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Cold cases get hot in this unputdownable mystery from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, no.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games series....

A delicately brutal exploration of what lies behind closed doors, and of the secrets and lies that form the fabric of every family, The Weight of S...

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'ONE OF MY COZIEST READS OF THE YEAR' EMILY HENRY She found magic in the most unlikely of places. Mika Moon follows three rules: hide your magic,...

This collection features two volumes from the Daily Mail Big Book of Quick Crosswords series, offering a total of over 800 quick-fire crosswords de...

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The Famous Five told as a graphic novel for the first time ever. Ideal for anyone who loves Tintin, Asterix or Dogman. All the fun, danger and exc...

Review Master storyteller Mitch Albom is back with his latest novel - a genre-defying page turner that catapults the reader into a tale that i...

Product Description A vengeful ghost comes back to haunt the living?Reports of a haunted house soon have Agatha snooping around, but it turns out...

FIND OUT WHAT YOUR DOG IS THINKING and better understand your pet by learning to read their body language PUT YOUR MEMORY SKILLS TO THE TEST as yo...

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Semiotics is the theory of signs, and reading signs is a part of everyday life: from road signs that point to a destination, to smoke that warns of...

Book Description The second volume in the God-King Chronicles, The Splinter King is the sequel to The Black Coast, and tells an epic fantasy t...

Product Description For the first time together in one volume, the complete Sookie Stackhouse short stories - with new introductions from Charlai...

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A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2007 and a bestseller ever since, I Before E (Except after C) has continued to inform and entertain its many reader...

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Did you know that . . . a soldier's biggest social blunder is called jack brew - making yourself a cuppa without making one for anyone else? That t...

Unlock the mysteries of the world with this comprehensive A-Z guide to symbols and their meanings. Delve into the rich tapestry of human thought an...

Humanity has always used symbols-material objects used to denote difficult, abstract concepts-to describe thoughts and feelings, or to protect secr...

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Product Description How TV Can Make You Smarter is a lively guide that shows readers the numerous emotional and intellectual benefits of TV. C...

The epic story continues in Court, the fourth inNew York Times bestselling author Tracy Wolff's lush, action-packed and romantic young adult parano...

The eighth mystery in the DI Wesley Peterson series by award-winning crime writer Kate Ellis.

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Product Description Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2020 'Insightful. Inventive. Hilarious. Genius' EIMEAR MCBRIDE'Bina is fiction of the ra...

Quotations - or snippets from them - are commonly used in everyday speech, most often without the speaker knowing where they came from. From words ...

"Gotham" tells the origin story behind the great DC Comics super-villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been tol...

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Review A beguiling author who interweaves past and present--The Times Kate Ellis skilfully weaves crimes of past and present into a seamless narr...

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‘It’s now becoming easier and easier to predict government policy. Just listen to what the prime minister said in the morning and the opposite is l...

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Review Helen Lowe's Wall of Night series has the potential to become a classic, right up there with the likes of George R.R. Martin's A Song o...

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Review Matthews is one of the few writers who can rival Marian Keyes's gift for telling heart-warming tales with buckets of charm and laughs ―...

About the Author Charles Stross is a full-time science fiction writer and resident of Edinburgh, Scotland. The author of seven Hugo-nominated ...

Review A fast-paced, vivid and exciting adventure story with real heart, I couldn't stop reading! -- Robin Stevens, author of the Murder Most ...

Review Caruso is a terrific writer who weaves fascinating and intricate fantasy tales -- GRIMDARK MAGAZINEThis is a truly ex­cellent fantasy, ...

About the Author Nancy Spain was a novelist, broadcaster and journalist. Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1917, she was the great-niece of the l...

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