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Faber & Faber Come Closer
'A dark, seductive cocktail of a thriller, with a splash of black humour and a twist of horror.' Francine Toon, author of PineThere was no reason to assume anything out of the ordinary was going on.Strange noises in the apartment.Impulsive behaviour.Intense dreams.It wasn't like everything went wrong all at once.Shoplifting.Fighting.Blackouts.There must be a reasonable explanation for all this.'It will scare the pants off you. It is a perfect horror novel.' Paul Tremblay'A short, sharp shocker . . . Relentlessly creepy.' Sunday Times'Deeply scary.' The Times'Terrifying.' Daily Mail'Sinister.' Time Out'Deeply creepy.' Irish Times
£9.99
Faber & Faber The Book of the Most Precious Substance: Discover this year’s most spellbinding quest novel
**Winner of the eDunnit Award for Crime ebook of the Year**Shortlisted for an LA Times Book Award, and a Daily Mail Book of the Year'Deeply atmospheric. . . Combines intrigue, magic and antiquarian bookselling.' Observer'A marvellous, magical novel' Irish Times'Irresistible. . . A lavish, lush quest novel.' LAUREN BEUKESRare book dealer Lily Albrecht has been given a tip-off about The Book of the Most Precious Substance, rumoured to be the most powerful occult book ever written. With some of the world's wealthiest people willing to pay a fortune for it, she embarks on a journey from New York to New Orleans to Munich to Paris, knowing that it could also help erase the greatest tragedy of her life.But does the book really exist at all, or will Lily lose everything in search of a ghost?What readers are saying:***** 'Erotic, thrilling, and tense all the way through. There is nothing like this on the shelves.'***** 'Devilishly delightful. . . THE BEST TWIST ENDING of the year!!'***** 'I'm a bit obsessed with this book. . . it's sexy and mysterious and cool, like nothing I've read before.'***** 'My only complaint is that I wanted more!'
£8.99
Faber & Faber The Book of the Most Precious Substance: Discover this year’s most spellbinding quest novel
DAILY MAIL BOOKS OF THE YEARWINNER OF THE CRIMEFEST eDUNNIT AWARD 'Deeply atmospheric. . . Combines intrigue, magic and antiquarian bookselling.' Observer'A marvellous, magical novel' Irish Times'Irresistible. . . A lavish, lush quest novel.' LAUREN BEUKESRare book dealer Lily Albrecht has been given a tip-off about The Book of the Most Precious Substance, rumoured to be the most powerful occult book ever written. With some of the world's wealthiest people willing to pay a fortune for it, she embarks on a journey from New York to New Orleans to Munich to Paris, knowing that it could also help erase the greatest tragedy of her life.But does the book really exist at all, or will Lily lose everything in search of a ghost?What readers are saying:***** 'Erotic, thrilling, and tense all the way through. There is nothing like this on the shelves.'***** 'Devilishly delightful. . . THE BEST TWIST ENDING of the year!!'***** 'I'm a bit obsessed with this book. . . it's sexy and mysterious and cool, like nothing I've read before.'***** 'My only complaint is that I wanted more!'
£16.99
Faber & Faber The Infinite Blacktop
'Brilliant... The best news of the crime fiction season is that Claire DeWitt, Sara Gran's irresistible private detective, is back.' The Irish TimesDriven off the desert road and left for dead, Claire DeWitt knows that it is someone from her past trying to kill her, she just doesn't know who. Making a break for it from the cops who arrive on the scene, she sets off in search of the truth, or whatever version of it she can find. But perhaps the biggest mystery of all lies deeper than that, somewhere out there on the ever rolling highway of life.Set between modern day Las Vegas and LA, The Infinite Blacktop sees Claire at her lowest point yet, wounded and disorientated, but just about hanging on.Too smart for her own good, too damaged to play by the rules, too crazy for most - have you got what it takes to follow the self-appointed 'best detective in the world'?
£14.56