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A fantasy for anyone who ever had a crush on the villain of the tale.
This 'delicious, subversive treat of a book' (Leigh Bardugo) is the
first adult novel from beloved YA author Sarah Rees Brennan.
A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO'S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN...
When her whole life collapsed, Rae still had books. Dying, she seizes a
second chance at living: a magical bargain that lets her enter the
world of her favourite fantasy series.
She wakes in a castle on the edge of a hellish chasm, in a kingdom on
the brink of war. Home to dangerous monsters, scheming courtiers and
her favourite fictional character: the Once and Forever Emperor. He's
impossibly alluring, as only fiction can be. And in this fantasy world,
she discovers she's not the heroine, but the villainess in the
Emperor's tale.
So be it. The wicked are better dressed, with better one-liners, even
if they're doomed to bad ends. She assembles the wildly disparate
villains of the story under her evil leadership, plotting to change
their fate. But as the body count rises and the Emperor's fury
increases, it seems Rae and her allies may not survive to see the final
page.
Lady of the Drowned Empire is the third book in a sensational romantic
series. Perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout, Danielle L. Jensen,
and Rebecca Yarros.
Claim the fire, or be consumed.
Blindsided by betrayal and stripped of their royal titles, Lyr and her
sisters' only hope of survival is to throw themselves into the Bamarian
Court. Struggling to hide their illegal magic while living amongst
their enemies.
But the Imperators are determined to set their plans into motion, with
Lyr's true identity placing her at the centre of their twisted game. As
Morgana's magic intensifies to its breaking point, she comes face to
face with the Lumerian Empire's most insidious secret - one that
threatens all their lives.
To save her sisters, Lyr must escape Bamaria with Rhyan. Hunted by
demons and tracked across borders by the Empire's forces, they're
determined to solve the puzzle Lyr's mother left behind. But claiming
Lyr's power may not be enough as an ancient evil returns to Lumeria.
A LUSH ROMANTASY, INSPIRED BY CLEOPATRA AND FEATURING A HIGH-STAKES
MILITARY ACADEMY AND DEADLY FORBIDDEN ROMANCE.
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Ghost Soldier
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Mike Maden; Created by Clive Cussler
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A deadly war game. An adversary as hard to find as he is to kill. Weapons so sophisticated, none have seen the like before. Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon have finally met their match in this pulse-pounding new adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.
When African jihadis attack a Nigerian regiment using American weapons, Cabrillo and the Oregon crew are on the case, investigating from Afghanistan to Kuala Lumpur to track a mysterious arms dealer—a genius, or perhaps a devil—known only as the Vendor.
Cabrillo goes undercover to find the Vendor’s base, but his adversary isn’t just an arms smuggler. He’s an arms maker, and Cabrillo just walked into a lethal military game alongside the most dangerous mercenaries in the world, designed to test the Vendor’s cutting-edge AI arsenal.
And yet, surviving an arena full of flame-throwing robots isn’t even his biggest problem. The Vendor has an army of high-speed drones headed for a pivotal military site, and if the Oregon crew can’t stop them from releasing a deadly neurotoxin, the entire globe will erupt in conflict.
Guardian of the Drowned Empire is the second book in a sensational
romantic series. Perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout, Danielle
L. Jensen, and Rebecca Yarros.
Loyalty will be tested. Lines will be crossed. Ancient promises will be
reforged.
Lyr has only three months to prepare for a test that will decide her
fate. Despite Rhyan's promise of additional training, her life has
never been in more danger, and her enemies inch closer every day.
Staying safe means more time under Rhyan's protection. But the closer
they become, the more their desire ignites, and the harder it becomes
to resist temptation. Secrets can only remain hidden for so long.
As new threats arrive at the Bamarian border, Lyr delves deeper into
solving the mystery of her power. But revealing these secrets and
surviving the Emperor's test may cost Lyr more than she can bargain for.
And most dangerous of all: as passion burns, oaths will be broken.
A LUSH ROMANTASY, INSPIRED BY CLEOPATRA AND FEATURING A HIGH-STAKES
MILITARY ACADEMY AND DEADLY FORBIDDEN ROMANCE.
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Wild River
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Laura Pavlov
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I may be the lawyer, but she's the one judging me …
A bad boy small-town lawyer meets his match. Welcome to Magnolia Falls,
perfect for fans of Elsie Silver, Lucy Score and B.K. Borison!
Ruby Rose declared me the enemy before I had a chance to defend
myself. I may be an attorney, but this girl had appointed herself
judge and jury. And I’d never minded a good verbal sparring.
But the more we fought – the more I craved her. Until our arguing
turned into a bit of a wager. One I was determined to win. One time.
Sixty seconds. A secret only we would share.
But from the minute we crossed the line, there was no turning back.
Ruby Rose may have given me more than sixty seconds, but she wasn’t
offering forever. And now my world doesn’t work without her in it.
But how do I convince her to stay, when she already has one foot out
the door?
The Manipulator
I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me.
I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh.
But my words don't affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to
leave.
He's always there, watching and waiting.
And I can never look away.
Not when I want him to come closer.
The Shadow
I didn't mean to fall in love.
But now that I have, I can't stay away.
I'm mesmerized by her smile, by her eyes, and the way she moves.
The way she undresses...
I'll keep watching and waiting. Until I can make her mine.
And once she is, I'll never let her go.
Not even when she begs me to.
While not required, it is highly suggested to read the novella, Satan's
Affair, first.
Author's Note: This book ends on a cliffhanger. For CWs, please check
the author's website.
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The Hours
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Michael Cunningham
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Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and Pen Faulkner prize. Made into an
Oscar-winning film, ‘The Hours’ is a daring and deeply affecting novel
inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf.
Exiled in Richmond in the 1920s, taken from her beloved Bloomsbury and
watched by her husband Leonard, Virginia Woolf struggles to tame her
rebellious mind and make a start on her new novel.
In the brooding heat of 1940s Los Angeles, a young wife and mother
yearns to escape the claustrophobia of suburban domesticity and read
her precious copy of ‘Mrs Dalloway’.
And in New York in the 1990s, Clarissa Vaughan steps out of her smart
Greenwich Village apartment and goes shopping for flowers for the party
she is giving in honour of her life-long friend Richard, an
award-winning poet whose mind and body are being ravaged by AIDS.
Michael Cunningham’s exquisite and deeply moving novel is a meditation
on artistic behaviour, failure, love and madness. Moving effortlessly
across the decades and between England and America, Cunningham’s
elegant, haunting prose explores the pain and trauma of creativity and
the immutable relationship between writer and reader.
The legendary Keanu Reeves and
inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic of
ancient powers, modern war, and an outcast who cannot die.
A mind-blowing epic from Keanu Reeves and China Miéville, unlike
anything these two genre-bending pioneers have created before, inspired
by the world of the BRZRKR comic books.
She said, We needed a tool. So I asked the gods.
There have always been whispers. Legends. The warrior who cannot be
killed. Who’s seen a thousand civilizations rise and fall. He has had
many names: Unute, Child of Lightning, Death himself. These days, he’s
known simply as \"B.\"
And he wants to be able to die.
In the present day, a U.S. black-ops group has promised him they can
help with that. And all he needs to do is help them in return. But when
an all-too-mortal soldier comes back to life, the impossible event
ultimately points toward a force even more mysterious than B himself.
One at least as strong. And one with a plan all its own.
In a collaboration that combines Miéville’s singular style and
creativity with Reeves’s haunting and soul-stirring narrative, these
two inimitable artists have created something utterly unique, sure to
delight existing fans and to create scores of new ones.
There was no past, no future, no words, nothing - just the light and
the yellow and the scent of dry leaves in the sun.
Japan's internationally celebrated storyteller returns with five
stories of healing and hope. Effortlessly beautiful, nostalgic and
melancholy, the stories in Dead-End Memories explore the stories of
five women who, following sudden and painful events, find solace in the
blissful moments in everyday life.
The daughter of a restaurant owner experiences a budding romance,
accompanied by the ghosts of an elderly couple. After a scandalous
near-death experience, an editor gains a new lease of life. A woman
seeks refuge in the apartment above her uncle's bar after being
betrayed by her fiancé. As Yoshimoto's gentle, effortless prose reminds
us, one true miracle can be as simple as having someone to share a meal
with, and happiness is always within us if only we take a moment to see
it.
To survive is to sacrifice your own heart.
Lady Lyriana Batavia is third in line to the Seat of Power in Bamaria.
And with the most eligible bachelor and master mage, Lord Tristan Grey,
soon to be her fiancé - life is perfect.
But at the ceremony that should have revealed her power, she uncovers
something else entirely - Lyr is powerless. Faced with uncertainty, Lyr
has no choice but to accept a deadly offer. She has seven months to
train as one of the kingdom's most brutal warriors - the Sotrui - and
survive training at the academy.
Now, Lyr must earn her place in Bamaria and train with the exiled Lord
Rhyan Hart - the man she had secretly loved since she was a girl - and
a feared warrior, forbidden to her in every way. For Lyr, surviving
training may mean sacrificing her own heart.
Daughter of the Drowned Empire is the first book in a sensational
romantic series featuring a riches-to-rags heroine, dangerous court
politics, and a forbidden slow-burn romance. Perfect for fans of
Jennifer L. Armentrout, Danielle L. Jensen, and Rebecca Yarros.
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Seaborn
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Michael Livingston
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The seven houses of the matriarchal Seaborn have plied the seas
of the Fair Isles for centuries, trading among the islands and fending
off the attacks by the fearsome Bone Pirate.
But suddenly, out of the night sky, a common enemy appears – the
Windborn, who come without warning to raid, burn, and kill.
Hoping to turn the tide, Shae - the Bone Pirate's first mate - enacts a
daring plan to fight her way aboard a Windborn vessel. The raid yields
a prize - the airship's captain who is, to Shae's shock, a man.
Together with a reluctant heroine, Bela, they learn the truth of their
shared history: the Windborn and Seaborn come from the same people,
split apart by blood magick when a race of immortal mechanical men
betrayed their human makers.
Now, these unlikely allies must make a desperate journey to confront
the secrets of the past – and stop the dark magick at its source.
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Capture Or Kill
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Don Bentley; Created by Vince Flynn
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Mitch Rapp faces an Iranian foe bent on destabilizing the Middle East in the newest thriller from Vince Flynn’s #1 New York Times bestselling series, now written by Don Bentley.
April 2011: On a remote mountaintop overlooking the remains of the Iranian nuclear weapons program, Azad Ashani witnesses a Quds Force demonstration of a capability meant to upend America’s war in the Middle East. Ashani, director of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security and Irene Kennedy’s former back channel to the Iranian government, recognizes the demonstration’s true significance, and the nation-ending conflict it will provoke. Alone, Ashani stands no chance of preventing this rush to madness. But with the help of one man, he just might.
In Washington, DC, CIA director Irene Kennedy briefs the president that the operational window to kill or capture Osama bin Laden at his recently discovered compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan is rapidly closing. But before he’ll authorize a commando raid on Pakistani soil, the president demands irrefutable proof of bin Laden’s presence. Proof he trusts just one man to provide.
Preventing a looming war in the Middle East while delivering justice for the nearly 3,000 Americans killed on 9/11 would be a big ask for anyone.
Mitch Rapp isn’t just anyone.
LOVE CONNECTS THEM.
MUSIC DIVIDES THEM.
SECRETS COULD TEAR THEM APART . . .
1967: Judie Zingerman is rising to stardom as one half of folk duo the
Singer Sisters.
As she and her sister Sylvia tour coast to coast, crowds can't get
enough of Judie's confessional lyrics. Everyone can see they're heading
for new heights. Yet something is about to push them off course...
1996: Alt-rocker Emma Cantor is playing the festival circuit, with her
sights on a record deal. Emma has never understood why her mother, folk
icon Judie Zingerman, gave up music at the height of her success.
But as Emma is catapulted into the spotlight as an MTV darling and LA
It girl, fame brings its own heartache. Could discovering her mother's
long-kept secrets help Emma find her path again?
From New York Times bestselling author Joanne Harris comes a richly imagined and captivating novel of two colliding worlds.
Deep in the heart of London, a young photographer named Tom Argent walks the streets and captures whatever catches his eye: an old man drinking coffee; a striking woman sipping champagne in St. Pancras station; a cloud of moths taking flight across the sky. He’s orphaned, lonely, and lost in his work. He certainly has no intention of falling in love.
And yet, love finds him in the shape of beautiful Vanessa, who lives a dangerous double life in the heart of the city. Tom’s pursuit of Vanessa leads him to discover an alternate world, hiding in plain sight among the streets and rooftops of London. A world unseen by common folk and inhabited by strange and colorful beings, in which two warring factions—one nocturnal, one in the light—wage war for the sake of a long-lost love, which can only end with one side’s total annihilation.
The Moonlight Market will enchant readers with new worlds and epic romance and in this captivating modern fairytale about what could be hiding in the corner of your eye.
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The Bees
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Laline Paull
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Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize for New Fiction
Enter a whole new world, in this thrilling debut novel set entirely
within a beehive.
Born into the lowest class of her society, Flora 717 is a sanitation
bee, only fit to clean her orchard hive. Living to accept, obey and
serve, she is prepared to sacrifice everything for her beloved holy
mother, the Queen.
But Flora is not like other bees. Despite her ugliness she has talents
that are not typical of her kin. While mutant bees are usually
instantly destroyed, Flora is removed from sanitation duty and is
allowed to feed the newborns, before becoming a forager, collecting
pollen on the wing. She also finds her way into the Queen’s inner
sanctum, where she discovers secrets both sublime and ominous.
But enemies are everywhere, from the fearsome fertility police to the
high priestesses who jealously guard the Hive Mind. And when Flora
breaks the most sacred law of all her instinct to serve is overshadowed
by an even deeper desire, a fierce love that will lead to the
unthinkable …
Laline Paull’s chilling yet ultimately triumphant novel creates a
luminous world both alien and uncannily familiar. Thrilling and
imaginative, The Bees is the story of a heroine who, in the face of an
increasingly desperate struggle for survival, changes her destiny and
her world.
A zany case of mistaken identity allows a lonely old man one last chance to be part of a family in this warm, life-affirming debut novel.
“Would you mind terribly, old boy, if I borrowed the rest of your life? I promise I’ll take excellent care of it.”
Frederick Fife was born with an extra helping of kindness in his heart. If he borrowed your car, he’d return it washed with a full tank of gas. The problem is there’s nobody left in Fred’s life to borrow from. At eighty-two, he’s desperately lonely, broke, and on the brink of homelessness. But Fred’s luck changes when, in a bizarre case of mistaken identity, he takes the place of grumpy Bernard Greer at the local nursing home. Now he has warm meals in his belly and a roof over his head—as long as his poker face is in better shape than his prostate and that his look-alike never turns up.
Denise Simms is stuck breathing the same disappointing air again and again. A middle-aged mom and caregiver at Bernard's facility, her crumbling marriage and daughter's health concerns are suffocating her joy for life. Wounded by her two-faced husband, she vows never to let a man deceive her again.
As Fred walks in Bernard’s shoes, he leaves a trail of kindness behind him, fueling Denise's suspicions about his true identity. When unexpected truths are revealed, Fred and Denise rediscover their sense of purpose and learn how to return a broken life to mint condition.
Bittersweet and remarkably perceptive, The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife is a hilarious, feel-good, clever novel about grief, forgiveness, redemption, and finding family.
"I didn’t plan to fall in love with an accused serial killer. Nevertheless, my wrists and ankles are bound to a chair, and I can only blame myself. I strain at the ropes, take a deep breath, and prepare to die."
Hannah Wilson is embarrassingly unlucky in life and love. Her only comfort comes from the true crime forums she trawls, desperate for more news about the case of serial murders she’s obsessed with. After all, she can’t save herself from more disappointment, but maybe she can figure out who the killer is and save another woman from losing her life.
And then handsome lawyer William Thompson is arrested. And Hannah is so full of female rage about everything he’s done and everything she’s going through, that she decides to write him a series of angry letters. She just doesn’t count on him writing back…
Each response from William is more surprising than the last. He listens. He cares. And for the first time, Hannah feels seen.
When a shocking twist gives Hannah the chance to see William, she can’t resist meeting her pen pal to work out his secrets. But what does she really want him to be – innocent victim, or her own personal monster?
Love Letters to a Serial Killer is a surprising, original and deeply entertaining debut. Part thriller, part romance, part satire. Perfect for fans of Yellowface, You and How to Kill Your Family.
The new epic love story from Anna Todd continues. After The Falling and
The Burning, comes the highly anticipated and heart-wrenching
conclusion to the Brightest Stars trilogy, from the No. 1
internationally bestselling author of the After series.
Karina and Kael have been trying to make it work for as long as they've
been together. The two broken souls have a lot of individual healing to
do before they'll be able to find happiness anywhere, never mind with
each other.
As the world around them starts to crumble, Kael is consumed by the
darkness of his PTSD, and Karina struggles to overcome her anxiety,
which is at an all time high. Then someone from their past returns to
invade their lives and wreak havoc on the fragile peace they've
created. If they're going to have the future they dream of, they'll
have to commit to fighting this battle together.
Duncan Weston, eienaar van Soeterwijn, voel of hy uit homself kan stap.
Hoe kan ’n mens alles hê en tog voel asof jy niks het
nie? ’n Vakansie weg van sy alledaagse roetine is wat hy
nodig het. In Rome wag Isabel Haasen hom by die lughawe in. Ondanks
haar kil houding voel Duncan intuïtief tuis in haar geselskap, maar
daar is iets wat sy wegsteek . . .
Drome het ook asem se karakters en intrige beloof om lesers te
boei en te betower. ’n Fyn genuanseerde verhoudingsroman vir
volwassenes.
"Die teenwoordigheid van die Chinese in Steynshoop het die dorp
die afgelope paar jaar ingrypend verander.
Benna Potgieter, wonderkind in sy prille jeug, is sedert sy pa se
dood ’n haarkapper in sy ma se salon. Sy lewe neem ’n drastiese wending
wanneer die skilder Fonny, sy groot verlore liefde, onverwags na die
dorp terugkeer.
Snaaks, droewig, wrang en oneerbiedig – ’n opwindende nuwe roman
in ware Winterbach-trant."
Ruby has to deal with the news of her father’s death and her sex
scandal simultaneously trending on social media. Vimbai has been
captured and Nosihle returns to Harare where her path crosses with
Joshua, Shadow’s second in command.
Ruby is arrested and locked in the same cell as Vimbai. Will the two
women be able to put aside their differences to survive this ordeal?
Rubies and Rain is a page-turner filled with surprise twists and turns.
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Gilgamesh
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Emily H. Wilson
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The second book in the enthralling and lyrical Sumerians trilogy,
retelling the Epic of Gigamesh, perfect for fans of Madeline Miller,
Lucy Holland and Jennifer Saint.
Now is the time for the gods of war
Gilgamesh, soon to be crowned King of Uruk, travels north to find his
homelands in flames and his family on the run. A blood-red moon brings
warnings of a new kind of war, and in the far north, the enemies of
Sumer are massing.
Inanna and Ninshubar sail south to take their revenge upon Enki, the
king of the water gods. Armed with the master mee and struggling to
understand its true nature, Inanna will face impossible demons in her
quest to fully comprehend the power she has
inherited. Meanwhile Ereshkigal, queen of the
underworld, has a mysterious visitor. This dark stranger brings with
him the threat of dangers far more terrible than Enki, or even Sumer’s
warlike neighbours. Because a long time ago, in a realm faraway, a
little girl was taken from her family. Now, a vengeance, long
prophesied, is about to unfold.
As the forces of chaos rise across the riverlands, Gilgamesh must
battle against overwhelming odds to save the city he loves, and the
Anunnaki will soon discover that no one can escape the sins of the
past. Not even the gods.
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Redemption
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Jack Jordan
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The latest pulse-pounding thriller from master of the moral dilemma, Jack Jordan.
Aaron Alexander has just been released from jail after serving eleven years for causing the death of Joshua Moore in a hit-and-run. Now a free man, all he wants to do is stay on the straight and narrow and leave his troubled past behind him. But for Joshua’s mother Evelyn, eleven years in jail isn’t nearly enough. Consumed by grief and rage, she has been waiting for Aaron’s release, counting down the days until she can exact the revenge he deserves. And now that time has come.
But as Evelyn and her husband Tobias embark on a road trip to track Aaron down, they find themselves caught on two different sides of a gripping game of cat-and-mouse. Because Tobias knows what Evelyn is planning, and he will do anything to save her from herself. Even if it means protecting the man who killed their son.
Locked in a collision course set in motion eleven years ago, Aaron, Evelyn and Tobias are about to find out whether the road they have chosen leads to redemption . . . or to retribution.
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Sunbirds
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Penelope Slocombe
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In 1997 Anne's eighteen-year-old son Torran walked out of his hotel in
the notorious Himalayan town of Manali - and disappeared.
Seven years later Anne is still searching, haunted by the idea that
someone must know something, following every tenuous lead, obsessed
with potential sightings. She's ridden with guilt at the way she failed
Torran as a mother. Though, unlike her husband, she's never stopped
believing her son is alive.
When her estranged niece Esther arrives with new information, Anne is
convinced that her tenacity will finally be rewarded. Forging an uneasy
truce, they venture deep into the lush but unpredictable Himalayas,
hunting for answers and the secluded community living in the Sunshine
House.
It is a journey that will test them in ways they couldn't have
imagined. And the closer they get to discovering the truth, the more
Anne begins to question everything she thought she wanted.
FIVE OLD FRIENDS.
A REUNION TO DIE FOR . . .
A weekend on the wild, beautiful Dorset coast. Seven adults, six kids.
A nanny: the ultimate special treat.
It should be perfect: old friends, a stunning house, champagne and
windswept beaches. But it isn't.
Past grudges won't rest. Secrets won't stay put.
And by the end of the weekend, at least one of them will be dead.
Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Lucy Clarke, this is a gripping
locked-room thriller brimming with secrets and lies.
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