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‘the kind of book that keeps you up at night’ my weekly ‘utterly terrifying and compelling’ stephanie wrobel ‘jp delaney is king of thrillers and playing nice is his best book yet’ fiona cummins pete riley answers the door one morning to a parent’s worst nightmare. on his doorstep is miles lambert, who breaks the devastating news that pete’s two-year-old, theo, isn’t pete’s real son – their babies got mixed up at birth. the two families – pete, his partner maddie, and miles and his wife lucy – agree that, rather than swap the boys back, they’ll try to find a more flexible way to share their children’s lives. but a plan to sue the hospital triggers an investigation that unearths disturbing questions about just what happened the day the babies were switched. and when theo is thrown out of nursery for hitting other children, maddie and pete have to ask themselves: how far do they want this arrangement to go? what secrets lie hidden behind the lamberts’ smart front door? how much can they trust the real parents of their child – or even each other? an addictive psychological thriller, perfect for fans of the silent patient and shari lapena’s the couple next door. see what everyone is saying about jp delaney, the hottest name in psychological thrillers: ‘dazzling’ – lee child ‘addictive’ – daily express ‘devastating’ – daily mail ‘ingenious’ – new york times ‘compulsive’ – glamour magazine ‘elegant’ – peter james ‘sexy’ – mail on sunday ‘enthralling’ – woman and home ‘original’ – the times ‘riveting’ – lisa gardner ‘creepy’ – heat ‘satisfying’ – reader’s digest ‘superior’ – the bookseller ‘more than a match for paula hawkins’ – sunday times

Molly gray wears her head maid badge proudly for every shift at the regency grand hotel: plumping pillows, sweeping up secrets, silently restoring rooms to a state of perfection. but the hotel’s reputation is sullied when a guest – a famous mystery writer – drops very dead on the tearoom floor. as suspicion swirls in the hotel corridors, it’s clear there’s grime lurking beneath the gilt. and molly knows that she alone holds the key to the mystery. but unlocking it means thinking about the past, about a dusty old house, and everything else she’s tidied away in her memory. because molly knew the dead guest once upon a time – and she knows his secrets too…[bokinfo].

Hbo’s hit series a game of thrones is based on george r r martin’s internationally bestselling series a song of ice and fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. a storm of swords: steel and snow is the first part of the third volume in the series. ‘martin has captured the imagination of millions’ guardian winter approaches westeros like an angry beast. the seven kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud. in the northern wastes, a horde of hungry, savage people steeped in the dark magic of the wilderness is poised to invade the kingdom of the north where robb stark wears his new-forged crown. and robb’s defences are ranged against the south, the land of the cunning and cruel lannisters, who have his younger sisters in their power. throughout westeros, the war for the iron throne rages more fiercely than ever, but if the wall is breached, no king will live to claim it.

The powerful and page-turning new novel from number one sunday times bestseller, clare mackintosh max and pip are the strongest couple you know. only now they’re facing the most important decision of their lives – and they don’t agree. as the consequences of an impossible choice threaten to devastate them both, nothing will ever be the same again. but anything can happen after the end . . .

A charming and magical story from actor and comedian ben miller that will remind everyone of the true spirit of christmas and prove once a for all that father christmas really does exist!

My name is harriet manners and i am a geek. ages:12+harriet manners knows that a cat has 32 muscles in each ear, a jiffy lasts 1/100th of a second, and the average person laughs 15 times per day. she knows that bats always turn left when exiting a cave and that peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. but she doesn’t know why nobody at school seems to like her. so when harriet is spotted by a top model agent, she grabs the chance to reinvent herself. even if it means stealing her best friend’s dream, incurring the wrath of her arch enemy alexa, and repeatedly humiliating herself in front of impossibly handsome model nick. even if it means lying to the people she loves. veering from one couture disaster to the next with the help of her overly enthusiastic father and her uber-geeky stalker, toby, harriet begins to realise that the world of fashion doesn’t seem to like her any more than the real world did. as her old life starts to fall apart, will harriet be able to transform herself before she ruins everything?

Set in new england mainly and london partly, on beauty concerns a pair of feuding families – the belseys and the kipps – and a clutch of doomed affairs. it puts low morals among high ideals and asks some searching questions about what life does to love. for the belseys and the kipps, the confusions – both personal and political – of our uncertain age are about to be brought close to home: right to the heart of family.