Affair of the mysterious letter

Affair Of The Mysterious Letter

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Mysterious Affair at Styles

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners.

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Mysterious Affair at Styles

Agatha ChristieÂ’s first ever murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans a

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Mysterious Affair at Styles

A new-look series of facsimile Hercule Poirot editions to bring her classic brand of detective fiction to a new readership. See also the two TV tie editions below.

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Mysterious Affair at Castaway House

It's 1965 and eighteen year-old Rosie Churchill has run away to the beautiful but run-down Castaway House in the seaside town of Helmstone. But when s

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Poirot 1) - Agatha Christie

<p>Agatha Christie’s first ever murder mystery, now presented as a sumptuous special edition hardback.</p> <p>‘Beware! Peril to the detective who says: “It is so small – it does not matter…” Everything matters.’</p> <p>After the Great War, life can never be the same again. Wounds need healing, and the horror of violent death banished into mem...

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The Christie Affair

In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. Only I know the truth of her disappearance.I'm no Hercule Poirot.I'm her husband's mistress.Agatha Christie's world is one of glamorous society parties, country house weekends, and growing literary fame.Nan O'Dea's world is something very different. Her attempts to escape a tough London upbringing during the Great War led ...

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Scarlet Letter

Everyone knows that her little daughter, Pearl, is the product of an illicit affair but no one knows the identity of Pearl's father. But she stands st

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The Franchise Affair - Tey Josephine

Anotace: For fans of true crime (the novel is based on a true story) and of classic crime fiction, The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey is a gripping thriller featuring detective Alan Grant and a masterful expose of the powerful connections between media, the establishment and what people choose to believe.Complete and unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector`s Libra...

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The Franchise Affair - Josephine Tey

<p>For fans of true crime (the novel is based on a true story) and of classic crime fiction, The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey is a gripping thriller featuring detective Alan Grant and a masterful expose of the powerful connections between media, the establishment and what people choose to believe.Complete and unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Librar...

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The Christie Affair - de Gramont Nina

Anotace: Nina de Gramont`s The Christie Affair is a stunning novel which reimagines the unexplained eleven-day disappearance of Agatha Christie that captivated the world.In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. Only I know the truth of her disappearance.I`m no Hercule Poirot.I`m her husband`s mistress.Agatha Christie`s world is one of glamorous society parties, ...

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The Christie Affair - Gramont Nina de

<p>In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. Only I know the truth of her disappearance. I'm no Hercule Poirot. I'm her husband's mistress. Agatha Christie's world is one of glamorous society parties, country house weekends, and growing literary fame. Nan O'Dea's world is something very different. Her attempts to escape a tough London upbringing during the...

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The Christie Affair - Gramont Nina de

<p>Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair is a stunning novel which reimagines the unexplained eleven-day disappearance of Agatha Christie that captivated the world. In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. Only I know the truth of her disappearance. I'm no Hercule Poirot. I'm her husband's mistress. Agatha Christie's world is one of glamorous society part...

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The Christie Affair - de Gramont Nina

Anotace: A novel that literally out-Christies Agatha. An exciting, moving and delightful read' - JANICE HALLETT, bestselling author of The Appeal 'Elegant, ingenious and hugely enjoyable' - AJ PEARCE, bestselling author of Dear Mrs Bird and Yours, Cheerfully In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days. Only I know the truth of her disappearance. I&apo...

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The Letter with the Golden Stamp - Onjali Q. Rauf

<p>'I can't remember how old I was when I first started collecting stamps. But I've got a whole shoebox full of them now.Mam used to help me collect them ... Before she got so ill that she lost her job, her friends...everything.Now it's my job to take care of her and protect her - and my little brother and sister too. But to do that, I have to make Mam a Secret. A s...

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The Last Letter from Your Lover, 1. vydání - Jojo Moyes

<p>Spanning forty years, two women’s stories of love, loss and betrayal are intertwined in this award-winning novel by Jojo Moyes, internationally bestselling author of Me Before You, After You and the new bestseller The Giver of Stars. **SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM** **** ‘Beautifully written . . . an exquisite tale of love lost, love found and the power of letter w...

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The Last Letter from Your Lover, 1. vydání - Jojo Moyes

<p>Spanning forty years, two women’s stories of love, loss and betrayal are intertwined in this award-winning novel by Jojo Moyes, internationally bestselling author of Me Before You, After You and the new bestseller The Giver of Stars. **SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM** **** ‘Beautifully written . . . an exquisite tale of love lost, love found and the power of letter w...

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The Last Letter from Your Lover, 1. vydání - Jojo Moyes

<p>Spanning forty years, two women’s stories of love, loss and betrayal are intertwined in this award-winning novel by Jojo Moyes, internationally bestselling author of Me Before You, After You and the new bestseller The Giver of Stars. **SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM** **** ‘Beautifully written . . . an exquisite tale of love lost, love found and the power of letter w...

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The Last Letter from Your Lover. Movie Tie-In - Jojo Moyes

Anotace: Spanning forty years, two women's stories of love, loss and betrayal are intertwined in this award-winning novel by Jojo Moyes, internationally bestselling author of Me Before You, After You and the new bestseller The Giver of Stars. **SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM** **** 'Beautifully written . . . an exquisite tale of love lost, love found and the power ...

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At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities

An enchanting new novel from USA Today bestselling author Heather Webber! A mysterious letter. An offer taken. And the chance to move forward.

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Penguin Readers Level 7: The Woman in White (ELT Graded Reader) - Collins Wilkie

Anotace: Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.- Carefully adapted text.- Accompanying audio and digital version with the print edition, accessed securely online.- The series includes popular classics, bestselling modern fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.- The eight levels of Penguin...

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More Than You´ll Ever Know - Gutierrez Katie

Anotace: Lore Rivera was married to two men at once, until on a baking hot day in 1986, one of them found out and shot the other. A secret double life, a tragic murder. That`s the story the world knows.It`s not the story that fascinates Cassie Bowman.Carrying the weight of her own family tragedy, true-crime writer Cassie wants to know more about the mysterious woman at t...

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The Book of Doors - Brown Gareth

Anotace: `Joyful, exuberant, and crackling with adventure.` STUART TURTON`A clever and beautiful novel about the power of books.` SUNYI DEAN`Full of magic, wonder and heart.` ANITA FRANK`A magical, mesmerising adventure from the very first page.` A. J. WEST ----------------------------------Because some doors should never be opened.New York bookseller Cassie Andrews is n...

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Yakuza Lover 4 - Nozomi Mino

<p>When a feisty college girl falls for a yakuza boss, she gets swept into a steamy and dangerous love affair. When feisty college student Yuri is attacked at a party, she's saved by Toshiomi Oya, the underboss of a yakuza syndicate. Despite her obvious attraction to him, she convinces herself that she's not in the market for a bad boy type. But when they meet agai...

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The Last Seance : Tales of the Supernatural by Agatha Christie - Agatha Christie

<p>From the Queen of Crime, the first time all of her spookiest and most macabre stories have been collected in one volume. 'From behind the curtains there still sounded the terrible high long-drawn scream - such a scream as Raoul had never heard. It died away with a horrible kind of gurgle. Then there came the thud of a body falling...' For lovers of the supernat...

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A is for Arsenic - The Poisons of Agatha Christie - Harkup Kathryn

Anotace: Shortlisted for the Macavity Awards 2016<br> Fourteen novels. Fourteen poisons. Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's all made-up ...<br> Agatha Christie revelled in the use of poison to kill off unfortunate victims in her books; indeed, she employed it more than any other murder method, with the poison itself often being a cen...

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The Prague Cemetery - Eco Umberto

Anotace: Nineteenth-century Europe - from Turin to Prague to Paris - abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Conspiracies rule history. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian republicans strangle priests with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate Black Masses at night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forger...

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The Prague Cemetery - Umberto Eco

<p>Nineteenth-century Europe - from Turin to Prague to Paris - abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Conspiracies rule history. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian republicans strangle priests with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate Black Masses at night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeri...

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Under The Waves

Under The Waves is a narrative-driven adventure game about the engulfing power of grief. Set in the depths of the North Sea in a techno-futuristic 1970s, professional diver Stan is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss and embrace a new future. The isolation of the deep sea is a fitting manifestation of his state of mind, and as Stan retreads further into his self-i...

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Under The Waves (PC)

Under The Waves is a narrative-driven adventure game about the engulfing power of grief. Set in the depths of the North Sea in a techno-futuristic 1970s, professional diver Stan is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss and embrace a new future. The isolation of the deep sea is a fitting manifestation of his state of mind, and as Stan retreads further into his self-i...

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The Fall of Arthur (Deluxe Slipcase Edition) - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

<p>Deluxe collector's edition featuring the first edition text and containing a facsimile page of Tolkien's original manuscript. The book is quarterbound with a gold motif stamped on the front board and is presented in a matching slipcase. The Fall of Arthur, the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur King of Britain, may well be regarde...

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Tales of Horror - Edgar Allan Poe

Anotace: A murderer is forced to reveal his crime by the sound of a beating heart, a mysterious figure wreaks havoc among a party of noblemen during the time of the plague, a grieving lover awakens to find himself clutching a box of his beloved blood-stained teeth, a man is obsessed with the fear of being buried alive - these are only some of the memorable characters and...

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Tales of Horror - Edgar Allan Poe

<p>A murderer is forced to reveal his crime by the sound of a beating heart, a mysterious figure wreaks havoc among a party of noblemen during the time of the plague, a grieving lover awakens to find himself clutching a box of his beloved blood-stained teeth, a man is obsessed with the fear of being buried alive – these are only some of the memorable characters and ...

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The Midnight House: The spellbinding Richard & Judy pick to escape with this spring 2023 - Geard Amanda

Anotace: The spellbinding RICHARD AND JUDY BOOKCLUB PICK about a mysterious house and an old family secret . . .`Wonderful storytelling. I loved it` Rachel Hore`A mystery spanning generations, evocative and beautifully written` Tracy Rees`A mesmerising debut novel, lush and gorgeous, with a rich family tale to tell` Richard and Judy Book Club _______ People disappear. Se...

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Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment 2) - Ross Rebecca

Anotace: TORN APART BY WAR. REUNITED BY LOVE? The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine Rivals. Two weeks have passed since Iris returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, lost behind enemy lines, w...

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Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment 2) - Ross Rebecca

Anotace: TORN APART BY WAR. REUNITED BY LOVE? The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine Rivals. Two weeks have passed since Iris returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, lost behind enemy lines, w...

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Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment 2), 1. vydání - Rebecca Ross

<p>TORN APART BY WAR. REUNITED BY LOVE? The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine Rivals. Two weeks have passed since Iris returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, lost behind enemy lin...

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Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment 2), 1. vydání - Rebecca Ross

<p>TORN APART BY WAR. REUNITED BY LOVE? The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine Rivals. Two weeks have passed since Iris returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, lost behind enemy lin...

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Penguin Readers Level 7: The Woman in White (ELT Graded Reader) - Wilkie Collins

<p>Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.- Carefully adapted text.- Accompanying audio and digital version with the print edition, accessed securely online.- The series includes popular classics, bestselling modern fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.- The eight levels of Penguin ...

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Disenchantment

Two women in seventeenth-century Paris are drawn into the volatile and mysterious Affair of the Poisons after a bid to keep their passionate romance a

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Zola

This book examines the figure of the public intellectual through the work of Emile Zola in the Dreyfus Affair. It analyses Zola’s famous letter “J’

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44 Tiny Secrets

When a mysterious letter arrives from a woman claiming to know of a Method to make Betsy Bow-Linnet's piano playing 'stupendous', Betsy jumps at the o

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Yakuza Lover 4 - Mino Nozomi

Anotace: When a feisty college girl falls for a yakuza boss, she gets swept into a steamy and dangerous love affair.When feisty college student Yuri is attacked at a party, she`s saved by Toshiomi Oya, the underboss of a yakuza syndicate. Despite her obvious attraction to him, she convinces herself that she`s not in the market for a bad boy type. But when they meet again...

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Pretty Little Liars 01 (1907410716)

Kniha - autor Sara Shepard, 244 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Aria, Emily, Spencer, Hanna and Alison have been best friends since the third grade. They go everywhere together, thinking no-one can come between them. If anyone is the ringleader of the group it is Alison, and the other girls cannot help but confide all their secrets to her.One night, during ...

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Danger at Dead Man´s Pass - Leonardová M. G.

Anotace: Embark on a thrilling fourth adventure in the bestselling, prize-winning Adventures on Trains series - Danger in Dead Man`s Pass, from M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, as Harrison Beck investigates an ancient family curse high in the German mountains. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout by Elisa Paganelli.A mysterious letter from an old friend asks Hal and U...

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Kaguya-sama: Love Is War 2 - Akasaka Aka

Anotace: Two high school geniuses scheme to get the other to confess their love first. Two geniuses. Two brains. Two hearts. One battle. Who will confess their love first...?! Will a mysterious love letter to Kaguya make Miyuki jealous? Is drinking from a coffee cup with Kaguya`s lipstick on the rim an indirect kiss? How will Miyuki react when Kaguya says she`s "done it"...

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Hagstone - Sinéad Gleeson

<p>'Intelligent, probing' MAGGIE O'FARRELL 'Wild, singular... gripped me from the start' DOUGLAS STUART 'Passionate, wild, hugely atmospheric' DAVID NICHOLLS 'A gorgeous, mysterious read' AISLING BEA 'Wild, elemental... I adored it' LOUISE KENNEDY *A most anticipated 2024 debut in BBC, Daily Mail, Stylis...

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Closed Casket - Sophie Hannah

Anotace: Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his `little grey cells`. What I intend to say to you will come as a shock . . .` Lady Athelinda Playford has planned a house party at her mansion in Clonakilty, County Cork, but it is no ordinary gathering. As guests arrive, Lady Playford sum...

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Closed Casket - Sophie Hannah

<p>Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his ‘little grey cells’. What I intend to say to you will come as a shock . . .’ Lady Athelinda Playford has planned a house party at her mansion in Clonakilty, County Cork, but it is no ordinary gathering. As guests arrive, Lady Playford sum...

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Kubo Won´t Let Me Be Invisible 5 - Yukimori Nene

Anotace: A social butterfly makes friends with a wallflower-whether he`s ready or not!Junta Shiraishi blends into the background so much that even his classmates fail to spot him. His goal is to make the most of his high school years, but that pesky invisibility gets in the way...until Nagisa Kubo notices him! Kubo`s playful teasing kicks Shiraishi out of his comfort zon...

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Our Missing Hearts, 1. vydání - Celeste Ng

<p>From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, a deeply heart-wrenching novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by fear.Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard's library. He knows not to ask too many questions, s...

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Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv - Kurkov Andrej

Anotace: A love letter to the beautiful city of Lviv, by the author of Death and the Penguin and Grey Bees. Strange things are afoot in the cosmopolitan city of Lviv, western Ukraine. Seagulls are circling and the air smells salty, though Lviv is a long way from the sea . . . A ragtag group gathers round a mysterious grave in Lychakiv Cemetery - among them an ex-KGB of...

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Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv - Andrey Kurkov

<p>A love letter to the beautiful city of Lviv, by the author of Death and the Penguin and Grey Bees.Strange things are afoot in the cosmopolitan city of Lviv, western Ukraine. Seagulls are circling and the air smells salty, though Lviv is a long way from the sea . . . A ragtag group gathers round a mysterious grave in Lychakiv Cemetery - among them an ex-KGB office...

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Our Missing Hearts - Ng Celeste, Ng Celeste

Anotace: Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard`s library. He knows not to ask too many questions, stand out too much, stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve `American culture` in the wake of years of economic instability an...

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Gothikana: A Dark Academia Gothic Romance: TikTok Made Me Buy it! - RuNyx

<p>An unusual girl. An enigmatic man. An ancient castle. What could go wrong?An outcast her entire life, Corvina Clemm is left adrift after losing her mother. When she receives the admission letter from the mysterious University of Verenmore, she accepts it as a sign from the universe. The last thing she expects though is an olden, secluded castle on top of a mounta...

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Our Missing Hearts - Ng Celeste

Anotace: The New York Times bestseller, a deeply heart-wrenching novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child.`It`s impossible not to be moved` Stephen King`Exceptionally powerful and scaldingly relevant` Observer`Stunning...this novel will break your heart and fire up your courage` Mail on Sunday`Thought-provoking, heart-wrenching` Reese WitherspoonTwelve...

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Mexican Gothic - Moreno-Garcia Silvia

Anotace: The acclaimed author of Gods of Jade and Shadow returns with a mesmerising feminist re-imagining of Gothic fantasy, in which a young socialite discovers the haunting secrets of a beautiful old mansion in 1950s Mexico.He is trying to poison me. You must come for me, Noemí. You have to save me.When glamorous socialite Noemí Taboada receives a frantic letter from h...

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Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

<p>The acclaimed author of Gods of Jade and Shadow returns with a mesmerising feminist re-imagining of Gothic fantasy, in which a young socialite discovers the haunting secrets of a beautiful old mansion in 1950s Mexico. He is trying to poison me. You must come for me, Noemí. You have to save me. When glamorous socialite Noemí Taboada receives a frantic letter fro...

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Four Seasons in Japan - Nick Bradley

<p>A heartwarming and profound novel about the power of books and connection between generations, that is also a love letter to Japan and its literature.'Transportive, mesmerising and beautiful... Every book worm would love this.' Glamour'A finely drawn evocation of Japan, of youth, age, dreams, disillusionment, struggles and strength... A poignant and beautiful boo...

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Our Missing Hearts, 1. vydání - Celeste Ng

<p>The New York Times bestseller, a deeply heart-wrenching novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child.'It's impossible not to be moved' Stephen King'Exceptionally powerful and scaldingly relevant' Observer'Stunning...this novel will break your heart and fire up your courage' Mail on Sunday'Thought-provoking, heart-wrenching' Reese WitherspoonTwelve-...

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