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The Longest Ride
Two couples. two love stories. one epic tale. ninety-one-year-old ira levinson is in trouble. struggling to stay conscious after a car crash, with his mind fading, an image of his adored – and long-dead – wife ruth appears. urging him to hang on, she lovingly recounts the joys and sorrows of their life together – how they met, the dark days of wwii and its unrelenting effect on their families. a few miles away, college student sophia danko’s life is about to change. recovering from a break-up, she meets the young, rugged luke and is thrown into a world far removed from her privileged school life. sophia sees a new and tantalising future for herself, but luke is keeping a secret that could destroy it all. ira and ruth. sophia and luke. two couples, separated by years and experience, whose lives are about to converge in the most unexpected – and shocking – of ways. the new love story from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of the notebook, the lucky one and the best of me. nicholas sparks is one of the world’s most beloved authors.
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Wild Swans
A history of twentieth century china told as a real-life saga of a chinese family over three generations.
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The Other Half
Agatha christie meets made in chelsea ‘vassell’s sharply witty debut novel is an enticing blend of frothy social satire and deadly serious detective work.’ daily mail ‘brilliantly compulsive . . . i could not stop reading this book.’ denise mina ‘as sharp, witty and energetic as it is bitingly satirical.’ janice hallett the night before rupert’s 30th is a black tie dinner at the kentish town mcdonald’s – catered with cocaine and veuve clicquot. the morning after his girlfriend clemmie is found murdered on hampstead heath. all the party-goers have alibis. naturally. bitingly funny, full of twists, and all too close to reality, this is a stunning debut from your next favourite crime writer. ‘an incredible crime debut.’ erin kelly ‘scintillating.’ harriet tyce ‘delicious, searing . . . what a great new voice she is in detective fiction!’ s. j. bennett what readers are saying ‘a perfectly horrid cast of over the top characters and an engaging detective. glorious.’ 5* review ‘such a fun, biting take on the thriller genre . . . i loved this book!’ 5* review ‘it was fast paced and twisty and i was on the edge of my seat the whole time. i loved it.’ 5* review ‘it’s the characters that really make this book and i’d love to see a tv series based on these detectives.’ 5* review ‘highly recommend if you enjoy lucy foley, i raced through this in less than a day!’ 5* review
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Worth Dying For
Suspense fiction. has jack reacher finally met his match? 61 hours ended with reacher trapped in a desperate situation from which escape seemed impossible. even for him. was that really the end of the road for the maverick loner? worth dying for is the kind of explosive thriller only lee child could write – a heart-racing page-turner no suspense fan will want to miss.
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The Guardian
Since her husband’s tragicd death four years before, 29-year old julie barenson had been reluctant to date, but now feels ready to test the waters. soon, she is being wined and dined by richard franklin, a handsome and sophisticated engineer who treats her like a queen.
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Our House
‘the last line will make you literally shout with shock’ good housekeeping ‘terrifically twisty … hooks from the first page’ sunday times on a bright morning in the london suburbs, a family moves into the house they’ve just bought on trinity avenue. nothing strange about that. except it’s your house. and you didn’t sell it. for better, for worse. when fi lawson arrives home to find strangers moving into her house, she is plunged into terror and confusion. she and her husband bram have owned their home on trinity avenue for years and have no intention of selling. how can this other family possibly think the house is theirs? and why has bram disappeared when she needs him most? for richer, for poorer. bram has made a catastrophic mistake and now he is paying. unable to see his wife, his children or his home, he has nothing left but to settle scores. as the nightmare takes grip, both bram and fi try to make sense of the events that led to a devastating crime. what has he hidden from her – and what has she hidden from him? and will either survive the chilling truth – that there are far worse things you can lose than your house? till death us do part. praise for our house: ‘if 2018 brings a better book than our house i will eat my hat. addictive, twisty and oh so terrifyingly possible’ clare mackintosh ‘i raced through it this weekend. such a smart idea. twisty, warped, credible. brilliantly plotted and compelling. deserves to be such a hit’ sarah vaughan ‘louise candlish is a great writer;she inhaled me into her nightmarish world where everything we think we know is ripped from under our feet’ fiona barton ”a masterfully plotted, compulsive page-turner’ guardian ‘keeps you guessing to the end – and beyond’ stylist ‘whip-smart, knowing and brilliantly plotted’ india knight ‘a corker’ evening standard ‘terrific premise’ new york times ‘wonderfully plotted’ jane garvey, woman’s hour ‘a blood pressure-raising thriller’ red ‘gripping and heartbreaking with an undercurrent of unease running through it’ louise jensen ‘what a book! fast, edge-of-your-seat stuff. each time i set the book down i had to remind myself to breathe’ broadbeanbooks ‘oh louise candlish, you are a genius! our house is just brilliant. scarily believable with the best ending i have read in a long time. i devoured it!’ claire frost, fabulous magazine
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All This Time
From the team behind #1 new york times bestseller five feet apart comes a gripping new romance that asks: can you find true love after losing everything?
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The Chalk Man
The chalk man is coming … it was 1986 when a teenage eddie munster helped save waltzer girl’s life. that summer was the one that changed everything. it was the one they came up with the chalk men – drawing them on the pavement in a secret code. but then the chalk men started to appear on their own volition, prophesying grisly scenes on the dusty pavement. they knew about the body in the river. and knew about waltzer girl’s corpse lying still in the wood without a head. it’s 2016 and eddie is still living in anderbury, teaching at his old school and living with a lodger, chloe. life is quiet. life is rather empty. until the day the chalk men reappear.
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The Knife Of Never Letting Go
Imagine you can hear everything the town of men say about you. and they can hear everything you think. imagine you don’t fit into their plans. todd hewitt is just one month away from the birthday that will make him a man. but his town has been keeping secrets from him. secrets that are going to force him to run.
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Evermore
Seventeen-year-old ever is the sole survivor of a car crash that killed her entire family. living with her aunt in southern california, she’s plagued by the ability to hear the thoughts of those around her, and haunted by the ghost of her little sister. she tries to tune everyone out, shunning her old lifestyle as the pretty, popular cheerleader, but somehow she can’t hide from damen, the new guy at school. stunningly handsome, clever and not a little bit intimidating, there’s something about him that doesn’t quite add up. ever realises he’s hiding something, but nothing could prepare her for the truth – especially when the truth involves past lives, murderous enemies, everlasting love and the secret of eternal youth . . .
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Shadow Study
From the author of the million copy bestselling the devil wears prada. three best friends. two resolutions. one year to pull it off. emmy has just split with her boyfriend of five years. a serial monogamist, she suddenly realises how much she’s missed the thrill of single life. a new job travelling across the globe could offer her the one thing she is craving, so she vows to find a man on every continent for some pure no-strings-attached fun. adriana is stunning and can have any man she desires. yet all she wants is an eligible bachelor who’ll slip a five-carat harry winston diamond on her finger. leigh has a doting boyfriend that most girls would kill for. but when literary bad boy jesse chapman asks to work with her and more, she just can’t refuse. the three friends make a pact – come hell or high water, they must change one thing in their lives by the end of the year…
