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A Killing Winter

A Killing Winter

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Author, Tom Callaghan Format, Hardback Number of Pages, In this stylish neo-noir set in the mountainous Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, hard-bitten inspector Akyl Borubaev mourns the recent death of...
Greatest Hits, From the bestselling author of The Versions of Us

Greatest Hits, From the bestselling author of The Versions of Us

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Author, Laura Barnett Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 464 Cass Wheeler - a British singer-songwriter, hugely successful since the early 70s, whose sudden disappearance from the music world...
The Party

The Party

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Author, Elizabeth Day Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 304 **Elizabeth Day's new novel Magpie is available to pre-order now.** AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR A gripping story...
The Reluctant Heiress

The Reluctant Heiress

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Author: Dilly Court Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 The brand-new unforgettable romance saga from the No.1 bestselling author! London was her home. It seemed impossible that she...
Set My Heart To Five

Set My Heart To Five

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Author: Simon Stephenson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 'You shall read this with unadulterated pleasure' Scotland on Sunday 'A beautiful, funny, heartfelt analysis of what it means...
Little Wonders: A Novel

Little Wonders: A Novel

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Author: Kate Rorick Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 If you like SMALL ADMISSIONS by Amy Poepell or CLASS MOM by Laurie Gelman you will love this novel...
The Vixen: A Novel

The Vixen: A Novel

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Author: Francine Prose Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 "No one states problems more correctly, more astutely, more amusingly and more uncomfortably than Francine Prose . . ....
Ascent: From the creator of Bodyguard and Line of Duty

Ascent: From the creator of Bodyguard and Line of Duty

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Author: Jed Mercurio Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 A truly stunning novel of one man's dangerous obsession with immortality, from the BAFTA award-winning creator of Bodyguard and...
Skin Deep: The unputdownable No. 1 bestseller that will shock you

Skin Deep: The unputdownable No. 1 bestseller that will shock you

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Author: Liz Nugent Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 The deliciously sinister new novel from the bestselling author of Lying in Wait 'I could probably have been an...
Through the Fire

Through the Fire

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Author: Katie Ruggle Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 Kit Jernigan despairs of ever fitting in with her new tight-knit K9 unit. They've been through too much to...
The Extra Man

The Extra Man

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Author: Jonathan Ames Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 Meet Louis Ives: well-groomed, romantic, and as captivating as an F. Scott Fitzgerald hero. Only this hero has a...
Young Philby

Young Philby

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Author: Robert Littell Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 Englishman Harold Adrian Russell Philby, nicknamed Kim, slips onto the Russian freighter Domatova as it quietly sails out of...
The Death of an Owl: From the author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, a witty tale of scandal and subterfuge

The Death of an Owl: From the author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, a witty tale of scandal and subterfuge

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Author: Paul Torday Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 Andrew Landford, MP is driving home one night along a dark country lane when a barn owl flies into...
Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen

Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen

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Author: Alix Kates Shulman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 'An extraordinary novel ... women will like it and men should read it for the good of their...
A Life Full of Holes

A Life Full of Holes

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Author: Larbi Layachi Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 One of the most unusual literary innovations ever produced, A Life Full of Holes is the result of a...
Sleigh Rides and Silver Bells at the Christmas Fair: The Christmas favourite and Sunday Times bestseller

Sleigh Rides and Silver Bells at the Christmas Fair: The Christmas favourite and Sunday Times bestseller

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Author: Heidi Swain Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 480 The sparkling new Christmas novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author Heidi Swain! When Anna takes on the role...
A Book of American Martyrs

A Book of American Martyrs

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Author: Joyce Carol Oates Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 752 Two families. Two faces of America. An act of violence with far-reaching consequences. Gus Voorhees is a pioneer in the...
The Shadow List

The Shadow List

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Author: Todd Moss Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 A cutting-edge novel of international crime and its consequences, from Nigeria to Russia to Washington, from the former deputy assistant secretary...
We, the Survivors

We, the Survivors

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Author: Tash Aw Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 A murderer's confession--devastating, unblinking, poignant, unforgettable--which reveals a story of class, education, and the inescapable workings of destiny. Ah...
Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny

Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny

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Author: Garrison Keillor Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 206 Famous radio private eye Guy Noir leaps from A Prairie Home Companion to the pageOn the 12th floor of...
Our Kind of Cruelty

Our Kind of Cruelty

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Author: Araminta Hall Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 "A searing, chilling sliver of perfection . . . May well turn out to be the year's best thriller."...
For a Little While

For a Little While

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Author: Rick Bass Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 Rick Bass is unsurpassed in his ability to perceive and portray the enduring truths of the human heart. Collected here for...
Christmas in Austin

Christmas in Austin

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Author: Benjamin Markovits Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 When the four Essinger children gather in Austin for Christmas, they all bring their news. Nathan is hoping to become a...
Island Song

Island Song

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Author: Madeleine Bunting (Y) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 1940. Guernsey is first bombed, then occupied, by the Germans. A year earlier, young, naive and recently married Helene, waves...
The Tempest

The Tempest

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Author: Steve Sem-Sandberg Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 In this hypnotic, shimmering novel, Le Prix Medicis-winning author Steve Sem-Sandberg reveals the power of secrets to destroy generations...
Black Light

Black Light

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Author: Kimberly King Parsons (author) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 'The stories in Black Light are grimy and weird, surprising, utterly lush...I loved every moment of this...
Happy Days of the Grump: The feel-good bestseller perfect for fans of A Man Called Ove

Happy Days of the Grump: The feel-good bestseller perfect for fans of A Man Called Ove

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Author: Tuomas Kyro Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Everybody recognises the Grump, everybody knows a grump. And maybe there's a little grump in every one of us......
The Doll Funeral: from the bestselling, Costa-shortlisted author of The Girl in the Red Coat

The Doll Funeral: from the bestselling, Costa-shortlisted author of The Girl in the Red Coat

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Author: Kate Hamer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 My name is Ruby. I live with Barbara and Mick. They're not my real parents, but they tell me...
It All Falls Down: The truth doesn't always set you free

It All Falls Down: The truth doesn't always set you free

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Author: Sheena Kamal Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 Nora Watts is being hunted... When Nora Watts is approached by a man claiming to know her late father,...
Immigrant, Montana

Immigrant, Montana

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Author: Amitava Kumar Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 One winter morning, a monkey stole into Mamaji's room. He climbed on the huge white bed and finding Mamaji's...
The Gunners

The Gunners

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Author: Rebecca Kauffman Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 What's the point in friends, if you can't share your secrets? The Gunners used to be inseparable. A gang...
Mouthpieces

Mouthpieces

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Author: Eimear McBride Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 48 Written during her time as the inaugural fellow in the Beckett archive last year, Eimear McBride's three short, characteristically...
Secrets of Happiness

Secrets of Happiness

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Author: Joan Silber Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 Ethan, a young lawyer in New York, learns that his father has long kept a second family - a...
Good Eggs

Good Eggs

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Author: Rebecca Hardiman (author) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 Meet the Gogartys; cantankerous gran Millie (whose eccentricities include a penchant for petty-theft and reckless driving); bitter downtrodden...
Platform Seven

Platform Seven

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Author: Louise Doughty Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 496 Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway Station is deserted. The man crossing the covered walkway on this freezing November...
All This Could Be Yours

All This Could Be Yours

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Author: Jami Attenberg Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 Victor Tuchman - a power-hungry real estate developer and all-round bad man - is finally on his deathbed. His...
The Lesser Bohemians

The Lesser Bohemians

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Author: Eimear McBride Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BORD GAIS IRISH...
Songs in Ursa Major

Songs in Ursa Major

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Author: Emma Brodie Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 *The must-read book of the summer* 'Utterly transporting' Stylist 'A gorgeous, one-gulp novel' Red 'Emma Brodie perfectly channels the...
Silver Tears

Silver Tears

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Author: Camilla Lackberg Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 A gripping new novel from No. 1 international bestseller and Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg She is safe... Faye...
Silver Wattle

Silver Wattle

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Author: Belinda Alexandra Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 A dazzling novel about two exceptional sisters set in the Australian film world of the 1920s, from the author...
Lean Fall Stand

Lean Fall Stand

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Author: Jon McGregor Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 'It leaves the reader moved and subtly changed, as if she had become part of the story' Hilary Mantel...
Sleeping on Jupiter

Sleeping on Jupiter

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Author: Anuradha Roy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Jarmuli: a city of temples, a centre of healing on the edge of the ocean. Nomi, a young girl, is taken...
Still Alice

Still Alice

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Author: Lisa Genova Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 A moving and insightful story of a woman with early onset Alzheimer's disease, now a major film starring Academy...
In Case You Missed It

In Case You Missed It

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Author: Lindsey Kelk Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 What if Mr Right was right in front of you all along? Escape with the laugh out loud brand-new...
The Talented Miss Farwell: A Novel

The Talented Miss Farwell: A Novel

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Author: Emily Gray Tedrowe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Catch Me If You Can meets Patricia Highsmith in this "stylish" (New York Times Book Review) page-turner of...
Freedom

Freedom

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Author: Jonathan Franzen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 570 An international bestseller and the novel of the year, 'Freedom' is an epic of contemporary love and marriage. Patty...
Feast of the Innocents

Feast of the Innocents

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Author: Evelio Rosero Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Doctor Justo Pastor Proceso Lopez should be a happy man--he has a family, a thriving medical practice, and adoring patients--but he...
Burning Angels

Burning Angels

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Author: Bear Grylls Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 A prehistoric corpse entombed within an Arctic glacier, crying tears of blood. A jungle island overrun by rabid primates...