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Humans are often fearful of the day the world will be ruled by machines, but have they not already taken over? The average person spends 4-5 hours a day on their phone, about a third of the time they are awake. We self-interrupt our work and social lives, forgo sleep, procrastinate important tasks and opt for digital distraction when we're bored or feel uncomfortable. NHS neurology doctor and neuroscientist Faye Begeti describes what is happening in our brain when we use our phones and why we have formed so many fixed and negative habits around them.

We all know that walking is good for us. It strengthens our muscles and bones, improves our general health and relaxes the mind. But how do we keep the joy in walking and stop it becoming a chore? Gill Stewart is a walking expert and fitness professional who has developed a unique holistic approach to help us reap the myriad benefits of walking – for our mind and our body. Designed for all levels of walker, from beginners to the more seasoned hiker, Walk This Way is packed with gentle and practical inspiration to ensure you gain something from every walk you take.

Three first dates and an art-world mystery – it's going to be a busy Christmas for Darcy. All I Want for Christmas is the Sunday Times bestselling cosy winter romance from Karen Swan, author of Christmas By Candlelight. Can she find love this Christmas? Christmas in Copenhagen is a magical...

My name is Amber Ryan. I’m in prison, but I’m innocent. And I’ve been jailed not just for a crime I didn’t commit, but for a crime that never even happened. Now, my friend is going to try to prove it. But to do that, she has to go back. Back to the dark.

In June 1934, Kim Philby met his Soviet handler, the spy Arnold Deutsch. The woman who introduced them was called Edith Tudor-Hart. She changed the course of 20th-century history. Then she was written out of it. Drawing on the secret intelligence files on Edith Tudor-Hart, along with the private archive letters of Kim Philby, this finely worked, evocative and beautifully tense novel—by the granddaughter of Kim Philby—tells the story of the woman behind the Third Man.

A young child is snatched in broad daylight outside his nursery. Nobody in charge sees a thing, but the other children say a woman is the culprit. Detective Mina Dabiri calls on her close friend Vincent to untangle the puzzle that surrounds the kidnapped boy. As he finds a link between the boy and other others who have gone missing, it becomes clear that time is running out for everyone involved.

Twenty-year-old Agnes has been subjected to abuse for a long time. She confides in a midwife who has started a secret Facebook group called Ullsaxen. Agnes tells her story, and at last she finds understanding. Meanwhile, suspected but acquitted rapists and sex offenders begin falling victim to...

Maria Wern has been struck by tragedy. Her husband, Björn, is paralyzed from the neck down, and she now cares for him at home. When a body is found in the waters below Högklint, she is forced to hand over more responsibility to the personal assistants. Though she trusts them, something about...

Close to the water. He goes there often, each time with a new woman by his side. Are they there willingly? Maria Wern is busy with a disappearance. Cecilia, who suffers from a heart condition, has been missing for several days without her medication-finding her is a race against time...

In Tingstäde, a Viking-era assembly site on Gotland, a group of people has gathered to await the end of the world. Since the mid-1700s, the knowledge of the final days has been passed down in the Runö family. An astronomical clock from the time of Christoffer Polhem and a handwritten letter...

he late-summer warmth lingers on Gotland. Maria Wern is at a party with her new neighbors in Åminne when an explosive fire breaks out in a nearby house. The incident is linked to a series of burglaries in the summer cottage area. The following morning, Tomas Hartman's daughter, Sofi, vanishes...

Detective Inspector Jesper Ek has fallen head over heels in love. But his new love, Julia, is a mystery. What is it she doesn't want to tell? When her past catches up with her, the trap closes around Ek, leaving him in a terrible predicament where he can't even turn to his colleagues for help...

After a resident's death, Tore Lindahl, a former policeman, suspects foul play, but his concerns are dismissed as the ramblings of an old man. Lindahl turns to Veronika Wiklund, a young journalist stuck tracing small-town stories for the local paper. Together, the unlikely duo begins asking questions that unsettle their entire community. As Veronika searches for answers, the care home reveals itself as the battleground for power, and the hunting ground for a killer tangled in dark legacies of World War II.

This is the day my life changes forever. It started so normally. The alarm went at 7am. My husband made bacon and pancakes for me and our seven-year-old daughter, the kitchen full of chatter and laughter. He gave me a quick kiss, told me he loved me, grabbed his wallet, and rushed off to work. Just an ordinary day. Until I get the call from the school. It was Tom’s turn to pick up our daughter. He must be held up for some reason. I find Tom’s phone under our bed. Now I know there’s something seriously wrong. I scroll through his messages. A text sent late last night: I KNOW EVERYTHING.

The annual Medieval Festival is going on in Visby. A secret theater company has taken the St. Clement Church Ruins as their private stage at night. In its center, there is a double tomb from the 12th century where a young woman and an elderly man were buried. They were brutally murdered...

An aging school photographer is brutally assaulted in his home on northern Gotland. Someone has tried to set fire to his archive. He is found dead four days later. Tomas Hartman's mother is beaten and left in the woods to die. She vaguely remembers that someone was filming her. When Maria Wern...

The 90-year-old Heinz Meyer is found shot in Ronehamn. Who would want to murder a 90-year-old? And why? Heinz Meyer was one of the German soldiers who came to Gotland after World War II, wounded in battles near the Baltics. At the same time, 500 concentration camp prisoners arrived on the...

Ferocious and irreverent, this multiple prize-winning novel burns down the pretensions of a pompous literary establishment and takes no prisoners. Ellinor is thirty-six. She wears soft black sweatpants and a Michelin Man jacket. She fights. Smart and unsentimental, she tries her hand at online dating, only to be stranded in a snowstorm with a literary critic. Cut to Max Lamas, an author who dreams of a polyglot lover, a woman who will understand him in every tongue. His search takes him to Italy, where he befriends a Marchesa whose old Roman family is on the brink of ruin.

Nanny Wanted is a gripping thriller from the bestselling author of Out of Her Depth, Lizzy Barber. 'Nanny Wanted is the perfect gothic suspense novel, with complex characters and a creeping sense of dread.' - Clare Mackintosh, author of The Last Party A remote Cornish mansion. The perfect couple...

Liam finally popped the question, and Emily said yes. But that very same night, Liam gets abducted . . . and wakes up to a nightmare. On a large estate in the middle of nowhere, Liam finds himself the object of a woman's twisted affections—and confined to a stone cell. A servant ignores him. A guard watches over him. Meanwhile, Emily struggles to take care of their newborn child and tries to find the strength to move on. Can Liam ever escape and recover the life that was stolen from him—or will this bizarre prison be the last place he ever sees?