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As winter begins to bite at Sunset Hall, Agnes Sharp is grudgingly pleased to discover that one of her fellow OAP housemates has won a luxury holiday to a secluded Cornish hotel called the Eden. The incredible menu, spa treatments and an unexpected boa constrictor aside, Agnes and her geriatric companions will soon discover that the hotel is a long way from paradise. They have barely checked in ..

" If you're a zombie enthusiast and you binge on all things zombie related, I'm sure you've imaged what you would do if the zombie apocalypse were to suddenly strike humanity. People like us dream about it, talk about it non-stop and some of us even prepare for that dreaded day. If you're like me, you may even have started your zombie survival kit. But what if it were to descend on us at a time ..

The beloved author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared returns with an enchanting adventure that skewers the greed and hypocrisy that dominates our time and holds lessons about what’s truly important in life. Meet Ole Mbatian Jr., a Maasai warrior; Kevin, his sort-of-son; Jenny, a wronged and penniless ex-wife; and Hugo, an unscrupulous Stockholm ad-man whos..

このミス、本ミスW受賞の注目作。往復書簡で真相に迫る、本格ミステリー昭和41年。地方の資産家楡家の当主がゴルフ中に心筋梗塞64才で逝去。親族しかいない法要が屋敷で執り行われるがそこで殺人事件が起こる。長女と孫(早死にした長男の子)がヒ素で死んだのだ。調査を進めると、殺された長女の婿養子の弁護士のポケットから、ヒ素をいれたチョコレートの紙片が発見された。「わたしは犯人ではありません。あなたはそれを知っているはずです――。」無実にもかかわらず「自白」して無期懲役となったその弁護士は、事件関係者と「往復書簡」を交わすことに。「毒入りチョコレート」の真犯人をめぐる推理合戦は往復書簡の中で繰り広げられ――、やがて思わぬ方向へ「真相」が導いていく――。「このミステリーがすごい!」2021年版 国内編(宝島社)と「2021年本格ミステリベスト10」国内ランキング(原書房)で堂々7位のW受賞作品。A...

This cozy Korean bestseller invites readers into a warm, sunlit pottery studio where a burned-out young TV broadcast writer begins to heal, working the clay, piece by piece, season by season. After breaking down at the office and abruptly quitting her job, thirty-year-old Jungmin holes up in her apartment, speaking to no one for days on end. When she finally emerges, she stumbles upon a pottery ..

" シリーズ5作目のHell's Cornerがおもしろかったので、Camel Clubと主人公の事をもっとよく知りたいと思い、手に取りました。予想をはるかに超える展開の連続で引き込まれました。英語自体も読みやすいと思います...." " ワシントンDCで隠者のような生活を送っているOliver Stoneは実はかつてCIAで暗殺者としての訓練も受けたことのある男。アメリカ政府内で陰謀を企む者たちを密かに割り出してその謀略を未然に防ぐための秘密集団the Camel Clubを率いている。メンバーはStoneの他にReuben Rhodes、Caleb Shaw、そしてMilton Farbだ。彼ら4人は偶然にも、セオドア・ローズヴェルト島でNIC職員Patrick Johnson殺害の瞬間を目撃してしまう。殺害犯2人に追われるものの、なんとか危機を一旦脱出するが、犯人たちはその後も執..

" Writer Nathan Fawles has written his last book. Keeping a low profile on the small French island of Beaumont, Fawles shuns requests for interviews and wants nothing more on his plate than whatever the local cafe has on its chalkboard. Aspiring writer Raphael Bataille is on Beaumont to mind the one and only bookshop. Awed by Fawles’ literary successes, Raphael wants Fawles to read his manuscrip..

"Not all famous novelists can always create a "fascinating" whodunit. I have read Baldacci's books, 40, give or take, so far. Most of them have given me a lot of inspirations; I admit that some are not "interesting" to me. Since I'm Japanese and my mother tongue is Japanese, I come across some difficult expressions, but I am a great fan of Baldacci. The new FBI agent, Atlee Pine, is a badass wom..