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Following the death of his wife, Dominic Ullis escapes to Bombay in search of oblivion and a dangerous new drug, Meow Meow. So begins a glorious weekend of misadventure as he tours the teeming, kaleidoscopic city from its sleek eyries of high-capital to the piss-stained streets, encountering a cast with their own stories to tell, but none of whom Ullis - his faculties ever distorted - is quite sure he can trust.

Bernadette O'Brien walked away from a husband who cheated on her throughout her whole marriage. Marge Drummond knows that now is the time to share a hidden truth with her daughter Estelle. Amber Collins is finally ready to embrace a new romance after a divorce that broke her heart. Three women, three tangled webs of love and betrayal… When all the secrets come out, who will still believe in love at the end of the day?

When the Moon Is Low has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher...

Die Brüder Karl und Paul Effinger brechen aus Süddeutschland nach Berlin auf, um Schrauben zu produzieren. Dort heiraten sie in die alteingesessene Familie Oppner ein, es gelingt der gesellschaftlicher Aufstieg. Doch spätestens nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg beginnen die bürgerlichen Gewissheiten zu bröckeln. Auch die prachtvollen Feste können nicht mehr über den sich immer brutaler äußernden Antisemitismus in der Gesellschaft hinwegtäuschen. Die Auflehnung der jungen Generation wirbelt die gutbürgerliche Familie zusätzlich durcheinander.

St. Petersburg, 19. Jahrhundert. Titularrat Jakow Petrowitsch Goljadkin ist ein schüchterner, niederer Beamter, ein unsicherer Außenseiter ohne gesellschaftlichen Umgang und berufliche Anerkennung. Auch bei Frauen hat er keinen Erfolg - seine Liebe zu Klara Olsufjewna, der Tochter eines einflussreichen Staatsrats, bleibt ohne Erwiderung. Sein ereignisloses Leben ändert sich abrupt, als er während eines nächtlichen Spaziergangs auf seinen Doppelgänger trifft. Wer ist diese Person, die Goljadkin aufs Haar gleicht?

On a frosty December morning, lifelong friends Shauna and Lulu touch down at Glasgow Airport, determined to unearth answers from their shared past. George knows his time is running out, but can he face the two regrets that have haunted him most? Meanwhile, his grandson Tom makes a discovery that shakes his world—and the courage to track down "the one that got away" might be his only solace. And single mum Chrissie is ready to reawaken her love life, but can anyone rival the man who once shattered her heart?

Over the course of twenty-four hours, four lives are about to change forever... On a freezing December morning, Caro sets out to uncover the truth: has her entire relationship with her father been built on lies? Cammy is planning the perfect proposal, until a missing ring threatens to unravel everything. Lila can't keep her secret any longer. Today, she'll confess the truth to her lover's wife. And after thirty years of silence, Bernadette is finally ready to walk away from her controlling husband, for good. In just one day, these lives will collide in unexpected ways.

Was für ein Skandal: Prof. Dr. Saraswati ist weiß! Schlimmer geht es nicht. Denn die Professorin für Postcolonial Studies in Düsseldorf war eben noch die Übergöttin aller Debatten über Identität - und beschrieb sich als Person of Colour. Während das Netz gegen Saraswati hetzt und Demos ihre Entlassung fordern, stellt die enttäuschte Studentin Nivedita ihr intimste Fragen. Mithu Sanyal erzählt mit beglückender Selbstironie und befreiendem Wissen von Identitätsfragen und Zugehörigkeit.

When a string of fatal accidents on the notorious A9 road catches the attention of DI Alec McKay, he uncovers something far more sinister than just bad luck. As the body count rises, McKay stumbles onto a decades-old conspiracy involving corruption and a murder case that should’ve been buried a long time ago.

Caroline Venable has everything her Southern heritage promised: money, prestige, a rich husband. If she drinks a little too much and her 20-year marriage to successful land developer, Clay, seems a little empty, well, she's doing what she was born to do: be the chatelaine of a magnificent home...

It was a simple promise—watch out for my best friend's little sister the same way I would my own. Turns out, Brenna is a lot more grown-up than I realized. And a lot more beautiful. Which makes sharing an apartment with her this summer tougher than I expected. Until she shares something with me. Something she's never shared with anyone. Something that makes me want to step in and help. Something that changes everything.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER She's back! After more than two decades, Judith Singer, the heroine of Compromising Positions, returns in a rollicking new novel sure to delight Susan Isaacs's millions of readers Some twenty years after Compromising Positions, Judith Singer again gets involved in...

London 2022, die Königin ist tot! An den Trauernden vorbei rennt Durga: internationale Drehbuchautorin, Tochter eines Inders und einer Deutschen, und voller Appetit auf Rebellion und Halluzinationen. Durga soll an einer Verfilmung der überbritischen Agatha-Christie-Krimis mitarbeiten. Doch auf einmal ist es 1906, und sie trifft indische Revolutionäre, die keineswegs gewaltfrei wie Gandhi kämpfen. Und dann explodiert die erste Bombe. Was wäre richtiger Widerstand in einer falschen Welt? Antichristie fragt nach dem Kolonialismus und der Gewalt in uns allen.

Low Country has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher...

Georgie Dern has the chance to swap her empty nest for the job of a lifetime in Los Angeles. Can she chase her dream if it means letting down the woman who has given her the world? Jessie McLean should be counting down the hours until she jets off to spend her retirement years in the sun. Alyssa Canavan has spent years building the business she adores. Now a legal letter has threatened her home and livelihood, but how does she fight a family that doesn’t give a damn?Lachlan Morden is forced to return to Scotland to face the people who almost destroyed him.

NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF SUMMER 2018 BY O Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, New York Post, The Millions, Southern Living, POPSUGAR, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Review of Books Praised by the Washington Post as "Tennessee Williams . . . transposed to the twenty-first-century...

Return to Safe Haven, where a new beginning with your first love is only a heartbeat away… Yasmin Tanner has devoted her life to making other people’s dreams come true. But between running Safe Haven’s women’s center and caring for her brother, the long days—and lonely nights—are...

On his first combat mission of the Vietnam War, US Air Force pilot Sol Rall is shot down over the jungles of Laos. Stranded in a valley teeming with enemy troops, Sol scrambles to survive and evade capture. Pararescueman Bo Bolick has been given just twenty-four hours to find Sol before a US carpet bombing destroys every living thing in the valley, friend or foe.

I fancy myself a purveyor of truth, a sifter of lies, a cutter of bullshit. It's not a gift, but rather all skill, honed to a razor's edge after one too many trips down the rabbit hole. Some may dismiss my talent as misguided cynicism, but they'd be wrong. Clichés about hope and faith in mankind are an effort to keep the dreamers dreaming. Experiences don't lie - people do. While I'm not proud of the circumstances that led me to this way of thinking, I respect the journey.

Boot Stoner spent 12 years of his life behind bars for stealing a horse and rustling cattle. Upon release, he adds murder and kidnapping to his criminal skills, slaughtering his own parents before exacting revenge upon the man responsible for his incarceration and abducting a young Creek girl his folks adopted. The best hope for stopping Stoner's bloody rampage in Oklahoma Indian Territory is the veteran manhunter, John Ward, deputy marshal.