Contemporary fiction titles are those which focus on the present or near past. Stories rooted in the current cultural, social, and political landscape which feature characters we can all recognise.
Contemporary Fiction Books
HarperCollins Publishers The Midwives
Book SynopsisShe''d kill to be a mother.Darkford General Hospital is deeply shaken when its star midwife, Sarah, is arrested for trying to steal a baby.In the ensuing shock, midwives Erica and Sue rally to reassure Darkford?s patients, including Leila ? an expectant mother whose trust has been broken before.Leila reluctantly accepts the hospital?s support ? after all, she isn?t getting enough of that at home. But when Sarah is released from custody, Leila?s paranoia escalates.As her due date ticks closer and closer, Leila can?t shake the feeling someone is watching her, and waiting. Everyone at Darkford wants the best for her child. But a mother?s instinct is telling her that someone among them wants more from her? and will stop at nothing to take it. Darkford General Hospital is deeply shaken when its star midwife, Sarah, is arrested for trying to steal a baby.In the ensuing shock, midwives Erica and Sue rally to reassure Darkford?s patients, including Leila ? an expectant mother whose trust has been broken before.Leila reluctantly accepts the hospital?s support ? after all, she isn?t getting enough of that at home. But when Sarah is released from custody, Leila?s paranoia escalates.As her due date ticks closer and closer, Leila can?t shake the feeling someone is watching her, and waiting. Everyone at Darkford wants the best for her child. But a mother?s instinct is telling her that someone among them wants more from her? and will stop at nothing to take it.
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HarperCollins Publishers Black Orchid Lagoon
Book Synopsis**DIVE INTO THE DEBUT OF THE SUMMER**A captivating novel set against the wild of the Belize jungle where danger pulses both outside and inside the doorLuscious It's hard to believe this accomplished piece of crime fiction is Morey's debut' THE TIMES, book of the month pick''Beautiful, compelling, visceral'' LUCY CLARKEA captivating debut' JULIE OWEN MOYLAN''Secrets reveal themselves like snakes winding through the foliage'' VASEEM KHANIt''s a liar''s paradiseWittering Lodge, Stann Creek, BelizeIn the dead of night, lying in her father's jungle lodge, Laelia watches her partner Aid sleeping her mind racing with everything that's brought her to this moment.The heady Caribbean holiday when they first met.The rum-fueled passion that, day by day, creeps into something darker.The secrets she discovered in a hidden nook of the lodge, revealing a devastating past.Above all, she thinks about the impossible decision she must make before dawn.Does she stay silent and protect their newfound paradise? Or does she confront the lies which run as deep and dark as the lagoon surfacing a dangerous truth from which there's no returnA transporting book club novel with the pulse of a thriller, The Night Lagoon is about the secrets and lies that simmer just beneath the surface of paradise.''Morey's wonderful debut is arresting from the first and will keep readers guessing until the dynamite conclusion. Fans of Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins will flock'' LIBRARY JOURNAL, starred review
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HarperCollins Publishers The Departed
Book SynopsisAsk him to return the kiss when I draw my dying breath'St. Joseph, patron of departing souls pray for me.'Liverpool, 1979: new CID recruit Leigh Borrowdale is seconded to a disturbing murder inquiry: a mysterious death in a decaying building, where the remains of a young man have been found.Tasked with looking into missing persons' cases to track down the identity of the victim, Leigh comes into contact with the disappeared of a city living through its darkest days of the winter of discontent.As she faces her own family demons and battles the male-dominated world at work, Leigh discovers a connection to two boys feared drowned in the Mersey and links to the murky Liverpool underworld. Through it all her only ally is her colleague, DS Des Chung, who knows what it means to be an outsider in the police force, albeit one who takes a very different approach.Twisting, deeply atmospheric and never losing sight of the human cost at the centre of every case, THE DEPARTED marks the debut of a major new talent in crime-writing.
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HarperCollins Publishers Invisible Kitties
Book Synopsis''Cat was everywhere at once, splayed in all directions but too soft to get in our way''Discover this captivating, inventive debut, perfect for fans of The Guest Cat and If Cats Disappeared from the World.Every cat contains multitudesWhen a young couple accidentally come into possession of a playful kitten, their daily routine (and cramped apartment) is turned upside down. Soon they find their peaceful existence forever altered.Charting the couple's ever-evolving relationship with cats some they live with, others who exist only in their imagination Invisible Kitties is a meditation on the quiet moments of everyday life and a celebration of cats in all their many magical, chaotic, extraordinary forms.
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HarperCollins Publishers Finding Hayes
Book SynopsisThe marriage was fake, but my feelings were real
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HarperCollins Publishers Sleep
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HarperCollins Publishers Someone in the Water
Book SynopsisA gripping new destination thriller, perfect for fans of Lucy Clarke, TM Logan and Catherine Cooper.My only child Lola is turning eighteen soon, but I won't be with her. For two weeks every year, I hide myself away while I endure the nightmares that haunt me around her birthday.Because she can never know the truth that I am plagued by terrible visions from the summer I spent in Corsica when I was eighteen. It ended in tragedy, and I have never forgiven myself for the part I played.But my world is about to fall apart all over again.Lola calls to tell me she's not with her friends in Cyprus, but alone in Corsica. I have no choice. I have to go back to the island and bring her home.But as I revisit the memories, see the same faces again, I start to wonder if there was more to the events of that summer than I realised. Are there others keeping secrets just like me? Ones that are even more deadly***A true page turner I love it' Catherine CooperNail-biting The Perfect destination thriller' The CourierA tense, twisty thriller set against a deceptively beautiful backdrop. I couldn't put it down.' Sophie FlynnDark, twisty secrets that resurface under a Corsican sun a perfect summer thriller; I blazed through it!' T Orr Munro''The perfect summer thriller from an author who never disappoints!!'' A.A. Chaudhuri''Such a great read I loved being in [this] world. What a beautiful and intriguing island!'' Lucy Clarke***Readers give it 5 stars!''OMG THIS BOOK!!! What a rollercoaster of a read! This was a masterful and twisty tale. I literally had no idea who to trust until the very end''''Totally unputdownable, this book had me completely hooked from the first to the last page''''What a rollercoaster ride this book is! I just had to keep reading''''Gripping and intriguing, couldn''t put it down''
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HarperCollins Publishers How To Sleep At Night
Book SynopsisA SUNDAY TIMES HOTTEST READ OF 2025 A TIME MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 'Sparkles with wit and insight A must-read' DOLLY ALDERTON 'Extraordinary' DAILY MAIL 'An irresistible comedy of manners' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Deliciously chaotic feverishly funny Harris has gleeful fun dissecting this timely tale' THE TIMES, Book of the Month - Shared bed. Different dreams Meet Ethan and Gabe: a devoted couple with an adorable daughter and a house in the suburbs. They may have drifted to different ends of the political spectrum, but their marriage still has its spark. Then Ethan makes a shocking announcement: he wants to run for Congress as a Republican. And he will only do it with progressive Gabe's blessing. Kate is a political reporter at a major newspaper, but the adrenaline rush of chasing a story has lost its thrill. When her ex-girlfriend Nicole now married and feeling like an accessory in her husband's life slides into her DMs just as her brother Ethan starts his controversial congressional run, Kate's life is thrown into a tailspin that threatens to derail the success she's worked so hard to achieve. A sharply observed comedy of manners about public image versus private life, How to Sleep at Night is a witty and whip-smart novel that dissects family ties stretched thin by politics. 'Funny, charming infused with warmth, depth and engrossing storylines' WASHINGTON POST 'Has the feel of whispered secrets exchanged over cocktails with your smartest friend' JENNY JACKSON 'Insightful, poignant and laugh-out-loud funny a delight' J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN - WHAT READERS ARE LOVING: 'A beautifully layered book about the complexities of love, ambition, and self-discovery' ????? 'I feel like I know every character in this book. A joy from start to finish, and I didn't want to put it down' ????? 'A perfect read for our times I read it in one day' ?????
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HarperCollins Publishers Hooked on You
Book SynopsisThis job is about to hook, line and sink her
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HarperCollins Publishers Hunters Treasure
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HarperCollins Publishers The Opportunist
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HarperCollins Publishers HAVOC
Book SynopsisThe New York Times' #1 Thriller of 2024 'Highsmithian highly readable, twisty and shrewd' HANYA YANAGIHARA (on Instagram), author of A Little Life 'Atmospheric, diabolical fun' LUCY FOLEY, author of The Midnight Feast 'Disturbingly enjoyable' EMMA HEALEY, author of Elizabeth is Missing 'A taut, wicked masterpiece' MONA AWAD, author of Bunny Five years ago, 81-year-old Maggie Burkhardt fled her native Wisconsin in suspicious circumstances. She has come to rest somewhere she can imagine staying forever: the Royal Karnak Hotel in Luxor, Egypt. Maggie is no sweet little old lady. She has a nasty, nosy habit: she spies on her fellow guests and manipulates situations to 'liberate' them from what she sees as unhappy relationships. Wrongly assuming eight-year-old Otto and his well-meaning mother will be easy targets, she is soon locked in a death-spiral with her young prey. Has she finally met her match in a child one-tenth her age? Crackling with the perceptive, acid wit of The White Lotus and haloed by Shirley Jackson's cruel, dark magic, HAVOC is a decadent and ghastly delight. Readers are saying 'Absolutely brilliant and insane. I went in knowing very little about the book and I'm glad because it made it even more of a wild ride' ????? 'I loved this book from the first page The conflict between the old and the young in this cat and mouse tussle is brilliant. It's a hard to put down novel and has a great twist at the end' ????? 'I had an absolute blast reading this. Otto and Maggie are wild characters and their behavior is shocking!' ????
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HarperCollins Publishers The Private Jet
Book SynopsisSarah Goodwin is the queen of the survival thriller. The Private Jet is an exquisite parcel of danger and heart-racing suspense. DANDY SMITH
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HarperCollins Publishers Carnivore
Book Synopsis'Deliciously dark' Observer 'Fast-paced, deeply disturbing satire dripping with tension' Hindustan Times 'A rather breathless thriller' CrimeTime 'Bold and satirical' Culturefly In New York's high-end restaurant scene one chef will do anything, and cook anything, to come out on top. Kash owes a lot of money. His restaurant, specialising in exotic meats and catering to New York's elite, was doing well. Then business dried up, and now Boris the loan shark wants his investment back. But Kash has a plan. There's a rumour of a dinner club, hosted in turns by billionaires. Lots of ego, and lots of money. If Kash can get the gig, it would pay off Boris and then some. He will need to offer something new, something that five of the richest men on the planet will have never tasted before. Something entirely unprecedented But Boris is done waiting. He kidnaps Kash, takes him to a warehouse and cuts off his finger. And this gives Kash an idea.
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HarperCollins Publishers Carnivore
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HarperCollins Publishers The Crime Writer
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HarperCollins Publishers The Bookshop of New Beginnings
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HarperCollins Publishers Fateless
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HarperCollins Publishers Myths and Legends Boxed Set
Book SynopsisFifth in a series of hardcover boxed sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien, featuring double-sided dustjackets. This slipcase contains Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, The Fall of Arthur, and Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary.
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HarperCollins Publishers A Wash of Black
Book SynopsisPacy full of deceit, suspicion and revenge TM LOGANFilm star Anna Symons is found dead on an ice rink in Manchester, recreating a scene from a blockbuster she starred in years ago.DI Erika Piper, having only recently returned to work after suffering a near-fatal attack herself, finds she must once again prove her worth as the hunt for the media-dubbed ''Blood Ice Killer' intensifies.But when another body is found and, this time, the killer issues a personal threat, Erika must put aside her demons to crack the case, or suffer the deadly consequences.A Wash of Black is book 1 in the DI Erika Piper series.REAL READERS LOVE CHRIS McDONALDI have been reading crime novels for over 50 years and this is one of the best' ??????????It was impossible to put down' ??????????At last, a book that its worth having insomnia for' ??????????A spine-tingling, clever and intricately woven game of cat and mouse will surprise you in the best possible way!' ??????????Watch this guy, he's headed among the b
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HarperCollins Publishers All Together for Christmas
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HarperCollins Publishers How Can I Resist You
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HarperCollins Publishers Happiness Forever
Book SynopsisI wanted to pass it on to all my friends' SHEILA HETI''Remarkable clarity and humour''VOGUE''A book full of wisdom clever and funny'' DAILY MAILDisarmingly sweet' NICOLA DINAN''Funny and tender'' PANDORA SYKES''Had me hopelessly charmed'' AMY KEYA fever dream'' SHARLENE TEO''Impossible to put down' LISA OWENSA most anticipated book of 2025 in Vogue, Our Culture, The Bookseller and Publishers WeeklyA hilarious and utterly original debut novel following a woman trying to make sense of her life and herself as she falls in love with her therapist.Sylvie is only happy when she is at therapy. This is because Sylvie is in love with her therapist. She wants to kiss her and roll around on the floor with her. She thinks about her every second they're not together (roughly 167 hours and 10 minutes per week). She's aware she has an obsession, but whether it is as her therapist suggests a case of extreme erotic transference', or a lost person's need to connect, Sylvie isn't sure.Beyond therapy, Sylvie has what she considers to be a small life: a job as a veterinary nurse, her little brain-damaged dog, Curtains, and a new friend Chloe who she met on the beach. When the therapist delivers some devastating news, Sylvie has to imagine new and lasting ways of coping (that don't include being adopted by the therapist). Her world has begun to open up, inching beyond the fear that has confined her until now, and she must decide whether she's ready for a bravery of feeling.In this stunning debut novel, Adelaide Faith encapsulates the great vulnerability, difficulty and joy of being alive.''There is so much rare humour and insight and sweetness and humanity and a true and ringing voice'' Sheila Heti, author of Pure ColourA spare, associative novel of projection and self-acceptance' New Yorker''A tragicomic portrait of a mind in the process of healing'' The Cut''Witty and irreverent Readers will fall in love'' Publishers Weekly''A jaw-dropping, exhilarating, completely original high-wire act'' Jessica Stanley, author of Consider Yourself Kissed''With tenderness and never force, Happiness Forever reminds us that the most meaningful choices can be the small, everyday things that simply string a life together'' Pandora Sykes, author of How Do We Know We''re Doing It Right? For fans of Convenience Store Woman and Pond' Sharlene Teo, author of PontiSurprising and funny poignant and philosophical a book I won''t soon forget' Chelsea Hodson, author of Tonight I''m Someone ElseReaders love Happiness Forever?????:''Utterly beguiling a truly memorable read''''Quite honestly couldn't put it down''''An utter joy to read! I loved it from start to finish. For fans of Big Swiss!''''A beautifully crafted debut, filled with heart, wit and a deep understanding of what it means to be human''''Humorous, bizarre and touching A very strong debut!''''So charged and insightful and provocative I recommend it highly''
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HarperCollins Publishers The Bride Stripped Bare
Book SynopsisFor fans of Fifty Shades of Grey the international bestseller an explosive novel of sex, secrecy and escape.A woman finds her voice and leaves behind a book of lessons. It is the story of her secret self.On honeymoon, in the heat and shadows of sultry Marrakech, a conventional young wife makes a shocking discovery. Although confused by her husband's betrayal, she finds it gives her the freedom to explore her deepest desires and rediscover the true self she has kept hidden from view so long.But her new life is clouded by complication and the raw desire that threatens to overwhelm her. She finds herself torn between need for her husband and her yearning for something more. The Bride Stripped Bare is the story of a woman whose powerful awakening is erotic as it is dangerous.
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HarperCollins Publishers Everyone is Lying to You
Book SynopsisThe USA Today bestseller and as seen in Stylist magazine: Twisted tradwife fiction is the next big thriller genre'''Fascinating and eye-opening'' PRIMA''It''s a twisty addictive read that will keep you guessing until the end'' HEAT''A twisty, addictive read'' BELLA''Fast paced and suspenseful' CLOSER''A gripping read'' WOMAN'S OWN Fresh, clever, and brilliantly crafted Loved the drama, twists, and turns!' Alice Hunter, author of The Serial Killer's Wife* * * *She lives to please Did she kill to survive?A tradwife never questions.Lizzie and Bex were inseparable in college. But after graduation, Bex vanished. Fifteen years later, Bex is now Rebecca Sommers, a tradwife influencer with millions of followers who are obsessed with her perfect life, five children, and handsome husband Gray. Lizzie is a struggling magazine writer, watching reels while her young children demand her attention.A tradwife never disobeys.Then, out of the blue, Bex calls Lizzie with a career-making proposition an exclusive interview with her about her multi-million-dollar business and an invitation to the influencer event of the year.A tradwife never lies?But when Bex goes missing and Gray is found brutally murdered, Lizzie is suddenly plunged into the dark side of social media and confronted with jealousy and backstabbing. If Lizzie is going to find Bex and save her life she will need to uncover who her old friend has become, and which of Bex's secrets is worth killing for Everyone Is Lying to You is the explosive tradwife thriller readers have been waiting for. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Claire Douglas, First Lie Wins and The Housemaid.* * * *Praise for Jo Piazza: Piazza has pulled back the curtain on tradwife influencers A fun, twisty mystery' Sara Shepard, number one New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little LiarsA tense, seductive thriller A riveting, eye-opening read' Elle Cosimano, New York Times bestselling author of Finlay Donovan is Killing It''Brilliantly entertaining'' Best''Captivating'' WOMAN&HOME''A gritty and whip-smart read I utterly devoured it'' Amanda Geard, author of The Midnight House''
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HarperCollins Publishers The Heir Apparent
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HarperCollins Publishers The Christmas Tree Farm Deluxe Edition
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HarperCollins Publishers Snow Love Lost
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HarperCollins Publishers Love On Tour
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HarperCollins Publishers Falling For You
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HarperCollins Publishers A Christmas Gift
Book SynopsisCurl up this Christmas with Sunday Times bestseller Sue Moorcroft and get whisked away to the little village of Middledip, where snow is falling and love is in the air **Available in paperback for the first time, pre-order this gloriously escapist read now!**
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HarperCollins Publishers Alice Carver Manifests Her Perfect Life
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HarperCollins Publishers The Second Chance Cinema
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HarperCollins Publishers Mistletoe and Magic
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HarperCollins Publishers The Dead Romantics
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HarperCollins Publishers Doomed to Die
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HarperCollins Publishers 12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas
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HarperCollins Publishers A Touch of Magic at the Comfort Food Café
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HarperCollins Publishers Alfie the Doorstep Cat
Book SynopsisThe smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller, perfect for fans of A Street Cat Named Bob, this is the ideal stocking filler
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HarperCollins Publishers The Best Little Christmas Shop
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HarperCollins Publishers Drive Me Crazy
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc How to Archer
Book SynopsisSet at the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS), suave master spy Sterling Archer deals with global espionage; a domineering, hypersexual, late middle-aged mother/boss, Malory Archer; his ex-girlfriend, Agent Lana Kane; her ISIS accountant boyfriend Cyril Figgis; and, a less-than-masculine code name: Duchess.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Carrying Albert Home
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Count the Ways
Book SynopsisTrade Review“A fearlessly candid, heartrendingly forthright examination of the joys and terrors of family life from the perspective of a woman of unusual sensitivity and empathy, Count the Ways takes us on a memorable journey.” — Joyce Carol Oates "Cut[s] across moments of national and personal upheaval to examine the complex web of family against the backdrop of history." — New York Times Book Review "Wonderfully absorbing, precise and emotionally astute . . .I was moved by the characters' ambivalences, their misgivings, their anger, but most of all by their complex and fascinating love." — Marisa Silver, New York Times bestselling author of The Mysteries "Sensitively plumbing the complexity of human emotions, of love and forgiveness, [Maynard] draws readers into a deep, aching attachment to her characters, creating an ultimately hopeful tale just right for this moment." — Booklist (starred review) "The novel bites off a lot—a Brett Kavanaugh–inspired storyline, a domestic abuse situation, a trans child, Eleanor's career—and manages to resolve them all. . . Maynard creates a world rich and real enough to hold the pain she fills it with." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Readers will sink into Maynard’s masterful portrait of one woman’s life in this decades-spanning family saga.” — Library Journal (starred review) “How did Maynard know that this is exactly the book we all need now? This exhilaratingly brilliant novel isn’t just an indelible story of the falling dominoes of a family struggling through crisis and through generations, it’s also about the times we live through. . . . This gorgeous story reminds us that love is always, always worth it.” — Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You and With or Without You “Joyce Maynard is the queen of the family saga, and Count the Ways is the best! Instantly addicting, the story of Eleanor, Cam, and their children pulls you in and wraps itself around you like an heirloom quilt made of familiarity, intimacy, and the orchestral complexity of loving the people closest to us. This is the novel you’ll be longing to return to at the end of every day and one you will re-read for years to come.” — Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us and The Lost Family “Count the Ways is the book you will want to curl up in a chair and read from beginning to end. It’s rich and complex, beautiful and heartbreaking, just like life. Reading about this flawed and lovely family will make you want to hug your own flawed and lovely family tight. Joyce Maynard celebrates the messy, wonderful thing that is love." — Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle and The Book That Matters Most “Count the Ways is an extraordinarily generous invitation into a woman’s intimate life, from the loneliness of her youth to the earned wisdom of middle age. In this richly imagined novel, Maynard never flinches as she portrays both quiet successes and heartbreaking failures at love, marriage, and motherhood. This is the work of one of our great storytellers.” — Meredith Hall, New York Times bestselling author of Beneficence “My to-do list had umpteen items on it, but I let them all go to hell as I tore through Joyce Maynard’s latest page-turner. . . . To-do list? What to-do list? Under the Influence is a riveting read.” — New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb on Under the Influence “Joyce Maynard has, again, managed to tap flawlessly into the voice of a teenage girl: part hope, part fiction, and all heart. After Her is page-turning mystery, wrapped in a beautifully rendered story of sisterhood; and reading it is a journey through one’s own memory of what it meant to be thirteen, when the world was equally terrifying and fascinating. Books this compelling just don’t come around very often.” — Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author on After Her
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HarperCollins How the Light Gets In
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Secrets Between Us
Book SynopsisMore than a decade since her bestselling novel, The Space Between Us, Thrity Umrigar continues Bhima’s unforgettable story in this stunning sequel.“The women at the heart of this novel inhabit the harsh world of the urban Indian poor, and struggle separately and together for dignity and survival.Trade Review“The women at the heart of this novel inhabit the harsh world of the urban Indian poor, and struggle separately and together for dignity and survival. Thrity Umrigar has written a moving human tale that vividly brings to life both the women and the city of Mumbai.” — Salman Rushdie “This wonderful novel… is the rich, moving story of an amazing friendship… The lives of Bhima and Parvati are ones of unbelievable poverty and struggle, but the dignity and richness their friendship manifests took my breath away.” — Indies Choice Audiobook of the Year Finalist “The Secrets Between Us is a powerful, urgent novel that wields issues of gender and class like a blade. The weight of Bhima’s tragic past and her intractable present finds its counterbalance in the most unlikely of characters: Parvati, an elderly homeless woman who is haunted by a history of her own. This intergenerational novel asks hard questions about who we are, who we can become, and what awaits on the other side of our becoming. Thrity Umrigar is known as a bold and generous writer, and The Secrets Between Us only further establishes her reputation.” — Wiley Cash, author of The Last Ballad “The Secrets Between Us broke me open as thoroughly as any novel I’ve read in recent years. Bhima and Parvati, two proud, aging women hard-used by life, are as unlikely a pair of heroes as one could imagine, and yet they jump from these pages big and true as life, striving, surviving, learning to hope and even love long past the point where such things have come to seem like a cruel joke. Thrity Umrigar has given us yet another brilliant powerhouse of a novel.” — Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk “Umrigar’s writing is vivid and elegant in its specificity, and the story is as resilient as its characters.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune “[The Secrets Between Us] provides an almost “Siddhartha”-esque experience of sharing a character’s spiritual journey, as the plot takes Bhima and Parvati to places where they must question their preconceptions, search their souls and ultimately change.” — Newsday “[Umrigar’s] amazing cast is coupled with shining prose and a plot that consistently startles and gratifies. This splendid tale should appeal to all readers with open hearts, regardless of their familiarity with the previous work or the culture of Mumbai.“ — Publishers Weekly “Picking up The Space Between Us first may enlighten readers about Bhima’s backstory, but this title easily stands on its own. It chronicles the triumph of women’s friendships and fortitude in the face of considerable obstacles—poverty, homophobia, illiteracy, gender discrimination, ageism, and sexual assault. It further displays Umrigar’s insights into the deep resilience of the human heart.” — Library Journal (starred review) “The Secrets Between Us is one of those books I want to shout about from the rooftops... [for] everyone to experience the depth and beauty of the author’s writing.” — All About Romance “[W]onderful…. [Umrigar] knocked it out of the park with this one. Her writing is beautifully descriptive and her characters are absolutely fabulous.” — BermudaOnion’s Weblog
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HarperCollins India The Color of Our Sky
Book SynopsisIn the spirit of Khaled Hosseini, Nadia Hashimi and Shilpi Somaya Gowda comes this powerful debut from a talented new voice—a sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends in Mumbai, India, whose lives converge only to change forever one fateful night.India, 1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old village girl from the lower caste Yellama cult has come of age and must fulfill her destiny of becoming a temple prostitute, as her mother and grandmother did before her. In an attempt to escape her fate, Mukta is sent to be a house girl for an upper-middle class family in Mumbai. There she discovers a friend in the daughter of the family, high spirited eight-year-old Tara, who helps her recover from the wounds of her past. Tara introduces Mukta to an entirely different world—one of ice cream, reading, and a friendship that soon becomes a sisterhood. But one night in 1993, Mukta is kidnapped from Tara’s family home and disappears. Shortly thereafter, Tara and
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Talented Miss Farwell
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Stylish. ... The fictional Becky is playing a more morally complex game.” — New York Times Book Review "Becky Farwell is one of the most wickedly compelling characters I've read in ages—a Machiavellian marvel, a modern Becky Sharp, a character to root for despite your better judgment—and her story, both topical and timeless, will knock you off your feet." — Rebecca Makkai, author of The Great Believers “The gritty underbelly of the art market and the pathology of decades of financial chicanery meet their delirious match in Tedrowe’s Miss Farwell, who stands glaring up at the reader from the intersection of Hitchcock’s Marnie and Highsmith’s Ripley. Watch out for paper cuts.” — Jonathan Lethem "There’s just nothing as compelling as a juicy, sordid scam—which makes Emily Gray Tedrowe’s latest a must-read." — Harper's Bazaar "Perfectly executed...Tedrowe does a spectacular job of demonstrating the mindset of a character who justifies her criminal activity while believing she’s ultimately good." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) "If ever you are looking for a book to provide an escape from your own reality, I heartily recommend Emily Gray Tedrowe’s The Talented Miss Farwell. Becky Farwell is the most sympathetic, art-collecting, money-laundering villain I have ever encountered. She literally bleeds her hometown dry -- the empty swimming pools of Pierson are heartbreaking -- and yet somehow, I loved her." — Marcy Dermansky, author of Very Nice "The Talented Miss Farwell is utterly magnificent. Not since Tom Ripley have I fallen so hard for a con artist...Becky Farwell is an unforgettable character. She is the beating heart of this spellbinding page-turner about art, greed, and self-invention." — Cristina Alger, New York Times bestselling author of Girls Like Us "A read-it-to-believe-it page-turner about a con artist whose luck can’t last." — Real Simple “Both light-hearted and deeply conflicted, Tedrowe's caper, with its Becky Sharp allusions, raises significant moral issues.” — Booklist “Sharp, darkly comedic, and full of fascinating facts about the art world.” — CrimeReads "Riveting. ... With Becky Farwell, Tedrowe has created one of the year’s most fascinating, complex, nuanced characters." — Medium "A page-turner about a con woman who steals from her town government to make it big in the art world. ... A fantastic character — and compelling story." — Alma "Tedrowe has a talent for incrementally (and believably) stacking a house of cards and keeping readers wondering just how crazy things will get. The answer: way crazier than you’d expect for a small-town art lover." — Chicago Magazine "Smart, psychologically insightful. ... Tedrowe makes the pages fly through the secrets and self-delusions, skillfully inspiring empathy and identification with a criminal mastermind." — National Book Review
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