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On the day after Christmas, head of Department Q Detective Carl Mørck finds himself handcuffed in a police car headed for Copenhagen's Vestre prison. After 15 years, a violent case from his past has caught up with him. Charges of drug trafficking and murder threaten to destroy his life and career. But he is being framed. Someone has a million dollar bounty on his head to make sure he doesn't talk, putting him in grave danger among the prison's incarcerated criminals and corrupt officers. The question that remains is, why?

Following her dazzling five-novel portrait of our age, the ‘Seasonal’ sequence, Ali Smith returns with the first of two novels which belong together but can be read independently. Gliff – a Scots or Northern word for a glimpse, a shock, a glance - will not only tell its own story but also contain within it a hidden story, to be revealed only in a second novel, Glyph – from the Greek, meaning a mark, carving or symbol -- to be published a year later.

Jean Blomart, patriot leader against the German forces of occupation, waits throughout an endless night for his wounded lover, Hélène, to die. Told through memories of his and her life, The Blood of Others paints an intense and moving picture of their love story and life in German occupied Paris during the Second World War. In the face of a seemingly unstoppable force, Hélène and Jean are confronted by the illusion of freedom and made to question their individual roles in the collective struggle against fascism

Post-university life doesn’t suit Phyl. Time passes slowly living back home with her parents, working a zero-hour contract serving Japanese food to holidaymakers at Heathrow’s Terminal 5. As for her budding plans of becoming a writer, those are going nowhere. That is, until family friend Chris comes to stay. He’s been on the path to uncover a sinister think-tank, founded at Cambridge University in the 1980s, that’s been scheming to push the British government in a more extreme direction. One that’s finally poised to put their plans into action.

Lorraine would say afterwards that she was smitten straight off with Paddy Farrell. You could tell that he was occupying the room in a different way, he found the spaces that fitted him. She was the kind of girl the papers called vivacious, always a bit of dazzle to her. Could she not see there was death about him? Could he not see there was death about her?

It is a Tuesday evening in June when Ruth receives the phone call that all parents dread. Her daughter Daisy has been hit by a car during a deadly storm in Puerto Rico. How Ruth wishes she could tell Daisy she loves her. That she is sorry her own muddy feelings about Daisy's move to San Juan caused them to fight. What a waste of precious breath. Instinctively, it's her mother, Rafaela, Ruth wants to turn to. Rafaela whose own memories of growing up in Puerto Rico are becoming ever more vivid, as have her sudden flashes of forgetfulness.

Gardiner Amory’s life is reeling – Nixon is being impeached, his wife is leaving him and his worldview is rapidly becoming outdated. His daughter, Daley, has spent her life negotiating her parents’ conflicting worlds: the liberal realm of her mother and the conservative, liquor-soaked life of her father. But when the pair divorces, Gardiner’s basest impulses are unleashed in a deluge, and the chasm between all of them widens. As she reaches adulthood, Daley rejects her father’s prejudices and embarks on her own life – until Gardiner hits rock bottom.

On a Yorkshire farm, a man is brutally bludgeoned with a solid gold bar. A plucky young journalist sets out to uncover the truth surrounding the attack, connecting the dots between an amoral banker landlord, an iconoclastic columnist, and a radical anarchist movement. She solves the mystery, but her viral longread exposé raises more questions than it answers.

It is 1954, but not the same way the history books would have it. Events and characters swirl in a vortex of fragments and chance connections. Brisbane celebrates the young Queen Elizabeth II's arrival on her first royal tour of the commonwealth. Meanwhile the future is being shaped behind closed doors, laying the foundations for the 21st century...

Quarterlife is a groundbreaking portrait of a nation on the cusp of a new age. When the Bharat Party comes to power after a divisive election, Naren, a jaded Wall Street consultant, is lured home to Mumbai. With him is Amanda, a restless New Englander eager to embody her ideals through a teaching fellowship in a Muslim-majority slum. Meanwhile, Naren's charismatic brother Rohit, an amateur filmmaker, sets out to explore his roots and befriends the fiery young men of the Hindu nationalist machine.

Dritter Teil der Trilogie des gegenwärtigen Scheiterns. Familiäre Verwerfungen und politische Radikalisierung: mit bissigem Witz erzählt Christoph Peters von den tiefen Rissen, die unsere Gesellschaft durchziehen. Es ist der 9. November 2022. Der russische Angriff auf die Ukraine überschattet das private wie das öffentliche Leben. Am Abend wird die erste Einzelausstellung des aufstrebenden Künstlers Fabian Kolb in der berühmten Berliner Galerie Konrad Raspe eröffnet. Fabians Familie, Eigentümer der letzten Krefelder Krawattenmanufaktur, ist eigens für dieses Ereignis angereist.

Eine Geschichte von Liebe und Freundschaft über alle Grenzen hinweg. In einem Europa, wie es einst unsere Zukunft hätte sein können. Karlsbad, 1871. Die Zeit der Kriege scheint für immer vorbei, im böhmischen Kurort treffen sich Gäste aus ganz Europa. So auch Vicky, Tochter einer Londoner Industriellenfamilie, die den Ärmelkanal untertunneln will, um England mit dem Kontinent zu verbinden; Paul, ein Berliner Ingenieur, der hofft, am Bau einer Prachtstraße namens Kurfürstendamm mitzuwirken; und Auguste Escoffier, angehender Meisterkoch aus Paris, dessen Name zum Inbegriff der französischen Kochkunst werden soll.

Durch sein lässiges Auftreten hat er es auf der Karrierleiter bis zu Großbritanniens höchstem politischen Amt gebracht. Doch Marcus Valentine ist ein Blender. Selbstsüchtig benutzt er sogar die ihm nahestehenden Menschen nur für seine Zwecke: Stabschef Sunil, der sämtliche Fehler auszubaden hat; seine schöne Frau Abbie, die er mit der PR-Chefin betrügt; die hübsche Nanny seines kleinen Sohns; seinen militärischen Berater ... Aufgrund eines Bombenattentats muss der Premier sich eines Tages mit seinen Getreuen in die Tunnel unter der Downing Street flüchten.

Meet Ethan and Gabe. A devoted couple with successful careers, an adorable daughter, and a house in the New Jersey suburbs. They may have slowly drifted to different ends of the political spectrum, but their marriage still has its spark. Then one night Ethan makes a shocking announcement: he wants to run for Congress as a Republican. And he will only do it if he has progressive Gabe’s blessing. Bored and frustrated, suburban mom Nicole wonders what happened to her younger self—living in New York City, freely dating men and women, and on a path to a career in the art world.

Amy, Carole, Lenore and Susan have been friends since school but now they’re in their 40s, life seems to be selling them short. Encouraged by arch feminist and natural leader Amy, they embark on a graffiti campaign in their home town of Hamilton, scrawling anti-patriarchy slogans on the walls of local buildings.

1907, London. As the winds of change sweep across the world in the new century, Hannah Rainforth and her friends take to the streets to fight for the vote for women. Now is not the time for quiet argument - the country will only listen when it's forced to, and the women join the suffragette movement, putting their bodies, reputations and personal safety on the line to achieve lasting change for women. But dark clouds of war and sinister forces are gathering on the horizon and Hannah is desperate to protect those she loves the most.

Berlin, 1940: Edith Creutzen is 29-years-old and recently widowed when Hitler invites her to be his personal fortune teller. Terrified, she agrees. After all, how can she say no to the most dangerous man in the world? But as she guides his days and builds his trust, she realises the extent of her power and joins forces with British Intelligence to misguide Hitler. But in her way lies Stefan, Hitler's right-hand man. Is he friend or foe, and what will he do if he finds out who she's really working for?