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JULY 2017 The Bedlam Stacks Natasha Pulley An astonishing historical novel set in the shadowy, magical forests of South America, which draws on the captivating world of the international bestseller The Watchmaker of Filigree Street Description An astonishing historical novel set in the shadowy, magical forests of South America, which draws on the captivating world of the international bestseller The Watchmaker of Filigree StreetIt would have been a lovely thing to believe in, if I could have believed in anything at all.In 1860, Merrick Tremayne is recuperating at his family's crumbling Cornish estate as he struggles to recover from an injury procured on expedition in China. Dispirited by his inability to walk any futher than his father's old greenhouse, he is slowly coming round to his brother's suggestion that - after a life lived dangerously - he might want to consider a new path, into the clergy.But when the East India Trading Company coerces Merrick in to agreeing to go on one final expedition to the holy town of Bedlam, a Peruvian settlement his family knows well, he finds himself thrown into another treacherous mission for Her Majesty, seeking valuable quinine from a rare Cinchona tree. In Bedlam, nothing is as it seems. The Cinchona is located deep within a sacred forest where golden pollen furls in the air and mysterious statues built from ancient rock appear to move. Guided by the mysterious priest Raphael, who disappears for days on end into this shadowy realm, Merrick discovers a legacy left by his father and grandfather before him which will prove more valuable than the British Empire could ever have imagined. About the Author Natasha Pulley studied English Literature at Oxford University. After stints working at Waterstones as a bookseller, then at Cambridge University Press as a publishing assistant in the astronomy and maths departments, she did the Creative Writing MA at UEA. She later studied in Tokyo, where she lived on a scholarship from the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, and she is now a visiting lecturer at City University. Her first novel, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, was an international bestseller, a Guardian Summer Read, an Amazon Best Book of the Month and was shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award. The Bedlam Stacks is her second novel. She lives in Ely.@natasha_pulley Price: $29.99 (NZ$31.99) ISBN: 9781408878453 Format: Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 352 pages Main Category: FA Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Bloomsbury JULY 2017 The Bedlam Stacks 8 Copy Pack Includes 8 copies of Bedlam Stacks plus a free display copy <br Description About the Author Price: $239.92 (NZ$255.92) ISBN: 9781408875049 Format: Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 0 pages Main Category: WZ Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Bloomsbury JULY 2017 The Windfall Diksha Basu From actress Diksha Basu comes a sparkling comedy of manners about social climbing, social rivalry and social anxiety in the New India, soon to be an eight-part Paramount TV series Description From actress Diksha Basu comes a sparkling comedy of manners about social climbing, social rivalry and social anxiety in the New India, soon to be an eight-part Paramount TV seriesAnil Kumar Jha has worked hard and is ready to live well. After thirty years living in a modest flat, he and his family are moving to Gurgaon, one of Delhi 's richest areas. But his wife, Bindu, is heartbroken to leave their neighbours, and doesn 't want to wear designer saris or understand interior decoration. Meanwhile their son, Rupak, is failing business school in America and secretly dating an American girl. Installed in their mansion, the Jhas are soon drawn into a feverish game of one-upmanship with their new neighbours, the Chopras, as each seeks to outdo the others with increasingly ostentatious displays of wealth. As an imitation Sistene Chapel is pitted against a crystal-encrusted sofa, Bindu wonders where it will all end - A sharply observed tale of social aspiration and social anxiety from a major new talent, The Windfall is a thoroughly modern comedy of manners about family, friendship and what it means to belong in a rapidly changing India. About the Author Diksha Basu is a writer and actor. Originally from New Delhi, she holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University and now divides her time between New York and Mumbai. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Buzzfeed and the BBC. @dikshabasu Price: $27.99 (NZ$29.99) ISBN: 9781408889039 Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: mm Extent: 304 pages Main Category: Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Bloomsbury JULY 2017 The Windfall 8 Copy Pack Description About the Author Price: $223.92 (NZ$239.92) ISBN: 9781408875056 Format: Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 0 pages Main Category: WZ Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Bloomsbury JULY 2017 You Belong to Me Colin Harrison 'No one delivers a sharper thriller than the superb Colin Harrison' Mail on SundayHer story, his trouble, begins in desire Description 'No one delivers a sharper thriller than the superb Colin Harrison' Mail on SundayHer story, his trouble, begins in desirePaul Reeves is a successful New York lawyer with a seemingly charmed life. He has an adoring girlfriend, a beautiful apartment on the Upper West Side and a voracious appetite for rare and beautiful maps.But when his seductive, all-American neighbour Jennifer Mehraz - wife of the suave but shadowy young businessman Ahmed Mehraz - desperately pleads for his help, Paul is catapulted into Manhattan's dangerous underworld. Behind its glamourous fa.ade, this city is a dark and troubling place where anything can be bought for a high enough price... As past and present collide, devastating secrets are unearthed, loyalties put to the test and Paul will be forced to consider what he is willing to sacrifice to possess what - and who - he most desires. About the Author Colin Harrison is the author of eight novels, including the bestsellers The Havana Room and Manhattan Nocturne, which was made into a film in 2016. He lives with his wife, novelist Kathryn Harrison, and their three children in Brooklyn, New York. Price: $21.99 (NZ$24.99) ISBN: 9781408886298 Format: Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 336 pages Main Category: FF Sub Category: FF Crime & Mystery Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Bloomsbury JULY 2017 Dark Water Parker Bilal A scientist specialising in chemical warfare is on the run in Istanbul in a gripping new investigation for 'one of crime fiction's most interesting and sympathetic detectives' (The Times) Description A scientist specialising in chemical warfare is on the run in Istanbul in a gripping new investigation for 'one of crime fiction's most interesting and sympathetic detectives' (The Times)When Marcus Winslow appears at Private Investigator Makana's door one April morning, Makana does not realize that soon he will risk losing everything he has built for himself in Cairo. A representative of the British government, Winslow has come with a mission, one impossible to turn down: Ayman Nizari, an Iraqi scientist specialising in biochemical nerve agents, a man whose work could kill thousands, is on the run and asking for asylum. But he insists that he trusts only one man to bring him to safety: Makana. But why is Ayman demanding that only Makana can help him? And what part does Winslow have to play in this? The scientist has gone to ground in Istanbul, and Makana quickly discovers that in this place nothing is as it appears, in a case that will see his past and present collide with fatal consequences. About the Author Parker Bilal is the pseudonym of Jamal Mahjoub, the critically acclaimed literary novelist. The Drowning Light is the sixth novel in the Makana Investigations series, the third of which, The Ghost Runner, was longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. Born in London, Mahjoub has lived at various times in the UK, Sudan, Cairo and Denmark. He currently lives in Amsterdam.jamalmahjoub.com Price: $27.99 (NZ$32.99) ISBN: 9781408864500 Format: Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 304 pages Main Category: FH Sub Category: FH Thriller / Suspense Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Barcelona, Spain Bloomsbury JULY 2017 The Songs Charles Elton From the bestselling author of Mr Toppit, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick, comes a riotous, darkly comic story of siblings searching for the truth about their musician father for fans of The Rosie Project, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Humans Description From the bestselling author of Mr Toppit, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick, comes a riotous, darkly comic story of siblings searching for the truth about their musician father for fans of The Rosie Project, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The HumansMy brother Huddie said that we must be in the very small percentile of people who had a mother who fell out of the same window twice. Even dogs don 't do that: they learn from experience. Iz Herzl, renowned political activist and protest singer, has always said that you should concentrate on the future, not the past. Now aged eighty, a reclusive figure holed up in Muswell Hill, Iz 's refusal to reflect on his life leaves his teenage children, maths wunderkind Rose and her dying brother Huddie, adrift in myth and uncertainty. Iz doesn't talk about his other child, Joseph, a West End songwriter whom Rose and Huddie have never met. Joseph 's single, disastrous encounter with his father many years earlier set him on a violent path to self-destruction. Now he tries to impose order on his chaotic world with rhyme, transforming traumatic events into song.