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  Description AS FEATURED ON BBC RADIO 4 FRONT ROW ‘Utterly compelling.  Could not put it down .’ LIZ NUGENT ‘Really, really, REALLY good.  Highly recommended! ’ MARIAN KEYES 'I LOVED this  art-world-set thriller  with its stately-home  Saltburn vibe .'  DAILY MAIL THE CHILLING AND ADDICTIVE NEW THRILLER FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR . ************** WELCOME TO ERIS - A SCOTTISH TIDAL ISLAND WITH ONLY ONE HOUSE, ONE INHABITANT, ONE WAY OUT. . . A place that is unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day. Once the hideaway of Vanessa, a famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now home to Grace. A solitary creature of the tides, content in her own isolation. But when a shocking discovery is made in an art gallery far away in London, Grace receives an unexpected visitor. And the secrets of Eris threaten to emerge . . . Review Is this another "The Girl on the Train"?- no. Is it a fabulous read

  Description A whimsical and inventive debut, perfect for fans of  The Guest Cat  and  If Cats Disappeared from the World . A young couple’s daily life is disrupted by their newly adopted cat, who soon initiates them into the wondrous world of felines. Every cat contains multitudes… When a young couple accidentally comes into possession of a playful kitten, their daily routine (and cramped apartment) is turned upside down. Soon they find their existence forever altered. Charting the couple’s ever-evolving relationship with cats – some they live with, others who exist only in their imagination –  Invisible Kitties  is a meditation on the quiet moments of everyday life and a celebration of cats in all their many forms. Review Well, it's certainly different! I found this book too surrealist for my taste. Of course as it is translated from the Japanese I was expecting it to be different to western writing.  At times it is more whimsical and that I was okay with. I can relate to some o

  Description The funny, wise and brilliant new novel from the star of  QI  and the author of  Between the Stops 'Warm, witty and wise... the perfect balm for these turbulent times'  GRAHAM NORTON After much searching, the happily married young couple, Amber and Stevie think they have found the perfect spot in Grimaldi Square. Despite the rundown pub across the way, the overgrown garden and a decidedly nosy neighbour, number 4 is the house of their dreams. Stevie, a woman who has never left anything to chance, has planned everything so nothing can spoil their happiness. But ... upstairs in their new home, seated on an old red sofa is the woman they bought the place from - eighty-year-old foul-mouthed, straight-talking, wise-cracking Dorothy - who has decided that she's not going anywhere. It turns out that Dorothy will be only the first in a line of life-changing surprises. Friends of Dorothy  is a touching, funny novel about a family that is not biological, but logical; a