The newspapers called us the Seven Wonders. We were a group of friends, that’s all, and then Toby died. Was killed. Murdered. 1905. A decade after the grisly murder of Oxford student Toby Feynsham, the case remains hauntingly unsolved. For Jeremy Kite, the crime not only stole his best friend, it destroyed his whole life. When an anonymous letter lands on his desk, accusing him of having killed Toby, Jem becomes obsessed with finally uncovering the truth. Jem begins to track down the people who were there the night Toby died – a close circle of friends once known as the ‘Seven Wonders’ for their charm and talent – only to find them as tormented and broken as himself. All of them knew and loved Toby at Oxford. Could one of them really be his killer? As Jem grows closer to uncovering what happened that night, his pursuer grows bolder, making increasingly terrifying attempts to silence him for good. Will exposing Toby's killer put to rest the shadows that have darkened Jem’s life for so long? Or will the gruesome truth only put him in more danger? Some secrets are better left buried… From the bestselling, acclaimed author of The Magpie Lord and The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen comes a chilling historical mystery with a sting in the tail. You won’t be able to put this gripping story down!

A lord in danger. A magician in turmoil. A snowball in hell. Exiled to China for twenty years, Lucien Vaudrey never planned to return to England. But with the mysterious deaths of his father and brother, it seems the new Lord Crane has inherited an earldom. He’s also inherited his family’s enemies. He needs magical assistance, fast. He doesn't expect it to turn up angry. Magician Stephen Day has good reason to hate Crane’s family. Unfortunately, it’s his job to deal with supernatural threats. Besides, the earl is unlike any aristocrat he’s ever met, with the tattoos, the attitude... and the way Crane seems determined to get him into bed. That’s definitely unusual. Soon Stephen is falling hard for the worst possible man, at the worst possible time. But Crane’s dangerous appeal isn't the only thing rendering Stephen powerless. Evil pervades the house, a web of plots is closing round Crane, and if Stephen can’t find a way through it—they’re both going to die. Book 1 of the Charm of Magpies series. Previously published by Samhain.

La Sicilia è raggi di sole, rumore delle onde del mare, profumi del mercato. Ma anche carne, ombra dentro le case e silenzi. Valerie cresce addestrata alla violenza, tra un padre poliziotto dalle emozioni disconnesse e una madre donna delle pulizie che quando picchia lo sa fare con metodo. Una vita qualsiasi, amiche qualsiasi, amori qualsiasi. Eppure, è nelle vite qualsiasi che succedono le cose brutte, quelle che si pensa capitino solo agli altri. Il corpo di Valerie - con la sua sessualità consa­pevole, sfacciata, sbrigliata - diventa il teatro del potere di qualcun altro. Scopre che in paese tut­ti sanno cosa le è successo - proprio brutto, lo scandalo - perché circola un video che testimo­nia ciò a cui lei non osa ancora dare un nome. Ma alla comunità non interessa, quel nome. Alla comunità non importa cosa fanno gli uomini, che provocano tutti i mali a cui può essere assogget­tata una donna. Sono solo le femmine, invece, ad avere la colpa di trovarsi nel posto sbagliato al momento sbagliato, sprovvedute e fautrici del loro stesso dolore. Quando viene spedita in un istituto per la salute mentale, Valerie sta per soccombere all'autole­sionismo a cui non sembra in grado di sfuggire. Ma una telefonata cambia «Lo hanno fatto anche a me. Scusami se non ti ho creduta». E allo­ra, insieme alle sue compagne di reclusione e so­prusi, osa dar voce a una che succede­rebbe se da domani facessimo agli uomini quello che loro fanno a noi? Se da domani iniziassimo a regolare i conti? In un sistema truccato, fatto dagli uomini per gli uomini, è giunto il momento che le donne si facciano giustizia da sole, affrancando­ si dallo stigma della vittima. Se per farlo devono diventare delle assassine, che lo diventino. Se per farlo devono radere al suolo la società e ricostruir­ la pezzo dopo pezzo, che lo facciano. Noi siamo pronte a tutto, purché non ci siano mai più uomini impuniti e donne invendicate. Mai più compro­ messi. Mai più permessi. Dopo il successo del manuale di retorica Ne uccide più la lingua, Valeria Fonte torna in libreria con un romanzo. Per raccontare con la sua penna affilata, e il coraggio che ha solo chi sa di cosa par­la, quello che finora non si poteva dire e neppure immaginare.

When Hercule Poirot and his associate Arthur Hastings arrive in the French village of Merlinville-sur-Mer to meet their client Paul Renauld, they learn from the police that he has been found that morning stabbed in the back with a letter opener and left in a newly-dug grave adjacent to a local golf course. Among the plausible suspects are Renauld's wife Eloise, his son Jack, Renauld's immediate neighbor Madame Daubreuil, the mysterious "Cinderella" of Hasting's recent acquaintance, and some unknown visitor of the previous day--all of whom Poirot has reason to suspect. Poirot's powers of investigation ultimately triumph over the wiles of an assailant whose misdirection and motives are nearly--but not quite--impossible to spot. Contains a character key, a detailed biography, and an illustrated list of notable Poirot portrayals. Librarian's note: the first fifteen novels in the Hercule Poirot series are 1) The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 1920; 2) The Murder on the Links, 1923; 3) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 1926; 4) The Big Four, 1927; 5) The Mystery of the Blue Train, 1928; 6) Peril at End House, 1932; 7) Lord Edgware Dies, 1933; 8) Murder on the Orient Express, 1934; 9) Three Act Tragedy, 1935; 10) Death in the Clouds, 1935; 11) The A.B.C. Murders, 1936; 12) Murder in Mesopotamia, 1936; 13) Cards on the Table, 1936; 14) Dumb Witness, 1937; and 15) Death on the Nile, 1937. These are just the novels; Poirot also appears in this period in a play, Black Coffee, 1930, and two collections of short stories, Poirot Investigates, 1924, and Murder in the Mews, 1937. Each novel, play and short story has its own entry on Goodreads.