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Buried Treasure

Welcome to Vivo, where the only cemetery is run by old Mateus and his dog, God. Mateus's eyes aren't so good these days, which is why he has been burying bodies in the wrong graves, and also why, while out walking with God, he trips over a young homeless girl. On a whim, Mateus decides to appoint the girl as his apprentice. 

Author: Sven Axelrad

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When You Read This

Iris Massey has passed away, but her story is far from over. Before she died, left behind a secret blog filled with sharp, funny, and poignant musings on her life and her terminal diagnosis. Her boss and friend, Smith Simonyi, is determined to fulfill her final wish: to get her posts published. But to do so, he must navigate the grief and objections of Iris's sister, Jade, with the help of a quirky, overconfident intern who turns their lives upside down. Told through a clever mix of emails, blog posts, and text messages, When You Read This is a sparkling, hilarious, and deeply moving debut about love, loss, and the digital connections that bind us.

Author: Mary Adkins

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Saints v Sinners

When billionaire Giancarlo "Fatty" LaFata vanishes from his yacht in Monaco, his family's glamorous life shatters. Was it an accident, or murder? Beneath the glitz of the French Riviera lies a dark web of secrets kept by the powerful women he left behind. When one woman steps forward to clean up the mess, she must confront dangerous figures lurking in the shadows—risking both her heart and her life in a thrilling game of survival.

Author: Katie Agnew

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**The bottom of the pages shows a slight tightness and minor indentation from moisture exposure, but there are no stains or page waviness.

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Yellow Dog

Martin Amis’s Yellow Dog is a biting, high-octane satire that dissects the toxic pulse of 21st-century celebrity culture. When a senseless act of violence transforms a quiet family man into an unpredictable stranger, he becomes caught in a labyrinth of tabloid vultures, criminal underworlds, and royal scandal. A provocative, stylistically brilliant, and darkly hilarious examination of masculinity, morality, and the media’s obsession with the obscene.

Author: Martin Amis

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The Robber Bride

A masterfully sharp, witty, and complex psychological drama from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale. In The Robber Bride, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood weaves a brilliant tale of manipulation, betrayal, and female friendship. The story centers around Tony, Charis, and Roz—three unique women who share a dark past and a common enemy: the brilliant, ruthless, and captivating Zenia. Years after Zenia systematically destroyed each of their lives and supposedly died, she suddenly reappears at a Toronto bistro. 
Author: Margaret Atwood

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** Front cover has two parts - the inside part is completely detached - see photos. Inside pages are tanned but clean and legible.

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How To Break Your Own Heart

Amelia Bradlow has a glamorous career, a handsome husband, and a beautiful home, but lacks the one thing she wants most: a baby. While her husband, Ed, is affectionate, he is completely uninterested in fatherhood, preferring his orderly, predictable life. Turning 37, Amelia faces a sharp crossroads: stay in a comfortable but incomplete marriage, or risk single life for the chance to start a family.

Author: Maggie Alderson

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Scandalous

SEXY - Sasha Miller goes to Cambridge University with a dream, and leaves a broken woman. After losing her heart to sexy professor Theo Dexter, she departs in a scandal.

SHOCKING - Meanwhile, as Theo becomes a television heart throb, his long- suffering wife Theresa realises that trust and fidelity are two words her husband doesn't understand. His betrayal is deeper than any cut.

SCANDALOUS - Years later the two women will unite in a daring scheme to bring down the man who almost destroyed them both. It took them years to realise how one man could cause so much pain, but now they are determined he will regret the day he entered both of their lives...

Author: Tilly Bagshawe

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The Show

Welcome to Swell Valley – where the scandal is in a class of its own. Nestled in a glorious patchwork of fields, surrounded by chocolate box villages, Wraggsbottom Farm means everything to Gabe and Laura Baxter. But love and tradition don't pay the bills. Luckily, Laura has an idea that will share the secret of her happy (if sometimes muddy) country life: producing a reality show that will save the farm! Until the interfering new vicar, 'Call-me-Bill', takes it upon himself to lead a protest against the show. Will Laura be able to weather the storm or will her big idea turn out to be her biggest mistake?

Author: Tilly Bagshawe

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Time For Bed

Gabriel Jacoby can't get to sleep. In fact, he can't anywhere at all, either in his Triumph Dolomite or his life. Everything around him, from his large collection of coffee-machines to his balding Bradford-born flatmate, is breaking down. Not that Gabriel is bothered; he's too busy being in love with his intensely happily married brother's wife. Which is why Gabriel chooses to waste all his time - because he knows that whatever else he might achieve, it won't be happiness. There's no way there, when you're in love with your brother's wife. Unless you suddenly remember your brother's wife has a sister.

Author: David Baddiel

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**Back of dustjacket has a water stain - book not affected 

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Eclipse

Alexander Cleave, actor, has left his career and his family behind and banished himself to his childhood home. He wants to retire from life, but finds this impossible in a house brimming with presences, some ghostly, some undeniably human. Memories, anxiety for the future and more particularly for his beloved but troubled daughter, conspire to distract him from his dreaming retirement.

Author: John Banville

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**Note the remainder mark. Otherwise excellent condition.

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Whatever Love Means

Like most people, Vic Mullan can remember exactly where he was and what he was doing on the day of Princess Diana's death: he was at home, beginning an intense affair with Emma, his friend Joe's wife. The opening sections of David Baddiel's brilliant second novel chart the history of an intense and passionately sexual liaison set against the background of a highly hysterical time. But as the months wear on and life returns to normal, things grow increasingly complex between the two lovers—until a sudden, small-scale local tragedy intervenes.

Author: David Baddiel

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Three Weeks In Paris

Alexandra, Kay, Jessica, and Maria were once inseparable friends sharing the excitement of studying at a prestigious art school in Paris—but by the time they left for different corners of the world, they were sworn enemies. Years later, invitations to celebrate their tutor's eighty-fifth birthday stir nostalgic memories, curiosity, and regrets. During three eventful weeks in Paris, the four women return to old haunts, rekindle once-strong ties, and re-awaken a long-cherished sense of wonder and adventure.

Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford

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A Secret Affair

Bill Fitzgerald, a war-weary American television foreign correspondent, travels to Venice seeking rest. At the Gritti Palace Hotel, he meets Vanessa Stewart, a talented twenty-seven-year-old glass designer from New York. What begins as a Thanksgiving celebration between two expatriates blossoms into an illicit and fateful love affair.

Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford

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The Silent Sister

When Riley MacPherson returns to her North Carolina childhood home, uncovering a hidden box of old newspaper articles shatters her reality. For her entire life, she believed her older sister Lisa died in a tragic teenage accident—but a shocking web of family lies reveals that Lisa is actually alive, living under an entirely new identity. As long-buried secrets unravel, Riley must desperately try to separate truth from fiction, calling into question everything she ever knew about the people she loved most.

Author: Diane Chamberlain

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Extra Notes: Water stains to the top of most pages and a dirty mark here and there. But otherwise still good overall.

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Jumping To Conclusions

In Jumping to Conclusions, jockey Jess Haddon has successfully kept the identity of her daughter's father a total secret from her gossiping Dorset village. But when her suspected former flame, the charming Johnnie Bearsden, unexpectedly returns from America, a storm of hidden scandals threatens to unravel. Richly atmospheric and set against the gorgeous British countryside, Sarah Challis delivers a fast-paced, emotionally gripping tale of love, drama, and consequences.

Author: Sarah Challis

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**Note spine creases - binding remains tight, contents very neat and clean. 

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