Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie. Now, she's trying to distance herself from past mistakes, but going straight isn't easy. Bartending at a dive, she's still entirely too close to the corrupt underbelly of the Berkshires. Not ... |
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An irresistible return to the captivating world of Elfhame from bestselling Folk of the Air author Holly Black, with stunning full-colour illustrations by Rovina Cai. Once upon a time, there was a boy with a wicked tongue... Before he was a cruel prince or a wicked king, he was a faerie child with a heart of stone. The No. 1 Bestselling author Holly Black takes a deeper look into the dramatic life of Elfhame's enigmatic High King, Cardan, told only from his perspective. This new instalment in th "Folk of the Air" series is a return to the heart-racing romance, danger, humour and drama that haveenchanted ... |
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#1 New York Times Bestselling Author. ... Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered in front of them. The terrifying assassin abducts all three girls to the world of Faerie, where Jude is installed in the royal court but mocked and tormented by the Faerie royalty for being mortal. As Jude grows older, she realises that ... |
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#1 New York Times Bestselling author. ... Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. One terrible morning, Jude and her sisters see their parents murdered in front of them. The terrifying assassin abducts all three girls to the world of Faerie, where Jude is installed in the royal court but mocked and tormented by the Faerie royalty for being mortal. As Jude grows older, she realises that ... |
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It looked like love. It felt like love. But this isn't a love story. Amelie fell hard for Reese. And she thought he loved her too. But she's starting to realise that real love isn't supposed to hurt like this. So now she's retracing their story, revisiting all the places he made her cry. Because if she works out what went wrong, perhaps she can finally learn to get over him."A powerful, vital gut-punch." Laura Bates ... |
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"I have heard that for mortals, the feeling of falling in love is very like the feeling of fear." Jude has tricked Cardan onto the throne, binding him to her for a year and a day. But the new High King does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her, even as his fascination with her remains undimmed. Meanwhile, a traitor in the court is scheming against her. Jude must fight for her life and the lives of those she loves, all while battling her own complicated feelings for Cardan. Now a year and a day seems like no time at all... An intoxicating and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times ... |
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The intoxicating and bloodthirsty finale to the New York Times bestselling "The Cruel Prince", nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019, and New York Times bestseller "The Wicked King". After being pronounced Queen of Faerie and then abruptly exiled by the Wicked King Cardan, Jude finds herself unmoored, the queen of nothing. She spends her time with Vivi and Oak, watching reality television, and doing odd jobs, including squaring up to a cannibalistic faerie. When her twin sister Taryn shows up asking a favour, Jude jumps at the chance to return to the Faerie world, even if it means facing Cardan, ... |
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A closed case. An A-grade student who won`t let it go... ... The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. But having grown up in the same small town that was consumed by the crime, Pippa Fitz-Amobi isn't so sure. When she chooses the case as the topic for her final project, she starts to uncover secrets that someone in town desperately wants to stay hidden. And if the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from the truth?"Dark, dangerous and intricately plotted - my heart literally ... |
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Камерите работят. Лъжите започват. Животът на Бел Прайс преминава в сянката на майка ѝ Рейчъл, изчезнала мистериозно преди шестнайсет години. Момичето, тогава едва на две, е единственият свидетел на похищението, но не си спомня нищо от този ден. Случаят остава неразрешен и като че ли всеки има собствена теория какво е сполетяло Рейчъл. А Бел си мечтае всички просто да оставят на мира нея и семейството ѝ. Мечтата ѝ изглежда по-непостижима отвсякога, защото бащата на Бел се е съгласил семейството да участва в направата на документален филм за изчезването. Момичето си мисли, че по-зле няма как да стане… И ... |
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Пипа скоро започва университет и в живота ѝ се отгръща нова страница, но въпреки това тя не може да се отърси от последствията на последния си случай. Покрай подкаста и разследванията неведнъж е получавала заплахи онлайн, само че този път един анонимен профил се откроява зловещо, питайки отново и отново: Кой ще те потърси, когато ти изчезнеш? Не след дълго става ясно, че заплахата не се ограничава до интернет и някой съвсем наистина дебне Пипа. Изплуват взаимовръзки между преследвача и местен сериен убиец, заловен шест години по-рано, и с тях идва и съмнението, ами ако зад решетките лежи грешният човек? Полицията ... |
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Холи ни среща отново с една от най-интересните и изобретателни героини на Стивън Кинг. В този трилър Холи Гибни трябва да разкрие страшната истина за изчезването на няколко души в град в Средния запад. Читателите вече са проследили постепенната ѝ трансформация от стеснителна (но също така смела и дълбоко морална) самотница в Мистър Мерцедес до партньорка на Бил Ходжис в Търси се и напълно самостоятелен, умен и понякога корав частен детектив в Другият. В настоящия роман на Кинг Холи трябва да се изправи сама срещу двама коварни и великолепно прикриващи се противници. Когато Пени Дал се обажда в детективска ... |
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Лола се преместила в нов дом. Старият живот, естествено, ѝ липсва, но и в новия има хубави неща. Как би могла да не харесва къщата с огромната, почти дива градина и сърничките, които понякога се вмъкват през оградата? Един ден тя намира малко сърненце, което се нуждае от помощта ѝ. Готова е да стори всичко за него... но дали ще се справи сама? ... |
