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A man on the edge. A woman hell-bent on revenge. A cheating husband. A desperate wife. A property empire on the brink of collapse.

Mae Darling has it all: a glittering career as a top London barrister, a Chelsea townhouse, and a wardrobe full of Dior. But beneath the silks and sophistication lies a darker truth—Mae Darling is a killer, slaying the predators who slip through the fingers of lady justice. When her work brings her face to face with the man responsible for her father’s death, Mae realises that the long arm of the law isn’t long enough.

Orodan is back to square one, except without the Status screen and skill levels which govern life for all beings within the System. But as he soon learns... his skills haven't really been affected, only the numbers gone. He can still fight, he can still clean... and with the time loops unaffected, he can still grind and die. Systemless, bereft of aid and in a situation nobody in the universe's history has been in before, Orodan must rebuild himself from the ground up.

An uneasy peace has fallen in the wake of the elven invasion. Will returns to find the people of Terabinia grappling with the aftermath of war, even as the enemy gathers for another strike. Hoping to consolidate power, he sets out to unite the scattered wizards and reforge a lost order, the...

Palm Sunday brings spring to Crofter’s Green—and a deadly secret. When a postal van crashes outside the Cozy Cup, Dorothy agrees to hold a registered parcel for the shaken driver. Minutes later, the parcel vanishes—and the postman is found murdered. The only clues are an address in London and a faint cipher that points back to St Mary’s Church. As Alice, Blake, Harry, and Evie follow the trail, the Homefront Sleuths uncover a chilling wartime plot that could leave the village in ruins.

Schemes are afoot, both grand and wretched alike. But all plots come to light, even the ones buried deepest... and once again, The Wandering Inn connects to these great events. In Chandrar, the King of Destruction's war with the faltering kingdom of Jecrass has reached a turning point, and a...

Maya is the perfect politician's wife. She supports her husband at every turn. The camera loves her, the country loves her, most of all – he loves her. As the country heads towards a general election, the Stones are set to take the polls by storm. But when a body is discovered in their back garden, the media spotlight turns its glare on the couple who had it all. As their picture-perfect life starts to unravel, Jeremy claims it’s nothing more than political foul-play.

Brought to you by Penguin. Richard Osman’s globe-trotting series ‘We Solve Murders’ returns this September with the thrilling new mystery, We Chase Shadows. In the Italian hills, a body is found on the steps of a private villa at sunrise. Our mis-matched detective trio, Amy, Rose and Steve...

What is a happily ever after really worth? Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family . . . Then—he kicks her out, hires the city’s best divorce lawyers, drains their accounts, and takes up with a...

February 1913. Lady Hardcastle and her diminutive but brave lady’s maid, Flo, have been invited by their friend JB McIntyre to spend the weekend at his recently renovated Tudor fort on a remote island off the Devonshire coast. But the holiday quickly turns sinister when first a number of valuable jewels go missing—and then a fellow guest is murdered with a most unusual weapon.

When Kitty’s aunt and guardian is mysteriously murdered, the hunt is on for the killer. Set against the backdrop of post-World War I Washington, this fast-paced mystery unfurls a tale of intrigue and suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

We've won a multi-million-pound house in the Cotswolds. It's a dream come true. But the nightmare is just beginning. The threats start immediately. The day we move in, the woman next door comes over, with a bottle of red wine. Then I get a message congratulating me... and saying they know about what happened sixteen years ago. The mistake that ruined everything. And things are about to get even worse.

In this new collection, recorded live, on-location from Massachusetts to California, David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend, in essays that are "among the best of his career" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). 'Very little makes me laugh. I...

The sky was a lie. The earth was a grave. And Kaelen Thorne just opened the door. For three hundred years, the citizens of Silo 1 believed the surface was a toxic hellscape. They lived in the subterranean dark, recycling the same air and fearing the "outside." Kaelen Thorne, a low-level structural analyst, thought he knew the rules: keep your head down, fix the pipes, and survive.

John Moffatt stars as the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The ABC Murders: A chilling letter sets the sleuth on the trail of an enigmatic killer. After the Funeral: A wealthy businessman is dead, and his sister thinks it was murder. Death on the Nile: Poirot is in Egypt when a chilling murder takes place. Peril at End House: Whilst on holiday, the sleuth encounters a young woman, a hat and a bullet. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: Mrs Farrars is found dead, one year after the death of her husband.

Sarah J. Maas, the #1 bestselling author of the Court of Thorns and Roses series, returns to the courts of Prythian...​ The magic continues in the next exciting installment!​ The full Court of Thorns and Roses series includes:​ 1) A Court of Thorns and Roses​ 2) A Court of Mist and...

The ratings and views are off the chart. The fans just can't get enough. The dungeon gets more dangerous each day. But in a grinder designed to chew up and spit out crawlers by the millions, Carl and Princess Donut need to work harder than ever just to survive. They call it the Over City. A sprawling, once-thriving metropolis devastated by a mysterious calamity. But these streets are far from abandoned. An undead circus trawls the ruins. Murdered prostitutes rain from the sky. An ancient spell is finally ready to reveal its dark purpose.

Skeeg Horntoof is an ork with big dreams: the biggest hat, the most dakka, and the ambition to become the greatest freebooter the galaxy has ever seen. As kaptin of Gork's Revenge, he is guided by Da Freebooterz Code – a set of rules so outrageous they just might work. With a krew of misfits, meks, and mutineers, he sets out on a quest for loot and glory. This time, though, Horntoof may have bitten off more than he can chew – the kaptin has instructed his boyz to plunder the hunting grounds of the legendary rogue trader Lord Captain Antoinette von Hume.

Join Arthur and his dragon, Brixaby, as their hunt for more legendary cards continues in the sixth installment of this hit progression fantasy series, featuring a unique card-based magic system.

As a single mom rebuilding my life from scratch, I don’t need help. And I definitely don’t need the attention of a six-foot-three maple farmer with a beard and a hero complex who looks at me like I’m a problem he didn’t sign up for. My landlord is broad-shouldered, permanently unimpressed, and entirely too comfortable telling me when I’m wrong. I think he’s grumpy, rigid, and overprotective. He thinks I’m chaos in Crocs. Falling for Josh Lawrence was never part of the plan. But then he starts showing up.