Narrative theme: Sense of place
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10 Marchfield Square
£16.9910 Marchfield Square
Elderly heiress Celeste Van Duren intended Marchfield Square to be a haven from the outside world. A place for those who need somewhere safe from their pasts, or who could otherwise not afford to stay in the city they call home. That was the plan. One of her tenants being murdered in his own kitchen, and the police trying to pin it on his long-suffering wife, was not. So Celeste does what anyone with a lot of money, a strong sense of justice and a bad hip would do: she recruits two of her tenants to track down the real killer. Her cleaner, Audrey, knows everyone and is liked by all, while failed crime writer, Lewis, is known by no one. He hates his job, hates his life, and he’s not that fond of Audrey either, but Celeste is persuasive. Despite their differences the two soon discover a surprising range of suspects and motives connected to the victim’s dodgy art deals – but have they missed something closer to home?
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A child’s Christmas in Wales & other stories and poems
£10.99A child’s Christmas in Wales & other stories and poems
A selection of the very best poems and stories by Dylan Thomas, one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century.
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A house for Mr Biswas
£12.99A house for Mr Biswas
From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, A House for Mr Biswas is V.S. Naipaul’s best-loved novel, a tragicomic tour de force.
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After the storm
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All the colours of the dark
£9.99All the colours of the dark
Late one summer, the town of Monta Clare is shattered by the abduction of local teenager Joseph ‘Patch’ Macauley. Nobody more so than Saint Brown, who is broken by her best friend’s disappearance. Soon, she will eat, sleep, breathe, only to find him. But when she does: it will break her heart. Patch lies in a pitch-black room – all alone – for days or maybe weeks. Until he feels a hand in his. Her name is Grace and, though they cannot see each other, she takes him from the darkness and paints their world with her words. In this hopeless place, they fall in love. But when he escapes: there is no sign she ever even existed. To find her again, Patch charts an epic search across the country. And, to set him free, Saint will shadow his journey: on a darker path to hunt down the man who took them. Even if finding the truth means losing each other forever.
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Before we forget kindness
£14.99Before we forget kindness
The fifth book in the spectacular Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, with a fresh bunch of customers in a special Tokyo cafe hoping to go back in time.
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Before we say goodbye
£10.99Before we say goodbye
The fourth novel in the sensational ‘Before the Coffee Gets Cold’ series featuring cafe regulars, with the same time-travelling offer, back in the Tokyo cafe – if customers follow the rules.
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Blackwater. II The levee
£9.99Blackwater. II The levee
Perdido, Alabama, has scarcely recovered from the floods that devasted the community. Now a scheme to build a levee is dogged by a series of mysterious events: unpredictable currents in the river, worrying disappearances. Meanwhile in the Caskey family, Marie-Love, the matriarch, continues her machinations against Elinor, her strange daughter in law. Plots, unholy alliances, sacrifices – in the struggle between them, nothing is off limits. In Perdido, the changes will be profound; the consequences irreversible.
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Bring Up the Bodies
£10.99Bring Up the Bodies
Now a major TV series
Winner of the Man Booker Prize
The second book in Hilary Mantel’s award-winning Wolf Hall trilogy, with a stunning new cover design to celebrate the publication of the much anticipated The Mirror and the Light
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Circus of mirrors
£18.99Circus of mirrors
Berlin, 1926: After the death of their parents, sisters Leni and Annette only have each other. Desperate, but dreaming of better days, Leni finds work at a notorious cabaret: the Babylon Circus. From the dancer’s barely-there costumes, to the glimmering mirrors that cover the walls, the Babylon Circus is where reality and fantasy merge. For Leni, it’s an overwhelming new world, and she’s happiest hiding in the shadows. Until she meets the cabaret’s resident pianist, Paul. And so begins a tentative love affair that will play out over the next forty years. But, in a city whose divisions will define a century, can a love born within the feverish walls of the Babylon Circus ever survive? And can the bond between Leni and Annette – tugged in opposite directions of their own – also endure? In Berlin, two sisters dared to dream of a better life – but where in this dark and dazzling city will they find their true home?
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Classic fantasy stories
£10.99Classic fantasy stories
An entrancing anthology of fantasy short stories full of magic, adventure and surprise.
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Classic stories of the sea
£10.99Classic stories of the sea
A collection of classic tales of adventure, capturing the thrill, the danger and the allure of the sea.
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Clear
£9.99Clear
1843. On a remote Scottish island, Ivar, the sole occupant, leads a life of quiet isolation until the day he finds a man unconscious on the beach below the cliffs. The newcomer is John Ferguson, an impoverished church minister sent to evict Ivar and turn the island into grazing land for sheep. Unaware of the stranger’s intentions, Ivar takes him into his home, and in spite of the two men having no common language, a fragile bond begins to form between them. Meanwhile on the mainland, John’s wife Mary anxiously awaits news of his mission. Against the rugged backdrop of this faraway spot beyond Shetland, Carys Davies’s intimate drama unfolds with tension and tenderness: a touching and crystalline study of ordinary people buffeted by history and a powerful exploration of the distances and connections between us.
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Confessions
£16.99Confessions
It is late September in 2001 and the walls of New York are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora Brady’s father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges. Her mother died long ago and now, orphaned on the cusp of adulthood, Cora is adrift and alone. Soon, a letter will arrive with the offer of a new life: far out on the ragged edge of Ireland, in the town where her parents were young, an estranged aunt can provide a home and fulfil a long-forgotten promise. There the story of her family is hidden, and in her presence will begin to unspool.
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Daisy Jones & the Six
£9.99Daisy Jones & the Six
Daisy Jones & the Six rose from the 1970s LA music scene to become one of the biggest bands in the world. They sold out arenas from coast to coast. Their music defined an era and every girl in America idolised Daisy. But, in 1979, on the night of the final concert of their tour, they split. Nobody ever knew why. Until now. This is the whole story, right from the beginning: the sun-bleached streets, the grimy bars on the Sunset Strip, knowing Daisy’s moment was coming. Relive the euphoria of success and experience the terror that nothing will ever be as good again.
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Date with evil
£8.99Date with evil
Wonderfully engaging, Julia Chapman’s latest Dales mystery is perfect for fans of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club series and Janice Hallett’s The Appeal.
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