The swallows: a novel

A critically-acclaimed Iranian author makes his American literary debut with this powerful and harrowing psychological portrait of modern Iran-an unprecedented and urgent work of fiction with echoes of The Stranger, 1984, and The Orphan Master’s Son-that exposes the oppressive and corrosive power of

In the words of Lee Child on _Gone to Dust_ , "I want more of Nils Shapiro." _New York_ Times and Emmy Award-winning author Matt Goldman happily obliges by bringing the Minneapolis private detective back for another thrilling, stand alone adventure in _The Shallows_. Business is booming for private

_You wake up, and your sister is dead._ With an absent father and their mother constantly ill, sisters Darcy and Carly Nolan were forced to rely on each other growing up. While unpredictable Carly bounced around, her life's direction uncertain, Darcy fell in love, went to University, and moved to a

A new novel from the winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature It is the mid-1980s in Lagos, Nigeria, and the government's War against Indiscipline is in full operation. Amid poverty and tight rules and regulations, women especially must sacrifice dignity and safety in order to fi

Three strangers are about to face their demons head on. Balanced precariously on the tipping point, they might just be able to save one another, if they can only overcome their urge to self-destruct. Painful yet playful, poignant but uplifting, Stef Smith’s *Swallow* takes a long, hard look at