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Shortlisted for the first ever Booker Prize 'A masterpiece' - Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain 'An extraordinary novel' - Michael Magee, author of Close to Home 'It deserves its modern classic status' - The Times It’s the west of Scotland in the 1950s. New houses are going up. Factories...

An ordinary day in August 1979 dawns hot and humid in Chicago. Teenager Teddy is living with his dad after being kicked out of his mom’s house due to his gang activity. But Teddy has thrived in the Simon City Royals, and today, he'll be helping to lead a posse of the group's younger members south across the city to Roosevelt High School to attend a gathering of gangs forming “the Nation”—a bold new attempt at joining forces across racial lines. This holds particular importance for Teddy, as his branch’s only Indigenous member.

Life can change in a damn instant. I should know that. Mine did the moment I walked through the front door of my penthouse and found Danica on her hands and knees cleaning. One look—that's all it took. I saw her and I wanted her on her knees for an entirely *different* reason.

Eighteen-year-old hothead Abel "Hood" Duncan is the neighborhood's bully. Growing up in the toughest neighborhood of Annapolis, Hood is groomed to be a hitta. But underneath the tough exterior, Hood has a soft spot for his long time female best friend and neighbor. Not wanting to cross the line, Hood is left to figure out if he should confess his feelings to her or remain close friends. One weekend changes their lives, leaving Hood to pick up the pieces of his broken heart.

Born on the night of the nation's independence, Gimme Lao is cheated of the honour of being Singapore's firstborn son by a vindictive nurse. This forms the first of three things Gimme never knows about himself, the second being the circumstances surrounding his parents' marriage, and the third being the profound (but often unintentional) impact he has on other people's lives.

Like most people, Bud Palmer felt this was just another day. Though the era was drawing to a close, he assumed his life as a sports columnist in the subtropics, in keeping with the benign fifties itself, would go on as predictable as ever. But that particular autumn morning he was thrust into a caper that was totally beyond him, forced him to leave Miami and take the train to Manhattan, and suddenly found everything in this restless "Big Apple" was up for grabs, on the brink, at a dicey turning point.

The neon lights of New York City flickered like stars in a velvet sky, casting a vibrant glow over the streets below. In the heart of the bustling metropolis, amidst the cacophony of honking horns and the distant hum of sirens, lay the emblem of Ethan Scott and Marcus Turner’s success—a nightclub called "Inferno." Its dazzling facade, ablaze with crimson and gold, promised nights of untamed revelry and escape from the ordinary.

A seventeen-year-old killer named Hope is haunted by the love of his dead mama and the loyalty he has to his older dead brother. Hope is plagued by thoughts of how his brother covered him from being shot in the head. His loyalty is now to his granny whose inevitable fate is being watched by the local police and the Feds. Hope was born in the streets and gambling, selling drugs is how he eats. This young boy has had it hard and that’s how this story is going to give it to you.

Inmate Riley Price A.K.A., “Lil Riley” is a full-time hustler and part time pimp. He was recently indicted by the Federal Government on conspiracy and money laundering charges, and he is currently awaiting trial in the detainment center at LaSalle Correctional Facility. Before Lil Riley was arrested, his stable of women were willing to do any and everything he asked. Since his arrest, not only has there been a series of action, but also some disturbing rumors in the streets.

In alten Kellerhallen, in denen der Techno die noch von der Gewalt des letzten Jahrhunderts gezeichneten Wände zum Beben bringt, trifft die 19-jährige Nila auf Gleichgesinnte. Man legt die Lines, während man den Sozialismus predigt, und für Nila ist dieser dunkle Massenkörper der Ausweg aus dem Berliner Plattenbau, in dem wie sie nur Geflüchtete leben, wo die Toiletten von Silberfischen befallen und die Wände mit Hakenkreuzen beschmiert sind.

Lucas will nichts als seine Ruhe in einer Welt, die ihn einfach nicht in Ruhe lässt. Eine Kurzgeschichte vom internationalen Bestsellerautor Fredrik Backman Videospiele, Wein und Pad Thai – das ist der perfekte Abend für Lucas. Andere Menschen? Muss nicht sein. Warum denn, wenn er auch alleine glücklich sein kann? Als der dreiköpfige Vorstand der Bewohnervertretung überraschend an seiner Tür klingelt und eine Inspektion seiner Bratpfanne verlangt, ist Lucas alles andere als begeistert. Doch Abwimmeln ist nicht.

With the training she received over two years from Layla and Tess, learning from the most deadly female assassins in the world, Suyung finally feels she is ready to face her stepmother and half-sister along with the Korean yakuza. But will her newfound skills be enough to overcome them once and for all?

Follow Raheem, a young man striving to break free from the cycle of violence and drugs that has claimed so many around him. When his best friends, Damon and Mike, fall victim to the streets they once ruled, Raheem finds himself caught between grief, guilt, and an unexpected chance at redemption. As he navigates a minefield of betrayal and lost love, Raheem forms an unlikely alliance with Khadijah, Damon's sister and Mike's widow. Together, they dream of escaping to a better life, but the shadows of their shared history threaten to unravel everything they've fought for.

1938: Divya has made the long sea journey from India to England, employed as a nanny by a British family. But once they arrive, she is cruelly abandoned, with no means to return home. Afraid and alone, she faces prejudice and rejection… until she finds her way to an Irish-run boarding house on West India Dock Road and meets Jack, Charity and a host of unexpected friends.

Coco is having a hell of a month. She’s lost her boyfriend and her business, been forced to uproot her daughter to move back in with her parents in Paris, and now an infuriatingly handsome stranger is yelling at her for acting like a tourist… Right underneath the Eiffel Tower. Storming away from him – and swearing off men for life – she decides she’s going to take the first job that comes her way. Then, as if fate hears her, later that day she stumbles into a little bookshop – but not any old bookshop.

Detective Doug Thorfinnson refuses to give up his search for missing Mary DeMure, refusing to believe she is dead. When news reaches Seattle of the massacre in Packer City and DeMure’s involvement, Thorfinnson accompanies former Mears County Deputy Bob Roberts back to his former home. But what Thorfinnson finds isn’t DeMure or her alleged partner in crime, Ryan Mender, but a trail of murders that challenge everything he believes.

Tasha Price is the lead cocktail waitress at Club Daze in Atlanta, GA. One shift she finds herself in a deadly predicament; in the delicate space between life and death her late mother visits her with pressing information. In efforts to decode her mom's words, Tasha visits a slew of questionable professionals; money-hungry gurus, misguided hypnotists, psychics, and more.

"Cine sunteți dumneavoastră și ce căutați la mine în casă?", întreabă o voce misterioasă. "Exact aceeași întrebare voiam să vă pun și eu", i se răspunde cu furie. Dintr-o întâmplare inexplicabilă, Madeleine și Gaspard au închiriat același apartament în Paris. Madeleine lucrase în brigada criminalistică din Manchester, apoi la New York. Locuiese și la Paris o vreme, iar aici se întorcea de fiecare dată când simțea nevoia să își oblojească rănile. Gaspard, un scriitor în căutarea inspirației, obișnuia să petreacă anual o lună în capitala Franței pentru a scrie o nouă piesă de teatru.

“I Used to Love a Crackhead” is a compelling urban drama based on a true story, adapted by Emmanuel Simms. Set in early 2000s Washington D.C., the book follows Nina Harris, a single mother of two, who meets Marcus “M.J.” James and quickly falls for his charm. However, M.J. hides a dark secret that slowly unravels as their relationship deepens.

You ever felt like someone was made for you? Crafted in your image the same way Eve was for Adam? Javen Cooper knew Luna Moony was made for him. First, in the form of a best friend—the female version of the boy he loved like a brother. But as time moved forward, something else bloomed—something that blurred the lines of love and lover. It was so magnetic, that nothing could keep them apart. Except life. And Luna's need to protect Javen.