'Brimming with hope, heart and intrigue' JESSICA RYN 'What a beautiful, compelling book! . . . I loved it' HEMA SUKUMAR 'A real hug of a book' HAZEL PRIOR You can choose your home, but you can't choose who lives next door . . . Twenty-five-year-old Kat Bennett has never felt at home anywhere, especially not in crumbling Shelley House. The other residents think she's prickly and unapproachable, but beneath her tough exterior, Kat is plagued by guilt from her past and looking for somewhere to belong. Seventy-seven-year-old Dorothy Darling has lived in Shelley House for longer than anyone else, and if you believe the other tenants, she's as cantankerous and vindictive as they come. Dorothy may spend her days spying on the neighbours, but she has a closely guarded secret herself - and a good reason for barely leaving her home. When their building faces demolition, sworn enemies Kat and Dorothy become unlikely allies in their quest to save their historic home; and even less likely detectives when they suspect that foul play is coming from within Shelley House . . . 'The inhabitants of Shelley House will stay with me for a long time' EMILY CRITCHLEY

Neighbours – we all have them and everyone has a story to tell about them. Have you ever had a disagreement with a neighbour? Have your neighbours woken you up shouting, slamming doors or revving a car at an anti-social hour? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions then this book is for you!

Neighbours are a lively topic of everyday conversation and interest. Neighbours Around the World takes a comparative look around the world at our relationships and interactions with the people living next door, analysing the ways in which these relationships are changing in the face of large-scale macro social and urban processes.

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Eccentric Neighbours is a contemporary novel set in Lausanne and Ireland. Kurt is a chemist, working alone and on the brink of a major discovery. His house is a mess, his research stagnated. When Marie, his elderly neighbour, befriends him, his life starts to improve. Yet as soon as he gets involved with Hester, Marie’s beautiful, green-eyed granddaughter, everything turns upside down; reality and fantasy intertwine, making him doubt his sanity. Fearless, Kurt perseveres and finishes his project, while chasing the eccentric neighbour who touched his heart.

THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER She's ready to move on. But will her family let her? 'One of my favourite authors' Marian Keyes An unforgettable marriage Five years ago, the bottom fell out of Eden's world when her firefighter husband died. Now, instead of the future she had planned with Andy, she has Lila - the daughter he never got the chance to meet. Instead of Andy, she has his family. An unexpected romance Then an old friend comes back into Eden's life: someone who doesn't see her as a widow or a mother; someone who reminds her of how she used to be. Suddenly she's having fun again. But Andy's mother has other plans for Eden, who soon faces an impossible decision. One that could tear a family apart . . . An impossible choice Compassionate, irresistible and honest, What Eden Did Next is a sometimes heart-breaking, ultimately joyful, novel of love, loss - and finding your own way to happiness. What readers are saying about What Eden Did Next 'Absolutely loved this book' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'A story that grips you . . . you can't wait to see what happens next' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Definitely a five star read' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'A truly wonderful book' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Praise for Sheila O'Flanagan 'Reading a Sheila O'Flanagan novel always feels like sitting down for a cup of tea with a friend - she writes with such warmth and empathy' Beth O'Leary 'A novel which celebrates strong women who can carve out their own happy endings' Linda Green 'Sheila writes with such verve and positivity and emotional intelligence - she knows just what it is to be a woman' Veronica Henry 'A refreshing, unapologetic, funny, absorbing page-turner which left me wanting to read another Sheila O'Flanagan novel straight away!' Emily Gunnis

Moving beyond conventional accounts of gated communities and housing segregation, this book interrogates the moral politics of urban place-making in China’s commodity housing enclaves. Drawing on fieldwork and survey conducted in Shanghai, Pow critically demonstrates how gated communities are bound up in the cultural reproduction of middle-class landscape that is entrenched in the politics of the good life – defined in terms of a highly segregated landscape secured and maintained through the territorialisation of privilege, lifestyle and private property. The study challenges the concept of gated communities as simply ‘spatial containers’ of social classes and argues that Shanghai’s gated enclaves may be more fruitfully analyzed as critical sites of and for the production and consumption of an exclusive lifestyle where nascent middle-class sensibilities and identities are being (re)presented, cultivated and lived. In the final analysis, the book addresses an overarching normative concern by examining how social-spatial differentiation and exclusion in Shanghai’s gated communities potentially disrupt, challenge and unsettle the modern ideals of urban life. By adopting a geographical moral perspective, this book illuminates the moral complexities and ambiguities of place-making in Shanghai’s increasingly polarized urban landscape. As the first book length academic study on gated communities in China, this book will appeal broadly to those with interests in Urban studies and urban social development in China.

Your Secrets. Her Lies. Cassie stares at the woman on her doorstep in disbelief. Just months after losing her only son, Josh, here stands a stranger claiming to be Josh’s girlfriend. But it’s not only the woman Cassie is shocked by, it’s the baby nestled in Kim’s arms. Cassie’s grandchild. I know what you did. As Cassie tries to do what’s best for baby Samuel, she starts to receive threatening messages from someone from her past – someone Cassie has been hiding from for a long time. Cassie is frightened that her biggest secret is about to be revealed and she will lose everything, including her precious grandson. You took everything from me. Now you need to pay. As the messages get more sinister, Cassie realises the person behind them knows every detail about her life and she fears that she is being watched. Could Kim be the link between Cassie and the mysterious messenger? And is she in danger now that she has welcomed this woman and her baby into her home? A truly gripping page-turner that will keep you reading well into the night, The New Girlfriend is perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train, My Lovely Wife and Gone Girl. What readers are saying about The New Girlfriend: ‘Sheryl Browne is a master of the jaw-dropping twist… My goodness this book is a page turner. I couldn’t put it down and read it in an afternoon. The twist has me gasping out loud.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘OMG, I don’t know what to say. A stellar book… Loved everything about it! … Unputdownable.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘A captivating tale… An incredibly well written page turner. A gripping tale of secrets, lies and manipulation that had me hooked from the first page.’ Nicki’s Life of Crime, 5 stars ‘I frantically turned the pages until I finished it. An excellent psychological thriller… Keeps the reader on the edge of their seat.’ NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars ‘I couldn’t wait to read this and now I’m sad it’s over! Another brilliant book by Sheryl. She has such a way with her writing where you are drawn in straight away and the only problem is how to put the book down! I read it in less than a day. It was excellent!!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘An excellent domestic thriller that kept me engaged throughout the entire journey. Highly recommend.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘Had me hook from the first chapter… I love thrillers, especially when I’m constantly trying to guess what the secret could be and just when I thought I had it, Sheryl Browne hit me with another that I definitely was not expecting and never would have guessed.’ Mrs J Tea, 4 stars ‘A gripping and tense story that keeps you guessing until the end.’ Goodreads reviewer, 4 stars ‘A well written, twisted psychological thriller with edge-of-your-seat conclusion!!’ Goodreads reviewer, 4 stars ‘Another edge of your seat, read in one sitting offering which I have come to expect from Sheryl Browne. I cannot wait to get my hands on whatever comes next.’ Goodreads reviewer, 4 stars

Growing up in the 1960s in a small rural community, Suzanne Covich is the kind of girl who won't cry, who plays dead, and whose vulnerability is disguised beneath Huck Finn bravado. Her father, on the other hand, is the kind of man who will burn down the house and crawl between his daughters' sheets. Raw and compelling, this is the extraordinary memoir of a violent childhood and the uplifting account of triumph over adversity.

In this captivating book Anthony Synnott explores a subject which has been woefully ignored: our bodies. He surveys the history for thinking about the body and the senses, then focuses on specific themes: gender, beauty, the face, hair, touch, smell and sight. He concludes with a review of classical and contemporary theories of the body and the senses. Thinking about the body will never be the same after reading this book.