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Miss Phryne Fisher returns to solve what may be her most puzzling murder! When Phryne Fisher is invited to Bendigo to witness the investiture of her old friend Lionel, who is being made a Bishop, her expectations of the solemn and dignified ceremony do not include a murder. Phryne is soon working with perspicacious local Constable Watson and eagle-eyed Inspector Mick Kelly to identify the perpetrator. It becomes quickly apparent the murder victim had been an overzealous deacon with a nose for trouble. Nobody seems very inclined to mourn his passing. Applying her quick wits and magnetic charm, Phryne and her expanding team of sleuths discover murky layers of church politics, social scandals and business scams and blackmail. Soon, various suspects begin to form a long list, all with excellent motives for killing the deacon. Could the murderer be his own wife? A visiting dignitary? The mysterious organist? The angelic Brookes? The unemployed teacher? And why is the Bishop's Court being burgled? Meanwhile the clock is ticking... Will Phryne be able to bring to light the proof she needs before the killer strikes again or disappears completely? Autorid: Kerry Greenwood

'Vivid and entertaining, and powered by such a wonderfully dry wit' THE TIMES 'A beautifully woven debut full of escalating secrets...hugely enjoyable' AJ PEARCE 'An intriguingly tricksy story' DAILY MAIL 'Intricate, compelling and intriguing . . . I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. A triumph' KATE KEMP, author of The Grapevine IN A HOUSE BUILT ON LIES, THE TRUTH WILL GET YOU KILLED. London, 1953. One foggy night, in the dead of February, a diffident young man arrives unannounced at 42 Tregunter Road in Chelsea. Self-styled Bohemian Mrs Honor Wilson, who runs a minor literary journal and lodgings from this timeworn Victorian house, introduces him to her 'dear house guests': Robbie, the writer; Mina, the aspiring socialite; George, the debutante; and Saul, the refugee poet. Jimmy Sullivan is a family friend, Honor says - yet clearly, something is very amiss. Despite everyone's suspicions, she lets the stranger move into the attic. As they each try to disprove Jimmy's dubious account of himself, secrets, jealousies, and disturbing schemes come to light, fracturing the household's delicate allegiances and setting in motion, unstoppably, a tale of perilous self-invention, complicated love, and murderous revenge. 'Twisty, fast-paced, brilliantly plotted and deliciously entertaining . . . an absolute must-read!' KRISTIN HARMEL, New York Times bestselling author 'A rich labyrinth of a story filled with deeply real, flawed, fabulous characters. Good luck putting it down' STEPHEN SPOTSWOOD, author of DEAD IN THE FRAME 'A wholly delightful novel brimming with unpredictable characters and delivering every ingredient of a classic whodunnit with wit and flair' SARAH CROUCH, author of Middletide 'An ingeniously plotted, diabolically clever story of human deception and connection' KAREN DUKESS, author of Welcome to Murder Week Autorid: Emma Garman, Olivia Dowd

piRiemannian Geometry/i is an expanded edition of a highly acclaimed and successful textbook (originally published in Portuguese) for first-year graduate students in mathematics and physics. The author's treatment goes very directly to the basic language of Riemannian geometry and immediately presents some of its most fundamental theorems. It is elementary, assuming only a modest background from readers, making it suitable for a wide variety of students and course structures. Its selection of topics has been deemed "superb" by teachers who have used the text. /ppA significant feature of the book is its powerful and revealing structure, beginning simply with the definition of a differentiable manifold and ending with one of the most important results in Riemannian geometry, a proof of the Sphere Theorem. The text abounds with basic definitions and theorems, examples, applications, and numerous exercises to test the student's understanding and extend knowledge and insight into the subject. Instructors and students alike will find the work to be a significant contribution to this highly applicable and stimulating subject./p

'I absolutely loved it . . . Funny, dark, absurd, pin-sharp, insightful, propulsive, unputdownable' NINA STIBBE'Utterly exhilarating - every page blazes with truth, hilarity, perception and love. Natural Disaster is destined to become a classic' JESSICA STANLEY, author of CONSIDER YOURSELF KISSED'Generous, funny, heartbreaking and clever - a parenting caper with profound emotional clarity. I loved it' LIZZY STEWART, author of ALISONOne perfect day. A million catastrophes.For weeks, she has been saying it will be their special day. One last, perfect day with her children before she returns to work after maternity leave. What's the worst that can happen? Unfolding across 24 hours, Natural Disaster is a propulsive, darkly funny and sharply observed novel about the absurd, frustrating, hilarious, precarious, bittersweet, sometimes astonishing challenge - literal, existential - of being a woman, a mother, a wife, a person for one single, entire day.Praise for Lisa Owens and Not Working:'A chronicler of modern life whose writing makes it look effortless' Irish Times'Insanely funny but also moving and true. Lisa Owens is one of those writers on whom nothing is lost' Nathan Filer'Pin-sharp, utterly addictive' Vogue'It's no mean feat to fashion a novel out of the stuff of everyday life. . . . Fortunately, Owens is quite a writer' New Statesman 'Intelligent, insightful, humourous fiction is a rarity, but Owens's writing feels entirely natural and authentic. She is a breath of fresh air on the literary scene' Sunday Express

'Francis is doing for teaching what This is Going to Hurt did for medicine. Brutal, honest and laugh-out-loud funny.' Jimmy Carr 'A great subject covered by a guy unafraid to tell it like it is' Geoff Norcott The class weren't laughing with me, they were laughing at me and there is no lonelier place for a comedian or teacher to be in. The lesson was over and everyone knew it. I looked down and realised that my flies were undone. This is the reality of teaching. Welcome to the reality of what it's really like to be a teacher - the pure, unvarnished truth of what it means to stand in front of a group of thirty kids and try and get them to do some work. It's not the inspirational vision you see in government ads; rather it's breaking up fights between warring East End grandmas, figuring out which student defecated in the sink, and dealing with prepubescent sociopaths intent on annihilating lessons week after week. In brutal, hilarious and gory detail, comedian Francis Foster lifts the lid on the indignities, humiliations, rare triumphs and devastating blows he experienced as a teacher in some of the most notorious schools around the country. But so much more than a teacher's memoir, (Un)educated shines a light on the problems in the UK education system in uncompromising fashion, exposing how the most vulnerable children in society are being failed. And if you're not listening? Well, turns out it's not only your own time you're wasting. Autorid: Francis Foster, Francis Foster

The first ever collection of short stories from the New York Times bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of The Friend'Once you discover Sigrid Nunez, you don't look back' ANNE ENRIGHT'Among the most interesting writers of our generation' INDEPENDENT'Nunez gracefully leaps from big emotions, including grief, to erudite literary digressions or biting wit' WALL STREET JOURNAL'One of my favourite authors' NATALIE PORTMANThe new book from the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award winner Sigrid Nunez: her first short story collection, taking in thirteen stories from a career spanning three decades. Moving from from an inappropriate teenage crush to a therapist's second chance at love, from the momentous to the mundane, Nunez maintains her irrepressible humour, bite, and insight, her expert balance between intimacy and universality, gravity and levity, all while entertainingly probing the philosophical questions we have come to expect from her writing, such as: How can we withstand the passage of time? Is memory the greatest fiction?'What's consistent across Nunez's books is their searching tone about the biggest of life's questions' WASHINGTON POST'Long live Sigrid Nunez' LAURA MARLING'I am committed, until one of us dies, to Nunez's novels. They are short, wise, provocative, funny' DWIGHT GARNER, NEW YORK TIMES

THE THIRD NOVEL IN MORBID PODCAST HOST ALAINA URQUHART'S #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIAL KILLER THRILLER SERIES! 'Dr. Wren Muller is a fiery female protagonist that Scarpetta would call friend' - Patricia Cornwell --------------- Dr. Wren Muller is back! But has the Bayou Butcher returned, too? Two months after the life-changing events on the tail of a serial killer known as the 'Bayou Butcher', forensic pathologist Dr. Wren Muller is back in the place she knows best: the New Orleans morgue. She buries herself in routine, reuniting with her closest ally, Detective John Leroux, and tries to convince herself that normality can be rebuilt. But in the weeks leading up to Halloween, shadows begin to shift again as young girls vanish in both cities where Jeremy Rose, the unmasked Bayou Butcher, once ran rampant. When bodies are discovered with all the hallmarks of Bayou Butcher killings, Wren and Leroux must mobilise. Hundreds of miles away in Massachusetts, Philip Trudeau stands behind a pulpit. He is the revered pastor of a close-knit congregation, but beneath his calm composure lies something sinister - he has history with Jeremy Rose, and a hunger that did not fade when the Bayou Butcher was jailed . . . Is Jeremy pulling the most gruesome of strings from behind bars? And will Wren ever be free of the Bayou Butcher's legacy . . . or will it be her downfall? ---------- Readers and reviewers love the Dr. Wren Muller series! 'I could not put this book down, finishing it the same day and having to sleep with the light on bc it is SO GOOD!!' - reader review, 'This captured me from the get go! Was morbidly fascinated . . . Can't wait to read the next one!' - reader review, 'Alaina, you have terrified me daily on your Morbid podcast and now in the pages of this glued-to-the-hand nightmare of a book. To coin a phrase used by you and the wonderful Ash, I am obsessed with this book and can NOT wait to see what happens next' - reader review, 'What a book! . . . I couldn't put this book down, the twists and turns are amazing. Loved it so much!' - reader review, 'I absolutely loved this book. I couldn't wait to keep reading it, and when it hit part 2 . . . I literally sat there with my mouth open!' - reader review, 'CAPTIVATING. The reader might want to shut their eyes, but the joust between the killer and the pathologist makes that impossible' DAILY MAIL 'Amazing twists. Unputdownable' Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife 'Alaina Urquhart has set a new benchmark for the serial killer novel' Margot Douaihy, USA Today bestselling author of Scorched Grace and Blessed Water 'Urquhart has crafted a thriller that is necessarily graphic but not exploitative. The crisp detail, the narrative brevity and the blade-sharp connections between the pathologist and the killer all bode well for future instalments' - Sarah Weinman, New York Times 'A read-in-one-sitting kind of book' - Sarah Gelman, CBS Mornings 'Alaina Urquhart treats fans of pulse-pounding novels to a thrill ride pitting a notorious serial killer in a battle of wits against the medical examiner determined to bring him down' - Books-A-Million Autorid: Alaina Urquhart