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In Thieving Sun, Julienne, a student of sculpture, and Gaspar, a young composer, fall in love at a small college and share a home for more than a decade before encountering the fundamental rift that will change their lives. Through a series of microtonal music scales, the story is told in nonlinear scenes that unfold over the whole of Julienne’s life.

SLACK, a deadened London lawyer with sleeping problems and a mysterious past, comes alive at night. The only problem is that he can never remember what happened the night before. One morning, as he embarks on his daily routine, Slack finds the fascinating outline of a novel he must have composed in his half-asleep state. He somehow knows the secret to his enigmatic existence lays in this unwritten novel and determines to bring it to life.

Posie Rose wollte als Stern am Hollywoodhimmel aufgehen. Ganz sicher wollte sie nicht zurück in ihre alte Heimatstadt, die vor zehn Jahren von einer schrecklichen Gewalttat erschüttert wurde. Erst recht wollte sie nicht die Freundin ihres Jugenderzfeindes William spielen, der alles andere ist als der Ritter in strahlender Rüstung. Nachdem sie aber am selben Tag sowohl ihren Job als auch ihre Wohnung in LA verliert, bleibt ihr und ihrer Schildkröte nichts anderes übrig, als buchstäblich zurück zu kriechen an den Ort, der sie schon einmal fast umgebracht hätte.

Um ihre demente Mutter Gwen zu betreuen, zieht die alleinstehende Connie nach Buckinghamshire. Sie kümmert sich gern um sie, auch wenn sie selbst zurückstecken muss. Bis eines Tages ein weißer Van vor der Tür steht. Eine soziale Einrichtung hat den Handwerker Paul zur Unterstützung geschickt. Aber Connie ist alarmiert. Irgendetwas gefällt ihr nicht an Paul. Er ist zu freundlich, zu charmant und mischt sich zu sehr in das Leben ihrer Mutter ein. Zunehmend hilflos beobachtet sie, wie Gwen ihn für ihren verstorbenen Mann hält, wie sie Paul den Schlüssel zum Haus überlässt und er letztlich sogar einzieht.

Hannah Parker is a woman who always gets what she wants. When her current husband discovers she has been lying to him – again - she knows it’s time to move on and find someone who can give her the life she desires… The life she knows she deserves. But who will be the lucky man? When her eye catches a glimpse of an old flame in a photograph, she’s sure it’s a sign.

Miles has always been a diver, as courageous as a peregrine falcon. But after an attempted suicide, he feels anything but courageous. In fact, he feels completely broken. Nowadays, the sight of the pool—the one place he used to feel safe—sends panic coursing through his body. Not only is he about to lose his scholarship but Miles is sick of being a burden. He knows he’s broken, and he knows he’ll only hold Trisha back. She has so much potential. She could fly if she weren’t worried about leaving him behind.

Zwei Vermisste, eine Leiche, ein sagenumwobener Schriftsteller und eine junge Autorin, die tief in das undurchdringbare Netz aus Familiengeheimnissen hineingezogen wird... Hope und Cole Trapp, Ehefrau und Sohn des berühmten Krimischriftstellers Sebastian Trapp, sind verschwunden. Seit 20 Jahren gibt es keine Spur von ihnen. Wurden sie entführt und ermordet? In Verdacht gerät Trapp. Als Nicky Hunter engagiert wird, um Trapps Memoiren zu verfassen, stößt sie auf ein undurchdringbares Netz aus Geheimnissen.

“Without the journey, there is no destination.” What would you do if the mother who neglected you showed up out of the blue, asked you to drive her cross-country for doctor-assisted suicide, and donate your kidney to your brother, who is awaiting an immediate transplant? Would you slam the door on her or be bound to an act of mercy? Portland Bound tells the gut-wrenching story of Charles Caine traveling from Portland, ME, to Portland, OR, with his estranged Mother, his current girlfriend, and his high school sweetheart. Charlie’s hate, bitterness, and search for true love have his ...

From Chris Orcutt, critically acclaimed author of the Dakota Stevens Mystery Series, comes a rich and descriptive modern novel about a rarefied Upstate New York town where "...readers can eavesdrop on the lives of the uber-rich and those who cater to them."* An IndieReader Best Book of 2014. Welcome to Wellington, New York, where the hills and the seemingly quaint village conceal lives of love, lust, adultery, tragedy and small wars. A trophy wife undergoes a shocking transformation. A medical doctor attracts his own destruction. A local bachelor steals a dog and has an epiphany. A town ...

North Lodge had been empty for years until Gil and Sophie stumbled across it one Sunday afternoon and decided to purchase their dream fairytale cottage before it went to auction. Steeped in history and intrigue, they were determined to find out all they could about the cottage’s former owners whilst endeavoring to integrate with the locals in the little sleepy village of Kirkby Mallory. A few bumps in the night didn’t seem out of the ordinary, considering the age of the house, until their niece came to visit — who enlightened her aunt and uncle about the lady she talked to, the one ...

"Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided." -Genesis 25:23 A journey deep within the soul, guided by the famed psychoanalyst Carl Jung’s mysterious obscure story “Seven Sermons to the Dead”, young U.C. Berkeley professor Robert Anderson sets out to crack the riddle of the twin sons of Isaac who fought from the time they came forth from the womb and still fight today; a world destined to not see peace until the descendants of these two sons make peace. Robert soon finds himself descending into the outer, corrupt world of city politics, sexual ...

Co zrobisz, kiedy jedna wiadomość odbierze ci chęć do życia i nikt nie będzie w stanie ukoić twojego bólu? Mirka wyjeżdża z przyjacielem na drugi kraniec Polski po wymarzony samochód. Na miejscu okazuje się, że zamieszczone w Internecie ogłoszenie to podpucha. Choć jest rozgoryczona, postanawia dobrze się bawić nad urzekającymi mazurskimi jeziorami. Jej beztroska nie trwa długo, gdyż kilka dni później dowiaduje się o śmierci bliźniaczki.

GET SET FOR A THRILLING ADVENTURE WITH A MAN IWTH AN AMAZING MIND George is a 50-year-old man with a rare condition called hyperthymesia. He can remember every day of his life since he was six years old. He speds a few years of his childhood in an orphanage after he loses his parents. Then a family adopts him when he is ten and introduces him to the shore. Now at 50, he is a psychologist who practices out of his beachfront house. He seems to have it all. He lives on the beachfront and has a successful practice. He has a loving and successful fiancee, many friends, and a family that loves ...

Allison Skala’s world was turned upside down in the thirty days following the death of her sister-in-law, Megan. Battling insomnia aside, she was in the middle of mending her marriage when she discovered secrets her parents had so determinedly kept hidden from her. All in due time, another tragedy that happened incidentally intertwined her life with that of Detective Martin Blake. Both dealing with loss, sorrow, and a traumatic past, would they find salvation in the end? Dark, exciting, poignant, Erase is a disturbingly aspiring psychological thriller that will make you rethink human ...

Mein Name ist Nele. Ich fürchte, ich habe meine Schwester getötet. Doch lasst mich von vorne beginnen: Vor einigen Tagen habe ich einen faszinierenden Mann kennengelernt. Severin gefiel mir von der ersten Sekunde an, obwohl ihn eine Aura umgab, von der ich mich bedroht fühlte. Meine Schwester Jella warnte mich gleich vor ihm. Dabei war sie ihm nie begegnet. Oder kannte sie ihn in Wirklichkeit doch? Was verbarg sie vor mir? Ich durchstöberte die Unterlagen unseres Vaters, stieß dabei immer wieder auf Jellas Namen und begriff, dass auch er mir all die Jahre etwas verschwiegen hatte.

It’s the middle of the night in Tehran when Michael arrives at the apartment of his ex-girlfriend, Shima. He finds her anxiously awaiting a mysterious visitor and fears he’s interrupted a tryst, only to gradually learn that the truth is much stranger and more sinister. What follows is a series of cunning detours in this atmospheric and elusive odyssey that challenges expectations and assumptions at every turn.

Edward is living in a world he can't afford and to which he doesn't belong. To camouflage himself, he has catered to his friends' needs – fetching drycleaning, sorting flowers for premieres. It's a noble effort, really – anything to keep his best pals Robert and Stanza happy. In return, his proximity to them might sponge the shame of his birth and violent past cleanly away. But the chink in his armour is his painfully unrequited love for Stanza. When he realises Stanza and Robert are an item, Edward is pushed too far.

Ann devoted years to her mother's care. Now, in a bid to escape the emptiness of her old flat and the paperwork caused by her death, Ann finds herself in a bar upstate. She has been so good for so long, she deserves a little fun. Justin is also grieving but his wife is still alive. She has been dying for a long time and they say she doesn't have long left. He deserves a little fun, too. Justin asks Ann to move in just a few weeks later. A million miles away from her lonely life in New York, here Ann finds a world where she is wanted and needed by both Justin and his little girl, Sophie.

Scanlon's Overpass. It's a shitty place. But for Eugene, an ex-clown recruited by his former comedy partner into a para-governmental, supranational organization engaged in psychic warfare, the overpass is going to become something a hell of a lot weirder!

After escaping an abusive marriage to an Idaho white-power militiaman, Susan Blaine takes a job selling vintage autos in Santa Cruz, California. There she runs into Benjamin Hancock, the man who, three years previous, shared a wild weekend with her in Salt Lake City. The two seem a natural pair, but their respective traumas keep getting in the way. Benjamin is obviously musical but weirdly reluctant to admit it, while Susan's PTSD drives her to disappear for a month after a seemingly mild argument. Once these things finally settle down, Benjamin finds out that Susan's ex-husband is actually...