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The Noh Mask Murder

The Noh Mask Murder

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Strange things are happening in the Chizurui mansion... At night, a figure clad in a Hannya mask is spotted wandering around the house. The amateur crime fiction writer, Akimitsu Takagi,...
The Anatomy of Love

The Anatomy of Love

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Dryness, paleness, waking, sighing, despair, frenzy, death: love's repercussions can be dire indeed. Perhaps that is why Robert Burton devoted the largest part of his pioneering 17th-century psychological work, The...
The Secret Life of Farts

The Secret Life of Farts

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A toot or a blow, a honk or a squeak Each fart is special, each fart is unique From racetrack to concert hall, crowded lift to royal banquet, farts are...
The Dandelion Riots

The Dandelion Riots

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She believed I was meek and unassuming, because for sixteen years, that was all I'd ever been... Cursed at birth, 16-year-old Drinn has been kept away from everyone - moved...
The Unworthy

The Unworthy

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In the House of the Sacred Sisterhood, the unworthy live in fear of the Superior Sister's whip. Seething with resentment, they plot against each other and await who will ascend...
The Martins

The Martins

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Is it true that every life is the stuff of novels? Or are some people just too ordinary? This is the question a struggling Parisian writer asks when he challenges...
Fall, Bomb, Fall

Fall, Bomb, Fall

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When Hitler launches an invasion of the Netherlands, Karel is almost killed in an air raid and falls in love for the first time, with a Jewish girl. But the...
A Shadow of Myself

A Shadow of Myself

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Hans, an esteemed surgeon, has just returned from the hellish battlefields of the First World War. But everything in his home feels alien - even his wife Grete. As he...
French Windows

French Windows

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Nathalia Guitry is an enigma that psychotherapist Doctor Faber can't solve. A photographer who can't take photographs since witnessing a murder, she is self-assured, self-aware, and seemingly impervious to his...
After the Lights Go Out

After the Lights Go Out

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The latest novel from the CWA-shortlisted author of Three-Fifths - a Sunday Times , Guardian and Financial Times Book of the Year. 'Thrums with authenticity' - The Times 'Powerful, bruising...
In Love

In Love

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An exquisite depiction of a doomed love affair, set in noirish 1950s New YorkIn a Manhattan bar, a middle-aged man tells a young woman of his love affair with a...
Glimpses of the Moon

Glimpses of the Moon

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A charming story of romantic misadventures where a young couple's love is threatened by the power of money, by one of the greatest authors of her age. Nick Lansing and...
Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories

Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories

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These are short stories from an unparalleled icon of modern Japanese literature. Sublimely crafted and shot through with a fantastical sensibility, they offer dazzling glimpses into moments of madness, murder...
This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

This is Amiko, Do You Copy?

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An astonishing and moving novella about a misunderstood young girl, from the author of The Woman in the Purple Skirt - part of Pushkin's second Japanese Novella seriesOther people don't...
Nipponia Nippon

Nipponia Nippon

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Isolated in his Tokyo apartment, seventeen-year-old Haruo spends all his time online, researching the plight of the endangered Japanese crested ibis, Nipponia Nippon . Living on an allowance from his...
A Last Supper of Queer Apostles: Selected Essays

A Last Supper of Queer Apostles: Selected Essays

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Searingly political, extravagantly stylish dispatches from the margins by a queer Latin American icon, in English for the first time'When everyone who has treated him like dirt is lost in...
The Allure of Chanel (Illustrated)

The Allure of Chanel (Illustrated)

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Author: Paul Morand (Author) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Told in her own words, Coco Chanel's memories offer a rare glimpse into the mind of one of the most...
Blade of Secrets: Book 1 of the Bladesmith Duology

Blade of Secrets: Book 1 of the Bladesmith Duology

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Author: Tricia Levenseller Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Eighteen-year-old Ziva prefers metal to people. She spends her days tucked away in her forge, safe from society and the anxiety...
Karma Doll

Karma Doll

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After narrowly escaping with his life at the hands of a murderous Hollywood pimp, detective Happy Doll, bullet-ridden but healing, has landed on a remote Mexican beach. In a humble...
Scorched Grace: A Sister Holiday Mystery

Scorched Grace: A Sister Holiday Mystery

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'A compelling tale of faith, atonement and desire' - Guardian 'Douaihy brings the sights, sounds and smells of New Orleans alive, with twists and turns aplenty' - Marie Claire When...
The Bishop Murder Case: The Classic Manhattan Puzzle Mystery

The Bishop Murder Case: The Classic Manhattan Puzzle Mystery

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When Cock Robin is found dead with an arrow through his chest, New York's DA calls in amateur detective and professional flaneur Philo Vance to solve the case. Vance quickly...
The Trials of Lila Dalton

The Trials of Lila Dalton

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SHE'S ON A REMOTE ISLAND. DEFENDING A MURDERER. BUT SHE REMEMBERS NOTHING. 'Unputdownable' Sophia Hannah 'Mind-blowing, audaciously inventive' Chris Whitaker 'Totally recommend. Stuart Turton meets Agatha Christie' Sarah Moorhead 'A...
What's the Matter with Mary Jane?

What's the Matter with Mary Jane?

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When childhood friend Pris breezes back into her life begging for help with a dangerous stalker, our heroine is thrust suddenly into the world of the Canadian uber-rich. And when...
Deep Dark Blue

Deep Dark Blue

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A warm and interesting woman as the investigator and an unfamiliar but lovely city brought to vivid life' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'Combines a surprising plot with sensuous descriptions'...
Praying Mantis

Praying Mantis

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ISOLATIONHarith Athreya is taking a well-earned break at a boutique hotel in the Himalayan foothills. But his holiday is swiftly cut short when mysterious bloody handprints start appearing on the...
Blessed Water: A Sister Holiday Mystery

Blessed Water: A Sister Holiday Mystery

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Tattooed from her neck to her toes and sporting a gold tooth as sharp as her wisecracks, Sister Holiday struggles to stay on the righteous path. She's committed both to...
The Silence and the Roar

The Silence and the Roar

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Amidst the roar of authoritarianism, one writer finds himself on a quest for silence and calm. Fathi, a writer no longer permitted to write, makes his way through an unnamed...
The Sound of Utopia: Musicians in the Time of Stalin

The Sound of Utopia: Musicians in the Time of Stalin

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When Stalin came to power, making music became a dangerous endeavour. Russian composers now had to create work that served the socialist state, and all artistic production was scrutinized for...
Smoking Kills

Smoking Kills

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How far would you go to enjoy a cigarette? When headhunter Fabrice Valantine faces a smoking ban at work, he decides to undertake a course of hypnotherapy to rid himself...
Red Is My Heart

Red Is My Heart

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How can you mend a broken heart? Do you write a letter to the woman who left you - and post it to an imaginary address? Buy a new watch,...
Hangman

Hangman

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A man returns home to sub-Saharan Africa after twenty-six years living in exile in America. When he arrives, he finds that he doesn't recognize the country, or anyone in it....
The President's Hat

The President's Hat

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Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President Francois Mitterrand sits down to eat at the table next to him. Once...
Cooking in the Wrong Century

Cooking in the Wrong Century

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For the hostess, food has always been about growing up. From the pancakes your grandmother made you, dolloped with jam, to the salty glug of your first oyster. Now, poised...
War Diary

War Diary

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The young artist and writer Yevgenia Belorusets was in her hometown of Kyiv when Russia's invasion of Ukraine began on the morning of February 24, 2022. For her and millions...
Amazing Jellyfish: Mysterious Dweller of the Deep

Amazing Jellyfish: Mysterious Dweller of the Deep

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'The coolest book ever written about jellyfish' Animal Lovers 'As exciting and entertaining as a non-fiction book can be' Greenpeace Magazine 'A book to marvel at that ignites the desire...
The Secret of Helmersbruk Manor: A Christmas Mystery

The Secret of Helmersbruk Manor: A Christmas Mystery

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A BEAUTIFUL NEW PAPERBACK EDITION OF THE MAGICAL CHRISTMAS MYSTERY Twelve-year-old Flora Winter and her mother are off to the small seaside town of Helmersbruk for Christmas. When they arrive,...
Like Happiness

Like Happiness

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The book leaps out at her in the bookstore: a diamond-studded Puerto Rico constellation gracing a black vellum cover, with an enigmatic name - M. Dominguez - in the lower...
May Our Joy Endure

May Our Joy Endure

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A thrillingly stylish and ambitious social novel about the downfall of a mega-rich architect by a provocative new voice in international fiction 'Sharp, provocative... Embeds ever-timely themes - greed, hypocrisy,...
Spark

Spark

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The Japanese sensation - now a Netflix series 'A whip-smart tale that'll prove impossible to put down' Vogue Young Tokunaga is struggling to make a name for himself on the...
The Hedgehog's Dilemma

The Hedgehog's Dilemma

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The first in the internationally bestselling series of witty, moving and philosophical animal fables for adults. 'Only one question remains: is he a writer or a genius? I suspect the...
Spring Garden

Spring Garden

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Taro is divorced, unhappy in his job, and living in a half-empty building that is about to be torn down. One summer morning, he sees a fellow resident climbing over...
Letters from a Seducer

Letters from a Seducer

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In Letters from a Seducer , Hilst describes the everyday life of Karl, a wealthy, erudite, and amoral man who seeks an answer to his incomprehension of life through sex....
Mystery of the Maya

Mystery of the Maya

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Your best friend Tom has mysteriously disappeared while investigating the ancient Mayan civilization in Mexico. The only clue is a patch of fresh blood on an altar that Tom had...
The Twelve

The Twelve

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It's supposed to be a treat for Kit, a winter holiday by the coast with her sister Libby and their mum. But as the solstice moon rises high in the...
The Trials of Lila Dalton

The Trials of Lila Dalton

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SHE'S ON A REMOTE ISLAND. DEFENDING A MURDERER. BUT SHE REMEMBERS NOTHING. 'Unputdownable' Sophia Hannah 'Mind-blowing, audaciously inventive' Chris Whitaker 'Totally recommend. Stuart Turton meets Agatha Christie' Sarah Moorhead 'A...
French Rhapsody

French Rhapsody

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Discontented middle-aged doctor Alain Massoulier has received a life-changing letter - thirty-three years too late. Lost in the Paris postal system for decades, it offers a recording contract to Alain's...
There's No Turning Back

There's No Turning Back

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The young women studying at the Grimaldi yearn for new kinds of life. Monitored by the nuns who run the college, eight of them form a close group, sharing confidences...
The Obscene Madame D

The Obscene Madame D

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The Obscene Madame D is the electrifying masterpiece by one of modern Brazilian literature's most significant and controversial writers. At sixty years old, Hille decides to abandon conventional life and...