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Kwezi is a 19-year-old boy that discovers he has superpowers. Set against a contemporary South African backdrop, the series merges urban and indigenous cultural themes in an exciting and educational story.
Gold City is under siege! Power dynamics have shifted!
The day of reckoning has finally come and neither Kwezi nor his companions could have expected to conront a threat as devastating as this.
The second standalone novel in Stephen King's Bill Hodges trilogy
(Mr Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch) - and the basis of the
third season of Mr Mercedes, an AT&T Audience Original Series
(10 September 2019). 1978: Morris Bellamy is a reader so obsessed
by America's iconic author John Rothstein that he is prepared to
kill for a trove of notebooks containing at least one more
unpublished novel. 2009: Pete Saubers, a boy whose father was
brutally injured by a stolen Mercedes, discovers a buried trunk
containing cash and Rothstein's notebooks. 2014: After thirty-five
years in prison, Morris is up for parole. And he's hell-bent on
recovering his treasure. Now it's up to retired detective Bill
Hodges - running an investigative company called 'Finders Keepers'
- to rescue Pete from an ever-more deranged and vengeful Morris...
Not since Misery has King written with such visceral power about a
reader with such a dangerous obsession. Finders Keepers is
spectacular suspense, and it is King writing about how literature
shapes a life for good, for bad, for ever.
An intimate look at the domestic lives of enslaved women, NIGHT WHEREVER WE GO is an evocative meditation on resistance and autonomy, on love and transcendence and the bonds of female friendship in the darkest of circumstances.
On a struggling Texas plantation, six enslaved women slip from their sleeping quarters and gather in the woods under the cover of night. The Lucys—as they call the plantation owners, after Lucifer himself—have decided to turn around the farm’s bleak financial prospects by making the women bear children. They have hired a “stockman” to impregnate them. But the women are determined to protect themselves.
Now, each of the six faces a choice. Nan, the doctoring woman, has brought a sack of cotton root clippings that can stave off children when chewed daily. If they all take part, the Lucys may give up and send the stockman away. But a pregnancy for any of them will only encourage the Lucys further. And should their plan be discovered, the consequences will be severe.
Visceral and illuminating, Night Wherever We Go marks the arrival of a bold, lyrical and powerful new voice in fiction.
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The Guests
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You are cordially invited to the wedding of Tristan Cowper and
Justin Paul Delahunt The Cowper-Delahunt wedding promises to be the
event of the summer. Four days of celebrations at a remote chateau
in Provence. Everyone who is anyone is invited. It's been over a
decade since five old friends were gathered. Surely they can set
aside their differences for one weekend to celebrate their good
friend Tristan? But as the cake is cut and champagne begins to
flow, familiar rivalries emerge, exes reconnect and old secrets
threaten to surface... A big wedding always throws up a few
surprises - but this is going to be a weekend that nobody forgets.
Praise for Francesca Hornak . . . 'Warm and humane, funny and sad .
. . absolute pleasure reading' Marian Keyes 'One of the best books
of the year' Hello! 'Hilarious and touching' Daily Mail 'Sharply
observed' Glamour 'Expertly captures the joys and the tensions of
spending any time with those who know you best' i Paper 'One of the
best family dramas you'll ever read' Best
MORE CONFESSIONS OF A FORTY-SOMETHING F##K UP: The laugh-out-loud
sequel to the runaway bestseller of 2022 and funniest WTF AM I
DOING NOW novel of the year. 'The new Bridget Jones for our times'
Celia Walden, The Telegraph 'The story of Nell Stevens’ struggle
through her imperfect, messy life doesn’t just make brilliant
fiction, it’s turning into a cultural revolution!' Matt Cain
There is no magical land you finally arrive at where everything is
figured out, fixed and sorted. Life, like us, is a sum of moving
parts, and if we’re lucky, we get to keep f**king up, figuring it
out and laughing in the face of it all. Nell’s back. Her life
still isn’t going to plan. And she’s still asking the big
questions and getting none of the answers. Like, for example: 1.
Why is falling in love so easy, but staying in love so hard? 2.
What do you do when your friendships are put to the ultimate test?
3. Can we ever really live in the moment and leave the past behind?
4. When everything goes tits up, do you fall apart or jump on a
plane to LA with Cricket (an eighty-something widow and your BFF)?
5. And when all else fails, will celebrity-scented candles, smashed
avocados and Instagram filters save us?* In this hilarious,
un-put-downable follow-up to the bestselling Confessions of a
Forty-Something F##k Up, now the basis for the major TV series, Not
Dead Yet, there are laugh-out-loud lessons to be learned, truths to
be told, adventures to go on and joys to discover. But first, Nell
has some more confessions . . . *#onlyjoking #sortof #LOL Praise
for Alexandra Potter: 'Say hello to a book that will have you
laughing with every page, whether you're 20, 40 or 80' - Heat
'Brilliant! Laughing out loud' - Emma Gannon 'Funny but layered,
light-hearted but surprisingly deep, this is a perfect and
inspiring new year read' - Red
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My Fault
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Mercedes Ron
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Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to
do bad things. Twenty years after a baby is stolen from her
push-chair, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are
somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering
the truth. Edith may have been tricked into a nursing home, but at
eighty-years-young, she’s planning her escape. Patience works
there, cleaning up mess and bonding with Edith, a kindred spirit.
But Patience is lying to Edith about almost everything. Edith’s
own daughter, Clio, won’t speak to her. And someone new is about
to knock on Clio’s door . . . and their intentions aren’t good.
With every reason to distrust each other, the women must solve a
mystery with three suspects, two murders, and one victim. If they
do, they might just find out what happened to the baby who
disappeared, the mother who lost her, and the connections that bind
them. The Queen of Twists, bestselling author of Daisy Darker and
Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney, returns with another gripping
mystery filled with drama and her trademark surprises in Good Bad
Girl.
Discover some of the great Canadian authors and titles you've been
missing. This guide describes and organizes according to reading
interests more than 500 of the best contemporary Canadian fiction
titles available today. Canadian fiction offers a wealth of diverse
pleasures to readers, from high-toned literary works to
down-and-dirty genre fiction. However, apart from the big names and
superstars, many of these authors are not well known outside of
Canada. Designed to help readers' advisors in the United States,
Canada, and other English-speaking countries make informed reading
recommendations to their patrons, this guide provides readers'
advisors and readers with an overview of Canadian fiction, covering
more than 650 popular titles—mainstream and genre fiction— most
published within the past decade. The guide categorizes mainstream
titles according to primary appeal features (language, character,
setting, and story), and identifies the secondary appeal when there
is one. Genre fiction, covered in a separate section, is organized
according to standard genres (fantasy, romance, etc.), with
subdivisions for subgenres and themes. For each title bibliographic
information and a brief annotation is provided. Subjects are
listed, along with awards, and an indication of whether the title
is appropriate for book groups. A read on section with references
to some 2,400 titles, leads you to titles with similar features.
Indexes cover author/title and subject (including awards, genre,
series character names). An appendix contains information on
Canadian Book Awards. A readers' advisory guide and reference tool,
this book is also an important aid for collection development.
Between the devil and the deep blue sea… Viking treasure is
discovered beneath the icy waters of the North Sea and local
historian Doctor Anna Taylor is called in to help catalogue the
most exciting hoard in living memory. But when a shipwreck diver
washes up dead, she’s soon out of her depth. Luckily, she knows
just the person to call… When DCI Ryan arrives at the picturesque
fishing town of Seahouses, he's faced with an impenetrable wall of
secrets and lies. As he juggles marine archaeology and the
cutthroat world of shipwreck diving, another murder blows the case
wide open. To uncover the truth, Ryan must delve deeper into the
hearts of those around him to find what lies beneath… Murder and
mystery are peppered with romance and humour in this fast-paced
crime whodunnit set amidst the spectacular Northumbrian landscape.
“LJ Ross keeps company with the best mystery writers†– The
Times “A literary phenomenon†– Evening Chronicle
‘Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent’ - Olivie
Blake Step into Starling House – if you dare . . . Nobody in Eden
remembers when Starling House was built. But the town agrees it’s
best to let this ill-omened mansion – and its last lonely heir
– go to hell. Stories of the house’s bad luck, like good china,
have been passed down the generations. Opal knows better than to
mess with haunted houses, or brooding men. But when an opportunity
to work there arises, the money might get her brother out of Eden.
Starling House is uncanny and full of secrets – just like Arthur,
its heir. It also feels strangely, dangerously, like something
she’s never had: a home. Yet Opal isn’t the only one interested
in the horrors and the wonders that lie buried beneath it. Sinister
forces converge on Eden – and Opal realizes that if she wants a
home, she’ll have to fight for it. Even if it involves digging up
her family’s ugly past to achieve a better future. She’ll have
to go down, deep down beneath Starling House, to claw her way back
to the light . . . This is a sweeping gothic fairytale from Hugo,
Nebula and Locus Award-shortlisted Alix E. Harrow.
The Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller ‘Elegant, atmospheric,
compelling. I absolutely loved it’ - Marian Keyes, author of
Again, Rachel ‘A book of beauty and insight . . . awe-inspiring.
Burton is a master storyteller’ - Elizabeth Day, author of Magpie
1705. Thea Brandt is about to turn eighteen, and at the theatre in
Amsterdam’s golden city centre she has met the love of her life.
At home, the Brandt family faces ruin, and Thea’s aunt Nella is
convinced the only solution is to find Thea a wealthy husband among
the city’s elite. As Thea and Nella clash over the demands of
duty and the heart, past secrets begin to overwhelm their present.
Will each woman be able to rescue her destiny from the whims of
fortune? Returning the reader to the resplendent world of the
million-copy bestseller The Miniaturist, The House of Fortune is a
story of love, fate, and two women determined to make their own
way.
Six friends. One college reunion. One unsolved murder.
Ten years after graduation, Jessica Miller has planned her triumphant return to her southern, elite Duquette University, down to the envious whispers that are sure to follow in her wake. Everyone is going to see the girl she wants them to see—confident, beautiful, indifferent. Not the girl she was when she left campus, back when Heather Shelby's murder fractured everything, including the tight bond linking the six friends she'd been closest to since freshman year.
But not everyone is ready to move on. Not everyone left Duquette ten years ago, and not everyone can let Heather's murder go unsolved. Someone is determined to trap the real killer, to make the guilty pay. When the six friends are reunited, they will be forced to confront what happened that night—and the years' worth of secrets each of them would do anything to keep hidden.
Told in racing dual timelines, with a dark campus setting and a darker look at friendship, love, obsession, and ambition, In My Dreams I Hold A Knife is an addictive, propulsive read you won't be able to put down.
In the luscious, dark conclusion to the series that began with One Dark
Window, Elspeth must face the consequences of what she's wrought -
perfect for readers of Hannah Whitten's For the Wolf and A Court of
Thorns and Roses.
Elspeth and Ravyn have gathered most of the twelve Providence Cards,
but the last, and most important one remains to be found: The Twin
Alders.
If they are going to find it before the Solstice and cure the kingdom
of the dark magic infecting it, they will need to journey beyond the
dangerous mist-cloaked forest that surrounds their kingdom.
And the only one who can lead them there is the monster that shares
Elspeth's head. The Nightmare. And he's not eager to share any longer.
From the Number One bestselling author of The Four Winds and The
Nightingale. Kristin Hannah's Winter Garden is a haunting and
compelling novel illuminating the intricacy of mother-daughter
bonds and the enduring links between past and present. ‘A
tearjerker . . . a journey as lovely and haunting as a snow filled
winter’s night’ – People Meredith and Nina Whitson are as
different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her family
and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and
travelled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But these
two estranged women come together at their father’s deathbed
standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, to hear
the one last promise he extracts from the women in his life. It
begins with a story like no other. A captivating, mysterious love
story that spans sixty-five years and moves from war torn Leningrad
in the 1940s to modern-day Alaska. The three women are brought
together by a story so unexpected and extraordinary that when
Meredith and Nina finally learn the secret of their mother’s past
and uncover a truth so terrible, it will shake the very foundation
of the family and who they think they are.
To gain the power he needs to save his friend from a cursed spirit,
Yuji Itadori swallows a piece of a demon, only to find himself
caught in the midst of a horrific war of the supernatural! In a
world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments
of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen Sukuna have
been lost and scattered about. Should any demon consume
Sukuna’s body parts, the power they gain could destroy the world
as we know it. Fortunately, there exists a mysterious school of
jujutsu sorcerers who exist to protect the precarious existence of
the living from the supernatural! Fushiguro and Reggie have nearly
crushed each other to death. Reggie makes a move to break the
stalemate and bring their battle to its climax!
Meanwhile, Okkotsu disrupts the four-way standoff between jujutsu
fighters in the Sendai colony, leading to a fierce battle involving
reincarnated sorcerers and a special grade cursed spirit!
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Mickey7
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Going Zero
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'Provocative, perceptive and - no other word will do - ingenious' A
J Finn, author of The Woman in the Window Going Zero, a
high-concept thriller from Oscar-nominated screenwriter Anthony
McCarten. Erase yourself. The hunt has begun. Perfect for fans of I
Am Pilgrim and The Circle. TWO HOURS TO VANISH Ten people have been
carefully selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware.
Pioneered by tech-wunderkind Cy Baxter, FUSION can track anyone
wherever they are on earth. But does it work? ONE CHANCE TO ESCAPE
Each participant is given two hours to 'Go Zero' – to go off-grid
and disappear - and then thirty days to elude the highly
sophisticated Capture Teams sent to find them. Any Zero that beats
FUSION will receive $3million in cash. If Cy's system prevails, he
wins a $90 billion-dollar contract with the CIA to develop FUSION
and revolutionize surveillance forever. ZERO ALTERNATIVES For
contestant Kaitlyn Day, the stakes are far higher than money, and
her reasons for entering the test more personal than Cy could have
ever imagined. Kaitlyn needs to win to get what she wants, and Cy
will stop at nothing to realize his ambitions. They have no choice
but to finish the game and when the timer hits zero, there will
only be one winner… 'One of the best thrillers I've read in a
long time. Beyond pure entertainment is the truth this novel speaks
to about the disturbing times we live in.' Douglas Preston, #1 New
York Times bestseller 'As fast-paced as it is timely... [a]
wickedly taut conspiracy thriller' Graham Moore, author of The
Holdout
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