New York is slipping from Cleo’s grasp. But then she meets Frank. Twenty years older, Frank's life is full of the success and excess that Cleo's lacks. Cleo and Frank run head-first into a romance that neither of them can quite keep up with. It reshapes their lives and ultimately, this chance meeting between two strangers outside a New Year’s Eve party changes everything, for better or for worse.
The ninth novel in the Vera Stanhope series, from the No. 1 <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller Ann Cleeves, sees Vera having to solve a classic country house mystery with a contemporary twist.
Dieser Sammelband mit Geschichten, die es nur in Comic-Form gibt, zelebriert die finstere und abenteuerliche, aber auch die melancholische Seite der Welt des Witchers. Ob Geralt und Rittersporn in die exotische Fremde reisen, oder der Monsterjäger es mit zahlreichen Albträumen zu tun bekommt: Alle Miniserien dieses Bandes, zum ersten Mal gesammelt und um eine Kurzgeschichte in deutscher Erstveröffentlichung ergänzt, bieten feinste Fantasy mit der Ikone aus den Videospielen und der Netflix-Serie.
Unique crimes call for unique detectives. When a friend's granddaughter is murdered, our ambisexual downsized-social-worker and her cat are enlisted to help solve the case. (though the cat mainly sulks) With humour and a good dose of irony, our protagonist swaggers through the streets tracking down leads to get the bad guy. A refreshing feminist take on a comic mystery.
The Second Edition of this path-breaking collection gives students all the tools they need to understand and engage with major philosophical issues. Students are presented with clear yet thorough topic introductions, historical context, reading guides for challenging selections, and exclusive commissioned essays written by leading contemporary philosophers specifically for undergraduates. The Second Edition features a NEW co-author, a NEW focus on diversity within the field, and NEW readings and topics relevant to students’ lives.
<b>A beautiful village. An artist who's lost her spark. And a community who help her find it again.</b><br><br> 'Charming and romantic, sweet and sunny. I loved it' <b>MILLY JOHNSON</b><br><br> 'A warm and charm-filled story about community, passion and following your heart, <i>The Cornish Hideaway</i> is a feel-good delight. Its dreamy seaside setting and cast of loveable characters quickly became a world I didn't want to leave. A holiday romance in book form - I adored it!' <b>HOLLY MILLER</b><br><br> 'A sun-drenched summer in picture-perfect Polcarrow - I didn't want it to end' <b>HOLLY HEPBURN</b><br><br> All Freya has ever wanted to do is paint. So when she fails her Master's Degree in Art, on the same day that her boyfriend decides he needs a 'more serious' partner, to Freya it feels like the end of the world.<br> <br> Luckily, she has a saviour in the shape of best friend Lola, who invites her to the sleepy Cornish village of Polcarrow, to work in her café. With nothing keeping her in London, Freya jumps at the chance of a summer by the sea.<br> <br> Freya needs time to focus on herself. But then dark and mysterious biker Angelo blows into town on a stormy afternoon, with his own artistic dreams and a secretive past, and Freya's plans of a romance-free summer fly straight out of the window...<br><br><b>Heart-warming, heartfelt and romantic, <i>The Cornish Hideaway</i> is a novel of community, friendship and learning to love again, for fans of Jenny Colgan, Cathy Bramley and Heidi Swain.</b><br><br> 'I absolutely loved the gorgeous seaside setting and the wonderful sense of community!' <b>HOLLY MARTIN</b><br><br><b>'</b>A wonderfully charming debut' <b>JACKIE FRASER</b>
The story of how a group of determined, brilliant women used the power of the collective and the tools of science to inspire ongoing radical change. It shows that real power <i>is</i> collective power and that speaking up and allying yourself with likeminded others is one of the key pathways to change. This is a triumphant story - real progress has been made - and yet the problems persist. Kate Zernike tells us why.<br>
<b>The 5th in the bestselling James Reece series, from former Navy SEAL Jack Carr. If you loved Lee Child's Jack Reacher, Peter James's Roy Grace or Michael Connelly's Mickey Haller, you will love James Reece!</b>