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LE 27 SVEGLIE DI ATENA FERRARISAlice Basso
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A heart-warming contemporary novel about the unexpected power of vulnerability and the magic of seeing the world differently, for audiences of Mark Haddon or Forrest Gump.
Atena Ferraris is a quirky, fiercely young woman in her 30's and she is a little different from other people. She sees things that most of us miss.
She dresses unfashionably, hates surprises, likes to stay at home and has many alarms set every day to remind her of everything she needs to do at the right time. But above all, she always asks a lot of questions. She likes to have answers and explanations for everything. These are some of her twenty-seven alarm clocks:
1. Call my brother Febo
2. Call Febo back after his skydiving session
3. Do online research for my magazine
4. Finish research
5. Check if the moka hasn't exploded
6. Draw rebuses for the magazine
7. Stop the rebuses (and also the coffee)
8. Hanging out the laundry
9. Checking e-mails
10. Perform a magic show for Professor Gluck
But, now something has happened that has changed things. Her twin brother Febo is a writer in crisis. In order to find inspiration, he has the strangest experiences. He has enrolled in a school of magic. He is sure he has discovered something mysterious, but he says that in order to understand it, he needs Atena, her ability to see details that others don't, to follow clues that no one else notices.
And so, to keep him happy, Atena is forced to get out of the house, meet new people and have normal conversations. She's not good at those things. But maybe it's time to find out if her mother has been telling her the truth about who she is.
Born in Milan in 1979, Alice Basso lives in a charming medieval village outside of Turin. She is the author of two bestselling series: the Vani Sarca series and the Anita Bo series, with over 500,000 copies sold.
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THE PARIS PROPOSALErin Baldwin, Kristen Chaudière
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This charming rom-com asks if a working permit in Paris is worth a young American's heart.
When Jess lands a coveted event-planning role at the Louvre, she hopes it'll be the fresh start she needs after being let go from her last museum job.
But just as she's settling into her charming (but tiny) Paris room, she learns there's an issue with her work permit. If she doesn't secure a long-term visa within 60 days, she'll have to leave Paris. There's no way Jess is crawling home to California - especially not after she learns that her egotistical, art-world god ex-fiancé is now married to the gorgeous model he cheated on her with. She's just going to have to do what she's done a thousand times before: get to work and figure it out. Her research turns up one possible solution: marry a French citizen. But that would be crazy - wouldn't it?
Enter Theo, the charming if annoyingly "laissez-faire" guy she meets-cute on the metro platform. After suffering a recent tragedy, Theo's family is eager for him to move back home to Provence and take over the family winemaking business. He knows the only way his parents would ever agree to let him pursue his own passions -which include filmmaking and international travel- is if they believe he's found true love. An American "wife" who only has a year-long contract with the Louvre sounds like just the ticket out he needs.
As they prepare for their upcoming pre-wedding interview with the French government, Jess and Theo navigate cultural clashes, interfering families, and undeniable chemistry. But when a week at the chateau sparks some unexpectedly real feelings, Jess must decide how far she's willing to go to secure her visa -and whether she's ready to risk her carefully guarded heart.
Kristen Gordon Chaudière held positions at the National Gallery in London, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and the Musée du Louvre in Paris. Kristen enjoys life on a wine estate in the Provencal village of Mormoiron.
Erin Baldwin published her debut novel, a YA romance called Wish You Weren't Here (Viking Children), in 2024. Her second YA novel is due out from Viking in Summer 2026. She currently lives in Colorado.
But just as she's settling into her charming (but tiny) Paris room, she learns there's an issue with her work permit. If she doesn't secure a long-term visa within 60 days, she'll have to leave Paris. There's no way Jess is crawling home to California - especially not after she learns that her egotistical, art-world god ex-fiancé is now married to the gorgeous model he cheated on her with. She's just going to have to do what she's done a thousand times before: get to work and figure it out. Her research turns up one possible solution: marry a French citizen. But that would be crazy - wouldn't it?
Enter Theo, the charming if annoyingly "laissez-faire" guy she meets-cute on the metro platform. After suffering a recent tragedy, Theo's family is eager for him to move back home to Provence and take over the family winemaking business. He knows the only way his parents would ever agree to let him pursue his own passions -which include filmmaking and international travel- is if they believe he's found true love. An American "wife" who only has a year-long contract with the Louvre sounds like just the ticket out he needs.
As they prepare for their upcoming pre-wedding interview with the French government, Jess and Theo navigate cultural clashes, interfering families, and undeniable chemistry. But when a week at the chateau sparks some unexpectedly real feelings, Jess must decide how far she's willing to go to secure her visa -and whether she's ready to risk her carefully guarded heart.
Kristen Gordon Chaudière held positions at the National Gallery in London, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and the Musée du Louvre in Paris. Kristen enjoys life on a wine estate in the Provencal village of Mormoiron.
Erin Baldwin published her debut novel, a YA romance called Wish You Weren't Here (Viking Children), in 2024. Her second YA novel is due out from Viking in Summer 2026. She currently lives in Colorado.
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UK: Vikingquote Inkwell
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JUDGE STONEViola Davis, James Patterson
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Co-written by Oscar Award-winning actress Viola Davis, and the world's bestselling author, James Patterson, this is a timely novel about justice and a major publishing event.
Set in the present-day rural south, the novel follows a dynamic and brilliant female judge on the brink of a decision with seismic repercussions for her small county, and potentially the whole nation. With her career, principles, and ultimately her life at stake, Judge Stone is a character readers will never forget.
Davis, with her eloquent and powerful voice, and Patterson with his masterful story-building skills together make an unrivaled writing duo, and the perfect partnership for this timely story bound to capture the hearts and minds of millions. This will be the blockbuster novel of the year.
Viola Davis is a critically revered artist, activist, producer, philanthropist, and the New York Times best-selling author of Finding Me.
James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time. He has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, and most recently with Michael Crichton.
Davis, with her eloquent and powerful voice, and Patterson with his masterful story-building skills together make an unrivaled writing duo, and the perfect partnership for this timely story bound to capture the hearts and minds of millions. This will be the blockbuster novel of the year.
Viola Davis is a critically revered artist, activist, producer, philanthropist, and the New York Times best-selling author of Finding Me.
James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time. He has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, and most recently with Michael Crichton.
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THE ENIGMA CHALLENGES. C. Godfrey
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"Oceans Eleven" meets "The Amazing Race" meets puzzles in this action-packed novel following an unlikely duo in a dangerously high-stakes competition across Europe.
Zoe Wilder has the unflashy, solitary life of an academic, studying ciphers in literature at a California university. When her research takes her to a cryptology conference in Madrid, she's not expecting to kick off the Enigma Challenge, a clandestine puzzle competition few dare to enter.
The Enigma Challenge is an infamous competition with impossibly high stakes: lose, and your identity is wiped forever. It doesn't take long for Zoe to realize that she's in over her head. Enter Dane Seaver: the mysterious hacker who insists they team up. Dane knows the Enigma Challenge, its secrets and its players, while Zoe knows ciphers. For better or worse, they need each other.
Six days, five puzzles, three countries, and innumerable rivals. What's more, the spark of attraction between them becomes harder to ignore, but distractions are dangerous. With twelve million dollars and multiple lives on the line, the Enigma Challenge is anyone's game. Will Zoe and Dane come out unscathed against the other players - and each other?
S. C. Godfrey, also writing as Sierra Godfrey, is the author of two upmarket novels. When not working on books, she can be found reading fast-paced, exciting thrillers, mysteries, and romance. She lives in the Bay Area with her family. THE ENIGMA CHALLENGE is her first thriller.
The Enigma Challenge is an infamous competition with impossibly high stakes: lose, and your identity is wiped forever. It doesn't take long for Zoe to realize that she's in over her head. Enter Dane Seaver: the mysterious hacker who insists they team up. Dane knows the Enigma Challenge, its secrets and its players, while Zoe knows ciphers. For better or worse, they need each other.
Six days, five puzzles, three countries, and innumerable rivals. What's more, the spark of attraction between them becomes harder to ignore, but distractions are dangerous. With twelve million dollars and multiple lives on the line, the Enigma Challenge is anyone's game. Will Zoe and Dane come out unscathed against the other players - and each other?
S. C. Godfrey, also writing as Sierra Godfrey, is the author of two upmarket novels. When not working on books, she can be found reading fast-paced, exciting thrillers, mysteries, and romance. She lives in the Bay Area with her family. THE ENIGMA CHALLENGE is her first thriller.
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Italy: Longanesi (preempt)quote Pamela Dorman Books
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THE SHACKLESConor Griffin
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Four friends used to call themselves The Shackles because they could never get away from each other. Now, they cover up a fatal hit-and-run in their provincial Irish town. They are forever bonded in a drastically tragic way.
St Stephen's Night, 1999. On the cusp of the new millennium, four nineteen-year-old friends drive home after an alcohol-fuelled night out in their hometown of Ballylea. In the freezing darkness, their car hits a pedestrian and three of the four make a split-second decision to drive on.
The fourth, who had blacked out from drinking, is deceived into believing that he was the driver. The group reaches an uneasy consensus to cover up their involvement in the fatal incident.
As the years pass, pharmacy owner Becca, Premier League footballer Andy, provocative journalist Cian and the reclusive Dreamy (who was given the false belief that he was behind the wheel) forge significantly different futures both in and away from Ballylea. A brittle love triangle is smashed and lifelong friendships wracked with distrust as The Shackles drift apart and occasionally collide, some prospering as household names, others tortured and stunted by guilt.
And when the anonymous emails start arriving, it becomes clear that the past won't allow itself to stay hidden forever.
Conor Griffin lives in Dublin. His short fiction has been published in the Irish Times and in literary journals. He was also a Mairtín Crawford prizewinner at the 2025 Belfast Book Festival.
The fourth, who had blacked out from drinking, is deceived into believing that he was the driver. The group reaches an uneasy consensus to cover up their involvement in the fatal incident.
As the years pass, pharmacy owner Becca, Premier League footballer Andy, provocative journalist Cian and the reclusive Dreamy (who was given the false belief that he was behind the wheel) forge significantly different futures both in and away from Ballylea. A brittle love triangle is smashed and lifelong friendships wracked with distrust as The Shackles drift apart and occasionally collide, some prospering as household names, others tortured and stunted by guilt.
And when the anonymous emails start arriving, it becomes clear that the past won't allow itself to stay hidden forever.
Conor Griffin lives in Dublin. His short fiction has been published in the Irish Times and in literary journals. He was also a Mairtín Crawford prizewinner at the 2025 Belfast Book Festival.
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THE WAYFINDERAdam Johnson
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A modern, mythological epic about a girl from a remote Tongan island who becomes her people's queen. "Good enough, wondrous enough, to endure." (Wall Street Journal)
"Excels" (LA Times)
"Powerful and original" (NY Times)
"Unique" (Apple)
"Depthless imagination" (Chicago RoB)
An epic, sweeping novel set in the Polynesian islands of the South Pacific during the height of the Tu'i Tonga Empire. At its heart is Krero, a young girl chosen to save her people from the brink of starvation. Her quest takes her from her remote island home on a daring seafaring journey across a vast ocean empire built on power, consumption, and bloodshed.
With the grandeur of "Hundred Years of Solitude", "Wolf Hall", or "War and Peace", this immense achievement immerses readers in a world untouched by Western influence. It evokes the lost art of oral storytelling. It conjures a world of outrigger canoes and celestial navigation, weaving a narrative that is as much about survival and self-discovery as it is about the sweeping history of the Tongan people.
In this monumental literary work, Adam Johnson explores themes of indigeneity, ecological balance, and the resilience of humanity in the face of scarcity, marking the novel as a profound meditation on both individual and cultural legacy.
Adam Johnson is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Orphan Master's Son" and the National Book Award winner "Fortune Smiles." He has won a Whiting Award and Fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the American Academy in Berlin. His stories have appeared widely and won many prizes. He was born in South Dakota and is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.
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"Novels are long divorced from the oral tradition; few are designed to last beyond their reading. But some booksGabriel García Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" (1967), for instance, or Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove" (1985)continue to be passed down, like legends. Predicting posterity is impossible, but The Wayfinder is this kind of work, modern and mythological. It is good enough, wondrous enough, to endure."quote The Wall Street Journal
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TWO ISLANDSIan Kemish
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Set against the haunting beauty of the Scottish isles, this novel asks: how far would you go to protect the truth?
When a desperate young man arrives on an isolated Scottish isle, the locals view him with suspicion. But Niko is there for a reason - he's running for his life, pursued by those who want him silenced for what he has seen in the Balkan War. His neighbour is a recluse known to the villagers as 'Slow Fergus'. As the two men circle each other, Australian war crimes investigator Anita Costello races against sinister forces to locate her key witness.
Against this rugged landscape, where the tightknit island community holds painful memories close, Niko must weigh his loyalties to his family, his country and himself. Written with compassion and insight, TWO ISLANDS explores how the ripples of distant conflicts can wash up on the most remote shores.
IAN KEMISH AM is a former Australian diplomat who served as ambassador to Germany, high commissioner to Papua New Guinea, international adviser to the Prime Minister, and head of the consular and crisis management service. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of his leadership of the emergency response to the 2002 Bali bombings. An adjunct professor at the University of Queensland, he continues to work as a strategic advisor and as a volunteer director in the homelessness and international humanitarian sectors. TWO ISLANDS is his first work of fiction, drawing on both his diplomatic work in the Balkans in the mid-1990s and his strong family links with the western isles of Scotland.
Against this rugged landscape, where the tightknit island community holds painful memories close, Niko must weigh his loyalties to his family, his country and himself. Written with compassion and insight, TWO ISLANDS explores how the ripples of distant conflicts can wash up on the most remote shores.
IAN KEMISH AM is a former Australian diplomat who served as ambassador to Germany, high commissioner to Papua New Guinea, international adviser to the Prime Minister, and head of the consular and crisis management service. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of his leadership of the emergency response to the 2002 Bali bombings. An adjunct professor at the University of Queensland, he continues to work as a strategic advisor and as a volunteer director in the homelessness and international humanitarian sectors. TWO ISLANDS is his first work of fiction, drawing on both his diplomatic work in the Balkans in the mid-1990s and his strong family links with the western isles of Scotland.
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A lively, suspenseful and smart book . a joy to read.quote Bernhard Schlink, internationally bestselling author of The Reader
Utterly captivating. It's the page-turning global intrigue stuff as much as the human heart stuff. The best debuts take a lifetime to write. Kemish has lived these pages. Dreamed them, too.quote Trent Dalton, internationally bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe
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SOFT SERVEGeorge Kemp
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A gem of a debut novel by award-winning playwright George Kemp, about small-town lives and the search for genuine sustenance in a fast-food world.
Stuck in a regional McDonald's, as bushfires close in, three twenty-somethings and their dead friend's mum all face a reckoning. Fern longs for Ethan, Ethan longs for Jacob, and Jacob struggles to long for anything. Meanwhile, Pat just wants her grief to ease up.
Soft Serve proves that small-town lives are huge, and that anyone can get stuck in limbo between their past and their hoped-for future. From celebrated playwright and actor George Kemp comes this charming and poignant novel: it's drive-thru Chekhov, and full of heart.
GEORGE KEMP is an emerging writer based on Gadigal land in Sydney. He won the Australian Theatre for Young People Foundation Commission Award in 2020 for his play Shack (published by Playlab). He is currently a resident artist at the Australian Theatre for Young People, and in 2023 was a playwright mentor at the organisation's flagship writing program, National Studio.
Soft Serve proves that small-town lives are huge, and that anyone can get stuck in limbo between their past and their hoped-for future. From celebrated playwright and actor George Kemp comes this charming and poignant novel: it's drive-thru Chekhov, and full of heart.
GEORGE KEMP is an emerging writer based on Gadigal land in Sydney. He won the Australian Theatre for Young People Foundation Commission Award in 2020 for his play Shack (published by Playlab). He is currently a resident artist at the Australian Theatre for Young People, and in 2023 was a playwright mentor at the organisation's flagship writing program, National Studio.
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Full of spark and love, Soft Serve is fiercely tender and moving.quote Favel Parrett
A scorching novel about small-town grief, queer yearning and the rituals that keep us connected. George Kemp's debut is full of complicated humanity, dark laughs and endless compassion and makes him one to watch.quote Benjamin Law
A new and glorious voice has arrived on the Australian literary scene compelling, lyrical, evocative and utterly original.quote Hugh Mackay
Soft Serve is an irresistible debut; it will thaw the hardest heart. George Kemp delivers a tale of first love, loss and the inexorable pain of growing up.quote Eleanor Limprecht
This exquisite book grabbed my heart and held it long after it ended. Every character is drawn with the greatest affection, exploring the beauty and fragility of loss and love.quote Heather Mitchell
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WOLF SEASONWesley King
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This adult debut is a detective thriller with a supernatural twist that sets the eerie thrills of a Stephen King novel against the wild beauty of a Yellowstone-esque world.
It's been seven long years since Everett Johnson set foot in Killdeer, Montana, but his father, the town sheriff, is missing, and Everett is determined to find him. Or bury him.
In the weeks before he vanished, Sheriff Dale Johnson was investigating the murder of Orsie Armel, found dead in the woods, shot with her own gun. Orsie came from a family of reclusive, powerful women, whose expansive farmstead has long been a target of local speculation, jealousy, and ire. She also happened to be the cousin of Bernadine Armel, the only woman Everett ever loved.
As the search for his father intensifies, he can't help getting pulled into the mystery of the girl's death and back into the path of Bernadine, still as beautiful and mysterious as ever. Forced to confront the past that has haunted him all these years and the dark rumors swirling around the Armels, Everett may have to choose between finding justice and protecting the woman he loves. Even if it kills him...
Lyrical and lush, with equal parts compelling interpersonal drama and hair-raising suspense, Wolf Season asks readers to consider what makes a monster, and reminds us that for every choice, there must always be a cost.
Wesley King is the author of over a dozen novels for young readers. His debut, OCDaniel, is an Edgar Award winner, a Canada Silver Birch Award winner, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, and received a starred review from Booklist. The companion novel, Sara and the Search for Normal, received a starred review from School Library Journal and was the recipient of the Violet Downey Book Award and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award. King has also written The Incredible Space Raiders from Space!, A World Below, Butt Sandwich & Tree, Benny on the Case, and Kobe Bryant's New York Times bestselling Wizenard series. He lives in Newfoundland.
In the weeks before he vanished, Sheriff Dale Johnson was investigating the murder of Orsie Armel, found dead in the woods, shot with her own gun. Orsie came from a family of reclusive, powerful women, whose expansive farmstead has long been a target of local speculation, jealousy, and ire. She also happened to be the cousin of Bernadine Armel, the only woman Everett ever loved.
As the search for his father intensifies, he can't help getting pulled into the mystery of the girl's death and back into the path of Bernadine, still as beautiful and mysterious as ever. Forced to confront the past that has haunted him all these years and the dark rumors swirling around the Armels, Everett may have to choose between finding justice and protecting the woman he loves. Even if it kills him...
Lyrical and lush, with equal parts compelling interpersonal drama and hair-raising suspense, Wolf Season asks readers to consider what makes a monster, and reminds us that for every choice, there must always be a cost.
Wesley King is the author of over a dozen novels for young readers. His debut, OCDaniel, is an Edgar Award winner, a Canada Silver Birch Award winner, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, and received a starred review from Booklist. The companion novel, Sara and the Search for Normal, received a starred review from School Library Journal and was the recipient of the Violet Downey Book Award and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award. King has also written The Incredible Space Raiders from Space!, A World Below, Butt Sandwich & Tree, Benny on the Case, and Kobe Bryant's New York Times bestselling Wizenard series. He lives in Newfoundland.
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AMBROSIAKatrina Kwan
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A fantasy novel in which a grieving widow must infiltrate a prestigious, cutthroat order of alchemist scientists after discovering that her husband's "suicide" was actually a murder, the iron in his blood having been turned into gold.
Alchemy is considered the most prestigious of scientific studies, but Li Shen sees it as a curse. Recently widowed and bereft at the news of her husband's inexplicable suicide, Li comes to discover the true cause of his death: the iron in his blood was alchemically transformed into gold.
Since her husband was a tenured alchemist at the esteemed Order of Alchemic Science, a research branch of the University of Quartë, the only one who could have pulled off this method of murder had to be one of his colleagues. Li means to gather clues, but there's just one problem: women are not permitted entry into the Order, as it is widely believed they do not have the intelligence, constitution,
nor ambition to handle the study.
Fueled by grief and with no other means, Li disguises herself as a man and infiltrates her way onto campus grounds under the guise of an alchemic scientist. Her list of suspects is short, but the deeper she investigates, the more twists and turns she encounters. Under constant threat of discovery, Li must use every means necessarybe it manipulation, kidnapping, or blackmail - if she hopes to avenge her husband's death.
Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House and the Fullmetal Alchemist series, AMBROSIA, a clever murder mystery wrapped in a fantasy, explores themes of feminine rage in a world where magic and science are one.
Katrina Kwan is a contemporary romance and fantasy. After graduating from Acadia University in 2017 with a BA in political science with honors, Kwan spent the next six years honing her creative skills as a freelance ghostwriter. With several ghostwritten romance novels under her belt, she's ecstatic to finally be writing books under her own name. She lives in Vancouver with her husband and two cats, and when she isn't writing, she is desperately trying to keep her collection of houseplants alive.
Since her husband was a tenured alchemist at the esteemed Order of Alchemic Science, a research branch of the University of Quartë, the only one who could have pulled off this method of murder had to be one of his colleagues. Li means to gather clues, but there's just one problem: women are not permitted entry into the Order, as it is widely believed they do not have the intelligence, constitution,
nor ambition to handle the study.
Fueled by grief and with no other means, Li disguises herself as a man and infiltrates her way onto campus grounds under the guise of an alchemic scientist. Her list of suspects is short, but the deeper she investigates, the more twists and turns she encounters. Under constant threat of discovery, Li must use every means necessarybe it manipulation, kidnapping, or blackmail - if she hopes to avenge her husband's death.
Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House and the Fullmetal Alchemist series, AMBROSIA, a clever murder mystery wrapped in a fantasy, explores themes of feminine rage in a world where magic and science are one.
Katrina Kwan is a contemporary romance and fantasy. After graduating from Acadia University in 2017 with a BA in political science with honors, Kwan spent the next six years honing her creative skills as a freelance ghostwriter. With several ghostwritten romance novels under her belt, she's ecstatic to finally be writing books under her own name. She lives in Vancouver with her husband and two cats, and when she isn't writing, she is desperately trying to keep her collection of houseplants alive.
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Katrina Kwan bursts onto the fantasy scene with this stirring tale of fate and loss and hope.quote Thea Guanzon, USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Wars
The Last Dragon of the East is an enchanting tale of destiny and devotion.quote Kylie Lee Baker, The Sunday Times bestselling author of The Scarlet Alchemist
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THE CAFE OF INFINITE DOORSZara Marielle
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In a mythical Scotland of long ago, a goddess's mortal surrogate dies in childbirth and leaves behind a vindictive firstborn daughter who seethes in the shadow of her new divine sister, leading to a violent clash that leaves both sisters imprisoned in separate worlds.
Millennia later in San Francisco, sheltered, isolated twenty-three-year-old Marceline is desperate for a job, longing for a temporary escape from her controlling, toxic husband, Baxter. One evening, a magical café appears after Baxter strands Marceline on a desolate street after a nasty fight. Run by a quirky, mysteriously feathered woman named Lucretia, her partner, Kilda, and a gentle Tahitian man named Sylvan, the café holds the safety, comfort, and companionship Marceline has craved. Upon learning that the café's door is a protected portal that opens to those in need, she joins the cafe's staff behind Baxter's back.
Several months after Marceline has found her safe haven, the portals to the café begin closing one by one and the cafe's sourceless light goes from warm and honeyed to dim and shadowy. Evil is looming that will endanger not only the café but the world at large; if Marceline is to protect herself and her newfound family, she must choose herself for good and escape her marriage once and for all... or say goodbye to her hard-fought freedom forever.
Zara Marielle is the product of a Northern Californian hippy town and a rustic village high in the French Alps. A former ESL teacher, she loves to travel and has lived in Canada, Venezuela, England, and Scotland. Marielle earned a master's in creative writing from the University of Edinburgh in 2015.
Several months after Marceline has found her safe haven, the portals to the café begin closing one by one and the cafe's sourceless light goes from warm and honeyed to dim and shadowy. Evil is looming that will endanger not only the café but the world at large; if Marceline is to protect herself and her newfound family, she must choose herself for good and escape her marriage once and for all... or say goodbye to her hard-fought freedom forever.
Zara Marielle is the product of a Northern Californian hippy town and a rustic village high in the French Alps. A former ESL teacher, she loves to travel and has lived in Canada, Venezuela, England, and Scotland. Marielle earned a master's in creative writing from the University of Edinburgh in 2015.
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UNGODLY RICHKatharine McGee
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The lavish, epic fun of CRAZY RICH ASIANS meets the speculative worldbuilding of McGee's own American Royals series in this soapy, romantic, multi-POV family drama.
Fleeing the fallout of a failed relationship, Julia was building a new life for herself in New Zealand when she met Harry Adams. Adventurous, good-looking, and down-to-earth, he seemed too good to be true, but two years in, Julia and Harry are inseparable. Until a chance encounter at a hotel bar threatens their happy ending.
Julia learns that Harry is actually Harry Ellene, son of one of the world's richest families - exactly the kind of people she had been running from when they first met. Upset by Harry's lie, but still madly in love, Julia accompanies Harry to his family's annual reunion on their private island in the Aegean Sea. She's determined to find out whether Harry is still the man she fell for. Little does Julia know, she's up against more than wealth and privilege - the Ellenes are actually Greek Gods.
It's no secret the Gods love to meddle - and when it comes to Julia, Harry's divine relatives each have their own agenda: Harry's mother, Hera, will do anything to protect her own. Harry's - or rather Ares's - sister-in-law Aphrodite has a deeply personal reason for hating Julia, and tasks Hermes, keeper of family secrets, with digging up dirt. Meanwhile, Hades, who's spent years trying to upend Zeus's power, finally sees an opportunity to strike.
Set against a globe-trotting backdrop that spans New York's exclusive private clubs, the wilds of New Zealand, and the snow-draped estates of the Alps, UNGODLY RICH is a story of love, revenge, secrets, sex, and the most ancient motivator of all: family.
Katharine McGee is the New York Times bestselling author of the American Royals series, the Thousandth Floor trilogy, and A Queen's Game. She studied English and French literature at Princeton and has an MBA from Stanford.
Julia learns that Harry is actually Harry Ellene, son of one of the world's richest families - exactly the kind of people she had been running from when they first met. Upset by Harry's lie, but still madly in love, Julia accompanies Harry to his family's annual reunion on their private island in the Aegean Sea. She's determined to find out whether Harry is still the man she fell for. Little does Julia know, she's up against more than wealth and privilege - the Ellenes are actually Greek Gods.
It's no secret the Gods love to meddle - and when it comes to Julia, Harry's divine relatives each have their own agenda: Harry's mother, Hera, will do anything to protect her own. Harry's - or rather Ares's - sister-in-law Aphrodite has a deeply personal reason for hating Julia, and tasks Hermes, keeper of family secrets, with digging up dirt. Meanwhile, Hades, who's spent years trying to upend Zeus's power, finally sees an opportunity to strike.
Set against a globe-trotting backdrop that spans New York's exclusive private clubs, the wilds of New Zealand, and the snow-draped estates of the Alps, UNGODLY RICH is a story of love, revenge, secrets, sex, and the most ancient motivator of all: family.
Katharine McGee is the New York Times bestselling author of the American Royals series, the Thousandth Floor trilogy, and A Queen's Game. She studied English and French literature at Princeton and has an MBA from Stanford.
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IN EVERY FUTURE, IT'S USKatie Naymon
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A yearly New Year's Eve game pushes two lifelong best friends to change their lives forever in this gorgeously sweeping romance, told through past and present timelines.
When childhood neighbors and best friends Florence Parker and Tom Sinclair were on the precipice of graduating college, they made a pact they hoped would link them forever: every year at their families' lavish New Year's Eve party, they'd each write five secret predictions about the other's year ahead. Whoever got the most guesses correct would make one big life decision for the other.
So it went for nearly a decade -- until the final year, when one letter shattered their friendship.
Now, Tom and Florence are home for the holidays and haven't spoken in over a year. To keep up appearance, they're forced to plan the New Year's Eve party together. But hidden in the tense silences and charged interactions is a wealth of history they can't escape, and feelings they've never spoken aloud. It's their last opportunity to make amends before Florence moves away, but are they willing to take a chance on a future they can't predict?
Katie Naymon lives and writes in Stockholm, Sweden. Originally from Northeast Ohio, she got her BA in creative writing at Johns Hopkins University and her MFA in poetry from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
So it went for nearly a decade -- until the final year, when one letter shattered their friendship.
Now, Tom and Florence are home for the holidays and haven't spoken in over a year. To keep up appearance, they're forced to plan the New Year's Eve party together. But hidden in the tense silences and charged interactions is a wealth of history they can't escape, and feelings they've never spoken aloud. It's their last opportunity to make amends before Florence moves away, but are they willing to take a chance on a future they can't predict?
Katie Naymon lives and writes in Stockholm, Sweden. Originally from Northeast Ohio, she got her BA in creative writing at Johns Hopkins University and her MFA in poetry from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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THE SHAPE OF DREAMSApril Reynolds
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In this second novel by the award-winning novelist, a trio of women in East Harlem come together in friendship and tragedy when a murder occurs and a neighborhood tries to seek justice from a system that has forgotten them.
We're in East Harlem, in the mid-eighties, and the large and formidable (some say crazy woman) Twin Johnson discovers the body of Anita's boy, Tyrone, on the sidewalk. She does just what her uncle, who runs his basement crack den as a family business, warned her never to do: she calls the police, setting in motion a cycle of events that expand the consciousness of this struggling community. Anita, a postal worker, army widow, and church lady, is determined to solve her son's murder, but her quest for justice rattles the neighborhood, which itself is like a complex character in this teeming novel, with its Mets fans and gossips, immigrant shop owners and sneaker-obsessed teens on its garbage-piled streets. The local dreamers include a charismatic man of the cloth, a teenage girl with a Whitney Houston voice and no prospects at all, and Anita's opinionated friend, Wanda, whose own truant son the police harass and arrest on a regular basis, and who brings both blessings and curses into Anita's exploded world.
Anita, Wanda, and Twin, the power triad of this vibrant novel, are all drawn into the basement den as the reader sinks into their rich backstories. Will they be able to break its spell? Will the Reverend's pressure on the authorities to find Tyrone's killer yield answers? In the end, in the NY Mets' banner summer of 1986, this community will come together to mourn, find justice, and shape their dreams as best they can.
April Reynolds has taught at New York University, the 92nd Street Y and is currently teaching creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Her short stories have appeared in several anthologies. Published by Metropolitan Books/ Henry Holt in 2003, her first novel, Knee-Deep in Wonder won the Zora Neale Hurston/ Richard Wright Foundation Award and the PEN American Center: Beyond Margins Award.
She co-wrote, The Red Rooster Cookbook, ghost wrote Leaving Breezy Street, by Brenda Myers-Powell and is co-editor with Henry Louis Gates Jr., on the anthologies The Toni Morrison Reader and The Zora Neale Hurston Reader.
Anita, Wanda, and Twin, the power triad of this vibrant novel, are all drawn into the basement den as the reader sinks into their rich backstories. Will they be able to break its spell? Will the Reverend's pressure on the authorities to find Tyrone's killer yield answers? In the end, in the NY Mets' banner summer of 1986, this community will come together to mourn, find justice, and shape their dreams as best they can.
April Reynolds has taught at New York University, the 92nd Street Y and is currently teaching creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Her short stories have appeared in several anthologies. Published by Metropolitan Books/ Henry Holt in 2003, her first novel, Knee-Deep in Wonder won the Zora Neale Hurston/ Richard Wright Foundation Award and the PEN American Center: Beyond Margins Award.
She co-wrote, The Red Rooster Cookbook, ghost wrote Leaving Breezy Street, by Brenda Myers-Powell and is co-editor with Henry Louis Gates Jr., on the anthologies The Toni Morrison Reader and The Zora Neale Hurston Reader.
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NIGHT NIGHT FAWNJordy Rosenberg
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From the author of Confessions of the Fox comes a novel in which a yenta on her deathbed begins to look back at all her failures - including her child.
In a cluttered rent-controlled apartment in the middle of Manhattan, Barbara Rosenber - gold world yenta, committed homophobe, accomplished jazzercizer - is terminally ill, high on opioids, and writing the story of her life. Forget about her late husband, her career as the receptionist for an Upper East Side plastic surgeon, and her failed aspirations to be an actress. What she really wants to talk about are her unhinged thoughts on gender, Karl Marx, Jewish diaspora, and her two great disappointing loves: an estranged trans son and a long lost best friend whose betrayal haunts Barbara still. As she descends further into delirium and illness, Barbara's theories get wilder, and her circumstances put her on a crash course with these intimates once again.
Part novel, part someone's mother's unauthorized memoir, this novel is a timely exploration of sexuality, intergenerational conflict, and who gets to have an intellectual life.
Jordy Rosenberg is the author of the novel CONFESSIONS OF THE FOX. Jordy's work has been supported by fellowships and residencies from The Lannan Foundation, The Banff Centre, The Ahmanson-Getty Foundation, the Society for the Humanities at Cornell University, and the UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies. He is a professor in the Department of English and Associated MFA Faculty in the Program for Poets and Writers at The University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Part novel, part someone's mother's unauthorized memoir, this novel is a timely exploration of sexuality, intergenerational conflict, and who gets to have an intellectual life.
Jordy Rosenberg is the author of the novel CONFESSIONS OF THE FOX. Jordy's work has been supported by fellowships and residencies from The Lannan Foundation, The Banff Centre, The Ahmanson-Getty Foundation, the Society for the Humanities at Cornell University, and the UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies. He is a professor in the Department of English and Associated MFA Faculty in the Program for Poets and Writers at The University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
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Jordy Rosenberg's exuberant, exasperating narrator unleashes the full, hilarious, and ultimately revealing power of the rant. Night Night Fawn is a hugely enjoyable novel, devious and rich in irony.quote Sofia Samatar, British Fantasy Award-winning author of The White Mosque
Through the guise of fiction, Jordy Rosenberg invites us into an epic, audacious investigation of his mother and thus of gender, familial homophobia and transphobia, Jewishness and Zionism, and memory and self-delusion, across the millennium and all at an angle. I love this brilliant and hilarious novel.quote Andrea Lawlor, author of Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
A novel as wickedly funny as it is smart. I have simply never read anything like it - exactly the queer, marxist, yenta-narrated tour de force that we need right now, an instant classic.quote Melissa Febos, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Body Work
I love the voice of this novel so much. The unleashed id of Portnoy's Complaint alloyed with transmasculine prodigal sons, smutty yentas, and Cold War politics. This novel says the things readers need to hear; things they're afraid to say. Jordy Rosenberg writes with such verve it's like watching a fantastic skateboarder do a bunch of tricks; I'm hooked.quote Torrey Peters, author of STAG DANCE
Jordy Rosenberg might be one of our most fearless living novelists. There are no half-measures in his work, just big ideas and living characters and gorgeous sentences and metafictional panache and surprise after heart-stopping surprise. Night Night Fawn is extraordinary.quote Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House
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GOOD THINGS COME AND GOJosie Shapiro
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When his world goes dark, the truth comes into focus love, betrayal, and the fight to start again!
Skateboarder Jamie Ayslin's life takes a devastating turn when he discovers he's losing his vision. Struggling with the loss of his job, driver's license, and girlfriend, Jamie retreats to a holiday home, haunted by the revelation that his father took his own life after being diagnosed with the same condition. When Penny Lamb learns about his plight, it prompts her to return to New Zealand with her partner and Jamie's childhood best friend, pro-skateboarder Andrew Riggs.
As Jamie battles despair in isolation, Penny and Andrew's arrival rekindles old tensions and secrets from their youth. The novel explores the dynamics of their relationships, revealing past betrayals and hidden emotions. A fragile friendship blossoms between Jamie and Penny, leading to a short-lived affair that challenges their perceptions of love and loyalty. Andrew's shocking revelation of sabotaging Jamie's skateboard at a crucial competition unravels further secrets, leaving the trio at a crossroads.
A year later, Jamie is completely blind, grappling with the loss of skateboarding, a crucial part of his identity. Despite Penny's successful career as a sculptor and their evolving relationship, Jamie yearns for the freedom and expression skateboarding provided. Andrew reenters Jamie's life, offering him a chance to rediscover the thrill of skating with a new perspective.
Good Things Come And Go is a poignant exploration of self-betrayal, friendship, and the transformative power of love, proving that even in the face of shattered dreams, one can find new horizons.
JOSIE SHAPIRO has a master's degree in Creative Writing from the University of Auckland. Her writing has appeared in journals and anthologies, and she writes book reviews for The New Zealand Listener, The Academy of New Zealand Literature and Kete. co.nz. She lives with her husband and two daughters in T?maki Makaurau Auckland. She is the inaugural winner of the Allen & Unwin New Zealand Fiction prize with her novel Everything is Beautiful and Everythng Hurts (2023).
As Jamie battles despair in isolation, Penny and Andrew's arrival rekindles old tensions and secrets from their youth. The novel explores the dynamics of their relationships, revealing past betrayals and hidden emotions. A fragile friendship blossoms between Jamie and Penny, leading to a short-lived affair that challenges their perceptions of love and loyalty. Andrew's shocking revelation of sabotaging Jamie's skateboard at a crucial competition unravels further secrets, leaving the trio at a crossroads.
A year later, Jamie is completely blind, grappling with the loss of skateboarding, a crucial part of his identity. Despite Penny's successful career as a sculptor and their evolving relationship, Jamie yearns for the freedom and expression skateboarding provided. Andrew reenters Jamie's life, offering him a chance to rediscover the thrill of skating with a new perspective.
Good Things Come And Go is a poignant exploration of self-betrayal, friendship, and the transformative power of love, proving that even in the face of shattered dreams, one can find new horizons.
JOSIE SHAPIRO has a master's degree in Creative Writing from the University of Auckland. Her writing has appeared in journals and anthologies, and she writes book reviews for The New Zealand Listener, The Academy of New Zealand Literature and Kete. co.nz. She lives with her husband and two daughters in T?maki Makaurau Auckland. She is the inaugural winner of the Allen & Unwin New Zealand Fiction prize with her novel Everything is Beautiful and Everythng Hurts (2023).
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IDEAL LIFEEvelyn Skye
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What if you could rewind the last 24 hours and perfect your life?
You could go back and deliver those witty comebacks you thought of after the fight. Change your mind about that job offer. Or even just order a third round of French toast with extra bacon.
Talia Morgan has built her dream: a neuroscience startup poised for a $100 million acquisition that will validate years of relentless work to make the world better through technology. But when a catastrophic glitch in her app leads to a murder, everything she's worked for crumbles in a single night.
Then Talia wakes up with a mysterious watch that lets her rewind the last twenty-four hours. Suddenly, she can prevent the killing, ace that crucial meeting, and savor perfect Sunday afternoons with Sam, her brilliant best friend who's quietly loved her for nearly two decades. The watch feels like the ultimate optimization tool, a way to debug her life until every moment is flawless.
But Talia's addiction to rewriting her past comes at a devastating cost. Each rewind pulls her further from the people she loves most: Sam, who watches helplessly as she disappears into endless cycles of perfection; Libby, her globe-trotting sister who needs support that Talia is too distracted to give; and most dangerously, from her own true, authentic self. When Talia discovers a conspiracy to turn her life's work into a tool for mass manipulation, she faces an impossible choice: use the watch to cheat her way to stopping it, or accept that the messy, imperfect version of her life might be the only one worth living.
From New York Times bestselling author Evelyn Skye comes an incisive exploration of ambition, perfectionism, and the modern pressure to optimize our way to happinessa story that asks whether our relentless pursuit of an ideal life might be keeping us from truly living at all.
Evelyn Skye is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including The Incredible Kindness of Paper, The Hundred Loves of Juliet and Damsel.
Talia Morgan has built her dream: a neuroscience startup poised for a $100 million acquisition that will validate years of relentless work to make the world better through technology. But when a catastrophic glitch in her app leads to a murder, everything she's worked for crumbles in a single night.
Then Talia wakes up with a mysterious watch that lets her rewind the last twenty-four hours. Suddenly, she can prevent the killing, ace that crucial meeting, and savor perfect Sunday afternoons with Sam, her brilliant best friend who's quietly loved her for nearly two decades. The watch feels like the ultimate optimization tool, a way to debug her life until every moment is flawless.
But Talia's addiction to rewriting her past comes at a devastating cost. Each rewind pulls her further from the people she loves most: Sam, who watches helplessly as she disappears into endless cycles of perfection; Libby, her globe-trotting sister who needs support that Talia is too distracted to give; and most dangerously, from her own true, authentic self. When Talia discovers a conspiracy to turn her life's work into a tool for mass manipulation, she faces an impossible choice: use the watch to cheat her way to stopping it, or accept that the messy, imperfect version of her life might be the only one worth living.
From New York Times bestselling author Evelyn Skye comes an incisive exploration of ambition, perfectionism, and the modern pressure to optimize our way to happinessa story that asks whether our relentless pursuit of an ideal life might be keeping us from truly living at all.
Evelyn Skye is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including The Incredible Kindness of Paper, The Hundred Loves of Juliet and Damsel.
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THIS WILL BE THE END OF MEJared Young
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A mind-bending locked-room mystery where every suspect is the same man - and so is the corpse.
Joshua Hoffman is throwing a weekend-long party at his remote lakeside home with nine alternate versions of himself - other selves who made different choices at various crossroads in Joshua Hoffman's life and ended up in wildly different circumstances.
To distinguish themselves from one another, they adopt nicknames. Among them are: The Argentinian, who fled his dreary hometown for a life of luxury in South America; The Townie, who stayed behind to marry his high school crush; The Marksman, a single father struggling to raise his troubled daughter; The Director, a Hollywood filmmaker facing an embarrassing end to his career; and The Teacher, a man of faith and moral duty who unknowingly carries a dark secret.
Some of the Joshua Hoffmans have gained fame and fortune, others have embraced the stability of family life. But over the course of the weekend, all of them will uncover deep wells of existential doubt and unhappiness as they reckon with what might have been. And when one of the Joshua Hoffmans turns up dead - brutally strangled in an upstairs bedroom - the others must confront a horrifying truth: a killer is among them.
As the violence escalates and the bodies pile up - stabbed, drowned, and burned alive - paranoia tears the group apart. Which Joshua Hoffman wants to kill his other selves, and why? Desperate to survive until the end of the weekend, they interrogate, accuse, and attack each other. When every suspect looks just like the others, finding the murderer is next to impossible.
Jared Young's body of work spans books, magazines, and feature films. He is the author of the novel Into The Current, which was longlisted for the ReLit Award in 2016. As a creative director, his brand and campaign work has won international recognition. Jared also publishes Tolstoyan, a Substack newsletter about culture, literature, and philosophy. His essay "YOUTH," about the regrets of middle-age, recently went viral. He lives in Chelsea, Quebec, with his wife and two children.
To distinguish themselves from one another, they adopt nicknames. Among them are: The Argentinian, who fled his dreary hometown for a life of luxury in South America; The Townie, who stayed behind to marry his high school crush; The Marksman, a single father struggling to raise his troubled daughter; The Director, a Hollywood filmmaker facing an embarrassing end to his career; and The Teacher, a man of faith and moral duty who unknowingly carries a dark secret.
Some of the Joshua Hoffmans have gained fame and fortune, others have embraced the stability of family life. But over the course of the weekend, all of them will uncover deep wells of existential doubt and unhappiness as they reckon with what might have been. And when one of the Joshua Hoffmans turns up dead - brutally strangled in an upstairs bedroom - the others must confront a horrifying truth: a killer is among them.
As the violence escalates and the bodies pile up - stabbed, drowned, and burned alive - paranoia tears the group apart. Which Joshua Hoffman wants to kill his other selves, and why? Desperate to survive until the end of the weekend, they interrogate, accuse, and attack each other. When every suspect looks just like the others, finding the murderer is next to impossible.
Jared Young's body of work spans books, magazines, and feature films. He is the author of the novel Into The Current, which was longlisted for the ReLit Award in 2016. As a creative director, his brand and campaign work has won international recognition. Jared also publishes Tolstoyan, a Substack newsletter about culture, literature, and philosophy. His essay "YOUTH," about the regrets of middle-age, recently went viral. He lives in Chelsea, Quebec, with his wife and two children.
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