Grace McKellon isn't a 'people person'. All she needs is her magic tricks and her wise-cracking grandmother—until a new friend comes along and promises to make her a social media star. A wonderful and intriguing middle fiction novel from an internationally acclaimed, bestselling Australian author.I don't know about love. I suspect the emotion that others apparently feel all the time is just... absent from me. Like there's an ingredient missing from the recipe. The possible exception is Gran.Grace cares about only two things: performing magic and her cantankerous gran. Gran shares her prickly personality and spiky sense of humour, and she's the only one Grace lets into her tightly locked heart—until she meets Simon, a schoolmate who promises to help her turn her magic tricks into a small business and social media stardom. When Gran is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Grace moves in to become her primary carer. With the help of Simon and some sleight

The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingham that introduces Detective Miller: a man who's unique, unconventional, and criminally underestimated.Maverick sleuth Declan Miller is back at work following the murder of his wife (and amateur ballroom dancing partner) Alex. Working with new partner and heavy metal enthusiast DS Sara Xiu, he is tasked with investigating the double killing of gangland family scion Adrian Cutler and IT consultant Barry Shepherd at the Sands Hotel. Initial evidence suggests a hired gun and a botched job. The search for the hitman begins and Miller begins to reconnect with his old network—his ballroom dancing friends, homeless informant Finn, and even the ghost of his wife who keeps showing up in his kitchen. The fact Alex had been investigating the Cutler family prior to her death complicates things, and as Miller gets closer to the truth, he realizes the danger is...

When eighteen-year-old Heather Moon shoots to the top of her agency's trainee class, the goal of becoming a K-Pop singer lies within reach. That dream, however, is shattered when a callous executive offers a deal she has to refuse. Banished but undaunted, Heather must piece together an indie girl group with enough daring and talent to challenge society's constraints while meeting her lofty artistic goals. Struggling to navigate life as musicians and new adults, the seven spirited misfits vow to stick together through thick and thin. Can Heather's band of friends survive the apathy of a brutal entertainment industry, or will their aspirations burn to ashes like dry grass in a blaze? Debut is the sassy and inspiring opening novel of the Idol Pursuits series about dreaming big and believing you can.

I’VE BEEN CONTENT WITH IT JUST BEING US FOR A WHILE, BUT IT'S MY LAST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND I’VE MISSED OUT ON SO MUCH. PARTIES, GIRL FRIENDS AND DATING.IF I CAN’T HAVE THEM IN THE WAY MY HEART WANTS, I MAY AS WELL START HAVING FUN RIGHT?WRONG, BECAUSE THEY DON’T SEEM TO LIKE MY NEW LIFE CHOICES.BUT THEY’RE NOT THE SAME BOYS I GREW UP WITH. SNEAKING OUT AT NIGHT, DISAPPEARING FOR HOURS. KEEPING SECRETS.THE CLOSER I LOOK, THE MORE I’M STARTING TO REALIZE THAT THE BOYS I THOUGHT I KNEW BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE ARE HIDING SOMETHING FROM ME. SOMETHING DARK AND SINISTER.SOMEONE RUNS OUR LITTLE TOWN OF BLACK RIDGE, AND I THINK I JUST MIGHT KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

The History of Cocaine in IrelandFrom the first street dealers to modern-day crime lords, author Nicolla Tallant uncovers how cocaine has become the most dangerous economic boom in Irish history.Ireland's narco war explained. In less than a few decades, Ireland has become the country with the highest intake of cocaine in the world. But how did this come to be? Who was behind this, and what do they gain from it today? Investigative journalist Nicolla Tallant answers these questions in Cocaine Cowboys, a true crime cartel book that documents the people behind the biggest smuggling operation of illegal drugs into Ireland and how it still affects the country today.How the cocaine cowboys rose to power. Colombia's most famous illegal export held a lot of promise for not just users, but also sellers. Each chapter in this dirty money documentary book dives into how these street dealers became powerful figures in Irish economics through illegal...

Sam shouldn't have said she was bringing The One home to meet the family at Mum's birthday celebration. Her latest relationship debacle showed her she doesn't want a man to deliver happy ever after or even happy for now.But how could she disappoint Mum who is worried time is running out for the joy of grandchildren? A last-minute blind date organised by Sam's best friend promises the perfect solution — until the person selected to play the role of her special someone presents an added dilemma.Sam can ignore the calling of her heart ... or take a chance on finding a different kind of love.

In this first volume of the series: An American-born traveler shares some of his soul through personal stories from growing up in the 80's and 90's and his unique search for a new American Dream... Planes, Trains, Automobiles, Music, and Zen on the journey into the 21st Century.

The eighty-year anniversary edition of the once-banned, #1 New York Times–bestselling novel of interracial romance and discrimination in Georgia. Alice Walker said it best: “The South can hardly be said to recognize itself without this book.” Igniting controversy upon its publication in 1944, Strange Fruit was banned in Boston and Detroit and the US Postal Service refused to send it through the mail until Eleanor Roosevelt intervened—all because of its portrayal of a town divided along racial lines and the forbidden love that dared to cross them . . . Despite having left Maxwell, Georgia, to attend college, Nonnie Anderson returned to her hometown to work for a prominent white family—and to rejoin the man she had always loved, Tracy Deen. Tracy, the directionless son of the town’s doctor, has come back from war and is being pressured to finally get his life in order. Across the street, his...

The line between good and evil is in the eye of the beholder. Necromancy is outlawed, and many consider it the ultimate evil.In a world where darkness lurks at every turn, Queen Marisol's death unveils a chilling mystery that threatens the very fabric of the kingdom. But the one who can save it is the most unlikely of heroes. Doctor Emilio Kane, a gifted Necromist, finds himself facing an impossible choice. As the spectral presence of Queen Marisol beseeches him for help from beyond the grave, he must decide whether to risk his people's wrath by wielding the forbidden power of the Ars Necromantia to uncover the truth of her murder.Caught between the haunting past and an uncertain future, Emilio's fate hangs in the balance. With every royal life at stake, he must navigate treacherous waters and confront the sinister forces at play. But harnessing the Ars Necromantia may come at a price he's not ready to pay - sealing his own tragic...