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The Blue Room

The Blue Room

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An adulterous affair leads to a double murder and an inescapable nightmare for Tony in this...

The Prisoner of Heaven

The Prisoner of Heaven

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The third in Ruiz Zafon's Cemetery of Forgotten Books series, the first two installments being The...

The Watcher in the Shadows

The Watcher in the Shadows

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Set in Normandy just before the outbreak of the Second World War, The Watcher in the Shadows tells...

The Midnight Palace

The Midnight Palace

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It's 1932, Ben and his friends are due to leave the orphanage which has been their home for...

The Angel’s Game

The Angel’s Game

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"The Angels's Game draws with relish on all the conventions beloved of Wilkie Collins and...

The Prince of Mist

The Prince of Mist

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1943. As war sweeps across Europe, Max Carver's father moves his family away from the city to an...

The Traitor’s Emblem

The Traitor’s Emblem

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Often billed as the Spanish Ken Follett, Juan Gómez-Jurado is one of Spain's most succesful living...

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1937 Japan government railway poster

Tokyo Express

Author: Seichō Matsumoto

In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered. Sta

Night Train to Lisbon

Night Train to Lisbon

Author: Pascal Mercier

Night Train to Lisbon follows Raimund Gregorius, a 57-year-old Classics scholar, on a journey that t

Ears of wheat from below with a bright blue sky and clouds

I'm Not Scared

Author: Niccolò Ammaniti

One relentlessly hot summer, six children explore the scorched wheat fields that enclose their tiny

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