Alan Cumming
1) Rare objects
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[2023]
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English
Description
It tells the story of a young woman who seeks to rebuild her life when she takes work at an antique store. She regains her confidence from the kind souls who own the shop until those from her traumatic past begin to resurface.
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I doubt I'll read a better book this year' Val McDermid 'Compelling, immersive and brimming with life' Graeme Macrae Burnet THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR Auctioneer Rilke has been trying to stay out of trouble, keeping his life more or less respectable. Business has been slow at Bowery Auctions, so when an old friend, Jojo, gives Rilke a tip-off for a house clearance, life seems to be looking up. The next day Jojo washes up dead. Jojo liked Grindr...
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Unputdownable' Sunday Times 'I was hooked from page one' Guardian When Rilke, a dissolute auctioneer, comes upon a hidden collection of violent and highly disturbing photographs, he feels compelled to discover more about the deceased owner who coveted them. Soon he finds himself sucked into an underworld of crime, depravity and secret desire, fighting for his life.
4) Behemoth
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The latest in the New York Times bestselling breakout steampunk series from Scott Westerfeld. At the end of Leviathan, our heroes Alek and Deryn were aboard a mighty air ship heading toward Constantinople to deliver a secret package. But their secrets-Alek's family is responsible for starting World War I, and Deryn is a girl passing as a guy in the British Air Service-are in jeopardy when their mission goes awry. The only way to save themselves in...
5) Goliath
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The riveting conclusion to Scott Westerfeld's New York Times bestselling trilogy that's "sure to become a classic" (School Library Journal). Alek and Deryn are on the last leg of their round-the-world quest to end World War I, reclaim Alek's throne as Prince of Austria, and finally fall in love. The first two objectives are complicated by the fact that their ship, the Leviathan, continues to detour farther away from the heart of the war (and crown)....
7) Neverwas
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Searching for insight into his father's life and the magical place he wrote about in the beloved children's book, Neverwas, psychiatrist Zach Riley takes a job at the institution where his father lived on and off. Once there, Zach meets Gabriel, a patient whose alternate reality is startlingly close to the world his father created, setting Zach on a magical and moving journey of discovery.
8) Company Man
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Former Woody Allen collaborator Douglas McGrath co-wrote, co-directed, and stars in this historical screwball comedy that offers up its own creative suggestion as to what might have spurned 1961's Bay of Pigs invasion. McGrath plays Allen Quimp, a nebbish schoolteacher who — in an attempt to appease his browbeating wife Daisy (Sigourney Weaver) — boasts that he leads a double life as a CIA operative. Daisy immediately sets to work writing a tell-all...