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James Holland s The Rise of Germany: 1939-1941, the first volume in his War in the West trilogy, painted a captivating portrait of the western theatre of World War II, calling on new research to reframe our understanding of this momentous conflict. As The Rise of Germany ended, t...he Nazi war machine appeared to be unstoppable. Germany had taken Poland and France with shocking speed. The Luftwaffe had dramatically bombed London. But Germany hadn t actually won either the Battle of Britain or the Battle of the Atlantic, and was not producing airplanes or submarines fast enough. And what looked like victory in Greece and Crete had expended crucial resources that would be vital in Operation Barbarossa, the upcoming invasion of the Soviet Union that could determine the fate of the Reich. In The Fall of the Axis, while Barbarossa unfolds on the eastern front, in the west, the Americans formally enter the war. In North Africa, the Allies storm to victory, setting the stage for the invasion of Sicily and Italy. Meanwhile, the bombing of Germany escalates, aiming to destroy the Nazi system and crush civilian morale. The Fall of the Axis is another captivating entry in this accomplished series.
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Rogue reporter Jack Parlabane investigates the case of a skilled surgeon and fierce blog activist who endured brutal persecution before her whirlwind romance and marriage to a man who she has been accused of killing.
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Originally published: London, England: Bantam Press, 2016.
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From acclaimed historian Tracy Borman, a penetrating new portrait of Henry VIII and the men who greatly impacted his life and historic reign
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From a remarkable new voice in fiction, Bethany Ball, comes a transporting debut; a hilarious multigenerational family saga set in Israel, New York, and Los Angeles that explores the secrets and gossip-filled lives of a kibbutz community near Jerusalem Meet Marc Solomon, an Israe...li ex-Navy commando now living in L.A., who is falsely accused of money laundering through his asset management firm. As the Solomons Santa Monica home is raided, Marc s American wife, Carolynconcealing her own dark pastmakes hopeless attempts to hold their family of five together. But news of the scandal makes its way from America to the rest of the Solomon clan on the kibbutz in the Jordan River Valley. There we encounter various members of the family and the communityfrom Marc s self-absorbed movie actress sister, Shira, and her forgotten son Joseph; to his rich and powerful construction magnate father, Yakov; to his former star-crossed love, Maya; and his brother-in-law Guy Gever, a local ranger turned artist. As the secrets and rumors of the kibbutz are revealed through various memories and tales, we witness the things that keep the Solomons together, and those that tear them apart. Reminiscent of Nathan Englander s For the Relief of Unbearable Urges and Jennifer Egan s A Visit from the Goon Squad, and told with razor-sharp humor and elegant acuity, What to Do About the Solomons is an exhilarating first book from a bright new star in fiction.
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Originally published: Great Britain: Little, Brown, 2012.
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In the thirteenth book in Mike Lawson's celebrated series, Joe DeMarco finds himself on the wrong side of an investigation--in the wake of a political assassination, he's been framed as the killer.
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A defining voice for his generation...Payne is extraordinarily gifted-- Boston Globe In 2000, while moving his household from Vermont to North Carolina, author David Payne watched from his rearview mirror as his younger brother, George A., driving behind him in a two-man convoy o...f rental trucks, lost control of his vehicle, fishtailed and flipped over in the road. David's life hit a downward spiral. From a cocktail hour indulgence, his drinking became a full-blown addiction. His career entered a standstill. His marriage disintegrated. He found himself haunted not only by George A.'s death, but also by his brother's manic depression, a condition that overlaid a dark family history of mental illness, alcoholism and suicide, an inherited past that now threatened David's and his children's futures. The only way out, he found, was to write about his brother. Barefoot to Avalon is Payne's earnest and unflinching account of George A. and their boyhood footrace that lasted long into their adulthood, defining their relationship and their lives. As universal as it is intimate, this is an exceptional memoir of brotherhood, of sibling rivalries and sibling love, and of the torments a family can hold silent and carry across generations. Barefoot to Avalon is a brave and beautifully wrought gift, a true story of survival in the face of adversity.
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The astonishing thirteenth Tom Thorne novel is a story of kidnapping, the tabloid press, and a frightening case of mistaken identity. Tom Thorne is on holiday with his girlfriend DS Helen Weeks, when two girls are abducted in Helen's home town. When a body is discovered and a man... is arrested, Helen recognizes the suspect's wife as an old school-friend and returns home for the first time in twenty-five years to lend her support. As his partner faces up to a past she has tried desperately to forget and a media storm engulfs the town, Thorne becomes convinced that, despite overwhelming evidence of his guilt, the police have got the wrong man. There is still an extremely clever and killer on the loose and a missing girl who Thorne believes might still be alive.
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From British journalist and bestselling author, Tom Bradby, a brilliantly plotted sequel to Double Agent which draws former MI6 agent Kate Henderson back into her quest to unmask a Russian agent in the British government Attempting to rebuild her shattered life on vacation in the... South of France, former MI6 operative Kate Henderson receives an unexpected and most unwelcome visit from an old adversary: the UK Prime Minister. He has an extraordinary story to tell-and he needs her help. A Russian agent has come forward with news that the PM has been the victim of the greatest misinformation play in the history of MI6. It's run out of a special KGB unit that exists for one purpose alone: to process the intelligence from 'Agent Dante, ' a mole right at the heart of MI6 in London. Against her better judgement, Kate is forced back into the fray in a top-secret, deeply flawed and dangerous investigation. But now she's damaged goods. Her one-time allies no longer trust her. And neither do her enemies.
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