Extracts
Extract: Surrounded by Narcissists by Thomas Erikson
04 July 2022
Are you overshadowed by the narcissists in your life? Are you worn out by their constant demands for attention, their absolute belief they are right (even when clearly they are not), their determination to do what they want (regardless of impact), and their baffling need to control everyone and everything around them? In this thought-provoking,...
Extract: The Lion by Conn Iggulden
04 July 2022
Discover the rise and fall of the world's greatest empire in the stunning first instalment of The Golden Age, an epic new series from the nation's finest historical novelist.
Prologue
Pausanias took a deep breath, feeling calm spread through him. He exchanged a glance with his soothsayer, then rose from kneeling to walk...
Extract: Mr Wrong Number by Lynn Painter
04 July 2022
Bad luck has always followed Olivia. But when a steamy text from a random number turns into the most entertaining relationship of her life, it seems things are looking up... Colin has always considered Olivia his flatmate's annoying little sister. Until she moves in with them, and he realizes she's turned into an altogether sexier...
Extract: Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen
04 July 2022
The eagerly anticipated new Rizzoli & Isles thriller from No.1 bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.
One
Amy
I SHOULD HAVE WORN MY BOOTS, she thought as she stepped out of Snell Library and saw the fresh layer of sleet and slush covering the campus. When she’d left for school that morning it had been a balmy forty- nine...
Extract: Deception by Lesley Pearse
04 July 2022
After the funeral of her mother, Sally, Alice is approached by a man who claims to be her father. What does he hope to gain telling her this now, 30 years on? How can her adored Ralph not be her true father? And why did her mother betray her so badly? She had accepted Sally’s many faults, and reluctance to never speak of the past. But now...
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