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It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West's spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only on a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure than ever, there is a rumour in Whitehall - unconfirmed and a little scandalous - that George Smiley might almost be happy.<br/><br/>But Control has other plans. A Russian agent has defected in the most unusual of circumstances, and the man he was sent to kill in London is nowhere to be found. Smiley reluctantly agrees to one last simple task: interview Susanna, a Hungarian emigre and employee of the missing man, and sniff out a lead. But in his absence the shadows of Moscow have lengthened. Smiley will soon find himself entangled in a perilous mystery that will define the battles to come, and strike at the heart of his greatest enemy...<br/><br/>Set in the missing decade between two iconic instalments in the George Smiley saga, <i>The Spy Who Came in from the Cold</i> and <i>Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy</i>, Nick Harkaway's <i>Karla's Choice</i> is an extraordinary, thrilling return to the world of spy fiction's greatest writer, John le Carre.

'Alison Weir makes history come alive as no one else' <b>BARBARA ERSKINE</b><br/><br/><b>Step into the thrill and intrigue of Tudor England in the rich, compelling new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Alison Weir - and witness the rise and fall of Cardinal Wolsey. </b><br/><br/>It begins with Thomas, the son of a Suffolk tradesman. A brilliant boy sent to study at Oxford at the tender age of eleven.<br/><br/>It ends with a disgraced Cardinal, cast from the King's side and estranged from those he loves.<br/><br/>In her groundbreaking new novel, Alison Weir draws out the inner man for the first time and tells his story. It is one of a scholar, a lover and a father, a rival, a politician and a priest. A man who built an empire in England while leading a secret second life, who paid the highest price for his success.<br/><br/>These many faces of Thomas Wolsey chart his incredible rise and tragic fall, and reveal a tale of power, passion and ambition. By turns riveting and surprising, this is Wolsey as you've never seen him before.

Booth tells the story of the brilliant and disastrously ill-fated Booth family. Junius is the patriarch, a celebrated Shakespearean actor who fled bigamy charges in England, both a mesmerising talent and a man of terrifying instability. As his children grow up in a remote farmstead in 1820s rural Baltimore, the country draws ever closer to the boiling point of secession and civil war. Of the six Booth siblings who survive to adulthood, each has their own dreams they must fight to realise - but it is Johnny who makes the terrible decision that will change the course of history - the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Booth is a riveting novel focused on the very things that bind, and break, a family.

Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall were torn apart by the Jacobite Rising in 1746, and it took them twenty years to find each other again. Now the American Revolution threatens to do the same. It is 1779 and Claire and Jamie are at last reunited with their daughter, Brianna, her husband, Roger, and their children on Fraser&apos;s Ridge. Having the family together is a dream the Frasers had thought impossible. Yet even in the North Carolina backcountry, the effects of war are being felt. Tensions in the Colonies are great and local feelings run hot enough to boil Hell&apos;s teakettle. Jamie knows loyalties among his tenants are split and it won&apos;t be long until the war is on his doorstep. Brianna and Roger have their own worry: that the dangers that provoked their escape from the twentieth century might catch up to them. Sometimes they question whether risking the perils of the 1700s-among them disease, starvation, and an impending war-was indeed the safer choice for their family. Not so far away, young William Ransom is still coming to terms with the discovery of his true father&apos;s identity-and thus his own-and Lord John Grey has reconciliations to make, and dangers to meet . . . on his son&apos;s behalf, and his own. Meanwhile, the Revolutionary War creeps ever closer to Fraser&apos;s Ridge. And with the family finally together, Jamie and Claire have more at stake than ever before.

<b>'Vivid and precise, deliciously cool-eyed, immensely readable' Jonathan Franzen</b><br/><br/><b>'Evokes the narrative power of classic Anne Tyler' Janice Y.K. Lee, author of <i>The Piano Teacher</i><br/></b><br/>Joan Liang's life is a series of surprising developments: she never thought she would leave Taiwan (and for all places, California), nor did she expect her first marriage to implode - especially as quickly and spectacularly as it did. She definitely did not expect to fall in love with an older, wealthy American and become his fourth wife and mother to his youngest children. Through all this she asks herself the question familiar to so many of us: what are we living for? And are we ever truly satisfied?<br/><br/> Vivid, comic and intensely moving, <i>The Satisfaction Cafe</i> is a novel about all of the joy, sorrow, betrayal and beauty that come with marriage and family - and above all, about life's endless capacity to surprise us.

<b>SHE HELPED A PERFECT A STRANGER. SHE DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS THE PERFECT KILLER...</b><br/><b><br/>'Steve Cavanagh's twists hit you between the eyes. You never see them coming' ANTHONY HOROWITZ<br/>'This guy is the real deal. Trust me' LEE CHILD</b><br/><b>'An absolute page turner' SHARI LAPENA<br/>'A fantastic thriller writer' MARK BILLINGHAM</b><br/><br/>Ellie Parker had everything.<br/> Perfect husband. Perfect apartment. Perfect friends and the perfect job.<br/> As an internet celebrity - famed for her random acts of kindness - everyone knew it.<br/> So when a betrayal causes her to lose it all, millions of people are watching.<br/><br/> But even at her lowest, Ellie will always help someone in need.<br/> Which makes her the perfect target for a sadistic game.<br/> Because as she soon learns, you can never trust a stranger - and a seemingly random encounter plunges her into a nightmare worse than she ever imagined.<br/><br/> The only person she can turn to is conman turned trial lawyer Eddie Flynn, who must take on a case where nothing is what it seems. With the most cruelly ingenious mind manipulating events from the shadows, everyone is in danger - including Eddie and his family.<br/><br/><b>The award-winning, <i>Sunday Times </i>Top Five bestseller returns with a brand new thriller featuring the unforgettable Eddie Flynn.</b><br/><br/><b>Praise for Steve Cavanagh:</b><br/><b><br/>'Unputdownable' ALEX MICHAELIDES<br/>'Will keep you guessing until the very end' IAN RANKIN<br/>'The ultimate treat for crime fiction fans' JANICE HALLETT<br/>'Books this ingenious don't come along very often' MICHAEL CONNELLY<br/>'A fantastic thriller writer' MARK BILLINGHAM<br/>'An absolute humdinger of a thriller - fiendishly clever and totally compelling' TM LOGAN<br/>'Gripping' <i>THE SUN</i><br/>'If you read the first eight pages you'll be hooked' <i>THE TIMES</i><br/>'The real magic is in Steve Cavanagh's hypnotic storytelling power' <i>SUNDAY EXPRESS</i><br/>'Cavanagh is a genius... page-turning stuff' <i>EVENING STANDARD</i><br/>'A masterclass in misdirection' <i>THE GUARDIAN</i></b>

Don't miss the next book in the enthralling new series from the number one bestselling author Santa Montefiore - coming soon!<br/><br/><b><i>'Santa Montefiore really knows these people inside and out. I couldn't put this book down</i>' JULIAN FELLOWES, creator of Downton Abbey</b><br/><br/>The moment Pixie Tate steps inside the opulent Aldershoff Hotel in Manhattan, one of the last relics of New York's Gilded Age, she senses instantly that its elegant walls hide a dark secret.<br/><br/>Pixie knows that she must use her unique gift to travel back in time in order to discover the mysteries of the past, and as she slips back over a hundred years, she's shocked to find herself in the midst of one of the most famous events in history.<br/><br/>As the stars twinkle overhead, Pixie realises that time is running out. But when she comes face-to-face with a man she thought she'd lost forever, will she keep her promise to save only the souls she should - or is it too late, and has she already changed the future?<br/><br/><b><i>Secrets of the Starlit Sea</i></b><b> is an epic and stunningly romantic time-travel mystery, and the second book in Santa Montefiore's sensational new series.</b><b><br/><br/>Readers love Santa Montefiore...</b><br/><br/>'Hurry up Santa and write another!'<br/><br/>'Just WOW...'<br/><br/>'Santa Montefiore's books are amazing!'<br/><br/>'Lots of twists and turns, I couldn't put it down'<br/><br/>'Brought tears to my eyes'<br/><br/>'A treasure you will want to read over and over'