The seventh book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s & 70s
- the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian
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A hundred years ago, in the Himalayan peaks of Nanvi Dar, the daughter of an English earl is kidnapped by a huge hairy monster. In a secret valley Agatha Farley is introduced to a family of motherless yetis & devotes her life to their upbringing. She teaches them to speak, tells them stories & insists on polite manners. But as the decades pass, tourists come to the mountains, a hotel is built & yeti-hunters arrive. Agatha knows that there is one place in the world where they would be protected
- her ancetral home at Farley Towers. When a boy & his sister stumble upon her hidden valley, she knows she has found the courageous people who will carry out her plan. The excited yetis are smuggled into the bridal suite at the hotel. A freezer lorry is waiting to put them into semi-hibernation on the long trip home. But the baby yak that has fallen in love with the youngest yeti foils the refrigeration plan & they set off on a hugely entertaining road trip half way across the world. In the Sultan of Aslerfan`s kingdom the yetis release all the animals from his zoo. In the Alps they rescue a lost child in a blizzard. In Spain, the yak creates chaos at a bullfight. But when they arrive in Engl&, a terrible shock awaits them at Farley Towers... This early novel, never submitted for publication, contains all the trademark qualities that made Eva`s subsequent books so successful; comedy, loveable & eccentric characters, perfectly-crafted plotting, & inspiring themes of tolerance, kindness to animals, & the defeat of cruelty.
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It is midnight on the feast day of La Befana, & Venice is celebrating. Masked figures crowd the vaporettos, fireworks burst over the tower of St. Mark, & every trattoria hums with grappa-soaked gossip. But on the steps of Santa Maria, there is a deathly hush. A body has washed up from the Grand Canal: a woman, wearing the robes of a Catholic priest
- a desecration known in the Catholic Church as an Abomination. This is Captain Katerina Tapo`s first murder case, an investigation with sinister roots in post Cold War Italy that will test loyalties Kat did not know she had as she travels through the labyrinthine backstreets of Venice, to an abandoned asylum on the uninhabited island of Poveglia, via Carnivia.com, a dark replica of Venice where friend & foe alike reside in total anonymity...
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Armed only with textbook Arabic & restless curiosity, Adam Valen Levinson set out to ”learn about the world 9/11 made us fear”. From a base in Abu Dhabi, he sets out to lunch in Taliban territory in Afghanistan, travels under the watchful eye of Aleppo`s secret police, risks shipwreck en route to Somalia, investigates Yazidi beliefs in a sacred cave, cliff-dives in Oman, celebrates New Year`s Eve in Tahrir Square &, at every turn, discovers a place that doesn`t match its reputation. While politicians & the media eagerly stoke the flames of Islamophobia, Valen Levinson crosses borders with abundant humour & humanity. Seeking common ground everywhere, he finds that people who pray differently often laugh the same. & as a young man bar mitzvahed at twenty-one (instead of the usual thirteen), he slowly learns how childish it is to live by decisions & distinctions born of fear. ...

Mala & Ronak are adults now. They`ve married, begun their own families & moved away from the suffocating world of their first generation immigrant parents. But when they learn their mother has only months to live, the focus of their world returns to her home. Having shown little interest in the Indian cuisine they eat at every gathering, Mala decides to master the recipes her mother learned at her own mother`s knee. & as they cook together, mother & daughter begin to confront the great divisions of their lives, & finally heal their fractured relationship. But when Ronak comes up with a plan to memorialise his mother, the hard-won peace between them is tested to its limits. Written with tenderness & wry compassion, Amit Majmudar has captured anew the immigrant experience, the clash of cultures, the conflicts of assimilation, &, most poignantly, the tangled ties between generations. ...

From Edgar Award-winning Chris Pavone, author of the Sunday Times & New York Times bestseller The Expats, comes a riveting time-bomb of a thriller (fans of The Expats will be excited to see a few characters from Pavone`s first book pop up here as well). Taking place over the course of twenty-four hours, The Accident draws on the rich worlds of publishing, politics & international spies to tell a suspenseful tale of intrigue in the vein of John Grisham & Laura Lippman. In New York City, Isabel Reed, one of the most respected & powerful literary agents in the city, frantically turns the pages of a manuscript into the early dawn hours. This manuscript
- printed out, h&-delivered, totally anonymous
- is full of shocking revelations & disturbing truths linked to a car accident that occurred years ago, things which could compromise national security. Is this what she`s been waiting for her entire career: a book that will help her move on from a painful past, a book that could save her beloved industry.. .a book that will change the world? In Copenhagen, Hayden Gray, a veteran station chief, wary of the CIA`s obsession with the Middle East, has been steadfastly monitoring the dangers that abound in Europe. Even if his bosses aren`t paying attention, he`s determined to stay vigilant. & he`s also on the trail of this manuscript
- & the secrets that lie at its heart. For him, quite simply, it must never see the light of day. As Isabel & Hayden try to outwit each other, the nameless author watches on from afar. With no-one quite sure who holds all the cards, the stakes couldn`t be higher: in just one day careers could be ruined, devastating secrets could be unearthed, & innocent people could die. As the manuscript moves from person to person, it leaves a trail of bodies in its wake. Gripping, sophisticated, & impossible to put down, The Accident is a masterful follow-up to one of the most acclaimed & striking debut thrillers of recent years.


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From the author of ” His Bloody Project”, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016. There does not appear to be anything remarkable about the fatal car crash on the A35. But one question dogs Inspector Georges Gorski: where has the victim, an outwardly austere lawyer, been on the night of his death? The troubled Gorski finds himself drawn into a mystery that takes him behind the respectable veneer of the sleepy French backwater of Saint-Louis. Graeme Macrae Burnet returns with a literary mystery that will beguile fans of ” His Bloody Project” & ” The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau”. Darkly humorous, subtle & sophisticated, ” The Accident on the A35” burrows deep into the psyches of its characters & explores the forgotten corners of small-town life. ...

The Accidental is Ali Smith`s dazzling novel about a family holiday & a stranger who upends it. Arresting & wonderful, The Accidental pans in on the Norfolk holiday home of the Smart family one hot summer. There a beguiling stranger called Amber appears at the door bearing all sorts of unexpected gifts, trampling over family boundaries & sending each of the Smarts scurrying from the dark into the light. A novel about the ways that seemingly chance encounters irrevocably transform our understanding of ourselves, The Accidental explores the nature of truth, the role of fate & the power of storytelling. ”A beguiling page-turner.. .a brilliant creation. To read The Accidental is to be excited from first to last”. (Independent). ” Joyous, a shot across the bows...writing as rapture, as giddy delight”. (The Times). ” Brilliant & engaging, frequently hilarious... Smith makes one look at the world afresh”. (Sunday Telegraph). ...

The Accidental Adventurer by Ben Fogle tells the story of this extraordinary explorer & TV presenter. Follow him tracing back adventures that raised money for charity & took him around the world: rowing across the Atlantic, walking to the South Pole & running the Sahara are just a few. Ben Fogle offers a fine example & answer to a universal dilemma about how one could live a life different from expectations. Here is the story of a man who chose to follow his heart on a journey that saw him treading an unconventional route. Packed with action, challenges & setbacks, this book also cast some light on how it all started & some pictures just add more colours to the story. Get ready for a rollercoaster! ...

Meet Charles Rangeley-Wilson. He’s one of Britain’s best-kept secrets – angler, conservationist, traveller. He’s also one of our finest fishing writers. Now join him on the trip of a lifetime, on a journey that will make the familiar new, & the strange familiar. Published to accompany the new BBC TV series, The Accidental Angler takes us from London suburbs to Bhutan, Icelandic moonscapes to the Seychelles – in fact, anywhere a fishing rod leads. In The Accidental Angler you’ll battle titanic monsters on a tropical atoll & make-believe sharks on the mushy-peas-&-gravy Wash. You’ll chase inscrutable grayling through back gardens in Provence, or phantom sea trout in downtown Southampton. & you’ll dance in Brazilian carnivals & find secret rivers hidden beneath the streets. Because fishing can take you to the heart of a landscape in a way few other forms of travel can match. A fishing rod will break the ice with locals, guides, farmers, shopkeepers, taxi drivers & bar-flies. Whether in the world’s most outlandish & awe-inspiring places or just at the end of your road, fishing will introduce you to crabby weather & crabbier locals, moon-phases, rip-tides, floods, droughts, remarkable tales, & of course fantastic slippery beasts. ...