An exhibition at a London museum is threatening to turn into a huge scandal after it emerges that one of the sculptures contains a rib taken from a human body. The sculpture is part of the estate of controversial artist Vanessa Chapman, and the disturbing discovery raises questions about her turbulent life and sudden death.
Read MoreAndy loves Jen. Jen loves Andy. Or rather, Jen loved Andy, and now she doesn't. And Andy can't figure out what happened. Now he's homeless, his stand-up career is stalled, and he doesn't understand when all his friends grew up and settled down and what he's been doing in that time. Andy can't get over his heartbreak and confusion.
Read MoreWhen a body is discovered in Maggie's parking lot, she knows it's a message from former enemies who haven't forgotten her. Maggie turns to her book club members - all CIA retirees - to help her uncover the truth about who's trying to kill her, and why.
Read MoreThis is not a science fiction book. Six astronauts, men and women from different countries, wake up to another new day on a space station, where they will orbit the Earth sixteen times, observe sunrises and sunsets every ninety minutes, pass through seasons, deserts, glaciers, and war zones. Each, with their own personality and expertise, functions like a different organ of one body.
Read MoreA group of trans women who make a living as prostitutes are making their usual nightly rounds in the park. Suddenly, from the other side, the voice of Aunt Encarna, the leader, is heard calling them to come. Among the bushes is a living, freezing baby. Against all logic, the aunt decides to adopt the baby and add him to the bosom of the colorful trans family gathered in her home. The book is based in part on episodes from the author's biography.
Read Moreסיפור בשלושה קולות על אהבה, על אובדן ועל קשרים לא צפויים שמרפאים אותנו. לורה נוֹלִין היא סופרת נוער אמריקנית. 'אם הוא רק היה איתי', ספר הביכורים שלה, כבש את הטיקטוק בסערה והיה לרב־מכר בינלאומי. 'אם רק הייתי מגלה לה' הוא ספר ההמשך.
Read Moreכשלידיה התחילה לעבוד כמנהלת מועדון לגיל הזהב, היא דמיינה את עצמה מוקפת בחבורה של קשישים חביבים, נלהבים ואסירי תודה, שיבלו את זמנם בשתיית תה ובמשחקי בינגו רגועים. אבל החבורה שמתכנסת סביבה ביום הראשון שונה מאוד ממה שלידיה ציפתה לו...
Read MoreA policewoman who lost her memory in the 1980s, and perhaps it's a good thing, a 19th-century French dandy, and a biblical shepherd, dressed in armor and wearing a turban. Yoav Avni's new novel moves delicately and sophisticatedly from the static high-tech office to the dizzying life of the city, and it has mystery and tension, imagination and reality, and unexpected love - long-standing and new.
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