Mimi's Ghost - format ePub

Tight and disturbing, Loving Roger begins with a dead body and a chilling question. Why has nice, ordinary, affectionate Anna picked up her kitchen knife and murdered the man she insists she loves?......

Overweight and overwrought, Howard Cleaver, London's most successful journalist, abruptly abandons home, partner, mistresses and above all television, the instrument that brought him identity and power....

‘All Italy is here’ Sunday TimesFrom the bestselling author of Italian Neighbours, An Italian Education and A Season with VeronaLonglisted for the Dolman Travel Book AwardIn 1981 Tim Parks moved from...

Three months after returning to England, Christopher Burton, receives a phone-call at the reception desk of the Rembrandt Hotel, Knightsbridge that informs him of his son's suicide. But why on receiving...

'Delves into the very essence of being a fan, while seamlessly exploring Italian history, politics, culture and society,' GuardianIs Italy a united country, or a loose affiliation of warring states? Is...

George Crawley has finally got his life running along satisfyingly straight lines. Having made a success of his career and saved his faltering marriage, he is secure in the belief that he is master of...

An English geologist working on a Mediterranean island becomes embroiled in a nightmare web of deceit, corruption, lust and tragedy in Tim Parks' mesmeric story of a man whose life will be shattered like...

Raymond is mad, clever, manipulative and totally out of his parents' control. The other children are lying low, though still inextricably attached to their father's purse-strings. Amidst hilarious misunderstandings...

Bored and broke, Morris Duckworth, an English teacher in Verona, stumbles on a plan for financial salvation – to marry Massimina, one of his lovelier students. And if his intentions are frustrated by...

In the dramatic landscape of the Italian Alps a group of English canoeists arrive for an 'introduction to white water.' Camping, eating and paddling together, six adults and nine adolescents seem set...

Promoted young to the position of Crown Court Judge - because of his ability, but perhaps also for certain questions of political convenience - it's time for Daniel Savage to settle down. Perhaps his...

For some time now, I have been plagued, perhaps blessed, by dreams of rivers and seas, dreams of water.Just days after controversial anthropologist Albert James writes these elusive lines to his son John,...

Thomas needs to speak to his mother before she dies.But he's set to give a talk to a conference of physiotherapists in the Netherlands; if he leaves now will he get to her deathbed in time?Will he be...

One of Britain's outstanding novelists, Tim Parks is also a provocative, entertaining and accomplished essayist. This new collection's title is drawn from D. H. Lawrence's fundamental belligerence, and...

How does an Italian become Italian? Or an Englishman English, for that matter? Are foreigners born, or made? In An Italian Education Tim Parks focuses on his own young children in the small village near...

Une douleur chronique impossible à soigner par la médecine traditionnelle incite Tim Parks à entreprendre un parcours de combattant dans le domaine des médecines douces. Et sa vie s'en trouve grandement...

Tim Parks nous invite dans un lieu de méditation où, après un traumatisme amoureux, la jeune Elizabeth vit désormais. Comment ressent-elle les règles bouddhistes strictes : ni sexe, ni portable, ni ordinateur...

Suite à la mort de son père, John, jeune scientifique anglais à la vie parfaitement chronométrée, s'installe à New Delhi pour comprendre les énigmes du destin de ses parents, mais aussi le mystère de...

Already a highly successful lawyer, Daniel Savage has just been promoted to the position of Crown Court judge—though jealous colleagues whisper that his promotion might be due to the fact that he is black....

Discover Tim Parks’ darkly funny and deeply prescient Booker prize-shortlisted novel about the European experience. A brilliantly comic and dyspeptic novel about an obsessive love gone sour. Europa follows...

How have the modern world, technology and our addiction to information changed who we are? What effect does it have on our relationships, minds and bodies? What can the simple act of sitting still teach...

Daniel Burrow once began a beautiful walk from Konstanz to Como with Julia, mercurial professor of literature, mother to two of his pupils, married, and the love of his life.After years of their secret...

From the bestselling author of Italian Ways and Italian Neighbours comes a darkly comic new novel of murder in Veronese high societyMorris Duckworth has a dark past. Having married and murdered his way...

'An invigorating discussion of general ills, this collection of autobiographical essays ranges over adultery and parenthood, ghosts and gods, fiction and football. Living in Italy seems to sharpen the...

Morris Duckworth can’t get over Mimi. But maybe he should have thought of that before he murdered her and married her sister. Now Mimi’s back as a ghost, and she seems to be suggesting the way to redemption...

Is my experience real?Or just a movie in my head?Am I no more than a super computer? You are your brain, neuroscientists tell us. Everything happens in there. Yet even the most sophisticated brain scan...

How do we find calm in our frantic modern world? Tim Parks – lifelong sceptic of all things spiritual - finds himself on a Buddhist meditation retreat trying to answer this very question. With brutal...

‘Somehow it seemed to him the only thing that would really solve the problem would be to return to the sea and find the old ring with their names and the wedding date engraved inside, in 22-carat gold,...

Sex is forbidden at the Dasgupta Institute. So what is the sparkling, magnetically attractive Beth Marriot doing here? Beth is fighting demons: a catastrophic series of events has undermined all prospect...

In Hell and Back, Tim Parks reminds us just how exciting the essay form can be - turning his attention to classic authors like Dante, Borges and Leopardi, as well as various contemporary writers including...

Former FBI Special Agent Kade Black is a wanted man. Wanted for a crime he didn't commit. The kind of crime handled outside the normal courts of law. Renditions. Interrogations. A cryptic trail left by...

The conclusion to Dax and Dante's story, and the thrilling finale to the Rossi series. New covers. New edits. New drama.

Valuable masterpieces. Counterfeit goods. Extortion.Dr. Genevieve Lenard is instantly wary when the First Lady of a European nation pleads for her help to find a missing woman. Convinced that her sister...

Follow the yellow brick road, to your death…After a tornado whisks her away, Dorothy—a cunning witch disguised as an innocent farm girl—arrives in Oz. Behind her sweet smile lies a fiercely independent...

The world is no longer safe. To survive, you must evolve.In a remote corner of a changing Earth, a mysterious institution has risen—one that doesn't teach from books but through brutal trials, elemental...

The rules for law and order create boundaries for civil co-existence. Ideally, the rule of law provides the backdrops for individuals, families, and companies to grow and thrive. Breaking these rules...

The complex story of a notorious lawsuit in which love and inheritance are set against the classic urban background of 19th-century London, where fog on the river, seeping into the very bones of the characters,...

A sharply funny and moving debut in which a young woman accepts a job that takes her though the Italian Dolomites and into an international mystery far greater—and more personal—than she could have ever...

Agatha Christie meets Nordic noir in this “brilliant debut” (Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author) about diplomats stranded on a windswept Icelandic island with a murderer in their midst.A...

In this debut thriller perfect for fans of Bunny and Yellowface, a young woman steps into her deceased twin’s influencer life, only to discover dark secrets hidden behind her social media façade. Julie...

The brand new Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker cozy mystery to escape with in 2025! 'Oozing with mystery, style and unforgettable characters – I'm transported into a world of delightful intrigue and murderous...

Elara, a young woman living in the quiet village of Silverwood, feels stifled by her predictable life until a mysterious traveler arrives, carrying a fragmented amulet said to locate the legendary Emerald...

The past is never over.  It just lies dormant. Life is good for Nick Ivanek-Williams.Not only is he the newest member of long-running soap opera Love Kills, but he's hotly tipped to win Best Newcomer...

When a mysterious AI known only as Nemesis infiltrates global financial networks, security specialist Jessica Chen is thrust into an unprecedented crisis. What begins as a sophisticated attack on monetary...

- THE RECORD-BREAKING, MULTIMILLION COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION -Discover the #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling thriller with a jaw-dropping twist that everyone is talking...

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan...

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE... YOU LIEThe bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once explores the dangers of obsession in this #1 bestselling suspense thriller. Six years...

The inspiration for the new Netflix series, Lupin, starring Omar Sy. Leblanc's creation, Gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, is everything you would expect from a French aristocrat—witty, charming, brilliant,...

The most famous by far of all twentieth-century political allegories, Animal Farm is the account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny...

A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece.A...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

‘Addictive. A first-class page-turner.’ Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me Can the past ever be forgotten? As soon as nurse Maura Lyle sets foot inside the foreboding Essen Grange,...

OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDENOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina...

The first thriller in the Mickey Bolitar series, now airing as an original series on Amazon Prime. Bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix show Fool Me Once, Harlan Coben brings us a shocking...

'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent'Captivating' The Sunday Times'An absorbing thriller' Mail on SundayNO...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘Let there be spaces in your togetherness,And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.’...

From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes a boxed set of three full-length mysteries featuring real estate agent Cindy York that include:Killer ViewIt's been four years since sometime sleuth...

Enjoy this Contemporary Small Town Sleuthing Couple Murder Mystery On a stormy night in Myerton, a desperate woman in the throes of labor collapses on Doris Trent's doorstep. Finding no pulse, Doris calls...

"A master of the mystery & suspense genre." -Midwest Book Review After her husband dies, Lydia Krause sells her company and moves to an upscale retirement community on Long Island to start a new life....

They've set a trap…Assassin Xavier Saint is still on the run after being the fall guy for a murder he didn't commit. He needs to bring down an entire network of assassins to not only prove his innocence,...