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The Sunday Times Thriller of the MonthBirds, Strangers and Psychos is a thrilling anthology that brings together the biggest names in mystery and crime fiction to pay homage to Alfred Hitchcock, the legendary filmmaker whose name is synonymous with suspense. Acclaimed editor Maxim Jakubowski curates 24 original short stories, each inspired by the mood, tension, and style that defined Hitchcocks groundbreaking work. This anthology invites both emerging and established voices to reimagine the chilling atmospheres, twisted plots, and unforgettable characters of Hitchcocks films, from Psycho and Vertigo to North by Northwest and The Birds.Each author takes on the challenge of evoking the quintessentially Hitchcockian elements that have captivated audiences for decades: ordinary lives interrupted by peril, psychological duels, and unexpected encounters that spiral into nightmares. The volume showcases an extraordinary blend of talent, including Lee Child, Denise Mina, Sophie Hannah, Vaseem Khan, MW Craven, Jeff Noon and S. A. Cosby and many more!Just as Hitchcock adapted stories from literary giants like Daphne du Maurier, Patricia Highsmith, and Roald Dahl, Birds, Strangers and Psychos unites todays literary stars to craft new suspenseful tales that are destined to thrill, haunt, and unsettle. This volume is not just a collection of stories its an invitation to rediscover the artistry of suspense.

CURSES ARE LIKE HEARTS. SOME ARE MORE EASILY BROKEN THAN OTHERS... A worthy successor to My Sister, the Serial Killer... Pacey storytelling, nuanced characterisation and sharp dialogue... An immersive page-turnerSunday Times--A haunting, twisty tale of curses and romance Ayobami AdebayoA sweeping love story... I lost myself within its gorgeous pages Jennie GodfreyFunny and fearless, soaked in secrets, spirit, heartbreak, and love... Impossible to put down Abi Dare No man will call your house his home. And if they try, they will not have peace... So goes the family curse, handed down from generation to generation, ruining families and breaking hearts as it goes. And now its calm, rational Eniiyis turn - who, due to her uncanny resemblance to her dead aunt, Monife, and her familys insistence that she must be a reincarnation, has long been used to some strange familial beliefs. Still, when she falls in love with the handsome boy she saves from drowning, she can no longer run from her familys history. Is she destined to live out the habitual story of love and heartbreak, or can she escape the family curse and the mysterious fate that befell her aunt?--Readers are falling hard for Cursed Daughters...Everyones going to fall in love with this bookA stunning read. Possibly my book of the year so farOne of the best endings of a book Ive read in a long time. So satisfyingSharp, brilliantly written...and broke my heart on more than one occasionI cannot express how much I adored this book - like truly, madly, deeply adored it

#1 New York Times bestselling author pulls from Slavic folklore to explore family, duty, and what it means to be a monster in this sequel to the USA Today bestselling When Among CrowsA funeral. A heist. A mission born of desperation.When someone in Dymitrs family dies, hes called back home for the Empty Night, a funeral rite intended to keep evil at bay.The secret Dymitr is keeping from them makes returning home downright dangerous, but if he wants to get his hands on a book of curses that might appease Baba Jagas blood lust, he has no choice. And when that same funeral brings ferocious creature-of-legend Niko to town for his own bloody purposes, Dymitrs charade becomes impossible to maintain.Family gatherings can be brutal. Dymitrs might just be fatal.

Woody Allens wonderful novel reads like one of his filmsThe TelegraphAs a portrait of Woody Allen by Woody Allen, its a classic The StandardGood gags abound in this tale of a bespectacled Jewish writer caught up in a #MeToo takedownGuardianAsher Baum is quietly losing his mind. Can you blame him?Maybe what I really want is to make sense of all peoples lives. Of everything, the whole shebangA middle-aged Jewish journalist turned novelist and playwright, consumed with anxiety about everything under the sun, Baums turgid philosophical books receive tepid reviews and his prestigious New York publisher has dropped him. His third marriage is on the rocks and he suspects his handsome and successful younger brother may have seduced his Harvard-educated wife. He is uneasy with her close relationship with her son, a more successful author than he, and suspicious of her closeness with their neighbour in Connecticut. And in a moment of irrationality, he has impulsively tried to kiss a pretty young journalist during an interview that she is about to go public with.Is it any wonder Baum has started talking to himself? Strangers shake their heads and walk around him on the street. Meanwhile he learns a startling secret that could cause havoc should he expose it. Should he keep it to himself or reveal it and blow up his marriage?Whats with Baum? is Woody Allens first novel and it is everything you would expect of him--and more. A portrait of an intellectual crippled by neurotic concerns about the futility and emptiness of life; an amusing glimpse into the New York publishing establishment; above all, a highly entertaining, tightly plotted, beautifully wrought piece of fiction from one of Americas greatest and most versatile cinematic and literary talents.

The instant New York Times Top 5 bestseller!I blew through this! Bonam-Young blends gritty reality, family, and passion to create a powerful story about acceptance and the power of opening up to love. I loved thisAbby Jimenez, #1 New York Times bestselling authorIntroducing Prue and Milo in the brand new heart-warming and spicy strangers-to-lovers romcom and the start of a new duet from bestselling TikTok author Hannah Bonam-Young!Prudence Welch has always valued her introverted lifestyle in the small town of Baysville, Ontario. She is content with working at her fathers gas station, writing her beloved poetry, and caring for her mother who has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers. Despite her fathers continuous remarks that she should venture out of the town to have a more fulfilling life, Prue just cant leave it behind.Milo Kablukov is a free spirit, who has had his fair share of worldwide adventures and wild nights. But when he is called by his brother for an urgent family matter in Baysville, he finds that he just might have to stay put a while.After an intriguing encounter with Prue, Milo sets his sights on getting to know her, but he finds that a friendship with Prue may be different to what he had been expecting...

A woman settles in a remote Polish village. It has few inhabitants, but it teems with the stories of its living and its dead. Theres the drunk Marek Marek, who discovers that he shares his body with a bird, and Franz Frost, whose nightmares come to him from a newly discovered planet. Theres the man whose death with one leg on the Polish side, one on the Czech was an international incident. And there are the Germans who still haunt a region that not long ago they called their own. From the founding of the town to the lives of its saints, these shards piece together not only a history but a cosmology. Another brilliant constellation novel in the mode of her International Booker Prize-winning Flights, House of Day, House of Night is a brilliantly imaginative epic novel of a small place by Olga Tokarczuk, one of the most daring and ambitious novelists of our time.

Michael McDowells Blackwater meets Clive Barkers The Great and Secret Show in the disturbing first installment of a new trilogy of intense, visceral, beautifully written queer horror set in a small New England town.A chilling supernatural tale of transgressive literary horror from the Bram Stoker Award finalist and Splatterpunk Award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke.The lives of those residing in the isolated town of Burnt Sparrow, New Hampshire, are forever altered after three faceless entities arrive on Christmas morning to perform a brutal act of violencea senseless tragedy that can never be undone. While the townspeople grieve their losses and grapple with the aftermath of the attack, a young teenage boy named Rupert Cromwell is forced to confront the painful realities of his family situation. Once relationships become intertwined and more carnage ensues as a result of the massacre, the town residents quickly learn that true retribution is futile, cruelty is earned, and certain thresholds must never be crossed no matter what.Engrossing, atmospheric, and unsettling, this is a devastating story of a small New England community rocked by an unforgivable act of violence. Writing with visceral intensity and profound eloquence, LaRocca journeys deep into the dark heart of Burnt Sparrow, leaving you chilled to the bone and wanting more.

A statistics professor tries to a survive a series of gruesome and impossibly unlikely disasters linked to a supernaturally lucky Vegas casino, while dealing with her own erasure as a bisexual, in this chilling and quick-witted horror novel. Vera, a bisexual statistics professor, is one of the survivors of a global disaster of a new kind the Low Probability Event. What should have been a simple family lunch turns into an absurd catastrophe raining fish, parade balloons, exploding manholes and brutally violent animal attacks.Washed up the aftermath, its only when the handsome, but problematic, government agent Layne knocks on her door that she is offered a glimpse of meaning to life. Layne is investigating the Low Probability Event, and believes the deadly absurd events may be linked to an improbably lucky casino.As they hit the road to try and make sense of the meaningless chaos of life, only one thing is clear what happens in Vegas isnt staying there

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard PrizeWinner of the PEN/Robert W. Bingham PrizeA boy unearths a jar that holds an old curse, which sets into motion his familys unravelling, a man, while trying to swindle some pot from a dealer, discovers a friend passed out in the woods, his hair frozen into the snow, and two friends, inspired by Antiques Roadshow, attempt to rob the tribal museum for valuable root clubs.Night of the Living Rez, the book that heralded the arrival of a standout talent in contemporary fiction, is an unforgettable portrayal of an Indigenous community.

Rivals-to-lovers romcom excellence Jenna LevineIrresistible to anyone looking for a steamy STEM romance Deidra DuncanTheyre polar opposites. But their attraction is magnetic... The rivalry between Dr Erin Monaghan and Dr Ethan Meyer is legendary in their prestigious physics lab. Each at the forefront of their opposing fields, they compete for everything: grant money, research time, government backing - and use of the office coffee machine. But its a basic law of nature that opposites attract, and sparks fly after a science fiction magazine pairs their work and they meet online as their creative alter egos. Back at the lab, and forced to collaborate on a high-profile government contract, Erin and Ethans sizzling virtual chemistry spills over into real life, threatening the projects success. With their careers and hearts on the line, can the law of attraction finally win out?Readers love TALK DATA TO MEGeeky, sexy, and irresistibly fun***** NetGalley reviewerWhat a stunning debut! This is what I want out of every book I read ***** NetGalley reviewerA heartwarming and emotional journey filled with chemistry, charm, and relatable characters ***** NetGalley reviewer

When a young fisherman falls in love with a beautiful mermaid, he is faced with an impossible choice: to be with her, he must cast away his very soul. Thus begins a haunting journey through strange lands and spiritual trials, as his discarded soul, unwilling to be forgotten, takes on a life of its own.In The Fisherman and his Soul, Oscar Wilde weaves a poetic and philosophical fable that explores the boundaries of love, the cost of desire, and the redemptive power of compassion. Rich in symbolism and moral depth, this enchanting story reminds us that the greatest truths often lie hidden in the depths of the heart. A timeless classic from one of literatures most luminous voices.

Acabada de sair de uma relaço intensa que cria definitiva, a narradora conhece no mesmo dia o homem que veio revigorar um amor profundo, completo, rosto final de uma busca incessante. Ela vive em Lisboa, ele em Londres. De permeio, a espaços entrecortados no tempo, encontram-se sob a luz resplandecente do ceu da capital, e aqui vivem os dias, as noites, o olhar, a pele, a intensissima e dolorosa viagem ao seu reino mais intimo. Um dia, inesperada, a ruptura. Ele parte para Londres. Ento, ela escreve uma longa e vivida carta de amor, um soliloquio raiado pela esperança e pela inconformidade, relembrando o que persiste nos veios da memoria, para que, ao crepusculo, o sentimento no desvaneça. No se concebe que, amando, no se prefira a razo do amor, do gozo dos olhos, do cheiro, do coraço.Quando se ama alguem, tem-se sempre tempo para essa pessoa. E se ela no vem ter connosco, nos esperamos. O verbo esperar torna-se to imperativo como o verbo respirar. A vida transforma-se numa estaço de comboios e o vento anuncia-nos a chegada antes do alcance do olhar. O amor na espera ensina-nos a ver o futuro, a deseja-lo, a organizar tudo para que seja possivel. E mais facil esperar do que desistir. E mais facil desejar do que esquecer. E mais facil sonhar do que perder. E para quem vive a sonhar, e muito mais facil viver.UMA CARTA DE AMOR APAIXONADA E COMOVENTE, QUE ENSINA OS HOMENS A ACREDITAR NO AMOR DAS MULHERES.

O UNIVERSO TEM SEGREDOS. A ALMA HUMANA TAMBÉM.UMA OBRA MONUMENTAL QUE REVELA OS MISTÉRIOS DA ORIGEM DO UNIVERSO, DA HUMANIDADE E DA CONSCIÊNCIA, BASEANDO-SE EM ANTIGAS TRADIÇÕES ESOTÉRICAS.Publicada

Um thriller psicológico absolutamente viciante, contado sob as perspetivas de Gina e de Mary, alternando entre o passado e o presente, e mantendo o leitor em suspense até a última página.Prepare-se para uma leitura cheia de reviravoltas que o deixara sem folego. Fs de A Criada, Em Parte Incerta e A Rapariga no Comboio vo devorar este livro!Sou a Mary, diz, olhando para mim como se eu devesse saber exatamente quem e. Esta a usar um vestido estilo tunica, com um colarinho branco engomado e mangas curtas. Mas so os seus olhos, penetrantes e que parecem esconder algo perigoso por detras do seu azul-cobalto, que me arrepiam.Disse-me que era a governanta e quem sou eu para a questionar? A nossa estadia nesta casa vitoriana perfeitamente renovada, no lado rico de Hastings, foi um favor de uma antiga colega de escola, apenas enquanto os estragos provocados pelo incendio na nossa querida casa esto a ser reparados.Esta casa no e minha e no sou eu quem dita as regras. Por isso, afasto-me e deixo-a entrar. Estarei a ser paranoica por pensar que ela observa todos os meus movimentos?O que devo fazer quando encosta a cabeça nos ombros do meu marido, com um brilho no olhar que so eu consigo ver?Deveria ter feito as malas e saido quando a apanhei a remexer nas minhas coisas?Quando um dia chego a casa e descubro que se quer mudar para o quarto de hospedes com o filho, devo acreditar quando diz que no tem outro lugar para onde ir? Poderei confiar nela e deixa-la sozinha com os meus dois filhos?Todas as noites, fico acordada a pensar em quem sera esta mulher estranha e o que pretende. Quando finalmente descubro todos os segredos que se escondem nesta casa, percebo que corro muito mais perigo do que alguma vez poderia imaginar...

In New York City, an Albanian interpreter cannot help but become entangled in her clients struggles, despite her husbands cautions. When she reluctantly agrees to work with Alfred, a Kosovar torture survivor, during his therapy sessions, his nightmares stir up her own buried memories; while an impulsive attempt to help a Kurdish poet leads to a risky encounter and a reckless plan.As ill-fated decisions stack up, jeopardising the nameless narrators marriage and mental health, she takes a spontaneous trip to reunite with her mother in Albania, where her life in the United States is put into stark relief. When she returns to face the consequences of her actions, she must question what is real and what is not.Ruminative and propulsive, Misinterpretation interrogates the darker legacies of family and country, and the boundary between compassion and self-preservation.

«Chorava porque hoje o seu coração voltara a bater, quando não acreditava que tal ainda fosse possível.Chora por tantas razões que nem quer pensar. É toda a sua vida que lhe volta à ideia. Então, par

«Uma proeza extraordinária de narrativa, que mistura o real e o fantástico, entrelaçando uma investigação policial rigorosa com a rica imaginação de uma criança. Um thriller como nenhum outro.»Stuart

Este livro é um convite a empresários, empreendedores e líderes para pensarem, e agirem, de forma diferente. Porque o futuro não se adia. E a natureza já nos mostrou o caminho.Uma leitura transformad

Uma obra imprescindível para todos os que desejam compreender a Alemanha moderna, os legados do Nazismo e os riscos do negacionismo histórico.Como é que um país reconstrói a democracia sem enfrentar os seus fantasmas?E que perigos nascem quando o silencio substitui a justiça?Em A Herança Nazi, Helmut Ortner conduz-nos por uma investigaço impressionante sobre a forma como a Alemanha do pos-guerra lidou ou evitou lidar com o legado do nazismo. A desnazificaço, prometida apos a queda do Terceiro Reich, revelou-se superficial: antigos criminosos nazis mantiveram-se em funçes publicas, juristas do regime participaram na nova ordem juridica e a sociedade preferiu esquecer em vez de recordar.Com um estilo envolvente e rigoroso, Ortner denuncia esta cultura do esquecimento e revela como o passado continua a projetar sombras perigosas sobre o presente. Trata-se de uma obra de memoria, justiça e alerta um testemunho indispensavel num tempo em que o revisionismo historico e a banalizaço do mal voltam a ameaçar a verdade.Um livro essencial para quem acredita que a democracia exige memoria.Como pode um povo inteiro preferir desviar o olhar?Como se ergueu a Alemanha sobre as ruinas da barbarie e do silencio?

The unlikely assassin of the king flees from a group of ruthless mercenaries as the country falls to ruin, in this gripping, gritty and action-packed fantasy adventure from a Booktok and podcast sensation. Perfect for fans of R.F. Kuang, H.M. Long and R.J. Barker.Anji works as a castle servant, cleaning laundry for a king she hates. So when a rare opportunity presents itself, she seizes the chance to cut his throat. Then she runs for her life. In her wake, the kingdom is thrown into disarray, while a bounty bigger than anyone could imagine lands on her head.On her heels are the fabled mercenaries of the Menagerie, whose animal-shaped masks are magical relics rumored to give them superhuman powers. Its the Hawk who finds Anji first: a surly, aging swordswoman who has her own reasons for keeping Anji alive and out of the hands of her fellow bounty hunters, if only long enough to collect the reward herself.With the rest of the Menagerie on their trail, so begins an alliance as tenuous as it is temporaryand a race against death that will decide Anjis fate, and may change the course of a kingdom.