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‘a tender, heart-felt read, with the perfect blend of ingredients: new york, food, family and romance!’ sophie cousens —– where better to start again than new york? iris arrives in the city of dreams, intent on restarting her culinary career, and leaving her recent heartache behind. wandering the streets at a famous food festival, iris feels like she’s living in a movie. then she stumbles upon a gelateria that looks strangely familiar. inside, she meets gio: a perfect leading man with an irresistible smile – and a crisis of his own. as fate would have it, iris is the one person with the answer to his problem. she just can’t tell him that . . . so, can iris finally let go of the past – and let herself fall in love? a sumptuously cosy seasonal love story set in sparkling new york, from the queen of the ‘what if?’ romance josie silver. —– ‘joyous, uplifting and heart-racingly romantic. i devoured it. you’ll find me in little italy licking gelato off a hot italian stallion’s chest’ cathy bramley ‘a unique and gorgeously written love story bursting with characters you’ll want to protect’ lizzie damilola blackburn ‘deliciously romantic – i loved everything about it’ libby page ‘a magical love story that had me hooked from the first page’ cressida mclaughlin

‘a fast paced, all-too-real thriller with a villain right out of james patterson and criminal minds’ andrew gross. they say you should face your fears. hello. old enemies… francis ackerman jr. is one of america’s most prolific serial killers. having kept a low profile for the past year, he is ready to return to work – and he’s more brutal, cunning, and dangerous than ever. new threats… scarred from their past battles, special agent marcus williams cannot shake ackerman from his mind. but now marcus must focus on catching the anarchist, a new killer who drugs and kidnaps women before burning them alive. hidden terrors… marcus knows the anarchist will strike again soon. and ackerman is still free. but worse than this is a mysterious figure, unknown to the authorities, who controls the actions of the anarchist and many like him. he is the prophet – and his plans are more terrible than even his own disciples can imagine. praise for ethan cross: ‘the surprises are fast and furious and will leave you breathless to read more’ lisa gardner. ‘a fast paced, all too real thriller with a villain right out of james patterson and criminal minds’ andrew gross. ‘a great mix of gruesome murders, a psychotic killer, revenge and great writing’ crimesquad.

Matt is looking forward to turning 30, his whole life is finally sorted. but on his birthday his girlfriend makes a shocking confession, and unable to cope, matt moves back with his parents. back with the friends he hasn’t seen for 10 years, he realizes life isn’t as simple as it used to be.

“divorced and struggling with deep-rooted mental health problems, bella mackie ended her twenties in tears. she could barely find the strength to get off the sofa, let alone piece her life back together. until one day she did something she had never done of her own free will she pulled on a pair of trainers and went for a run. in jog on, bella explains with hilarious and unfiltered honesty how she used running to battle crippling anxiety and depression. with the help of a supporting cast of doctors, psychologists, sportspeople and friends, she shares a wealth of inspirational stories, research and tips that show how exercise often can be the best medicine.”–provided by publisher.

Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister angela and her family to join him for a week at a vacation home in the english countryside, which results in a symphony of long-held grudges, fading dreams and rising hopes.

Metaphysical thriller, meditation on mortality and chronicle of our self-devouring times, this is the kaleidoscopic new novel from the author of cloud atlas. longlisted for the man booker prize 2014 one drowsy summer’s day in 1984, teenage runaway holly sykes encounters a strange woman who offers a small kindness in exchange for ‘asylum’. decades will pass before holly understands exactly what sort of asylum the woman was seeking … the bone clocks follows the twists and turns of holly’s life from a scarred adolescence in gravesend to old age on ireland’s atlantic coast as europe’s oil supply dries up – a life not so far out of the ordinary, yet punctuated by flashes of precognition, visits from people who emerge from thin air and brief lapses in the laws of reality. for holly sykes – daughter, sister, mother, guardian – is also an unwitting player in a murderous feud played out in the shadows and margins of our world, and may prove to be its decisive weapon.

The fifth book in the tom thorne series, from bestselling author mark billingham. a series of killings three men, sleeping rough on london’s mean streets, have been found brutally murdered – each victim kicked to death and found with a £20 note pinned to his chest. but were they killed at random, or were they targeted for a reason? a deadly mission tom thorne is posted to the same streets – working undercover, disguised as a homeless man. in a harsh and harrowing underworld, thorne discovers the horrifying link between the homeless victims and the perpetrators of a fifteen-year-old atrocity. a ruthless enemy those who know are keeping quiet. but the word on these streets is that the killer is a cop… __________ read what everyone’s saying about the heart-racing tom thorne series: ‘literary superstar’ mail on sunday ‘ingenious’ guardian ‘ground-breaking’ sunday times ‘mark billingham gets better and better’ michael connelly ‘a cracking read . . . i couldn’t put it down!’ shari lapena ‘a damn fine storyteller’ karin slaughter ‘twisted and twisty’ linwood barclay ‘one of the most consistently entertaining, insightful crime writers working today’ gillian flynn ‘the next superstar detective is already with us. don’t miss him’ lee child

A shocking mass murder occurs at a wedding in a small dales church and a huge manhunt follows. eventually, the shooter is run to ground and things take their inevitable course. but banks is plagued with doubts as to exactly what happened outside the church that day, and why.