'Shocking, moving, full of heart . . . Laced with humour and packed with moments of sheer horror, A Slow Fire Burning shows a writer at the height of her powers.' Observer (Thriller of the Month) 'What is wrong with you?
'This is heartache for grown ups. The Weight of Love pulls you in and does not let go' ANNE ENRIGHT 'Beautiful and painful, exquisitely written, shot through with nostalgia for our earlier selves' MARIAN KEYES London, 1996. Robin and Ruth meet in the staff room of an East London school. Robin, desperate for a real connection, instantly falls in love.
Sean Harker is good at two things: stealing cars and fighting. One earns him money, the other earns him respect from the gang that he calls family. A police chase through the city streets is just another rite of passage for Sean ...as is getting nicked. But a brutal event behind bars convinces him to take charge, and turn his life around.
A major new book by New York Times bestselling author and geopolitical forecaster George Friedman (The Next 100 Years), with a bold thesis about coming events in Europe. This provocative work examines “flashpoints,” unique geopolitical hot spots where tensions have erupted throughout history, and where conflict is due to emerge again.
Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to celebrate the green and kindly island that had become his adopted country. The hilarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, was taken to the nation’s heart and became the bestselling travel book ever, and was also voted in a BBC poll the book that best represents Britain.
THE AMAZING NEW NOVEL FROM CURTIS SITTENFELD: 'A rollercoaster of modern love and dating' STYLIST'One of my all-time favourite authors.
It’s all change for Moist von Lipwig, swindler, conman, and (naturally) head of the Royal Bank and Post Office.
'I can't recommend it enough' Rachel Joyce'Singular and singing' Sebastian Barry'Magnificent' Donal RyanThe year is 1815. One October night in the small town of Heron's Creek, Georgia, Yip Tolroy is born, the cord snaked around his fragile neck, his skin a deathly white.
'Shelf Lifeis whip-smart, slyly heartbreaking, and I felt the truth of it in my bones. Franchini dissects ideas of love, dating and identity in a way that feels both ruthless and humane. I loved it.
In keeping with his trademark style, Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code and Inferno, interweaves codes, science, religion, history, art, and architecture into this new novel. Originthrusts Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon into the dangerous intersection of humankind s two most enduring questions, and the earthshaking discovery that will answer them."
The uplifting new Japanese cat novel from the million-copy bestselling author of The Travelling Cat ChroniclesTHE PERFECT READ FOR CAT LOVERS'Quirky and life-enhancing' THE TIMES Biggest Books of the Autumn 2023 _____________________Against changing seasons in Japan, seven cats weave their way through their owners' lives.
Welcome to Freemee They can give you confidence, power, fameand all thefriends in the world. But what will they take in return?
