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Andr An heir hunter in modern-day Edinburgh searches out the rightful inheritor of a dead man’s fortune – an investigation that will lead him to the battlefields of WWI France, and the mystery of a six-man firing squad . . . From the bestselling author of The Other Mrs Walker – Waterstones Scotland’s Book of the Year 2017 – comes a stunning historical mystery, The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing, by Mary Paulson-Ellis. When Heir Hunter Solomon Farthing sets out to solve one last case in an attempt to pay off his debts, he doesn’t expect to find the deceased’s affairs intertwined with those of his own grandfather.
‘A wonderful, inventive debut with an intricate and intriguing structure, characters that fascinate and a beady authorial eye for detail. I can’t wait to see what this author has up her sleeve next’ Fanny Blake, Daily Mail on The Other Mrs Walker ‘Paulson-Ellis has been compared to Kate Atkinson for her time-shifting debut, a structure which, it has to be said, is handled impressively well here . . . She captures the greyness of an Edinburgh winter superbly well; she portrays the desperation and colourlessness of pre- and post-war London even better . . . One of the strongest debuts of the year’ Glasgow Herald on The Other Mrs Walker
As he pursues his dead client’s living relatives in return for a share of their wealth, he traces the family tree back to 1918 and a mystery of a six-man firing squad at the very end of the war. Who was shot and why did it happen? In attempting to answer that question, Solomon Farthing discovers the true meaning of blood money, and a past that is itching to be reckoned with the present. Set between contemporary Edinburgh and the final brutal days of the First World War as a group of British soldiers abandoned in a farmhouse billet in France await their orders, The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing shows us how the debts of the present can never be settled unless those of the past have been paid first . . .
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Mary Paulson-Ellis lives in Edinburgh. She has an MLitt in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow and was awarded the inaugural Curtis Brown Prize for Fiction in 2009 and the Maverick Award from the Tom McGrath Trust in 2011. Her critically acclaimed debut, The Other Mrs Walker, reached number three in The Times paperback fiction chart. The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing is her second novel.
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The Other End of the Line Andrea Camilleri
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The twenty-fourth thrilling mystery in the Inspector Montalbano series by international bestselling author Andrea Camilleri.
of a In Inspector Montalbano’s coastal town of Vigàta, a surge of migrants have been coming in by boat, and all the town’s hands are on deck to help the arrivals. At the heart of the scene are the police – on the lookout for the peoplesmugglers responsible – and long night-shifts are rendering Inspector Montalbano and his officers exhausted.
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Then one night, while Montalbano is enduring yet another gruelling stint at the port, a separate crime is committed – unexplained, unexpected, and unpleasant. Elena, the dressmaker at the town’s famous tailors, has been found dead – slaughtered by her own scissors . . .
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As a swell of desperate people arrive in search of a better life, Inspector Montalbano finds himself trying to unravel the mystery of who murdered the dressmaker. But as he makes his enquiries, the Inspector can’t help but wonder: what will happen if he keeps tugging on this thread? And what will he find at the end of the line?
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‘Montalbano’s colleagues, chance encounters, Sicilian mores, even the contents of his fridge are described with the wit and gusto that make this narrator the best company in crime fiction today’ Guardian ‘Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today . . . Simply superb’ Sunday Times ‘One of fiction’s greatest detectives and Camilleri is one of Europe’s greatest crime writers’ Daily Mail
Andrea Camilleri is one of Italy’s most famous contemporary writers. His books have sold over 65 million copies worldwide. He lives in Rome. The Inspector Montalbano series, which began with The Shape of Water, has been translated into thirty-two languages and was adapted for Italian television, screened on BBC4. The Potter’s Field, the thirteenth book in the series, was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association’s International Dagger for the best crime novel translated into English. In addition to his phenomenally successful Inspector Montalbano series, he is also the author of the historical comic mysteries Hunting Season and The Brewer of Preston.
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The Girl Who Reads on the Métro Christine Féret-Fleury Championing the intrinsic power of reading, this is a story for anyone who understands that a book can change a life. The Girl Who Reads on the Métro is the French phenomenon by Christine Féret-Fleury ready to charm book lovers everywhere . . . When Juliette takes the train each morning to her dull office job, her only escape is in her books – she avidly reads throughout her journey and imagines what her fellow commuters’ choices might say about their lives. But when serendipitously she decides to get off the train a few stops early and meets Soliman, the old owner of the most enchanting bookshop Juliette has ever seen, she is sure her life will never be the same again.
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‘A delightful novel!’ Madame Figaro ‘A beautiful tale, tastefully crazy, for everyone who wants to end a reading with a smiling face’ Lire ‘An enchanting story made of literary references that would convince anyone to become a reader, even the most reluctant ones’ Avantages
For Soliman also believes in the power of books to change the course of a life – entrusting his ‘go-betweens’ with the task of giving just the right book to the person who needs it most – and he thinks Juliette is perfect for the job. And so, leaving her old life behind, Juliette will discover the true power a book can have . . .
Christine Féret-Fleury began her career as a publisher at Gallimard Jeunesse. In 1996, she wrote her debut children’s book, Le Petit Tamour, quickly followed in 1999 by her debut novel for adults, Les vagues sont douces comme des tigres, winner of the Antigone Prize. Since then, she has gone on to write eighty further books, and counting. A prolific reader, she likes to try her hand at each of the many literary genres she enjoys. The Girl Who Reads on the Métro is her first adult novel to be translated into English.
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