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Twenty-three-year-old Yosoye arrives in Lagos ready to start her life. Working for a slick architectural firm, she finds a city of adventure and opportunity. Her new world is one of fancy gallery openings, glamorous friends, and all the shiny potential of the future, encapsulated in projects like Omi City, the ultra-luxury development her company is building, a symbol of the dawn of a brighter Lagos. But Yosoye’s idyllic vision of Lagos soon begins to seem naive, and its darker, stranger layers trouble her.

Chief Inspector Anna Cameron is a woman with everything to lose. Her life is finally back on track, but the mistakes she made in the past are about to come back to haunt her. When a body is discovered in a Glasgow canal, the death proves to have an unexpected link to something Anna wants desperately to forget. As Glasgow pulses with the threat of terrorist attack and growing civil discontent, she realises everything she holds dear is at risk.

Stevie and Harry's wedding was meant to be the highlight of the year, a fantasy come true. So why did she jilt him at the altar? Three years later, Stevie's back. A successful journalist, on the surface she's returned to look after her sick father, but when she starts asking questions about Harry's family a suspicious light is soon cast on her. Even as Harry tries to stay away, the two are drawn to each other time and time again. Then Stevie is attacked and put in hospital. Someone is willing to go to any lengths to keep her quiet...

PRAISE FOR BELLA MACKIE: 'Delicious' JOJO MOYES 'Super-sharp, lethally witty' NIGELLA LAWSON ‘Wonderfully wicked’ RED 'Very funny… I inhaled it' JOE LYCETT ‘Taut, pacy, seamless… a huge pleasure to read’ MARIAN KEYES 'You know Diana Leyland… she climbed the ladder by marrying a...

A surreal and intimate novel about a disillusioned artist who, plagued by mysterious visions, must navigate a series of personal and existential crises that upend their way of life, by the award-winning author of Brown Girls. Fresh off the success of their first novel, a writer – intense...

Zes maanden geleden ving Angelika een bruidsboeket en sindsdien houden de gedachten over trouwen maar niet op, maar Angelika is er zelf nog niet klaar voor. De eerste ontmoeting met haar toekomstige schoonmoeder maakt het er niet beter op. Als het leeftijdsverschil tussen Angelika en Marcus ook nog ter sprake komt, slaan de twijfels toe. Wat als hij op een dag toch besluit dat hij kinderen wil en haar verlaat voor een jongere vrouw? Is Magnus wel de juiste persoon om de rest van haar leven mee te delen? Want zijn moeder Judith, die onverwacht bij hem intrekt, is dat zeker niet!

Ariane und Sam versuchen seit ihrer Kindheit gemeinsam, ihren Platz in einer unwirtlichen Stadt zu finden. Da Sam auf der ID-Karte nicht zu erkennen ist, auf der obendrein nur zwei Geschlechter zur Verfügung stehen, sind den beiden fast alle Türen versperrt. Sie verbringen ihre Nächte also in Bussen und finden Schlaf, während sie durch die Stadt gefahren werden. Tagsüber führt Ariane ein von außen betrachtet normales Leben und hat einen Bürojob, den sie zwar verabscheut, der den beiden aber immerhin ein geringes Maß an Sicherheit garantiert.

Dans un futur proche où l’amour se mesure en tests ADN, une femme refuse de se laisser définir par les algorithmes ni par les contes de fées qu’on lui a imposés. Le jour de son mariage, robe longue et espadrilles cachées aux pieds, elle remonte seule l’allée, bien décidée à ne plus être le « cadeau » qu’on remet d’un homme à un autre.

Harry Sanders is found dead in a derelict pub. The authorities call it a tragic accident, but Victor recognises the signs of something far more sinister. He knew Harry from his own days on the streets—and Harry had been scared, convinced someone was following him. Working with private investigators Kasper and Zofia Dąbrowski, Victor inherits Harry’s dog, Cleo, causing friction with Oscar, his own wilful dog, and uncovers a disturbing pattern. Homeless men with dogs are disappearing across the city.

Falling in love was never on Bridget’s to-do list. Having sworn off relationships, she’s only interested in temporary flings to avoid getting hurt again. Ethan is a hopeless romantic who loves deeply and wears his heart on his sleeve. When their one-night stand leaves him wanting more, Ethan is determined to get Bridget to take a chance on him. After an unexpected surgery forces her to rely on him, he becomes part of her carefully guarded world. As Ethan pieces together Bridget’s shattered trust, she must decide if she’s ready to risk everything and let herself fall in love.

It is 1964 and fun-loving Rita has her dream job, working as a nanny for a huge popstar and his family. At first it seems great fun. The house is always full of glamorous people and parties, but soon she begins to worry for the children, who are neglected and crave stability. As if this wasn't enough to contend with, her employer, Cameron Knight, is spending a lot of time in the nursery – and not for the children. Can she keep herself and her charges safe in this chaotic household?

Calvin M. Bennett knows how to walk into a room and make it behave. He’s built a life on control—sharp suits, sharper arguments, outcomes he can predict. Then he walks away. In New Orleans, he becomes Cal: a man with a trumpet he hasn’t touched in years, a knife roll he doesn’t fully trust himself to open, and a job in Miss Jo’s kitchen—an old-school neighborhood restaurant where the food is real, the standards are higher than the pay, and nobody is impressed by who you used to be. Cal wants to stay quiet. Cook. Learn. Start over without performing for anyone.

Aos 86 anos, Theo percorre diariamente as ruas tranquilas de Golden carregando um luto silencioso. Gentil e atento, encontra conforto nos pequenos rituais da rotina, sobretudo nas visitas a uma cafeteria local, onde uma série de retratos desenhados a lápis o obriga a encarar lembranças profundas e feridas ainda abertas do passado. Aos poucos, os encontros com os moradores da cidade se transformam em gestos de escuta e cuidado, revelando o poder transformador da empatia.

Brought to you by Penguin. John Self is a consumer extraordinaire. Rolling between London and New York he closes movie deals and spends feverishly, all the while grabbing everything he can to sate his massive appetites: alcohol, tobacco, pills, pornography and mountains of junk food. But John's...

Brought to you by Penguin. Writer, Samson Young, is staring death in the face, and not only his own. Void of ideas and on the verge of terminal decline, Samson’s dash to a decaying, degenerate London has brought him through the doors of the Black Cross pub and into a murder story just waiting...

In this seductive, provocative debut, two Afghan men—cast out of their respective countries of birth by circumstances beyond their control—collide in Istanbul, a city that will test their willingness to sacrifice everything for the ones they love.

Diesmal ist es etwas anderes. Sie arbeitet in einem Tätowierstudio und wohnt mit ihrem Sohn Henry in der Siedlung »Am Kastanienbaum«, irgendwo mitten in einer großen Stadt. Sie alle eint die Sehnsucht nach Glück und Verbundenheit. Eines Tages macht Baggerfahrer Paco eine schicksalhafte Entdeckung: Eine Weltkriegsbombe liegt unter der Erde. Darauf geschieht in der Siedlung etwas Wundersames. Die Menschen kommen einander näher, als es möglich schien.

Can two very different women put aside their differences to save the bookstore they love? The Japanese bestseller that kicked off a seven-book series - adapted for TV and 200,000 copies sold Riko Nishioka is assistant manager of the flagship Pegasus bookstore in Kichijoji. After working her way...

Kyoko Tanihara still loves books. Just about. But life at the Musashino Bookstore is starting to get her down. Instead of promoting her favorite stories, she finds herself distracted, tearing her hair out at the mere sight of her infuriating manager, who can't seem to do anything but get in her...

When Elena disappears, months pass without explanation. Then her sister calls: Elena was in Bogotá. She left again. No one knows why. Thomas travels to the city on his last night there, chasing an address he doesn’t fully understand. As the streets narrow and detour without warning, memory intrudes—particularly one phone call he let ring a little too long. A private investigator by trade, Thomas has spent his life arriving after the fact, close to the truth but never inside it. In Bogotá, he is forced to confront the pattern that cost him more than he admitted.