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“alice, a young but powerful dark other, attends a planning meeting with her comrades in the day watch. the team is on a mission to apprehend an uninitiated other, a practicing dark witch who has so far eluded the bureax responsible for finding and initiating unlicensed practitioners of magic. it seems routine, but when they arrive, the night watch team has already made the arrest. a fierce battle ensures, during which alice almost dies. drained of her powers, she is sent to recuperate near the black sea. there she meets igor, the chemistry between them is instant and irresistible … then comes the realisation: igor owes his allegiance to the light, alice to the dark. there is no alternative to a magical duel, a battle that neither of them wants to win.”–publisher description.

Now a major bbc tv drama, starring tamara lawrance, lenny henry and hayley atwell. a sunday times bestseller (2011), shortlisted for the man booker prize, the long song by andrea levy is a hauntingly beautiful, heartbreaking and unputdownable novel of the last days of slavery in jamaica, for those who loved homegoing, the underground railroad, or the film 12 years a slave. ‘a marvel of luminous storytelling’ financial times you do not know me yet. my son thomas, who is publishing this book, tells me, it is customary at this place in a novel to give the reader a little taste of the story that is held within these pages. as your storyteller, i am to convey that this tale is set in jamaica during the last turbulent years of slavery and the early years of freedom that followed. july is a slave girl who lives upon a sugar plantation named amity and it is her life that is the subject of this tale. she was there when the baptist war raged in 1831, and she was present when slavery was declared no more. my son says i must convey how the story tells also of july’s mama kitty, of the negroes that worked the plantation land, of caroline mortimer the white woman who owned the plantation and many more persons besides – far too many for me to list here. but what befalls them all is carefully chronicled upon these pages for you to peruse. perhaps, my son suggests, i might write that it is a thrilling journey through that time in the company of people who lived it. all this he wishes me to pen so the reader can decide if this is a novel they might care to consider. cha, i tell my son, what fuss-fuss. come, let them just read it for themselves.

The great war took much more than lives. it robbed a generation of friends, lovers and futures. in freddie watson’s case, it took his beloved brother and, at times, his peace of mind. unable to cope with his grief, freddie has spent much of the time since in a sanatorium. in the winter of 1928, still seeking resolution, freddie is travelling through the french pyrenees – another region that has seen too much bloodshed over the years. during a snowstorm, his car spins off the mountain road. shaken, he stumbles into the woods, emerging by a tiny village. there he meets fabrissa, a beautiful local woman, also mourning a lost generation. over the course of one night, fabrissa and freddie share their stories of remembrance and loss. by the time dawn breaks, he will have stumbled across a tragic mystery that goes back through the centuries. by turns thrilling, poignant and haunting, this is a story of two lives touched by war and transformed by courage.

Ever feel like you’re losing a race you never signed up for? everyone in amy’s life seems to be getting married, having children and settling down (or so instagram tells her), and she feels like she’s falling behind. so, when her long-term boyfriend surprises her with a dream holiday, she thinks he’s going to finally pop the big question. but the dream turns into a nightmare when, instead, she finds herself on the set of a big brother – style reality television show, the shelf.

Three women. one body. will they ever learn? **the jaw-dropping new thriller from sunday times and kindle #1 bestseller harriet tyce** ‘the shocks kept coming right up to the final pages.’ lisa jewell ‘harriet’s best so far.’ sophie hannah ‘nothing short of unputdownable. one of the best openings i’ve read in forever.’ alex michaelides ‘a shocking, provocative, standout thriller.’chris whitaker ‘left me breathless.’ lucy clarke anna wants a fresh start after three long years behind bars. lucy craves the attention of the only man she can’t have, her alluring oxford professor. marie has spent too long as a recluse living by someone else’s rules. when three strangers stumble upon an elaborate web of lies and the dead body at the heart of it, they will discover the true price of getting the life they desire so badly. but will it be too late? more praise for a lesson in cruelty: ‘a dizzyingly satisfying page-turner.’ sarah pinborough ‘utterly compelling, a lesson in cruelty is in the very top tier of psychological thrillers and further cements harriet tyce’s place amongst the great british crime writers.’ m. w. craven ‘perfect plotting, utterly brilliant.’ b. a. paris ‘i absolutely loved it and devoured it whole in one day. so suspenseful and clever of course, but such great characterisation and real heart.’ laura marshall ‘compulsive, dark and smart, a lesson in cruelty delivers on every level.’ gilly macmillan ‘an imaginatively told (and very bingeable) thriller.’ john marrs ‘superb, twisty plotting that’s sure to keep readers guessing until the very end.’ femi kayode ‘a deliciously sinister tale of revenge and redemption, with heart-in-mouth tension and head-spinning twists.’ ellery lloyd

When bel kumar leaves for work in the morning, the last thing she expects is wake up in hospital later that day, with her ex from four years ago by her bedside. it turns out that 1) she’s had a near-death accident outside work. 2) she urgently needs to replace her ex with another next of kin on her hr form. but who can bel turn to in a crisis? she’s never been good at asking for help, but she knows she needs to reconnect with the most important people from her past. within days she’s navigating complex family history, old school friendships and romantic encounters, with consequences she never could have predicted. perhaps the worst day of bel’s life will turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to her.