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Just when things have finally cooled down for 88-year-old Maud after the disturbing discovery of a dead body in her apartment in Gothenburg, a couple of detectives return to her doorstep. Though Maud dodges their questions with the skill of an Olympic gymnast a fifth of her age, she wonders if suspicion has fallen on her, little old lady that she is. The truth is, ever since Maud was a girl, death has seemed to follow her....

Annie Ashworth is currently off duty. With her baby bump growing fast, she is under strict instructions to stay away from police work and look after herself, especially as she has a history of leading danger right to her door. So when her police officer husband, Will, is called to the discovery of a skeleton buried out in the local woods, Annie tries to keep out of the investigation. But as another body is discovered and her own niece suddenly goes missing, staying away just isn’t an option.

When the bodies of two teenage girls are discovered in a rundown New York City hotel room, Detective Maria Miller is called to the crime scene. The best friends were supposed to be at a sleepover miles away in the suburbs. With no record of the girls checking in and the room on the thirteenth floor closed off to guests, what were they doing there? Sinister messages on their phones suggest the girls were lured to the hotel, using its reputation for hauntings as bait. The killer left no DNA behind and Maria’s efforts to trace their identity leads to a dead end.

Brought to you by Penguin. What do you do when your relationship suddenly ends? How do you cope when the cosy 'coupley' future you had planned disappears? Join comedian Helen Thorn from The Scummy Mummies as she haphazardly takes the plunge into single life for the first time in twenty-two years...

Imaginez un monde où il est interdit de lire et d’écrire, où l’école n’apprend aux élèves qu’à devenir des soldats impitoyables, où se rebeller est synonyme de mort... C’est dans cet univers glaçant que Laia, une jeune esclave Érudite, et Elias, un soldat Martial, vont devoir lutter pour protéger leurs proches et tenter de gagner leur liberté. Leur union fera-t-elle leur force ?

The cruelty of the capital and the power-hungry King Arden have scattered Bleak and her companions across the continents. On the run in a foreign land, Bleak finds herself tied to some unexpected strangers. When the answers she yearns for are finally within reach, she must face the hard truths of her past and take her fate into her own hands before it’s too late. Meanwhile, secrets and magic unravel as a dark power corrupts the realm. Bleak’s friends are forced to decide where their loyalties lie, and who, if anyone, they can trust.

Maria is on trial for attempted murder. She has confessed to the crime and wanted her husband dead. Lottie is on the jury, trying to decide her fate. She embarks on an illicit affair with a stranger, and her husband can never find out. You will think you know who is guilty and who is innocent. You will be wrong.

In this revelatory study, neuroscientist Helen Pilcher explores the hidden impact of the "nocebo effect"—the placebo's evil twin. Medical studies have proven the nocebo effect to cause pain, nausea, paralysis, seizures, and even blindness. The nocebo effect impacts how we grow sick and grow old, explains why people who don't have food allergies have dietary intolerances, and why adults and teenagers are equally susceptible to catching tics through social media.

The Journey of the Third Child: Miracles–Signs–Wonders is the extraordinary autobiography of a woman born into humble beginnings in rural Alabama who rose, by grace and grit, to achieve what many might have deemed impossible.

Eindelijk! Vanaf Valentijnsdag 2025 in de bioscoop te zien! Veertien jaar nadat ze Mark Darcy heeft ontmoet gebeurt er nog van alles in het leven Bridget. Maar ondanks de nieuwe uitdagingen van online daten, alleenstaand ouderschap, veranderende kledingmaten en verbijsterend complexe apparatuur, is ze nog steeds dezelfde onbedwingbare en innemende persoon die we ons allemaal herinneren van de eerdere boeken (en films!).

Chuck Kelso is an idealist. When he steals a top-secret NATO memorandum, he only intends to leak it to the press; but it is soon in the hands of a Russian agent, a man who has spent nine years quietly working himself into the fabric of Washington society. Within hours it has reached the KGB, and the CIA’s top man in Moscow has had his cover blown. For British agent Tony Lawton, hunting down the Russian operative—the "agent in place"—is a welcome challenge. But for Chuck’s brother, the journalist Tom Kelso, and his beautiful wife, Thea, the affair has unleashed a very special terror.

Warum beendet eine in Leben und Beruf stabile Frau eine glückliche Beziehung, um sich mit Haut und Haar einem Mann auszuliefern, der ihr nicht guttut? Was als harmlose Begegnung unter Kollegen zu gemeinsamen Aufenthalten in Paris führt, entwickelt sich zu einer fatalen Leidenschaft. Aus erotischer Anziehung und Ebenbürtigkeit wird zu nehmend Qual, als Streitereien und Versöhnungen in immer dichterer Folge wechseln, Nachrichten und Treffen immer unverbindlicher und seltener werden. Die Affäre gerät zur Obsession, als der Geliebte verstummt und Mails unbeantwortet lässt.

Much has been written about the Knights Templar in recent years. A leading specialist in the history of this legendary medieval order now writes a full account of the Knights of the Order of the Temple of Solomon, to give them their full title, bringing the latest findings to a general audience. Putting many of the myths finally to rest, Nicholson recounts a new history of these storm troopers of the papacy, founded during the crusades but who got so rich and influential

"Exhilarating...A wildly imagined, head-spinning, deeply intelligent novel." - The New York Times Book Review "[W]ildly inventive…[Helen Oyeyemi's] prose is not without its playful bite." –Vogue The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy Snow Bird, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, and...

For sheer unpredictable brilliance, Gogol may come to mind, but no author alive today takes a listener as far as Helen DeWitt into the funniest, most yonder dimensions of possibility. Her jumping-off points might be statistics, romance, the art world’s piranha tank, games of chance and games of skill, the travails of publishing, or success.

Dale Steel has spent his life running from the horror of his past, so he’s completely unprepared for horror to follow him into the present. But that’s exactly what it’s done. His only hope is his love for Ashley White, so he grabs hold with both hands, determined to escape his bleak existence. Ashley is so in love she can’t see straight. Dale - and the thrall he holds over her - has given her a new outlook on sex and relationships, and she’s all in. Things are finally falling into place. But Ashley and Dale’s troubles are far from over.

When a new lead breaks in the cold case that has long haunted Swedish Detective Inspector Embla Nyström, the truth she's been seeking about her best friend's disappearance may finally be revealed - if it doesn't kill her first.

Il a fallu que son esprit vogue jusqu’à l’Isle de Jean-Charles pour qu’elle se retrouve enfin face à son père. Qui est cet homme à la présence tranquille, à la parole rare, qui se dit sans mémoire ? Pour le découvrir elle se lance dans un projet singulier : lui rendre ses souvenirs, les faire resurgir des objets et des paysages.

The Oxford Handbook of Medical Education is a practical, accessible guide on medical education for busy doctors and healthcare professionals. Tailored for medical practitioners at all levels who wish to engage in education but may lack the time or expertise for in-depth research, this audiobook offers practical advice alongside case studies and scenarios based on experts' educational experiences. The chapters can be listened to in isolation or sequentially as part of a broader, more comprehensive exploration of the field of medical education.

***LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION*** Named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time “An extraordinary and dazzlingly original work from one of our most gifted and interesting writers” (Emily St. John Mandel, author of The Glass Hotel). The...