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A Good Man is Hard to Find: Faber Modern Classics

A Good Man is Hard to Find: Faber Modern Classics

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These ten classic stories are masterful depictions of the underside of life, deep in the American South. On receiving an early copy, Evelyn Waugh remarked 'If these stories are in...
Pigs in Heaven: Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction

Pigs in Heaven: Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction

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When six-year-old Turtle Greer witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam, her insistence on what she has seen, and her mother's belief in her, lead to a man's dramatic...
The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea

The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea

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Lawrence Durrell was one of the best-selling, most celebrated English novelists of the late 20th century. The Alexandria Quartet is unquestionably his most admired work, at heart a sensuous and...
The Lacuna: Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction

The Lacuna: Author of Demon Copperhead, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction

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The Lacuna is the heartbreaking story of a man torn beween the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s McCarthyite America. Born in the U.S. and reared...
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall

Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall

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'It was our third time playing the Godfather theme since lunch.' In a sublime story cycle, Kazuo Ishiguro explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time. From the...
Man in the Dark

Man in the Dark

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'I am alone in the dark, turning the world around in my head as I struggle through another bout of insomnia, another white night in the great American wilderness.' So...
The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty

The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty

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Following the end of the First World War, Eneas McNulty joins the British-led Royal Irish Constabulary. With all those around him becoming soldiers of a different kind, however, it proves...
Immortality: 'An artist, clearly one of the best to be found anywhere' (Salman Rushdie)

Immortality: 'An artist, clearly one of the best to be found anywhere' (Salman Rushdie)

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This breathtaking, reverberating survey of human nature finds Kundera still attempting to work out the meaning of life without losing his acute sense of humour. It is one of those...
Gone Tomorrow: (Jack Reacher 13)

Gone Tomorrow: (Jack Reacher 13)

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Reasonable People: A sharply funny and relatable story about feuding families

Reasonable People: A sharply funny and relatable story about feuding

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'Warm, thoughtful, clever - the sort of book you'll think about long after you've finished." BETH O'LEARY, author of The Flatshare CantBeArsed8: Am I the villain for being furious my...
The Bell Tower: The brand new suspense thriller from an award-winning bestseller

The Bell Tower: The brand new suspense thriller from an award-winning

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LIFE ON DEATH ROW TAKES ITS TOLL.   UNTIL YOU CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE...     Death Row duty comes with three simple rules:   Do not make it personal...
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free: Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize

Now We Shall Be Entirely Free: Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize

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'ANDREW MILLER'S WRITING IS A SOURCE OF WONDER AND DELIGHT' Hilary Mantel 'ONE OF OUR MOST SKILFUL CHRONICLERS OF THE HUMAN HEART AND MIND' Sunday Times Winner of the Highland...
Body Tourists: The gripping, thought-provoking new novel from the Booker-longlisted author of The Testament of Jessie Lamb

Body Tourists: The gripping, thought-provoking new novel from the Booker-longlisted author of The Testament of Jessie Lamb

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The Summer Escape: Escape to Sunrise Cove with this heart-warming and captivating romance

The Summer Escape: Escape to Sunrise Cove with this heart-warming and

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Secrets are revealed and forbidden sparks ignited in this sizzling Sunrise Cove tale of enemies to lovers, redemption, missing treasures, and love - by romance superstar and New York Times...
Unfinished Business

Unfinished Business

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS focuses on an ordinary suburban office worker, fundamentally weak but always keeping his eyes fixed on some horizon where a heightened, romantic, better world must surely exist. Faced...
Fatal Proof

Fatal Proof

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'Unputdownable...This writer gets better and better' A.N. WilsonThe Hither Green murder...William Benson knows what it's like to be accused of something you didn't do - the fear, the vulnerability and...
Voyeur: 'Unsettling, addictive, and razor-sharp'

Voyeur: 'Unsettling, addictive, and razor-sharp'

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'Addictive' Stylist'Sultry' Elle'Shimmers with suspense' Daily Mail'Sizzling' EsquireSummer in Paris. Leah, bored of tedious dead-end jobs, is intrigued to spot a job advert posted by the famous author Michael Young:...
Cometh the Hour

Cometh the Hour

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Thrilling and absorbing, Cometh the Hour is the sixth novel in international bestseller Jeffrey Archer's the Clifton Chronicles and sees the Clifton and Barrington families navigate the 1970s in an...
Finding Mr Write

Finding Mr Write

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The Lost City meets Book Lovers in this fabulously fun and feminist rom-com.     Daphne McFadden already knows that as a female author, the cards are stacked against her....
Over My Dead Body (William Warwick Novels)

Over My Dead Body (William Warwick Novels)

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The gripping new instalment in the William Warwick series, An Eye for an Eye, is available to pre-order now!An unputdownable story of murder, revenge and betrayal from international number one...
Touch

Touch

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He tried to take my life. Instead I took his.It was a long time ago. I remember it was dark, and I didn't see my killer until it was too...
Six Tudor Queens: Katheryn Howard, The Tainted Queen: Six Tudor Queens 5

Six Tudor Queens: Katheryn Howard, The Tainted Queen: Six Tudor Queens

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'This six-book series looks likely to become a landmark in historical fiction' The TimesAlison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times-bestselling SIX TUDOR QUEENS series, relates one of the...
Six Tudor Queens: Katheryn Howard, The Tainted Queen: Six Tudor Queens 5

Six Tudor Queens: Katheryn Howard, The Tainted Queen: Six Tudor Queens

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'This six-book series looks likely to become a landmark in historical fiction' The Times Alison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times-bestselling Six Tudor Queens series, relates one of...
Rich Girl, Poor Girl

Rich Girl, Poor Girl

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Nic, Caryn and Tory: three girls who form a friendship that should last a lifetime.Nic is the daughter of a white Zimbabwean business tycoon. Despite a life of jaw-dropping wealth...
A Lesson in Cruelty: The propulsive new thriller from the bestselling author of Blood Orange

A Lesson in Cruelty: The propulsive new thriller from the bestselling (SIGNED)

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THREE WOMEN. ONE BODY. WILL THEY EVER LEARN?**The jaw-dropping new thriller from Sunday Times and Kindle #1 bestseller Harriet Tyce**'The shocks kept coming right up to the final pages.' Lisa...
Conquest

Conquest

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Rachel's boyfriend Frank is different from other people. His strangeness is part of what she loves about him: his innocence, his intelligence, his passionate immersion in the music of JS...
Should I Tell You?: Curl up with a gorgeous romantic novel from the No. 1 bestselling author

Should I Tell You?: Curl up with a gorgeous romantic novel from the

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From the queen of feelgood fiction, an uplifting new novel of friendship, families and finding love . . .'What a gorgeous book! Jill has a great gift for characterisation -...
The Stranger in the Seine: From the No.1 International Thriller Sensation

The Stranger in the Seine: From the No.1 International Thriller

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'THE FRENCH SUSPENSE KING' NEW YORK TIMES'ONE OF THE GREAT THRILLER WRITERS OF OUR AGE' DAILY EXPRESS'IT'S NO WONDER THAT GUILLAUME MUSSO IS ONE OF FRANCE'S MOST LOVED, BESTSELLING AUTHORS'...
Silverback: 'A dark unnerving tale' (John Boyne)

Silverback: 'A dark unnerving tale' (John Boyne)

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'Visceral and unpredictable, Silverback is doing what novels do best . . . Told with real intelligence, skill and compassion, this is a seriously impressive novel' COLIN WALSH'Silverback is both...
The Dog of the North

The Dog of the North

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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONThe darkly comic new novel from the bestselling author of The Portable Veblen 'Incredibly funny and very moving' BELLA MACKIE'A blissful novel that I...
The Passion

The Passion

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The Darkest Night: a twisty historical mystery to keep you reading through the night

The Darkest Night: a twisty historical mystery to keep you reading

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Some secrets last for generations . . . 'Deliciously twisty' HEATHER DARWENT'Full of mystery' ANITA FRANK'A wonderfully twisting tale of family secrets' REBECCA NETLEYA bewitching and haunting story of family...
Tilly in Technicolor: A sweet and swoony opposites-attract rom-com from the author of the TikTok hit, A BRUSH WITH LOVE!

Tilly in Technicolor: A sweet and swoony opposites-attract rom-com

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The next sparkling opposites-attract rom-com from the author of the TikTok-hit A Brush with Love and Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake.'So freaking cute. . .Tilly in Technicolor will have you aching...
A Bond Undone: Legends of the Condor Heroes Vol. 2

A Bond Undone: Legends of the Condor Heroes Vol. 2

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THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME.THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN ENJOYING FOR DECADES - 100 MILLION COPIES SOLD."Jin Yong's work,...
Blow Your House Down

Blow Your House Down

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A city and its people are in the grip of a killer who is roaming the northern city, singling out prostitutes. The face of his latest victim stares out from...
Tiger's Destiny

Tiger's Destiny

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With three of the goddess Durga's quests behind them, only one prophecy now stands in the way of Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan breaking the tiger's curse. But the trio's greatest...
Mother's Boy: A beautifully crafted novel of war, Cornwall, and the relationship between a mother and son

Mother's Boy: A beautifully crafted novel of war, Cornwall, and the

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'Tender, evocative' TLS'Richly engaging' SpectatorA Radio 4 Serial Fiction Book of the Week 'A characteristically tender novel about a young man growing up in the shadow of one war and...
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House: Shortlisted for the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction

How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House: Shortlisted for the 2021

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Women's Prize for Fiction 2021SHORTLISTED'Jones's atmospheric debut has a multiracial, multigenerational cast who are brilliantly and even-handedly portrayed' Sunday Times'Rare is the first book that reveals the writer fully formed,...
Karla's Choice: A  John le Carre Novel

Karla's Choice: A John le Carre Novel

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The Client: A Novel

The Client: A Novel

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Half-Blown Rose

Half-Blown Rose

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'Sharp-edged and sexy, Half-Blown Rose is an utterly intoxicating story of love, betrayal, and loyalty' Taylor Jenkins ReidAfter learning a shocking truth about her husband's past, forty-four-year-old Vincent Wilde moves...
The Geometry of Holding Hands

The Geometry of Holding Hands

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THE THIRTEENTH INSTALLMENT OF THE MUCH-LOVED ISABEL DALHOUSIE SERIESWhen Isabel Dalhousie and her husband Jamie book a table at an expensive Edinburgh restaurant, she finds herself battling with her conscience....
The Brass Age

The Brass Age

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'Like Olga Tokarczuk, najder has written a novel about a Europe that has lost its diversity and has beendestroyed by fascism, communism and, in recent times, nationalism ... a modern...
Mister, Mister: The new novel from the Booker Prize longlisted author of In Our Mad and Furious City

Mister, Mister: The new novel from the Booker Prize longlisted author

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'Enthralling' Guardian Culture Preview'A quicksilver astonishment of a book. Just read it' Kiran Millwood Hargrave'A vital novel of newness and nowness' Raymond Antrobus'A rollercoaster coming of age picaresque' ObserverA New...
Everywhere We Look

Everywhere We Look

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The Girls Are Good

The Girls Are Good

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The Letter

The Letter

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Will its words uncover a dark family secret?Readers love Josephine Cox!'Loved the story and the characters''Family secrets hidden away for years. I really loved this story''I was hooked from start...
Hula: A Novel

Hula: A Novel

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Named a Best Book of the Summer by Harper's Bazaar and ELLE * Audiofile Magazine Earphones Award Winner * HONOLULU Magazine's Book of the Year About Hawai`i"Stunning . . ....