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It is 1945. As the German Army retreats and the tide of war sweeps back over Eastern Europe, the lives of the inhabitants are changed forever.

Thursday's Children by Nicci French is the fourth novel in the bestselling Frieda Klein series, following Blue Monday, Tuesday's Gone and Waiting for Wednesday. Expect the same satisfyingly rich combination of brilliant, three-dimensional characters, psychological suspense, police procedural and ever-present menace. It's sure to add to Nicci French and Frieda Klein's growing number of fans. Praise for the Frieda Klein series: 'Brilliantly crafted . . . masterly control of suspense' Daily Mirror 'Tense, frightening, gripping' Easy Living 'Nerve-tingling and addictive' Daily Express Nicci French is the pseudonym for the writing partnership of journalists Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. The couple are married and live in Suffolk. There are fourteen other bestselling novels by Nicci French, all published by Penguin. Blue Monday was the first thrilling instalment in the Frieda Klein series, followed by Tuesday's Gone and Waiting for Wednesday.

In this extraordinary memoir, readers experience a whirlwind of emotions simultaneously. After the death of their parents, Bill, Beth, and the narrator grapple with grief and anger. Bill, at twenty-four, seeks peace among the siblings, while Beth and the narrator, both consumed by rage, lash out at everyone around them. They arrive in California, determined to seize what they believe is rightfully theirs. The narrator and young Toph, with his backward hat and long hair, feel a sense of responsibility to reinvent their lives, embracing a reckless exhilaration born from their tragic loss. They believe that if they can endure such profound grief, anything is possible, and thus, they embark on a mission of destruction and recreation. Surrounded by a vibrant, chaotic San Francisco, they encounter a community of fellow orphans and dreamers, each with their own wild ideas, and a shared belief in the extraordinary potential of their lives. Amidst this backdrop of public nudity, quirky pursuits, and a palpable sense of urgency, the narrator wrestles with the energy of youth, torn between a desire to connect with others and a darker impulse to escape the chaos.

London cycle courier Astrid Bell has known most of her housemates for years, but while they have a tangled history together--romantic pairings, one-night stands, friendships--they each have secrets. Astrid is on her way home one day when her neighbor accidentally knocks her off her bike. Suffering a few bruises, her roommates help her home. The next day, they learn that same neighbor was bludgeoned to death only hours after the accident. Each of them tells the police what little they know and are dismissed. Then a few days later, Astrid is asked to pick up a package from a wealthy woman called Ingrid de Soto. When she arrives, the client is lying in the hall of her luxurious home--and it's apparent she's also been murdered. For the police, it's more than bad luck. For Astrid and her six housemates, it's the beginning of a nightmare: suspicious glances, bitter accusations, and a growing fear that the worst is yet to come. As the difference between friend and stranger grows harder to judge, the line between attraction and danger thins. The housemates--unsure if there's a killer in their midst--guard themselves against becoming the next victim. Because if it's true that bad luck comes in threes--who will be the next to die?

Sur un bout de littoral rocheux et désert, le cadavre d'une jolie femme blonde. Une petite fille de trois ans errant dans les rues. Un mari très innocent, un jeune acteur trop agité, un professeur extrêmement coupable. Autant d'insoupçonnables suspects. Et pas moins de trois policiers pour dénouer une histoire diaboliquement embrouillée par l'inimitable Minette Walters.

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Un tragique accident de la route vient de faire deux victimes : Greg, le conducteur, qui laisse derrière lui une épouse effondrée, et une mystérieuse jeune femme morte à ses côtés. Pour tous, cela ne fait aucun doute, Greg avait une liaison. Pour Ellie, sa veuve, il y a forcément une explication. Son mari ne l'a pas trompée, elle en est persuadée. Résolue à faire la lumière sur ce drame, elle change d'identité, espionne la vie privée de la défunte, ment à ses amis. Elle n'imagine pas un instant dans quoi elle vient de s'embarquer...

John Rebus parcourait la jungle de la ville, une jungle que les touristes ne voient jamais, trop occupés à mitrailler les temples dorés du passé. Édimbourg était une ville d'apparences ; le crime n'y était pas moins présent, tout juste plus difficile à repérer. Édimbourg était schizophrène, la ville de Jekyll et Hyde, bien entendu, mais aussi celle de Deacon Brodie, des manteaux de fourrure sans petite culotte, comme on disait à Glasgow. Mais c'était aussi une petite ville. Un avantage pour Rebus. Il traqua sa proie dans les bars à voyous, dans les lotissements où le chômage et l'héroïne tenaient lieu de blason, parce qu'il savait que quelqu'un d'aguerri saurait survivre dans cet anonymat. Jetant un coup d'œil à la ronde, il vit qu'il avait atterri au cœur du désespoir.

Elizabeth Costello is an Australian writer of international renown. Famous principally for an early novel that established her reputation, she has reached the stage where her remaining function is to be venerated and applauded. Her life has become a series of engagements in sterile conference rooms throughout the world - a private consciousness obliged to reveal itself to a curious public: the presentation of a major award at an American college where she is required to deliver a lecture; a sojourn as the writer in residence on a cruise liner; a visit to her sister, a missionary in Africa, who is receiving an honorary degree, an occasion which both recognise as the final opportunity for effecting some form of reconciliation; and a disquieting appearance at a writers' conference in Amsterdam where she finds the subject of her talk unexpectedly amongst the audience. She has made her life's work the study of other people yet now it is she who is the object of scrutiny. But, for her, what matters is the continuing search for a means of articulating her vision and the verdict of future generations.