****A _The White Review_ Book of the Year**** **** **A dazzling and provocative debut story collection from celebrated Indonesian writer Intan Paramaditha, putting fierce and fabulous female characters centre stage in brilliantly funny and sharp twists on fairy tale.** Inspired by horror ficti

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Maggie Whitaker looks out the small window on her red-eye flight to London, asking herself a simple question. What is she doing here? Running away is the answer. Running away from unemployment, a mortgage, an artist ex-husband demanding alimony. But, Maggie is also running towards something...A roma

The final instalment in the trilogy. The last time we saw Kate Stone, she was pregnant and deeply involved with the CFP church. Now, through her eyes, we start to see just how widespread and dangerous this group is, and how convoluted and sophisticated their plans. Kate has to go to extreme l

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**A stolen blueprint, a dead body, and wedding bells ….** Change is in the air at Hartford Women's College in the fall of 1898. Renowned inventor Peter Sanbourne--working on Project Blue Arrow for the Navy--heads the school's new engineering program, and literature professor Concordia Wells prepare

"In this auspicious debut, Dale Peck weaves together two sets of stories to create a compelling portrait of an artist in our time. The first is told episodically by John, who flees an abusive father and becomes a hustler in New York City. It's 1982, and at the age of nineteen John falls in love with

SUMMARY: "The world is changing the government has seized control of every aspect of society, and now kids are disappearing. For fifteen-year-old Wisty and her older brother Whit, life turns upside-down when they are hauled out of bed one night, separated from their parents, and thrown into a secret

from #1 Bestselling Author James Patterson Comes The Ultimate Legal Thriller Where The Judge And Jury Are Terrified. The Verdict: Run For Your Life. Failing To Escape Jury Duty, Aspiring Actress Andie Degrasse Ends Up As Juror #11 In A Landmark Case. In This New Trial Of The Century, A Mafia Don Kno

SUMMARY: It was the trial that electrified the world. Not only because of the defendant, Maggie Bradford, the woman whose songs captivated the world's heart. Not only because of the victim, Will Shepard, the world's most glamorous athlete. But also because everyone said Maggie had murdered not jus

SUMMARY: In the middle of the night, a controversial U.S. senator is found murdered in bed in his Georgetown pied-a-terre. The police turn up only one clue: a mysterious rhyme signed "Jack and Jill" promising that this is just the beginning. Jack and Jill are out to get the rich and famous, and they

**In Boston, a young woman finds herself pregnanteven though she is still a virgin.** **In Ireland, another young woman discovers she is in the same impossible condition.** **And in cities all around the world, medical authorities are overwhelmed by epidemics, droughts, famines, floods, and worse.

On a cold day in January, President-elect Kerry Kilcannon takes the oath of office--and within days makes his first, most important move: appointing a new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Kilcannon's choice is a female judge with a brilliant record. And a secret. While the Senate spars over

On the rugged, rain and windswept coast of Ireland, twenty-year-old Eliza Conroys predictable life is shattered when she returns home to find her mother bathing in her own blood. Eliza sets out to understand the events leading up to that fateful day and discovers that she has been deceived her entir

SUMMARY: "The world is changing the government has seized control of every aspect of society, and now kids are disappearing. For fifteen-year-old Wisty and her older brother Whit, life turns upside-down when they are hauled out of bed one night, separated from their parents, and thrown into a secr

SUMMARY: In Boston, a young woman finds herself pregnant--even though she is still a virgin. In Ireland, another young woman discovers she is in the same impossible condition. And in cities all around the world, medical authorities are overwhelmed by epidemics, droughts, famines, floods, and worse

from #1 Bestselling Author James Patterson Comes The Ultimate Legal Thriller Where The Judge And Jury Are Terrified. The Verdict: Run For Your Life. Failing To Escape Jury Duty, Aspiring Actress Andie Degrasse Ends Up As Juror #11 In A Landmark Case. In This New Trial Of The Century, A Mafia Don Kno