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Her Mother's Daughter

Her Mother's Daughter

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1980: Josephine escapes her home in Ireland, hoping never to return. She starts a new, exciting life in London, but as much as she tries, she can't quite leave the...
Prey for the Shadow: A Terra Alta Investigation

Prey for the Shadow: A Terra Alta Investigation

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The mayor of Barcelona is being blackmailed. A sex tape from her student days - one she never knew existed. The price: 300,000 euros and her immediate resignation. A political...
Say Hello to My Little Friend

Say Hello to My Little Friend

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Scarface meets Moby Dick in this groundbreaking, darkly comic novel about a young man's attempt to capitalize on his mother's murky legacy - a story steeped in Miami's marvelous and...
When All is Said: The Number One Irish Bestseller by the author of Listening Still

When All is Said: The Number One Irish Bestseller by the author of

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Five toasts. Five people. One lifetime. 'An extraordinary novel, a poetic writer, and a story that moved me to tears.' John Boyne'I'm here to remember - all that I have...
Letters to My Daughters

Letters to My Daughters

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** THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER **Some books are guaranteed to break your heart - and put it back together again. Letters to my Daughters is one of those wonderful books....
Fictions and Lies

Fictions and Lies

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In FICTIONS AND LIES, a writer dies suddenly, in fear of KGB pursuit. His last manuscript, which is thought to be dangerously anti-Soviet, is missing from his apartment, so immediately...
Every Smile You Fake: the gripping new novel from the bestselling Queen of the Big Reveal

Every Smile You Fake: the gripping new novel from the bestselling

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'Master of the jaw-dropping twist' S MAGAZINE'Dark, gritty and on trend. A brilliant read' SUN 'An edge-of-your-seat thriller that'll keep you guessing right until the end, get this to the...
Fool for Love: The Selected Short Stories

Fool for Love: The Selected Short Stories

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In one new volume, an irresistible collection of stories from two previous works, SMILE and CHANGING BABIES, with additional stories, previously unpublished in book form.'What informs Moggach's excellent stories is...
You Must Be Sisters

You Must Be Sisters

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First published in 1978, this is Deborah Moggach's first novel, newly republished by Tinder Press__________________'Moggach is at the height of her powers' Sunday Times'She really is the Nora Ephron of...
Homeland Elegies: A Barack Obama Favourite Book

Homeland Elegies: A Barack Obama Favourite Book

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AN ECONOMIST, NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST BOOK OF THE YEAR'Outstanding... it is hard to convey the breadth and brilliance of this work' Observer'A beautiful novel about an American...
Never Be Broken (D.I. Marnie Rome 6)

Never Be Broken (D.I. Marnie Rome 6)

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Compulsive, gripping and dark, NEVER BE BROKEN is the stunning new novel in the Marnie Rome series, for fans of Peter James, Mark Billingham, and Val McDermid'Deeply contemporary, painfully real,...
Keep Me Safe (A Seal Island novel): A breathtaking love story from the author of THE ITALIAN VILLA

Keep Me Safe (A Seal Island novel): A breathtaking love story from the

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From the million-copy-selling author Daniela Sacerdoti, KEEP ME SAFE is a heartwrenching novel of a mother and daughter seeking safe haven on a mysterious island called Seal. If you love...
The Company You Keep

The Company You Keep

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When journalist Benjamin Schulberg discovers a link between lawyer Jim Grant and a notorious Vietnam-era fugitive, the world that Jim has carefully built for himself and his daughter collapses. Still...
I WILL LIVE: The International Bestseller

I WILL LIVE: The International Bestseller

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The fierce and funny international bestseller about a young Turkish-Dutch woman rebelling against her strict religious upbringing and searching for her own pathTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Electrifying ... Gul's is a singular...
The Morningside: Longlisted for the Climate Fiction Prize

The Morningside: Longlisted for the Climate Fiction Prize

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There's the world you can see. And then there's the one you can't. Welcome to The Morningside.The Morningside was once the jewel of Island City. But now the luxury high-rise...
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'...
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 Summer of Letting Go

The Summer of Letting Go

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Fabled Kingdom: Book 1

Fabled Kingdom: Book 1

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Saint X

Saint X

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What a Wave Must Be

What a Wave Must Be

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A Turn in the Road

A Turn in the Road

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Addition

Addition

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Fighting Back

Fighting Back

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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...
The Material: 'Brilliance is on display' Percival Everett

The Material: 'Brilliance is on display' Percival Everett

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'Utterly charming ... Bordas is an invaluable new voice' George Saunders 'A disquisition into the nature of comedy and creativity. Like the best comedians ... Bordas is alert to the...
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...
Eliete: A Normal Life

Eliete: A Normal Life

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*Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award*Eliete is forty (-something) Eliete has been married to Jorge for twenty years Eliete has an average career as an average estate agent Eliete has...
Versions of a Girl: 'A wild, heartbreaking, exhilarating ride' Daisy Buchanan

Versions of a Girl: 'A wild, heartbreaking, exhilarating ride' Daisy

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'No other writer has ever made me laugh and cry as much as Catherine Gray' Daisy May Cooper'Tender, lush and electric; a wild, heartbreaking, exhilarating ride' Daisy Buchanan'Exquisite, stunning, executed...
The Good Son

The Good Son

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'For fans of Jo Nesbo and Patricia Highsmith' A. J. Finn, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOWYOU WAKE UP COVERED IN BLOODTHERE'S A BODY DOWNSTAIRSYOUR MOTHER'S...
Austral

Austral

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"A tender and thoughtful exploration of the painful irony of being alive and our attempts to make sense of the past as well as the present" KATHARINA VOLCKMER, author of...
The Choice

The Choice

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A rich and powerful exploration of desire, sin and redemption, by one of our best chroniclers of faith in the 21st century."I enjoyed it enormously. The story is so interesting,...
The Competent Authority

The Competent Authority

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'Great is the Soviet Union, vast its territories, warm its entrails...' 1959. Whispers of dissidence are spreading in the U.S.S.R. Texts published in the West are circulating in samizdat, tormenting...
Banyan Moon: A sweeping historical novel about mothers, daughters and family secrets

Banyan Moon: A sweeping historical novel about mothers, daughters and

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The perfect book club read FOR FANS OF CELESTE NG and MIN JIN LEE.'A riveting mother-daughter tale' Elle'Spellbinding and intricately layered' E.M. Tran 'A gripping tale about motherhood' Heat'This novel...
Thirty Things I Love About Myself: Don't miss the funniest, most heart-warming and unexpected romance novel of the year!

Thirty Things I Love About Myself: Don't miss the funniest, most

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Thirty bold steps. One year. Is Nina ready? --------'Fresh, touching... So good!' JANE FALLON'Feelgood, uplifting storytelling at its best' SHEILA O'FLANAGAN'A treat!' LAUREN BRAVO--------Nina Mistry is at rock bottom. She's...
We Do What We Do in the Dark: 'A haunting study of solitude and connection' Meg Wolitzer

We Do What We Do in the Dark: 'A haunting study of solitude and

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'A beautiful book so filled with sharp longing and perfectly phrased vulnerability that I read it in a reverent hush' Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby'Exceptional . . . has...
Brixton Rock

Brixton Rock

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"Pacy; witty; his characters are real and recognisable" LINTON KWESI JOHNSON"Alex Wheatle is the real deal; he writes with heart and authenticity, books that make you laugh and worry and...
The Slaughterman's Daughter: Winner of the Wingate Prize 2021

The Slaughterman's Daughter: Winner of the Wingate Prize 2021

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A SUNDAY TIMES MUST READS PICK"Boundless imagination and a vibrant style . . . a heroine of unforgettable grit" DAVID GROSSMAN"A story of great beauty and surprise" GARY SHTEYNGARTThe townsfolk...
Canoes

Canoes

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Seven interconnected stories orbit a central novella to create a collection of tales which resonate with the sound of women's voices.A widower struggles to erase his wife's voice from his...
Swimming With Fishes

Swimming With Fishes

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Set in rural Jamaica, Swimming With Fishes evokes the pain of a love affair between a London-born businessman and a native Jamaican and how that affair grows beyond either of...
The Houseshare: Uplifting summer fiction about love, friendship and secrets between neighbours

The Houseshare: Uplifting summer fiction about love, friendship and

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'One of the smartest writers of popular fiction around' Irish IndependentWhat's a few secrets between neighbours?Number 24 Ulysses Crescent is an elegant three-storey mansion overlooking the beautiful Dublin Bay. Converted...
If Only: One milestone birthday, two little words, a lifetime of possibilities

If Only: One milestone birthday, two little words, a lifetime of

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Erin wants a fresh start.With her thirtieth birthday coming up, she's taken a long hard look at her life (the job she hates, the wedding she just cancelled) and concluded...
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,...
Farewell to The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul: the unmissable final instalment in the internationally bestselling series

Farewell to The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul: the unmissable final

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  THE LITTLE COFFEE SHOP OF KABUL CAPTURED THE HEARTS OF MILLIONS READERS WORLDWIDE. NOW, THE COFFEE SHOP DOORS WELCOME YOU HOME ONE LAST TIME...Kabul, August 2021Sunny Tedder is back...
Black Candle Women: a spellbinding story of family, heartache, and a fatal Voodoo curse

Black Candle Women: a spellbinding story of family, heartache, and a

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'Richly imagined and elegantly told, with plenty of satisfying secrets, heartaches, and twists' SADEQA JOHNSON'A spellbinding romp. The Montrose women will have you clutching your pearls on this rollercoaster of...
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...
Find Her First: The breathlessly twisty new thriller from Best Scottish Crime Book nominee

Find Her First: The breathlessly twisty new thriller from Best

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'An emotional, fast-paced thriller' Heat     'One of the freshest and most exciting writers' The Sun     'Exceptional' Catherine Cooper, author of The Chalet     A pulse-pounding...
An American Story

An American Story

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A powerful meditation on loss and memory seen through the prism of 9/11, by one of our greatest authors.Ben Matson lost someone he loved in the 9/11 attacks. Or thinks...