Quercus's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 24 Sep 2024 06:43:25 -0700 60 Quercus's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Born Fearless: From SAS to Mercenary to Pirate Hunter]]> 18950556
Abandoned. Run-away. Half-beaten to death. Blown-up. Locked up. And all before the age of twenty. This is the incredible true story of how Phil Campion survived all of that, and went on to complete Commando selection, Para selection, and to join the SAS � before fighting as a mercenary in the world’s toughest war zones. Undertaking deniable operations, freeing hostages and escaping terrorists hell bent on revenge � the dangers and insane risks of life as a private military operator eclipsed even those of waging war in an SAS Sabre Squadron. Big Phil’s story of life on the private military circuit (‘The Circuit�) is a high-octane blend of chasing fast bucks in a Wild West industry, whilst always staying one step ahead of the bad guys.]]>
369 Phil Campion 0857384414 Quercus 5 4.04 2011 Born Fearless: From SAS to Mercenary to Pirate Hunter
author: Phil Campion
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<![CDATA[Silvercloak (Silvercloak Saga #1)]]> 209935639 In this addictive new fantasy series set in a world where magic is fueled by pleasure and pain, an obsessive detective infiltrates a brutal gang of dark mages—knowing that one wrong move will get her killed. . . .

Two decades ago, the Bloodmoons ruthlessly murdered Saffron Killoran’s parents, destroying her idyllic childhood. Hell-bent on revenge, she lies her way into Silvercloak Academy—the training ground for her city’s elite order of detectives—with a single goal: to bring the Bloodmoons to justice.

But when Saff’s deception is exposed, rather than being cast out, she’s given a rare opportunity: to go undercover and tear the Bloodmoons down from the inside.

Descending into a world where pleasure and pain are the most powerful currencies, Saff must commit some truly heinous deeds to keep her cover—and her life. Not only are there rival gangs and sinister smuggling rings to contend with, but there’s also her growing feelings for the kingpin’s tortured son, with his vicious pet fallowwolf, his dark past, and the curious prophecy foretelling his death at Saffron’s hand.

With each day testing her loyalties further, Saff finds her web of lies becoming harder to spin. And when one false step could destroy everything and everyone she’s ever loved . . . the detective who’s dedicated her life to vengeance just might die for it.

Book One of the Silvercloak Saga]]>
496 Laura/L.K. Steven Quercus 5 4.41 2025 Silvercloak (Silvercloak Saga #1)
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Lady Macbeth 61919154 From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare’s most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for her.

The Lady knows the stories: how her eyes induce madness in men.

The Lady knows she will be wed to the Scottish brute, who does not leave his warrior ways behind when he comes to the marriage bed.

The Lady knows his hostile, suspicious court will be a game of strategy, requiring all of her wiles and hidden witchcraft to survive.

But the Lady does not know her husband has occult secrets of his own. She does not know that prophecy girds him like armor. She does not know that her magic is greater and more dangerous, and that it will threaten the order of the world.

She does not know this yet. But she will.]]>
320 Ava Reid 1529910471 Quercus 5 to-read 3.52 2024 Lady Macbeth
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Best Hex Ever 195067029 A cosy and spicy spellbinding fantasy romance, about a kitchen witch cursed to hurt anyone who falls for her. Perfect for fans of Talia Hibbert and The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

Dina Whitlock knows her way around a pastry recipe. As a skilled kitchen witch, she runs her very own London café, serving magic-infused pastries to her loyal customers. But only a select few friends know about her magical abilities or the hex that has plagued her love life. It’s hard to fall in love when your partner is guaranteed to have a string of bad luck.

Scott Mason is back from traveling the world and is excited to begin his new job as a curator at the British Museum. After leaving London to heal from a brutal breakup two years ago, Scott only now realizes how much he missed out on. Now that his best friend’s wedding is right around the corner, Scott is determined to be the most amazing best man ever, but he doesn’t expect to be bewitched by the maid of honour, who also happens to be the owner of his new favourite café and, perhaps more surprisingly, a witch.

After a weekend in the countryside full of peculiar hedge mazes, palm readings by candlelight, and a midnight Halloween ritual, there’s no denying the chemistry between them. But there’s just one problem: The hex still holds, and Dina knows that Scott is in danger.

Can Dina break the spell before it breaks both their hearts?]]>
304 Nadia El-Fassi 1529929598 Quercus 5 3.69 2024 Best Hex Ever
author: Nadia El-Fassi
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.69
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rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Dinosaurs: 14 Incredible Dinosaur Posters by Quercus Publishing Plc (8-Nov-2012) Paperback]]> 151728460 0 Rex T Quercus 0 3.00 2012 Dinosaurs: 14 Incredible Dinosaur Posters by Quercus Publishing Plc (8-Nov-2012) Paperback
author: Rex T
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average rating: 3.00
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The Sweetness of Life 13034616 320 Paulus Hochgatterer 1847247717 Quercus 0 2.62 2006 The Sweetness of Life
author: Paulus Hochgatterer
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average rating: 2.62
book published: 2006
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<![CDATA[The Last Graduate (The Scholomance, #2)]]> 55559887 A budding dark sorceress determined not to use her formidable powers uncovers yet more secrets about the workings of her world in the stunning sequel to A Deadly Education, the start of Naomi Novik’s groundbreaking crossover series.

At the Scholomance, El, Orion, and the other students are faced with their final year—and the looming specter of graduation, a deadly ritual that leaves few students alive in its wake. El is determined that her chosen group will survive, but it is a prospect that is looking harder by the day as the savagery of the school ramps up. Until El realizes that sometimes winning the game means throwing out all the rules . . .]]>
388 Naomi Novik 0593128869 Quercus 5 4.20 2021 The Last Graduate (The Scholomance, #2)
author: Naomi Novik
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average rating: 4.20
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<![CDATA[The Conductors (Murder and Magic, #1)]]> 50828305
As a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Hetty Rhodes helped usher dozens of people north with her wits and magic. Now that the Civil War is over, Hetty and her husband Benjy have settled in Philadelphia, solving murders and mysteries that the white authorities won’t touch. When they find one of their friends slain in an alley, Hetty and Benjy bury the body and set off to find answers. But the secrets and intricate lies of the elites of Black Philadelphia only serve to dredge up more questions. To solve this mystery, they will have to face ugly truths all around them, including the ones about each other.]]>
422 Nicole Glover 0358197058 Quercus 5 3.67 2021 The Conductors (Murder and Magic, #1)
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average rating: 3.67
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Paris By Starlight 53328358 ______________________________________

Every city has its own magic...

Every night on their long journey to Paris from their troubled homeland, Levon’s grandmother has read to them from a very special book. Called The Nocturne, it is a book full of fairy stories and the heroic adventures of their people who generations before chose to live by starlight.

And with every story that Levon’s grandmother tells them in their new home, the desire to live as their ancestors did grows. And that is when the magic begins�

Nobody can explain why nocturnal water dogs start appearing at the heels of every citizen of Paris-by-Starlight like the loyal retainers they once were. There are suddenly night finches in the skies and the city is transforming: the Eiffel Tower lit up by strange ethereal flowers that drink in the light of the moon.

But not everyone in Paris is won over by the spectacle of Paris-by-Starlight. There are always those that fear the other, the unexplained, the strangers in our midst. How long can the magic of night rub up against the ordinariness of day? How long can two worlds occupy the same streets and squares before there is an outright war?]]>
480 Robert Dinsdale 152910047X Quercus 5 3.43 2020 Paris By Starlight
author: Robert Dinsdale
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average rating: 3.43
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Madam 49535011
For 150 years, above the Scottish cliffs, Caldonbrae Hall has sat as a beacon of excellence in the ancestral castle of Lord William Hope. A boarding school for girls, it promises a future where its pupils will emerge 'resilient and ready to serve society'.

Rose Christie, a 26-year-old Classics teacher, is the first new hire for the school in over a decade. At first, Rose feels overwhelmed in the face of this elite establishment, but soon after her arrival she begins to understand that she may have more to fear than her own ineptitude.

When Rose stumbles across the secret circumstances surrounding the abrupt departure of her predecessor - a woman whose ghost lingers over everything and who no one will discuss - she realises that there is much more to this institution than she has been led to believe.

As she uncovers the darkness that beats at the heart of Caldonbrae, Rose becomes embroiled in a battle that will threaten her sanity as well as her safety...

A brooding, mesmeric novel with a feminist kick, perfect for fans of Naomi Alderman, Madeleine Miller and Margaret Atwood.]]>
448 Phoebe Wynne 1529408725 Quercus 5 3.39 2021 Madam
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Feathertide 52099370 A girl.

A secret.

A life-changing journey.

Born covered in the feathers of a bird, and kept hidden in a crumbling house full of secrets, Marea has always known she was different, but never known why. And so to find answers, she goes in search of the father she has never met.

The hunt leads her to the City of Murmurs, a place of mermaids and mystery, where jars of swirling mist are carried through the streets by the broken-hearted.

And Marea will never forget what she learns there

Feathertide is an enchanting, magical novel perfect for fans of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus and Katherine Arden's The Bear and the Nightingale.]]>
432 Beth Cartwright 1529100666 Quercus 5 3.69 2020 Feathertide
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average rating: 3.69
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<![CDATA[The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)]]> 35068705
When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in Nikan—was even more surprising.

But surprises aren’t always good.

Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power—an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive—and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.

For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . .

Rin’s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.]]>
545 R.F. Kuang 0062662597 Quercus 0 4.16 2018 The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
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average rating: 4.16
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<![CDATA[Girls of Paper and Fire (Girls of Paper and Fire, #1)]]> 34433755
In this richly developed fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. She lives in a remote village with her father, where the decade-old trauma of watching her mother snatched by royal guards for an unknown fate still haunts her. Now, the guards are back and this time it's Lei they're after -- the girl with the golden eyes whose rumored beauty has piqued the king's interest.

Over weeks of training in the opulent but oppressive palace, Lei and eight other girls learns the skills and charm that befit a king's consort. There, she does the unthinkable -- she falls in love. Her forbidden romance becomes enmeshed with an explosive plot that threatens her world's entire way of life. Lei, still the wide-eyed country girl at heart, must decide how far she's willing to go for justice and revenge.]]>
385 Natasha Ngan 0316561363 Quercus 5 3.80 2018 Girls of Paper and Fire (Girls of Paper and Fire, #1)
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average rating: 3.80
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Emily Eternal 40521855
She's an artificial consciousness, designed in a lab to help humans process trauma, which is particularly helpful when the sun begins to die 5 billion years before scientists agreed it was supposed to.

So, her beloved human race is screwed, and so is Emily. That is, until she finds a potential answer buried deep in the human genome. But before her solution can be tested, her lab is brutally attacked, and Emily is forced to go on the run with two human companions - college student Jason and small-town Sheriff, Mayra.

As the sun's death draws near, Emily and her friends must race against time to save humanity. But before long it becomes clear that it's not only the species at stake, but also that which makes us most human.]]>
294 M.G. Wheaton 1473681952 Quercus 5 3.37 2019 Emily Eternal
author: M.G. Wheaton
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average rating: 3.37
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<![CDATA[Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)]]> 32802595
Tessa chose to stay home when her brother Ashby left for the stars, but has to question that decision when her position in the Fleet is threatened.

Kip, a reluctant young apprentice, itches for change but doesn't know where to find it.

Sawyer, a lost and lonely newcomer, is just looking for a place to belong.

When a disaster rocks this already fragile community, those Exodans who still call the Fleet their home can no longer avoid the inescapable question:

What is the purpose of a ship that has reached its destination?]]>
359 Becky Chambers 1473647606 Quercus 5 4.10 2018 Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)
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A Perfect Husband 35108230 What would it take for you to give up on the man you love, the man you thought was the perfect husband - until you discovered just how much he was hiding from you?

Lily and Freddy have a wonderful relationship: passionate and fun. Freddy taught her to love again after the death of her father. But then Freddy becomes tense, snappy and distracted. Is he having an affair? The truth turns out to be much worse...

Freddy is addicted to gambling. He owes hundreds of thousands of pounds to loan companies; he's been helping himself to money from his own company, which has now gone bust; and worst of all, his wife's money - given to him to invest - is gone. Devastated, Lily leaves him, and moves to stay with her sister in Oxford. There, among the dreaming spires, she will clear her head of Freddy and try to figure out how to move on.

But being away from Freddy is far harder than she'd thought. He promises to get help, but can he really ever be cured of his addiction? How can Lily trust him again - surely, after the heartache he's caused her, she would be far better off walking away and starting again? The truth is, she is as addicted to Freddy as he is to gambling - and she's not sure she even wants to be free.

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480 Hilary Boyd 1784294179 Quercus 5 4.11 A Perfect Husband
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The Night Visitor 32993412
Only one person knows what Olivia has done. Vivian Tester is the socially awkward housekeeper of a Sussex manor who has become Olivia's unofficial research assistant. But Vivian has secrets too, and as the relationship between the women grows more and more tangled, a bizarre act of violence changes everything...]]>
345 Lucy Atkins Quercus 0 3.76 2017 The Night Visitor
author: Lucy Atkins
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average rating: 3.76
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<![CDATA[Sweet After Death (Alice Madison, #4)]]> 32176575 The critically acclaimed, breathtaking thriller: perfect for fans of Angela Marsons.

In the dead of winter Homicide Detective Alice Madison is sent to the remote town of Ludlow, Washington, to investigate an unspeakable crime.

Together with her partner Detective Sergeant Kevin Brown and crime scene investigator Amy Sorensen, Madison must first understand the killer's motives...but the dark mountains that surround Ludlow know how to keep their secrets and that the human heart is wilder than any beast's.

As the killer strikes again Madison and her team are under siege. And as they become targets Madison realises that in the freezing woods around the pretty town a cunning evil has been waiting for her.

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421 Valentina Giambanco Quercus 0 4.28 2017 Sweet After Death (Alice Madison, #4)
author: Valentina Giambanco
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average rating: 4.28
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The Girl Before 33545258
For all fans of The Girl on the Train and Gone Girl comes this spellbinding Hitchcockian thriller which takes psychological suspense to the next level

Jane stumbles on the rental opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to live in a beautiful ultra-minimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect, on condition she abides by a long list of exacting rules. After moving in, she discovers that a previous tenant, Emma, met a mysterious death there - and starts to wonder if her own story will be a re-run of the girl before. As twist after twist catches the reader off guard, Emma's past and Jane's present become inexorably entwined in this tense, page-turning portrayal of psychological obsession.

Following in the footsteps of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, The Girl Before is being brought to the big screen. The film is set to be directed by Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard.]]>
406 J.P. Delaney 1786480298 Quercus 0 3.75 2017 The Girl Before
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average rating: 3.75
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Undertow 34096648 An exhilarating debut novel that follows one woman's hunt for the truth when she realizes she might have married a killer

They said her death was a tragic accident. And I believed themuntil now.

Carmen is happily married to Tom, although she knows she'll always live in the shadow of another womanthe mistress who ended his first marriage: Zena. Mercurial, mesmerizing, manipulative Zenaa woman who, Carmen begins to discover, had the potential to incite the darkest of emotions. Zena, who drowned in the sea late one night.

Zena seems ever-more present, even in death, and when Carmen unknowingly stumbles on evidence that her husband has not been telling her the whole truth, she can't shake her unease. As she uncovers documents and photographs, a very different tale than the one Tom has led her to believe begins to unfold, and she finds herself increasingly isolated and paranoid. As the twisted events of that night begin to come to light, Carmen must ask herself if it's really a truth worth knowing even if it destroys her and the lives of the people she loves most.]]>
Elizabeth Heathcote 1786481693 Quercus 0 3.50 2016 Undertow
author: Elizabeth Heathcote
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average rating: 3.50
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The Reading Group: December 32149869
Grace knows that the holiday season is going to be different this year. No turkey, no tinsel, no gorgeously wrapped gifts under the tree . . . how on earth is she going to break it to her little boys that Christmas is effectively cancelled? And can she bear to tell anyone her embarrassing secret? Enter the Reading Group: Grace's life might have turned upside down but there's no problem they can't solve.]]>
17 Della Parker Quercus 0 3.47 The Reading Group: December
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The Easy Way Out 32485396
If you could help someone in pain, would you?

Evan is a nurse, a suicide assistant. His job is legal . . . just. He's the one at the hospital who hands out the last drink to those who ask for it.

Evan's friends don't know what he does during the day. His mother, Viv, doesn't know what he's up to at night. And his supervisor suspects there may be trouble ahead.

As he helps one patient after another die, Evan pushes against legality, his own morality and the best intentions of those closest to him, discovering that his own path will be neither quick nor painless.

He knows what he has to do.

In this powerful novel, award-winning author Steven Amsterdam challenges readers to face the most taboo and heartbreaking of dilemmas. Would you help someone end their life?]]>
272 Steven Amsterdam 1786480832 Quercus 0 3.68 2016 The Easy Way Out
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average rating: 3.68
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<![CDATA[Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys]]> 28369597
So began a lifelong friendship that fourteen years later would result in the formation of The Cure, a quintessential post-punk band whose albums-such as Three Imaginary Boys, Pornography , and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me -remain among the best-loved and most influential of all time.

As two of the first punks in the provincial English town of Crawley, Lol Tolhurst and Robert Smith didn't have it easy. Outsiders from the start, theirs was a friendship based initially on proximity and a shared love of music, from the punk that was raging in nearby London to the groundbreaking experimentation of David Bowie's "Berlin Trilogy." First known as The Easy Cure, they began playing in pubs and soon developed their own unique style and approach to songwriting, resulting in timeless songs that sparked a deep sense of identification and empathy in listeners, songs like "Boys Don't Cry," "Just Like Heaven," and "Why Can't I Be You?," spearheading a new subculture dubbed "Goth" by the press. The music of The Cure was not only accessible but also deeply subversive, challenging conventional notions of pop music and gender roles while inspiring a generation of devoted fans and a revolution in style.

Cured is not only the first insider account of the early days of the band, it is a revealing look at the artistic evolution of the enigmatic Robert Smith, the iconic lead singer, songwriter, and innovative guitarist at the heart of The Cure. A deeply rebellious, sensitive, tough, and often surprisingly "normal" young man, Smith was from the start destined for stardom, a fearless non-conformist and provocateur who soon found his own musical language through which to express his considerable and unique talent.

But there was also a dark side to The Cure's intense and bewildering success. Tolhurst, on drums and keyboards, was nursing a growing alcoholism that would destroy his place in The Cure and nearly end his life. Cured tells the harrowing and unforgettable story of his crash-and-burn, recovery, and rebirth.

Intensely lyrical and evocative, gripping and unforgettable, Cured is the definitive story of a singular band whose legacy endures many decades hence, told from the point of view of a participant and eyewitness who was there when it happened-and even before it all began.]]>
287 Lol Tolhurst 0306824280 Quercus 5 4.03 2016 Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys
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average rating: 4.03
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Thursdays in the Park 32047586
They talk, laugh, share hopes and secrets and heartbreaks.

They offer each other a second chance at life and love.

But will they have the courage to take it?]]>
464 Hilary Boyd 1786481308 Quercus 5 3.85 2011 Thursdays in the Park
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average rating: 3.85
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Undertow 30041879 An exhilarating debut novel that follows one woman's hunt for the truth when she realizes she might have married a killer

They said her death was a tragic accident. And I believed them…until now.

Carmen is happily married to Tom, although she knows she'll always live in the shadow of another woman—the mistress who ended his first marriage: Zena. Mercurial, mesmerizing, manipulative Zena—a woman who, Carmen begins to discover, had the potential to incite the darkest of emotions. Zena, who drowned in the sea late one night.

Zena seems ever-more present, even in death, and when Carmen unknowingly stumbles on evidence that her husband has not been telling her the whole truth, she can't shake her unease. As she uncovers documents and photographs, a very different tale than the one Tom has led her to believe begins to unfold, and she finds herself increasingly isolated and paranoid. As the twisted events of that night begin to come to light, Carmen must ask herself if it's really a truth worth knowing…even if it destroys her and the lives of the people she loves most.]]>
343 Elizabeth Heathcote 1786481685 Quercus 4 3.24 2016 Undertow
author: Elizabeth Heathcote
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.24
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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Black Sky, Black Sea 6578766 338 İzzet Celasin 1847246435 Quercus 0 3.82 2007 Black Sky, Black Sea
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average rating: 3.82
book published: 2007
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Asking For It 25255576
The next morning, she wakes on the front porch of her house. She can't remember what happened, she doesn't know how she got there. She doesn't know why she's in pain. But everyone else does.

Photographs taken at the party show, in explicit detail, what happened to Emma that night. But sometimes people don't want to believe what is right in front of them, especially when the truth concerns the town's heroes...]]>
346 Louise O'Neill Quercus 0 4.00 2015 Asking For It
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average rating: 4.00
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Love, or Nearest Offer 29755417
On paper, Iris Atkins is an estate agent, but she's not just good at finding suitable houses for her clients. In fact, she has a gift: Iris is able to see into their lives and understand exactly what is missing and what they need - and not just in bricks-and-mortar terms either.

Of course, concentrating so much on fixing other people's problems doesn't leave much time for examining your own. Over the course of one whirlwind year Iris discovers that while she may know what's best for everyone else, she doesn't necessarily know what's best for herself - and what she finds out could make her happier than she'd ever dreamed of.]]>
384 Adèle Geras 1784298514 Quercus 0 3.55 Love, or Nearest Offer
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<![CDATA[The Man Who Wanted to Know (Avi Avraham #3)]]> 28943866 Called on a stormy day to his first murder scene as the new commander of investigations, Inspector Avraham Avraham is astounded to discover he knows the victim: a middle-aged woman who had been assaulted in the past. His only lead is an eyewitness claiming he saw a policeman going down the building's staircase a few minutes after the murder.

Eager to solve his first murder case, Avraham is determined to follow this lead even though it puts him in conflict with the entire police force. It'll take him to Mazal Bengtson - a young woman who doesn't know anything about the murder. She remembers the day of the storm for a different reason. And she will change everything Avraham thought about the case.

D. A. Mishani has become internationally renowned for his Avraham Avraham series. Set in a normal suburb in Tel Aviv, Israel, these quiet, tense thrillers build up to shattering revelations that shake the foundations of home, human relationships and love.

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245 D.A. Mishani 1784296929 Quercus 0 3.97 2015 The Man Who Wanted to Know (Avi Avraham #3)
author: D.A. Mishani
name: Quercus
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<![CDATA[Saint's Blood (Greatcoats, #3)]]> 23899193 How do you kill a Saint?

Falcio, Kest, and Brasti are about to find out, because someone has figured out a way to do it and they've started with a friend.

The Dukes were already looking for ways out of their agreement to put Aline on the throne, but with the Saints turning up dead, rumours are spreading that the Gods themselves oppose her ascension. Now churches are looking to protect themselves by bringing back the military orders of religious soldiers, assassins, and (especially) Inquisitors - a move that could turn the country into a theocracy. The only way Falcio can put a stop to it is by finding the murderer. He has only one clue: a terrifying iron mask which makes the Saints vulnerable by driving them mad. But even if he can find the killer, he'll still have to face him in battle.

And that may be a duel that no swordsman, no matter how skilled, can hope to win.

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576 Sebastien de Castell 1782066802 Quercus 0 4.23 2016 Saint's Blood (Greatcoats, #3)
author: Sebastien de Castell
name: Quercus
average rating: 4.23
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Florence Grace 28074327 540 Tracy Rees 1784296198 Quercus 0 3.91 2016 Florence Grace
author: Tracy Rees
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2016
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Beautiful Ever After 23110821
Katie is now a successful charity campaigner, TV presenter and inspirational speaker, but her career highs have often brought her face-to-face with her biggest demons. Her story is still dark at times, but it will also delight and surprise; despite fears of a life alone, she has found her Prince Charming, and Katie reveals both the wonder and anxiety of becoming a mother. This is the no-holds-barred, witty and utterly engaging next chapter in the life of a remarkable young woman.]]>
256 Katie Piper 1780876572 Quercus 0 4.51 2014 Beautiful Ever After
author: Katie Piper
name: Quercus
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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Until Thy Wrath Be Past 12071150 322 Åsa Larsson 0857050729 Quercus 5 3.85 2008 Until Thy Wrath Be Past
author: Åsa Larsson
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[The Dark Winter (Aector McAvoy, #1)]]> 13454888 299 David Mark 0857389181 Quercus 5 3.59 2012 The Dark Winter (Aector McAvoy, #1)
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average rating: 3.59
book published: 2012
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The Critic (Enzo Files, #2) 21010437 400 Peter May Quercus 5 3.65 2007 The Critic (Enzo Files, #2)
author: Peter May
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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Research 22285290
BESTSELLING NOVELIST JOHN HOUSTON’S WIFE FOUND MURDERED AT THEIR LUXURY APARTMENT IN MONACO.

Houston is the richest writer in the world, a book factory publishing many bestsellers a year � so many that he can’t possibly write them himself. He has a team that feeds off his talent; ghost writers, agents, publishers. So when he decides to take a year out to write something of quality, a novel that will win prizes and critical acclaim, a lot of people stand to lose their livelihoods.

Now Houston, the prime suspect in his wife’s murder, has disappeared. He owns a boat and has a pilot’s licence � he could be anywhere and there are many who’d like to find him.

First there’s the police. If he’s innocent, why did he flee? Then again, maybe he was set up by one of his enemies. The scenario reads like the plot of one of Houston’s million-copy-selling thrillers…]]>
400 Philip Kerr 1782065776 Quercus 5 3.34 2014 Research
author: Philip Kerr
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.34
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<![CDATA[The Towers of Samarcand (The Mistra Chronicles, #2)]]> 22284137
CAN THE GREATEST WARRIOR OF THE AGE AND A LOST ANGLO-SAXON TREASURE BE UNITED IN TIME TO RESCUE CONSTANTINOPLE?

A select band of soldiers led by Luke Magoris are given the mission of persuading Tamerlane to defend Constantinople. The great conqueror must turn his forces to the West to fight the Ottomans, who otherwise would destroy Constantinople and the Byzantine empire.

Luke, torn away from the woman he loves and all he knows, is trained as a Mongol warrior to impress Tamerlane and his army before joining his fellow Varangian guards, descendants of the men who once brought a vital treasure out of Constantinople. It is this treasure, some say, that can still save the empire - uniting the Christian churches of the east and west in one final triumphant crusade to smite the Ottomans.

No longer an innocent patriot, Luke is caught in the crossfire and begins to question if his mission is honourable - or whether those who sent him have the best interests of Byzantium at heart.

The Towers of Samarcand is a powerful historical novel full of lively characters and enthralling scenes of battle, wealth, beliefs and trade in a part of the world torn by the clash of empires.]]>
517 James Heneage 1782061150 Quercus 5 3.78 2014 The Towers of Samarcand (The Mistra Chronicles, #2)
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name: Quercus
average rating: 3.78
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<![CDATA[Season of Fear (Cab Bolton, #2)]]> 22283956 Book #2 from: The Cab Bolton Series
🎧Run Time = 12 hours and 22 minutes

“A soaring, complex thriller� (AudioFile): A decade after a hooded killer assassinated her husband, Diane Fairmont receives an ominous threat from the murderer when she begins her gubernatorial campaign. Detective Cab Bolton takes the case as a favor, but soon he uncovers a political conspiracy as miry as the Florida swamps� Read by an Audie Award–winning narrator.

International Thriller Writers Award–winner and bestselling author Brian Freeman has established himself as a master of psychological thrillers. In Season of Fear, Freeman returns to the sun-drenched beaches of Naples, Florida, and the idiosyncratic world of Detective Cab Bolton.

Attractive and popular politician Diane Fairmont is running for the Florida governorship, but a chill is cast over the campaign when she receives an anonymous note announcing the return of the assassin who killed her husband ten years earlier. Because of complicated ties between Fairmont and his mother, movie actress Tarla Bolton, Detective Bolton is assigned to the case.

As Bolton struggles to penetrate the veil of secrecy surrounding the Fairmont campaign, he begins to realize that the death threat is not the only danger faced by the campaign staff. A desperate race against the clock ensues as Bolton tries to unlock the secrets of a poisonous conspiracy before nature provides the perfect cover for a long-dormant killer to strike again.]]>
448 Brian Freeman 1782068961 Quercus 5 3.99 2014 Season of Fear (Cab Bolton, #2)
author: Brian Freeman
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average rating: 3.99
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<![CDATA[Children of War (Bruno, Chief of Police #7)]]> 22008794
But Bruno’s sometime boss and rival, the Brigadier, doesn’t see this investigation as a priority � there are bigger issues at stake.

Bruno has other ideas.

Meanwhile, a Muslim youth named Sami turns up at a French army base in Afghanistan hoping to get home to St Denis. One of Bruno’s old army comrades helps to smuggle Sami back to France, but the FBI aren’t far behind. Then an American woman appears in St Denis with a warrant for Sami’s extradition.

Bruno must unravel these multiple mysteries, amidst pressure from his bosses, and find his own way to protect his town and its people.]]>
358 Martin Walker 184866401X Quercus 5 4.13 2014 Children of War (Bruno, Chief of Police #7)
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name: Quercus
average rating: 4.13
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The Dress Thief 22008697
Then Alix is given her big break � a chance to finally realize her dream in one of the most prominent Parisian fashion houses � but at the price of copying the breakthrough Spring Collection.

Knowing this could be her only opportunity, Alix accepts the arrangement. But when a mystery from her past resurfaces and a chance meeting has her falling into the arms of a handsome English war reporter, Alix learns that the slightest misstep � or misplaced trust � could be all it takes for her life to begin falling apart at the seams.]]>
564 Natalie Meg Evans 1848665881 Quercus 5 3.73 2014 The Dress Thief
author: Natalie Meg Evans
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average rating: 3.73
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<![CDATA[A House of Knives (Breen and Tozer, #2)]]> 22008517
But they can’t stop him talking to Robert ‘Groovy Bob� Fraser � whose glamourous Pop Art parties mask a spreading heroin addiction among London’s young and beautiful � nor to a hippy squat that risks exposing it. Then the potential perpetrator of his death threats is murdered and Breen becomes a suspect. Out in the cold, banished from a corrupt and mercilessly changing system, Breen is finally forced to fight fire with fire.

William Shaw paints the real portrait of London’s swinging sixties. Authentic, powerful and poignant, it reveals the shadow beyond the spotlight and the crimes committed in the name of liberation.]]>
390 William Shaw 1782064206 Quercus 5 4.04 2014 A House of Knives (Breen and Tozer, #2)
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average rating: 4.04
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Blue (Blue #1) 22008489
Over one amazing summer, as she is drawn into his sphere, she experiences love, new friendships, but also loss, with an intensity she never dreamed of.

But is Zeke all he seems? What hides beneath his glamorous and mysterious past? When Iris decides to try for her own surfing success, just as her ex-boyfriend comes back into her life, she will test her talent, and her feelings for Zeke, to the limit…]]>
375 Lisa Glass Quercus 5 3.79 2014 Blue (Blue #1)
author: Lisa Glass
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.79
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That Close 21067723 341 Suggs 0857389556 Quercus 5 3.69 2013 That Close
author: Suggs
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average rating: 3.69
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The Trader of Saigon 20849411
Alexander: A US Army deserter engaged in the dark business of trading women.
Hanh: A girl trapped in poverty who believes Alexander is the answer to her prayers.
Phuc: A man who gambled everything to save his family and must now pay his debts.

From a society torn apart by war comes a heart-warming tale of salvation and redemption.]]>
336 Lucy Cruickshanks 1782063447 Quercus 5 3.76 2013 The Trader of Saigon
author: Lucy Cruickshanks
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.76
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Cocaine Confidential 20850924
Along the way you’ll meet hitmen, pimps, desperate former international footballers, coke barons, mules, hardened traffickers and corrupt cops as the truth is unravelled in a roller coaster ride through this secret world.]]>
304 Wensley Clarkson 1848663277 Quercus 5 3.74 2014 Cocaine Confidential
author: Wensley Clarkson
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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Willow Trees Don't Weep 20763386
Her search takes her through new dangers as she becomes swept up with a mysterious organization which sends her into the mountains of Afghanistan.

For her father, this same journey was made as a wrenching sacrifice for the sake of his beliefs. Yet his experience in the desert transformed his life forever.

Now it transforms Najwa's, as she is compelled to follow in his footsteps: from a heartbreaking secret in Afghanistan all the way to a revelation in Britain.]]>
288 Fadia Faqir 178206950X Quercus 5 3.22 2014 Willow Trees Don't Weep
author: Fadia Faqir
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average rating: 3.22
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Reckless 20553943
Then comes Hiroshima. Finally, devastatingly, the war is over.

1962. Rupert is now strategic advisor to Lord Mountbatten, and his close confidant. Pamela is eighteen and has moved to London, eager for love and experience of every kind. There’ll be parties at Cliveden, Christine Keeler, Stephen Ward, the Astors. Life is a whirlwind.

But beneath the glamour lies quiet, desperate terror, as the Cuban missile crisis unfolds and the world spins ever closer to nuclear war.

Reckless is a gripping novel set against the world in crisis, by a superb novelist at the height of his powers.]]>
512 William Nicholson 178206642X Quercus 5 3.64 2014 Reckless
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average rating: 3.64
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<![CDATA[No! I Don't Need Reading Glasses!]]> 20553891
Her family around her and a man who loves her means that life is good - but nothing stays the same for long.

Marie's golden years are filled with as much drama - love, laughter and tears - as ever. Which just goes to show that getting on a bit does not mean giving up - or even growing up.]]>
389 Virginia Ironside 1780878605 Quercus 5 3.64 2012 No! I Don't Need Reading Glasses!
author: Virginia Ironside
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.64
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Entry Island 18743333 Covered in her husband's blood, the dead man's melancholy wife spins a tale for the police about a masked intruder armed with a knife. The investigation appears to be little more than a formality--the evidence points to a crime of passion by the wife.
But homicide detective Sime Mackenzie is electrified by the widow during his interview, convinced that he has met her before, even though this is clearly impossible.

Haunted by this strange certainty, Sime's insomnia is punctuated by vivid, hallucinatory dreams of a distant past on a Scottish island 3,000 miles away, dreams in which he and the widow play leading roles.

Sime's conviction soon becomes an obsession. And despite mounting evidence of the woman's guilt, he finds himself convinced of her innocence, leading to a conflict between the professional duty he must fulfill and the personal destiny he is increasingly sure awaits him.]]>
448 Peter May 1782062203 Quercus 5 3.90 2013 Entry Island
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average rating: 3.90
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Look Who's Back 17289087
But the world as he once knew it has changed - no Eva Braun, no Nazi party, no war. Hitler barely recognises his beloved Fatherland, now filled with immigrants and run by a woman.

People certainly recognise him, albeit as a brilliant, satirical impersonator who refuses to break character. The unthinkable, the inevitable, happens, and the ranting Hitler takes off, goes viral, becomes a YouTube star, gets his own TV show, becomes someone who people listen to. Before long, his greatest challenge becomes convincing people that yes, it really is him, and yes, he really means it.

"Look Who's Back" is a black satire of modern media-bloated society, seen through the eyes of the Führer himself. Adolf is by turns repellent, sympathetic and hilarious, but always fascinating.]]>
313 Timur Vermes 0857052926 Quercus 5 3.39 2012 Look Who's Back
author: Timur Vermes
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average rating: 3.39
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The Caravaggio Conspiracy 18933161
2014. Two bodies are found in a London art gallery � stripped naked, necks bound with wire and legs obscenely contorted. They are twin brothers � successful art dealers � their brutal murder linked to the mysterious disappearance of two paintings by the master Caravaggio.

Investigators are confounded, and it falls to art expert Gil Eckhart to identify the killer before he slays again. But as the search for clues takes him from the glamorous skyline of New York to the fetid catacombs of Palermo, Eckhart finds that in the high-stakes world of art, good and evil are often tarred with the same, blood-soaked, brush.]]>
480 Alex Connor 1782065040 Quercus 5 3.44 2017 The Caravaggio Conspiracy
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name: Quercus
average rating: 3.44
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The Defections 19175032
Mia is an outsider. The child of an English mother, she defies the rigid expectations of her Korean stepmother to work as a translator at the British Embassy.

Her uncle runs a charitable � and controversial � school for North Korean defectors, and prevails upon Mia’s stepmother to shelter a traumatised young student. Mia is too preoccupied to note the defector’s strange behaviour � or its implications.

She has become infatuated with Thomas, a diplomat with a self-destructive streak. When a outrageous indiscretion endangers his position, it is Mia who saves him from humiliation and rescues his career. And the boundaries between them are crossed.

As a reward for his reformation, Thomas is commissioned to audit security amongst Embassy staff. Learning of Mia’s connections to the defector, he is compelled to dig deeper into the life of the woman who has captivated him.

Suddenly, all that Mia has done to get close to Thomas begins to cause her undoing.]]>
336 Hannah Michell 1782062556 Quercus 5 3.65 2013 The Defections
author: Hannah Michell
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average rating: 3.65
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<![CDATA[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)]]> 2732977 Henrik Vanger, head of the dynastic Vanger Corporation, is tormented by the loss of a child decades earlier and convinced that a member of his family has committed murder.

The Journalist
Mikael Blomkvist delves deep into the Vangers' past to uncover the truth behind the unsolved mystery. But someone else wants the past to remain a secret an will go to any lengths to keep it that way.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Lisbeth Salander, the enigmatic, delinquent and dangerous security specialist, assists in the investigation. A genius computer hacker, she tolerates no restrictions placed upon her by individuals, society or the law.]]>
538 Stieg Larsson Quercus 5 4.15 2005 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)
author: Stieg Larsson
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average rating: 4.15
book published: 2005
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Piece of Cake 13362269 ]]> 720 Derek Robinson 0857050931 Quercus 0 4.50 1983 Piece of Cake
author: Derek Robinson
name: Quercus
average rating: 4.50
book published: 1983
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Alex (Verhœven, #2) 18039275
Commandant Camille Verhoeven and his detectives have nothing to go on: no suspect, no lead, rapidly diminishing hope. All they know is that a girl was snatched off the streets of Paris and bundled into a white van.

The enigma that is the fate of Alex will keep Verhoeven guessing until the bitter, bitter end. And before long, saving her life will be the least of his worries.]]>
354 Pierre Lemaitre 1782060790 Quercus 5 3.98 2011 Alex (Verhœven, #2)
author: Pierre Lemaitre
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average rating: 3.98
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Entangled 8579933 From a Zoella Book Club 2017 author

Real, compulsive and intense: Cat Clarke is the queen of emotional suspense. For fans of Paula Hawkins, Gillian Flynn, Megan Abbott and Jandy Nelson.

Seventeen-year-old Grace wakes up in a white room, with table, pens and paper - and no clue how she got there.
As Grace starts writing, pouring her tangled life onto the page, she is forced to remember everything she's tried to forget: falling hopelessly in love with Nat, and the unravelling of her friendship with her best mate Sal. But there's something missing. As hard as she's trying to remember, is there something she just can't see?

Grace must face the most important question of all.

Why is she here?

A compulsive thriller of dangerous secrets, intense friendships and electrifying attraction.]]>
372 Cat Clarke 1849163944 Quercus 5 3.72 2011 Entangled
author: Cat Clarke
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.72
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Breathless 12789115 319 Anne Swärd 0857051032 Quercus 0 3.00 2009 Breathless
author: Anne Swärd
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average rating: 3.00
book published: 2009
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Rising Tides 18456045
Liam Fox begins by questioning what decision-makers fear as the threats to world stability and peace, and draws on his own experience to illuminate world events, past and present. In conversation with those responsible for keeping the world afloat � such as Tony Blair, Condoleezza Rice, Malcolm Rifkind and Donald Rumsfeld � he examines both triumph and disaster and explains how to meet the challenge of the new global reality.]]>
320 Liam Fox 178206740X Quercus 5 3.04 2013 Rising Tides
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name: Quercus
average rating: 3.04
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The Moment 18456037
But here they are, face to face, and the connection is as powerful as it was the day they first met. Their lives have moved on � to marriage, children and divorce � yet neither has stopped regretting the day that drove them apart.

Fern gives Elliott her number and they tentatively arrange to meet again that evening when both will be travelling back through the station. And, as the day ticks on, and the memories resurface, both Fern and Elliott reflect on the past. As their emotions go round in circles, so does the Paddington clock, counting down the minutes to eight p.m. � and the moment the future is in their hands.]]>
400 Claire Dyer 1782062831 Quercus 5 2.55 2013 The Moment
author: Claire Dyer
name: Quercus
average rating: 2.55
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King 18454259
Telling it how it was behind the scenes at Spurs during his years progressing from schoolboy trainee to club captain, King dramatically chronicles the turbulent times and personalities of the modern White Hart Lane.

Yet above all, King is the story of one of the most widely admired and respected English footballers of modern times � one of passion and roots, friendship, courage, grit; and of a role model of great strength yet rare humility.]]>
400 Ledley King 1782069046 Quercus 5 3.41 2013 King
author: Ledley King
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average rating: 3.41
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<![CDATA[The Gurkha's Daughter: Stories]]> 17125615
These are just some of the stories describing and dramatizing the experiences of the Nepalese people and the Nepalese diaspora - the people whose culture and language is Nepalese but who are dispersed to India, Bhutan and beyond.

From every perspective and on every page, Prajwal Parajuly blends rich colour and vernacular to paint an eye-opening picture of a unique world and its people.]]>
272 Prajwal Parajuly 1780872933 Quercus 0 3.94 2012 The Gurkha's Daughter: Stories
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average rating: 3.94
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<![CDATA[Wartime Notebooks And Other Texts]]> 10895764 336 Marguerite Duras 1847247334 Quercus 0 4.00 2006 Wartime Notebooks And Other Texts
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average rating: 4.00
book published: 2006
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<![CDATA[The Sacred History: How Angels, Mystics and Higher Intelligence Made Our World]]> 18301132
This tale of how people and peoples have been helped by angels and other angelic beings is woven into a spellbinding narrative that brings together Krishna, Moses, Buddha, Elijah, Mary and Jesus, Mohammed, Joan of Arc, the angels who helped Hungarian Jews persecuted by the Nazis, and stories from African, Native American and Celtic traditions.

Told from the spiritual point of view, The Sacred History relates every betrayal, every change of heart, every twist and turn, everything that looks like a coincidence, every portent, every clue, every defeat, every rescue moments before the prison door clangs shut. This is the angelic version of events.]]>
464 Jonathan Black 1780874847 Quercus 5 3.95 2013 The Sacred History: How Angels, Mystics and Higher Intelligence Made Our World
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average rating: 3.95
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<![CDATA[Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway Mysteries, #5)]]> 17321657 The letter tells of a great archaeological discovery, but Dan also says that he is scared for his life. Was Dan's death linked to his find? The only clue is his mention of the Raven King, an ancient name for King Arthur.
Then Ruth is invited to examine the bones Dan found. Ruth travels to Lancashire-the hometown of DCI Nelson-with both her eighteen-month-old daughter, Kate, and her druid friend, Cathbad, in tow. She discovers a campus living in fear of a sinister right-wing group called the White Hand. She also finds that the bones revealed a shocking fact about King Arthur-and they've mysteriously vanished. When Nelson, visiting his mother in Blackpool, learns about the case, he is drawn into the investigation, especially when Ruth and his beloved Kate seem to be in danger. Who is willing to kill to keep the bones a secret?
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391 Elly Griffiths 0857388894 Quercus 5 4.03 2012 Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway Mysteries, #5)
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average rating: 4.03
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The Armies 15003187 272 Evelio Rosero 190669477X Quercus 0 4.05 2007 The Armies
author: Evelio Rosero
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average rating: 4.05
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The Last Man Standing 13551504 La vague de violence atteint les collines paisibles où Leonardo mène sa vie tranquille, l'obligeant à faire face à un nouveau monde sans lois ni repères. La fuite en France ou en Suisse semble être la seule issue possible. C'est ainsi qu'un voyage périlleux commence et conduit le protagoniste au-delà des frontières de la haine, du mal et du courage.]]> 352 Davide Longo 0857051229 Quercus 0 3.59 2010 The Last Man Standing
author: Davide Longo
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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Lost Christmas 12428431 282 David Logan 0857387359 Quercus 5 4.11 2011 Lost Christmas
author: David Logan
name: Quercus
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[The Missing File (Avi Avraham, #1)]]> 17898975
‘He’ll be home in an hour, maybe three hours, tomorrow morning at the latest. I can assure you.�

But there’s a first time for everything. And, as time begins to pass, and the boy is still nowhere to be found, Avraham finds himself facing this horrible truth.

The Missing File presents a seemingly average detective and a seemingly routine investigation, and then shows both to be far from what they seem. A supremely confident crime thriller, its unexpected resolution will force readers to question all they take for granted about innocence, guilt and the ways in which the truth can evade us.]]>
320 D.A. Mishani 1780876483 Quercus 5 3.36 2011 The Missing File (Avi Avraham, #1)
author: D.A. Mishani
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.36
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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A Naked Singularity 6643543
Funny, smart and always surprising, A Naked Singularity speaks a language all of its own and reads like nothing else ever written. Casi’s beautiful mind and planetary intelligence make him an inimitable and unforgettable narrator.

In De La Pava’s hands, the labyrinthine miseries of the New York Justice System are as layered and diabolical as Dante’s nine circles of Hell. But the Devil doesn’t hog the best lines. There are plenty here to go around.]]>
689 Sergio de la Pava 1436341981 Quercus 5 4.14 2008 A Naked Singularity
author: Sergio de la Pava
name: Quercus
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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Isle of the Dead 17348095
In the present day, a famous portrait by Titian has been discovered. Its subject: the 15th century suspected murderer Angelico Vespucci. The skins of Vespucci's victims were never found, so his guilt was never proven. Although it is rumoured that when the portrait arises, so will the man. And when flayed bodies start turning up all over the world, it looks like this is more than just a superstition. A murderer has been called back to life, and he is hungry for revenge.]]>
512 Alex Connor 0857389645 Quercus 5 3.86 2013 Isle of the Dead
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name: Quercus
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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Holy City 13240839
A passenger liner runs aground on the muddy banks of the Rio de la Plata. One by one, its passengers are abducted by Buenos Aires' criminal classes. As the kidnapping of three foreign businessmen sends stock markets into freefall, the job of solving the chaos falls onto the weary shoulders of the last honest man in town � Deputy Inspector Walter Carroza of the serious-crime squad. But top of his agenda is former Miss Bolivia Ana Torrente, “a cherub with tropical lips and tits�. Why is it that the bodies of the men who try to take her to bed are always found minus a head?

Devilishly ironic and shirt-soakingly atmospheric, Holy City confirms Orsi as the master chronicler of Buenos Aires' murderous underworld.]]>
320 Guillermo Orsi 0857050621 Quercus 0 3.00 2009 Holy City
author: Guillermo Orsi
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.00
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<![CDATA[The Gift of Darkness (Alice Madison, #1)]]> 17665904 From Book 1: "Beautifully haunting prose, fascinating characters, interesting and surprising plotting, and I'm smitten with the Seattle/Olympic Peninsula setting." --Reader 5-Star Review
"impossible to stop reading until the last page in each book" --Reader 5-Star Review
"riveting race to the end"--Reader 5-Star Review
Twenty-five years ago in the woods by the Hoh River near Seattle, three boys were kidnapped. One never came home.

Last night, a family of four was found brutally murdered, the words 'thirteen days' carved near their lifeless bodies.
Homicide Detective Alice Madison - a one-time child runaway with a murky past - now spends her life hunting down the very worst humanity has to offer. Madison has a hunch that the two murders are linked . . . and she has thirteen days to prove it.

To stop a psychopath, Madison returns to the woods to confront the unsolved mystery of the Hoh River Boys. She must forget her training and follow her instincts to the terrifying end as enemies become allies and, in the silent forest, time is running out to save another life.

Discover more Detective Alice Madison with the next installments of the gripping series --The Dark, Blood and Bone, and Sweet After Death. ]]>
506 Valentina Giambanco 1780878702 Quercus 5 3.70 2013 The Gift of Darkness (Alice Madison, #1)
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name: Quercus
average rating: 3.70
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rating: 5
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<![CDATA[If You're Reading This, I'm Already Dead]]> 17825275
It is an extraordinary story, a story about how, with the help of his friends (and a camel), an acrobat of Hamburg became the King of Albania, and fell in love along the way.]]>
422 Andrew Nicoll 0857384945 Quercus 5 3.39 2012 If You're Reading This, I'm Already Dead
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name: Quercus
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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Mayhem 17213020
Mayhem is a masterwork of narrative suspense: a supernatural thriller set in a shadowy, gaslit London, where monsters stalk the cobbled streets and hide in plain sight.]]>
339 Sarah Pinborough 1780871252 Quercus 5 3.58 2013 Mayhem
author: Sarah Pinborough
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.58
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rating: 5
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Red Sky in Morning 17828866 ]]> 240 Paul Lynch 1780879164 Quercus 5 3.88 2013 Red Sky in Morning
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name: Quercus
average rating: 3.88
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rating: 5
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The Rose Petal Beach 17689947
Tamia Challey is horrified when her husband, Scott, is accused of something terrible � but when she discovers who his accuser is, everything goes into freefall. Backed into a corner and unsure what to think, Tamia is forced to choose who she instinctively believes. But this choice has dire consequences for all concerned, especially when matters take a tragic turn.

Then a stranger arrives in town to sprinkle rose petals in the sea in memory of her lost loved one. This stranger carries with her shocking truths that will change the lives of everyone she meets, and will once again force Tamia to make some devastating choices...]]>
663 Dorothy Koomson 1780874995 Quercus 5 4.03 2012 The Rose Petal Beach
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average rating: 4.03
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<![CDATA[Original Skin (Aector McAvoy, #2)]]> 17227748 Simon and Suzie are two pleasure seekers defined by their flamboyant tattoos.
Peter Tressider is a politician on the fast track to the top.
DS Aector McAvoy is a policeman with scars to his body and career.
Each is marked in their own way.
And soon each will be branded by the same sinister foe.
Original Skin is a crime novel that leaves a permanent impression. Half serial killer thriller, half gritty police procedural, it examines the imprints that our darkest sins leave upon us, and just how far we will go to keep them covered.]]>
455 David Mark 0857389750 Quercus 5 4.00 2013 Original Skin (Aector McAvoy, #2)
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average rating: 4.00
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Little Star 10380952
But like anyone brought up in a basement, young Theres turns out to have a few idiosyncrasies.

Dangerous ones.]]>
533 John Ajvide Lindqvist 0857385100 Quercus 0 3.72 2010 Little Star
author: John Ajvide Lindqvist
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average rating: 3.72
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Mesmerized 15058476 Della nuova paziente ha sentito dire tutto e il contrario di tutto. Che è brutta. Che è bella. Compresa nel suo dolore. Che si veste in modo poco adatto. Che suona il pianoforte meglio di quanto canti. Che ha una cataratta completa. Che finge soltanto di essere cieca. Solo su un punto sono tutti concordi: all'Imperatrice la ragazza sta enormemente a cuore dal giorno in cui, nella chiesa di corte degli Agostiniani Scalzi, ha cantato e suonato al suo cospetto commuovendola oltre ogni misura.
Per Mesmer, è chiaro, la giovane Paradis rappresenta un'occasione unica. Una volta accolta a corte, infatti, la sua figura di medico cesserebbe d'incanto di essere così controversa, e il suo metodo, la trasmissione del fluidum, la materia più fine che ha l'universo, attraverso l'uso di magneti e l'imposizione delle mani, sarebbe accettato da ministri e segretari, cameriere e valletti, padri e figli, e da tutte le fanciulle del Paese.
Il tempo di preparare lo studio, di sentire una carrozza arrivare e Mesmer si trova al cospetto del Segretario di corte e di Maria Theresia Paradis: una bambola pallida, imbellettata di cera, con una parrucca che sovrasta tutti, una drammatica cascata di pieghe nell'abito celestiale, gli occhi chiusi, la voce attutita come se fosse avvolta nella lana, il volto che assomiglia a un nido abbandonato da tempo.
Riuscirà Franz Anton Mesmer, medico tedesco in Vienna, genio per alcuni e ciarlatano per altri, a guarirla?
Romanzo intriso di magia letteraria e storia, La musica della notte indaga, con l'ammaliante melodia della sua prosa, la vicenda vera dell'incontro tra la più raffinata pianista della Vienna di fine Settecento e Franz Anton Mesmer, lo scopritore del magnetismo animale ammirato da Mozart, Kleist e Olov Enquist e considerato da molti il precursore della psicanalisi.]]>
256 Alissa Walser 0857051008 Quercus 0 3.20 2010 Mesmerized
author: Alissa Walser
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.20
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<![CDATA[Baptism (Ed Mallory Thriller #1)]]> 14744477 488 Max Kinnings 1780871813 Quercus 5 3.58 2012 Baptism (Ed Mallory Thriller #1)
author: Max Kinnings
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[Blood's Pride (Shattered Kingdoms, #1)]]> 14761022 528 Evie Manieri 0857389424 Quercus 5 3.56 2012 Blood's Pride (Shattered Kingdoms, #1)
author: Evie Manieri
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[50 Digital Ideas You Really Need to Know]]> 13306767 208 Tom Chatfield 0857385461 Quercus 0 4.00 2011 50 Digital Ideas You Really Need to Know
author: Tom Chatfield
name: Quercus
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2011
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<![CDATA[Chanel: Her Life, Her World, and the Woman Behind the Legend She Herself Created]]> 6660262 416 Edmonde Charles-Roux 1906694249 Quercus 0 2.52 1974 Chanel: Her Life, Her World, and the Woman Behind the Legend She Herself Created
author: Edmonde Charles-Roux
name: Quercus
average rating: 2.52
book published: 1974
rating: 0
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The Cook 15829513 245 Wayne Macauley 1780876378 Quercus 5 3.90 2011 The Cook
author: Wayne Macauley
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[The Misinterpretation of Tara Jupp]]> 15995342 583 Eva Rice 1780878249 Quercus 5 3.89 2010 The Misinterpretation of Tara Jupp
author: Eva Rice
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2010
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[The Rembrandt Secret. Alex Connor]]> 10293008 History's biggest conspiracy is about to be revealed. But not if a brutal murderer has anything to do with it . . .

Marshall Ziegler's father runs a gallery in London, which Marshall has always ignored. But when his father is beaten to a pulp, disembowelled and left to die, Marshall suddenly needs to know every last detail of his life.

He discovers that his father knew a dark secret at the heart of Rembrandt's life, one that has the potential to bring down one of the worlds most lucrative industries. But a sadistic murderer is on the case, killing in increasingly brutal ways to keep it hidden.

Will Marshall beat the killer to the truth? Who can he trust? Will he stay alive long enough to reveal the greatest secret never told?]]>
551 Alex Connor 1849163464 Quercus 5 3.44 2011 The Rembrandt Secret. Alex Connor
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average rating: 3.44
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Memory of Bones 16149517
Leon Golding has always been ignored by the art world he loves, but he's finally going to make his name as the man who found the skull of Goya. But he's asked the wrong people to help him prove he's right.

Now everyone wants to own the most prized piece of art history ever to come to light ... And they're ready to kill for it.]]>
505 Alex Connor 0857389629 Quercus 5 3.62 2012 Memory of Bones
author: Alex Connor
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.62
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rating: 5
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Winterling (Winterling, #1) 16051237 “We live here, my girl, because it is close to the Way, and echoes of its magic are felt in our world. The Way is a path leading to another place, where the people are governed by different rules. Magic runs through them and their land.�

With her boundless curiosity and wild spirit, Fer has always felt that she doesn’t belong. Not when the forest is calling to her, when the rush of wind through branches feels more real than school or the quiet farms near her house. Then she saves an injured creature—he looks like a boy, but he’s really something else. He knows who Fer truly is, and invites her through the Way, a passage to a strange, dangerous land.

Fer feels an instant attachment to this realm, where magic is real and oaths forge bonds stronger than iron. But a powerful huntress named the Mór rules here, and Fer can sense that the land is perilously out of balance. Fer must unlock the secrets about the parents she never knew and claim her true place before the worlds on both sides of the Way descend into endless winter.

Sarah Prineas captivates in this fantasy-adventure about a girl who must find within herself the power to set right a terrible evil.

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249 Sarah Prineas 0857384287 Quercus 0 3.71 2012 Winterling (Winterling, #1)
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average rating: 3.71
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Life in Five Seconds 16108255
Life in Five Seconds takes over 200 important events, inventions, great lives, wonders of the natural world and cultural icons... and then cuts away all the useless details.]]>
258 Matteo Civaschi 1780876769 Quercus 0 3.84 Life in Five Seconds
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average rating: 3.84
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<![CDATA[Boulle's Jewels: The Business of Life]]> 16123135 144 Francis Boulle 1780879210 Quercus 0 3.07 2012 Boulle's Jewels: The Business of Life
author: Francis Boulle
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.07
book published: 2012
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<![CDATA[The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium, #3)]]> 7957491
With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must not only prove her innocence, but identify and denounce the corrupt politicians that have allowed the vulnerable to become victims of abuse and violence. Once a victim herself, Salander is now ready to fight back.]]>
746 Stieg Larsson 184916343X Quercus 5 4.22 2007 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium, #3)
author: Stieg Larsson
name: Quercus
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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<![CDATA[The Tower of Bones (Three Powers, #2)]]> 16003050
The four have been split up, with one of their number kidnapped, one lost and one changing almost beyond recognition, and it falls to Alan to unite them once again and restore their strength.

But the Great Witch Olc, scheming in her Tower of Bones, is planning to lure Alan into a trap. And she has resurrected the demigod Fangorath, a dreadful force for malice, for her own evil ends.]]>
559 Frank P. Ryan 1780877404 Quercus 5 4.05 2012 The Tower of Bones (Three Powers, #2)
author: Frank P. Ryan
name: Quercus
average rating: 4.05
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rating: 5
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Monday to Friday Man 11018935 374 Alice Peterson 0857383248 Quercus 5 3.57 2011 Monday to Friday Man
author: Alice Peterson
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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The Devil's Cave 14761943
It’s spring in St. Denis. The village choir is preparing for its Easter concert, the wildflowers are blooming, and among the lazy whorls of the river a dead woman is found floating in a boat. It’s another case for Bruno, the town’s cherished chief of police. With the discovery of sinister markings and black candles near the body, it seems to him that the occult might be involved. And as questions mount—regarding a troubling real estate proposal in the region; a suspicious, violent death made to look accidental; and the sudden reappearance of a politically controversial elderly countess—Bruno and his colleagues and friends are drawn ever closer to a climactic showdown in the Gouffre de Colombac: the place locals call the Devil’s Cave.


With the enchanting backdrop of France’s pastoral heartland, a cast of local characters as vibrant as their surroundings, enough sumptuous repasts to satisfy any literary gourmand, and a hero winningly capable of balancing the good life with a dogged dedication to solving the crimes that threaten it, The Devil’s Cave invites readers to raise a glass and turn the page.



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352 Martin Walker 178087068X Quercus 5 4.01 2012 The Devil's Cave
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average rating: 4.01
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Dead Rules 13506337 374 Randy Russell 0857386751 Quercus 5 3.36 2011 Dead Rules
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name: Quercus
average rating: 3.36
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rating: 5
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Come to the Edge 15716840 She didn't mean to become a revolutionary. She thought she was going on a rural retreat.

Take one narrator looking to 'get away from it all'. Put her in a shambolic, draughty farmhouse in a scenic valley with two psychotic goats and a village-full of empty second homes and scores of poor and elderly people with nowhere to go...

ADD one widowed survivalist called Cassandra White and an absent banker.

Stir in an escalating state of hostilities between the haves - who don't use what they have - and the have-nots - who decide on a crazy utopian scheme to reclaim the valley for the locals.

And what do you get?

A hilarious, timely satire from Joanna Kavenna, the prize-winning author of Inglorious and The Birth of Love...]]>
295 Joanna Kavenna 1780872135 Quercus 5 3.26 2012 Come to the Edge
author: Joanna Kavenna
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average rating: 3.26
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rating: 5
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Separate Lives 15710415 Start living a different kind of life ...P :-) xxx. You don't know anyone with the initial P, so what's with the smiley face and the kisses? Narrated by Susie, her partner Alex and the mysterious 'P', Separate Lives is an achingly funny, moving and honest portrayal of marriage and adultery. These characters are never less than totally human. You'll have met people like them. They might even be you.]]> 389 Kathryn Flett 1780871864 Quercus 5 3.33 2012 Separate Lives
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name: Quercus
average rating: 3.33
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rating: 5
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Gate of Air 15135291 247 James Buchan 1847249876 Quercus 0 1.00 2009 Gate of Air
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average rating: 1.00
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Three Strong Women 13808729
Fanta, on the other hand, leaves Dakar to follow her husband Rudy to rural France. And it is through Rudy's bitter and guilt-ridden perspective that we see Fanta stagnate with boredom in this alien, narrow environment.

Khady is forced into exile from Senegal because of poverty, because her husband is dead, because she is lonely and in despair. With other illegal immigrants, she embarks on a journey which takes her nowhere, but from which she will never return.]]>
288 Marie NDiaye 0857050567 Quercus 0 3.17 2009 Three Strong Women
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average rating: 3.17
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Bed of Nails 14760825
When John Nichols arrives to identify the body of an old friend, he is immediately caught up in the detritus of Alan Musgrave's life, the side of Paris the tourists don't see, where everyone has a past but very few count on a future. But what can he expect from a man who bled to death in his own excruciating S&M stage show?

Now there's a maverick police lieutenant on the prowl who thinks that Musgrave's suicide was murder. Guérin might not look like much, but he's one of the few honest officers on the force. As the horrific extent of police abuse is revealed, the race is on to find the link between a slew of recent suicides - and the key to it is buried deep in Nichols's past.

Bed of Nails does for Paris what James Ellroy did for vintage America, shining a light as never before on the seedy underbelly of La Ville-Luminère.]]>
265 Antonin Varenne 0857050370 Quercus 0 3.50 2009 Bed of Nails
author: Antonin Varenne
name: Quercus
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2009
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