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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, BROUGHT TO LIFE BY NARRATOR DIANE GUERRERO! “This was a fun, stay-up-late-to-finish read! Elle and Parker have chemistry from the jump, but a combination of forced proximity and her hatred of him is fuel for witty banter, a long, slow burn and plenty of...

When Louis’ old army buddy Owen shows up with a plan to drive a gang off a local estate, Louis reluctantly agrees to help. But the job turns deadly… After Owen kills the gang’s leader—the son of London’s most ruthless crime lord, Fritz, revenge is inevitable. As Fritz’s fury erupts, Louis and his comrades are dragged into a deadly game of survival. With hitmen closing in and secrets surfacing, Louis must protect his family while confronting Fritz’s crumbling empire. But Fritz, haunted by loss and his double life, is losing control of the world he has built.

She wondered what kind of world she had brought her two daughters into, the tedious cycle of rural Jamaican life. No chance for them to set off upon adventures and see the outside world. But sisters Jenny and Hortense Rodney, do get to see the outside world. Growing up in rural Claremont, working amid the hustle and bustle, lawn parties and houses of joy in Trenchtown, the two sisters take a chance and move to England with their husbands, that far-off land of riches, where they settle down to motherhood among the jazz cafés and bleak streets of Brixton.

When Stuart is made redundant from his post as an advisor at Rayleigh Job Centre, he finds it hard to let go. Losing his job is tough enough, but worse than that is losing his chance of finally forging a relationship with his colleague, senior job seeker Nicola, who he's been yearning for ever since their one-night stand seven years ago. Queuing up to sign on, he finds himself reunited with his old school mates Joe and Terry, who he thought he outgrew years ago. They're delighted to have him back in their gang and are soon far too busy to find a job.

Twenty-six-year-old Nicole Najim is struggling to find herself after a painful breakup, just when she thought she was going to settle down. Working a dead-end job in the family car dealership and at a loose end, she picks up her camera and returns to the melting pot of Sydney’s West to rediscover her roots. When she catches up with childhood friend, Danny, who makes his living in a shadowy underworld, their relationship intensifies just as the law starts to close in.

When a beautiful piece of music stirs mega-tycoon Maximilian West, he remembers the women who have loved him and shaped his life. So begins a dazzling tale, taking us from the streets of London to the suites of New York, from the rise of Nazi Germany to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Strong, powerful, enigmatic, aloof, and adoring - many women made Maximilian the man with everything, but there is only one woman who can make him feel truly alive.

Zukiswa Wanner, uma das vozes mais ativas da literatura africana contemporânea, oferece um registro raro e necessário: homens negros africanos narrando suas próprias histórias. Longe das poses machistas ou dos estereótipos de gênero, eles se revelam apaixonados, inseguros, engraçados e desbragadamente humanos: amáveis em suas fragilidades, desprezíveis em suas falhas. A autora alterna os dilemas e contradições de Mfundo, Mzilikazi e Tinaye diante das expectativas sociais sobre o papel do homem: a sexualidade, a autoridade familiar, a independência financeira.

'You know you're in the presence of an expert when you read The Siege. A gripping debut novel.' Jeffrey Archer Nine hostages. Ten hours. One chance to save them all. Lee James Connor has found his purpose in life: to follow the teachings of far-right extremist leader, Nicholas Farmer. So when...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Too Close by Natalie Daniels, read by Clara Salaman and Sara Stewart. *NOW A MAJOR THREE-PART ITV1 DRAMA, STARRING EMILY WATSON AND DENISE GOUGH* Connie has woken up in a psychiatric hospital. She's been accused of a terrible crime, but she says she...

Wenn das Licht des Tages stirbt und sich das Totenhemd der Nacht auf Pflastersteine und Asphaltstraßen herabsenkt, geht ein Raunen durch alte Ziegelmauern. Es ist die Zeit des Zwielichts, in welcher die Gebäude im Mondlicht zu träumen beginnen... Die schiefen Palazzi von Venedig flüstern einander längst vergessene Geheimnisse zu. In den verfallenen Häuserblocks von Berlin ertönt ein Wispern. Beide Städte erzählen dem Leser unheimliche Geschichten. Grotesk, bizarr, durchwoben von Schmerz und Angst.

Set in the heart of global finance, Shadow Banking follows the lives of City hopefuls, as they try to wheel, deal and backstab their way to billions. Remember: lifes a trade. It is 1994. Al Denham turns up to his first day at City banking giant Trenchart Colville, he thinks hes there to start a job. But in fact, he's at the beginning of a journey that will change his life forever. Al is joined by a ragtag combination of the brash and the charming, the box-tickers and the risk-takers.