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The first book in the no. 1 sunday times bestselling series set at the time of queen elizabeth i in elizabeth’s england, true faith can mean bloody murder… oxford, 1583. a place of learning. and murderous schemes. the country is rife with plots to assassinate queen elizabeth and return the realm to the catholic faith. giordano bruno is recruited by the queen’s spymaster and sent undercover to expose a treacherous conspiracy in oxford – but his own secret mission must remain hidden at all costs. a spy under orders. a coveted throne under threat. when a series of hideous murders ruptures close-knit college life, bruno is compelled to investigate. and what he finds makes it brutally clear that the tudor throne itself is at stake… perfect for fans of c. j. sansom and hilary mantel praise for the giordano bruno series ‘a delicious blend of history and thriller’ the times ‘an omnipresent sense of danger’ daily mail ‘colourful characters, fast-moving plots and a world where one false step in religion or politics can mean a grisly death’ sunday times ‘pacy, intricate, and thrilling’ observer ‘vivid, sprawling … well-crafted, exuberant’ financial times ‘impossible to resist’ daily telegraph ‘an atmospheric and well-written historical thriller’ guardian ‘twists and turns like a corkscrew of venomous snakes’ stuart macbride ‘it has everything – intrigue, mystery and excellent history’ kate mosse ‘the period is incredibly vivid and the story utterly gripping’ conn iggulden ‘a brilliantly unusual glimpse at the intrigues surrounding queen elizabeth i’ andrew taylor “rich in both historical detail and ingenious twists” sam bourne (bestselling author of the righteous men)

The view from the cheap seats draws together myriad non-fiction writing by international phenomenon and sunday times bestselling author neil gaiman. from make good art, the speech that went viral, to pieces on artists and legends including terry pratchett and lou reed, the collection offers a glimpse into the head and heart of one of the most acclaimed writers of our time. ‘if this book came to you during a despairing night, by dawn, you would believe in ideas and hope and humans again’ caitlin moran ‘literature does not occur in a vacuum. it cannot be a monologue. it has to be a conversation’ this collection will draw you in to exchanges on making good art and syrian refugees, the power of a single word and playing the kazoo with stephen king, writing about books, comics and the imagination of friends, being sad at the oscars and telling lies for a living. here neil gaiman opens our minds to the people he admires and the things he believes might just mean something – and welcomes us to the conversation too.

Tells the story of ambitious leslie stewart, who learns that for some men power is the greatest aphrodisiac; and of oliver russell, the handsome governor of a small southern state, who finds out why hell has no fury like a woman scorned.

#1 new york times bestselling author nicholas sparks returns with a moving new novel about an injured army doctor and the two women whose secrets will change the course of his life. trevor benson never intended to move back to new bern, north carolina. but when a mortar blast outside the hospital where he worked as an orthopedic surgeon sent him home from afghanistan with devastating injuries, the dilapidated cabin he’d inherited from his grandfather seemed as good a place to regroup as any. tending to his grandfather’s beloved bee hives while preparing for a second stint in medical school, trevor isn’t prepared to fall in love with a local . . . yet, from their very first encounter, trevor feels a connection with deputy sheriff natalie masterson that he can’t ignore. but even as she seems to reciprocate his feelings, she remains frustratingly distant, making trevor wonder what she’s hiding. further complicating his stay in new bern is the presence of a sullen teenage girl, callie, who lives in the trailer park down the road. claiming to be 17, she works at the local sundries store and keeps to herself. discovering that she was once befriended by his grandfather, trevor hopes callie can shed light on the mysterious circumstances of his grandfather’s death, but she offers few clues – until a crisis triggers a race that will uncover the true nature of callie’s past, one more intertwined with the elderly man’s passing than trevor could have ever anticipated. in his quest to unravel natalie and callie’s secrets, trevor will learn the true meaning of love and forgiveness . . . and that in life, to move forward, we must often return to the place where it all began.