Crime Scene Investigation - Season Two: Episoden 01-23 Episode 01: "Blutiges Testament" Der junge Casino-Manager Tony Braun wird tot in seinem Haus aufgefunden. Zunächst scheint der Fall klar: Eine Überdosis. Tonys Lebenswandel - Geld, Drogen, Sex - war kein Geheimnis, neben der Leiche liegt eine leere 100er-Packung Xanax. Als sich herausstellt, dass weder das Heroin noch die Tabletten in Tonys Magen - nicht mehr als 50 Stück - tödlich waren, wird wegen Mordes ermittelt... Episode 02: "Spurlos" Seit vier Tagen ist die 18-jährige Paige Rycoff spurlos verschwunden. Die Studentin hatte vor, die Uni zu verlassen und zu ihren Eltern zurückzukehren, doch in ihrem Zimmer im Studentenwohnheim finden die Ermittler von der CSI sowohl ihre Koffer als auch ihr Rückreise-Ticket. Catherine lässt sich in den Schacht des Müllschluckers abseilen, entdeckt aber keine verdächtigen Spuren... Episode 03: "Unter Strom" Der Bauarbeiter Roger Valenti stürzt von einem Baugerüst. Erstaunt stellen Gil, Sara und Warrick fest, dass Roger an einem Stromschlag starb. Ein Unfall, ausgelöst durch eine defekte Bohrmaschine? Gil entdeckt im Schuh des toten Arbeiters einen Nagel, der eine andere Geschichte erzählt... Episode 04: "Der Duft der Frauen" Barry Schickel, der Kapitän einer Highschool-Football-Mannschaft, wird erschossen im Waschraum der Schule aufgefunden. Bei einer Analyse der Waschraumluft stellt Warrick Brown nicht nur Spuren von Zigarettenrauch und Kaugummi fest, sondern auch Reste von Marihuana und einem sehr teuren Parfüm... Episode 05: "Ein fliegender Beweis" Das CSI-Team hat es mit einem höchst seltsamen Fall zu tun, als der leblose Körper eines Tauchers in den Wipfeln eines Baumes nahe des Lake Mead gefunden wird. Die Untersuchungen ergeben, dass sich im Blut des Toten keine erhöhte Konzentration von Kohlenmonoxid befindet, was einen Tod unter Wasser definitiv ausschließt. Episode 06: "Wie Kain und Abel" Ein Beamter der Highway Patrol entdeckt an einer ungewöhnlichen Stelle einen geparkten Wagen und sieht kurz darauf einen jungen Mann, der gerade versucht, eine Leiche zu vergraben. Die Polizei und die Spezialisten vom CSI tauchen am Tatort auf und übernehmen die Ermittlungen. Dabei stoßen auch sie schon bald auf den jungen Mann. Sein Name ist Ben Jennings, und er hat offenbar noch eine weitere Leiche vergraben. Episode 07: "Ein zweifelhafter Zeuge" An sich wirkte es wie ein ganz normaler Unfall: Eine junge Frau fährt mit ihrem Jeep über eine Eisenbahnschranke, wird vom Zug erfasst und getötet. Und doch gab es Umstände, die mehr als eigenartig wirken... Episode 08: "Tod einer Domina" In Las Vegas wird in einem Sandkasten die Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden. Das CSI-Team übernimmt die Ermittlungen und kommt dahinter, dass es sich bei der Toten um eine Domina handelt, die in einem Sado-Maso-Club in der Stadt gearbeitet hat. Die Vermutung liegt nahe, dass die Frau Opfer einer bizarren Sexualpraktik geworden sein könnte. Episode 09: "Rien ne va plus" Ein Casino in Las Vegas wird von drei Frauen überfallen. Bei dem Raubzug werden ein Wachmann und eine der Täterinnen erschossen, während es den beiden anderen Frauen gelingt, mit 250.000 Dollar Beute zu fliehen. Episode 10: "Blütenzauber" Grissom ist zu einem Kongress aufgebrochen und hat ausgerechnet Warrick Brown das Kommando über die Spezialistentruppe übertragen. Damit sind Nick und Sara alles andere als einverstanden und machen Warrick das Leben entsprechend schwer... Episode 11: "Der Tote im Fahrstuhl" Das CSI-Team wird ins noble Devon Hotel gerufen, wo ein Körper "unter verdächtigen Umständen" entdeckt wurde. Im Aufzug des Hotels finden die CSI-Leute den finanzgewaltigen Immobilien-Tycoon Bob Fairmont mehr tot als lebendig vor. Allen ist klar, dass Fairmont sterben wird. Episode 12: "Scherbenhaufen" Das CSI-Team wird zu einer Autobahnbaustelle gerufen, auf der die Leichen zweier Frauen gefunden wurden. Die Autopsie ergibt, dass beide kurz nacheinander gestorben sein müssen und dass es sich um

From the Laws of Mount Misery: There are no laws in psychiatry. Now, from the author of the riotous, moving, bestselling classic, The House of God, comes a lacerating and brilliant novel of doctors and patients in a psychiatric hospital. Mount Misery is a prestigious facility set in the rolling green hills of New England, its country club atmosphere maintained by generous corporate contributions. Dr. Roy Basch (hero of The House of God) is lucky enough to train there *only to discover doctors caught up in the circus of competing psychiatric theories, and patients who are often there for one main reason: they've got good insurance. From the Laws of Mount Misery: Your colleagues will hurt you more than your patients. On rounds at Mount Misery, it's not always easy for Basch to tell the patients from the doctors: Errol Cabot, the drug cowboy whose practice provides him with guinea pigs for his imaginative prescription cocktails . . . Blair Heiler, the world expert on borderlines (a diagnosis that applies to just about everybody) . . . A. K. Lowell, née Aliyah K. Lowenschteiner, whose Freudian analytic technique is so razor sharp it prohibits her from actually speaking to patients . . . And Schlomo Dove, the loony, outlandish shrink accused of having sex with a beautiful, well-to-do female patient. From the Laws of Mount Misery: Psychiatrists specialize in their defects. For Basch the practice of psychiatry soon becomes a nightmare in which psychiatrists compete with one another to find the best ways to reduce human beings to blubbering drug-addled pods, or incite them to an extreme where excessive rage is the only rational response, or tie them up in Freudian knots. And all the while, the doctors seem less interested in their patients' mental health than in a host of other things *managed care insurance money, drug company research grants and kickbacks, and their own professional advancement. From the Laws of Mount Misery: In psychiatry, first comes treatment, then comes diagnosis. What The House of God did for doctoring the body, Mount Misery does for doctoring the mind. A practicing psychiatrist, Samuel Shem brings vivid authenticity and extraordinary storytelling gifts to this long-awaited sequel, to create a novel that is laugh-out-loud hilarious, terrifying, and provocative. Filled with biting irony and a wonderful sense of the absurd, Mount Misery tells you everything you'll never learn in therapy. And it's a hell of a lot funnier.

La nova heroïna d'Eva Baltasar s'enfronta a un dels monstres més perillosos que hi ha: l'amor a primera vista. "L'escala fosca del desig no té barana" va escriure Maria Mercè Marçal. La protagonista de Peixos s'hi estimba daltabaix. "Sé —i ho sé perquè ja ho he fet, perquè m'hi he trobat— que l'escriptura no allibera res." La narradora de Peixos és escriptora i viatja allà on li demanen que parli dels seus llibres. Un dia, fent temps abans d'un club de lectura, es fixa en una dona que ven paperines de peix fregit a la plaça del poble. El món s'atura. "I penso. És ella, penso." Ella es diu Victòria i viu en una casa encantada, plena de fetitxos i amb el gos que la guarda com el Cèrber de l'infern. La narradora hi entra i es deixa fascinar per cada detall, com si hagués trobat en la Victòria el motlle ideal, la persona que compleix amb tots els atributs que esperem d'una parella. La passió creix i creix a base de sexe, copes de vi i excursions al llac. Fins que l'enamorament i la bellesa es giren com un mitjó i es converteixen en un pur perill. "Baltasar es inigualable en su manejo del misterio, su cualidad filosófica, su sentido del humor y del ridículo. [...] no escribe, sino que muestra la vida secreta de todo lo que existe en bruto. Un cruce inédito entre Lucia Berlin y Raymond Carver en las calles de la Barcelona contemporánea". Xita Rubert "Exquisita, oscura y poco convencional, Eva Baltasar convierte la intimidad en una aventura salvaje" Fernanda Melchor "Es una escritora durísima y muy original" Pedro Almodóvar "El que llegeixo en Baltasar és un crit desesperat i lucidíssim d'alerta: o ens ajudem de debò o la gran majoria podem caure al pou." Blanca Llum Vidal a Catorze "Si en Ocaso la narración es cruda, asfixiante y realista, la Fascinación se transforma en un acto gótico de alto voltaje místico para esa protagonista. Una epifanía espiritual donde la autora arrasa con todo." Noelia Ramírez a El País "Batejar un personatge amb el nom de 'Samsa' és una picada d'ullet kafkiana evident."Nadal Suau a El Cultural "Hay algo terrorista y terrorífico en el desenlace de Ocaso y fascinación que nos lleva a un cruce monstruoso y atrayente entre Haneke y Von Trier"Bruno Padilla del Valle a Mercurio "La narración es cruda y asfixiante, ambigua, deprimente y esperanzada" Marta Domínguez a Página Dos "La protagonista voldria tenir una vida corrent sense renunciar al sentiment de tristesa davant del món i això la fa psicològicament i moralment complexa." Julià Guillamon a La Vanguardia "Quina habilitat, la de Baltasar per capturar la precarietat actual." Anna Guitart al Diari ARA.

Under the searing sun, secrets simmer and betrayal lies thick in this claustrophobic, explosive new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick, Lie With Me. 'A real scorcher. You won't want to miss this one!' HARLAN COBEN 'Gloriously dark and wildly engrossing' LISA JEWELL 'Sun-drenched and dripping with suspense , this is the perfect summer read ' LUCY CLARKE ____________ Former journalist Matt Grimshaw's life is at a low ebb . He's been 'let go' by the paper where he's worked for years, and his relationship with his long-term girlfriend has come unstuck. So when an invitation arrives from his two closest friends, Celia and Adam Murphy, to join them at their house in Greece, he jumps at it. It may be harsh and unwelcoming on the Mani Peninsula but Matt determines to stay there for the whole summer and to write his much put-off screen-play. But then the Murphys plus children arrive, and a wealthy newcomer to the area starts throwing loud and lavish parties in his big house across the bay. As the nights become hotter and the parties wilder, everyone's motivations darken. Envy rises, resentments grow - until a terrible accident stops the summer in its tracks. At least, it looks like an accident... Set over one blazing Mediterranean summer, Sabine Durrant's new thriller is tense, claustrophobic and utterly gripping. ____________ Praise for Dead Heat . . . 'Expertly constructed and guilefully written , it inevitably reminds you of Patricia Highsmith , but also of The Great Gatsby' Sunday Times ' No one writes suspense like Sabine Durrant . Dead Heat is perfection ' Clare Mackintosh 'An outstanding thriller' India Knight 'I loved this book . The descriptions are so beautiful that you almost don't notice the brilliance of the plotting ' Elly Griffiths ' Better than every season of The White Lotus spun into one, and drenched with danger, sex, and revenge ' Sarah Hilary ' Classy, cinematic and truly chilling ' Jennie Godfrey 'A deliciously dark, modern Greek Gatsby ' Julia Crouch 'A brilliant twisty, claustrophobic slow burn book with betrayal and lies and secrets and it's fantastic ' Joe Haddow, BBC Morning Live 'An unputdownable, unguessable, sun-drenched thriller ' Erin Kelly ' Drenched in atmosphere and menace with a Greek setting to die for. Literally. ' Tammy Cohen ' Compelling, evocative and fiendishly smart , this unsettling literary thriller is a five-star triumph ' Isabelle Broom ' I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. I loved it! ' Marika Cobbold 'A genius story of infatuation and twisted love , as brooding as a Greek heatwave' Jane Thynne ' Dangerously addictive ' Esther Freud 'An explosive ending' Woman & Home&

Under the searing sun, secrets simmer and betrayal lies thick in this claustrophobic, explosive new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick, Lie With Me. 'A real scorcher. You won't want to miss this one!' HARLAN COBEN 'Gloriously dark and wildly engrossing' LISA JEWELL 'Sun-drenched and dripping with suspense , this is the perfect summer read ' LUCY CLARKE ____________ Former journalist Matt Grimshaw's life is at a low ebb . He's been 'let go' by the paper where he's worked for years, and his relationship with his long-term girlfriend has come unstuck. So when an invitation arrives from his two closest friends, Celia and Adam Murphy, to join them at their house in Greece, he jumps at it. It may be harsh and unwelcoming on the Mani Peninsula but Matt determines to stay there for the whole summer and to write his much put-off screen-play. But then the Murphys plus children arrive, and a wealthy newcomer to the area starts throwing loud and lavish parties in his big house across the bay. As the nights become hotter and the parties wilder, everyone's motivations darken. Envy rises, resentments grow - until a terrible accident stops the summer in its tracks. At least, it looks like an accident... Set over one blazing Mediterranean summer, Sabine Durrant's new thriller is tense, claustrophobic and utterly gripping. ____________ Praise for Dead Heat . . . 'Expertly constructed and guilefully written , it inevitably reminds you of Patricia Highsmith , but also of The Great Gatsby' Sunday Times ' No one writes suspense like Sabine Durrant . Dead Heat is perfection ' Clare Mackintosh 'An outstanding thriller' India Knight 'I loved this book . The descriptions are so beautiful that you almost don't notice the brilliance of the plotting ' Elly Griffiths ' Better than every season of The White Lotus spun into one, and drenched with danger, sex, and revenge ' Sarah Hilary ' Classy, cinematic and truly chilling ' Jennie Godfrey 'A deliciously dark, modern Greek Gatsby ' Julia Crouch 'A brilliant twisty, claustrophobic slow burn book with betrayal and lies and secrets and it's fantastic ' Joe Haddow, BBC Morning Live 'An unputdownable, unguessable, sun-drenched thriller ' Erin Kelly ' Drenched in atmosphere and menace with a Greek setting to die for. Literally. ' Tammy Cohen ' Compelling, evocative and fiendishly smart , this unsettling literary thriller is a five-star triumph ' Isabelle Broom ' I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. I loved it! ' Marika Cobbold 'A genius story of infatuation and twisted love , as brooding as a Greek heatwave' Jane Thynne ' Dangerously addictive ' Esther Freud 'An explosive ending' Woman & Home ' Intoxicating thriller ' Heat 'Slow-burn thriller gives White Lotus vibes ' Good Housekeeping 'Utterly irresistible ' RED ' Scorchingly good , whip-smart ' Fabulous Magazine

Under the searing sun, secrets simmer and betrayal lies thick in this claustrophobic, explosive new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick, Lie With Me. 'A real scorcher. You won't want to miss this one!' HARLAN COBEN 'Gloriously dark and wildly engrossing' LISA JEWELL 'Sun-drenched and dripping with suspense , this is the perfect summer read ' LUCY CLARKE ____________ Former journalist Matt Grimshaw's life is at a low ebb . He's been 'let go' by the paper where he's worked for years, and his relationship with his long-term girlfriend has come unstuck. So when an invitation arrives from his two closest friends, Celia and Adam Murphy, to join them at their house in Greece, he jumps at it. It may be harsh and unwelcoming on the Mani Peninsula but Matt determines to stay there for the whole summer and to write his much put-off screen-play. But then the Murphys plus children arrive, and a wealthy newcomer to the area starts throwing loud and lavish parties in his big house across the bay. As the nights become hotter and the parties wilder, everyone's motivations darken. Envy rises, resentments grow - until a terrible accident stops the summer in its tracks. At least, it looks like an accident... Set over one blazing Mediterranean summer, Sabine Durrant's new thriller is tense, claustrophobic and utterly gripping. ____________ Praise for Dead Heat . . . 'Expertly constructed and guilefully written , it inevitably reminds you of Patricia Highsmith , but also of The Great Gatsby' Sunday Times ' No one writes suspense like Sabine Durrant . Dead Heat is perfection ' Clare Mackintosh 'An outstanding thriller' India Knight 'I loved this book . The descriptions are so beautiful that you almost don't notice the brilliance of the plotting ' Elly Griffiths ' Better than every season of The White Lotus spun into one, and drenched with danger, sex, and revenge ' Sarah Hilary ' Classy, cinematic and truly chilling ' Jennie Godfrey 'A deliciously dark, modern Greek Gatsby ' Julia Crouch 'A brilliant twisty, claustrophobic slow burn book with betrayal and lies and secrets and it's fantastic ' Joe Haddow, BBC Morning Live 'An unputdownable, unguessable, sun-drenched thriller ' Erin Kelly ' Drenched in atmosphere and menace with a Greek setting to die for. Literally. ' Tammy Cohen ' Compelling, evocative and fiendishly smart , this unsettling literary thriller is a five-star triumph ' Isabelle Broom ' I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. I loved it! ' Marika Cobbold 'A genius story of infatuation and twisted love , as brooding as a Greek heatwave' Jane Thynne ' Dangerously addictive ' Esther Freud 'An explosive ending' Woman & Home&

Under the searing sun, secrets simmer and betrayal lies thick in this claustrophobic, explosive new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick, Lie With Me. 'A real scorcher. You won't want to miss this one!' HARLAN COBEN 'Gloriously dark and wildly engrossing' LISA JEWELL 'Sun-drenched and dripping with suspense , this is the perfect summer read ' LUCY CLARKE ---------- Former journalist Matt Grimshaw's life is at a low ebb . He's been 'let go' by the paper where he's worked for years, and his relationship with his long-term girlfriend has come unstuck. So when an invitation arrives from his two closest friends, Celia and Adam Murphy, to join them at their house in Greece, he jumps at it. It may be harsh and unwelcoming on the Mani Peninsula but Matt determines to stay there for the whole summer and to write his much put-off screen-play. But then the Murphys plus children arrive, and a wealthy newcomer to the area starts throwing loud and lavish parties in his big house across the bay. As the nights become hotter and the parties wilder, everyone's motivations darken. Envy rises, resentments grow - until a terrible accident stops the summer in its tracks. At least, it looks like an accident... Set over one blazing Mediterranean summer, Sabine Durrant's new thriller is tense, claustrophobic and utterly gripping. ---------- Praise for Dead Heat . . . 'Expertly constructed and guilefully written , it inevitably reminds you of Patricia Highsmith , but also of The Great Gatsby' Sunday Times ' No one writes suspense like Sabine Durrant . Dead Heat is perfection ' Clare Mackintosh, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Game of Lies 'An outstanding thriller' India Knight 'I loved this book . The descriptions are so beautiful that you almost don't notice the brilliance of the plotting ' Elly Griffiths, bestselling author of The Frozen People ' Better than every season of The White Lotus spun into one, and drenched with danger, sex, and revenge ' Sarah Hilary, author of Black Thorn ' Classy, cinematic and truly chilling , Dead Heat is a thriller it's going to be hard to beat this year. With shades of Patricia Highsmith , Sabine Durrant is an author in her prime ' Jennie Godfrey, Sunday Times bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things 'A deliciously dark, modern Greek Gatsby ' Julia Crouch, author of The Surprise Party ' Tense, clever and so vividly written ' Ruth Mancini, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman on the Ledge 'An unputdownable, unguessable, sun-drenched thriller ' Erin Kelly, bestselling author of He Said She Said ' Drenched in atmosphere and menace with a Greek setting to die for. Literally. ' Tammy Cohen, The Wedding Party ' Compelling, evocative and fiendishly smart , this unsettling literary thriller is a five-star triumph ' Isabelle Broom, author of The Orange House 'A brilliant twisty, claustrophobic slow burn book with betrayal and lies and secrets and it's fantastic ' Joe Haddow, BBC Morning Live 'An explosive ending' Woman & Home ' Intoxicating thriller ' Heat 'Slow-burn thriller gives White Lotus vibes ' Good Housekeeping 'Utterly irresistible ' RED ' Scorchingly good , whip-smart ' Fabulous Magazine

Under the searing sun, secrets simmer and betrayal lies thick in this claustrophobic, explosive new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick, Lie With Me. 'A real scorcher. You won't want to miss this one!' HARLAN COBEN 'Gloriously dark and wildly engrossing' LISA JEWELL 'Sun-drenched and dripping with suspense , this is the perfect summer read ' LUCY CLARKE ---------- Former journalist Matt Grimshaw's life is at a low ebb . He's been 'let go' by the paper where he's worked for years, and his relationship with his long-term girlfriend has come unstuck. So when an invitation arrives from his two closest friends, Celia and Adam Murphy, to join them at their house in Greece, he jumps at it. It may be harsh and unwelcoming on the Mani Peninsula but Matt determines to stay there for the whole summer and to write his much put-off screen-play. But then the Murphys plus children arrive, and a wealthy newcomer to the area starts throwing loud and lavish parties in his big house across the bay. As the nights become hotter and the parties wilder, everyone's motivations darken. Envy rises, resentments grow - until a terrible accident stops the summer in its tracks. At least, it looks like an accident... Set over one blazing Mediterranean summer, Sabine Durrant's new thriller is tense, claustrophobic and utterly gripping. ---------- Praise for Dead Heat . . . 'Expertly constructed and guilefully written , it inevitably reminds you of Patricia Highsmith , but also of The Great Gatsby' Sunday Times ' No one writes suspense like Sabine Durrant . Dead Heat is perfection ' Clare Mackintosh, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Game of Lies 'An outstanding thriller' India Knight 'I loved this book . The descriptions are so beautiful that you almost don't notice the brilliance of the plotting ' Elly Griffiths, bestselling author of The Frozen People ' Better than every season of The White Lotus spun into one, and drenched with danger, sex, and revenge ' Sarah Hilary, author of Black Thorn ' Classy, cinematic and truly chilling , Dead Heat is a thriller it's going to be hard to beat this year. With shades of Patricia Highsmith , Sabine Durrant is an author in her prime ' Jennie Godfrey, Sunday Times bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things 'A deliciously dark, modern Greek Gatsby ' Julia Crouch, author of The Surprise Party ' Tense, clever and so vividly written ' Ruth Mancini, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman on the Ledge 'An unputdownable, unguessable, sun-drenched thriller ' Erin Kelly, bestselling author of He Said She Said ' Drenched in atmosphere and menace with a Greek setting to die for. Literally. ' Tammy Cohen, The Wedding Party ' Compelling, evocative and fiendishly smart , this unsettling literary thriller is a five-star triumph ' Isabelle Broom, author of The Orange House 'A brilliant twisty, claustrophobic slow burn book with betrayal and lies and secrets and it's fantastic ' Joe Haddow, BBC Morning Live 'An explosive ending' Woman & Home ' Intoxicating thriller ' Heat 'Slow-burn thriller gives White Lotus vibes ' Good Housekeeping 'Utterly irresistible ' RED ' Scorchingly good , whip-smart ' Fabulous Magazine

When it comes to distaff dirtiness, mainstream males such as Dickens and Dekker make easy pickings, but Green finds the greatest treasures when he mudlarks on the margins. In Sounds & Furies, he has dredged up some gems.' Emma Byrne, Spectator 'From fishwives to flappers and from music hall performers to Mumsnetters, women have indeed made contributions to the slang vocabulary of English; by bringing together so much fascinating material about their words and their worlds, this book makes its own contribution to the history of both women and language.' Professor Deborah Cameron, Professor of Language and Communication, Worcester College, University of Oxford 'Green comprehensively disproves that slang is inherently masculine. Mumsnetters and bulldaggers, flappers and slappers, shicksters and hash-slingers all put in their claims as slang-users in their own right in this entertaining and thought-provoking book. Any writer venturing into the contentious area of women as users, creators or objects of slang from now on will look to Green for guidance or for arguments.' Julie Coleman, author of The Life of Slang Slang. The ultimate in man-made languages. The male gaze made verbal. A world where words for intercourse mean 'man hits woman', the penis is a gun, a knife or club and the vagina a terrifying tunnel. Possibly with teeth. Two thousand words for woman and every one a put-down. Even 'mother' is simply short for the grossest of obscenities. Thus the story, now and for several hundred years. But stories are just that and perhaps there's an alternative. In this book Jonathon Green, the leading collector of English-language slang and drawing on forty years of research in the field, asks whether women have another role to play. As slang's active, positive, rebellious subject, rather than its endlessly derided, submissive object. Sounds & Furies represents a quest to overturn a long-established, but far from invulnerable belief system. To show that throughout a recorded history that starts with Chaucer's bawdy, mouthy and magnificently self-willed Wife of Bath and carries on through a cast of working girls and villainesses, playwrights and bestselling authors, shop-girls and fish-wives and through to the modern, on-line worlds of Mumsnet and Tinder, women have always made slang their own. If slang has always been the language of the margins, then women, for all their numbers, have also been consigned to the margins. Those days, it is ever more clear, are over. If slang has a role then it is to represent us at our most human. That may not mean 'admirable' but it surely means 'true'. And humanity is on offer to everyone, whatever gender they may claim. That goes for language, whatever its variety, too. From the foreword by sex historian Kate Lister: 'Patriarchal cultures have understood women, controlled women, and marginalised women. But, this book also reveals that it is the rebellious women who used slang: the fishwives, the scolds, the whores, and the harridans. Long may they continue to do so.

Under the searing sun, secrets simmer and betrayal lies thick in this claustrophobic, explosive new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick, Lie With Me. 'A real scorcher. You won't want to miss this one!' HARLAN COBEN 'Gloriously dark and wildly engrossing' LISA JEWELL 'Sun-drenched and dripping with suspense , this is the perfect summer read ' LUCY CLARKE ---------- Former journalist Matt Grimshaw's life is at a low ebb . He's been 'let go' by the paper where he's worked for years, and his relationship with his long-term girlfriend has come unstuck. So when an invitation arrives from his two closest friends, Celia and Adam Murphy, to join them at their house in Greece, he jumps at it. It may be harsh and unwelcoming on the Mani Peninsula but Matt determines to stay there for the whole summer and to write his much put-off screen-play. But then the Murphys plus children arrive, and a wealthy newcomer to the area starts throwing loud and lavish parties in his big house across the bay. As the nights become hotter and the parties wilder, everyone's motivations darken. Envy rises, resentments grow - until a terrible accident stops the summer in its tracks. At least, it looks like an accident... Set over one blazing Mediterranean summer, Sabine Durrant's new thriller is tense, claustrophobic and utterly gripping. ---------- Praise for Dead Heat . . . 'Expertly constructed and guilefully written , it inevitably reminds you of Patricia Highsmith , but also of The Great Gatsby' Sunday Times ' No one writes suspense like Sabine Durrant . Dead Heat is perfection ' Clare Mackintosh, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Game of Lies 'An outstanding thriller' India Knight 'I loved this book . The descriptions are so beautiful that you almost don't notice the brilliance of the plotting ' Elly Griffiths, bestselling author of The Frozen People ' Better than every season of The White Lotus spun into one, and drenched with danger, sex, and revenge ' Sarah Hilary, author of Black Thorn ' Classy, cinematic and truly chilling , Dead Heat is a thriller it's going to be hard to beat this year. With shades of Patricia Highsmith , Sabine Durrant is an author in her prime ' Jennie Godfrey, Sunday Times bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things 'A deliciously dark, modern Greek Gatsby ' Julia Crouch, author of The Surprise Party ' Tense, clever and so vividly written ' Ruth Mancini, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman on the Ledge 'An unputdownable, unguessable, sun-drenched thriller ' Erin Kelly, bestselling author of He Said She Said ' Drenched in atmosphere and menace with a Greek setting to die for. Literally. ' Tammy Cohen, The Wedding Party ' Compelling, evocative and fiendishly smart , this unsettling literary thriller is a five-star triumph ' Isabelle Broom, author of The Orange House 'A brilliant twisty, claustrophobic slow burn book with betrayal and lies and secrets and it's fantastic ' Joe Haddow, BBC Morning Live 'An explosive ending' Woman & Home ' Intoxicating thriller ' Heat 'Slow-burn thriller gives White Lotus vibes ' Good Housekeeping 'Utterly irresistible ' RED ' Scorchingly good , whip-smart ' Fabulous Magazine

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK "The Change is like a guttural rage scream (and somehow a soft, tearful hug) of a book, and I couldn't have loved it any more." -Emily Henry Big Little Lies meets The Witches of Eastwick-a gloriously entertaining and knife-sharp revenge fantasy about three women whose midlife crisis brings unexpected new powers-putting them on a collision course with the evil that lurks in their wealthy beach town. "A roar of rage, a pacy page-turner, I loved it with all my broken heart. Read it. You'll love it."-New York Times bestselling author Marian Keyes "Miller triumphs...THE CHANGE is that rare treat: a suspenseful story with great pacing, memorable characters, and an engaging voice. Fantastic in every way, this fierce anthem against misogyny is a smash."-Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A pointed, punchy, and potent thriller...wry and clever, serious and exacting, and masterfully suspenseful."-Booklist (starred review) In the Long Island oceanfront community of Mattauk, three different women discover that midlife changes bring a whole new type of empowerment, a gift of supernatural powers they never expected... After Nessa James's husband dies and her twin daughters leave for college, she's left all alone in a trim white house not far from the ocean. In the quiet of her late forties, the former nurse begins to hear voices. It doesn't take long for Nessa to realize that the voices calling out to her belong to the dead-a gift she's inherited from her grandmother, which comes with special responsibilities. On the cusp of 50, suave advertising director Harriett Osborne has just witnessed the implosion of her lucrative career and her marriage. She hasn't left her house in months, and from the outside, it appears as if she and her garden have both gone to seed. But Harriett's life is far from over-in fact, she's undergone a stunning and very welcome metamorphosis, discovering a potent connection to the natural world that feels like witchcraft. Ambitious former executive Jo Levison has spent thirty long years at war with her body. The free-floating rage and hot flashes that arrive with the beginning of menopause feel like the very last straw-until she realizes she has the ability to channel her female rage, and finally comes into her power. Guided by voices only Nessa can hear, the trio of women discover a teenage girl whose body was abandoned beside a remote beach. The police have written the victim off as a drug-addicted sex worker, but the women refuse to buy into the official narrative. Their investigation into the girl's murder leads to more bodies, and to the town's most exclusive and isolated enclave, a world of stupendous wealth where the rules don't apply. With their newfound powers, Jo, Nessa, and Harriett will take matters into their own hands, doling out their own brand of vigilante justice...

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK "The Change is like a guttural rage scream (and somehow a soft, tearful hug) of a book, and I couldn't have loved it any more." -Emily Henry Big Little Lies meets The Witches of Eastwick-a gloriously entertaining and knife-sharp revenge fantasy about three women whose midlife crisis brings unexpected new powers-putting them on a collision course with the evil that lurks in their wealthy beach town. "A roar of rage, a pacy page-turner, I loved it with all my broken heart. Read it. You'll love it."-New York Times bestselling author Marian Keyes "Miller triumphs...THE CHANGE is that rare treat: a suspenseful story with great pacing, memorable characters, and an engaging voice. Fantastic in every way, this fierce anthem against misogyny is a smash."-Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A pointed, punchy, and potent thriller...wry and clever, serious and exacting, and masterfully suspenseful."-Booklist (starred review) In the Long Island oceanfront community of Mattauk, three different women discover that midlife changes bring a whole new type of empowerment, a gift of supernatural powers they never expected... After Nessa James's husband dies and her twin daughters leave for college, she's left all alone in a trim white house not far from the ocean. In the quiet of her late forties, the former nurse begins to hear voices. It doesn't take long for Nessa to realize that the voices calling out to her belong to the dead-a gift she's inherited from her grandmother, which comes with special responsibilities. On the cusp of 50, suave advertising director Harriett Osborne has just witnessed the implosion of her lucrative career and her marriage. She hasn't left her house in months, and from the outside, it appears as if she and her garden have both gone to seed. But Harriett's life is far from over-in fact, she's undergone a stunning and very welcome metamorphosis, discovering a potent connection to the natural world that feels like witchcraft. Ambitious former executive Jo Levison has spent thirty long years at war with her body. The free-floating rage and hot flashes that arrive with the beginning of menopause feel like the very last straw-until she realizes she has the ability to channel her female rage, and finally comes into her power. Guided by voices only Nessa can hear, the trio of women discover a teenage girl whose body was abandoned beside a remote beach. The police have written the victim off as a drug-addicted sex worker, but the women refuse to buy into the official narrative. Their investigation into the girl's murder leads to more bodies, and to the town's most exclusive and isolated enclave, a world of stupendous wealth where the rules don't apply. With their newfound powers, Jo, Nessa, and Harriett will take matters into their own hands, doling out their own brand of vigilante justice...

Under the searing sun, secrets simmer and betrayal lies thick in this claustrophobic, explosive new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick, Lie With Me. 'A real scorcher. You won't want to miss this one!' HARLAN COBEN 'Gloriously dark and wildly engrossing' LISA JEWELL 'Sun-drenched and dripping with suspense , this is the perfect summer read ' LUCY CLARKE ---------- Former journalist Matt Grimshaw's life is at a low ebb . He's been 'let go' by the paper where he's worked for years, and his relationship with his long-term girlfriend has come unstuck. So when an invitation arrives from his two closest friends, Celia and Adam Murphy, to join them at their house in Greece, he jumps at it. It may be harsh and unwelcoming on the Mani Peninsula but Matt determines to stay there for the whole summer and to write his much put-off screen-play. But then the Murphys plus children arrive, and a wealthy newcomer to the area starts throwing loud and lavish parties in his big house across the bay. As the nights become hotter and the parties wilder, everyone's motivations darken. Envy rises, resentments grow - until a terrible accident stops the summer in its tracks. At least, it looks like an accident... Set over one blazing Mediterranean summer, Sabine Durrant's new thriller is tense, claustrophobic and utterly gripping. ---------- Praise for Dead Heat . . . 'Expertly constructed and guilefully written , it inevitably reminds you of Patricia Highsmith , but also of The Great Gatsby' Sunday Times ' No one writes suspense like Sabine Durrant . Dead Heat is perfection ' Clare Mackintosh, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Game of Lies 'An outstanding thriller' India Knight 'I loved this book . The descriptions are so beautiful that you almost don't notice the brilliance of the plotting ' Elly Griffiths, bestselling author of The Frozen People ' Better than every season of The White Lotus spun into one, and drenched with danger, sex, and revenge ' Sarah Hilary, author of Black Thorn ' Classy, cinematic and truly chilling , Dead Heat is a thriller it's going to be hard to beat this year. With shades of Patricia Highsmith , Sabine Durrant is an author in her prime ' Jennie Godfrey, Sunday Times bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things 'A deliciously dark, modern Greek Gatsby ' Julia Crouch, author of The Surprise Party ' Tense, clever and so vividly written ' Ruth Mancini, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman on the Ledge 'An unputdownable, unguessable, sun-drenched thriller ' Erin Kelly, bestselling author of He Said She Said ' Drenched in atmosphere and menace with a Greek setting to die for. Literally. ' Tammy Cohen, The Wedding Party ' Compelling, evocative and fiendishly smart , this unsettling literary thriller is a five-star triumph ' Isabelle Broom, author of The Orange House 'A brilliant twisty, claustrophobic slow burn book with betrayal and lies and secrets and it's fantastic ' Joe Haddow, BBC Morning Live 'An explosive ending' Woman & Home ' Intoxicating thriller ' Heat 'Slow-burn thriller gives White Lotus vibes ' Good Housekeeping 'Utterly irresistible ' RED ' Scorchingly good , whip-smart ' Fabulous Magazine

Now in his seventies, Robert Parkin is stunned to find himself the unlikely sex symbol of the village gardening club.Living in happy solitude with his cat Isaac Mewton in the Devon village of Millbrook, entertained by his mischievous chickens and goats, Robert has never figured out the rules of romance. But as the local ladies vie for his company, it soon becomes clear that Robert's Victoria Sponge cake is the lure, and as his baking prowess grows, so does his confidence.Cheesecakes, meringues, puddings, Robert can do it all, but his real masterpieces are his scones - ginger, rosemary, coconut, fruit, his recipes are inspired and soon come to the attention of the local media. Which county does the best cream tea - Devon or Cornwall? It's time for an age-old debate to be settled with a competition.Robert's sisters Bunty and Hattie are both at crossroads in their lives, so news of their brother's baking competition is the perfect excuse to bring them to Millbrook. And as the siblings relish each other's company, and Robert relishes being at the heart of his community, a summer of scones may just light the way to long-lasting happiness for them all.Enjoy Judy Leigh's wonderful world of family, friendship and feasting in this perfect feel-good story for all fans of Maddie Please, Dawn French and Caroline James.'What a happy, uplifting book this is. Set in Devon with a skilful look at village life, second chances and finally finding happiness in unexpected places, Judy Leigh conjures up a wonderful story and some unforgettable characters. Highly recommended!' Maddie Please'I thoroughly enjoyed this gentle romantic comedy which made me laugh a lot and cry a little. No one says it better than Judy - it's never too late to find love.' Julia JarmanReaders love Judy Leigh:'I have been a fan of Judy's work for quite a while now. I love the way in which she writes such fun, feel good, heart-warming and uplifting stories.''Judy Leigh is a refreshing writer that writes about older characters... and I have to say that I do not hesitate to pick up a book when Judy has written it. They are always such delightful reads that teach us that life doesn't have to become boring when you get old... A true pleasure to read.''Judy Leigh's writing is special. She understands people and relationships; she writes of strong, authentic, inspirational women. She realises that becoming older brings health concerns but it's not all doom and gloom, the women in her books shine! They don't have perfect lives, but they are survivors, they keep going and achieve new things.''What an absolutely heart-warming story about lifelong friendships set in a wonderful community in a delightful village. The central characters are strong but gentle who support each other through life's ups and downs as well as supporting others in need. This was such a great story that I would save and read again.''The Golden Oldies' Book Club is an entertaining read, written with warmth, humour and a message not to let chances slip by. Themes of friendship, community and navigating life and its opportunities run throughout.''A lovely warm read about family and closeness. This author never disappoints, always a joy to find one of her books which I haven't read.''Such a good read. I enjoyed getting to know the characters and their lives as we are gradually introduced. It's refreshing to have a cast of older characters in the lead - reminds everyone that life isn't over when you reach middle age and beyond.''A captivating cosy read written with warmth and humour-friendship, emotion, love, joy, and laughter are abundant throughout the pages of this wonderful story.'Praise for Judy Leigh:'Brilliantly funny, emotional and uplifting' Miranda Dickinson'Lovely . . . a book that assures that life is far from over at seventy' Cathy Hopkins bestselling author of The Kicking the Bucket List'Brimming with warmth, humour and a love of life... a wonderful escapade' Fiona Gibson