Dear reader There is nothing to be found in these special tie-in editions of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events but misery & despair You still have time to pick another bestselling Emmy-nominated Netflix-adapted series to read But if you cannot be dissuaded read on violet Klaus & Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children They are charming & resourceful & have pleasant facial features Unfortunately they are exceptionally unlucky In The Wide Window the siblings encounter a hurricane a signalling device hungry leaches cold cucumber soup a horrible villain & a doll named Pretty Penny In the tradition of great storytellers from Dickens to Dahl comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary & irreverent hilarious & deftly crafted Despite their wretched contents A Series of Unfortunate Events has sold 60 million copies worldwide & been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey & in the future things are poised to get much worse thanks to the forthcoming Netflix series starring Neil Patrick Harris You have been warned Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures? The Bad Beginning The Reptile Room The Wide Window The Miserable Mill The Austere Academy The Ersatz Elevator The Vile Village The Hostile Hospital The Carnivorous Carnival The Slippery Slope The Grim Grotto The Penultimate Peril The End And what about All The Wrong Questions? In this four-book series a 13-year-old Lemony chronicles his dangerous & puzzling apprenticeship in a mysterious organisation that nobody knows anything about Who Could That Be at This Hour?' When Did you Last See Her?' Shouldn't You Be in School?' Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?' Lemony Snicket was born before you were & is likely to die before you as well He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious & prone to riot He grew up near the sea & currently lives beneath it Until recently he was living somewhere else Brett Helquist was born in Ganado Arizona grew up in Orem Utah & now lives in New York City He earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University & has been illustrating ever since His art has appeared in many publications including Cricket magazine & The New York Times ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK' If you liked GONE GIRL & THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN you might want to pick up THE WIDOW by Fiona Barton Engrossing Suspenseful' Stephen King We've all seen him the man
- the monster
- staring from the front page of every newspaper accused of a terrible crime But what about her the woman who grips his arm on the courtroom stairs
- the wife who stands by him? Jean Taylor's life was blissfully ordinary Nice house nice husband Glen was all she'd ever wanted her Prince Charming Until he became that man accused that monster on the front page Jean was married to a man everyone thought capable of unimaginable evil But now Glen is dead & she's alone for the first time free to tell her story on her own terms Jean Taylor is going to tell us what she knows Du Maurier's REBECCA meets WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN & GONE GIRL in this intimate tale of a terrible crime ' The ultimate psychological thriller' Lisa Gardner Fiona Barton's tantalising new thriller THE CHILD is available to buy now


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The new novel from the author of the Sunday Timesbestseller The Silversmith's Wife stunning historical fiction perfect for ...

FINALIST FOR THE 2018 MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARDThis chilling novel from the bestselling award-winning author of The Lake of Dead Languages blends the gothic allure of Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca & the crazed undertones of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper with the twisty contemporary edge of ASA Harrison's The Silent Wife-a harrowing tale of psychological suspense set in New York's Hudson Valley When Jess & Clare Martin move from Williamsburg Brooklyn to their former college town in the Hudson River valley they are hoping for rejuvenation-of their marriage their savings & Jess's writing career They take a caretaker's job at Riven House a crumbling estate & the home of their old college writing professor While Clare once had dreams of being a writer those plans fell by the wayside when Jess made a big splashy literary debut in their twenties It's been years now since his first novel The advance has long been spent Clare's hope is that the pastoral beauty & nostalgia of the Hudson Valley will offer some inspiration But their new life isn't all quaint town libraries & fragrant apple orchards There is a haunting pall that hangs over Riven House like a funeral veil Something is just not right Soon Clare begins to hear babies crying at night see strange figures in fog at the edge of their property Diving into the history of the area she realizes that Riven House has a dark & anguished past & whatever this thing is-this menacing force that destroys the inhabitants of the estate-it seems to be after Clare next ...

The powerful new saga from Jennie Felton in her Families of Fairley Terrace series in the grand tradition of Katie Flynn Dilly Court Maggie Hope & Josephine Cox of secrets romance drama & triumph in the wake of a bitter tragedy She'd do anything to keep her children safe Carina Talbot's life is shattered when her beloved husband Robert is found dead in mysterious circumstances Suddenly she must take on sole responsibility for their two young children & find a way to continue running the farm which was Robert's pride & joy
- not to mention prevent Sally her beautiful & headstrong sister-in-law from making choices that will affect them all Help comes in the form of two new men in her life local landowner Lord Cal Melbrook a scarred war hero whose surly temperament seemingly masks a generous heart & a mysterious stranger who claims to have been friends with Robert & offers a much-needed hand on the farm But can Carina truly trust the motives of either man? & as a woman alone can she keep her vow to protect her children from further tragedy? Don't miss the rest of the Families of Fairley Terrace series which began with Maggie's story in All The Dark Secrets & continued with Lucy's story in The Miner's Daughter & Edie's story in The Girl Below Stairs
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David Baldacci is back with The Width of the World the third book in the Vega Jane series which began with his instant 1 global bestseller & award-winning YA fantasy debut The Finisher This is it Vega Jane's time Lied to her whole life she has broken away from Wormwood the only home she's ever known & headed off into the Quag in search of the truth She battles horrors to fight her way through it with her best friend Delph & her mysterious canine Harry Two alongside her Against all odds they survive
- but arrive into a place that's even worse Not because deadly beasts roam the streets but because the people there are enslaved & don't even know it It's up to Vega Delph Harry Two & their new comrade Petra to take up the fight against savage & cunning new foe
- & their triumph or failure will determine the fate of the whole world

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Wolitzer has masterfully created an expose of lives lived in partnership & the truth that behind the compromises dedication & promise inherent in marriage there so often lies a secret'A triumph of tone & observation The Wife is a blithe brilliant take on sexual politics' Lorrie Moore 224 pages Wolitzer Meg ...

Now a New York Times top-ten bestseller'A fiendishly clever thriller in the vein of Gone Girl & The Girl on the Train This one will keep you guessing'
- Anita Shreve author of The Stars are Fire When you read this book you will make many assumptions It's about a jealous wife obsessed with her replacement It's about a younger woman set to marry the man she loves The first wife seems like a disaster; her replacement is the perfect woman You will assume you know the motives the history the anatomy of the relationships You will be wrong The Wife Between Us is the first collaboration between Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen; a gripping thriller with film rights sold to the creators of The Girl On the Train
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When you read this book you will make many assumptions It's about a jealous wife obsessed with her replacement It's about a younger woman set to marry the man she loves The first wife seems like a disaster; her replacement is the perfect woman You will assume you know the motives the history the anatomy of the relationships You will be wrong The Wife Between Us is the first collaboration between Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen ...

' Those husbands that I had Three of them were good & two were bad The three that I call "good" were rich & old' One of the most bawdy entertaining & popular stories from The Canterbury Tales Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Geoffrey Chaucer (c 1343-1400) Chaucer's works available in Penguin Classics are The Canterbury Tales Love Visions & Troilus & Criseyde ...