Bøker utgitt av Little, Brown

An explosive new novel from the No.1 Irish Times bestselling queen of dilemma fiction, Edel Coffey. How far would you go to secure a home for your family? And what would you do to someone standing in the way?

Zorah Sharaf has long been the apple of her parent's eye. Clever and beautiful, Rahmat and Maryam, refugees who moved from Afghanistan to America, see their daughter's bright future as the culmination of their American dream. But when teenage Zorah starts secretly dating, her family--and her parents' friends--see a different side to Zorah, and she loses her golden child status. A year later, Zorah is killed in what is initially ruled a tragic car accident. But as more comes out about Zorah and her family, those who knew her best--and those who didn't know her at all--all seemingly have an opinion on who Zorah really was, and what really happened to her that night.Told through the voices surrounding the Sharafs, Good People moves through the year leading up to Zorah's tragedy and explores the aftermath as the twin forces of the police investigation and the court of public opinion draw battle lines amongst those who knew Zorah and her family best.

This book harness the anger and impatience that many women feel as we experience a world defined not only by growing inequality and misogyny but also by the impending climate and nature emergency. In its exposure of the failures of individualist feminism, this book is not afraid to speak unwelcome truths. But it also maps out a way to move forward, and by bringing what is most valuable in feminist and environmental thought and action together, this book forges a realistic and relevant vision for our changed times. In a world that now stands on the brink of catastrophe, we can no longer rely on the same old stories. This is the time to build new relationships both with one another, and with the planet.

Born into poverty in an age of heroes and kings, a future as a courtesan is the best Eka expects in the Maghada Empire. Initiation into the service of the snake goddess gives her a fleeting glimpse of power - until the king discovers Eka's talent for poisons, and demands her services as a vish kanya, or poison girl. Eka and her childhood companion Ira are told the venom they've imbibed makes them lethal to touch, and they grow up as feared members of court - able to touch only each other. And when a young invader sweeps towards their empire in India, Eka and Ira are chosen to infiltrate Alexander the Great's army. In Alexander's court Eka must play a dangerous political game, all while her feelings for Ira unfurl. Raised to do the bidding of one king, and confronted with the power and destruction of another, the fate of a world will rest on the choice she makes.

When seen through Jewish eyes, the global future looks darker than it has for generations. Fuelled by venomous Israelophobia, violence against Jews, from Amsterdam to New York, from London to Melbourne, is back. Jews across the West are forced to hide their identities, while in the supposed safe haven of Israel they live under constant threat of rocket fire, shootings and stabbings. It is no exaggeration to say that we are seeing the end of the golden age of post-war safety for Jews. Never Again? How the West betrayed the Jews and itself is an urgent new polemic which maps the maze of hostility in which Jews now find themselves trapped. Charting the development of this dangerous cultural and geopolitical moment through a collapse in Western leadership since the Cold War, the award-winning columnist, broadcaster and foreign correspondent Jake Wallis Simons considers the safety of Jews as a barometer of the health of the West, arguing that civil society must stand up for liberal democracy before it is too late.

***The gripping eighth instalment in the internationally bestselling series, available to pre-order now***PRAISE FOR THE CORMORAN STRIKE SERIES'A superlative piece of crime fiction' Sunday Times'The work of a master storyteller' Daily Telegraph'A scrupulous plotter and master of misdirection, Galbraith keeps the pages turning . . . Strike and Ellacott remain one of crime's most engaging duos' Guardian'No one can deny [Robert Galbraith, pseudonym of ] J. K. Rowling's formidable talents as a crime writer' Daily Mail'Strike is a compelling creation . . . this is terrifically entertaining stuff' Irish Times