The hero of Gregg Hurwitz’s Orphan X series, Evan Smoak, has been compared to Lee Child’s Jack Reacher. Here, Gregg imagines the meeting between Evan and Jack.
“Evan Smoak stepped onto the curb and approached the diner. He was average size, average build. Just a regular guy, not too handsome.
It’s the book that will make you laugh, cry, and punch the air as the butt-kicking Grace Adams takes back her own. Author Fran Littlewood chats about dealing with teenage daughters, the move towards talking more about menopause, and the bespoke Love Island cake, a contentious character in itself.
Do you think readers will relate to Grace? If so, why?
One hot summer day, stuck in traffic on her way to pick up the cake for her daughter's sixteenth birthday party, Grace Adams snaps.
It was supposed to be a simple delivery job for DI Victoria Montgomery-Porter and her sidekick, Edward Reekie - pick up a prisoner from HMP Grampian and take them to their new state-funded home - but life's never that straightforward.
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I never really wanted to be a police officer.
A heavily-armed counter-assault team, sedatives strong enough for large animals, a hood, mouthguard and Secret Service Agents asking for selfies. Not your average meeting with the President. But Orphan X is not your average guest. The last survivor of the off-the-books Orphan programme, Evan was trained to do his government's dirty work. Until he escaped. Now the President makes an offer: kill a man, or be executed. Evan spent years atoning for his former life.
Detective Lindsay Boxer put serial killer Evan Burke behind bars. Now a new killer has recreated Burke's most infamous crimes-and disappeared without a trace. Detective Lindsay Boxer put serial killer Evan Burke in jail. Reporter Cindy Thomas put Burke on the bestseller list, in her true-crime book about the case. An obsessed fan is studying every detail-and committing fresh horrors that carry Burke's signature.
Building on the success of her previous books, Sarah Graham continues to celebrate an abundance of vegetables and natural, whole foods in the same simple and accessible style her loyal army of followers have come to know and love. Good + Simple is the result of learning how to live, cook and eat through a global health pandemic. For Sarah, this meant adapting to a changing daily routine, and becoming more flexible in her approach to cooking and eating.
Get your apron on and pre-heat the oven, it’s time to get baking!
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Going meat-free has never been this easy. Check out the most yummy vegetarian dishes from cookbook authors such as Carmen Niehaus, Zola Nene and Ilse van Zyl.
Curried Lentils with rosa tomatoes and spinach
Spicy, tangy, colourful … what’s not to love about Mexican food? From creamed corn stuffed peppers with pickled jalapeños by Ottolenghi, to sweet potato chilli nachos from Jamie Oliver, to baked chicken with chorizo from Nicci Robertson, these tasty Mexican-inspired dishes will transform your next Mexican meal into