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Your favourite Glasgow detective is back with a brand new case''Move over Rebus'' DAILY MAIL''One of the best'' LITERARY REVIEW''Immensely exciting and atmospheric'' ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH''Few have matched the sustained quality of her output'' THE TIMES_____________________DSI William Lorimer first meets Meredith St Claire when he is giving a careers talk at his goddaughter''s school. The popular and glamorous drama teacher is distraught, begging him to investigate her fiancé''s recent disappearance, but with a report already made to the relevant authorities, there''s nothing more Lorimer can do.Until a body is discovered on the outskirts of Glasgow. Guy Richmond was a wealthy and charismatic actor, adored by everyone. Or so it first seems. But as Lorimer and his team are drawn deeper into the mystifying world of professional theatre, they find themselves caught in a web of confidences and rivalry, thwarted dreams and ruthless ambition. For it seems the finest actors of all are those with the darkest secrets to hide.

Few people can say they have shaped the cultural landscape of the last four decades while crossing paths with some of the most extraordinary personalities on the planet. But then, of course, Dylan Jones isn't just anyone. These Foolish Things captivatingly charts Dylan's life: from his peripatetic childhood and late adolescence in 1970s London - a city then alive with possibility - to his award-winning tenure at what would become one of the most dynamic magazines of its era, GQ. It details how he came to be in that hot seat: a journey through the Swinging London slipstreams of punk and new romanticism, and through i-D, The Face and Arena, which created the platform on which GQ was based, with Dylan as a common denominator. Littered with a gold-star cast of characters - including a who's who of celebrity from David Bowie and Bryan Ferry to Alastair Campbell and Prince Charles, via Samuel L. Jackson, Piers Morgan and Rihanna - this memoir reflects on how GQ became an established style and how Dylan sought to stir up music, politics and fashion. Witty, perceptive and deliciously entertaining, but by turns bravely vulnerable, These Foolish Things is a memoir like no other: a dazzling retelling of the start of the twenty-first century from one of the world's most fascinating media giants.

LONGLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT AWARD 2025From the New York Times bestselling author of Mostly Dead Things, a sparkling and funny new novel of entertainment, ambition, art, and love - for anyone who''s ever been called funny as an insultCherry Hendricks might be down on her luck, but she can write the book on what makes something funny: she''s a professional clown who creates raucous, zany fun at gigs all over Orlando. Between clowning and her shifts at an aquarium store for extra cash, she''s always hustling. Not to mention balancing her judgmental mother, her messy love life, and her equally messy community of fellow performers.Things start looking up when Cherry meets Margot the Magnificent - a much older lesbian magician - who seems to have worked out the lines between art, business, and life, and has a slick, successful career to prove it. With Margot''s mentorship and industry connections, Cherry is sure to take her art to the next level. Plus, Margot is sexy as hell. It''s not long before Cherry must decide how much she''s willing to risk for Margot and for her own explosive new act - and what kind of clown she wants to be under her suit. Equal parts bravado, tenderness and humour, and bursting with misfits, magicians and mimes, Stop Me If You''ve Heard This One is a masterpiece of comedic fiction that asks big questions about art and performance, friendship and community, and the importance of timing in jokes and in life.

Rule One: Travel can only occur to a point within your lifetime. Rule Two: You can only travel for ninety seconds. Rule Three: You can only observe. The rules cannot be broken. This is not the story you think you know. And the rules are only the beginning. The Third Rule of Time Travel is a riveting sci-fi thriller that packs an emotional punch from acclaimed author Philip Fracassi, perfect for fans of The Space Between Worlds and Severance. Praise for Philip Fracassi:' A clever premise digs its heels into a sci-fi thriller that breaks into a gallop from the first page - exciting, haunting, compelling stuff' Chuck Wendig'Frighteningly plausible science fiction. . .chilling and unpredictable' Tyler Jones, author of Midas'Fracassi makes terror read so damn beautifully' Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling'Unrelenting and highly entertaining' Thomas Olde Heuvelt, author of Hex'A smart and deftly-written tale' Nick Cutter, author of The Troop'As poignant as it is chilling, with a fast-paced, unflinching ending' Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger'The most unsettling novel I have read all year' Ronald Malfi, author of Black Mouth'Harrowing and claustrophobic' Christopher Golden, author of Road of Bones'Fracassi. . . builds his horrific tales slowly and carefully...he's especially skilful at creating, and sustaining, suspense' The New York Times'Gut-wrenching, heart breaking, and terrifying' Andy Davidson, author of The Boatman's Daughter'Fracassi's storytelling is. . . horror with a big, broken heart' Esquire

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA fast-paced, tender-hearted rock 'n' roll memoir for the ages, Mike Campbell's Heartbreaker is part rags-to-riches story and part raucous, seat-of-the-pants adventure, recounting Campbell's life and times as lead guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Mike Campbell was the lead guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from the band's inception in 1976 to Petty's tragic death in 2017. His iconic, melodic playing helped form the foundation of the band's sound, as heard on definitive classics like 'American Girl', 'Breakdown', 'Don't Come Around Here No More', 'Mary Jane's Last Dance', 'Learning to Fly' and 'Into the Great Wide Open'. Together, Petty and Campbell wrote countless songs, including some of the band's biggest hits: 'Refugee', 'Here Comes My Girl', 'You Got Lucky' and 'Runnin' Down a Dream' among them. From their early days in Florida to their dizzying rise to superstardom to Petty's acclaimed, platinum-selling solo albums Full Moon Fever and Wildflowers, Petty never made a record without him. Their work together is timeless, as are the career-defining hits Campbell co-wrote with Don Henley ('The Boys of Summer') and with Petty for Stevie Nicks ('Stop Draggin' My Heart Around'). But few know of the less-than-glamorous background from which Campbell emerged - a hardscrabble childhood on the north side of Jacksonville, often just days ahead of homelessness, raised by a single mother struggling on minimum wage. After months of saving, his mother bought him a $15 pawnshop acoustic guitar for his sixteenth birthday. With a chord book and a transistor radio, Campbell painstakingly taught himself to play. When a chance encounter with a guidance counsellor inspired him to enrol in the University of Florida, Campbell - broke, with nowhere else to go and the Vietnam draft looming - moved into a rundown farmhouse in Gainesville, where he met a twenty-year-old Tom Petty. They were soon inseparable. Together they chased their shared dream all the way to Los Angeles, where Campbell would meet his destiny, and the love of his life, Marcie. It was an at-times gruelling dream come true that took Campbell from the very bottom to the absolute top, where Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers would remain for decades, creating an astonishing body of work. Brilliant, soft-spoken and intensely private, Campbell opens up within these pages for the first time, revealing himself to be an astute observer of triumphs, tragedies and absurdities alike, with a songwriter's eye for the telling detail and a voice as direct and unpretentious as his music. An instant classic, Heartbreaker is Mike Campbell's heartfelt portrait of one throwaway kid's lifesaving love of music and the creative heights he achieved through luck, collaboration, humility and extraordinary talent.

A brand-new collection from the award-winning poet, the companion piece to the Sunday Times bestselling Slug''Funny, so smart and refreshingly honest'' SARAH MILLICAN''Hollie McNish''s words always sweep me away'' GIOVANNA FLETCHER''Bold, hilarious and tender'' SALENA GODDENThis book is written out of both hate and love for the worldAs people, we are capable of both love and hate; amazement and disgust; fun and misery. So why do we live in a world that is constantly telling us to hate, both ourselves and others? We are told to be repulsed by our own bodies, bodies that let us laugh and sweat and eat toast; to be ashamed of pleasure; to be embarrassed by fun. In this collection, Hollie McNish brings her inimitable style to the question of what have been taught to hate, and if we might learn to love again.''Never have we needed her more'' STYLIST''I''ve loved her work for years'' JO BRAND''She writes with honesty, conviction, humour and love'' KAE TEMPEST

'raw content is a work of dark, aching beauty' Helen Jukes, author of Mother Animal'A stunning mix of horror and tenderness, love and despair. It's rare to see such a raw and real account of early motherhood' Kirsty Logan, author of The Unfamiliar: A Queer Motherhood Memoir'A brooding and bruising psychodrama about the anxieties of 21st century motherhood, that links the primal potency of the female body with the northern landscape's elemental power' Stu Hennigan, author of Ghost Signs'My childhood was a map marked with danger zones . . . Me and my sister were cared for. We were bathed and fed and clothed. But, as with many children, we couldn't have told you if we were loved. Our experience of care came in the form of a warning'Grace's work requires her to be careful. She spends her days reading and editing legal case files, making sure the latest judgments are published as quickly and accurately as possible. But outside of her work, Grace is not a careful person. Her father's history as a police officer working across an infamous case shadows her life, as does the violent history entrenched across the Colne Valley landscape of her childhood, and her fears often surface as recklessness. When Grace becomes unexpectedly pregnant, she tries to accommodate her boyfriend and the prospect of the baby in her life. But after the relief and strange joy of the birth, Grace starts to imagine all sorts of terrible injuries and deaths befalling her child. The steep stairs to her apartment, the kitchen scissors, a boiling kettle all suddenly hold visceral and overwhelming potential for disaster. The baby's vulnerability terrifies her: fault-lines in her relationship begin to show, and her family history and repressed memories of violence break to the surface. Tender, gripping and life-affirming, raw content tells the story of a woman grappling with a new form of love that feels like a disaster.

'The detective novels of M C Beaton have reached cult status' The Times'Every new Agatha Raisin escapade is a total joy' Ashley Jensen'No wonder she's been crowned Queen of Cosy Crime' Mail on Sunday'A Beaton novel is like The Archers on speed' Daily Mail------------Life is never dull in Agatha Raisin's sleepy Cotswolds village! The newest cosy mystery in the million-copy bestselling Agatha Raisin crime series. Agatha Raisin's private detective agency is working flat out on a series of burglaries which take a violent turn when a friend of Agatha's is murdered during a raid on his antiques shop. Although determined to nail the villains, Agatha still makes time to help Sir Charles Fraith prepare to stage a massive, hugely glamorous event in the grounds of his ancestral home, Barfield House. When Agatha begins to receive death threats and narrowly avoids being abducted by kidnappers, she takes advantage of a previously arranged trip to Majorca to lie low for a while. There she meets her partner, former police officer John Glass, who is now working as a dance instructor on a cruise liner. Their relationship founders over John's apparent closeness to his stage dance partner, Louise. Putting her love life on hold, Agatha heads home, having worked out who has been threatening her life. Can Agatha track down the would-be killer, nail her friend's murderers and rescue her romance with John? Everything comes to a climax at the Barfield Extravaganza when on top of everything else, Agatha also manages to solve a 400-year-old Cotswold murder mystery!------------Praise for M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin mysteries:'Irresistible, unputdownable, a joy' Anne Robinson'Full of perfectly pitched interest, intrigue, and charm' Lee Child'Agatha is like Miss Marple with a drinking problem, a pack-a-day habit and major man lust. In fact, I think she could be living my dream life' Entertainment Weekly'M. C. Beaton's imperfect heroine is an absolute gem' Publishers Weekly

Harness the power of adaptability to embrace change, overcome obstacles and achieve success.Women are facing more pressure and stress than ever before. Between work, childcare, caregiving responsibilities, maintaining relationships and looking after finances, many are struggling to manage the demands placed on them, with a significant number feeling overwhelmed and unable to cope at times. These challenges are something that Denise Lewis understands well; as an athlete, broadcaster, woman, and mother, her life, like that of many women, is one of constant adaptation. Now, Denise is determined to help women harness the power of adaptability. She aims to teach you how to become your own life coach and navigate the many roles we take on throughout life. In Adaptability, she will guide you through seven key lessons learned from her experiences both on and off the track, including maintaining your identity, building resilience, seeking support, trusting your instincts, and more. By applying these principles, women from all backgrounds can unlock their full potential, develop the tools to overcome challenges, and embrace their multifaceted identities both at work and beyond.While we may not be able to have it all, we can come close by consciously cultivating the skills needed to thrive in every area of our lives.

''A vigorous and engaging new study of the Irish famine . . . Richly underpinned by research in contemporary sources and firmly rooted in historical scholarship.'' Fintan O''Toole''A vivid, polemical narrative that does justice to victims and explains the ideologies that worsened the disaster.'' Irish Independent''Scanlan''s history of the ''''Great Hunger'' and its repercussions is meticulous, measured and damning.'' Financial Times''Mr. Scanlan''s haunting and terrible book is undoubtedly a history title of the year.'' Wall Street JournalIn the 1800s, as Britain became the world''s most powerful industrial empire, Ireland starved. The Great Famine fractured long-held assumptions about political economy and ''civilisation'', threatening disorder in Britain. Ireland was a laboratory for empire, shaping British ideas about colonisation, population, ecology and work.In Rot, Padraic Scanlan reinterprets the history of this time and the result is a revelatory account of Ireland''s Great Famine. In the first half of the nineteenth century, nowhere in Europe - or the world - did the working poor depend as completely on potatoes as in Ireland. To many British observers, potatoes were evidence of a lack of modernity among the Irish. However, Ireland before the famine more closely resembled capitalism''s future than its past. While poverty before and during the Great Famine was often blamed on Irish backwardness, it did in fact stem from the British Empire''s embrace of modern capitalism. Uncovering the disaster''s roots in Britain''s deep imperial faith in markets and capitalism, Rot reshapes our understanding of the Famine and its tragic legacy.

Make family life even more fun and easier for everyone with these creative hacks that save you time and money! Time is so precious when you're a mum. It's something you can't buy and it's something there never seems to be enough of. We can feel like we are failing if we can't do it all. What I'm sharing in my first book are ways that have helped me to navigate motherhood; saved me money, my sanity and, most importantly, my time. Which means less time spent stressing on things like the school run, long car journeys, holidays or mid-week meals and more time spent having fun as a family. My hacks probably began in my own childhood and I love sharing them now, like recipes being passed to the next generation. So here are 150 ways that I hope make your life easier, giving you more time to make wonderful memories with your own family. Casey x

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERDr Jessica Taylor grew up on a council estate where brutality and coercion were normalised, and where substance abuse was a day-to-day occurrence. Now one of the UK's most spirited advocates for women's rights, and a leading chartered psychologist helping women and girls subjected to violence and trauma, Jessica shares her own personal journey for the very first time. Told through a series of absorbing vignettes spanning from her childhood days to gaining her PhD in forensic psychology, Underclass is a memoir about extraordinary strength, the complexities of belonging, and finding your power even when it feels as though the world is against you. Do you bend to fit in, or do you accept that you will always stand out? Do you run away from your roots, or love them for making you who you are? Do you fade into mediocrity, or do you change the worl? aylor recounts with dark humour and unflinching detail the various lives she's lived, covering the violence suffered at the hands of her abusers, the realities of becoming a mother in her teenage years, coming to terms with her sexuality, putting herself through university, and overcoming underhand discrimination at work. She poignantly delves into both the classist and misogynistic double standards that she has faced throughout her life, whether she was waking up on a roundabout by the estate or chairing a parliamentary conference. You can take the girl out of the council estate, but you can't take the council estate out of the girl. Especially when it made her who she is today. The result is deeply moving, searingly honest, horribly funny and, above all, unforgettable; a memoir that stays with you long after you've turned the last page.

THE BRAND-NEW NOVEL FROM MAGGIE MASON, AUTHOR OF THE HALFPENNY GIRLS AND THE FORTUNE TELLERSShe''ll do anything to protect her family from war . . .BLACKPOOL, 1914Seventeen-year-old Maddie has grown up in a boarding house on one of Blackpool''s poorest streets. Life is busy, but happy, as she works alongside her mother taking care of their visitors. But when war breaks out, her happiness is shattered as her fiancé is called up to fight for his country, and suddenly Maddie''s future is filled with uncertainty.As Blackpool becomes a training ground for the army, the guesthouse is used as a billet for soldiers, and Maddie soon finds herself drawn to one in particular: Arnie. As the pair grow close and his departure date nears, their feelings for one another intensify. Little does she know, the short six weeks she''s known and loved Arnie will impact the rest of her life . . .As Maddie comes to terms with a future she couldn''t have ever imagined, her best friend Daisy, working in her mother''s café on Blackpool promenade, promises to help any way she can.With so much change and uncertainty on the horizon, can Maddie protect her growing family from the hardships of war?A heart-wrenching and touching wartime novel about motherhood, hardship and courageous women during WWII. The perfect read for fans of Val Wood, Kitty Neale and Rosie Goodwin.

DISCOVER THE DU MAURIER DARK ROMANCE COLLECTION'A brilliantly executed thriller' VOGUE'Daphne du Maurier has no equal' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'The master of slow-burning menace' STACEY HALLS'Her influence on fiction is incalculable, her imagination unsurpassable' ANDREW MICHAEL HURLEYShe was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or earth she loved him. He had kissed her, and she was bound to him for ever. On a bitter November evening, Mary Yellan crosses the windswept Cornish moors to seek revenge with her Aunt Patience at Jamaica Inn. But the crumbling inn is no safe haven, and Patience is a changed woman, cowering before her domineering husband Joss. In fear of her life, and disturbed by her powerful attraction to Joss's younger brother, Mary is soon plunged into a brutal world of smuggling and murder in which she can trust no one - not even herself. 'The author's stunning evocation of her beloved Cornwall is the real star of this book' RUTH WARE

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE''S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME''As dazzling as anything brought off by Ellery Queen or Agatha Christie'' New York Times''Incomparable excitement'' New York TimesDorothy meets a handsome young man with an eye for her inheritance while she is in her sophomore year. They are to be married and her life will be blissful; but Dorothy is pregnant and her fiancé''s plans are ruined, for Dorothy would be disinherited if her father discovered the truth.So the young man provides his bride to be with some pills that will solve the problem. Soon there will be no baby - and perhaps no Dorothy either... A Kiss before Dying, Levin''s first novel, earned him the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and is regarded as a modern classic.This edition includes a brand new introduction by Anthony Horowitz.

'Wherever Emery Robin goes from here, I'm going to follow' Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times bestselling authorFrom one of the most original voices in science fiction comes the spectacular sequel to the epic, interstellar love story that began in The Stars Undying. Goddess, tell me the story. Matheus Ceirran, commander of half the known world, is dead. For the past year, his loyal captain Anita has hunted down his assassins-that is, when she can pull herself from the bed of Altagracia Caviro Patramata, queen and oracle of the client planet of Szayet. But when Anita's quest for revenge takes her across the borders of an enigmatic neighboring empire, she uncovers a dangerous secret that could upend the fragile balance of the galaxy. Meanwhile, Ceirran's heir apparent Otávio Julhan grows more and more powerful in the capital that Anita has left behind. Caught between home, Szayet, and a new and greater threat, Anita finds herself at the center of a war that threatens to collapse her world. The fate of empires dances on the tip of a knife, and history will be written by the victors in this sweeping tale of myth, imperial legacy, and the love affair of a lifetime. Praise for this duology: 'Dazzling, transportive, boundless, precise-and dares to ask, what if Mark Antony was the hottest butch girl in space?' Casey McQuiston'Gorgeously written, impeccably characterized, and profoundly aware of the way the ghosts of history linger' Emily Tesh 'A glittering triumph of a book that weaves together history and tragedy into a star-spanning epic' Everina Maxwell