Ajay Chowdhury, the inaugural winner of the Harvill Secker-Bloody Scotland prize, is a tech entrepreneur and theatre director. His children’s book – Ayesha and the Firefish, was published in 2016 and adapted into a musical which premiered in San Francisco. 
 
 
The Waiter (Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month), was published in 2021, and is the first in his critically-acclaimed crime series about Detective Kamil Rahman, an ex-policeman from Kolkata who has moved to Brick Lane in London. It is being adapted for television by Moonage Pictures.The Cook (Guardian Top Crime Books of the Year) was published in May 2022 to excellent reviews and deals with the issue of homelessness. The third book in the series – The Detective (Sunday Times Top Crime Books of the Year) – is about government surveillance and AI. The Spy (Longlisted Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing), the fourth book, sees Kamil infiltrate a terrorist cell. The Shadow (A Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month) is the latest book in the series.

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Debbie Macomber

A festive story from Debbie Macomber, international bestselling author of the Cedar Cove and Rose Harbor series. 
 
Julia is infuriated by her grumpy neighbour, Cain, who can’t even be pleasant when they bump into each other. 
 
So on the suggestion of her best friend, Cammie, Julia concocts a plan. She starts a blog in order to clinch her perfect job, and now she has a subject. Over the next twelve days, she is going to kill Cain with kindness – and Christmas cheer – and document it for all to read about. 
 
But as the experiment goes on, Julia realises she underestimated the effect it would have on Cain, and on their relationship, and things take an unexpected turn…

Twelve Days of Christmas

A Christmas Novel

The new romantic Christmas story from New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. 
 
Ashley Davison is desperate to spend the holidays with her mother in Seattle. Dash Sutherland has an interview for the job of a lifetime in Seattle and must arrive by 23 December. Both frantic to book a last-minute flight out of California, Ashley and Dash collide at the airport to learn that there are no flights and only one rental car available. After a rocky start, the two reluctantly agree to drive to Washington together. But their journey isn't without obstacles, and a misunderstanding with the law threatens to ruin their holiday plans altogether. 
 
Will Ashley make it home in time to surprise her mother? Will Kevin report to duty as expected? And most importantly, will they both have the opportunity to discover the greatest gift of all?

Dashing Through the Snow

Perfect Christmas women's fiction from international bestseller Debbie Macomber. 
 
'Tis the season for love and second chances ... 
 
Carrie Slayton, a big-city society-page columnist, longs to write more serious news stories. So her editor hands her a challenge first: Carrie must score the paper an interview with Finn Dalton, the notoriously reclusive author. 
 
Living in Alaskan wilderness, Finn has written a bestselling book about surviving in the wild. But he stubbornly declines to speak to anyone, and no one even knows exactly where he lives. With her career at stake, Carrie sacrifices her family celebrations and flies out to snowy Alaska. When she finally finds Finn, she discovers a man both more charismatic and more stubborn than she expected. And soon Carrie is torn between pursuing the story of a lifetime and following her heart.

Starry Night

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An uplifting festive novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber 
 
Laurel McCullough is in desperate need of help. 
 
Her beloved grandmother has just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and the baby she and her husband Zach have longed for now seems like an impossible dream. 
 
So when Mrs Miracle appears at the door, Laurel couldn’t be more relieved. She invites the nurse into her life and it’s not long before they become firm friends. 
 
When her grandmother’s condition begins to improve, and as Laurel and Zach continue their desperate quest for a child, Laurel soon realises that there is more to Mrs Miracle than meets the eye…

A Mrs Miracle Christmas

***PRE-ORDER NOW*** FROM THE NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES 
BESTSELLING AUTHOR DEBBIE MACOMBER 
 
A novel about first impressions and second chances. 
 
It’s Christmas, the season to be snowed under. 
 
 Merry Smith is overworked. Between family responsibilities, preparing for Christmas, and staying out of the crosshairs of her boss there’s room for little else. Her social life is the last thing on her mind, much less finding love. 
 
 Jayson Bright is feeling the pressure. Christmas is his most stressful time of year. Deadlines are looming, the holidays are coming, and employees are winding down. He’s the one left in the office pulling late and lonely nights. 
 
 Luckily for these two, their friends and family take matters into their own hands, and Merry and Bright are about to discover that love can be found where you least expect it . . . 
 
 
 Praise for Debbie Macomber 
 
‘An ideal holiday book’ 
Good Housekeeping 
 
‘If there's a star in the romance and women's fiction firmament, chances are high it’s Debbie Macomber’ 
Publishers Weekly 
 
'A thrilling yet tender tale' 
My Weekly

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