Las Vegas Girl: A Gripping, Suspenseful Crime Novel by Leslie Wolfe

By day, she’s a Las Vegas cop. By night, all bets are off.

Detectives Laura Baxter and Jack Holt are members of the elite: Las Vegas Metro PD, one of the toughest and most respected law enforcement agencies in the United States. In the middle of a city with two million residents and 43 million annual visitors, they’re hunting for a killer.

The crime: audacious

In a glamorous Las Vegas hotel, in front of hundreds of witnesses and under the lenses of countless video surveillance cameras, a young girl is brutally murdered. What promises to be a quick and easy investigation soon becomes a nightmare. The most recorded crime in Vegas is missing one key protagonist, the killer.

The forensics: stupefying

A crime-scene fingerprint unleashes dozens of unsettling questions instead of providing answers. Was this a murder for hire? In the politically-charged case, the scenario seems plausible; the victim’s secret life could’ve been the obstacle in an ambitious politician’s path. As the investigation unspools the well-concealed secrets surrounding the girl’s life, Baxter and Holt attract the attention of someone desperate to keep history’s terrible secrets buried.

The truth: shocking

A testimony from beyond the grave turns into a death warrant for the two unrelenting detectives. While they expose a connection with the victim’s distant past that could hold the key to catching her killer, they must learn to rely on each other to survive.

Two mavericks make an intriguing team. Baxter and Holt trust each other with their lives, only not with their darkest secrets. 

Fans of James Patterson, David Baldacci, Karin Slaughter, and Robert Dugoni will be engrossed in this unputdownable police procedural that will keep you reading until the break of dawn.


Books by Leslie Wolfe
All the books are standalone, regardless of series; think Costco, not IKEA. This is a ride you won’t want to miss! 

Baxter and Holt Series
-- Las Vegas Girl
-- Casino Girl
-- Las Vegas Crime

Tess Winnett Series
-- Dawn Girl
-- The Watson Girl
-- Glimpse of Death
-- Taker of Lives

Self-Standing Novels
-- Stories Untold

Alex Hoffmann Series
-- Executive
-- Devil’s Move
-- The Backup Asset
-- The Ghost Pattern
-- Operation Sunset

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The Good Girl by Fiona Neill

Scratch the surface of any family hard enough and you'll draw blood . . .
No one can believe it when straight A student Romy Field finds herself at the centre of a scandal, least of all her mother Ailsa - who is also the head of her new school.
Ailsa is quick to hold Romy's new boyfriend and his parents responsible for what has happened. But as mother and daughter reveal their very different version of events, a much darker truth emerges. It soon becomes apparent that Romy isn't the only member of her family harbouring secrets and her disgrace becomes the catalyst for the unravelling of all those around her.
It takes a split second to make a decision that can alter the course of your life.
And a lifetime to undo the consequences.
Bestselling author Fiona Neill is back with The Good Girl - a dark, compelling and controversial novel of one family's darkest secrets.


Praise for Fiona Neill:
'The Good Girl raises all kinds of contemporary issues with wit and sensitivity' Times
'Neill writes with verve, honesty and breathtaking insight. Utterly unputdownable' Helen Walsh, author of The Lemon Grove
'Neill's characters are so cleverly depicted, you feel as if you've met at least one of them before' Vogue
'Packed with observations of wince-making accuracy' The Times
'Sometimes touching, sometimes shocking... this cautionary coming-of-age tale is a thought-provoking one'Daily Mail

'The Good Girl is vivid and insightful, and Neill has a trained eye for the pressures and poignancies of modern family life' Guardian
'Clever, grown-up and totally gripping' Lisa Jewell
'A topical, tense and addictive read' Good Housekeeping
'Neill takes a light scalpel to online disaster in this exceptional dual-narrative' Grazia

' Two families become embroiled in each other's lives and long buried secrets are unravelled. Contemporary issues are tackled here with both humour and realism, making for an engrossing read' My Weekly
'Cracking' Prima
'The Slummy Mummy columnist is back - this time, somewhat incongruously, with a psychological thriller. The Good Girl looks set to be the next Gone Girl, with its dark compelling exploration of family secrets. It tells the story of the relationship of two teenagers and their families when a chain of events leads to a scandal that affects them all. A confronting look at the way that one moment of malice on social media can spiral out of control.' Seven Books to Read, House Seven

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Through Space and Time by Samie Sands

Prologue

I remember it like it was yesterday, even though I was only eight years old at the time. The announcement broke out over the radio waves letting us all know the nuclear war had started, it was the end of the world as we knew it. I held my father's hand and we sobbed together hopelessly. I old enough to understand we were all going to die, but young enough to believe that at least we were going to see my mother once more. She'd passed away due to pancreatic cancer three years before. I couldn't wait to see her face again; I just didn't want to have to end my life so young for that to happen.

Very soon, the bombs got closer to us and the planet was slowly destroyed, piece by piece as the wealthy men killed as all because of their dumb pride. I tried to prepare myself, but there was no way get ready for that. I hid under the table with my dad, where we just waited.

Waited for the gruesome death to come.

There was an ear piercing boom and everything turned blinding white. Instead of feeling my body shut down like I was expecting to, I felt a deep pull. One so powerful I couldn't resist it, even if I tried. I was sucked, pulled, torn away from my home, my life, everything I knew...

Including my father.

The next time I woke up I was somewhere new. I knew I wasn't on Earth anymore because I found myself surrounded by the sorts of creatures I'd only read about in books. I assumed I was dead and this was some sort of afterlife, but then I looked across and saw the creatures eating another child, one that they'd killed, and they were coming for me next. My survivalist instinct kicked in and I ran.

I didn't stop running, adrenaline pushing me forward, until I staggered, stumbled and fell down a hole. That familiar sucking feeling consumed me again and after a few seconds I found myself on yet another planet.

It took me a long time to work out what was going on, to unravel this bizarre mystery. The nuclear war tore open a hole in reality, in time and space. Now we're able to travel through other dimensions, to other planets, with ease. The only problem is a lot of the worlds are hostile and they hate humans. I've seen the odd few mostly confused humans like myself, but they all seem to end up dead.

It's like I'm the only one cursed to keep on living.

I'm used to it now though, I don't get attached anymore. All I want to do is find my father, I believe we got separated as the blast went off, so he could be anywhere. One of the last humans I ran into told me that a few of us have gone back home, and they've found a surprisingly habitable planet. If that were true, it would be amazing. We could restart and revamp the human race. I don't know if it is though, it can't be. The fallout after a nuclear war can last for generations.

Plus, we can't control where we go anyway, so returning isn't a simple process. We just have to find the 'exit hole' at each place and it moves us onto the next. I'm sure some people have found permanent homes along the way, there must be some good places out there, but I can't settle until I've found him.

I will keep looking until I know the truth about what happened to the one remaining person I have in my family...

One

"Oh, hell!"

The explosion from the Taser-like gun irritated Raegan, she knew she couldn't fight it however hard she tried, which wound her up. There wasn't much that made her lose her cool these days, but the idea that she couldn't defeat someone, or something as was often the case, wound her up.

She hadn't survived the last ten years just to be taken down now.

"You alien scum!"

She dived behind a boulder, panting ragged breaths while she tried her hardest to plan her next move. The exit hole on this planet wasn't a simple one to find, made worse by the raging war going on around her. She didn't know much about it, but her months here had taught her that no one liked anyone else, each creature despised the next equally, and their main priority was death.

What a way to live!

"Why did you have to die, Toma?" She shook her head sadly. "I could handle this better with you by my side."

Raegan never got attached, that was her one rule. Emotional involvement always led the heartache because no one survived. Everyone she traveled with always ended up dead somehow, as if she was cursed or something.

But she assumed Toma was different, strong like her. Until he was blown to smithereens right in front of her face, just for standing in the wrong place at the wrong time. Every time her eyes slid closed she could see him flying around her all in bits, making her sick.

Another one bites the dust.

Traveling with people wad okay, it helped to ward of the loneliness for a while, as long as she always kept them at arm's length.

Raegan's red, curly hair tumbled across her pale white face. Her green eyes sparkled with anger while she waited until that creature either did or didn't fight her. If it came down to it, she was going to have to fight hand-to-hand combat. Her petite figure left her often underestimated, but there was a reason she had survived this far alone.

She knew what she was doing.

"I need to get out her already," she muttered to her bunched-up fists. "I won't die here, no way."

If only she could carry the weapons between worlds to protect herself in the next place, that would make things so much easier. But, of course, each place worked in a different way on its own unique frequency, making it impossible. Just another annoyance in Raegan's life.

"H...help."

Her heart stopped dead in her chest, was that...?

"P...please, help me!"

Yep, that was for sure a voice. Now Raegan just needed to work out who it belonged to. The person sounded human, but she'd been tricked by that before.

The growling of the beast intensified, drowning everything else out, forcing Raegan to move from her hiding space to see who it was.

Chaos surrounded her, lasers fired everywhere, but Raegan kept low, underneath it all, just looking for the body attached to the voice. She didn't care to admit it, but she desperately hoped it was another person. It had been far too long since she'd had a friend.

How long ago was Toma? Too long now...

"P...please, I'm scared."

A greenish shadow loomed, peering down at something beneath her. Instinct rushed through Raegan telling her this was the voice, the fellow human.

That was something she couldn't ignore.

"Hey!" She waved her hands above her head. "Hey, you!"

The beast turned, giving Raegan only a glimpse of a shuddering ball of fear beneath his feet.

"Hey, come here. Come and get me instead."

Stupidly, the creature did as she commanded, lumbering clumsily towards her. This wasn't one of the more intelligent monsters on the planet which would make him easier to take down.

"Run!" she called to the person behind. "Now's your chance, get away."

Raegan put her head down and ran. She used all the power in her body to charge at the creature, then once she was near enough she lifted her black Bovver boot high into the air, kicking the creature hard. It wasn't enough to knock it more than a few steps backwards, but she stunned him enough to take off herself.

Raegan ran in the direction of the other human, needing a friend again.

"Oi!" she cried out once he was in sight. "Wait. It's okay, it's safe now."

He staggered forwards a couple more steps before collapsing into a heap on the ground. Raegan soon caught up to him, and once she did she took a second to drink every inch of him in.

Much as she didn't get emotionally attached, she liked to remember each and every human she came across, just in case there wasn't anyone else to recall the human race.

He had olive-colored skin and wide brown eyes. Deep brunette hair too. She imagined him to be roughly the same age as herself, only where she wore bravery he was consumed by fear.

"Are you okay?"

"Th...thank you for saving me." He completely avoided her question. "Sorry about that."

"S'okay. It is what it is."

Raegan grabbed onto her knees and panted as her lungs attempted to refill.

"I'm Miguel, by the way."

"Well, Miguel." She stuck out her hand for him to shake. "I'm glad you're still alive, and if you know where the exit hole is on this hell hole then I'll be even more pleased! Oh, and my name is Raegan."

His eyes widened in shock. "Raegan? That's an unusual name."

"That's why my father gave it to me! It's an old one that apparently died out years ago, but he likes to drag up the past like that."

"I know." Miguel nodded slowly. "I've heard that story before."

"What are you talking about?"

If things were about to get crazy, then Raegan didn't have the time to entertain it. She still needed to escape, that was her top priority over everything else.

"I know...because you're Raegan Stevens, aren't you?"

"Huh?" Raegan narrowed her eyes at him, the suspicion that he wasn't a human after all slowly growing. "Yes, I am..."

"Oh, wow, this is so weird. I know your father!"

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While I Was Sleeping by Dani Atkins

'Dani Atkins is the undisputed queen of fiction that packs a huge emotional punch' heat
'Have your tissues at the ready for this tear jerker of a read’ Closer
'Brings heart-wrenching surprises' Woman & Home
‘I simply adored this heart-breaking, brilliant read’ Sun
A brand new and brilliant emotional family drama for fans of Jojo Moyes and Dorothy Koomson, from the bestselling author of Fractured.

What if someone else was living your happy ever after? 
When Maddie wakes up in a hospital bed, she can't remember anything about what happened to her or what has changed.
She just remembers she was about to be married and had everything to look forward to.
But it seems life has become a lot more complicated while she has been asleep ...

'This book is filled with the utmost compassion and it has stayed with me long after the final page … An absolute triumph of storytelling' Penny Parkes
‘A touching story about love, loss, survival and an unconventional friendship. Dani writes with heart and soul. Prepare to be moved’ Alice Peterson
‘A story of hope and love, this brilliant family drama shows that none of us knows what the future holds’ Prima
‘A warm and memorable novel, with a dilemma at its core, and will appeal to readers of Jodi Picoult and Nicholas Sparks. Atkins deserves more recognition for her commercial fiction. Thoroughly enjoyable’ Independent on Sunday
'Tear-jerker' Bella

Further praise for Dani Atkins' novels:
‘A heart-warming story of love and loss that will stay with you long after the last page’My Weekly
‘A beautiful romance with a twist’ Woman
‘If you like Jodi Picoult then you’ll love This Love’Lovereading
‘Such a beautiful book’Brewandbooksreview
‘A true celebration of life, family and relationships’culturefly
‘What a stunningly beautiful love story, I’m bereft that it’s over’RatherTooFondofBooks
‘Heartbreakingly beautiful. A must-read’blogsbybooksby
‘Flawless’ reabookreview
‘I wholeheartedly recommend this to anyone’rachelsrandomreads
‘Poignant and heartfelt’vivavoce
‘A heartbreaker of a book’ handwrittengirl
‘Heartbreakingly brilliant’ Daily Mail
'Truly magnificent storytelling’ Veronica Henry
'Fans of Me Before You will love this' Patricia Scanlan
‘For those of you who have ever wondered about you first love or thought about the one that got away, this story will speak to your heart. I read it in one sitting – and it’s heartbreakingly brilliant’ The Sun
 ‘This is easily one of the best books I have ever read, and I don’t say that often!’ thelunamayblog
‘A gripping and emotional family drama … With breath-taking plot twists, Dani explores themes of serendipity, friendship and love’ Fabulousbookfiend

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The Third Wife by Lisa Jewell

You think you have the perfect life.

You're successful. Attractive. Well liked.
And you've just got married for the third time.
But that’s OK because everyone’s happy. Your children are happy. You're happy. And so is your new wife.
But one tragic accident smashes your perfect life to pieces. Because everyone has secrets, and secrets have consequences.
Some of which can be devastating.
Another unforgettable novel from top 10 bestseller Lisa Jewell, author of Then She Was Gone and Watching You.

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Three Little Lies: The compulsive new thriller from the author of FRIEND REQUEST by Laura Marshall

Prepare for your latest obsession . . .
'Compulsive' Rachel Abbott
'Addictive' Caz Frear
'Brilliant' Fiona Cummins
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of FRIEND REQUEST comes an electrifying new thriller about friendship, betrayal and revenge.
*****
Sasha North has gone missing.
Everyone says she's run away, but I know better. We've been best friends since we were teenagers, since Sasha swept into the neighbourhood and brought colour to my life. Until a brutal attack changed both our lives forever.
I know what happened that night. I know who wants revenge.
And if Sasha has been taken, does that mean I'm next?
*****
What people are saying about THREE LITTLE LIES:
'A name to watch in the world of twisty, gripping thrillers . . . It rings as true as tomorrow's headlines' Daily Mail
'Superb' Sun
'An addictive, expertly-plotted thriller with a great twist - if you liked FRIEND REQUEST, you'll love this' T. M. Logan, bestselling author of LIES
'THREE LITTLE LIES is here and it's even better than FRIEND REQUEST. Tense and full of surprises - I have a good feeling Laura Marshall is here to stay!' Emily Elgar, bestselling author of IF YOU KNEW HER
'If you loved FRIEND REQUEST, you'll devour THREE LITTLE LIES. You won't know who to believe and you won't be able to put it down until you get to the (shocking) truth. Great stuff!' CJ Tudor, bestselling author of THE CHALK MAN
'A compulsive psychological thriller with compelling characters and a twisty plot' Jenny Quintana, bestselling author of THE MISSING GIRL
'I raced through this, genuinely unable to put it down. Another brilliant, compelling novel' Karen Hamilton, bestselling author of THE PERFECT GIRLFRIEND
'A realistic coming-of-age tale that drew me in, Laura's masterful plot and ability to interweave past and present so skilful I was completely blind-sided by the brilliant final twist' Amanda Reynolds, bestselling author of LYING TO YOU
'Couldn't put THREE LITTLE LIES down . . . a taut, absorbing and hugely addictive thriller' Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of ALL THE MISSING GIRLS

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The Other Us: the RONA winning perfect second chance romance to curl up with by Fiona Harper

***WINNER OF THE 2018 SPECULATIVE ROMANTIC NOVEL AWARD***

‘This is a pure joy’ Heat

If you could turn back time, would you choose a different life?
Forty-something Maggie is facing some hard truths. Her only child has flown the nest for university and, without her daughter in the house, she’s realising that her life, and her marriage to Dan, is more than a little stale.
When she spots an announcement on Facebook about a uni reunion, she can’t help wondering what happened to Jude Hanson. The same night Dan proposed, Jude asked Maggie to run away with him, and she starts to wonder how different her life might have been if she’d broken Dan’s heart and taken Jude up on his offer.
Wondering turns into fantasising, and then one morning fantasising turns into reality. Maggie wakes up and discovers she’s back in 1992 and twenty-one again. Is she brave enough to choose the future she really wants, and if she is, will the grass be any greener on the other side of the fence?

Two men. Two very different possible futures. But is there only once chance at happiness?

Perfect for fans of One Day, The Versions of Us and Miss You

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The Plus Sign Anthology

Time seems to drag. Shaking fingers, racing hearts, difficulty swallowing. Some have done this for months, each time their hearts breaking just a bit more. Others never imagined themselves in this position, disbelieving how they let it happen. They take a deep breath, willing the seconds to move just a bit faster until finally, time’s up.

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The Greatest Love Story of All Time by Lucy Robinson

'The new Marian Keyes . . . romantic and laugh-out-loud hilarious' Cosmopolitan

It's Fran's thirtieth birthday and things are good . . .
She's bluffed her way into a Very Posh Job and her outlandishly handsome and talented boyfriend Michael is escorting her to the Ritz with a bulge the shape of a ring box in his pocket.
But something has gone wrong. Very wrong. By the end of the evening Fran is howling in bed with a bottle of cheap brandy and one of Michael's old socks.
In her quest to figure out why her life has suddenly gone down the pan, Fran comes up with a failsafe plan: live like a badger, stalk a stranger called Nellie and cancel her beloved Gin Thursdays in favour of drinking gin every night. But then Fran's friends force a very different plan on her and it's nowhere near as fun. How could eight dates possibly make her feel better?
But eventually she agrees. And so begins the greatest love story of all time . . .
'An absolute must-read' Huffington Post

'Prepare for public-transport belly laughs' Glamour

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The Man Who Didn't Call: The Love Story of the Year – with a Fantastic Twist by Rosie Walsh

The "OMG" romance of the year, The Man Who Didn't Call by Rosie Walsh is a heart-wrenching love story with a dark secret at its heart, for anyone who's waited for a phone call that didn't come.
'I absolutely loved this book' Liane Moriarty
Imagine you meet a man, spend seven glorious days together, and fall in love. And it’s mutual: you’ve never been so certain of anything.
So when he leaves for a long-booked holiday and promises to call from the airport, you have no cause to doubt him.
But he doesn’t call.
Your friends tell you to forget him, but you know they're wrong: something must have happened; there must be a reason for his silence.
What do you do when you finally discover you're right? That there is a reason – and that reason is the one thing you didn't share with each other?
The truth.

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This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

‘Painfully funny. The pain and the funniness somehow add up to something entirely good, entirely noble and entirely loveable.' - Stephen Fry
The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller and Humour Book of the Year
Winner of the Books Are My Bag Book of the Year
Winner of iBooks' Book of the Year
Welcome to the life of a junior doctor: 97-hour weeks, life and death decisions, a constant tsunami of bodily fluids, and the hospital parking meter earns more than you.
Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the NHS front line. Hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking, this diary is everything you wanted to know – and more than a few things you didn't – about life on and off the hospital ward.
As seen on ITV's Zoe Ball Book Club.
This edition includes extra diary entries and a new afterword by the author.

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What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman

In this stunning new novel, the acclaimed author of The Plum Tree merges the past and present into a haunting story about the nature of love and loyalty--and the lengths we will go to protect those who need us most.

Ten years ago, Izzy Stone's mother fatally shot her father while he slept. Devastated by her mother's apparent insanity, Izzy, now seventeen, refuses to visit her in prison. But her new foster parents, employees at the local museum, have enlisted Izzy's help in cataloging items at a long-shuttered state asylum. There, amid piles of abandoned belongings, Izzy discovers a stack of unopened letters, a decades-old journal, and a window into her own past.

Clara Cartwright, eighteen years old in 1929, is caught between her overbearing parents and her love for an Italian immigrant. Furious when she rejects an arranged marriage, Clara's father sends her to a genteel home for nervous invalids. But when his fortune is lost in the stock market crash, he can no longer afford her care--and Clara is committed to the public asylum.

Even as Izzy deals with the challenges of yet another new beginning, Clara's story keeps drawing her into the past. If Clara was never really mentally ill, could something else explain her own mother's violent act? Piecing together Clara's fate compels Izzy to re-examine her own choices--with shocking and unexpected results.

Illuminating and provocative, What She Left Behind is a masterful novel about the yearning to belong--and the mysteries that can belie even the most ordinary life.

Praise For Ellen Marie Wiseman's The Plum Tree

"Ellen Marie Wiseman's provocative and realistic images of a small German village are exquisite. The Plum Tree will find good company on the shelves of those who appreciated Skeletons at the Feast, by Chris Bohjalian, Sarah's Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay, and Night, by Elie Wiesel." --NY Journal of Books

"The meticulous hand-crafted detail and emotional intensity of The Plum Tree immersed me in Germany during its darkest hours and the ordeals its citizens had to face. A must-read for WWII Fiction aficionados--and any reader who loves a transporting story." --Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us

"Wiseman eschews the genre's usual military conflicts of daily life during wartime, lending an intimate and compelling poignancy to this intriguing debut." --Publishers Weekly

"Ellen Marie Wiseman weaves a story of intrigue, terror, and love from a perspective not often seen in Holocaust novels." --Jewish Book World

"A haunting and beautiful debut novel." --Anna Jean Mayhew, author of The Dry Grass of August#

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My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugon

The first book in the series that has garnered millions of readers across the globe, from New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni.
Tracy Crosswhite has spent twenty years questioning the facts surrounding her sister Sarah’s disappearance and the murder trial that followed. She doesn’t believe that Edmund House—a convicted rapist and the man condemned for Sarah’s murder—is the guilty party. Motivated by the opportunity to obtain real justice, Tracy became a homicide detective with the Seattle PD and dedicated her life to tracking down killers.
When Sarah’s remains are finally discovered near their hometown in the northern Cascade mountains of Washington State, Tracy is determined to get the answers she’s been seeking. As she searches for the real killer, she unearths dark, long-kept secrets that will forever change her relationship to her past—and open the door to deadly danger.

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Mustard Seed by Laila Ibrahim

The bestselling author of Yellow Crocus returns with a haunting and tender story of three women returning to the plantation they once called home.
Oberlin, Ohio, 1868. Lisbeth Johnson was born into privilege in the antebellum South. Jordan Freedman was born a slave to Mattie, Lisbeth’s beloved nurse. The women have an unlikely bond deeper than friendship. Three years after the Civil War, Lisbeth and Mattie are tending their homes and families while Jordan, an aspiring suffragette, teaches at an integrated school.
When Lisbeth discovers that her father is dying, she’s summoned back to the Virginia plantation where she grew up. There she must face the Confederate family she betrayed by marrying an abolitionist. Jordan and Mattie return to Fair Oaks, too, to save the family they left behind, who still toil in oppression. For Lisbeth, it’s a time for reconciliation. For Jordan and Mattie, it’s time for liberation.
As the Johnsons and Freedmans confront the injustice that binds them, as well as the bitterness and violence that seethes at its heart, the women must find the courage to free their families—and themselves—from the past.

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Finding Rebecca by Eoin Dempsey

Nothing could keep Christopher and Rebecca apart: not her abusive parents, or even the fiancé she brought home after running away to England. But when World War II finally strikes the island of Jersey, the Nazi invaders ship Rebecca to Europe as part of Hitler's Final Solution against the Jewish population.
After Christopher and his family are deported back to their native Germany, he volunteers for the Nazi SS, desperate to save the woman he loves. He is posted to Auschwitz and finds himself put in control of the money stolen from the victims of the gas chambers. As Christopher searches for Rebecca, he struggles to not only maintain his cover, but also the grip on his soul. Managing the river of tainted money flowing through the horrific world of Auschwitz may give him unexpected opportunities. But will it give him the strength to accept a brave new fate that could change his life--and others' lives--forever?

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A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Perfect for fans of Gail Honeyman's Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine; Ruth Hogan's The Keeper of Lost Things and Rachel Joyce's The Rosie Project, A Man Called Ove is one of the best-loved and most life-affirming novels of the decade.

The multi-million-copy phenomenon, Fredrik Backman's heartwarming debut is a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and community that will leave you with a spring in your step.
New York Times bestseller

'Warm, funny, and almost unbearably moving' Daily Mail

'Rescued all those men who constantly mean to read novels but never get round to it' SpectatorBooks of the Year
At first sight, Ove is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots - neighbours who can't reverse a trailer properly, joggers, shop assistants who talk in code, and the perpetrators of the vicious coup d'etat that ousted him as Chairman of the Residents' Association. He will persist in making his daily inspection rounds of the local streets.
But isn't it rare, these days, to find such old-fashioned clarity of belief and deed? Such unswerving conviction about what the world should be, and a lifelong dedication to making it just so?
In the end, you will see, there is something about Ove that is quite irresistible...

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