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  • Jonathan Whitelaw: The Bingo Hall Detectives
    Summary: Winner of The Gilpin Hotel Prize for Fiction 2023 Eyes down to find a killer who's playing to win... An irresistible slice of murder and mystery – there's a killer on the loose in the Lake District, and the members of the Penrith Bingo Club have decided they're the ones to catch the culprit... Jason Brazel is an out of work journalist who lives in Penrith with his family and mother-in-law, Amita. She knows everyone and everything that's going on in this corner of the Lakes. So when it's discovered that Madeline Frobisher, one of Amita's fellow regulars at the bingo club has died, found by the postman outside her crumbling country home close to Ullswater Lake, she senses immediately this is no accident. The trouble is, no one else seems to take her suspicions seriously. That is, until she enlists the help of her friends at the Penrith Bingo Club. Dismissed by many as eccentric, over the hill or out of touch, it turns out that it's unlucky for some that these amateur sleuths are on the case...

  • Tamsyn Muir: Gideon the Ninth
    Af Tamsyn Muir (2019)
    Summary: Gideon the Ninth is the first book in the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Locked Tomb Series, and one of the Best Books of 2019 according to NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, BookPage , Shelf Awareness, BookRiot , and Bustle ! WINNER of the 2020 Locus Award and Crawford Award Finalist for the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Series! Finalist for the 2020 Hugo, Nebula, Dragon, and World Fantasy Awards "Unlike anything I've ever read. " —V.E. Schwab "Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space!" —Charles Stross "Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original." — The New York Times The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense. Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy. Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won't set her free without a service. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will be become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon's sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die. Of course, some things are better left dead. THE LOCKED TOMB SERIES BOOK 1: Gideon the Ninth BOOK 2: Harrow the Ninth BOOK 3: Nona the Ninth BOOK 4: Alecto the Ninth At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied

  • Claudia Carroll: The Love Algorithm : The perfect witty romcom, new from international bestselling author 2022
    Af Claudia Carroll (2022)
    Summary: ' A superb romcom , with relatable and loveable characters that literally burst from the pages. With laugh-out-loud moments, woven between a heartwarming and hopeful story, it charmed me from the first page' Carmel Harrington True love is only just a swipe away? Right? Iris lives by numbers. The only thing missing from her perfectly calibrated life is a partner - and not for lack of trying. After decades of disappointment, Iris practically has a PhD in online dating. But something still eludes her: that unquantifiable spark. Kim is too busy being the life of the party to look for love. Her terrible dates make great stories for her friends and co-workers, as long as she's not caught by her tyrannical boss, Iris. Connie , Kim's recently widowed mum, is single for the first time since the 1970s. The dating game has changed a lot since her day . . . Sick of being let down, Iris takes matters into her own hands - using her analytical skills to create the first real formula for love. With Kim and Connie on board, they launch Analyzed, a dating app like no other. As Analyzed takes the world by storm, are the three women in over their heads? Is love really just a numbers game? 'A laugh on every page, entirely empathetic characters and a warm heart in the middle of the story. I found this book highly entertaining and totally satisfying' Liz Nugent Praise for Claudia Carroll: 'Brilliantly funny' Sun 'An immensely talented writer' Sinéad Moriarty 'Brilliant' Bella

  • Tamsyn Muir: Harrow the Ninth : The Locked Tomb Series Series, Book 2
    Af Tamsyn Muir (2020)
    Summary: Harrow the Ninth , an Amazon pick for Best SFF of 2020 and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling sequel to Gideon the Ninth , turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the Emperor's haunted space station. The Locked Tomb is a 2023 Hugo Award Finalist for Best Series! "Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space! Decadent nobles vie to serve the deathless emperor! Skeletons!" —Charles Stross on Gideon the Ninth "Unlike anything I've ever read. " —V.E. Schwab on Gideon the Ninth "Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original." — The New York Times on Gideon the Ninth She answered the Emperor's call. She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend. In victory, her world has turned to ash. After rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn Muir continues the story of the penumbral Ninth House in Harrow the Ninth , a mind-twisting puzzle box of mystery, murder, magic, and mayhem. Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the Emperor, and the fate of the galaxy rests on one woman's shoulders. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, last necromancer of the Ninth House, has been drafted by her Emperor to fight an unwinnable war. Side-by-side with a detested rival, Harrow must perfect her skills and become an angel of undeath — but her health is failing, her sword makes her nauseous, and even her mind is threatening to betray her. Sealed in the gothic gloom of the Emperor's Mithraeum with three unfriendly teachers, hunted by the mad ghost of a murdered planet, Harrow must confront two unwelcome questions: is somebody trying to kill her? And if they succeeded, would the universe be better off? THE LOCKED TOMB SERIES BOOK 1: Gideon the Ninth BOOK 2: Harrow the Ninth BOOK 3: Nona the Ninth BOOK 4: Alecto the Ninth At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied

  • Sarah Alderson: The Cabin in the Woods
    Af Sarah Alderson (2022)
    Summary: *The USA Today bestseller* 'An edge-of-your-seat, page-flipping, stay-up-all-night, heart-racing suspense thriller!' Real Reviewer 'Holy mother of...! This book was SO good. I devoured it...You NEED to read this!' Real Reviewer 'Holy cr*p! This is good! Riveting, exciting...kept me guessing. Loved it!' Real Reviewer In a cabin in a wood,A woman by the window stood. Glancing out, she thought she heardFootsteps, whistling, something stirred. Hiding here, she fears the night,For what's done in the dark will come to light. She must run fast to escape her lie Or she'll be the next to die... The unmissable new thriller from the USA Today bestselling master of edge-of-your-seat reading and screenwriter of Netflix Original movie, The Weekend Away. Readers are gripped by The Cabin in the Woods: 'Buckle up because you are in for a ride! Every time I thought the ending was close, there was another twist that I didn't see coming... I felt like my heart was going to stop or burst out of my chest!' NetGalley Reviewer, ????? 'This book had me flipping pages as fast as I could! If you love thrillers, buy this book NOW!' NetGalley reviewer, ????? 'Phenomenal! A very twisty journey... kept me guessing... no slow burn here! Perfectly paced and I loved it!' NetGalley reviewer????? 'Wow. This one packs more than a punch, it's a wallop... Had me biting my nails, stomach clenched. An absolute must read.' NetGalley Reviewer, ????? 'Omg! I couldn't put this down. It had me hooked and wouldn't let go. Unforgettable!' NetGalley reviewer, ????? 'Once again Sarah Alderson proves that she is truly one of the greats! Easily my favourite book so far this year... Twisty, atmospheric, unputdownable.' NetGalley Reviewer, ????? 'A masterclass from Sarah Alderson. Impossible to put down!' NetGalley Reviewer, ????? 'Wow! I absolutely loved this book. What a page turner... I was gripped from start to finish. If you love fast-paced, suspenseful thrillers then this is for you!' NetGalley Reviewer, ????? 'The perfect thriller! ...One of the most suspenseful stories I have ever read... and the ending will leave you reeling.' NetGalley Reviewer, ????? 'Now that's how a thriller is done! Taut in pace and brimming with suspense... I was absolutely hooked and couldn't turn the pages fast enough.' NetGalley Reviewer, ????? 'WOW! Boy, did Sarah Alderson deliver... Five stars.' NetGalley Reviewer, ?????

  • Sarah Goodwin: The Thirteenth Girl
    Af Sarah Goodwin (2022)
    Summary: 'OH MY GOSH... Gripping' NetGalley review ?????'Edge-of-your-seat thriller... Absolutely brilliant' NetGalley review ?????'WOW... Intense, suspenseful... Heart-breaking' NetGalley review ????? 'Because he chose you. Out of thirteen girls. You were the one. The last one.' Lucy Townsend lives a normal life. She has a husband she loves, in-laws she can't stand and she's just found out she's going to be a mother. But Lucy has a dark and dangerous secret. She is not who she says she is. Lucy is not even her real name. Twenty years ago, she escaped something terrible. Something she has tried to put behind her. But someone out there knows all of her secrets and has been biding their time to come back for her; the thirteenth girl, the only one who managed to escape. Lucy was lucky once. But now it's not only her life on the line. Will she be so lucky this time? A totally gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller with twists and turns you just won't see coming. Perfect for fans of Girl A and The Family Upstairs. Readers are gripped by The Thirteenth Girl: 'WOW... Intense, suspenseful and heart-breaking all in one... I devoured this book, I didn't want to stop reading it... Twists, betrayals and shocks... I really enjoyed the ending' NetGalley review ????? 'OH MY GOSH... Gripping... With twists and unpredictability that had me guessing right up until the end. I loved it.' NetGalley review ????? 'Full of twists and leaves you completely gripped... A definite recommended read' NetGalley review ????? 'This book was so good, it kept me gripped from beginning to end, the ending was just brilliant' NetGalley review ????? 'Wow... Very exciting psychological, high-octane thriller' NetGalley review ????? 'This is one hell of a novel. There were so many twists and turns that I could not stop reading until I finished. Read this book. It will stay with you for a long time' NetGalley review ????? 'Wow is the only word to describe this book it is that good' NetGalley review ????? 'An exciting read that was hard to put down... Many twists and turns... Highly recommended read and well worth five (5) stars' NetGalley review ?????

  • Yrsa Sigurdardottir: My Soul to Take : A Novel of Iceland
    Summary: "Top notch crime fiction." —Boston Globe American readers first met Icelandic lawyer and investigator Thóra Gudmundsdóttir in Last Rituals. In My Soul to Take, internationally acclaimed author Yrsa Sigurdardóttir plunges her intrepid heroine into even graver peril, in a riveting thriller set against the harsh landscape of Smila's Sense of Snow territory. A darkly witty and continually surprising suspense tale that places Yrsa Sigurdardóttir firmly in the ranks of Sue Grafton, Tess Gerritsen, Faye Kellerman and other top mystery writers, My Soul to Take is ingenious Scandinavian noir on a par with the works of Henning Mankell and Arnaldur Indridason. Stieg Larsson (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) fans should also take note

  • Janet Lorimer: Tug-of-War
    Af Janet Lorimer (2010)
    Summary: Themes: Life Lessons, Values, Identity, Justice, Interracial Marriage, Cultural Differences, Hawaiian Culture, Family Relationships, History, Fiction, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Malia MacLeod is part Hawaiian and part Haole, the Hawaiian word for Caucasian. Raised in Los Angeles, she returns to Oahu to teach high school and learn about her family's history. Just 32-pages each—eBooks for struggling readers power-packed with reading employment. Here are 40 exciting Hi-Lo books with various themes guaranteed to keep your students turning the pages until the very end!

  • David Evanier: Great Kisser : Stories
    Af David Evanier (2014)
    Summary: A profoundly funny—and comically profound—story collection from one of the most original voices in contemporary American fiction When his dying psychiatrist gives him the tapes to thirty years’ worth of therapy sessions, what else can Michael Goldberg do but listen? It is the story of his life, after all—never mind the fact that it’s narrated by a younger version of himself who has no idea what’s going to happen next. Besides, as a man of letters best known for “My Mother Is Not Living,” the story that earned him a reputation as “the Jewish writer who hated his mother more than any other Jewish writer,” Michael has never been especially concerned with the niceties of literary convention. What he really wants, what he’s been looking for from New York to Hollywood and back again—from doomed high school romances to a late marriage begun in sin and overshadowed by tragedy, from boyhood days playing stickball in the streets of Queens to middle-aged afternoons behind a desk at the activist organization Jewish Punchers, sorting masses of data into one of two files: “Good for the Jews” or “Bad for the Jews”—are answers. To life’s great mysteries, sure, but mainly to the one question that always seems to be waiting for him, wherever he goes: How did I end up here? What Michael discovers in his therapist’s tapes, and what David Evanier so masterfully portrays in this hilarious and heartbreaking collection, is a life that is no less inevitable for being unplanned, and no less extraordinary for being average

  • Alison Lurie: Nowhere City : A Novel
    Af Alison Lurie (2012)
    Summary: In this “excellent” novel of “rare understanding” from a Pulitzer Prize–winning author, culture shock consumes a young Harvard couple in Los Angeles ( The New York Times ).   When his mentor at Harvard University suddenly leaves for Washington, Paul Cattleman finds himself adrift in the wilds of academia. After losing his fellowship, he is out of work and one thesis short of a PhD. Rather than doom his career by taking what he considers to be an unsuitable job, he finds a temporary position at the Nutting Research and Development Corporation in Los Angeles, a city whose superficial charms signal an adventure. He is ready to make the best of his year out west among the beatniks and Hollywood hippies. The only thing holding him back is his wife.   Katherine is a New Englander through and through, and as soon as she steps into the LA smog, she knows this transition will be a struggle. What Paul sees as fun, she considers vulgar. Bogged down by her allergies and crumbling marriage, she seeks out a shrink, who surprises and transforms her. While Los Angeles may be a cultural wasteland, this East Coast girl will find that West Coast pleasures can be quite a lot of fun.   The National Book Award–shortlisted author of Foreign Affairs “ writes coolly and wickedly” of freedom and self-discovery in this witty novel ( The New Yorker ).   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alison Lurie including rare images from the author’s collection.  

  • Moses Ose Utomi: The Truth of the Aleke
    Af Moses Ose Utomi (2024)
    Summary: Moses Ose Utomi returns to his Forever Desert series with The Truth of the Aleke , continuing his epic fable about truth, falsehood, and the shackles of history. The Aleke is cruel. The Aleke is clever. The Aleke is coming. 500 years after the events of The Lies of the Ajungo , the City of Truth stands as the last remaining free city of the Forever Desert. A bastion of freedom and peace, the city has successfully weathered near-constant attacks from the Cult of Tutu, who have besieged it for three centuries, attempting to destroy its warriors and subjugate its people. Seventeen-year-old Osi is a Junior Peacekeeper in the City. When the mysterious leader of the Cult, known only as the Aleke, commits a massacre in the capitol and steals the sacred God's Eyes, Osi steps forward to valiantly defend his home. For his bravery he is tasked with a tremendous responsibility—destroy the Cult of Tutu, bring back the God's Eyes, and discover the truth of the Aleke. The Forever Desert series The Lies of the Ajungo The Truth of the Aleke At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied

  • Bram Stoker: Dracula
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    Dracula

    Af Bram Stoker (2018)