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Prepare to be hooked . . . early morning- on the foreshore of the river thames, a bag of bones is discovered. human bones. dci samuel owusu quickly sends the bag for forensic examination. the bones are those of a young woman, killed by a blow to the head many years ago. also inside the bag is a trail of clues which lead dci owusu to a mansion in chelsea where thirty years previously three people lay dead, while a baby upstairs waited for someone to pick her up. four deaths. an unsolved mystery. a family whose secrets can’t stay buried for ever. _________________ ‘i was enthralled. empathetic, gripping, authentic’ gillian mcallister ‘a gripping read. superb!’ shari lapena ‘fast-paced, cleverly plotted. grips from first page to last’ paula hawkins ‘artful, slippery, hugely satisfying. a rare treat awaits!’ louise candlish ‘the story everyone has been waiting for.’ adele parks

Boy meets boy. boys become friends. boys fall in love. an lgbtq+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between – for fans of the art of being normal, holly bourne and love, simon.

Stardust is an enchanting and enthralling novel from sunday times bestseller and master storyteller neil gaiman. ‘charming in every sense of the word, and deeply satisfying’ (time out), it will delight fans of terry pratchett and j. r. r. tolkien’s the hobbit, as well as those who loved the feature film starring robert de niro, claire danes, rupert everett and michelle pfeiffer among others. life moves at a leisurely pace in the tiny town of wall – named after the imposing stone barrier which separates the town from a grassy meadow. here, young tristran thorn has lost his heart to the beautiful victoria forester and for the coveted prize of her hand, tristran vows to retrieve a fallen star and deliver it to his beloved. it is an oath that sends him over the ancient wall and into a world that is dangerous and strange beyond imagining . . . includes extra material exclusive to this headline edition.

The brand new thriller from lisa jewell it’s nearly midnight and you’re home alone with only your baby grandson for company. your daughter and her boyfriend have gone out to a party; the first time they’ve been out since their son was born. and now you are waiting for them to come home. but they don’t. the next morning, frantic, you ring your daughter’s friends, and you’re told that she was last seen heading to a party in an isolated village known as dark place … an unsolved mystery, family secrets, a boarding school for difficult teenagers, and an unidentified body – watch out for the brand new lisa jewell hardcover in july 2021!

I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape. ‘shoot,’ i muttered when the paper sliced my finger. a single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut. it all happened very quickly then. ‘no!’ edward roared . . . dazed and disoriented, i looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm – and into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires. for bella swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: edward cullen. but being in love with a vampire is more dangerous than bella ever could have imagined. edward has already rescued bella from the clutches of an evil vampire but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realise their troubles may just be beginning . . . passionate, riveting and deeply moving, new moon, the compelling sequel to twilight, irresistibly combines romance and suspense with a supernatural twist.

‘ptolemy’s gate’ is the climax of the ‘bartimaeus trilogy’ in which a long-standing conspiracy comes to fruition and bartimaeus, nathaniel and kitty face a final enemy which threatens them all.

‘his hand closed automatically around the fake horcrux, but in spite of everything, in spite of the dark and twisting path he saw stretching ahead for himself, in spite of the final meeting with voldemort he knew must come, whether in a month, in a year, or in ten, he felt his heart lift at the thought that there was still one last golden day of peace left to enjoy with ron and hermione.’ with these words harry potter and the half-blood prince draws to a close. and here, in this seventh and final book, harry discovers what fate truly has in store for him as he inexorably makes his way to that final meeting with voldemort. in this thrilling climax to the phenomenally bestselling series, j. k. rowling will reveal all to her eagerly waiting readers.