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The no. 1 sunday times bestseller ‘reminded me so much of cecelia ahern’ ali mcnamara ‘utterly enchanting’ jill mansell ‘our go-to for spellbinding stories with a magical edge’ heat carrie’s brand new novel – when the curtain falls – is coming july 2018! ******************************* your soul is too heavy to pass through this door, leave the weight of the world in the world from before evie snow is eighty-two when she quietly passes away in her sleep, surrounded by her children and grandchildren. it’s the way most people wish to leave the world but when evie reaches the door of her own private heaven, she finds that she’s become her twenty-seven-year-old self and the door won’t open. evie’s soul must be light enough to pass through so she needs to get rid of whatever is making her soul heavy. for evie, this means unburdening herself of the three secrets that have weighed her down for over fifty years, so she must find a way to reveal them before it’s too late. as evie begins the journey of a lifetime, she learns more about life and love than she ever thought possible, and somehow, some way, she may also find her way back to the only man she ever truly loved . . . powerful, magical and utterly romantic, on the other side will transport you to a world that is impossible to forget. a love story like no other, it will have you weeping from the sheer joy and beauty of it all.

From the bestselling author of escape to the french farmhouse comes a deliciously feel-good story about making your dreams come true, set in sun-kissed southern italy. ‘a tale full of wonderful characters, sunshine, food and romance. a winning recipe!’ katie fforde —– a summer escape she’ll never forget . . . lucia has worked hard as a lawyer in wales, aiming for a big promotion she hopes will shortly come her way. finally taking a well-earned break at her grandparents’ house in southern italy, the sunshine, lemon trees and her nonna’s mouth-watering cooking make her instantly feel at home. but she’s shocked to learn that her grandfather is retiring from the beloved family pizzeria and will need to sell. lucia can’t bear the thought of the place changing hands – especially when she discovers her not-quite-ex-husband giacomo wants to take it over! then bad news from home forces lucia to re-evaluate what she wants from life. is this her chance to carry on the family tradition and finally follow her dreams? perfect escapism from the author of escape to the french farmhouse and the honey farm on the hill. readers have fallen sure with chasing the italian dream ‘the perfect escape’ ‘this book is like summer on a page’ ‘i loved getting whisked away to italy’

Hidden in the heart of the old city of barcelona is the ‘cemetery of lost books’, a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. to this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son daniel one cold morning in 1945. daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out ‘la sombra del viento’ by julian carax. but as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find. then, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from la sombra del viento, a character who turns out to be the devil. this man is tracking down every last copy of carax’s work in order to burn them. what begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of julian carax and to save those he left behind. a page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can lead.

Set in snowy amsterdam, together by christmas is a moving read of secrets, romance, and heartbreaking dilemmas when lee first came to amsterdam, it was with a newborn baby and a secret. five years later, her life is approaching normal: her career as a celebrity photographer is flourishing, her son jasper is growing up, and they are enjoying the run-up to christmas with their tight circle of close friends. but all this changes one morning when lee finds a book in the basket of her bicycle – and scrawled inside it, a desperate message. who left it for her, and why? lee feels compelled to help and tracks down the book’s author, sam. with an instant, undeniable connection it seems they might have a shot at a real future together. until her past comes calling. as the snow falls and the ice thickens on the city’s canals, the secret lee has never told resurfaces. suddenly everything she holds dear hangs in the balance. christmas is a time for being together-but what if the truth means she ends up alone?

International bestseller jeffrey archer returns

Peter guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of george smiley of the british secret service, otherwise known as the circus, has retired to his family farmstead on the south coast of brittany when a letter from his old service summons him to london. the reason? his cold war past has come back to claim him. intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret london are to be scrutinised by a generation with no memory of the cold war. somebody must be made to pay for innocent blood once spilt in the name of the greater good. interweaving past with present so that each may tell its own story, john le carru has given us a novel of superb and enduring quality.