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Vordell was beautiful once. Its people lived in harmony, and their civilization flourished as they learned to harness and control the power of Light. Then the darkness came. The Iron Sky unfolded dark clouds across the land, thick enough to choke out the light of the suns. The ground cracked, releasing vicious creatures that looked like humanity’s oldest fears. The Dar’rak – an enemy long believed to be buried and forgotten – returned to claim the world above. Soraya Tollmere has spent most of her life on the front lines of the brutal war that followed. Now a high-ranking commander, she knows loss better than anyone. By day, she leads troops across ruined landscapes and guides covert teams through enemy territory. By night, she meets with a Dar’rak defector who has kept humanity alive with his steady stream of secrets. On a mission to investigate his latest lead, Soraya is captured by The Demon, the Dar’rak’s most feared soldier.
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£16.99
*A Red, Prima and Woman & Home book of the month*
'Bad Words is truly a masterpiece of a novel' Stylist
‘A once-in-a-lifetime read’ Emily Henry
'One of the best love stories I have ever read' Beth O'Leary
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£18.99
A propulsive feminist gothic novel blending Indonesian folklore with Islamic mysticism; violence with complicity; care with harm, and familial love with the limits of sisterhood
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£10.99
In the land of the unforgiving desert, there isn’t much a girl wouldn’t do for a glass of water. 24-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen’s reservoirs for as long as she can remember. But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it is bound to come undone. When Saeris comes face-to-face with Death himself, she inadvertently reopens a gateway between realms and is transported to a land of ice and snow. The Fae have always been the stuff of myth, of legend, of nightmares – but it turns out they’re real, and Saeris has landed herself right in the middle of a centuries-long conflict that might just get her killed.
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£20.00
Set in wartime London and based on a true story, Everest Macdonald investigates the murder of her uncle, the actor William Terriss. A riveting, dark historical mystery from Sunday Times bestselling author A.J. West.
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£14.99
Gilgamesh originated in Ancient Mesopotamia nearly 4,000 years ago, yet its themes of power, loyalty, love and loss resound with contemporary relevance. The eponymous demigod tyrannically rules the kingdom of Uruk. To establish peace, the gods create his counterpart, the wild man Enkidu. The two rivals-turned-comrades embark on a series of extraordinary adventures including battles with Humbaba, guardian of the Cedar Forest, and the Bull of Heaven. After tragedy strikes, Gilgamesh sets out alone on a desperate quest for immortality that leads him to the very edge of the world. Simon Armitage’s fresh and propulsive version brings Gilgamesh alive as poetry. He harnesses the rhythm of its orchestrated language and conjures a sense of poetic wholeness while honouring its inherent fragmentation. Enhanced by illuminating commentary, this accomplished translation transports us back to the very origins of civilisation and storytelling.
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£10.99
The sixth instalment in the #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING MURDLE series ‘UTTERLY ADDICTIVE!’ JANICE HALLETT, bestselling author of THE TWYFORD CODE and THE APPEAL ‘AN ABSOLUTE PHENOMENON’ RICHARD OSMAN, bestselling author of THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES You’ve solved the murders, you’ve uncovered the mysteries, you’ve caught the culprits… but can you pull off the perfect crime? In this brand-new adventure, join criminal mastermind Miss Ruby as she gathers a madcap crew and puts together a series of elaborate heists on her quest to become the world’s greatest thief. Use your trusty deduction grids to figure out how to commit over fifty crimes and test your puzzling skills like never before! Will Miss Ruby outsmart the Red Mask and get away with the greatest heist the world has ever seen? Find out, if you dare to MURDLE!
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£14.99
Standing on the edge of the icy Irish sea, the village of Ballybrady typically has a warm embrace for locals and a cold shoulder for outsiders. So when corporate interests threaten the nearby island colony of rare birds, all-weather swimmer Grace – usually so keen to do things on her own – is alarmed to find that her allies in the fight are the Duckie Divers Swimming Club, a raft of city women with expensive gear and good intentions. Grace reluctantly joins forces with the Duckies to mount an audacious fundraising event that will draw in villagers and city folk alike. As she teaches them the art of the cold swim, she finds herself softening in their company, learning that each woman has her own powerful reason to commit to their cause.
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£9.99
A wise, tender, life-affirming return to the beloved town of Faha by the award-winning master of Irish literature
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£25.00
The Heights is a gleaming, high-end high-rise looming over Hyde Park. Newly built from steel and smoked glass, it is a billionaire’s playground offering sumptuous suites for the global elite. But when a night concierge is found murdered in the lobby, the building’s rarefied atmosphere is shattered, and the gilded lives within come under intense police scrutiny. In a world designed to keep prying eyes out, where the residents are not used to being held to account, born-and-bred Londoner Detective Gillian Gish must find a way past their power, wealth and unimaginable influence. The rules may be different at the top – but is anyone truly above the law? Or could it be that the higher you rise, the further you fall?
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£12.99
This volume brings together twenty-six of Mary Oliver’s poems about the birds that played such an important role in her life. Here are hawks, hummingbirds, and herons; kingfishers, catbirds, and crows; swans, swallows, and the snowy owl, among others. Unique to this collection are two beautifully crafted essays: ‘Owls,’ selected for the Best American Essays series, and ‘Bird,’ an essay of resilience that takes its place among the classics of the genre.
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£9.99
Janice Hallett meets Agatha Christie in this deliciously dark and puzzle-packed festive murder mystery, perfect for fans of clever crime fiction.
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£14.99
The Floating World is a dystopia, satire and Bildungsroman, steeped in ancient mythology and contemporary politics, a deeply moving, often hilarious and beautifully written debut novel that heralds the arrival of a major new talent in contemporary fiction.
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£10.99
Two teenage girls. One murdered classmate. And a modern-day witch trial that will divide the nation. When 18-year-old Christian Shaw is found dead in an Edinburgh park, the city reels – and the shock only deepens when police charge her best friends, Eliza Lawson and Isobel Smyth, with her murder. As social media explodes and headlines scream for justice, rumours of bullying spiral into something darker: whispers of rituals, obsession, and a teenage pact gone wrong. Matthew Phillips, a respected heart surgeon, is reluctantly called for jury duty on the case. But as the trial unfolds – and the girls reveal a chilling defence no one saw coming – he begins to question everything: the motives, the evidence, even his own judgement. Who’s telling the truth? Who can be trusted? And what really happened to Christian Shaw?
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£20.00
A new US Administration has taken office, installing a brash and unconventional CIA Director determined to disrupt the Agency and sceptical of its close relationship with their cousins across the Atlantic. Case officers, including newly installed London Chief of Station, Artemis Procter, must now navigate a tense environment as old friends become adversaries and no one knows who to trust. When agents run by both services begin dying, Procter and her team at London Station must decide whether loyalty to the Mission and their friends means disobeying the Agency they serve.
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£14.99
In 1817 Venice, a disfigured spy pining for a local milliner has his vigil interrupted by the surreal arrival of a puffin at the Rialto Market.
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