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Brought to you by Penguin. A mortally funny story of a mother's quest to save her son against all odds Sandra dies unexpectedly at a conference in Nepal. Across the world in a desert in New Mexico, her teenage son, Trip, has run away from a centre for troubled youth. But Sandra soon discovers...

Bold, brilliant and ridiculously funny, Guilt Trip will make you laugh out loud, cry quietly, and nod furiously in recognition. Meet Ladoo Singh – a bright, curve-celebrating woman juggling corporate chaos, family expectations, unsolicited Rishta advice and the weight of her own insecurities. From being body-shamed at weddings to battling workplace sexism and fatphobia, Ladoo fights back with sharp wit and unapologetic sass.

In The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing examines the link between creativity and alcohol through the work and lives of six of America's finest writers: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, John Cheever, and Raymond Carver. All six of these men were alcoholics, and the subject of drinking surfaces in some of their finest work, from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof to A Moveable Feast.

'Wow . . . non-stop twists and turns' Freida McFadden, internationally bestselling author of The Housemaid 'Stunning, accomplished, addictive' B.A. Paris, bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors 'First-class thriller writing' Sarah Pearse, bestselling author of The Sanatorium 'Wickedly...

Trip Wiley wasn't always a Hollywood movie star. In fact, he wasn't always Trip Wiley. Back in 1990, he was better known as Trip Wilmington, the new kid in town. New place, new school...same old story. No big deal. It's not like this is the first time he's been forced to start over. But 17 years of city living hasn't prepared him for life in the suburbs...or for Layla Warren. Layla is smart, funny, beautiful...the kind of girl every guy dreams about. Trip should know. He's been falling for her since the first minute he saw her. And his life hasn't been the same since.

A new heart-stopping thriller from the author of The Wild Girls in which two couples go on vacation and murder ensues. How well do you know your friends? Four friends are on the vacation of a lifetime in Thailand. Until a vicious murder shatters their paradise. Four friends who would do anything...

A sizzling beach read thriller with an ending readers are calling 'jaw-dropping'… 'A stone cold tale of secrets, lies and betrayal unfolds on the holiday from hell – 2024’s suitcase essential.' Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal ***** The perfect holiday. The perfect crime...

The trip was supposed to be the perfect holiday. Six friends, reuniting after two decades, spending the weekend in a beautiful riad in Marrakesh. Only, these friends are linked by more than their university days. Together, they've kept a dark secret that changed the course of all their lives forever. And as the truth threatens to surface in the stifling Morrocan heat, they all begin to question what really happened that terrible night 20 years ago.

Who wants to take a road trip with two old, bickering women and a complete stranger? Not Jill Savoy. She finds herself behind the wheel of her father's sacred Winnebago anyway, responsible for her grandmother and adopted aunt, both of whom are mischievous teenagers in old bodies, and then there's Shay.

Dans ce bonus XXL, issu de l'univers de « Not a fuckin' romance », une partie de la bande des chocolatines vous entraîne dans une aventure inattendue et totalement barrée dont ils ont le secret. Au programme : un enterrement de vie de jeune fille, un avion qu'il ne faut pas rater, un camping-car tout pourri, une évasion en tracteur, une terrible vendeuse de melons, des écrous à visser (qui auront toute leur importance), des disputes, des délires, des moments tendres, et quelques grosses révélations.

When Sarah breaks her leg, her only thought is how on earth she'll get to the south of France for her beloved son's wedding. She's been told not to fly, and the train route involves many changes – not ideal when you can barely walk. There's only one person she can turn to. Her son's father, Hal. The pair were teenage sweethearts when Sarah fell pregnant, and he's always been in his son's life. But she's out of options. And Hal is happy to drive her, with one proviso: they're taking the scenic route, in his battered VW camper van.

Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** For Jack Reacher, being invisible has become a habit. He spends his days digging swimming pools by hand and his nights as the bouncer in a local strip club in the...

With only 199 days to deal with the lich, Florence must take the dungeon she calls a home on the road and eliminate the source of the lich’s power: infected dungeon cores. Whether these infected cores will become enemies or allies remains to be seen, but they aren’t the only threat Florence and her friends will face. Others will seek to use Florence’s unique nature for their own gain or destroy her for what she has become.

*READ BETH O'LEARY'S BRAND NEW UNMISSABLE ROMANCE, THE NAME GAME, OUT NOW* 'Beth O'Leary is that rare, one-in-a-million talent who can make you laugh, swoon, cry and ache all in the same book' Emily Henry Addie and her sister are on an epic road trip to a friend's wedding in rural Scotland. But...

When the ladies of the Dangerous Curves Motorcycle Club take over the Mountaintop Lodge for their annual autumn ride along the Blue Ridge Parkway, Misty Murphy couldn't be more thrilled. Every room is full and the adventurous women even invite Misty and her assistant Brynn to join them on a ride to admire the colorful fall foliage. The skies are clear, the air is crisp, and the leaves are gorgeous. But what starts as a perfect ride turns worrisome when the tail gunner—the last rider in their group—fails to show up at the Craggy Gardens overlook.

In this poignant narrative, national best-selling novelist and acclaimed poet Elizabeth Rosner vividly describes a journey to Germany with her father, a survivor of the infamous Buchenwald concentration camp. Together, they navigate the complex territory of his traumatic history intertwined with her inherited grief. Through their shared experience of the past colliding with the present, father and daughter discover a new bond of familial love and remembrance to help carry them forward into the future.

**Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award Best Debut of the Year** **Shortlisted for the Crimetime Award 2022** Two couples set out together on a hiking trip that goes terrifyingly wrong in this addictive psychological thriller for fans of Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley. Anna, Henrik and Milena's...

‘Like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket.’ V. E. SchwabThe world is ending in thirty days. A wandering black hole is approaching Earth, and soon, everything will be gone. For husbands Don and Rodney, forty years of marriage suddenly feels like no time at all.One last road trip. One final...

'I utterly devoured He Would Never . . . brilliant characterisation, wonderful writing, I loved it!' — Marian Keyes, bestselling author of Again, Rachel Five families. Fourteen years of secrets. One long weekend. Do you stand by your sisterhood, or face the chilling reality that a monster is...

Jack Reacher hunts the hunter in the third novel in Lee Child’s New York Times–bestselling series. Reacher’s anonymity in Florida is shattered by an investigator who’s come looking for him. But hours after his arrival, the stranger is murdered. Retracing the PI’s trail back to New York...