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The Family Upstairs
₱250.00‘really good, gripping. i couldn’t bear for it to finish… i don’t want to move onto the next book too soon as it feels like a betrayal.’ olivia colman ‘i swear i didn’t breathe the whole time i was reading it. gripping, pacy, brilliantly twisty.’ clare mackintosh ‘a twisty and engrossing story of betrayal and redemption.’ ian rankin ____________________ from the #1 bestselling author of invisible girl in a large house in london’s fashionable chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. in the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. close to them is a hastily scrawled note. they’ve been dead for several days. who has been looking after the baby? and where did they go? two entangled families. a house with the darkest of secrets. a compulsive thriller from lisa jewell. ____________________ ‘rich, dark and intricately twisted, this enthralling whodunnit mixes family saga with domestic noir to brilliantly chilling effect.’ ruth ware ‘you don’t read a lisa jewell book, you fall into it. it takes huge talent to establish a whole world in the turn of two pages.’ erin kelly ‘creepy, intricate and utterly immersive- an excellent holiday read.’ guardian ‘i had an unrelentingly pleasurable and thrilling for-god’s-sake-tell-me-what-happened sensation in my stomach for the entire read … stupendous!’ ruth jones ‘absolutely brilliant. great characterisation, a fascinating and dark set up and a great conclusion. she’s always great but this is next level stuff.’ sarah pinborough ‘few writers of psychological suspense devise such swift, slippery plots; fewer still people their stories with characters so human and complex. lisa’s jewell’s the family upstairs glitters like a blade and cuts even deeper.’ aj finn ‘whenever i pick up a lisa jewell novel i know i’m in for a compelling, immersive and unputdownable read and the family upstairs is one of her very best’ cl taylor ‘i had hoped to save the family upstairs for my holiday, but failed miserably … i was hooked from the first page. i think it’s her best yet and hands down my favourite book so far this year.’ alice feeney ‘utterly compelling. deliciously dark and twisty with characters who live on in your head. lisa jewell just keeps getting better and better.’ jane corry ‘it’s absolutely bloody brilliant and i can’t tell you much i wish i’d written it.’ tammy cohen ‘it’s so good!’ india knight ‘i loved the family upstairs!’ sarah jessica parker ____________________ readers are obsessed with the family upstairs- ‘i read so many books in the crime/mystery genre that it becomes harder to find a book that stands out. this one succeeded!! hooked from page one’ ‘i totally adored this book. all of lisa jewell’s books are fabulous, but something about this one is extra special.’ ‘absolutely absorbing … thoroughly enjoyed it’ ‘kept me captivated from the very beginning … definitely worth reading – as long you like reading into the night!’ ‘what a book. clever would be an understatement. and those last pages left me with chills. the concept had me intrigued and the execution had me captivated. i could not put this book down!’ #1 bestseller in the uk, sunday times, august 2019
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Me Before You
₱200.00Lou clark knows lots of things but she doesn’t know is she’s about to lose her job or that knowing what’s coming is what keeps her sane. will traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. what will doesn’t know is that lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour.
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The Other Passenger
₱120.00”absolutely brilliant… an exceptionally exciting, mysterious book – we both loved it” richard & judy it all happens so quickly. one day you”re living the dream, commuting to work by riverbus with your charismatic neighbour kit in the seat beside you. the next, kit hasn”t turned up for the boat and his wife melia has reported him missing. when you get off at your stop, the police are waiting. another passenger saw you and kit arguing on the boat home the night before and the police say that you had a reason to want him dead. you protest. you and kit are friends – ask melia, she”ll vouch for you. and who exactly is this other passenger pointing the finger? what do they know about your lives? no, whatever danger followed you home last night, you are innocent, totally innocent. aren”t you? praise for the other passenger: ”nobody writes so incisively about couples” daily mail, books of the year 2020 ”filled with really excellent twists” stylist, best books out in june ”the queen of the urban thriller returns with her winning blend of whodunit and thoroughly unreliable narrators” red ”one of the twistiest plots you”ll ever read” cosmopolitan ”cleverly captures the envy zeitgeist” stylist ”stylish, suspenseful and absorbing” best ”you won”t want to put down this roller coaster read!” closer ”gripping from start to finish” bella ”not only is candlish a terrific storyteller, she has the gift of making you care about unlikable characters” guardian ”i”ll be amazed if we don”t see the other passenger on screen before long” london evening standard ”the layers of plot astound” sunday times crime club ”another clever tale from the author of our house” prima ”a chillingly addictive and glamorous thriller” sunday post ”brilliantly plotted” mail on sunday ”louise candlish helped launch the ”property noir” genre with our house and those people. in the other passenger, she brings murder to the london commute” observer ”this author is so good at twisty yet completely believable domestic thrillers” good housekeeping ”superior thriller” crime review ”suspenseful and utterly absorbing” sunday mirror ”the suspense is maddening, and the conclusion refreshing” press association ”an ingenious thriller” irish independent ”the pacing is first rate, as is the handling of the first-person narration” sunday times ”just brilliant; gripping from the first page with an incredible first person narrative and a sense of place that pulls you through the pages fast enough to make your head spin. louise candlish just gets better and better, i love her” lisa jewell ”a gripping read with a brilliant first-person narrative. i couldn”t turn the pages fast enough. it”s so good!” ba paris ”a must read!” lucy foley ”louise candlish is the queen of the sucker-punch twist” ruth ware ”dark and clever and terrific” nicci french ”i couldn”t put it down!” shari lapena ”a tightly constructed, corkscrewing plot” sarah vaughan ”psychological suspense at its most elegant and sinister” aj finn ”louise is the mistress of the ”oh my god, this could be me” nightmare” fiona barton ”a stunning masterwork of style and suspense” jeffery deaver ”equal parts riveting, twisty, and unsettling” stephanie wrobel ”an instant classic” mark edwards ”outstanding” catherine isaac
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The Bride Stripped Bare
₱170.00For fans of fifty shades of grey – the international bestseller – an explosive novel of sex, secrecy and escape. a woman finds her voice and leaves behind a book of lessons. it is the story of her secret self. on honeymoon, in the heat and shadows of sultry marrakech, a conventional young wife makes a shocking discovery. although confused by her husband’s betrayal, she finds it gives her the freedom to explore her deepest desires and rediscover the true self she has kept hidden from view so long. but her new life is clouded by complication and the raw desire that threatens to overwhelm her. she finds herself torn between need for her husband and her yearning for something more. the bride stripped bare is the story of a woman whose powerful awakening is erotic as it is dangerous.
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Daughter Of Smoke And Bone
₱120.00Seventeen-year-old karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters–the chimaerae who form the only family she has ever known.
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One Day With You
₱120.00An unputdownable read from the no1 and million copy bestseller. one day, five lives, but whose heart will be broken by nightfall? it started like any other day in the picturesque village of weirbridge. tress walker waved her perfect husband max off to work, with no idea that she was about to go into labour with their first child. and completely unaware that when she tried to track max down, he wouldn’t be where he was supposed to be. at the same time, max’s best friend noah clark said goodbye to his wife, anya, blissfully oblivious that he would soon discover the woman he adored had been lying to him for years. living alongside the two couples, their recently widowed friend, nancy jenkins, is getting ready to meet eddie, her first true love at a school reunion. will nancy have the chance to rekindle an old flame, or will she choose to stay by tress’s side when she needs her most? one day with you – two fateful goodbyes, two unexpected hellos, and 24 hours that change everything. perfect for the fans of jojo moyes, beth moran and debbie howells. praise for ?????????? shari low brilliant. another brilliant book by shari low. i love the narration, suspense, sadness and excellent juxtaposition of characters. it’s always heartwarming to see other characters from previous books make appearances.’ – reader review ‘beautiful, terrifying and mesmerising! a heartbreaking read, demolished the whole book in a day. can’t wait to read more!’ – reader review ‘i love how shari writes and this one is one of the best i’ve read as yet!’ – reader review ‘a stunning book that stays with you a while after you’ve finished it. a talented writer indeed. i thoroughly recommend it.’ – reader review ‘i laughed, cried and loved every word’ ‘what an absolute joy to read!’ – reader review ‘loved this book!… what a rollercoaster of emotions’ – reader review ‘wonderfully uplifting’ – reader review ‘i’ve loved reading this book by shari low great story line of some of the problems but beautifully showing how much we want love’ – reader review ‘more fun than a girl’s night out!’ – ok! magazine ‘highly recommended’- the sun ‘totally captivating and it felt like i’d lost a new best friend when it came to the end’ – closer magazine ‘touching stuff’ – heat.
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Neverwhere
₱250.00Neverwhere is the stunningly original first novel from neil gaiman, the bestselling and prizewinning author of the ocean at the end of the lane and american gods. wired called it ‘the sort of book terry pratchett might produce if he spent a month locked in a cellar with frank kafka’. this is a must-read for all those who loved susanna clarke’s jonathan strange and mr norrell or the magical world of j. k. rowling. under the streets of london there’s a world most people could never even dream of. a city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, and pale girls in black velvet. richard mayhew is a young businessman who is about to find out more than he bargained for about this other london. a single act of kindness catapults him out of his safe and predictable life and into a world that is at once eerily familiar and yet utterly bizarre. there’s a girl named door, an angel called islington, an earl who holds court on the carriage of a tube train, a beast in a labyrinth, and dangers and delights beyond imagining . . . and richard, who only wants to go home, is to find a strange destiny waiting for him below the streets of his native city. includes extra material exclusive to this headline review edition.
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The Notebook
₱180.00How far can love endure? noah calhoun has just returned from world war two. attempting to escape the ghosts of battle, he tries to concentrate on restoring an old plantation home to its former glory. and yet he is haunted by images of the beautiful girl he met there fourteen years before, a girl who captured his heart like no other. but when these distant memories begin to slide into reality, the passion that had lain still is ignited once more. though so much is in their way, the miraculous force of their love refuses to fade.
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Sourcery
₱150.00There was an eighth son of an eighth son. he was, quite naturally, a wizard. and there it should have ended. however (for reasons we’d better not go into), he had seven sons. and then he had an eighth son… a wizard squared… a source of magic… a sourcerer. sourcery sees the return of rincewind and the luggage as the discworld faces its greatest – and funniest – challenge yet.
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Going Postal
₱250.00Con artist and fraud moist von lipwig is faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put ankh-morpork’s ailing postal service back on its feet.
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The Hating Game
₱400.00Twee medewerkers van een net gefuseerde amerikaanse uitgeverij hebben een haat-liefde verhouding maar ze proberen hun loopbaan toch op de rails te zetten.
