A dead man hangs from the portal of St Paul Chapel in Damascus. He was a Muslim officer and he was murdered. But when Detective Barudi sets out to interrogate the man’s mysterious widow, the Secret Service takes the case away from him. Barudi continues to investigate clandestinely and discovers the murderer’s motive: it is a blood feud between the Mushtak and Shahin clans, reaching back to the beginnings of the 20th century. And, linked to it, a love story that can have no happy ending, fo...

'K. kept feeling that he had lost himself, or was further away in a strange land than anyone had ever been before' A remote village covered almost permanently in snow and dominated by a castle and its staff of dictatorial, sexually predatory bureaucrats - this is the setting for Kafka's story about a man seeking both acceptance in the village and access to the castle. Kafka breaks new ground in evoking a dense village community fraught with tensions, and recounting an ofte...

Even as a young man, Hamid Farsi is acclaimed as a master of the art of calligraphy. But as time goes by, he sees that weaknesses in the Arabic language and its script limit its uses in the modern world. In a secret society, he works out schemes for radical reform, never guessing what risks he is running. His beautiful wife, Noura, is ignorant of the great plans on her husband’s mind. She knows only his cold, avaricious side and so it is no wonder she feels flattered by the attentions of h...

Now a major motion picture (The Sheep Detectives with Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Galitzine, and Emma Thompson), this funny and surprising mystery stars a new breed of detectives you’ve got to read to baaaaa-lieve.This refreshed deluxe paperback features a foreword by internationally bestselling author A. J. Finn, discussion questions, and bonus materials.Something is not right with George the shepherd. His sheep have gathered around hi...

In 1524, in what is now Germany, hundreds of thousands of peasants revolt against the harsh treatment by their aristocratic overlords. Agnes, the daughter of one of these overlords, is not a typical sixteenth-century girl. She refuses to wear dresses and spends more time with her pet falcon than she does in trying to attract potential suitors. In fact, there is only one man who interests her: Mathis, a childhood friend, whom she can never marry because of his lowly birth. But the situation...

In a hospital where female doctors are rarities, newly graduated Dr. Erica Werner battles rampant skepticism and harsh treatment from her male counterparts.Yet, when respected Chief Physician Bornholm starts defending her and advocating for respect, hostility mounts between her male colleagues which turns Erica's hospital journey into a fight against external doubt over her capabilities and her own insecurities.Defying doubt and breaking barriers, this medical drama is perf...

The most daring commando operation of World War II from which no one can return...On a June night in 1944, ten German officers of Baltic origin is parachuted out of a Dornier plane near Moscow. Their mission: penetrate the Kremlin and eliminate Stalin.A fascinating novel inspired by a documented adventure that is as heroic as it is senseless. Perfect for war fiction fanatics and fans of Anthony Doerr's "All the Light We Cannot See".

The international phenomenon and winner of the German Book Prize. "A devastating novel about war, love, and the art of survival" ( Marie Claire).Julia Franck's unforgettable English-language debut, The Blindness of the Heart is a dark marvel of a novel by one of Europe's freshest young voices—a family story spanning two world wars and several generations in a German family. In the devastating opening scene, a woman named Helene stands with her sev...

"A brilliant debut novel" about a young Bosnian War refugee who finds the secret to survival in language and stories ( Los Angeles Times).For Aleksandar Krsmanović, Grandpa Slavko's stories endow life in Višegrad with a kaleidoscopic brilliance. Neighbors, friends, and family past and present take on a mythic quality; the River Drina courses through town like the pulse of life itself. So when his grandfather dies suddenly, Aleksandar promises to carry on t...

Is love a fairytale, or does true love have a price?Lyda Penopoulos, the sole heiress of a colossal fortune, reigns supreme yet finds herself very lonely. But when the enigmatic Russian gentleman, Boris Lebov, strides into her life, love appears to open the doors of her gilded prison.However, everything is not as it seems. As Lyda stumbles upon the chilling truth about their matrimony, she must navigate the treacherous maze of betrayal.Perfect for fans of Daphne du ...

From one of the undisputed masters of world literature, a haunting novel of sublime ambition and power about a man whose fragmentary memories of a lost childhood lead him on a quest across Europe in search of his heritage.Jacques Austerlitz is a survivor – rescued as a child from the Nazi threat. In the summer of 1939 he arrives in Wales to live with a Methodist minister and his wife. As he grows up, they tell him nothing of his origins, and he reaches adulthood with no understandi...

In the summer of 1944, twenty-year-old Marlene is thrilled to visit her older cousin, Eva Braun—Adolf Hitler’s mistress—at the Führer’s Bavarian mountain retreat. There, Marlene finds herself in a strange paradise, a world of opulence and imminent danger, of freedom and surveillance.The two women sneak off and skinny-dip in a nearby lake, watch films in the Führer’s private cinema, and flirt with the SS officers at the dinner table—one of whom will become Marlene’s first lover....