A stunner . . . an unforgettable novel' SUNDAY TIMES 'A crisp and chilling account of temptation and transgression that fans of Patricia Highsmith will adoreâ€™ INDEPENDENT 'A fascinating, succinct and stylish thriller from Italyâ€™ GUARDIAN â€˜Raises the standard for crime fiction. Carofiglio's insights into human nature, good and bad, are breathtakingâ€™ JEFFERY DEAVER One hot summer, as world-weary bloodhound Lieutenant Chiti spends sleepless nights hunting for the serial sex attacker terrorising his city, trainee lawyer Giorgio is befriended by dangerously charismatic Francesco. Slowly the innocent Giorgio is lured into a corrupt world of beautiful women, card sharps and casual violence, in dingy poker dens and luxury villas. Then one terrifying night Giorgio is forced to realise just how far he has left his past behind...The Past is a Foreign Country is a stunning psychological thrillerfrom an acknowledged master at the height of his powers.

The Past Is A Foreign Country

Literature & Fiction

Gianrico Carofiglio

Literary

Old Street Publishing Limited

Zookeepers Wife

History

Ackerman, Diane

Europe

Torture The Artist

Torture the Artist

Goebel, Joey

";Underage whores, opium pipes and absinthe chasers. . . . Thoroughly researched, and well described. The author is bewitched by his subject’s decadence and by the period’s historical detail."; Financial Times ";[Lewis] Crofts’s debut doesn’t shrink from depicting the squalor of Schiele’s existence and powerfully evokes his uncompromising talent."; Guardian ";Utterly engrossing. I was drawn into Schiele’s reeling world with its reek of wet paint and sex.";Jon McGregor, author of If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things ";Lewis Crofts’ poignant debut captures the turbulence, the vividness and the tragedy of Egon Schiele’s life with rare skill and empathy.";Liz Jensen, author of The Ninth Life of Louis Drax A Vogue magazine recommended summer read.A Metro newspaper fiction title of the week.

The Pornographer of Vienna by Crofts, Lewis (2008) Paperback

Lewis Crofts

Genre Fiction

The tragic story of the doomed romance between Charlotte, heir to the English throne, and Leopold, uncle of Queen Victoria and first King of the Belgians. A story that Jane Austen famously declined to tell, declaring: "I could no more write a romance than an epic poem."Charlotte was the only legitimate royal child of her generation, and her death in childbirth resulted in a public outpouring of grief the like of which was not to be seen again until the death of Diana, over 150 years later. Charlotte's death was followed by an unseemly scramble to produce a substitute heir. Queen Victoria was the product.James Chambers masterfully demonstrates how the personal and the political inevitably collide in scheming post-Napoleonic Europe, offering a vivid and sympathetic portrait of a couple whose lives are in many ways not their own. From the day she was born, Charlotte won the hearts of her subjects and yet, behind the scenes, she was used, abused, and victimized by rivalries--between her parents; between her father (the Prince Regent, later King George IV) and (Mad) King George III; between her tutors, governesses, and other members of her discordant household; and ultimately between the Whig opposition and the Tory government.

Charlotte and Leopold

Biographies & Memoirs

James Chambers

Leaders & Notable People

Silesian Station

DOWNING, DAVID

God Clobbers Us All

Ballantine, Poe

The Last Straight Face

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At the age of 39, unhappily married, unfulfilled and seven stone overweight, Janice Day was diagnosed with breast cancer and recommended for a full mastectomy. In Getting It Off My Chest she recounts, with frankness, charm and humour, how the gruelling experience of illness, of breast surgery and reconstruction, prompted her to examine what was wrong with her life and how to make it better. Along the way, she rejects the unanimous recommendations of her doctors to undergo chemotherapy, separates from her husband, comes to terms with her unhappy childhood, loses seven stone and launches a successful career as a cabaret singer, stand-up comedian and writer. The result is a hilarious and unusual memoir that will inspire and entertain anyone who has ever had to live through difficult times.

Getting It Off My Chest: How I Lost My Breast and Found Myse

Janice Day

In April 1945, Hitler’s Reich is on the verge of extinction. Assaulted by Allied bombs and Soviet shells, ruled by Nazis with nothing to lose, Berlin has become the most dangerous place on earth. John Russell’s son Paul is stationed on the Eastern Front with the German Army, awaiting the Soviets’ final onslaught. In Berlin, Russell’s girlfriend Effi has been living in disguise, helping fugitives to escape from Germany. With a Jewish orphan to care for, she’s trying to outlast the Nazis. Russell hasn’t heard from either of them since fleeing Germany in 1941. He is desperate to find out if they’re alive and to protect them from the advancing Red Army. He flies to Moscow, seeking permission to enter Berlin with the Red Army as a journalist, but when the Soviet’s arrest him as a spy, things look bleak?until they find a use for him that has him parachuting into Berlin behind German lines.

Potsdam Station

David, Downing

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