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  Dark Satellites

  Clemens Meyer

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  International Booker-longlisted author Clemens Meyer returns with Dark Satellites, a striking collection of stories about marginal characters in contemporary Germany. A train driver's life is upended when he hits a laughing man on the tracks on his night shift; a lonely train cleaner makes friends with a hairdresser in the train station bar; and a young man, unable to return to his home after a break-in, wanders the city in a state of increasing unrest. From the home to places of work, Meyer transforms the territories of our everyday lives into sites of rupture and connection. Unsentimental and yet deeply moving, Dark Satellites is a collection of stories from our time, as dark as the world, as beautiful as the brightest of hopes.

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  How You See Me

  S.E. Craythorne

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  Taut and suspenseful,
  How You See Me examines the terrifying power of the mind to deceive, not only others but - most destructively of all - ourselves. 'I've probably lied to you. That's habit. I lie to everyone about my family…' Daniel Laird has returned to Norfolk after a nine-year absence to care for his ailing artist father. He describes his uneasy homecoming in a series of letters to his sister, his boss, and to Alice, his one true love. But it is not until he discovers a hidden cache of his father's paintings that the truth begins to surface about why he left all those years ago. The more Daniel writes, the more we learn about his past - and the more we begin to fear for those he holds dear.

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  Six Ostriches - A Dr Bannerman...

  Philipp Schott

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  “Combines the soothing sleuthing of Murder, She Wrote with the humble charm of All Creatures Great and Small.” — Publishers Weekly STARRED review
  		 
  For readers of The Thursday Murder Club comes a lighthearted mystery with an incredible sense of place
  		 
  It’s springtime in rural Manitoba, and the snow has finally left the exotic animal farm when an ostrich finds and swallows a shiny object. (Because this is what ostriches do.) Cue veterinarian and amateur sleuth Dr. Peter Bannerman, who surgically removes the object, which looks like an ancient Viking artifact. Soon after, people around are horrified by a series of animal mutilations. This sets Peter, and his talented sniffer dog, Pippin, on the hunt for answers. Peter begins to suspect a link between the Viking artifact, the mutilations, and a shadowy group of white supremacists on the internet.
  		 
  Before long Peter and Pippin are in over their heads, and the only way for them to get out alive will be to unmask the mastermind before they end up among their victims.

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  Magismondo #1: The Prisoner from...

  Lene Dybdahl

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  In the world of Magismondo,
  magical powers are rare and in high demand.
  Shape shifters, thought whisperers, aromaticians,
  water drivers, and fire makers are all treasured jewels
  in the royal collections. That is, when they're found.
  
  Arrow knows nothing of all this. She's just a 17-year-old girl,
  who lives with her parents in a forest cabin near the village of
  The Beeches far from the court of the kingdom of Wolverfield.
  
  Nevertheless, Arrow already knows that the tiny spark
  that will sometimes appear in the palm of her hand
  has the power to flare up at the most inconvenient times.
  
  One day, Arrow gets into a fight with her arch nemesis, Fenri,
  and fails to suppress her anger and control her magical powers.
  Soon, rumors of her unruly fire powers reach the royal palace
  and force Arrow to flee The King's soldiers.
  
  Her escape brings her to the capital city of Rimshield,
  where street fights and public disorder are punishable by
  deportation to the Golgutu prison camp beyond the sea.
  
  Now, Arrow must learn to control her temper,
  lest she be forced to spend the rest of her days
  among Wolverfield's most hardened criminals.
  
  Join Arrow on a grand adventure in Magismondo!

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  Persecution - The Friendly Fire...

  Alessandro Piperno

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  A successful Italian doctor’s idyllic life is shattered by shameful accusations in a novel by the Campiello Prize–winning author of The Worst Intentions. 
   
  In a sprawling villa on the outskirts of Rome, the internationally revered pediatric oncologist Leo Pontecorvo and his family have gathered for dinner. For these exemplary members of Italy’s upper middle-class, the scene is perfect in every way—until a horrifying accusation airs on the evening news concerning Leo Pontecorvo himself. From this point on, nothing will ever be the same. 
   
  An allegation of embezzling would be bad enough, but to the horror of his family, Leo is also said to have seduced his son’s twelve-year-old girlfriend. The spotlight now turned on Leo reveals every mistake, regret, and contradiction of his lifetime. The details of his private and professional life are debated by both friends and foes, ravenous reporters and punctilious prosecutors. Unable to face the suspicious gazes of his wife and children, Leo descends into the basement of his palatial home—a self-imposed exile in which he attempts to piece together the shattered remains of his life.

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  Femicide - the latest...

  Pascal Engman

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  When 25-year-old Emelie is found murdered in her Stockholm apartment the same week her ex-partner is released from prison, it feels like an open and shut case for Detective Vanessa Frank.

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