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'Devil-may-care daring and biting humour . . . Think Rachel Cusk's autofiction on skunk and OxyContin and you're in the right ballpark' The Times 'Enjoyably mischievous and daring' Financial Times 'Ruthless, very funny' New York Times Mona is a Peruvian writer based on a Californian campus, open-eyed and sardonic, a connoisseur of marijuana and prescription pills. In the humanities she has discovered she is something of an anthropological curiosity - a female writer of colour treasured for the flourish of rarefied diversity that reflects so well upon her department. When she is nominated for 'the most important literary award in Europe', Mona sees a chance to escape her sunlit substance abuse and erotic distraction, and leaves for a small village in Sweden. Now she is stuck in the company of her competitors, who arrive from Japan, France, Armenia, Iran and Colombia. The writers do what writers do: exchange flattery, nurse envy and private resentments, stab rivals in the back and go to bed together. But all the while, Mona keeps stumbling across traces of violence on her body, the origins of which she can't - or won't - remember.

'A very funny and brilliant book. Feigel does a thorough and virtuosic job of describing the dilemmas of contemporary middle-class women' Rachel CuskThe five of them - Stella, Priss, Kay, Helena and Polly - met at university, their lives full of lazy afternoons and late nights. Friendship seemed simple and there was such pleasure in the endless talk and in just living alongside each other. <br/><br/>Now the women are turning forty and they're finding that a shared past can sometimes be a burden. They're all struggling to navigate the ways in which their lives have differed from the plans they made themselves and the hopes they had for each other. In the past, solidarity came easily, but now they compare lovers, husbands, jobs, children and sofas, asking how the choices they've made or failed to make hold up. <br/><br/>As marriages end and secrets emerge, they wonder whether these people, the ones who know so much about them, are really the ones they can confide in.

Written in melodious and hypnotic 'slow prose', Septology is an indelible and poignant exploration of the human condition by Jon Fosse, 'a major European writer' (Karl Ove Knausgaard).

Melancholy I-II is a fictional invocation of the nineteenth-century Norwegian artist Lars Hertervig, who painted luminous landscapes, suffered mental illness and died poor in 1902.

<b>THE TWISTY NEW THRILLER FROM THE<i> SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <i>THE RUMOUR</i></b><br/><br/><b>'Startlingly original . . . It's hard to think of a recent novel than can match it for an almost unbearable level of suspense' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br/><br/>'I loved this absorbing, twisty mystery - Lesley Kara has done it again!'<b> Shari Lapena, No.1 bestselling author of </b><i><b>The Couple Next Door</b></i><br/><br/><b>Scarlett</b>'s aunt lived - and was brutally murdered - in the apartment upstairs. But Scarlett is determined that life should return to some kind of normal, even if that means living with just a ceiling between her and the scene of such a devastating crime. After all, this is her home. She's safe here. Isn't she?<br/><br/><b>Dee </b>is busy balancing her job as a funeral director with organizing an event to mark the disappearance of her best friend, ten years ago. So she's got enough on her plate without worrying about the threatening messages that are appearing on her company's Facebook page.<br/><br/>When Scarlett approaches Dee about planning her aunt's funeral, an unexpected link between them emerges. Together, the two women could uncover secrets that have long been buried. Even while someone wants to stop them digging . . .<br/><br/>_____<br/><br/>'A powerful, <b>compelling </b>tale about <b>dark secrets</b> that won't stay buried'<br/>T. M. Logan, bestselling author of <i>The Holiday </i>and <i>The Curfew</i><br/><br/>'<b>Twisty and tense</b>, another great read from Lesley Kara'<br/>B.A. Paris, bestselling author of <i>The Therapist </i>and <i>The Dilemma</i><br/><br/>'<i>The Apartment Upstairs</i> is the sort of read that <b>will have you listening out for creaks in the floorboards</b> from other rooms. Lesley Kara is <b>incomparable</b>.'<br/>Jack Jordan, author of <i>Do No Harm</i><br/><br/>'A shocking crime, an <b>intriguing</b> cast of suspects and a <b>compelling mystery</b> make this thriller a thoroughly <b>gripping and twisty</b> read.'<br/>B.P. Walter, author of <i>The Dinner Guest</i><br/><br/><b><i>_____</i></b><br/><br/><b>Readers are raving about <i>The Apartment Upstairs</i>!</b><br/><br/>'Lots of <b>twists and turns</b> and <b>red herrings</b> to keep you guessing' *****<br/>'A <b>brilliant </b>read, I devoured this in the space of a few hours as I <b>could not put it down </b>at all!!' *****<br/>'This story is <b>so good</b> and <b>very addictive</b>' *****<br/>'A <b>tense and twisting</b> tale with a <b>menacing undercurrent</b>' *****

<b>From the twice Booker-shortlisted author of<i> The Reluctant Fundamentalist </i>and <i>Exit West</i>, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change</b><br/><br/> One morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has turned dark, his reflection a stranger to him. At first he tells only Oona, an old friend, newly a lover.<br/><br/> Soon, reports of similar occurrences surface across the land. Some see in the transformations the long-dreaded overturning of an established order, to be resisted to a bitter end. In many, like Anders's father and Oona's mother, a sense of profound loss wars with profound love.<br/><br/> As the bond between Anders and Oona deepens, change takes on a different shading: a chance to see one another, face to face, anew.<br/><br/> <b>'A transformative tale . . . [<i>The Last White Man</i>] is compellingly readable and strangely musical, as if being recounted as a kind of folktale to future generations' <i>Guardian</i></b><br/><br/> <b>'With this big-hearted novel of ideas, Mohsin Hamid confronts challenging truths with insight, wisdom, and - above all else - limitless compassion' Tayari Jones, author of <i>An American Marriage<br/> </i></b><br/> <b>'Gorgeously crafted . . . <i>The Last White Man</i> concludes on a note of hope, a door jarred open just enough to let transcendence pour through' <i>O, the Oprah Magazine</i></b>

<b>A dark and spicy enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance about a beautiful healer mage forced out of hiding and into service of a charismatic but aloof fae lord after her brothers contract a deadly plague. Perfect for readers of Jennifer Armentrout, Suzanne Wright and C. S. Pacat.</b><br/><br/>Edira Brillwyn has a secret.<br/><br/>Edira Brillwyn is a threadmender. She holds a rare, lifesaving power that can cure disease and heal injuries in the blink of an eye. But magic always comes with a cost and saving anyone sacrifices a sliver of her own life. Edira's beloved aunt Rowena - a fellow threadmender - taught her to conceal this ability to protect herself from people who would take advantage, especially their powerful and wealthy neighbors.<br/><br/>Withholding her magic will save her life.<br/><br/>Orin Fernglove is immortal - an everliving - and head of the prominent Fernglove house. The Ferngloves own the local mines, possess magic powerful enough to alter the stars, and don't take "no" for an answer. When Edira's brothers unexpectedly contract blight, an incurable virus killing people throughout the town, Orin offers to help. If Edira returns to Fernglove Manor to assist in researching a cure to the blight, Orin can slow their sickness while she hones her magic.<br/><br/>Using her magic could save the world.<br/><br/>The remaining Ferngloves are less confident in Edira's ability and perhaps more dangerous than the ever-present disease. While Edira and Orin race against her brother's increasingly precarious health, the family's pristine exterior begins to crack, exposing the true nature of Edira's presence within the crumbling estate and the power she has to tear it all down.