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The Perfect Lie
For lucy riddick, venice has always been the dream destination. a dream inspired by the pretty picture pinned to her mother’s kitchen wall. to lucy, venice seems the ideal place to lose herself. and now she needs to do just that. the secret she’s been keeping from her boyfriend and her friends has finally caught up with her and lucy needs to disappear — and fast.
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Before The Storm
“inspector daniel kohi of the zimbabwean police force returns home one night to find his worst nightmare has been realised. his family dead, his house destroyed, and in fear for his life, he is forced to flee the country he loves. far away in glasgow, dsi william lorimer has his hands full. christmas is approaching, the city is bustling, and whilst the homicide rate has been relatively low, something much darker is brewing. counter-terrorism have got wind of a plot, here in lorimer’s native city, to carry out an unspeakable atrocity on christmas eve. they need someone with local knowledge to help them root it out and who better than the head of the scottish major incidents team. but the investigation is complicated by a spate of local murders, and by the rumours that someone is passing information to criminal organisations from inside the police force. soon lorimer finds himself in desperate need of assistance. then he meets an extraordinary man – a refugee from zimbabwe whose investigative skills are a match for lorimer’s own . . .”–publisher.
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Metroland
The adolescent christopher and his soulmate toni had sneered at the stifling ennui of metroland, their cosy patch of suburbia on the metropolitan line. they had longed for life to begin- meaning sex and freedom- to travel and choose their own clothes. then chris, at thirty, starts to settle comfortably into bourgeois contentment himself. luckily, toni is still around to challenge such backsliding.
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The Bloody Tower
Daisy discovers fresh blood in a tower infamous through history for dark deeds… now the mother of two-month-old twins, daisy decides to resume her journalistic career by writing a piece for a new magazine on the tower of london. on her visit she’s not only given a tour of the crown jewels, she’s also introduced to the raven master and the yeoman warders – and most importantly, she’s been invited to attend the ceremony of the keys ritual, which involves spending the night in the haunted bloody tower. having survived the night, daisy can’t wait to get away the next morning and in her eagerness to leave, trips over the body of a yeoman warder. daisy instantly realises that this is murder most foul on account of the halberd sticking out of his back. and with her husband assigned to investigate the case, daisy one again finds herself enmeshed in a case of an unexplained murder at the tower… praise for the daisy dalrymple series: ‘cunning… appropriate historical detail and witty dialogue are the finishing touches on this engaging 1920s period piece.’ publishers weekly ‘as always, dunn evokes the life and times of 1920s england while providing a plot that is a cut above the average british cosy. this will delight readers who love country-house mysteries.’ booklist ‘for fans of dorothy l. sayers’ novels’ library journal
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In The Woods
When he was twelve years old, adam ryan went playing in the woods with his two best friends. he never saw them again. their bodies were never found, and adam himself was discovered with his back pressed against an oak tree and his shoes filled with blood. he had no memory of what had happened. twenty years on, rob ryan – the child who came back – is a detective in the dublin police force. he’s changed his name. no one knows about his past. then a little girl’s body is found at the site of the old tragedy and rob is drawn back into the mystery. knowing that he would be thrown off the case if his past were revealed, rob takes a fateful decision to keep quiet but hope that he might also solve the twenty-year-old mystery of the woods.
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Curse The Day
An ai device witnesses the murder of its creator in this conspiracy thriller set in post-brexit britain.
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Spirit And Dust
“speaking to the dead is nothing for daisy goodnight. the living, on the other hand, can occasionally be a problem. especially when they knock you out and kidnap you. willing or not, daisy finds herself on a high-speed mission to track down a mob boss’s precious daughter, but she’s running out of time. the dead are coming to take over.”
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Can I Stray
An honest coming-of-age story — perfect for fans of louise o’neill and holly bourne — exploring consent, mental health, and the complex world of teenage sexual politics.
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The Notekeeper
Following a tragedy, zoe flees australia and makes a life for herself in the uk. two years later, working as a care nurse in bath and knowing just how much comfort last words can bring, zoe has taken it upon herself to become a notekeeper – writing down the final thoughts of her patients and delivering them to their loved ones. zoe’s new boss, ben, isn’t happy about her getting so involved in the patients’ lives. even as they clash, they both begin to realise that facing one’s past is the only way to move on. but life is never straightforward, especially for zoe. in finally opening up her heart after all these years, is she about to have it broken all over again?
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Miss You
Get to know tess and gus in kate eberlen’s first novel, miss you. a radio 2 book club choice 2016tess and gus are meant to be. they just haven’t met properly yet. and perhaps they never will . . . today is the first day of the rest of your life is the motto on a plate in the kitchen at home, and tess can’t get it out of her head, even though she’s in florence for a final, idyllic holiday before university. her life is about to change forever – but not in the way she expects. gus and his parents are also on holiday in florence. their lives have already changed suddenly and dramatically. gus tries to be a dutiful son, but longs to escape and discover what sort of person he is going to be. for one day, the paths of these two eighteen-year-olds will criss-cross before they each return to england. over the course of the next sixteen years, life and love will offer them very different challenges. separated by distance and chance, there’s no way the two of them are ever going to meet each other properly . . . or is there?
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The Year That Changed Everything
‘warm, witty and wise’ marian keyes three women, three birthdays, one year that will change everything… ginger isn’t spending her thirtieth the way she would have planned. tonight might be the first night of the rest of her life – or a total disaster. sam is finally pregnant after years of trying. when her waters break on the morning of her fortieth birthday, she panics: forget labour, how is she going to be a mother? callie is celebrating her fiftieth at a big party in her dublin home. then a knock at the door mid-party changes everything… treat yourself to the heartwarming and life-affirming new story from international bestseller cathy kelly *** everyone loves cathy kelly: ‘this book is full of joy – and i devoured every page of it gladly’ – milly johnson ‘filled with nuggets of wisdom, compassion and humour, cathy kelly proves, yet again, that she knows everything there is to know about women’ – patricia scanlan ‘packed with cathy’s usual magical warmth’ – sheila o’flanagan ‘a lovely story of life and change’ – prima ‘comforting and feel-good, the perfect treat read’ – good housekeeping
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The Shining Girls
Chicago 1931. harper curtis, a violent drifter, stumbles on a house with a secret as shocking as his own twisted nature – it opens onto other times. he uses it to stalk his carefully chosen ‘shining girls’ through the decades – and cut the spark out of them. he’s the perfect killer. unstoppable. untraceable. he thinks. chicago, 1992. they say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. tell that to kirby mazrachi, whose life was shattered after a brutal attempt to murder her. still struggling to find her attacker, her only ally is dan, an ex-homicide reporter who covered her case and now might be falling in love with her.
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What If It’s Us
From international bestselling authors becky albertalli (simon vs. the homo sapiens agenda) and adam silvera (they both die at the end) comes a long-awaited collaboration about two very different boys who can’t decide if the universe is pushing them together or pulling them apart. soon to be a feature film, adapted by the creator of 13 reasons why! meet arthur and ben. arthur is only in new york for the summer, but if broadway has taught him anything, it’s that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it. ben thinks the universe needs to mind its business. if the universe had his back, he wouldn’t be carrying a box of his ex-boyfriend’s things. but when the boys have a chance meeting at the post office, they leave wondering what exactly the universe does have in store for them. what if – in a city of eight million people – they can’t find each other again? what if they do … and then can’t nail a first date even after three do-overs? what if arthur tries too hard to make it work and ben doesn’t try hard enough? what if life really isn’t like a broadway play? but what if it is? what if it’s us? praise for what if it’s us: ‘romantic, realistic and sweet, this perfectly captures new york, teenage love and life in that gray area when you’re not quite an adult and not quite a child either.’ lauren james, author of the loneliest girl in the universe praise for adam silvera: ‘a phenomenal talent.’ juno dawson, author of clean and wonderland praise for becky albertalli: ‘the love child of john green and rainbow rowell.’ teen vogue