Six people reunite to remember the beautiful Rosemary Barton, who died nearly a year before. Among them are the loving sister, the long-suffering husband, the devoted secretary, the lovers, and the betrayed wife. None of them can forget Rosemary.

But did one of them murder her?

Colonel Race of the British Secret Service, a friend of Hercule Poirot, is on the scene to investigate. As secrets unravel, the truth becomes a tangled web of intrigue and suspense.

Her gün, daima öğleden sonra oraya gidiyor, koridorlardaki resimlere bakıyormuş gibi ağır ağır, fakat büyük bir sabırsızlıkla asıl hedefine varmak isteyen adımlarımı zorla zapt ederek geziniyor, rastgele gözüme çarpmış gibi önünde durduğum Kürk Mantolu Madonnayı seyre dalıyor, ta kapılar kapanıncaya kadar orada bekliyordum.

Kimi tutkular rehberimiz olur yaşam boyunca. Kollarıyla bizi sarar. Sorgulamadan peşlerinden gideriz ve hiç pişman olmayacağımızı biliriz. Yapıtlarında insanların görünmeyen yüzlerini ortaya çıkaran Sabahattin Ali, bu kitabında güçlü bir tutkunun resmini çiziyor. Düzenin sildiği kişiliklere, yaşamın uçuculuğuna ve aşkın olanaksızlığına dair, yanıtlanması zor sorular soruyor.

Jo, Bessie and Fanny take their cousin Rick on an adventure he'll never forget to the magic Faraway Tree, where he meets Moon-Face, Silky the fairy and Saucepan Man, and visits all the different lands at the top of the Faraway Tree. Like the Land of Spells, the crazy Land of Topsy-Turvy, and the land of Do-As-You-Please, where the children ride a runaway train!

The Little House, a charming and poignant picture book by Virginia Lee Burton, tells the story of a cute country cottage that becomes engulfed by the city that grows up around it. The house, with its expressive face of windows and doors, even has the feelings of a person.

As the city surrounds her with its dirty, noisy hustle and bustle, the house becomes sad: "She missed the field of daisies and the apple trees dancing in the moonlight."

Fortunately, there's a happy ending as the house is taken back to the country where she truly belongs.

It is the summer of 1940 and in Europe the time of Blitzkrieg. John Howard, a 70-year-old Englishman vacationing in France, cuts short his tour and heads for home. He agrees to take two children with him.

But war closes in. Trains fail, roads clog with refugees. And if things were not difficult enough, other children join in Howard's little band. At last, they reach the coast and find not deliverance but desperation. The old Englishman's greatest test lies ahead of him.

Pied Piper is set in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. The story follows John Howard, an elderly Englishman who is on holiday in France when the war breaks out. He decides to help evacuate several children to safety in England, but as he journeys through the countryside with the children, he faces many dangers and challenges. Along the way, he meets various people who are also trying to escape the war, and he forms deep bonds with the children in his care. Ultimately, John's determination and kindness help him and the children to reach safety, but not without facing difficult decisions and heart-wrenching losses. The novel is a moving portrayal of the human cost of war and the resilience of the human spirit.

The Gold Bug is a tale of mystery and adventure, where William Legrand, believed to have gone insane following an insect bite, embarks on a peculiar quest for gold. His friend, skeptical at first, joins him on this bizarre journey, accompanied by Jupiter, Legrand's loyal servant.

What ensues is a captivating story of coded messages, hidden treasure, and uncanny prophecy that will enthrall even the most perceptive readers. Part horror story, part detective fiction, The Gold Bug is an ingenious tale showcasing Poe's extraordinary narrative skill.

This edition also includes The Sphinx, a similarly themed and equally disturbing short story. Edgar Allan Poe, renowned for his tales of terror and the macabre, holds a venerable place in the history of American literature.

It is the summer of 1939. A young Oxford don, Richard Myles, and his wife, Frances, are about to leave for their usual long vacation on the continent. At the request of a Foreign Office friend of Richard's, they agree to serve as messengers to a man involved in rescue work and anti-Nazi espionage, a man who now seems to have gone missing.

Their qualifications? Next to nothing except for Richard's superb memory and the fact that they look so very innocent. Across a continent on the brink of war, from Paris to Innsbruck and beyond, Richard and Frances travel ever deeper into danger.

Can they succeed? Will they return safely? Join them on this thrilling journey through the tense atmosphere of pre-war Europe.

The Garden of Forking Paths is a remarkable story by the renowned Jorge Luis Borges. Originally titled "El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan", it is the title story in the collection published in 1941, which was later republished in its entirety in Ficciones in 1944.

This tale introduces readers to a world of mazes, puzzles, and lost labyrinths, weaving a tapestry of bookish mysteries and intricate narratives that only a literary magician like Borges could conjure. It was first translated into English by Anthony Boucher when it appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in August 1948.

The Library of Babel is Jorge Luis Borges's famous 1941 meditation on language, alphabets, and the library that contains all knowledge. This work is an allegory of our Universe, complemented and enhanced by the detailed etchings of the French artist, Érik Desmazières.

This short story delves into the infinite, exploring the vast and endless possibilities of a library that holds every book ever written and every book that could possibly be written. The narrative challenges the reader to ponder the meaning of existence, knowledge, and the universe itself.

Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity, and the means to administer the fatal poison.

Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, only one man still presumed Elinor was innocent until proven guilty: Hercule Poirot was all that stood between Elinor and the gallows...

Elizabeth Allen is a spoilt and selfish girl. When she's sent away to boarding school, she makes up her mind to be the naughtiest pupil there's ever been! But Elizabeth soon finds out that being bad isn't as easy as it seems...

Join Elizabeth on her journey as she navigates the ups and downs of school life, discovering that sometimes being good can be just as rewarding—and challenging—as being naughty. This story is a delightful portrayal of a young girl's adventures and misadventures at a progressive boarding school.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a captivating tale about a henpecked husband who copes with the frustrations of his dull life by imagining he is a fearless airplane pilot, a brilliant doctor, and other dashing figures.

Through these vivid daydreams, Walter Mitty transforms his ordinary existence into a world of excitement and adventure, becoming the hero of his own story.

This story is a brilliant example of James Thurber's humorous and witty storytelling, offering readers a delightful escape into the power of imagination.

Arsenic and Old Lace is a masterful blend of dark comedy and classic theatre. This hilarious play by Joseph Kesselring follows the eccentric Brewster family, who are anything but ordinary. The story centers on Teddy Brewster, who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt and is often found "charging" upstairs or digging "locks for the Panama Canal" in the basement.

Living with Teddy are his two elderly aunts, who harbor a bizarre secret involving the hand-dug "locks" in the basement. The return of their "disagreeable" brother Jonathan, who has undergone plastic surgery, adds another layer of intrigue as he plots with Dr. Einstein to set up an operating room for criminals.

The play's only normal character, Mortimer, is a drama critic engaged to Elaine, the minister's daughter. Mortimer finds himself in a whirlwind of frantic action, ironic twists, and comic routines, as he deals with his family's peculiar antics and the bodies hidden in the living room's window seat.

The local police, unaware of the household's secrets, often drop by at the most inconvenient times, adding to the dramatic surprises in this delightful and inspired comic concoction.

Jo, Bessie and Fanny move to the country and find an Enchanted Wood right on their doorstep. In the magic Faraway Tree live the magical characters that soon become their new friends – Moon-Face, Silky the fairy, and Saucepan Man.

Together they visit the strange lands (the Roundabout Land, the Land of Ice and Snow, Toyland and the Land of Take What You Want) atop the tree and have the most exciting adventures – and narrow escapes.

In the middle of the wood grows the most wonderful tree in the world - The Faraway Tree, with its top-most branches touching the clouds, magical fruit, the exciting Slippery-Slip, and cosy houses set in its vast trunk. The children soon explore the tree, meeting the strange people who live there, including Moon-Face, Silky the pixie and Dame Washalot, and have amazing adventures in the lands that come and go at the top - the Land of Ice and Snow, the Land of the Three Bears, and everyone's favourite - the Land of Take-What-You-Want!

Pongo Twistleton is in a state of financial embarrassment, again. Uncle Fred, meanwhile, has been asked by Lord Emsworth to foil a plot to steal the Empress, his prize pig. Along with Polly Pott (daughter of old Mustard), they form a deputation to Blandings Castle, bent on doing a "bit of good".

Frank Cairnes, a popular detective writer, embarks on a real-life crime of his own. He is determined to hunt down the runaway motorist who killed his small son, Martin.

As the plot thickens, Cairnes becomes the prime suspect when his intended victim is found dead. Nigel Strangeways, a private detective, is called in to unravel this fiendishly plotted mystery and discover what really happened.

This novel is a part of the Nigel Strangeways series and offers a perfect introduction to one of the most charming and erudite detectives in Golden Age crime fiction.

Alamut is set in 11th Century Persia, within the fortress of Alamut. Here, the self-proclaimed prophet Hasan ibn Sabbah orchestrates a mad and brilliant plan to dominate the region using a select group of elite fighters, known as his "living daggers." By crafting a virtual paradise at Alamut, replete with beautiful women, lush gardens, wine, and hashish, Sabbah persuades his young warriors that they can attain paradise by adhering to his commands.

Drawing parallels to modern figures like Osama bin Laden, Alamut narrates how Sabbah instilled fear in the ruling class by assembling a small, devoted army ready to kill, and be killed, to reach paradise. Embracing the supreme Ismaili motto, “Nothing is true, everything is permitted,” Sabbah sought to manipulate religious devotion for his political gain, exploiting the stupidity and gullibility of people and their penchant for pleasure and selfish desires.

The novel chronicles Sabbah as he reveals his plan to his inner circle and focuses on two young followers: the beautiful slave girl Halima, who arrives at Alamut to join Sabbah's earthly paradise, and young ibn Tahir, Sabbah's most talented fighter. As both Halima and ibn Tahir grow disillusioned with Sabbah's vision, their lives take unforeseen turns.

Originally penned in 1938 as an allegory to Mussolini's fascist state, Alamut became a cult favorite in Tito's Yugoslavia during the 1960s and was later read as an allegory of the Balkan's War strife in the 1990s, achieving bestseller status in Germany, France, and Spain.

Neîndoielnic, scriind această carte, autorul ei evadează: în trecut, în imaginaţie, în mit. Nuntă în Cer nu este, desigur, un roman fantastic, deşi misterul nu lipseşte, dar este, cu siguranţă, un roman realist-simbolic, axat pe un mit al iubirii.

Un roman de idei, mai puţin livresc decât celelalte, şi un roman liric. Cadrul întâmplărilor descrise rămâne unul modern, citadin, în vreme ce relatările lor au loc într-un cadru montan, izolat. Avem de-a face, aşadar, cu o perspectivă „de sus” asupra trecutului personajelor şi cu o transfigurare a acestuia prin iubire şi prin suferinţa despărţirii.

Prin Nuntă în Cer, Eliade se reconciliază de fapt cu melancolica Belle Époque a copilăriei sale, vehement respinsă de „adolescentul miop” şi de tânărul macho „apologet al virilităţii”. Este însă ceva mai mult decât atât, căci dacă Mavrodin şi Hasnaş reprezintă două variante de om modern, îndrăgostit de necunoscut şi atras de schimbare, Ileana încarnează un principiu tradiţional de stabilitate.

Capitães da Areia é o livro de Jorge Amado mais vendido no mundo inteiro. Publicado em 1937, teve a sua primeira edição apreendida e queimada em praça pública pelas autoridades do Estado Novo.

Em 1944 conheceu nova edição e desde então sucederam-se as edições nacionais e estrangeiras, e as adaptações para a rádio, televisão e cinema. Jorge Amado descreve, em páginas carregadas de grande beleza, dramatismo e lirismo poucas vezes igualados na literatura universal, a vida dos meninos abandonados nas ruas de São Salvador da Bahia.

Dividido em três partes, o livro atinge um clímax inesquecível no capítulo Canção da Bahía, Canção da Liberdade, em que é narrada a emocionante despedida de um dos personagens da história, que se afasta dos seus queridos Capitães da Areia na noite misteriosa das macumbas, enquanto os atabaques ressoam como clarins de guerra.

Journey by Moonlight is a major classic of 1930s literature, penned by the talented Antal Szerb. This fantastically moving and darkly funny story tells of a bourgeois businessman, Mihály, torn between duty and desire.

'On the train, everything seemed fine. The trouble began in Venice ...'

Mihály has dreamt of Italy all his life. When he finally travels there on his honeymoon with his wife, Erszi, he soon abandons her in order to find himself. Haunted by old friends from his turbulent teenage days—beautiful, kind Tamas, brash and wicked Janos, and the sexless yet unforgettable Eva—Mihály embarks on a journey from Venice to Ravenna, Florence, and Rome.

In this darkly comic novel cut through by sex and death, Mihály loses himself in Venetian back alleys and the Tuscan and Umbrian countryside, driven by an irresistible desire to resurrect his lost youth among Hungary's Bright Young Things. He knows he must soon decide whether to return to the ambiguous promise of a placid adult life or allow himself to be seduced into a life of scandalous adventure.

Translated from the Hungarian by the renowned Len Rix, Journey by Moonlight is an undoubted masterpiece of Modernist literature, tracing the effects of a socially and sexually claustrophobic world on the life of one man.

Cerita ini berkisar tentang semangat juang Zainuddin, bagaimana merana dan melaratnya hidup Zainuddin setelah cintanya ditolak oleh keluarga Hayati. Kemudian beliau bangun semula dari segala kedukaan, membuka lembaran baru dalam hidupnya menjadi seorang penulis yang ternama dan berjaya.

Ia menceritakan tentang kesetiaan, cinta dan kasihnya Zainuddin terhadap Hayati. Meski Hayati sudah berkahwin tetapi sebaik mendapat tahu tentang kesusahan yang dihadapi Hayati, lantaran suaminya yang suka berpoya-poya serta tidak bertanggung-jawab, Zainuddin terus membantu tanpa ada dendam dan benci.

Sesungguhnya cinta yang suci itu akan terus mekar di dalam hati hingga ke hujung nyawa begitulah jua cinta antara Zainuddin dan Hayati.

Bruno Schulz's Sklepy cynamonowe / Sanatorium pod Klepsydrą is a collection of fiction from one of the most original imaginations in modern Europe.

Schulz's untimely death at the hands of a Nazi is considered one of the great losses to modern literature. During his lifetime, his work found little critical regard, but word of his remarkable talents gradually won him an international readership.

This volume brings together his complete fiction, including three short stories and his final surviving work, Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass. Illustrated with Schulz's original drawings, this edition beautifully showcases the distinctive surrealist vision of one of the twentieth century's most gifted and influential writers.

Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out onto the floor when he caught a sudden thin ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug's left eye. He was only pretending to be sleep! He was watching the tunnel entrance!

Whisked from his comfortable hobbit-hole by Gandalf the wizard and a band of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon.

The marathon dance craze flourished during the 1930s, offering a brief escape from the harsh realities of the Great Depression. But beneath the glitz and glamour lay a dark and violent competition, unknown to most ballrooms. This is the world that Horace McCoy's classic American novel plunges into, capturing the desperation and determination of its participants.

McCoy's narrative is both a gripping tale of endurance and a poignant commentary on the era. The novel meticulously documents the physical and emotional toll on the dancers, making it a powerful read that resonates with the struggles of the time.

It Can't Happen Here is a cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression when America was largely oblivious to Hitler's aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a President who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats, rampant promiscuity, crime, and a liberal press.

This novel remains uniquely important, a shockingly prescient story that's as fresh and contemporary as today's news.

Set in the days of the Empire, with the British ruling in Burma, Orwell's book describes corruption and imperial bigotry. Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Dr. Veraswami, a black enthusiast for the Empire, whose downfall can only be prevented by membership at an all-white club.

Orwell draws on his years of experience in India to tell this story of the waning days of British imperialism. A handful of Englishmen living in a settlement in Burma congregate in the European Club, drink whiskey, and argue over an impending order to admit a token Asian.

George Orwell’s triumphant first novel. Informed by his experiences as a police officer in Burma, the novel paints a vivid portrait of the waning days of British imperial rule, and the racism and corruption that ran rampant. It centres on John Flory, a European businessman in colonial Burma, disenfranchised by the bigotry he sees around him and his persistent feeling of being out of place.

Lamb in His Bosom is a captivating tale that delves into the lives of Cean and Lonzo, a young couple embarking on their married journey two decades before the Civil War. Set in the rural backwoods of Georgia, this novel offers a fascinating account of the social customs and material realities faced by settlers on the Georgian frontier.

Caroline Miller presents the "other Old South," steering away from the romanticized notions of the era, and instead highlighting the lives of the poor people who never owned slaves or planned to fight a war. Her quietly lyrical prose pays poignant tribute to a woman's life lived close to nature—both the nature outside her and the nature within.

This novel, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1934, was instrumental in the discovery of Gone With the Wind. Its influence and charm lie in its ability to transcend regional history and offer a universal message about humanity and nature.

Set in 1930s Calcutta, this is a roman á clef of remarkable intimacy. Originally published in Romanian in 1933, this semiautobiographical novel by the world-renowned scholar Mircea Eliade details the passionate awakenings of Alain, an ambitious young French engineer flush with colonial pride and prejudice and full of a European fascination with the mysterious subcontinent.

Offered the hospitality of a senior Indian colleague, Alain grasps at the chance to discover the authentic India firsthand. He soon finds himself enchanted by his host's daughter, the lovely and inscrutable Maitreyi, a precocious young poet and former student of Tagore. What follows is a charming, tentative flirtation that soon, against all the proprieties and precepts of Indian society, blossoms into a love affair both impossible and ultimately tragic.

This erotic passion plays itself out in Alain's thoughts long after its bitter conclusion. In hindsight, he sets down the story, quoting from the diaries of his disordered days, and trying to make sense of the sad affair. A vibrantly poetic love story, Bengal Nights is also a cruel account of the wreckage left in the wake of a young man's self-discovery. At once horrifying and deeply moving, Eliade's story repeats the patterns of European engagement with India even as it exposes and condemns them.

The young Marquis of Vidal, a notorious duelist and gamester, has earned the nickname 'Devil's Cub' due to the wild excesses reminiscent of his father, the Duke of Avon.

When Mary Challoner discovers Dominic's plans to run away with her lovely sister, she bravely dons a cloak and mask to impersonate her sister. This daring act leads her to France, accompanied by the most notorious rake in Georgian London.

Join the adventure with familiar characters from These Old Shades in this captivating tale of mistaken identities and unexpected romance.

M. R. James is widely regarded as the father of the modern ghost story, and his tales have influenced horror writers from H. P. Lovecraft to Stephen King. First published in the early 1900s, they have never been out of print and are recognized as classics of the genre.

This collection contains some of his most chilling tales, including A View from a Hill, Rats, A School Story, The Ash Tree, and The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance. These tales cannot fail to send a shiver down your spine.

Erich Kästner, known to many as an author of children's and youth books, also wrote critically acclaimed novels. Fabian. Die Geschichte eines Moralisten was completed in 1931 and portrays the moral and intellectual decay amidst challenging political conditions.

Fabian is an unemployed Germanist wandering through the bustling city of Berlin, searching for work and connections. We witness his encounters with people trying to buy him, his girlfriend prostituting herself to become an actress, and his best friend's tragic suicide over a trivial remark.

Amidst the chaos, an inventor appears, wanting to retract his job-destroying inventions, but finds it impossible. Berlin is depicted as a city unraveling, where people live in a hopeless, merciless labyrinth akin to a madhouse.

Fabian stands as an outsider, a moralist whose weapon is observation and distance, crafted through sarcastic remarks. His aim is to observe whether the world has a talent for decency.

Kästner opposes the morally upright Fabian with human corruptibility, lack of conscience, and conformity. The book features numerous well-executed satirical highlights, such as a lottery where food is raffled or public brawls as evening entertainment.

Kästner's character descriptions are biting and relentless. A key example is the editor Müntzer, who supports something he doesn't believe in, fully aware of its falseness, having "chloroformed his conscience."

Fabian is a novel filled with astute, timely observations that remain relevant today. At the heart of Kästner's social critique lies human weakness and lethargy—knowing the falsehoods of circumstances but doing nothing about them—a criticism still valid to this day.

Nancy Drew is alarmed when Nathan Gombet threatens her father. Gombet sold a piece of land for a railroad bridge through Carson Drew and now believes that he was cheated.

Meanwhile, valuable objects are disappearing from rooms in the Turnbull mansion even while the Turnbull sisters, Rosemary and Florette, are at home in their locked house. Having heard about her reputation for solving mysteries, the sisters invite Nancy Drew to stay in the mansion and discover the thief.

In seeking to solve the mysterious happenings in an old stone mansion, Nancy uses her courage and powers of deduction and tackles a situation that would have appalled a far older person.

Franz Biberkopf has sworn to be decent, and you have seen how he is decent for weeks, but that was, in a way, only a grace period. Life finds this too delicate in the long run and cunningly trips him up.

The story of the transport worker Franz Biberkopf, who, released from Berlin-Tegel prison, wants to find his way back into life as an honest man, is the first German metropolitan novel of literary rank. The Berlin of the twenties is the setting for the events. In the process, the metropolis itself becomes the antagonist of the good-natured and quick-tempered Franz Biberkopf, who tries to defy this enticing but also relentless world.

With Berlin Alexanderplatz, Döblin made a radical departure from the bourgeois psychological novel. No individual fate was analyzed here. The collective events, the generality of a human situation, experienced a valid poetic design here. The novel is one of the great epics of our time.

في هاتين القصتين، يرسم زفايغ بلغة الفن أثر الحرب حتى في من لم يشارك فيها، من خلال شخصيتين فريتين كلتاهما حبيسة عالم خاص بها وحدها.

تليها "المجموعة الخفية", حيث تتجلى براعة زفايغ في تصوير العوالم النفسية المعقدة.

Under the reign of Louis XV, corruption and intrigue have been allowed to blossom in France. Lord Justin Alastair, the notorious Duke of Avon, is known for his coldness of manner, his remarkable omniscience, and his debauched lifestyle. Society believes the worst of Justin, who is clearly proud of his sobriquet, 'Satanas'.

In a dark Parisian back alley, he is accosted by Leon, a young person dressed in ragged boy's clothing, running away from a brutal rustic guardian. The Duke buys Leon, a redheaded urchin with strangely familiar looks, who is, in fact, Leonie. She serves him with deep devotion.

Among the splendours of Versailles and the dignified mansions of Georgian England, Justin begins to unfold his sinister plans. Leonie plays a fine part in the Duke's long-overdue schemes to avenge himself on the Comte de St Vire. The Duke's plan is simple: parade delicately handsome Leonie in front of his enemy and transform her into the toast of the town, before reclaiming her birthright and destroying her true father in the process.

But the Duke hadn't expected Leonie's breathtaking transformation or the tender emotions she awakened. And he'd already set his dangerous scheme in motion...

She has the recipe for the perfect murder...

Maria Capello is a celebrity chef like no other. A household name, an inspiration, an icon. Her dozens of cookbooks and weekly television show, broadcast from her beautiful Italian-style kitchen, not to mention her line of bestselling supermarket sauces. And of course there's her history. Once just the timid wife of famous chef Damien Capello, she stepped into the spotlight after Damien's mysterious disappearance twenty years before. An event she's never spoken about publicly until now, when it is announced that she is looking for a publisher for her memoirs.

Why is Maria willing to finally break her silence? Why does she turn down seven-figure offers from large publishing houses and sign up with a small press? And why does she do so on the condition that it is edited by Thea Woods? Thea is a lifelong fan but has never met Maria and can't figure it out, plus she had been planning to hand in her notice that very day. But when she is invited to Maria's remote farm to work on the manuscript, she can't resist. After all, she may finally learn whether the rumours are that Maria killed Damien for his recipes and the legendary 'secret ingredient'...

A deliciously rich thriller, perfect for readers of Bella Mackie's How To Kill Your Family and Alexia Casale's The Best Way to Bury Your Husband

From a #1 international bestselling author, a gothic, suspenseful tale in which a young widow inherits a Tuscan estate from a mysterious benefactor and finds herself thrust into the crosshairs of a dangerous conspiracy.

Lately, Julia Pritzker is beginning to think she’s cursed. She’s lost her adoptive parents, then her husband is murdered. When she realizes that her horoscope essentially foretold his death, she begins to spiral. She fears her fate is written in the stars, not held in her own hands.

Then a letter arrives out of the blue, informing her that she has inherited a Tuscan villa and vineyard —but her benefactor is a total stranger named Emilia Rossi. Julia has no information about her biological family, so she wonders if Rossi could be a blood relative. Bewildered, she heads to Tuscany for answers.

There, Julia is horrified to discover that Rossi was a paranoid recluse, who believed herself to be a descendant of Duchess Caterina Sforza, a legendary Renaissance ruler. Stunned by her uncanny resemblance to Rossi, and even to Caterina, Julia is further unnerved when she unearths eerie parallels between them, including an obsession with astrology.

Before long, Julia suspects she’s being followed, and strange things begin to happen. Not even a chance meeting with a handsome Florentine can ease her troubled mind. When events turn deadly, Julia’s harrowing struggle becomes a search for her identity, a race to save her sanity, and ultimately, a question of her very survival.

Twisty, transportive, and haunting—this is suspense with a passport.

1960s: Three siblings are all haunted in three very different ways. Violet wakes to a strange and cold woman looming over her bed, Dodie wakes in a constant state of drowning, and Vale wakes to beaming light and probing figures. But the one thing that haunts them the most is the disappearance of their little brother, Ben, who went missing during a game of hide and seek.

1980s: Violet is notified that Ben's spirit is seen wandering their haunted childhood home, calling for them to return. The three siblings do just that. But secrets become unearthed, their past traumas seem more connected than they thought, and all siblings are faced with a very angry spirit who wants revenge.

My Husband’s Wife is a psychological masterpiece that will leave you questioning everything you know about love, identity, and revenge.

Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition. When she returns to her new home, Spyglass, nothing is as it should be. Her key doesn’t fit. A woman, eerily similar to her, answers the door. And her husband insists that the stranger is his wife.

One house. One husband. Two women. Someone is lying.

Six months earlier, a reclusive Londoner named Birdy, reeling from a life-changing diagnosis, inherits Spyglass. This unexpected gift from a long-lost grandmother brings her to the seaside village of Hope Falls. Birdy stumbles upon a shadowy London clinic that claims to predict a person's date of death, including her own. Secrets start to unravel, and as the line between truth and lies blurs, Birdy feels compelled to right some old wrongs.

My Husband’s Wife is a tangled web of deception, obsession, and mystery that will keep you guessing until the last page. Step inside Spyglass – if you dare – to experience a story where nothing is as it seems.

Laura Dave continues Hannah Hall's pulse-pounding journey in the riveting sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling blockbuster, The Last Thing He Told Me. This gripping, rich, and deeply evocative novel, The First Time I Saw Him, picks up right where the "genuinely moving" and "gripping" story left off, giving readers the eagerly awaited and thrilling sequel to Dave's global blockbuster.

After receiving a cryptic text from an unknown number saying, 'GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. NOW.', Hannah knows she and her daughter Bailey are in immediate danger. Her husband Owen, who vanished five years ago, has returned, and they must flee their Los Angeles home.

As they drive north along the Californian coast, Hannah grapples with questions of why Owen has come back now and who might be hunting them. Their journey takes them to Paris, a city filled with memories and potential threats, where they hope to find safety but also face looming dangers.

Acclaimed author Laura Dave delivers an adrenaline-fueled thriller you will never want to end.

Tailored Realities is a captivating collection of short fiction by the #1 New York Times bestselling author, Brandon Sanderson. Known for his masterful creations like the Stormlight Archive and the Mistborn saga, Sanderson brings forth a new anthology that transcends the boundaries of his renowned Cosmere universe.

This visionary collection includes the never-before-published novella “Moment Zero.” Alongside this, you'll find nine other enthralling stories, many available in print for the first time:

• “Snapshot”
• “Perfect State”
• “Defending Elysium” (from the world of Skyward)
• “Firstborn”
• “Mitosis” (from the world of the Reckoners)
• And four more imaginative tales

Each story is accompanied by stunning interior illustrations, making this collection a must-read for both newcomers and longtime fans of Sanderson's work. Immerse yourself in a world of fantasy and science fiction where every story is a new adventure.

The blood that binds them, may become the weapon to end them.

Reeling from shocking betrayal, the Star Maiden Astraea must now race against time to break the curse imprisoning her lover, Nyte. She will have to decide if the hand of darkness, or that of her enemy, is an alliance that could bring him back.

But with the loss of daylight and the realm on the brink of ruin, Astraea and her companions must set off on their quests to retrieve the Maiden’s broken key, the only weapon that can kill the wrathful gods determined to rule the mortal world.

Dragons will fly and their bonds may choose friend or foe. Gods will face gods, fathers will face sons, and all will face the end of the world. Because when the blood that binds them becomes a weapon to end them, two star-crossed lovers must yield to fate or pay their greatest sacrifice yet.

When Walter Nash is recruited by the FBI to help bring down a global crime network, his life is turned completely upside down in this thrilling novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.

Walter Nash is a sensitive, intelligent, and kindhearted man. He has a wife and a daughter and holds a very high-level position at Sybaritic Investments, where his innate skills and dogged tenacity have carried him to the top of the pyramid in his business career. Despite never going on grand adventures and always working too many hours, he enjoys a happy and upscale life with his family.

However, following his estranged Vietnam-veteran father’s funeral, Nash is unexpectedly approached by the FBI in the middle of the night. They have an important request: become their inside man to expose an enterprise that is laundering large sums of money through Sybaritic. At the top of this illegal operation is Victoria Steers, an international criminal mastermind that the FBI has been trying to bring down for years.

Nash has little choice but to accept the FBI’s demands and try to bring Steers and her partners to justice. But when Steers discovers that Nash is working with the FBI, she turns the tables on him in a way he never could have contemplated. This forces Nash to take the ultimate step both to survive and to exact his revenge: He must become the exact opposite of who he has always been.

And even that may not be enough.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes the start of a daring new dystopian series where humanity has moved to virtual reality to flee their deteriorating world, following two young soldiers who must depend on unlikely allies in their fight for survival.

The future is loading…

To escape rising seas and rampant epidemics, most of society lives “upcountry” in glistening virtual reality, while those who can’t afford the subscription are forced to remain in crumbling “downcountry.”

But upcountry isn’t perfect. A cold war rages between two powerful nations, Medaluo and Atahua—and no one suffers for it more than the Medan orphans in Atahua. Their enrollment at Nile Military Academy is mandatory. Either serve as a soldier or risk being labelled a spy.

Eirale graduated the academy and joined NileCorp’s private forces downcountry, exactly as she was supposed to. Then Atahua’s most wanted anarchist frames her for assassinating a government official, and she’s given a choice: cooperate with him to search for a dangerous program in Medaluo or go down for treason.

Meanwhile, Lia is finishing her last year upcountry at Nile Military Academy. Paired with her academic nemesis for their final assignment, Lia is determined to beat him for valedictorian and prove her worth. But there may be far more at stake when their task to infiltrate Medaluo and track down an Atahuan traitor goes wrong…

Though Eirale and Lia tear through Medaluo on different planes of reality, the two start to suspect they are puzzle pieces in a larger conspiracy—and the closer they get to the truth, the closer their worlds come to a shattering collision.

Mallory Fontaine is a fraud. Though she comes from a long line of witches, the only magic she possesses is the ability to see ghosts, which is rarely as useful as one would think. She and her sister have maintained the family business, eking out a paltry living by selling fraudulent spells to gullible buyers and conducting tours of the infamous mansion where the first of the Saphir murders took place.

Mallory is a self-proclaimed expert on Count Bastien Saphir - otherwise known as Monsieur Le Bleu - who brutally killed three of his wives more than a century ago. But she never expected to meet Bastien's great-grandson and heir to the Saphir estate. Armand is handsome, wealthy, and convinced that the Fontaine Sisters are as talented as they claim. The perfect mark. When he offers Mallory a large sum of money to rid his ancestral home of Le Bleu's ghost, she can’t resist. A paid vacation at Armand’s country manor? It’s practically a dream come true, never mind the ghosts of murdered wives and the monsters that are as common as household pests.

But when murder again comes to the House Saphir, Mallory finds herself at the center of the investigation—and she is almost certain the killer is mortal. If she has any hope of cashing in on the payment she was promised, she’ll have to solve the murder and banish the ghost, all while upholding the illusion of witchcraft.

But that all sounds relatively easy compared to her biggest challenge: learning to trust her heart. Especially when the person her heart wants the most might be a murderer himself.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, delivers a unique star-crossed, enemies-to-lovers, tragic love story! Experience the tale through two perspectives in this lushly designed deluxe novel that you can read both backward and forward.

Hannah Rooney knows how to be invisible. At twenty, she keeps her head down and her eyes open, avoiding entanglement with her notorious criminal family. She's counting down the days in nursing school until her sister, Kaylie, turns eighteen so they can escape their old life and start anew.

Tobias Hawthorne II is the epitome of an entitled heir. As the only son of a wealthy man, no door is closed to him. However, beneath his sharp exterior lies a nest of secrets and a fiery anger ready to burn everything.

Their worlds collide one stormy night when tragedy strikes, leaving Kaylie and two others dead, and Toby barely alive with no memory of his past. The fisherman who rescues him enlists Hannah's help to save the man she believes is responsible for her sister’s death. Driven by hatred, Hannah is determined to keep Toby alive, despite his death wish. He is the last person she should develop feelings for, and she is the first thing he remembers.

Some things cannot happen—and some things cannot be stopped.

In We Fell Apart, #1 New York Times bestselling author E. Lockhart returns to the world of her TikTok sensation We Were Liars with all her signature beachy gothic atmosphere, family intrigue, and high-stakes romance.

The invitation arrives out of the blue.

In it, Matilda discovers a father she’s never met. Kingsley Cello is a visionary, a reclusive artist. And when he asks her to spend the summer at his seaside home, Hidden Beach, Matilda expects to find a part of herself she’s never fully understood.

Instead, she finds Meer, her long-lost, openhearted brother; Brock, a former child star battling demons; and brooding, wild Tatum, who just wants her to leave their crumbling sanctuary.

With Kingsley nowhere to be seen, Matilda must delve into the twisted heart of Hidden Beach to uncover the answers she’s desperately craving. But secrets run thicker than blood, and blood runs like seawater.

And everyone here is lying.

Somewhere out there, in the darkness, a black wolf is feeding.

Several weeks ago, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team uncovered and stopped a domestic terrorist attack in Montréal, arresting the person behind it. A man they called the Black Wolf.

But their relief is short-lived. In a sickening turn of events, Gamache has realized that plot, as horrific as it was, was just the beginning. Perhaps even a deliberate misdirection. One he fell into. Something deeper and darker, more damaging, is planned. Did he in fact arrest the Black Wolf, or are they still out there? Armand is appalled to think his mistake has allowed their conspiracy to grow, to gather supporters. To spread lies, manufacture enemies, and feed hatred and division.

Still recovering from wounds received in stopping the first attack, Armand is confined to the village of Three Pines, leading a covert investigation from there. He must be careful not to let the Black Wolf know he has recognized his mistake. In a quiet church basement, he and his senior agents Beauvoir and Lacoste, pore over what little evidence they have. Two notebooks. A few mysterious numbers on a tattered map of Québec. And a phrase repeated by the person they had called the Grey Wolf. A warning...

In a dry and parched land where there is no water.

Gamache and his small team of supporters realize that for the Black Wolf to have gotten this far, they must have powerful allies, in law enforcement, in industry, in organized crime, in the halls of government.

From the apparent peace of his little village, Gamache finds himself playing a lethal game of cat and mouse with an invisible foe who is gathering forces and preparing to strike.