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THE SILENCE FACTORY

Henry dreams of silence.

A world without the clattering of carriages through cobbled streets, the distant cries of drunken brawls, the relentless ticking of the clock.

Then he meets a fascinating, mysterious gentleman who sells just that. Precious silk that can drown out the clamour of the world – and everything Henry is so desperate to escape.

Summoned to Sir Edward’s secluded factory to try to cure his young daughter’s deaf...

A razor-sharp novel that skewers the life of the uber-rich in the vein of The White Lotus, with shades of The Talented Mr Ripley and The Graduate

Conor is a recent graduate from a law school no one has heard of. Without any job prospects and needing to support his chronically ill mother, he takes a summer job teaching tennis at the affluent gated community of Cutters Neck, Massachusetts. One of his first students is Catherine, a magnetic divorcée keen to hire him for more than advice on her ...

'I was totally gripped by this sharp, layered novel' Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain'A brilliant, riveting fox-trap - an epic mystery' Miranda Cowley Heller, author of The Paper Palace'A rare gem, an immersive and enthralling literary thriller' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train

The new book from the no. 1 New York Times and no. 2 Sunday Times bestselling author R.F. Kuang'A riot' PANDORA SYKES'Razor-sharp' TIME 'A wild ride' STYLIST'Darkly comic' GQ'Satirical and humorous' COSMOPOLITAN

A darkly funny literary thriller from the New York Times bestselling author

Theirs was a love that defied the gods...

MAMELE is a bold and beautiful literary novel about the shape of one woman's life after a brutal estrangement from her mother.Gemma Reeves writes with extraordinary deftness and care of the difficult love between mothers and daughters, loneliness and aching desire, cultural inheritance and separation.