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Laura is dying. her last desperate hope is to be frozen until she can be cured. but what happens when you wake up one day and the world has moved on forty years? your best friend is middle-aged, your parents are presumed dead. could you find a place to belong? could you build a new life, while solving the mystery of what happened to the old one?

‘beth o’leary crafts novels with such wit, heart and truth’ sophie kinsella ‘so charming, so sweet and so lovely’ marian keyes ‘beth o’leary is that rare, one-in-a-million talent’ emily henry leena is too young to feel stuck. eileen is too old to start over. it’s time for the switch… after blowing a big presentation at work, leena takes a two-month sabbatical and escapes to her grandmother eileen’s house for some overdue rest. eileen is newly single and about to turn eighty. she’d like a second chance at love, but her tiny yorkshire village doesn’t offer many eligible gentlemen . . . a life swap seems the perfect solution. but with a rabble of unruly oaps to contend with, as well as the distractingly handsome local schoolteacher, leena learns that switching lives isn’t straightforward. in london, eileen is a huge hit with her new neighbours, and with the online dating scene. but is her perfect match nearer to home than she first thought? ‘blissful escapism’ daily mail ‘the feel-good read we all need right now’ stylist ‘heart-warming’ bella ‘this delicious slice of feelgood fiction is a real tonic’ sunday mirror ‘everything you want to lift your spirits’ good housekeeping

You always remember your first love. don’t you…? ‘i loved it! so funny and warm. a delicious read’ marian keyes ‘hilarious, warm and life affirming’ jenny colgan it began with four words. ‘i love your laugh. x’ but that was twelve years ago. it really began the day georgina was fired from the worst restaurant in sheffield (© tripadvisor) and found the worst boyfriend in the world (© georgina’s best friends) in bed with someone else. so when her new boss, lucas mccarthy, turns out to be the boy who wrote those words to her all that time ago, it feels like the start of something. the only problem? he doesn’t seem to remember georgina – at all…

Here is a truth that can’t be escaped: for mia ‘rabbit’ hayes, life is coming to an end . . . rabbit hayes loves her life, ordinary as it is, and the extraordinary people in it. she loves her spirited daughter, juliet; her colourful, unruly family; the only man in her big heart, johnny faye. but it turns out the world has other plans for rabbit, and she’s ok with that. because she has plans for the world too, and only a handful of days left to make them happen. here is a truth that won’t be forgotten: this is a story about laughing through life’s surprises and finding the joy in every moment. praise for anna mcpartlin: ‘what a beautiful book. i cried and smiled my way through’ jane green ‘i loved the clear, elegant prose, the feisty characters and the sparkling dialogue’ susan elliot wright ‘a delightful roller-coaster ride of emotion’ sunday independent ‘buy a packet (or box) of tissues and settle down with this wonderful story’ heat magazine the last days of rabbit hayes is a richard and judy recommended read, and a simon mayo book club pick.

‘dazzling’ crime monthly ‘my kind of book!’ belfast telegraph ‘captivating’ my weekly magazine ‘suspenseful’ country life magazine _____________________________________ *waterstones august thriller of the month* november 1924. the endeavour sets sail to new york with 2,000 passengers – and a killer – on board . when an elderly gentleman is found dead at the foot of a staircase, ship’s officer timothy birch is ready to declare it a tragic accident. but james temple, a strong-minded scotland yard inspector, is certain there is more to this misfortune than meets the eye. birch agrees to investigate, and the trail quickly leads to the theft of a priceless painting. its very existence is known only to its owner . . . and the now dead man. with just days remaining until they reach new york, and even temple’s purpose on board the endeavour proving increasingly suspicious, birch’s search for the culprit is fraught with danger. and all the while, the passengers continue to roam the ship with a killer in their midst. ________________________________________________________ ‘a very clever plot and a final twist which will delight agatha christie fans. you will love it!!!’ ragnar jónasson ‘with twist after gut-punching twist, a fatal crossing really is an ingenious thriller. highly recommend’ m. w. craven ‘it twists and turns like the best of christie’ – peterborough telegraph ‘a tantalizing and captivating plot, filled with detail and texture to enhance the feeling of the halcyon days of the liners and their times’ shots magazine ‘the action unfolds at a rip-roaring pace in this perfectly executed homage to the golden age of crime, which features a deviously devised plot boasting a final twist worthy of christie herself. i absolutely loved it’ anita frank ‘twists and turns cartwheel to a blindsiding finish’ woman’s weekly

He wanted power. oliver russell is fated to rise to the pinnacle of power, the office of president of the united states. she wanted revenge. leslie stewart is his betrayed fiancee, a woman dedicated to a single purpose-the downfall of oliver russell. amassing her own media empire, marshaling all her forces against him, she stands poised to destroy russell on the eve of his most dazzling triumph. from sidney sheldon, the unchallenged master of bestselling fiction, comes a story of blazing ambitions and thwarted love that enthralls and surprises with every page…

As every schoolboy knows, you can fit the whole of england on the isle of wight. the grotesque, visionary tycoon, sir jack pitman, takes the saying literally and constructs on the island, the project, a vast heritage centre.

Eagerly-awaited new novel from the author of the bestselling journey to the river sea. in a tiny alpine church, on a june day in 1897, an abandoned baby girl is found by a middle-aged cook from vienna. so begins the unusual childhood of annika, brought up in the house of three eccentric professors by their two domestic servants. by the age of seven she can bake and ice a three-tiered cake and polish parquet floors to perfection. her life in this golden city of music, fabulous food, and the beautiful lippizana stallions who dance before the emperor franz joseph is greatly blessed-until her unknown mother tracks her down and comes to claim her…. here is another ibbotson masterpiece of wonderful adventure, packed with dozens of unforgettable characters who weave their way through a faultless, intricate plot of enthralling events-sometimes hilarious, sometimes bleak, but always marvellously entertaining. it offers every reader who loved journey to the river sea an enchanting new world of fictional riches. it is a timeless classic, for readers young and old. – one of the biggest events in the children’s publishing year, backed by a major trade and consumer promotion – journey to the river sea won the smarties gold award, was shortlisted for the carnegie medal, and was runner-up for the whitbread children’s book of the year and the guardian fiction award.