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Ava Anna Ada

Ava Anna Ada

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The between days were days of pure white heat.Summer is swelling around the village. Heat is surging, people are whispering about a great hungry wave, and in the garden, Anna...
High Time: High stakes and high jinx in the world of art and finance

High Time: High stakes and high jinx in the world of art and finance

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'The perfect summer read: mischievous and delicious. I devoured it in one go.' Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace Chosen by The Irish Times and Tatler as a...
One Blood

One Blood

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Behind every strong woman are the women who raised her.'A powerful family saga' OBSERVER'Heartbreaking, hopeful, and resilient... a masterpiece' TARA M. STRINGFELLOW, author of Memphis Some are bound by the...
The Best Friend

The Best Friend

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'The most complex of bonds is explored in this startlingly original and finely drawn portrait of female friendship, with all its uplifting and destructive intensity'   ELLERY LLOYD    ...
The Saturday Night Sauvignon Sisterhood

The Saturday Night Sauvignon Sisterhood

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It's time for a w(h)ine "God, she's funny" - Jilly Cooper'Oh, for f*ck's sake' muttered Claire under her breath, as she opened the fridge to see what she could find...
The Unexpected Love Story of Lexie Byrne (aged 39 1/2)

The Unexpected Love Story of Lexie Byrne (aged 39 1/2)

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An irresistible love story . . . delivered with sparkle and wit (in a too-tight red dress!)Meet Lexie Byrne. The big 4-0 is looming, but she's perfectly content without a...
The Good Servant

The Good Servant

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Author: Fern BrittonFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 320g, 496 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023 From the No.1 bestselling author of Daughters of Cornwall comes an extraordinary tale of family...
The Dictionary of Animal Languages

The Dictionary of Animal Languages

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Author: Heidi SopinkaFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 320 pagesPublished: Scribe Publications, United Kingdom, 2019We grant men a right to solitude. Why can't we do the same for women? Ivory Frame...
The Prophet and the Idiot

The Prophet and the Idiot

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Author: Jonas Jonasson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 The brand-new, hilarious, feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window...
Accidental Heroes

Accidental Heroes

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
A Day at the Beach Hut: Stories and Recipes Inspired by Seaside Life

A Day at the Beach Hut: Stories and Recipes Inspired by Seaside Life

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Keeping a Christmas Promise: Escape to Iceland with the most feel-good and uplifting Christmas romance of 2022

Keeping a Christmas Promise: Escape to Iceland with the most feel-good and uplifting Christmas romance of 2022

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The Prophet and the Idiot

The Prophet and the Idiot

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Author: Jonas Jonasson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 The brand-new, hilarious, feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window...
Our Missing Hearts: 'Will break your heart and fire up your courage' Mail on Sunday

Our Missing Hearts: 'Will break your heart and fire up your courage' Mail on Sunday

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Author: Celeste Ng Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'It's impossible not to be moved' Stephen King 'Stunning...this novel will break your heart and fire up your courage' Mail on...
Mercia'S Take: Winner of the Betty Trask Prize 2023

Mercia'S Take: Winner of the Betty Trask Prize 2023

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Author: Daniel WilesFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 208 pagesPublished: Swift Press, United Kingdom, 20221870s, the Black Country.Michael is a miner. But it's no life for a man.Michael exhausts himself working...
The Lightborn

The Lightborn

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Author: Rebecca ZahabiFormat: Hardback, 164mm x 236mm, 600g, 400 pagesPublished: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, 2024Freed from his prison cell, the former slave known as Tatters is finally ready to...
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

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Author: Keiran GoddardFormat: Hardback, 140mm x 218mm, 380g, 256 pagesPublished: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, 2024Five friends. Five lives. Countless hopes. Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli and Conor grew up...
The Favourite: A razor-sharp suspense novel that will stay with you long after the final page

The Favourite: A razor-sharp suspense novel that will stay with you long after the final page

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Author: Rosemary Hennigan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'WOW! If this isn't a book to brag about I don't know what is... I started The Favourite late last night....
The Bright Spot: The uplifting novel of love, hope and the family you choose

The Bright Spot: The uplifting novel of love, hope and the family you choose

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Author: Jill Shalvis (Author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a heartwarming story about the choices we make...
Upon a Frosted Star

Upon a Frosted Star

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Author: M.A. Kuzniar Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'An enchanting new twist on a classic tale' Elodie Harper When the snow falls, she will be free... The invitations always...
Love for Beginners: An engaging and life-affirming read, full of warmth and heart

Love for Beginners: An engaging and life-affirming read, full of warmth and heart

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Author: Jill Shalvis (Author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'Perfect, feel-good fiction' Sarah Morgan 'This book is so warm and enveloping like a great big literary hug' 5* reader...
Ponyboy

Ponyboy

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Author: Eliot Duncan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 A bildungsroman set over three acts, Ponyboy is a quest for self-identity set among the art world of Paris and Berlin....
The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club Mysteries, Book 3)

The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club Mysteries, Book 3)

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Author: Robert Thorogood Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 The top 10 Sunday Times bestseller NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES on Drama and UKTV Play 'I love the audacity of...
Boy Swallows Universe: The beloved multi-award winning international bestseller, now a major Netflix series

Boy Swallows Universe: The beloved multi-award winning international bestseller, now a major Netflix series

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Author: Trent Dalton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 528 'The best Australian novel I have read in more than a decade' Sydney Morning Herald 'Astonishing, captivating ... a wild, beautiful,...
At Bertram's Hotel (Marple, Book 11)

At Bertram's Hotel (Marple, Book 11)

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Author: Agatha Christie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 A grand old London hotel A series of alarming coincidences Danger lurking down every corridor Impeccable service. Luxurious rooms. Eccentric guests....
Pearl of China

Pearl of China

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Author: Anchee Min Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 In the small southern town of Chin-kiang, in the last days of the nineteenth century, two young girls bump heads and...
The Street

The Street

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There's more going on in The Street than its inhabitants realise . . . In the course of this delightful, quirky and perceptive novel an elderly soldier with incipient Alzheimer's...
The Tatami Time Machine Blues: A Novel

The Tatami Time Machine Blues: A Novel

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In the boiling heat of summer, a broken remote control for an air conditioner threatens life as we know it in this reality-bending, time-slipping sequel to The Tatami Galaxy. During...
Quarter to Midnight: the thrilling first book in a brand new series

Quarter to Midnight: the thrilling first book in a brand new series

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The truth of what happened that night lies with a secret witness. Quarter to Midnight is the first thrilling novel in a brand new series by Sunday Times bestselling author...
Mongrel: 'So beautiful ... It must be read' - LISA TADDEO

Mongrel: 'So beautiful ... It must be read' - LISA TADDEO

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'A brilliant explosion of writing and storytelling . . . This feels like reading an Oscar-winning film' AISLING BEA 'Heart-shatteringly visceral and precise . . . a triumphant tribute to...
The Most Fun We Ever Had: Now a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick

The Most Fun We Ever Had: Now a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick

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APRIL 2024 REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020 AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A literary love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne...
Casket Case: A totally unforgettable, tender and emotional small-town

Casket Case: A totally unforgettable, tender and emotional small-town

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He's almost perfect . . . but he works for Death 'Charming, original love story about grief. I loved it' SOPHIE COUSENS 'This may be my favourite romance of the...
The Maid's Secret (A Molly the Maid mystery, Book 3)

The Maid's Secret (A Molly the Maid mystery, Book 3)

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Molly the Maid is used to being invisible. But it's time for her to shine in a brand new mystery... *THE SPARKLING NEW MYSTERY FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF...
The Committed

The Committed

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The long-awaited new novel from one of America's most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Committed follows the Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris as a refugee. There he and his...
Ordinary Human Love

Ordinary Human Love

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'Sensual, melancholy, hypnotic. Ordinary Human Love is a richly textured, exquisitely observed portrait of memory, longing, love and forgiveness.' Emily Maguire, author of An Isolated Incident ' I read this...
Mrs S

Mrs S

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An Observer Best Debut of the Year A Granta Best Young British Novelist 'I loved this book' JULIA ARMFIELD 'Exhilarating' MONICA HEISEY 'Astonishing' ANDREA LAWLOR 'Should be on everyone's summer...
The Trial: the twisty, addictive thriller from the author of DON'T LOOK BACK

The Trial: the twisty, addictive thriller from the author of DON'T LOOK BACK

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'Jo Spain is a sublime storyteller . . . this is a book you won't want to put down' JANE CASEY 2014, Dublin: at St Edmunds, an elite college on...
Wrong Place Wrong Time: How do you stop a murder when it's already happened?

Wrong Place Wrong Time: How do you stop a murder when it's already

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How do you stop a murder when it's already happened? Find out the lengths one woman will go to save her family It's every parent's nightmare. Your happy, funny, innocent...
Us Against You: From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Anxious People

Us Against You: From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man

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Can a broken town survive a second tragedy? The follow-up to the international bestseller Beartown Can a broken town survive a second tragedy? By the time the last goal is...
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Popular Penguins

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Popular Penguins

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Romantic, heroic, comic and tragic, unconventional schoolmistress Jean Brodie has become and iconic figure in post-war fiction. Her glamour, freethinking ideas and manipulative charm hold dangerous sway over her girls...
Junky: Popular Penguins

Junky: Popular Penguins

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'Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment in life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life.' Burrough's cult classic is a...
Tell Me Everything

Tell Me Everything

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A hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker Prize shortlisted author...
The Girl in The Tower: (Winternight Trilogy)

The Girl in The Tower: (Winternight Trilogy)

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A spellbinding fairytale full of magic and wonder, perfect for fans of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials For a young woman in medieval Russia,...
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Vintage Classics Japanese Series)

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Vintage Classics Japanese Series)

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Murakami's most acclaimed novel in a highly covetable gift edition Enter the surreal and enchanting world of Haruki Murakami Toru Okada's cat has disappeared. His wife is growing more distant...
The Heart's Invisible Furies

The Heart's Invisible Furies

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Truly the best of John Boyne - hilarious, touching and deeply sad The Heart's Invisible Furies is the breakout book Boyne was born to write. 'A bold, funny epic' Observer...
The Secrets of the Huon Wren

The Secrets of the Huon Wren

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A deeply moving novel of love and loss set in the majestic mountains of Tasmania's Central Highlands, ideal for book clubs and fans of Kate Morton. 'A mesmerising tale of...
The Tea Ladies

The Tea Ladies

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A wickedly witty cosy crime novel set in Sydney in the swinging sixties, ideal for fans of Richard Osman and Bonnie Garmus. WINNER 2024 Danger Awards - Best Fiction SHORTLISTED...
The Angry Women's Choir

The Angry Women's Choir

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By the acclaimed author of Welcome To Nowhere River comes a heart-warming and uplifting story about a remarkable group of women who discover they are all capable of incredible things...