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FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE CALLER. When the body of a young woman is discovered in a derelict cottage in Los Angeles, Robert Hunter is thrown into a nightmare case. The victim suffered a terrible death, and on the nape of her neck has been carved a strange double-cross: the signature of a psychopath known as the Crucifix Killer. But that's impossible. Because two years ago, the Crucifix Killer was caught and executed. Could this therefore be a copycat killer? Or could the unthinkable be true? Is the real killer still out there, ready to embark once again on a vicious and violent killing spree, selecting his victims seemingly at random, taunting Robert Hunter with his inability to catch him? Hunter and his rookie partner, Garcia, need to solve this case and fast. 'A gripping debut ... Not for the squeamish' Heat 'A page turner' Express

As a graduate student in 1942, Eva was forced to flee Paris after the arrest of her father, a Polish Jew. Finding refuge in a small mountain town in the Free Zone, she begins forging identity documents for Jewish children fleeing to neutral Switzerland. But erasing people comes with a price, and Eva decides she must find a way to preserve the real names of the children who are too young to remember who they really are. Sixty-five years later, a book is discovered that appears to contain some sort of code, but researchers don't know where it came from, or what the code means. Only Eva holds the answer, but will she have the strength to revisit old memories and help reunite those lost during the war?

Paris, 1974. Radha is now thirty-two and living in Paris with her husband, Pierre, and their two daughters. She still grieves for the baby boy she gave up years ago, when she was only a child herself, but she loves being a mother to her daughters, and she’s finally found her passion the treasure trove of scents. When her friend’s grandfather offered her a job at his parfumerie, she quickly discovered she had a talent she could find the perfect fragrance for any customer who walked in the door. Now, ten years later, she’s working for a master perfumer, helping to design completely new fragrances for clients and building her career one scent at a time. She only wishes Pierre could understand her need to work. She feels his frustration, but she can’t give up this thing that drives her. Tasked with her first major project, Radha travels to India where she enlists the help of her sister, Lakshmi, and the courtesans of Agra women who use the power of fragrance to seduce, tease, and entice. She’s on the cusp of a breakthrough when she finds out the son she never told her husband about is heading to Paris to find her upending her carefully managed world and threatening to destroy a vulnerable marriage

From the USA Today bestselling author of A Curve in the Road comes a sweeping and captivating tale of one woman's journey to the lush vineyards of Tuscany--and into the mysteries of a tragic family secret. If Fiona has learned anything in life, it's how to keep a secret--even from the father who raised her. She is the only person who knows about her late mother's affair in Tuscany thirty years earlier, and she intends to keep it that way...until a lawyer calls with shocking news: her biological father has died and left her an incredible inheritance--along with two half siblings. Fiona travels to Italy, where the family is shocked to learn of her existence and desperate to contest her share of the will. While the mystery of her mother's affair is slowly unraveled, Fiona must navigate through tricky family relationships and tense sibling rivalries. Fiona both fears and embraces her new destiny as she searches for the truth about the fateful summer her mother spent in Italy and the father she never knew. Spilling over with the sumptuous flavors and romance of Tuscany, These Tangled Vines takes readers on a breathtaking journey of love, secrets, sacrifice, courage--and most importantly, the true meaning of family.

A quiet night on a country road. The stillness shattered by a car engulfed in flames, and a burned body discovered in the driver's seat. As the investigation unfolds, DCI Carol Jordan and psychological profiler Tony Hill quickly realise that this is more than just a tragic accident. And so begins the hunt for a truly terrifying killer, someone who believes he is invisible, untraceable and untouchable. As other victims are found to have met the same terrible fate, and with more women at risk, Tony and Carol are drawn into a dark and twisted web of fear and revenge that will force them to question their own ideas of justice...

A NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE HENNA ARTIST, A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK "Captivated me from the first chapter to the last page." --Reese Witherspoon on The Henna Artist In New York Times bestselling author Alka Joshi's intriguing new novel, henna artist Lakshmi arranges for her protégé, Malik, to intern at the Jaipur Palace in this tale rich in character, atmosphere, and lavish storytelling. It's the spring of 1969, and Lakshmi, now married to Dr. Jay Kumar, directs the Healing Garden in Shimla. Malik has finished his private school education. At twenty, he has just met a young woman named Nimmi when he leaves to apprentice at the Facilities Office of the Jaipur Royal Palace. Their latest project: a state-of-the-art cinema. Malik soon finds that not much has changed as he navigates the Pink City of his childhood. Power and money still move seamlessly among the wealthy class, and favors flow from Jaipur's Royal Palace, but only if certain secrets remain buried. When the cinema's balcony tragically collapses on opening night, blame is placed where it is convenient. But Malik suspects something far darker and sets out to uncover the truth. As a former street child, he always knew to keep his own counsel; it's a lesson that will serve him as he untangles a web of lies.

"Un cuaderno de dibujo, tres llaves y un último susurro... Venecia. Esa es la herencia que la tía Lettie le deja a Caroline en 2001, justo cuando su matrimonio está a punto de naufragar. Decidida a cumplir con la última voluntad de la anciana, emprende un viaje para esparcir sus cenizas en la ciudad que tanto amaba y desentrañar los misterios que mantuvo ocultos durante más de sesenta años. En 1938 Lettie acompaña a un grupo de estudiantes para que descubran Venecia, su historia, su arte y su belleza. Es un viaje que resucitará dolorosos recuerdos y la posibilidad de reencontrarse con Leonardo Da Rossi, el hombre al que ama y que es esclavo del futuro que le ha impuesto su familia de orígenes nobles. A pesar de las dificultades, su amor florece de nuevo hasta que la amenaza de la guerra llega a Venecia y ambos se ven obligados a luchar para sobrevivir y defender un secreto que los unirá eternamente."--From back cover

Leona Hewitt, disguised in men's formal evening clothes, has secretly made her way into Lord Delbridge's private museum to find a relic stolen from her family. But someone else is in the dimly lit gallery on the same errand: a tall, black-cloaked man whose very voice is enough to put her in a trance. Thaddeus Ware, a mesmerist with psychic gifts, is accustomed to fearful reactions from others - women in particular. But Leona shows no trace of hysteria in his presence. A gifted crystal worker, she exerts a rather hypnotic power over the hypnotist himself. And she is determined to keep the crystal they recovered. Thaddeus, on assignment for the Arcane Society, knows the menace Leona is courting by absconding with the crystal. A source of remarkable energy, it holds the potential for great destruction. Lord Delbridge has already killed to acquire it, for it is his key to membership in the elite, shadowy group known as the Third Circle. And, with the help of a ruthless hunter of preternatural skill, dubbed the Midnight Monster by the press, Delbridge intends to find her. With the stolen crystal in their possession, the danger is only beginning...

The author of the New York Times bestseller 'Til Death Do Us Part returns to Regency London in a novel of mystery, intrigue and deadly alliances.

Isabel Wright, a Belvedere Center for Sleep Research analyst and Level Five lucid dreamer, meets the man of her dreams while she's awake in this romantic thriller. While she is falling into the arms of Ellis Cutler, a fellow lucid dreamer who has likewise been dreaming of her, the two become lover-detectives who wrestle good guys from the dark side, repair troubled marriages, and fix ailing businesses.

The Earl of St. Merryn needs a woman. His intentions are purely practical - he simply wants someone sensible and suitably lovely to pose as his betrothed for a few weeks among polite society. He has his own agenda to pursue, and a false fiance will keep the husband-hunters at bay while he goes about his business. The simplest solution is to hire a paid companion. Finding the right candidate proves more of a challenge than he expected. But when he encounters Miss Elenora Lodge, her feisty manner and golden eyes sway him to make a generous offer. Elenora's sorry financial circumstances - and dreams of a life of independence - leave her little choice but to accept. But St. Merryn appears to be hiding a secret or two, and things seem oddly amiss in his gloomy London home. Elenora soon discovers that this lark will be a far more dangerous adventure than she'd been led to believe. And the Earl of St. Merryn will find that the meek and mild companion he'd initially envisioned has become a partner in his quest to catch a killer - and an outspoken belle of the ball who stirs a bothersome passion in his practical heart.

Ser minero del carbón en la Escocia de siglo XVIII era una de las peores cosas que se podía ser: el trabajo era agotador, peligroso y mal pagado; además, los mineros, merced a una legislación inicua, estaban sometidos de por vida al propietario, mejor el señor, de la mina. Mack McAsh era minero; pero su rebeldía le llevó a enfrentarse a su señor, sir George jamisson, y a huir de su esclavitud. En Londres destacó pronto por su decisión en la lucha contra las injusticias y de nuevo tropezó con los Jamisson, los cuales lograron su condena y deportación a las colonias de América del Norte. En ellas se abrió una nueva etapa de su enfrentamiento con la poderosa familia, omnipresente en su vida, pero también conquistó la libertad… y con ella el amor, que como los Jamisson, le había acompañado, sin él saberlo, desde sus antiguos días en Escocia. Un lugar llamado libertad es la epopeya de un hombre que lucha por su autonomía personal bajo el ropaje de una trepidante novela de acción en la que afloran los mejores sentimientos: el amor, la generosidad, la entrega a los otros: es también un descarnado retrato de las condiciones de vida de la época. Una novela que es una apasionante muestra del mejor talento narrativo.

Duration: 12:33:52. Multi-award winning actor Juliet Stevenson narrates this heartwarming audiobook from the internationally best-selling author of 'The Jane Austen Society.' Set in post-war London, the story revolves around Bloomsbury Books, a century-old bookstore that has resisted change, run by men and governed by the general manager's strict fifty-one rules. However, in 1950, as the world of books and publishing evolves, the women at Bloomsbury Books are determined to carve their own paths. Vivien Lowry, stylish and brilliant, is grappling with the loss of her fiancé, killed in World War II, and her grievances with Alec McDonough, the Head of Fiction. Grace Perkins, married with two sons, struggles to balance her duty to her family with her own aspirations after her husband’s breakdown. Evie Stone, part of the first class of female students from Cambridge allowed to earn a degree, faces disappointment when denied an academic position in favor of a less qualified male rival. As they engage with notable literary figures of the time—Daphne Du Maurier, Samuel Beckett, and others—these three women navigate a complex web of relationships and ambitions, striving for a future that is richer and more fulfilling than society permits. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press. ©2022 Natalie Jenner (P)2022 Macmillan Audio.

What's the harm in a pseudonym? Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she claims to be—she didn't write the book attributed to her and is not Asian American. In this chilling yet humorous novel, authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were once poised as twin rising stars from Yale, but their paths diverged dramatically. Athena became a literary darling while June struggled for recognition. After witnessing Athena's tragic death, June impulsively steals her completed manuscript, an experimental novel highlighting the contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I. June edits and submits the work as her own, rebranding herself as Juniper Song with an ambiguously ethnic author photo. She rationalizes that the story deserves to be told, regardless of the teller, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to validate her actions. However, as evidence of her deception emerges, June finds herself trapped in Athena's shadow, racing to protect her secret. The narrative explores the depths to which June will go to claim what she believes is hers while addressing critical issues of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation in the publishing industry. R. F. Kuang's novel is timely, sharp, and engaging, delving into the erasure of Asian-American voices and history by Western society.

When a superstar mystery writer visits her sister to unwind from a grueling book tour, she finds herself tracking a real-life killer who has already shattered her life...and now seeks to end it. Brazen Virtue Grace McCabe was shocked to find her sister Kathleen living in a grungy D.C. suburb, supplementing her income as a phone sex operator after a bitter divorce. But with the company Fantasy, Inc. guaranteeing its employees complete anonymity, how dangerous could it really be? Grace was soon to learn the answer when she returned home one night to a horrifying scene that might have come from one of her own novels. Ignoring the warnings of cool-headed detective Ed Jackson, Grace sets her own daring trap to rouse a killer out of hiding. But what can protect her from a brilliant madman whose lust for murder stops at nothing...and no one?

El queria el poder, Ella queria venganza... 'Esta manana - anoto Leslie Stewart en su diario - conoci al hombre con el que me voy a casar.' Era una afirmacion optimista, ajena, por cierto, a la cadena de acontecimientos que habrian de ocurrir. Mujer bonita y ambiciosa, Leslie descubrira muy pronto que, para ciertos hombres, el poder es el mayor afrodisiaco. Por su parte Oliver, apuesto gobernador de un Estado del sur norteamericano, sentira en carne propia la furia de una mujer enganada. Con los vaivenes inesperados que traza su pluma inimitable, Sidney Sheldon teje la historia del choque inexorable entre dos personas igualmente decididas. Los mejores planes nos introduce en dos mundos de poder e influencia paralelos y equivalentes: la politica, con sus escandalos, encubrimientos y corruptelas; y la prensa, capaz de destruir vidas y reputaciones, cuando no de derribar gobiernos. Pero los mejores planes no siempre se cumplen...

'Seldom is a book as funny, important and timely ... I was laughing out loud at the same time as my blood was running cold' JOHN CLEESE 'Viciously funny... an exhilarating satire' THE TIMES 'Merciless... a welcome distraction' ECONOMIST, Best Books of 2024 What if calling someone stupid was illegal? In a reality not too distant from our own, the worst thing you can call someone is 'stupid'. Everyone is equally clever, and discrimination based on intelligence is 'the last great civil rights fight'. Exams and grades are discarded and you don't need a qualification to be a doctor. When best friends Pearson and Emory find themselves on opposing sides of this new culture war, their relationship begins to fracture. And soon, Pearson's determination to cling onto the 'old, bigoted way of thinking' begins to endanger her job, her safety and even her family... Hilarious, deadpan and scathing, MANIA is a frighteningly plausible glimpse into what the world could become - or is already - from the pen of a master storyteller.

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"El descubrimiento del cuerpo de un joven asesinado brutalmente en una casa flotante de Londres desencadena sospechas sobre tres mujeres. Laura es la chica conflictiva que se encontró con la víctima la noche en que murió; Carla, aún de luto por la muerte de un familiar, es la tía del joven, y Miriam es la indiscreta vecina que oculta información sobre el caso a la policía. Tres mujeres que no se conocen, pero que tienen distintas conexiones con la víctima. Tres mujeres que, por diferentes razones, viven con resentimiento y que, consciente o inconscientemente, esperan el momento de reparar el daño que se les ha hecho."--

Nije lako zarađivati kao družbenica ako posjeduješ oštar jezik i originalan um. Zato je Emma Greyson u šest mjeseci promijenila tri takva radna mjesta. Njezin sadašnji posao, tijekom zamornog boravka na seoskome imanju, bio joj je smrtno dosadan - sve dok nevjerojatan susret s legendarnim Edisonom Stokesom ne dovede do tajnog položaja njegove pomoćnice. Stokes je na neobičnom zadatku, traži anonimnog lopova koji je ukrao drevnu knjigu o tajanstvenim napitcima. Vjeruje da je ta osoba među gostima na seoskome imanju - te da zlikovac traži intuitivnu ženu na kojoj bi testirao određeni napitak. Ženu baš kakva je Emma... Novi posao Emmi donosi strast i zastrašujuću opasnost. Ali kada dođe do umorstva, ona shvaća užasnu istinu. ukoliko ona i Edison ne osmisle plan kojim će nadmudriti nemilosrdnog ubojicu, mogla bi zauvijek izgubiti muškarca svojih snova - pa čak i život...Nije lako zarađivati kao družbenica ako posjeduješ oštar jezik i originalan um. Zato je Emma Greyson u šest mjeseci promijenila tri takva radna mjesta.

Ako te netko opiše kao jezivu, to može loše djelovati na tvoje samopoštovanje - a tako je čak i za atraktivnu, neovisnu ženu poput Raine Tallentyre. To se dogodilo kad je pogriješila i razotkrila svoje paranormalne sposobnosti, te time na brzinu okončala svoju najnoviju romantičnu vezu. Njezina joj je teta Vella, darovita, ali izmučena duša, odavno rekla neka svoju darovitost zadrži u tajnosti. A sad kad je sirota teta Vella -posljednja osoba s kojom je bila u krvnom srodstvu - umrla, Raine se pomirila sa samotnim životom. No kad je otputovala u Shelbyville, Washington, kako bi ispraznila tetinu kuću - nastojeći ignorirati primjedbe mještana o ""vještici"" i ""ludoj ženi"" - Raine njezina izrazito razvijena senzibilnost dovodi do užasavajućeg otkrića: mlade žene, vezane i prestrašene, u podrumskom garderobnom ormariću. Žrtva je preživjela, a počinitelj je na slobodi. Odjednom se novi muškarac pojavljuje u Raineinu životu - istražitelj Zack Jones. Za divno čudo, Zacku nisu odvratne njezine moći; zapravo, i on ih posjeduje. Dok Raine čuje glasove, Zack vidi vizije, te nakon samo nekoliko sati njihova poznanstva Raine osjeća intenzivnu, uzbudljivu prisnost - mentalnu, emocionalnu i fizičku - kakvoj se nije usudila nadati. Međutim, postoji jedna komplikacija: Zack Jones radi za Ezoterično društvo. Ta je tajna organizacija, predana izučavanju paranormalnih fenomena, izdajničkim činom davno uništila Raineinu obitelj, pa im sad nije spremna vjerovati. No kad je ubojica pretvara u svoju metu i tajno društvo paranormalnih kriminalaca poznato kao Ponoćnica djeluje u sjenkama oko njih, Raine i Zack moraju se osloniti na svoje izražene sposobnosti, ali i jedno na drugo.

Geordi Sharp je pripadnik posebnih jedinica SAS-a i vraća se kući s obavljenog zadatka. Vrata kuće su otvorena, a njegov četverogodišnji sin i djevojka koja se brinula o njemu su nestali. Javljaju se otmičari i u zamjenu za taoce traže da se pusti iz zatvora poznati IRA-in pripadnik. No, razmjena ne teče baš po planu...

U ovoj uzbudljivoj knjizi Michael Connelly nas vodi u svijet ekstrema: previše kriminala, previše novca i previše načina umiranja. Cassie Black, iako je upravo odslužila zatvorsku kaznu od šest godina, želi ostvariti svoj san. U njoj još uvijek teče »odmetnički sok«, te se još jednom vraća staroj profesiji, a to je pljačkanje kockara u Las Vegasu s velikim dobicima. Ona se nada da je to posljednji takav posao koji joj mora osigurati novi početak. Ali savršeni se plan izjalovi i Cassie se odjednom nađe u bijegu - a psihotični »sredivač« iz Vegasa ubija svakoga tko je znao za njen posao. Između Cassie i čovjeka koji je lovi postoji još nekoliko tajni: tko je zapravo organizirao posao, zašto je Cassie morala riskirati, te kako, na kraju, sve ovisi o Mjesecu.

No usred blještava bala, okružena vatrenim obožavateljima, novostvorena Iphiginia odjednom će se naći licem u lice s posljednjim čovjekom kojega je ondje očekivala: mračno senzualnim grofom od Mastersa osobno. Sad se neustrašiva mlada žena našla u još većoj opasnosti jer se mora boriti protiv ucjenjivača i neočekivane prijetnje svojemu srcu... jer Marcus Cloud nije samo očaravajući zavodnik - čvrsto je odlučio da će ta prelijepa dama biti njegova.

Da je stric Quentin odrezao stari golemi jasen pokraj kuće, kako mu je to predlagala teta Fanny, oluja ne bi srušila stablo na Vilu Kirrin i oštetilo je, pa petoro prijatelja ne bi otišlo u goste Sootyu Lenoiru i njegovu očuhu na Krijumčarski vrh koji je okružen opasnim slanim močvarama i tajnim podzemnim prolazima. No kad su tamo stigli, počeli su se redati neobični i vrlo sumnjivi događaji. Uz pomoć Timothyja, prijatelji naposljetku uspijevaju osujetiti planove opasnih krijumčara.

Pred vama je nova zbirka čudesnih Disneyevih priča koje će vam uljepšati svaki dan u godini. Četiri knjige za četiri godišnja doba: za proljeće, ljeto, jesen i zimu. Za svaki dan po jedna priča. Sve su priče nove-novcate, napisane osebno za ovu zbirku, a govore o poznatim Disneyevim junacima i njihovim neobičnim pustolovinama. Na stranicama ovih knjiga naći ćete i mnoštvo šala i slatko se nasmijati. Ova će zbirka obradovati sve naše male čitaoce, ali i one najmlađe koji još ne umiju čitati: oni će svake večeri tonuti u slatki san slušajući o veselim zgodama svojih prijatelja iz svijeta mašte.