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Someone's not playing by the rules… The book club may have the clue to a murder… The reading group at Norcester’s specialist crime bookshop adore a cosy whodunnit. So they are delighted to find themselves guests of honour at a remote country house for the weekend, to inspect the extensive...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE EMOTIONAL CONCLUSION TO THE ROWNTREES GIRL SERIES! January 1945. The end of the war at last feels within reach, and the Rowntrees workers dream of returning to work on chocolate rather than munitions. Within the Freeman household, there are also dreams of a...

Sloane Parker führt ein unscheinbares Leben als Bibliothekarin in einer verschlafenen Kleinstadt. Einsam fühlt sie sich nicht – und doch wartet sie jeden Tag darauf, dass Arthur McLachlan erscheint: der grantige alte Mann, der ihre Regale durchstöbert und sie mit spitzen Bemerkungen neckt. Ihr Schlagabtausch ist längst zum Höhepunkt ihres Alltags geworden. Um Licht in sein tristes Leben zu bringen, gründet Sloane einen Buchclub. Nach und nach stoßen weitere Menschen dazu, die in den Büchern und in der Gemeinschaft Trost und Freude finden.

Una fría mañana de invierno el cadáver de una adolescente aparece en una parada de autobús del extrarradio madrileño. El equipo del inspector Iván Moreno y del subinspector Jotadé Cortés, el único policía gitano de su comisaría, descubre que se trata de una joven desaparecida misteriosamente años atrás y que ha sido asesinada tras dar a luz. Es la última de una larga lista de secuestradas a las que han matado justo después de ser madres.

A MISSING TEENAGER. A CITY FULL OF SECRETS... When the daughter of the Swedish Ambassador disappears from her prestigious London school in broad daylight, the authorities are on high alert. There are no witnesses and no ransom demand: thirteen-year-old Freya Sjöberg has vanished into thin air...

Tenochtitlan, 1551. Thirty years after the Spanish Conquest destroyed everything she loved, the last Aztec empress has passed and left behind a pristine yet tenuous legacy for her children. As her last will and testament is read out, her daughter Isabel suspects that another account of her mother’s life may exist, hidden away, chapter by chapter, in the Valley of Mexico. Following each clue, Isabel is determined to find out who her mother really was and to discover the secrets she buried in order to survive.

In her raw and resonant debut novel, René Peña-Govea seamlessly interweaves prose and poetry to uplift the power of language, the courage to fight injustice, and the complex beauty of finding your people—perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X and Carolina Ixta’s Shut Up, This...

In the last few years, as identity politics has taken hold, middle-aged women have found themselves talked and written about as morally inferior beings, the face of bigotry, entitlement and selfishness, to be ignored, pitied or abused. Hags asks the question why these women are treated with such active disdain. Each chapter takes a different theme - care work, beauty, violence, political organization, sex - and explores it in relation to middle-aged women's beliefs, bodies and choices.

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK “A searing account of grief and the quest to bring her sister’s murderer to justice years after the fact” (The Boston Globe), from “one of Mexico’s greatest living writers” (Jonathan Lethem)...

JESSE REEVES wants to live life to the fullest. After a Kawasaki Disease diagnosis and an ICD implant, she's determined to make every moment count—including tackling her carefully curated bucket list. First on the list? A no-strings-attached one-night stand. Enter ASHER JAMISON, a charming stranger who helps her check that box. Their night together is everything she hoped for, and then some. But the surprise comes the next day when she discovers Asher isn't just a stranger, he's her best friend's brother.

Tori needs a holiday. London is cold and grey, work is manic, and after a regrettable New Year's Eve hookup with her ex, her best friends won't stop pushing her onto dating apps. So when a colleague offers Tori the last spot on a Jamaican getaway, she doesn't take much persuasion. But paradise comes with a twist. Not only is she forced to share a room with grumpy, recently dumped Robert, but her ex has turned up too, hand-in-hand with his new girlfriend. Ten days in the sun suddenly looks like ten days of torture. Still, Tori is determined to make the most of her situation.

In a split-second decision that will shatter his life, insurance salesman Jack Spinks stops to help a young woman walking alone down a back country road. After getting into his truck the mysterious young woman grabs the steering wheel and forces the truck off the road, sending it plunging over a cliff and into the woods. What begins as a simple act of kindness spirals into a nightmare as Jack finds himself trapped in a dark and perilous world, hunted by the woman's cryptic pursuers.

Compiled by bestselling author susan abulhawa, an Arabic-English bilingual anthology of essays from eighteen young Palestinian writers trying to survive the genocide in Gaza. In early 2024, writer and activist susan abulhawa managed to enter Gaza twice through the Rafah crossing. There, at the...

Narrated by Victoria Mei, the fan-favourite velvety voiced star of romantasy, known for Starling House, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, and Victoria Aveyard's Realm Breaker series. What they feel goes against everything they were trained to do. From bestselling author Michelle M. Pillow, The Jaded...

Narrated by Victoria Mei, the fan-favourite velvety voiced star of romantasy, known for Starling House, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, and Victoria Aveyard's Realm Breaker series. Eternity feels endless . . . until her. From bestselling author Michelle M. Pillow, Redeemer of Shadows is a dark and...

Dresden 1908: Eine neue Zeit beginnt, die Jahre der großen Erfindungen sind angebrochen. Christine arbeitet als Therapeutin im weltbekannten Sanatorium Lahmann. Während ihrer Behandlungen fallen die feinen Damen in ihren engen Korsetts reihenweise in Ohnmacht – was Christine auf eine weltverändernde Idee bringt: Sie entwickelt den ersten Büstenhalter. Die ersten Modelle aus zusammengenähten Stofftaschentüchern und Hosenträgern finden zunächst wenig Anklang in der feinen Gesellschaft, die Damen lehnen das neue Kleidungsstück ab.

How far would you go to avenge the one you love? Blum has a secret buried deep in her past. She thought she'd left the past behind. But then Mark, the man she loves, dies. His death looks like a hit-and-run. It isn't a hit-and-run. Mark has been killed by the men he was investigating. And then, suddenly, Blum rediscovers what she's capable of.... Kill Bill meets Dexter via The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Woman of the Dead is a wild ride of a thriller where the first stage of grief is revenge.

Bound for Pleasure is a collection of three steamy short stories. All of these stories are X rated, so whether you listen alone or with a friend, they’re guaranteed to thrill! Looking Glass, Josie has just finished with her unsatisfactory boyfriend, but when she treats herself to a new mirror, she finds a surprising and extremely satisfying replacement… The Music Lesson, Clara’s cello lessons are improving more than just her musical technique…

Renowned as a BBC journalist, Victoria Derbyshire has spent 20 years finding the human story behind the headlines. In 2015 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. With honesty and openness, she decided to live out her treatment and recovery in the spotlight in a series of video diaries. Victoria has kept a diary since she was nine years old, and in Dear Cancer, Love Victoria she shares her day-to-day experiences of life following diagnosis and coming to terms with a future that wasn't planned.

Bound to Obey is a collection of three short stories of domination and submission. All of these stories are X rated, so whether you listen alone or with a friend, they’re guaranteed to thrill! Seven-Year Itch, Stacey and Ross have been married for seven years and their sex life has become dull and predictable - until Ross brings Stacey a very unexpected birthday present… The Huntress, When Nancy, Sarah and Ruth are summoned to a jungle paradise for an unusual team-building exercise; Ruth discovers she has more power over men than she ever dreamed…