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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > General
"Unlike anything I've ever read. Muir's writing is as sharp as a
broken tooth, and just as unsettling." -V.E. Schwab on Gideon the
Ninth "Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and
wildly original." -The New York Times on Gideon the Ninth She
answered the Emperor's call. She arrived with her arts, her wits,
and her only friend. In victory, her world has turned to ash. After
rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn Muir continues
the story of the penumbral Ninth House in Harrow the Ninth, a
mind-twisting puzzle box of mystery, murder, magic, and mayhem.
Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the Emperor, and the fate of
the galaxy rests on one woman's shoulders. Harrowhark's health is
failing, her magic refuses to cooperate, her sword makes her throw
up, and even her mind threatens to betray her. What's worse,
someone is trying to kill her. And she has to wonder: if they
succeeded, would the universe be better off?
Family first. Family last. The Glass family always... Charley Glass
arrived in her family's lives like the hurricane she'd escaped. But
she hadn't run far enough: the ruthless Giordano family are on her
tail and want two things - her life, and the return of the property
she stole from them. No matter how many bodies stack up. After
years of hoping, Charley finally has the family she's always
wanted, but now she's going to have to tell them the real reason
she came looking for them. There is only one way she's going to
stay alive, and that is to employ the muscle of the notorious Glass
Family. The head of the family, Luke, isn't sure they're strong
enough to take on one of New Orleans' biggest crime gangs. But he'd
put his life on the line to protect the empire they've built - even
if they'll have to take on an enemy hurting enough to cross an
ocean for revenge. Page-turning, gritty, and utterly compelling,
Thief is Owen Mullen's best book yet. Perfect for fans of Martina
Cole, Kimberley Chambers and Mandasue Heller. What readers say
about Owen Mullen: 'Owen Mullen knows how to ramp up the action
just when it's needed... he never fails to give you hard-hitting
thrillers that have moments that will stay with you forever...'
'One of the very best thriller writers I have ever read.' 'Owen
Mullen writes a good story, he really brings his characters to life
and the endings are hard to guess and never what you expected.'
Lydia Millet's previous work has been shortlisted for the Pulitzer
Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles
Times Book Prize. Likewise greeted with rapturous praise, Sweet
Lamb of Heaven is a first-person account of a young mother, Anna,
fleeing her cold and unfaithful husband, a businessman who's just
launched his first campaign for political office. When Ned chases
Anna and their six-year-old daughter from Alaska to Maine, the two
go into hiding in a run-down motel on the coast. But the longer
they stay, the less the guests in the dingy motel look like typical
tourists-and the less Ned resembles a typical candidate. As his
pursuit of Anna and their child moves from threatening to criminal,
Ned begins to alter his wife's world in ways she never could have
imagined. A double-edged and satisfying story with a strong female
protagonist, a thrilling plot, and a creeping sense of the
apocalyptic, Sweet Lamb of Heaven builds to a shattering ending
with profound implications for its characters-and for all of us.
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Unity
(Hardcover)
J D Becket; Edited by J.J. Marshall, M L Darlow
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R651
Discovery Miles 6 510
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Hired Guns
(Hardcover)
Paul Salamoff; Illustrated by Ana Teresa Rivera
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R752
Discovery Miles 7 520
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Best friends Darcy, Camilla and Kate have just landed in to the
Maldives for a luxury holiday at the exclusive Sapphire Island Resort.
They can't wait for ten days of scorching sun, crystal-clear waters,
white-sand beaches - and the chance to put a traumatic shared past
behind them.
But what awaits them is a murderous revenge plot that none of them saw
coming.
Or did they?
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