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Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2023
Description
Abby is settling into married life: making coffee, cooking for David and her stepdaughter Crystal, spending evenings curled up together in front of the TV. For a quiet woman without many friends, she's proud of the life she has built, and desperately wants to believe they will all be happy. But what really happened to Crystal's mother, the artist who no-one speaks of? What secrets does their strange house by the water harbour, and what of Abby's old...
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2024
Description
Memorably introduced by Ishiguro himself, 'The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain' collects the sixteen song lyrics he wrote for world-renowned American singer, Stacey Kent, which were set to music by her partner Jim Tomlinson. An exquisite coming together of the literary and musical worlds, the lyrics are infused with a sense of yearning, melancholy, love, and the romance of travel and liminal spaces. Further exploring the notion of collaboration...
Author
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Pub. Date
2024
Description
In this reimagining of a nineteenth-century Russian crime thriller, Carol Adlam presents Charlie Fox, stunt journalist, magician, liar and thief, who reluctantly returns to her hometown of Nowheregrad to investigate the murder of Elena Ruslanova, daughter of a fabulously wealthy glass manufacturer. In Nowheregrad Charlie finds herself caught up in a multi-layered story that is told through the richly varied visual devices of the time. With the unwitting...
Author
Series
Miss Cat volume 1
Pub. Date
2024
Description
When Mr Maximus comes to her detective agency, searching for a kidnapped canary, the scene is set for a tale of crafty crooks, strange secrets, and a huge helping of animal magic.
5) The new girl
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Description
Twelve year old Lia moves with her family from Romania to Montreal and struggles with the language barrier and finding her feet at her new school
Author
Series
Heartstopper volume 5
Pub. Date
2023
Description
Follows the growing relationship between Nick and Charlie who begin to consider the level they wish that relationship to progress to, as Nick sits his GCSEs and Charlie considers what will happen when he goes to university.