rock ''n'' roll duo, the Lightning Bottles. But when her bandmate, and soulmate, Elijah Hart went missing at the height of their fame she became the most vilified, misunderstood woman in music. Jane retreats to the countryside, but she can''t escape her past. Her new neighbour is a Lightning Bottles superfan claiming she has evidence Elijah is still alive and leaving secret messages in different cities. Suddenly Jane is in a race against time to uncover the mystery about her star-crossed love... But will the truth mend her heart or finally break it forever? Combining a mystery, a love story and a coming of age, this unforgettable novel is perfect for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Idea of You and Songs in Ursa Major - and will have you hooked from the very first page!Everyone loves The Lightning Bottles:''If you enjoy rock n roll love stories and Daisy Jones and The Six you will really like this book. I absolutely could not put it down!... A great summer read'' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Wow - I absolutely loved this... 5 stars!'' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''I wish I could give this book 10 stars! From the very start of Elijah and Jane''s relationship, I was absolutely hooked'' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''WOW. I could not put this book down. I loved the grunge, rock & roll, music feel of this book... I read this book in 2 days'' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''A book that you can''t put down!!'' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Wow, this was such a great book! I loved both Jane and Elijah and thought their love story was inspiring'' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

***Winner of the Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction***YOUR HUSBAND HAS BEEN ARRESTED.Maggie''s husband is suddenly arrested in the middle of the night, on suspicion of murder.When Grant dies in custody, her world implodes.EVERYONE BELIEVES HE IS GUILTY. All the evidence points to Grant being a killer - including DNA at the scene.But how can this be true when he was with Maggie all night?ONLY YOU CAN PROVE THEM WRONG.Following a trail of deception, it''s up to her to uncover the truth.But Maggie has a secret too. Something she hasn''t told anyone.She was with her husband all night - apart from one missing hour...

They've got each other's bags. Will they find each other's hearts? Sophie isn't going to let a little thing like divorce stop her from flying to New York to see her family. Mike isn't going to let a little thing like losing his wife stop him from flying to New York for work. The one thing they both know for certain is that they're done with love: they're too old, too tired, too lonely for any of it.But life has other plans... And when the luggage carousel at JFK airport decides to give them each the wrong suitcase, they agree that a friendly dinner in the big apple won't do any harm. After all, love stories come when you least expect them - and if his briefcase and her sunshine yellow bag got mixed up, who's to say their hearts can't get mixed up too?So begins a love story of second chances and connection later in life, all set against the backdrop of New York City...

''Searing''Observer''Blistering''i''A pitch-dark, pitch-perfect literary horror''Luke KennardThere is something creeping at the edge of your vision, lingering somewhere just out of focus. All it would take is to let your mind wander, to let it come into view.A young woman wakes after a house party with scratches and bruises - and a gap in her memory.As the violent truth comes back to her - a series of events she struggles to name - her anger grows.Solace comes in the form of enigmatic, captivating Helene, who knows what the man at the party did, has suffered at his hands too. An act of violence demands one in return and Helene is planning revenge.But who can afford to ask for justice, when the cost is murderously high?

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ''The Accidental Soldier is brilliant. It''s hilarious. It''s laugh-out-loud funny. A confident 11/10.''-The Wavell Room podcast''An instant classic'' RICHARD CURTIS''A non-fiction Catch-22'' MATT HAIG Readers are LOVING The Accidental Soldier:''One of the funniest books you will ever read'' ?????''I absolutely loved it - it''s so very funny but also very poignant in parts. I can''t recommend it enough'' ?????''Very funny, thought-provoking and a fantastic read. I thoroughly enjoyed it'' ????? ''I''ve spent 15 years waiting for a book which entertainingly brings to life the humour, mundanity & absurdity of serving in Iraq . . . Thankfully this is that book and it is excellent'' ????? ''Absolutely brilliant from start to finish . . . Just when you feel the situation is about to drop off a cliff (again!), Mulligan turns it around with a jab of wit as amusing yet as honest as the chance of surviving in a Snatch Land Rover in Basra. Read it in three evenings'' ????? -------Owain Mulligan was never what you''d call a career soldier. Nor even a particularly good one. At weekends he trained with the Territorial Army and dreamt of swapping the mayhem of teaching in a tough school for the adventure of service in Iraq. At least they''d let him wear a helmet in Iraq.But when the job in headquarters he''s been expecting doesn''t materialise, he finds himself on the streets of Basra during one of the most violent periods of the conflict. Between homicidal militias, a chain of command who seem determined to get him killed, and equipment which might well do it for them, he and his men have their work cut out. It certainly puts double geography with 9E into perspective.The Accidental Soldier is a searingly honest and darkly funny account of what it was really like being in the British Army in Iraq (including all the bits they probably hoped you''d never find out). We share all the hardships, fears, and occasional lunacy of military life as Owain and his men try to navigate a war gone badly wrong. One thing''s for sure; you''ll never look at the phrase ''military precision'' in quite the same way again...------ ''This book is absolutely incredible. It made me laugh more than any book in so many years. I found the writing just so unbelievably brilliant and hilarious and affecting . . . I am crazy about it!'' - Marina Hyde''I loved it . . . relentlessly funny and really well written'' - John Oliver''Authentic and compulsive'' - Richard E. Grant''A fascinating insight into the often farcical chaos and catastrophe of war. Reads like a non-fiction Catch-22. Compelling, enlightening and bleakly funny. A jaw-dropping read.'' - Matt Haig''An instant classic - a deeply funny and mordant book about war.'' - Richard Curtis ------100% of the author''s royalty earnings (expected to be at least L20,000) from sales of the book in the UK & Commonwealth will be given to War Child (a registered charity, charity number 1071659) and its wholly owned subsidiary War Child Trading Limited (a registered company, company number 05100189).

''A searingly beautiful novel''Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things''Outstanding, and has lingered in my head for a very long time''PrimaHow do you survive the unsurvivable?Rachel lives with her husband Tom and their two children: it''s the ordinary family life she always thought she''d have. All of that changes in an instant - when Tom runs the family car off the road, seeking to end his own life, and take his wife and children with him. Rachel is left to pore over the wreckage to try and understand what happened - to find a way to go on living afterwards. What emerges is a snapshot of what it''s like to live alongside someone who is suffering, how you keep yourself afloat when the person you love is drowning, and how you survive irreparable loss. Impossible to turn away from, Show Me Where It Hurts is a compelling, heartbreaking and ultimately life-affirming story of recovery and unexpected hope.

''Truly original . . . deeply weird, deeply funny and deeply felt''DAILY TELEGRAPHA CLASSIC STORY OF GIRL MEETS PLANE.A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN TIME, VOX, AND VULTURE''Batty and brilliant''THE TIMES''Very strange and very funny''GUARDIAN''Surprisingly tender. Deliciously weird''RACHEL YODER, author of NIGHTBITCH''Wonderfully weird and worryingly convincing''CHARLOTTE MENDELSON, author of THE EXHIBITIONIST ''A little bit JG Ballard, a little bit Ottessa Moshfegh''DAILY MAIL''Very strange and very funny''GUARDIAN LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZELinda makes $20 an hour as a content moderator, flagging comments that violate a tech conglomerate''s terms and conditions. Each night, she returns to the windowless room in a garage that she rents from a family who pretend she isn''t there.But once a month, she escapes to San Francisco International Airport for a clandestine meeting on the cheapest flight out that night. Linda''s secret is that she''s sexually attracted to planes: their intelligent windscreens, sleek fuselages and powerful engines make her feel a way that no human lover ever could.Linda believes her destiny is to someday ''marry'' one of her suitors by dying in a plane crash, a catastrophic event that would unite her with her soulmate plane for eternity. So when her co-worker Karina invites her to join a group of women using vision boards to manifest their desires, she can''t resist the chance to hasten her romantic fate. However, as the vision boards seem to manifest items more quickly - and more literally - than Linda had expected, the carefully balanced elements of her life begin to spin out of her control, and she must choose between maintaining the trappings of normalcy or launching herself headlong towards her greatest dream.''We can''t remember the last time we met a character this singular or read a book this funny''OPRAH''S BOOK CLUB''A dog whistle for the true freaks - never have I felt so seen! I loved it''RITA BULLWINKEL, author of the Booker Prize-longlisted HEADSHOTDiscover what readers are saying about the wildest book you''ll read this year . . . ''This book is truly unlike anything I''ve read before. It is strange and wild and so enjoyable''NetGalley reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''As soon as I saw Sky Daddy was available, I stopped everything and ran (digitally) to NetGalley to beg/plead/scream/cry for the book. It is everything I hoped it would be and more. Do yourself a favour and pick up this original and engaging book''NetGalley reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''This book was absolutely wild . . . I laughed out loud at parts of this and I truly had the best time with this. The concept is absurd but it made for a brilliant novel''NetGalley reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''This is one of my most anticipated reads of 2025 and boy did it live up to my expectations. Such a quirky book but really fascinating to read. I really loved the characters, the storyline, and just how downright weird it was! 100% recommend if you love your books weird and wild. Well done again Kate Folk!!''NetGalley reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Edinburgh, 1948. Welfare Officer Helen Crowther has enough on her plate between her hectic job, her complicated love life, and her growing reputation as a troublemaker. Last year''s scandal did nothing to help with the disapproval she already gets as a woman in her line of work.All she wants now is to focus on doing what she loves: helping the poor of the Fountainbridge ward in the city of Edinburgh. The last thing she needs is another string of murders to distract her . . .But when a gentleman dressed in working-man''s clothing winds up dead right under Helen''s nose, and she catches her own father in a very risky lie, Helen is propelled back into the dark world where class rules, justice is hard to come by and gruesome death is everywhere.Helen has already learned some hard truths about her city, but this investigation is about to reveal just how deep corruption can go . . .