Perfect for fans of The Killing or The Bridge, After the Silence is an utterly compelling crime debut set in Amsterdam. A body is found hanging on a hook above the canals of Amsterdam`s old town, a mobile phone forced into the victim`s mouth. In a remote coastal village, a doll lies in the ashes of a burnt-down house. But the couple who died in the fire had no children of their own. Did a little girl escape the blaze? &, if so, who is she & where is she now? Inspector Jaap Rykel knows that he`s hunting a clever & brutal murderer. Still grieving from the violent death of his last partner, Rykel must work alongside a junior out-of-town detective with her own demons to face, if he has any hope of stopping the killer from striking again. Their investigation reveals two dark truths: everybody in this city harbours secrets
- & hearing those secrets comes at a terrible price... After the Silence introduces Inspector Jaap Rykel in a gripping debut police procedural from Jake Woodhouse, which is sure to appeal to fans of Ian Rankin, Peter Robinson & Stuart Mac Bride. This is the first novel in The Amsterdam Quartet series. Praise For Jake Woodhouse: ” This gripping detective novel will thrill fans of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo & bears comparison to Fatherl&... Utterly unputdownable.” (The Sun). ” Utterly enthralling...looks set to be one of the key sequences in modern crime fiction.” (Barry Forshaw, Crimetime). ” Jake Woodhouse`s taut, twisty plots are expertly woven & beautifully written. They are peopled with complex characters that will have you turning the pages to see what becomes of them. He has created a flawed gem in Inspector Jaap Rykel, a cop with an assured literary future.” (Craig Robertson, author of Witness the Dead & The Last Refuge). ” After the Silence is as dark & twisty as the Amsterdam it navigates & Rykel a fascinating & original protagonist. A promising start to what could be a great series.” (Stav Sherez, author of A Dark Redemption). ” Complex...intriguing...keeps the reader hooked.” (Eurocrime).
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Vince Cable`s bestselling book, The Storm, explored & explained the causes of the 2008 world economic crisis & how Britain should respond to the great challenges it brought. In After the Storm, Cable, who was Business Secretary in the 2010-2015 coalition government, provides a unique perspective on the state of the global financial markets & how the British economy has fared since 2008. This timely book will provide a previously unreported inside view of the coalition, & offers a carefully considered perspective on how the British economy should be managed over the next decade & beyond. What was sadly missing from the 2015 election campaign, Cable argues, was debate around the economic future of Britain, of how to make improvements in productivity to raise living standards, & above all how Britain can rebalance its economy & earn its keep in an increasingly uncertain global market. Cable addresses these issues from his vantage point as someone who has spent the last five years at the heart of government. After the Storm is a fascinating & urgent intervention from one of the key figures in British politics of the past two decades ...

1950`s Bordeaux. Even now, the Second World War is never far from people`s memories, particularly in a city where the scars of collaboration & resistance are more keenly felt than ever. But another war has already begun. A war without a name, far away across the sea, in Algeria, where young men are sent to fight in a brutal conflict. Daniel knows what awaits him. He`s heard stories. Patrols, ambushes, reprisals, massacres, mutilations, all beneath a burning north African sun. He has just a month left before he leaves but, haunted by the loss of his parents & sister in the atrocities of the last war, Daniel questions why he is even going to fight in the first place. Meanwhile, past crimes are returning to haunt Albert Darlac, the godfather of Bordeaux: corrupt police chief, fascist sympathiser & one-time collaborator. Before long, a series of explosive events will set off a spiral of violence that will bring the horrific legacy of wars past & present to the streets of Bordeaux. Translated from the French by Sam Taylor ...

A shy young Mexican woman moves to Paris to study literature. Cecilia has few friends, & a morbid fascination with watching the funerals taking place in the cemetery outside her apartment. She suddenly strikes up a close platonic relationship with her neighbour, a sickly young man who shares her interest in death & believes we can communicate with the dead. After coming to entirely depend on him for company & routine, Cecilia is left devastated by his decision to go to Sicily for his health, & is left alone in an unfriendly city once more. Claudio, meanwhile, lives in New York with the submissive, quiet, but very wealthy Ruth. She makes few demands of him, whilst acquiescing to all his desires & indulging his obsessive, misogynistic nature. He meets Cecilia by chance whilst visiting a friend in Paris & these two very different stories collide with transformative consequences. Translated from the Spanish by Rosalind Harvey ...

In After They Killed Our Father, Loung Ung picks up where the bestselling First They Killed My Father left off, with the author escaping a devastated Cambodia in 1980 at the age of ten & flying to the US as a refugee. She & her eldest brother, with whom she escaped, left behind their three surviving siblings, & her book is alternately heart-wrenching & heart-warming, as it follows the parallel lives of Loung & her closest sister, Chou, during the 15 years it took for them to be reunited. Their two worlds could not have been more different, & Loung's depiction of the contrast between her life in the affluent West & that of her sister, who navigated her way through landmine-strewn fields & survived raids by the Khmer Rouge, is laced with the guilt she feels about being the lucky one. This powerful story helps us to understand what happens when a family is torn apart by politics, adversity & war. It is also the compelling & inspirational tale of a remarkable woman. ...

After you with the Pistol
- the second Charlie Mortdecai novel by Kyril Bonfiglioli, soon to be a major film starring Johnny Depp.
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AFTER YOU`D GONE is the groundbreaking debut novel from the Costa-Award winning Maggie O` Farrell, author of THIS MUST BE THE PLACE & I AM, I AM, I AM. It is a stunning, best-selling novel of wrenching love & grief.A distraught young woman boards a train at King`s Cross to return to her family in Scotl&. Six hours later, she catches sight of something so terrible in a mirror at Waverley Station that she gets on the next train back to London.AFTER YOU`D GONE follows Alice`s mental journey through her own past, after a traffic accident has left her in a coma. A love story that is also a story of absence, & of how our choices can reverberate through the generations, it slowly draws us closer to a dark secret at a family`s heart. ...

Afternoon Tea is every woman`s dream book, as delightful to look at as it is to cook from. Think finger sandwiches, scones, pastries, cakes, biscuits & slices. Think linen tablecloths & fine china, proper tea made in a teapot, a group of your best friends gathered round, & lots of gossip. Here`s your chance to spoil yourself with cucumber sandwiches, chocolate eclairs & raspberry cream sponge. Teatime will never be the same again. ...

Explore a wonderful choice of quaint & cosy tea rooms, charming hotels & delightful tea shops, a perfect choice for afternoon tea. Each of the establishments has been approved by the Tea Guild, & has a great selection of teas, elegant sandwiches, delicious cakes & pastries to make afternoon tea a finest top quality experience. Also included are details of facilities, including eating outside, own blend tea & even if there's a pianist. ...

A charming memoir of self-discovery, family, connection & the power of a tomato. `I remember crusty just-baked bread, rubbed with juicy tomato flesh, swimming in a puddle of thick green olive oil. I am seven years old. I sit on a stool in my grandmother`s house. It is the height of summer in a seaside village in the south of Greece. We little Aussies devour `tomato sandwiches` as the family chats & laughs & swats flies.. .` From the first heady taste of tomatoes on home-baked bread in her mother`s village in Petalidi, to sitting at a taverna some 30 years later in Ithaka with her young family, Spiri Tsintziras goes on a culinary, creative & spiritual journey that propels her back & forth between Europe & Australia. These evocative, funny & poignant stories explore how food & culture, language & music, & people & their stories help to create a sense of meaning & identity. ...