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Today is day 364.364 days since my last night of sleep.364 days since my son, Mason, was taken from his bed.The police have stopped looking. My husband wants me to move on.But I need to keep his story alive.Someone knows what happened to my son.And I’m going to find them.It’s been a year since Isabe..

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 'Beautiful, horrible... the most exciting discovery I've made in fiction for some time' Kazuo Ishiguro 'Smoky, carnal, dazzling' Lauren Groff Welcome to Buenos Aires, a place of nightmares and twisted imaginings, where missing children co..

Edgy, dark, funny and perceptive ... and very sharply observed. ― The HeraldOne of the funniest stand-up comedians in world and now the author of a brilliant novel. Kevin's talent is starting to annoy me now. -- Rob Beckett, comedian and author of A CLASS ACTImmensely readable, fast m..

Meet Kitty Collins.Friend. Lover. Killer.A deliciously dark, hilariously twisted story about friendship, love, and murder. Fans of My Sister the Serial Killer, How to Kill Your Family and Killing Eve will love this wickedly clever novel!He was following me. That guy from the nightclub who wouldn’t l..

Winner of the Prix de la vocation 2019Winner of the Prix Femina de lycéens 2019Longlisted for the Crime Writers Association 'Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger' 2022Oscar is dead because I watched him die and did nothing.It is the end of August and the long summer holidays are drawing to a close. S..

One of the most hotly anticipated, hilarious and addictive debut novels of 2023, from Schitt's Creek and Workin' Moms screenwriter and electric new voice in fiction, Monica Heisey.I feel like when you get a divorce everyone's wondering how you ruined it all, what made you so unbearable to be with. I..

For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple's impulsive marriage.New York is slipping from Cleo's grasp. Sure, she's at a different party every other night, but she barely knows anyone. Her s..

Lose yourself to the mystery and romance of Susan Stokes-Chapman's no.1 bestselling novel, which brings Greek myth to Georgian LondonSome doors are kept locked for a reason...London, 1799. Dora Blake lives with her uncle in what used to be her parents' famed shop of antiquities.When a mysterious Gre..

This will be your third descent into the world of the Unexpected. The surprises awaiting you here, are penned again by classical and modern authors. Again, you will try to guess the ending and again will fail, and to those of you who do succeed in this, we offer an apology on behalf of the Mast..

Twenty four more remarkable short stories await you in this book – stories that you will never forget, or remember for a long time. Their secret is that each of them touches a string in your heart. Mythological or realistic, classical or modern, these tales will emerge unexpectedly in your mind..

The first glimpse of the sea on Marine Drive filled my heart, if not my head. I turned away from the red shadow. I stopped thinking of that pyramid of killers, and Sanjay's improvidence. I stopped thinking about my own part in the madness. And I rode, with my friends, into the end of everything.Shan..

Ari Abrams loves working as a TV meteorologist. But unfortunately, her boss is so busy fighting with her ex - who happens to be the station's news director - that there's always a storm brewing inside the newsroom!So after a particularly explosive showdown, Ari and shy sports reporter Russell hatch ..