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The Absence of Nectar

The Absence of Nectar

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Imprint. A tale of suspense and deception that opens with 12 year-old Alice describing her conviction that her cruel and violent stepfather is about to poison her and her 14...
Something Might Happen

Something Might Happen

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'Chillingly convincing - Myerson leaves us teetering emotionally at the edge of the cliff, without a safety net' Independent On a Monday night in October in a small seaside town...
Women with Men

Women with Men

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Three outstanding novellas, depicting with a heart-wrenching honesty the limits of human love. Against setting that range from the alleyways of Paris to the northern plains of Montana and the...
The Toughest Indian In The World

The Toughest Indian In The World

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In these stories we meet the kinds of American Indians we rarely see in literature---the upper and middle class, the professionals and white-collar workers, the bureaucrats and poets, falling in...
Bad Boy

Bad Boy

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Jon is Mr Perfect - handsome (in a nerdy sort of way), caring, lots of money - so why can't he get a girlfriend? Even his best friend Tracie always...
Bellevue

Bellevue

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New South Wales, 1972. Following the death of her beloved Aunt Hilda, widow Clare Barclay inherits Bellevue, an historic property in the Blue Mountains township of Numballa, Australia. Giving up...
Naples Noir: La Strada degli Americani

Naples Noir: La Strada degli Americani

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A tragic event changes Ciro Incoronato's life and he takes solace in crack cocaine and living in a fantasy world of his own creation. He has a life of violence...
The Railwayman's Wife

The Railwayman's Wife

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'A tender portrait of a marriage and the poetry and grief it contains. A beautiful, dreamy, melancholy book.' Gail Jones, author of Five Bells In a small town on the...
The Prisoner of Measham Hall: The highly praised and brilliantly

The Prisoner of Measham Hall: The highly praised and brilliantly

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The third gripping novel in this highly acclaimed and brilliantly realised seriesFor readers who loved Andrew Miller's historical novels, Francis Spufford's Golden Hill or Leonora Nattrass's Lawrence Jago seriesNominee for...
Loose Connections

Loose Connections

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Stolen Marches

Stolen Marches

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Womens Erotica

Womens Erotica

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City of Refuge

City of Refuge

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Between Two Rivers

Between Two Rivers

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The Other Boleyn Girl

The Other Boleyn Girl

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Alfie Bloom and the Secrets of Hexbridge Castle

Alfie Bloom and the Secrets of Hexbridge Castle

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Noughts & Crosses

Noughts & Crosses

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Secret Service

Secret Service

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The Navigator Of New York

The Navigator Of New York

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The Voyage of the Narwhal

The Voyage of the Narwhal

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Big Star Otto: Elephants Never Forget Book 3

Big Star Otto: Elephants Never Forget Book 3

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The Wishing Trees

The Wishing Trees

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Blinded By The Light

Blinded By The Light

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Forest

Forest

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Disclosure

Disclosure

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MotherKind

MotherKind

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Zarrin

Zarrin

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If Zarrin is to survive, she must stay at least one step ahead of all those who are trying to bring her down... In the days before the outbreak of...
In Our Mad and Furious City: Winner of the International Dylan Thomas

In Our Mad and Furious City: Winner of the International Dylan Thomas

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*WINNER OF THE JHALAK PRIZE, THE INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE AND THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD* *LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE AND...
Daughter of the Tigris

Daughter of the Tigris

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The follow-up to the internationally acclaimed The President's Gardens "Al-Ramli is a remarkable storyteller, and in Daughter of the Tigris he creates a dynamic, intricately plotted narrative, brimming with stories...
Bacca and the Skeleton King: An Unofficial Minecrafter's Adventure

Bacca and the Skeleton King: An Unofficial Minecrafter's Adventure

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Nightdancing

Nightdancing

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A couple fall in love at first sight - a magical encounter. They search for a home, and soon they are building a charmed life together on the fringes of...
Nightdancing

Nightdancing

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A couple fall in love at first sight - a magical encounter. They search for a home, and soon they are building a charmed life together on the fringes of...
One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories

One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories

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A boy wins $100,000 in a box of Frosted Flakes - only to discover that claiming the winnings may unravel his family. An acclaimed ambulance driver seeks the courage to...
All This Could Be Yours

All This Could Be Yours

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Victor Tuchman - a power-hungry real estate developer and all-round bad man - is finally on his deathbed. His daughter Alex can finally unearth the secret of who he really...
F: A Novel

F: A Novel

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Artful and subversive, F tells the story of the Friedland family - fakers, all of them - and the day when the fate in which they don't quite believe catches...
Interpretations of Love

Interpretations of Love

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'Her work merits comparison with that of Edna O'Brien or Muriel Spark' New York Times Stretching from war-torn 1940's Liverpool to Oxford at the end of the century, this story...
When You Read This: 'Deeply moving but also uplifting, Mary Adkins'

When You Read This: 'Deeply moving but also uplifting, Mary Adkins'

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'Deeply moving but also uplifting' Anne Youngson, author of Meet Me at the Museum For four years, Iris Massey worked side by side with PR maven Smith Simonyi, helping clients...
Test Kitchen

Test Kitchen

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' Test Kitchen is phenomenal - a mad, magical, ten-course feast of a novel, gorgeously written, totally original, packed with ideas and invention. Incredibly ambitious too - so many characters,...
Test Kitchen

Test Kitchen

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' Test Kitchen is phenomenal - a mad, magical, ten-course feast of a novel, gorgeously written, totally original, packed with ideas and invention. Incredibly ambitious too - so many characters,...
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

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A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella;...
The Sapphire Daughter: A completely gripping and emotional page-turner

The Sapphire Daughter: A completely gripping and emotional page-turner

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Lake Geneva, 1951: Delphine looked up at Florian, her fingers grazing his cheek as she pressed her mouth to his, the sapphire tiara sparkling beside them. "Yes," she whispered against...
Pity Party: the hilarious and heartfelt novel you have to read this

Pity Party: the hilarious and heartfelt novel you have to read this

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'What a read! What a tear jerker! But very funny, and written with such breezy wit, and characters I ADORED. Daisy is EXCELLENT' MARIAN KEYES 'Brilliant characters, a heartfelt story...
Here One Moment

Here One Moment

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If you knew when you were going to die, what would you do differently? It all begins on a flight from Hobart to Sydney. The flight will be smooth. It...
Faking It: dive into the ultimate fake dating rom-com from the author

Faking It: dive into the ultimate fake dating rom-com from the author

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The dazzling romance from the writer of YA sensation THE KISSING BOOTH. A heart-warming and hilarious modern love story, perfect for fans of THE SPANISH LOVE DECEPTION and THE LOVE...
This Strange Eventful History: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024

This Strange Eventful History: Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024

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*A TIME MAGAZINE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024 * *AN OPRAH DAILY MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024* *AN OBSERVER 2024 PICK* *A GUARDIAN 2024 PICK* 'One of those rare novels...
Paris to the Moon

Paris to the Moon

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Queen Bee

Queen Bee

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