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WHERE THERE ARE GODS, THERE ARE ALSO MONSTERS . . .When I burn this world to embers, and you paint me as the villain, remember, I really did try to be good . . . once. Dianna is hellbent on revenge. As the last shred of her humanity is ripped from her, she decides to embrace her monstrous side and setthe worlds alight. Samkiel alone refuses to believe that she has become the monster that everyone else sees, and he'll do anything in his power to save her from herself, even if it means losing her. With every realm now at risk from Kaden's army, and amyriad of new threats on the horizon, Samkiel can't afford to let his guard down. And as Dianna's thirst for blood only increases, he is running out of time to save them both . . . Don't miss the first book in this series, THE BOOK OF AZRAEL and look outfor Book 3 coming soon . . .

Amikor a regényíró Owen Quine eltűnik, a felesége Cormoran Strike magánnyomozóhoz fordul. Először azt hiszi, a férje csak elvonult magában valahová néhány napra (ahogy már korábban is), és most azt szeretné, ha Strike megkeresné és hazahozná.De ahogy Strike nyomozni kezd, kiderül, több van Quine eltűnése mögött, mint azt a felesége gondolta. Az író épp befejezett egy kéziratot, melyben vitriolos tollal megírt portrék szerepelnek szinte minden ismerőséről. Ha ez a regény megjelenik, életekettehet tönkre - így tehát nagyon is sokan lehetnek, akik szeretnék befogni a száját.És amikor rátalálnak a bizarr körülmények között brutálisan meggyilkolt Quine-ra, versenyfutás következik az idővel: meg kell fejteni, mi vezeti ezt a kegyetlen gyilkost - mert Strike ilyennel még sosem találkozottA selyemhernyó letehetetlen, fordulatokkal teli krimi, a Cormoran Strike-ról és eltökélt, fiatal titkárnőjéről, Robin Ellacottról szóló sorozat második kötete.Robert GalbraithJ. K. Rowling, a Harry Potter-sorozat, az Átmeneti üresedés, és az első Cormoran Strike-regény, a Kakukkszó szerzőjének írói álneve.

Investigator Lennox just can't stay out of trouble.Lennox is looking for legitimate cases - anything's better than working for the Three Kings, the crime bosses who run Glasgow's underworld. So when a woman comes into his office and hires him to followher husband, it seems the perfect case.And, unusually for Lennox, it's legal.But this isn't a simple case of marital infidelity. When the people he's following start to track him, once more Lennox must draw on the violent, war-damaged part of hispersonality as he follows this trail of dead men and broken hearts.The fourth in a unique and memorable crime series, Dead Men and Broken Hearts is gritty, fast-paced, mordantly funny and totally compelling.

Pip Fitz-Amobi is not a detective anymore. With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her. But shewill have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared but the police won't do anything about it. And if they won't look for Jamie then Pip will, uncovering more of her town's dark secrets along the way& andthis time EVERYONE is listening. But will she find him before it's too late?

We all binged on YOU when it became a major hit Netflix series last Christmas.***Now the major Netflix series is back for SERIES TWO, based on the even more twisted HIDDEN BODIES***JOE GOLDBERG IS BACK . . .Joe came to Los Angeles to start over, to forget about what happened in New York. But in a darkened room in Soho House everything suddenly changed.She is like no one he's ever met before.She doesn't know about his past and never can.The problem is, hidden bodies don't always stay that way.Praise for You:'THRILLER OF THE YEAR' Daily Mail'I am RIVETED, AGHAST, AROUSED you name it. The rare instance when prose and plot are equally delicious' Lena Dunham'Hypnotic and scary' Stephen King'Brilliant thriller with attitude, guts and true insight into the nature of obsession' Sophie Hannah'A fantastically creepy thriller.... The kind of book you put your life on hold for' Glamour'Clever and chilling' Elle'A brilliant tale ... It's Gone Girl meets a sinister version of Girls' Marie Claire'An addictive thriller!' Closer

A brand new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors.This collection of twelve original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the character to a whole new generation. Each author reimagines Agatha Christie's Marple through their own unique perspective while staying true to the hallmarksof a traditional mystery. Naomi Alderman Leigh Bardugo Alyssa Cole Lucy Foley Elly Griffiths Natalie Haynes Jean Kwok Val McDermid Karen M. McManus Dreda Say Mitchell Kate Mosse Ruth WareMiss Marple was first introduced to readers in a story Christie wrote for The Royal Magazine in 1927 and made her first appearance in a full-length novel in 1930's The Murder at the Vicarage. It has been 45 years since Agatha Christie's last Marplenovel, Sleeping Murder, was published posthumously in 1976, and this collection of ingenious new stories by twelve Christie devotees will be a timely reminder why Jane Marple remains the most famous fictional female detective of all time.Agatha Christie's book 'Marple' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 12-09-2022.

Victoria McQueen sok mindent képes megtalálni: elhányt karkötőt, eltűnt fényképet, megválaszolhatatlan kérdésekre adandó válaszokat. Amikor ugyanis kedvenc biciklijével átteker egy különleges, rozoga hídon, pillanatokon belül ott terem a céljánál, legyenaz akár Massachusetts-ben, akár az ország másik felén.A lány egy nap összeakad a vénember Charles Talent Manxszel, aki 1938-as gyártmányú, NOS4A2 rendszámtáblával ellátott Rolls-Royce Wraith-jével gyerekeket rabol el: kiszakítja őket a hétköznapi valóságból, és rejtett utakon közlekedve elviszi őket azegyszerre lenyűgöző és hátborzongató Karácsonyország-ba, hogy ott örökre boldogok legyenek.Victoria az egyetlen gyerek, akinek sikerült megmenekülnie a szörnyeteg karmaiból, és felnőttként legszívesebben elfelejtené mindazt, ami régen történt. Manx azonban képtelen kiverni a fejéből, és ismét útnak indul, legújabb utasa pedig nem más, mintVictoria kisfia.

Hop aboard! Peppa and George are always on the move and so are their family and friends. This sticker book is packed with lots and lots of stickers of vehicles, including cars, vans, trains and diggers. Perfect for keeping little Peppa fans busy. Basedon the hit pre-school animation, Peppa Pig, shown daily on Five's Milkshake and Nick Jnr.

An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place - and realizing that family could be yours. He expected nothing. But they gave himeverything . . . Linus Baker leads a quiet life. At forty, he has a tiny house with a devious cat and his beloved records for company. And at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, he's spent many dull years monitoring their orphanages. Then one day,Linus is summoned by Extremely Upper Management and given a highly classified assignment. He must travel to an orphanage where six dangerous children reside - including the Antichrist. At the orphanage, Linus must somehow determine if they could bringabout the end of days. But their guardian, the charming and enigmatic Arthur Parnassus, will do anything to protect his wards. And, as Arthur and Linus grow ever closer, Linus must choose: his duty, or his dreams...

Koroa fiatal királya még nem akar megállapodni egyetlen nő mellett - de aztán megismeri Hollis Brite-ot. Hollis a Keresken-kastélyban nőtt fel, és a többi nemesi származású lánnyal együtt abban reménykedik, hogy sikerül felhívnia magára a királyfigyelmét. Amikor Jameson király szerelmet vall neki, érthető örömmel és izgalommal fogadja az uralkodó közeledését.De hamar rájön, hogy ez az új élet a különleges ajándékok és a kitüntetett figyelem mellett komoly elvárásokkal is jár. Hollis nem biztos abban, hogy meg tud felelni a királyi követelményeknek. Izoltánia királya látogatást készül tenni az országukban, ésHollis szeretné bebizonyítani Jamesonnak és önmagának, hogy rendelkezik azokkal a tulajdonságokkal, amelyeket egy leendő királynétól elvárnak. De aztán találkozik egy izoltániai idegennel, akinek megvan az a titokzatos képessége, hogy a szívébe lát.Hollis rádöbben, hogy olyan jövőt kíván magának, amire addig gondolni sem mert.Kiera Cass a Párválasztó-sorozat és A szirén szerzője. Ezen kívül feleség, anya, és még sok minden más, amit hosszú lenne felsorolni. Többek között remekül ért ahhoz, hogy magával ragadja és megríkassa az olvasóit. Kieráról és a könyveiről awww.kieracass.com weboldalon tudhatnak meg többet.

Meglepő tényeket, információkat és gyönyörű képeket is találnak a könyvben. Fedezze fel gyermekeivel a középkori várak és lakóinak lenyűgöző világát! Megtudhatják, hogyan épültek a várak, mi minden védte őket a hódítóktól, milyen fegyvereket és milyenvédekező vagy támadó stratégiákat alkalmaztak. Belátást nyer a feudalizmus ideje alatt élő urak és alattvalóik életébe, megtudhatja, hogy mit viseltek és mit ettek. Nem hiányozhat természetesen a szórakozás sem, a lovagi tornák, az ünnepségek, a zenészekés az udvari bohócok sem.

By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021'The elegance and control of Gurnah's writing, and his understanding of how quietly and slowly and repeatedly a heart can break, make this a deeply rewarding novel' Kamila Shamsie, GuardianFor seven-year-old Salim, the pillars upholding his small universe - his indifferent father, his adored uncle, his treasured books, the daily routines of government school and Koran lessons - seem unshakeable. But it is the 1970s, and the winds of changeare blowing through Zanzibar: suddenly Salim's father is gone, and the island convulses with violence and corruption the wake of a revolution. It will only be years later, making his way through an alien and hostile London, that Salim will begin tounderstand the shame and exploitation festering at the heart of his family's history.'Riveting ... The measured elegance of Gurnah's prose renders his protagonist in a manner almost uncannily real' New York Times'Glittering ... Each work is different from the last, yet they build into a powerfully evocative oeuvre that keeps coming back to the same questions, in spare, graceful prose, about the ties that bind and the ties that fray' Telegraph'A colourful tale of life in a Zanzibar village, where passions and politics reshape a family... Powerful' Mail on Sunday

From Olivie Blake, the bestselling author of The Atlas Six, One For My Enemy is a captivating fantasy story of ambition, sacrifice and the enduring power of family legacies.In New York City, two rival witch families fight for the upper hand.The Antonova sisters are beautiful, cunning and ruthless, and their mother - known only as Baba Yaga - is the elusive supplier of premium intoxicants. Their adversaries, the influential Fedorov brothers, serve their crime boss father. Named Koschei theDeathless, his enterprise dominates the shadows of magical Manhattan. For twelve years, the families have maintained a fraught stalemate. Then everything is thrown into disarray. Bad blood carries them to the brink of disaster, even as fate drawstogether a brother and sister from either side. Yet the siblings still struggle for power, and internal conflicts could destroy each family from within. That is, if the enmity between empires doesn't destroy both sides first. This hardback editionincludes illustrated endpapers from artist Lasq.Draws plus brand-new interior illustrations from Little Chmura

Colleen Hoover, un fenómeno imparable. ®Con una habilidad especial para la novela de emociones de alto voltaje, Hoover ha vendido más de 20 millones de libros. Y lo ha hecho a su manera¯. The New York TimesA veces, quien más te quiere es quién más dano te hace.Lily no siempre lo ha tenido fácil. Por eso, su idílica relación con un magnífico neurocirujano llamado Ryle Kincaid, parece demasiado buena para ser verdad. Cuando Atlas, su primer amor, reaparece repentinamente y Ryle comienza a mostrar su verdaderacara, todo lo que Lily ha construido con él se ve amenazado.®Nadie escribe sobre sentimientos como Colleen Hoover.¯ Anna Todd

A new mystery is afoot in the third book in the Thursday Murder Club series from record-breaking, bestselling author Richard Osman. It is an ordinary Thursday and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where theThursday Murder Club is concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. Then, a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill... or be killed. As the cold case turns white hot, Elizabethwrestles with her conscience (and a gun), while Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim chase down clues with help from old friends and new. But can the gang solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again?

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer and Hook, Line, and Sinker brings the heat in this rom-com about two enemies who team up to flip a house because their chemistry will either burn the place down or ignite a passion thatneither can ignore...Hair, makeup, clothing, decor... everything in Bethany Castle's world is organized, planned, and styled to perfection. Which is why the homes she designs for her family's real estate business are the most coveted in town. The only thing not perfect? Hertrack record with men. She's on a dating hiatus and after helping her friends achieve their dreams, Bethany finally has time to focus on her own: flip a house, from framework to furnishings, all by herself. Except her older brother runs the company andrefuses to take her seriously.When a television producer gets wind of the Castle sibling rivalry, they're invited on Flip Off, a competition to see who can do the best renovation. Bethany wants bragging rights, but she needs a crew and the only member of her brother's constructionteam willing to jump ship is Wes Daniels, the new guy in town. His Texas drawl and handsome face got under Bethany's skin on day one, and the last thing she needs is some cocky young cowboy in her way.As the race to renovate heats up, Wes and Bethany are forced into close quarters, trading barbs and biting banter as they remodel the ugliest house on the block. It's a labor of love, hate, and everything in between, and soon sparks are flying. ButBethany's perfectly structured life is one kiss away from going up in smoke and she knows falling for a guy like Wes would be a flipping disaster.Her voice feels as fresh and contemporary as a Netflix rom-com. -Entertainment Weekly

HBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age.A STORM OF SWORDS: BLOOD AND GOLD is the SECOND part of the third volume in the series.'Colossal, staggering . . . one of the greats' SFXThe Starks are scattered.Robb Stark may be King in the North, but he must bend to the will of the old tyrant Walder Frey if he is to hold his crown. And while his youngest sister, Arya, has escaped the clutches of the depraved Cersei Lannister and her son, the capriciousboy-king Joffrey, Sansa Stark remains their captive.Meanwhile, across the ocean, Daenerys Stormborn, the last heir of the Dragon King, delivers death to the slave-trading cities of Astapor and Yunkai as she approaches Westeros with vengeance in her heart.

Gabriel's Inferno is the first in this intoxicating trilogy featuring Gabriel and Julia, following their sensual journey of forbidden love - with all the obsessive yearning of Twilight with the intensity of Fifty Shades of Grey. One man'ssalvation, one woman's sensual awakening...Gabriel Emerson is a man tortured by his dark past. A highly respected university professor, Gabriel uses his notorious good looks and charm to lead a secret life of pleasure where nothing is out of bounds.Sweet and innocent, Julia Mitchell enrols as Gabriel's graduate student and his immediate attraction to her, and their powerful and strange connection, threatens to derail his career. Wildly passionate and sinful, Gabriel's Inferno is an exploration ofthe intense power of forbidden love. Sylvain Reynard is a Canadian writer with an interest in Renaissance art and culture and an inordinate attachment to the city of Florence.

The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath. Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all shewants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new world, she's going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust. HuntAthalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all. After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he's in the Asteri's dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce'sfate. He's desperate to help her, but until he can escape the Asteri's leash, his hands are quite literally tied. In this sexy, breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas's Crescent Cityseries reaches new heights as Bryce and Hunt's world is brought to the brink of collapse-with its future resting on their shoulders.

The Phaedo is acknowledged to be one of Plato's greatest masterpieces, showing him both as a philosopher and as a dramatist at the height of his powers. For its moving account of the execution of Socrates, the Phaedo ranks among the supreme literaryachievements of antiquity. It is also a seminal document for many ideas deeply ingrained in western culture, and provides one of the best introductions to Plato's thought.This new edition is a revised version of the Clarendon Press translation, and is eminently suitable for readers new to Plato, and ideal for classroom use, thanks to the provision of Stephanus page and letter numbering.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth ofother valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Tara Chen has had her heart broken ten times, by ten different men. Nevertheless, she is still determined to find her perfect match. The only problem? Tara is a romance novel obsessive, and her standards are sky high. Modern dating apps have killed themeet-cute, so Tara decides to revisit her exes - all ten of them - in the hope of finding her very own trope-worthy second-chance romance. And every heroine needs a sidekick, so she enlists her new flatmate, firefighter Trevor. Trevor Metcalfe is thefirst to rush into a burning building but the last to rush into a relationship. Love just isn't his thing. But, the more time they spend together, the more Trevor appreciates Tara's authentic, dramatic self. Can they break the habits of a lifetime andgive their spark a chance?

She's the wife he never wanted and the weakness he never saw coming.Billionaire Dante Russo is ruthless, meticulous, and arrogant - marriage was the last thing on his mind.Until the threat of blackmail forced him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows: Vivian Lau, jewellery heiress, and daughter of his newest enemy. It doesn't matter how beautiful or charming she is. He'll do everything in his power to destroy theevidence and their betrothal.But now that he has her, does he even want to let her go?

A PONS krimisorozatának új tagja, az A Recipe for Murder 13 lebilincselően izgalmas, angol nyelvű bűnügyi történeten keresztül, olvasással tanítja a kezdő (A1) és újrakezdő (A2) szintű nyelvtanulókat, melyhez gyakorlásként az összes krimi anyanyelvűhanganyaga letölthető a Kiadó honlapjáról.

'I'll make it clear from the start: I did not kill Hugh Henry Van Boren. I didn't even help. Well, not intentionally.' When Hugh Henry Van Boren, one of the most popular and richest kids in Jess Choudhary's school, is found dead, the student body is leftreeling and wondering who the murderer could be... Jess, a student under strict instructions to keep her record clean or risk losing her scholarship, finds herself at the centre of the investigation when it's revealed that Hugh died in the exact same wayas a character in a short story she wrote. And then Jess receives an anonymous text thanking her for the inspiration. With time running out, Jess knows if she doesn't solve this mystery she'll finally have something in common with Hugh Henry. She'll bedead too.

When 17 year old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town.But in spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But not, it seems, the Cullen family. These five adopted brothers and sisters obviously prefer their owncompany and will make no exception for Bella. Bella is convinced that Edward Cullen in particular hates her, but she feels a strange attraction to him, although his hostility makes her feel almost physically ill. He seems determined to push her away -until, that is, he saves her life from an out of control car. Bella will soon discover that there is a very good reason for Edward's coldness. He, and his family, are vampires - and he knows how dangerous it is for others to get too close