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The darkest secrets are the ones we hide from ourselves… ten years ago, traumatized by her father’s death, lucy left her home and her country. now, she returns to her family’s rambling lakeside home to lay old ghosts to rest. however, sleepless one night, she makes a momentous discovery. locked in a moonlit window seat is a collection of family heirlooms – objects whose secrets no one was ever supposed to find. piecing together her family’s true history, she realises that the story she has always been told was a fiction. and the more she uncovers, the more lucy comes to question her own life choices – including why it is that her first lover, keegan fall, has never left her heart . . . mesmerizing and haunting, the lake of dreams is a startling story of family secrets and lies, lost love and redemption, and of the many pieces and puzzles that make up a life.

Salander is plotting her revenge – against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. but it is not going to be a straightforward campaign. after taking a bullet to the head, salander is under close supervision in intensive care, and is set to face trial for three murders and one attempted murder on her eventual release. with the help of journalist mikael blomkvist and his researchers at millennium magazine, salander must not only prove her innocence, but identify and denounce the corrupt politicians that have allowed the vulnerable to become victims of abuse and violence. once a victim herself, salander is now ready to fight back.

Next in the #1 sunday times bestselling series, new york times bestselling author kate mosse returns with the ghost ship, a sweeping historical epic of adventure on the high seas. the barbary coast, 1621. a mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. it is known only as the ghost ship. for months it has hunted pirates to liberate those enslaved by corsairs, manned by a courageous crew of mariners from italy and france, holland and the canary islands. but the bravest men on board are not who they seem. and the stakes could not be higher. if arrested, they will be hanged for their crimes. can they survive the journey and escape their fate? a sweeping and epic love story, ranging from france in 1610 to amsterdam and the canary islands in the 1620s, the ghost ship is a thrilling novel of adventure and buccaneering, love and revenge, stolen fortunes and hidden secrets on the high seas.

From the new york times bestselling author of the nevernight chronicle, jay kristoff, comes the much-anticipated sequel to the #1 international bestselling sensation empire of the vampire. from holy cup comes holy light; the faithful hands sets world aright. and in the seven martyrs’ sight, mere man shall end this endless night. gabriel de león has saved the holy grail from death, but his chance to end the endless night is lost. drawn into an uneasy alliance with the mysterious vampire liathe, gabriel must now deliver the grail to ancients of the blood esani, and learn the truth of how daysdeath might be finally undone. but the last silversaint faces peril, within and without. pursued by terrors of the blood voss, drawn into warfare between the blood dyvok and duskdancers of the frozen highlands, and ravaged by his own rising bloodlust, gabriel may not survive to see the grail learn her truth. and that truth may be too awful for any to imagine.

In this rapturous memoir, writer and activist laura coleman shares the story of her liberating journey in the amazon jungle, where she fell in love with a magnificent cat who changed her life. laura was in her early twenties and directionless when she quit her job to backpack in bolivia. fate landed her at a wildlife sanctuary on the edge of the amazon jungle where she was assigned to a beautiful and complex puma named wayra. wide-eyed, inexperienced, and comically terrified, laura made the scrappy, make-do camp her home. and in wayra, she made a friend for life. they weren’t alone, not with over a hundred quirky animals to care for, each lost and hurt in their own way: a pair of suicidal, bra-stealing monkeys, a frustrated parrot desperate to fly, and a pig with a wicked sense of humor. the humans, too, were cause for laughter and tears. there were animal whisperers, committed staff, wildly devoted volunteers, handsome heartbreakers, and a machete-wielding prom queen who carried laura through. most of all, there was the jungle–lyrical and alive–and there was wayra, who would ultimately teach laura so much about love, healing, and the person she was capable of becoming. set against a turbulent and poignant backdrop of deforestation, the illegal pet trade, and forest fires, the puma years explores what happens when two desperate creatures in need of rescue find one another.

A page-turning adaptation of the first season of the original danish television series the killing, from the author of the detective nic costa series through the dark wood where the dead trees give no shelter nanna birk larsen runs . . . there is a bright monocular eye that follows, like a hunter after a wounded deer. it moves in a slow approaching zigzag, marching through the pineseskoven wasteland, through the pentecost forest. the chill water, the fear, his presence not so far away . . . there is one torchlight on her now, the single blazing eye. and it is here. sarah lund is looking forward to her last day as a detective with the copenhagen police department before moving to sweden. but everything changes when 19-year-old student nanna birk larsen is found raped and brutally murdered in the woods outside the city. lund’s plans to relocate are put on hold as she leads the investigation along with fellow detective jan meyer. while nanna’s family struggles to cope with their loss, local politician troels hartmann is in the middle of an election campaign to become the new mayor of copenhagen. when links between city hall and the murder suddenly come to light, the case takes an entirely different turn. over the course of 20 days, suspect upon suspect emerges as violence and political intrigue cast their shadows over the hunt for the killer.

This is a breathtaking love story about a woman unexpectedly forced to choose between the husband she has long thought dead and the fiancé who has finally brought her back to life.