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'Mesmerising from beginning to end.' Lizzie LaneYorkshire 1860 With
the heat of their beloved India far behind them, Evie Davenport and
her widowed British Army officer father, are starting a new life in
England. But Evie is struggling. With her dearest mother gone,
Yorkshire with its cold, damp countryside and strict societal rules
makes Evie feel suffocated and alone. Her friendship with Sophie
Bellingham, the gently reared daughter of a wealthy rail baron, is
Evie's only comfort. Until the arrival of local cotton mill owner,
Alexander Lucas. Newly returned from America, it is expected
Alexander will marry and finally make England his home. And Sophie
with her family connections and polite manners is the obvious
choice. But when Alexander meets Evie, a simmering passion ignites
between them. Evie, with her rebellious spirit is like no other
woman Alex has ever met, but to reject Sophie for Evie would cause
a scandal and devastate everyone Evie loves. Evie knows she must do
her duty. But in doing so faces the unbearable future of being
without the man she loves. Praise for AnneMarie Brear: 'AnneMarie
Brear writes gritty, compelling sagas that grip from the first
page.' Fenella J Miller 'Poignant, powerful and searingly
emotional, AnneMarie Brear stands shoulder to shoulder with the
finest works by some of the genre's greatest writers such as
Catherine Cookson, Audrey Howard and Rosamunde Pilcher.'
A collection of Kafka's greatest short fiction, translated by
Michael Hofmann Kafka's masterpiece of unease and black humour,
Metamorphosis, the story of an ordinary man transformed into an
insect, is brought together in this collection with the rest of his
works that he thought worthy of publication. It includes
Contemplation, a collection of his earlier short studies; The
Judgement, written in a single night of frenzied creativity; The
Stoker, the first chapter of a novel set in America; and an
eyewitness account of an air display. Together, these stories,
fragments and miniature gems reveal the breadth of his vision, his
sense of the absurd, and above all his acute, uncanny wit.
Translated with an introduction by Michael Hofmann
First published in 1944 Fell Murder sees E.C.R. Lorac at the height
of her considerable powers as a purveyor of well-made, traditional
and emphatic detective fiction. The book presents a fascinating
`return of the prodigal' mystery set in the later stages of the
Second World War amidst the close-knit farmerfolk community of
Lancashire's lovely Lune valley. The Garths had farmed their
fertile acres for generations and fine land it was with the
towering hills of the Lake Country on the far horizon. Garthmere
Hall itself was old before Flodden Field, and here hot-tempered
Robert Garth, still hale and hearty at eighty-two, ruled his
household with a rod of iron. The peaceful dales and fells of the
north country provide the setting for this grim story of a murder,
a setting in fact which is one of the attractive features of an
unusual and distinctive tale of evil passions and murderous hate in
a small rural community.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and
Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of
Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century
Mexico. 'ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022' - She Reads
'The imagination of Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a thing of wonder,
restless and romantic, fearless in the face of genre, embracing the
polarities of storytelling' - New York Times Carlota Moreau: A
young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe
from the conflict and strife of the Yucatan peninsula, the only
daughter of a genius - or a madman. Montgomery Laughton: A
melancholic overseer with a tragic past and a propensity for
alcohol, an outcast who assists Dr Moreau with his scientific
experiments, which are financed by the Lizaldes, owners of
magnificent haciendas with plentiful coffers. The hybrids: The
fruits of the Doctor's labour, destined to blindly obey their
creator while they remain in the shadows, are a motley group of
part-human, part-animal monstrosities. All of them are living in a
perfectly balanced and static world which is jolted by the abrupt
arrival of Eduardo Lizalde, the charming and careless son of Doctor
Moreau's patron - who will, unwittingly, begin a dangerous
chain-reaction. For Moreau keeps secrets, Carlota has questions,
and in the sweltering heat of the jungle passions may ignite.
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