Following ‘A Change in Climate’, this brilliant novel from the double Man Booker prize-winning author of ‘Wolf Hall’ is a coming-of-age tale set in Seventies London.It is London, 1970. Carmel McBain, in her first term at university, has cut free of her childhood roots in the north. Among the gossiping, flirtatious girls of Tonbridge Hall, she begins her experiments in life and love. But the year turns. The mini-skirt falls out of style and an era of concealment begins. Carmel’s world darkens, and tragedy waits in the wings.

The door feels red book, as though a fire is burning behind it. I press an ear to the wood — but there’s no crackle. No smoke. Just deep, heavy breathing and a curious dripping sound. My hand’s on the door knob. Inside the room, somebody giggles — low, throaty, sadistic. There’s a ripping sound, followed by snaps and crunches. My hand turns. The door opens. Hell is revealed.

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Rider Sandman, having fought Napoleon in the French wars, expected to lead the life of an English country gentleman, but now, two years after Waterl…

The legendary Patricia Cornwell is back with her No.1 bestselling, groundbreaking series following Kay ScarpettaKay Scarpetta is back, and this time she’s right in the path of danger…World-renowned forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta and her husband Benton, a psychologist with the US Secret Service, have returned to Virginia. They are headquartered five miles from the Pentagon in a post-pandemic world that’s been torn by civil and political unrest.Just weeks into the job, Scarpetta is called to a railway track where a woman’s body has been shockingly displayed, her throat cut down to the spine. But the trail of clues will lead Scarpetta back to her own neighbourhood.At the same time, a catastrophe occurs in a top-secret lab in outer space, endangering the scientists aboard. Scarpetta is summoned to the White House to find out what happened. As she starts the new investigation, an apparent serial killer strikes again, this time dangerously close to home.

Книга «Bloom. The Surprising Seeds of Sorrel Fallowfield». Издательство: Harper Collins. Год выпуска: 2019. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 367. Автор: Skinner Nicola. Стандарт: 1. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Книга «Cavendon Hall». Издательство: Harper Collins. Год выпуска: 2020. Серия: Cavendon Chronicles. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 439. Автор: Bradford Barbara Taylor. Стандарт: 1. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Книга «Dead to Her». Издательство: Harper Collins. Год выпуска: 2021. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 408. Автор: Pinborough Sarah. Стандарт: 1. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

From the author of the highly acclaimed, bestselling novel Pax comes a gorgeous and moving novel that is an ode to introverts, dreamers, and misfits everywhere, ideal for readers aged 9–12.Ware can’t wait to spend summer ‘off in his own world’ and generally being left alone. But then his parents sign him up for dreaded Rec camp, where he must endure Meaningful Social Interaction and whatever activities so-called ‘normal’ kids do.On his first day Ware meets Jolene, a tough, secretive girl planting a garden in the rubble of an abandoned church next to the camp. Soon Ware starts skipping Rec, creating a castle-like space of his own in the church lot.Jolene scoffs, calling him a dreamer – he doesn’t live in the ‘real world’ like she does. As different as Ware and Jolene are, though, they have one thing in common: for them, the lot is a refuge. And when their sanctuary is threatened, Ware vows to save the lot.But what does a hero look like in real life? And what can two misfit kids do?

Книга «Insomnia». Издательство: Harper Collins. Год выпуска: 2022. Переплет: Твердый переплет. Количество страниц: 342. Автор: Pinborough Sarah. Стандарт: 1. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Книга «In Case You Missed It». Издательство: Harper Collins. Год выпуска: 2020. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 406. Автор: Kelk Lindsey. Стандарт: 1. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

From Victorian London to the vibrant port cities of England and France, from gracious stately homes in Gloucestershire to the decadence of Paris, Master of His Fate launches an unforgettable new historical series.London 1884: Queen Victoria is Empress of India and Britain is at its peak of worldwide power.James Falconer works as a barrow boy in a flourishing London market owned by Henry Malvern. But James hungers for more. Turning away from family tradition, he dreams of building an empire of stores like Fortnum and Mason’s and believes that Henry, along with his daughter and heir Alexis, could offer him a way to climb beyond his beginnings.But tragedy and betrayal threaten the dreams of both James and Alexis – and jeopardise everything they hold dear…

It all started with the school rabbit…Snowflake is the school rabbit, and Snowflake is trouble.At least that’s what Tommy thinks. And when Snowflake unexpectedly comes to stay just before Christmas and everything starts to go wrong, it looks like Tommy might be right.With a sick sister left in bed, a snobby actor left with suspiciously damp trousers, and no rabbit anywhere to be seen, Tommy and his family may just be doomed.Is Tommy suffering The Curse of the School Rabbit? Or can all this bad luck turn good in the end?A fantastically funny and exquisitely illustrated young fiction title from much-loved author and illustrator Judith Kerr.

The astounding new novel from the bestselling and Costa-shortlisted author of Time Travelling with a Hamster, this is a story for everyone of ten and older who loves adventure, laughs and tears.»One of my favourite middle-grade writers» Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and StarsWhen eleven-year-old Georgie befriends an eccentric retired scientist, she becomes the test subject for a thrilling new experiment: a virtual-reality 3D version of the future.But then a deadly disease threatens the life of every dog in the country and Georgie’s beloved dog, Mr Mash, gets sick. And that’s only the start of her troubles.Soon, Georgie and Mr Mash must embark on a desperate quest: to save every dog on earth, and maybe even all of humanity …… without actually leaving the room.An extraordinary quest with the biggest stakes of all, and a huge idea at its heart, this is time travel — but not as you know it.

The second novel in the bestselling Wideacre Trilogy, a compulsive drama set in the eighteenth century. By Philippa Gregory, the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin’s Lover.The Wideacre estate is bankrupt, the villagers are living in poverty and Wideacre Hall is a smoke-blackened ruin.But in the Dower House two children are being raised in protected innocence. Equal claimants to the inheritance of Wideacre, rivals for the love of the village, they are tied by a secret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry. Only one can be The Favoured Child. Only one can inherit the magical understanding between the land and the Lacey family that can make the Sussex village grow green again. Only one can be Beatrice Lacey’s true heir.Sweeping, passionate, unique: ‘The Favoured Child’ is the second novel in Philippa Gregory’s bestselling trilogy which began with ‘Wideacre’ and concluded with ‘Meridon’.

Книга «The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner». Издательство: Harper Collins. Год выпуска: 2007. Серия: Harper Perennial Modern Classics. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 192. Автор: Sillitoe Alan. Стандарт: 1. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Elizabethan England, and a dastardly Spanish plot to take over the throne is uncovered. It’s up to Agent Archie Noble to save Queen and country in this saucy and swashbuckling romp from the bestselling author of The Flashman Papers and The Pyrates.Spoiled, arrogant, filthy rich, and breathtakingly beautiful, the young Lady Godiva Dacre is exiled from the court of Good Queen Bess (who can’t abide red-haired competition) to her lonely estate in distant Cumberland, where she looks forward to bullying the peasantry and getting her own imperious way. Little does she guess that the turbulent Scottish border is the last place for an Elizabethan heiress, beset by ruthless reivers (many of them unshaven), blackmailing ruffians, fiendish Spanish plotters intent on regime change and turning Merrie England into a ghastly European Union province.And no one to rely on but her half-witted blonde school chum, a rugged English superman with a knack for disaster, and a dashing highwayman who looks like Errol Flynn but has a Glasgow accent. To say nothing of warlocks, impersonators, taxi-drivers riding brooms, burlesque artists, the drunkest man in Scotland, and several quite normal characters — oh, yes, gossips, it’s all happening in The Reavers, a moral tale obviously conceived in some kind of fit by Flashman author George MacDonald Fraser … well, he’s getting on, and was bound to crack eventually. He admits (nay, insists) that it’s a crazy story for readers who love fun for its own sake.

She’ll betray her king to crown her sonWhen Edward of York takes back the English crown, the Wars of the Roses scatter the Lancastrian nobility and young Henry Tudor, with a strong claim to the throne, is forced into exile.Recently widowed and vulnerable, his mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, forges an uncomfortable alliance with Edward’s queen, Elizabeth Woodville. Swearing an oath of allegiance to York, Margaret agrees to marry the king’s shrewdest courtier, Lord Stanley. But can she tread the precarious line between duty to her husband, loyalty to her son, and her obligation to God and the king?When tragedy befalls Edward’s reign, Richard of York’s ruthless actions fire the ambition of mother and son. As their destinies converge each of them will be exposed to betrayal and treachery and in their gruelling bid for The Tudor Crown, both must be prepared to pay the ultimate price…

The new book in the heart-warming WW2 family saga series!As the tides of war turn, friendship has never been more important…Spring 1944. As the Allied forces push on towards longed-for victory, Lily Collins yearns to join up and do her bit. But where does her duty lie?Her best friend Gladys faces having her first baby alone, with her new husband back with the Navy.And their friend Beryl is run off her feet building her bridal-hire business amid the bomb damage.So while wedding bells are ringing for others at Marlows Department Store, where Lily works, will they be heard for Lily herself – or does fate have another twist in store?

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling Harlequin, this is the second instalment in Bernard Cornwell’s Grail Quest series, in a bright and bold repackage.It is 1346. While King Edward III fights in France, England lies exposed to the threat of invasion. Thomas of Hookton, archer and hero of Crecy, finds himself back in the north just as the Scots invade on behalf of their French allies.Thomas is determined to pursue his personal quest: to discover whether a relic he is searching for is the Holy Grail. But once again it is the archers whose skills will be called upon, and who will become the true heroes of the battle.

Книга «Inspector French and the Mystery on Southampton Wa». Издательство: Harper Collins. Год выпуска: 2020. Серия: Inspector French. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 344. Автор: Wills Crofts Freeman. Стандарт: 1. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Travel agent, Hester Monday, has been keeping a secret …Thanks to her fear of flying, she hasn’t been on a plane in years. Now Hester wants to make a good impression on her newest client, Jake Oakenfield, who was heroically injured saving an old lady, and is now laid up in a luxury hotel.For Jake, unable to return to New York, binge watching Netflix just won’t do. He wants Hester to invent the ultimate escape and re-create her most magical holidays abroad from the confines of his hotel room.As their perfect mini-breaks around the globe take on a life of their own, Hester wonders if her world of make-believe is all starting to feel just a little too real…

Olive and her friends have shared every milestone.From first loves and first heartbreaks to flatshares and the first scary steps into the real world, they’ve been through it all — together.But in the maze of life, through the winding paths that lead to different choices and different futures, will the bonds of friendship hold strong when Olive needs them most?Moving, memorable and a mirror for anyone at a crossroads, OLIVE is a love letter to the life raft of female friendship and reminds us how, with a little courage, we can all follow our own paths.

What if the life you’re living . . . isn’t the one you want?Mia has made all the right choices. She’s married, she has the nice house, the good career. But life isn’t about fitting into a box. And there’s another woman inside her who’s just clawing to get out . . .

One day, NICK and BEE cross paths over a misdirected email. The connection is instant, electric, they feel like they’ve known each other forever.Nick buys a new suit, gets on a train. Bee steadies her nerves, gets a pep talk from her best friend Leila. This is it.Except it isn’t.Because as they prepare to meet under the clock at Euston station, the universe throws in a twist you’d never see coming . . .

The murders have begun…Across England, a string of murders is taking place. Each different in method, but each horrifying and brutal.But the killer is just getting started…Jess Ambrose is plunged into the investigation when her house is set ablaze. With her husband dead and the police pointing at her, she runs. Her only hope is disgraced detective Nate Griffin, who is convinced Jess is innocent.And he’s going to shock the world…Soon, Jess and Griffin discover the unthinkable; this murderer is copying the world’s most notorious serial killers. And now, imitation isn’t enough. The killer dubbed The Echo Man is ready to create his own masterpiece, and it will be more terrifying than anything that has come before…

In this beautifully crafted novel about the interlinked lives of two women, Thrity Umrigar explores the complex relationships between the classes in India, rarely addressed in contemporary fiction.’Bhima is real. She worked in the house I grew up in, year after year, a shadow flitting around our middle-class home, her thin brown hands cleaning furniture she was not allowed to sit on, cooking food she was not allowed to share at the family dining table, dusting the stereo that mainly played American rock and roll, music that was alien and unfamiliar to her, that only reminded her of her nebulous presence in our home, our world, our lives.’ Thrity UmrigarSet in contemporary Bombay, ‘The Space Between Us’ tells the story of Sera Dubash, an upper-middle-class Parsi housewife and Bhima, the woman who works as a domestic servant in her home. Despite their class differences, the two women are bound by the bonds of gender and shared life experiences — both had marriages that started out with great romantic love and promise, but ended up as crushing disappointments. Ultimately, Sera Dubash faces a decision that will force her to choose between loyalty to gender and friendship or loyalty to her social position and class.

The first novel by one of the legends of the Harlem Renaissance, a classic in the annals of Black fiction.When Black lawyer Fred Merrit purchases a house in the most exclusive white neighbourhood bordering Harlem, he has to hire the toughest removal firm in the area to help him get his belongings past the hostile neighbours. The removal men are Jinx Jenkins and Bubber Brown, who make the move anything but straightforward.This hilarious satire of jazz-age Harlem derides the walls people build around themselves-colour and class being chief among them. In their reactions to Merrit and to one another, the characters provide an invaluable view of the social and philosophical scene of the times.First published in 1928, The Walls of Jericho is the first novel by Rudolph Fisher, author of The Conjure-Man Dies, whom Langston Hughes called ‘the wittiest of the Harlem Renaissance writers, whose tongue was flavoured with the sharpest and saltiest humour’.This new edition includes Fisher’s short story ‘One Month’s Wages’, which revisits Jinx and Bubber during the Depression when, down on their luck, one seeks to win money by gambling, the other by taking a job in a mortuary.

Книга «Sharpes Trafalgar’». Издательство: Harper Collins. Год выпуска: 2021. Серия: Sharpe. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 356. Автор: Cornwell Bernard. Стандарт: 1. Возрастная категория: 16+. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Книга «Welcome to Motherhood, Bitches. The Real Guide». Издательство: Harper Collins. Год выпуска: 2022. Переплет: Твердый переплет. Количество страниц: 312. Автор: Emes Victoria. Стандарт: 1. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Книга «My Henry (PB) illustr.». Издательство: Harper Collins. Год выпуска: 2012. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 32. Автор: Kerr Judith. Стандарт: 10. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.