Extracts
Extract: The Man Who Never Was by Douglas Kruger
26 January 2022
David shares a close bond with his eight-year-old son, Chris, but their family is destroyed when David dies. In the afterlife, he is given an opportunity. He is told that he may be granted three viewings by which to look in on his son. What David sees will not leave him, and he decides to make a simple but impassioned request.
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Extract: Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes
14 January 2022
The international No.1 bestselling author writes her first sequel starring her most beloved character, Rachel Walsh - form an orderly line!
“Around five p.m., I was in the office typing up my daily notes when my phone rang. As soon as I saw who was calling, my heart nearly stopped. What on earth . . . ? Joey. Luke’s...
Extract: Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
06 December 2021
Including 'The Hill We Climb,' the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden, Amanda Gorman's remarkable new collection reveals an energizing and unforgettable poetic voice. Call Us What We Carry is Gorman at her finest. Bursting with musical language and exploring themes of identity,...
Extract: Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone by Diana Gabaldon
23 November 2021
Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall were torn apart by the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and it took them twenty years to find each other again. Now the American Revolution threatens to do the same. From the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Outlander series comes the newest novel in the epic tale.
PROLOGUE
“YOU KNOW...
Extract: Run, Rose, Run by James Patterson and Dolly Parton
23 November 2021
From America's most beloved superstar and its greatest storyteller - a thriller about a young singer-songwriter on the rise and on the run, and determined to do whatever it takes to survive.
PROLOGUE
“THE LOUIS SEIZE–STYLE MIRROR in the bedroom of suite 409 at the Aquitaine Hotel reflected for little...