#Erin Lupton

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"As a mother of an autistic child, I can relate to parents who have children with disabilities every day in the pharmacy. I believe this helps me develop deeper and more understanding relationships with families. By employing people who relate to our patients, I believe we can build trusting relationships with those we treat."

Erin Lupton, Pharmacy Educator, Ambulatory Pharmacy

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Design on the Front Lines Discussion Series

Imagine a space where doctors and designers alike can come together and solve some of the toughest challenges in healthcare in one of the most evocative spaces in Philadelphia. The Jefferson Health Design Lab exists to bring people from different backgrounds together and promote inclusive design in healthcare. From patients to providers, everyone has the potential to accelerate change and improve lives. Fueled by traditional and modern prototyping technology and a foundation of Health Design Thinking, the Health Design Lab is more than just a maker space, but a space that will change the way we all think about the future of healthcare.

HEALTH DESIGN THINKING: CREATING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR BETTER HEALTH

By Bon Ku, MD, and Ellen Lupton

As health care systems around the globe struggle to expand access, improve outcomes, and control costs, Health Design Thinking offers a new approach for designing dynamic, responsive health care products and services. Health Design Thinking is authored by Bon Ku, physician and founder of the innovative Health Design Lab at Thomas Jefferson University, and Ellen Lupton, award-winning designer, author, and curator at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, with contributions from experts in design and medicine. This practice-based guide applies design thinking to real-world health care challenges. Design thinking uses play and experiment rather than rigid rules. It draws on interviews, observations, diagrams, storytelling, physical models, and role playing; design teams focus not on technology but on problems faced by patients and clinicians. Illustrated with 230 drawings, photographs, storyboards, data graphics, architectural plans, and other visualizations, Health Design Thinking provides a hands-on manual for reframing medical education, treatment, and industry to align with everyday challenges in communities around the world.

Episode 1 | May 8, 2020

Rich Levitan, Airway Cam

Episode 2 | May 15, 2020

JT Tan | The PreVent Project

Alfred Atanda Jr, MD | Telehealth and Orthopedics

Bon Ku, MD, and Ellen Lupton | Health Design Thinking

Episode 3 | May 22, 2020

Sabrina Paseman | FixTheMask

Nick Dawson | Emergency Design Collective

Erin Peavey, HKS Architects | Healthy Environments

Episode 4 | May 29, 2020

Trish Henwood, MD, and Efrat Kean, MD | Jefferson University Emergency Department COVID Taskforce

Eden Lew, Designer | The Last Mile

Mike Natter, MD | Documenting COVID-19 Through Art

Episode 5 | June 5, 2020

Marion Leary, RN, MSN, MPH, FAHA | NurseHack4Health

Ashley Howell, BSN, RN | Nursing and Black Lives Matter

Bryan C. Lee, Colloqate Design | Design and Anti-Racism

Episode 6 | June 12, 2020

Aditi Joshi, MD | Telehealth and Emergency Medicine

Sheila Sanhi, MD, FACC | Telehealth and Cardiology

George Aye, Designer | Designing for the Greater Good

Episode 7 | June 19, 2020

Norma Padron | Health Economics

Emily Silverman, MD | The Nocturnists Podcast

Juhan Sonin, Designer, GoInvo | Communication Design

Episode 8 | June 26, 2020

Dennis Boyle, Designer, IDEO | COVID-19 and Design Innovation

Sheila Ruder, Architect, HKS Architects | Redesigning the Emergency Room

Emma Greer, Architect, Carlo Ratti Associates | CURA Emergency Respiratory Unit

James Pickney II, MD | Family Medicine

Episode 9 | July 10, 2020

Sunny Williams, Founder, TinyDocs | Communicating to Kids

Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH | No Sanctuary: Racism and COVID-19

Michael Murphy, Architect, MASS Design Group | Architecture After COVID-19

  Episode 10 | July 17, 2020

Stesha Doku, MD | Designing Digital Products

Rachel Smith, Designer | Design to Combat COVID-19

Nzinga Harrison, MD | Mental Health and Telehealth

Episode 11 | July 24, 2020

Michelle Flood, PhD, MPSI | Health Design Research in Primary Care During COVID-19

Kimberly Dowdell, AIA, NOMA, MPA | Equitable Health and Equitable Cities

Andrew W. Ibrahim, MD, MSc | Racism, Health Disparities, and COVID-19

Robert Fabricant and Pragya Mishra, Dalberg Design | Designing Public Health Emergency Operations Centers in West Africa

Episode 12 | July 31, 2020

Miya Osaki, Designer, Diagram and SVA | Co-Design with Care

Ijeoma Azodo, MD, Surgeon | Health Service Design for COVID-19

Natasha Margot Blum, Designer, Blum Line and Emergency Design Collective | Death, Dying and COVID-19

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WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. It’s open for anyone to join in and is a great way to share what you’ve been reading! All you have to do is answer three questions and share a link to your blog in the comments section of Sam’s blog.

The three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next?

A similar meme is run by Lipsyy Lost and Found where bloggers share This Week in Books #TWiB.

  What I’m reading now: 

Love, Secret Santa by S. Domingo

I started reading this last night and it’s such a lovely YA Christmas read, I’m very much enjoying this one.

When Stars Will Shine by Emma Mitchell

I’m thoroughly enjoying dipping in and out of this short story collection, it’s such a good read. As this is a book that is raising money for charity I took part in a cover reveal for it a few weeks ago and since then there’s been an issue with pre-orders but that is now all up and running. So if you’d like to know more about the book and to pre-order it please click here.

Pushing Her Luck by B. R. Maycock

I’ve only just started this one but I’m already hooked and I can’t wait to read more of it  over the next couple of days!

A Wedding in December by Sarah Morgan

This is my current audio book which I got from the library. It’s an enjoyable listen so far and I’m looking forward to getting back to it.

I’ll Have What She’s Having by Erin Carlson

I bought this at the weekend and am really enjoying it. It’s a non-fiction book about Nora Ephron’s three rom-coms and it’s such a fun read. I now want to watch When Harry Met Sally for the umpteenth time! 🙂

Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton

I haven’t read much more of this book since last week I as I got caught up with Christmas reading but I will be getting back to this one very soon.

  What I recently finished reading:

Body Tourists by Jane Rogers

This was such a good read, something completely different for me but I’m so glad I picked it up. I’ll be reviewing this once I’ve got my thoughts in order.

The Secret Santa by Trish Harnetiaux

This was a fun read about a group gathering and secrets being uncovered. It was a quick, enjoyable book.

Home Truths by Tina Seskis

I really enjoyed this thriller, I read it all in one sitting as I was desperate to know what was going on. I reviewed this yesterday so you can read my full thoughts here if you’d like to know more.

Bowie’s Bookshelf by John O’Connell

I really enjoyed dipping in and out of this book during Non-Fiction November. I wrote a mini review of this on Monday as part of my wrap-up post so you can read that here if you’d like to.

All the Water in the World by Karen Raney

This book was different than I was expecting but it was a good read and I’m glad I read it. I hope to get a review up of this one very soon.

Dopesick by Beth Macy

This book was such an interesting and moving read and I’m so glad I read it. I knew a reasonable amount about the opioid crisis but this book was still eye-opening to me. I wrote a mini review on Monday which you can find here.

Snowglobe by Amy Wilson

This is a lovely, moving middle grade read and I really enjoyed it.

Christmas Under the Stars by Karen Swan

I’m sorry to say that I found this such a disappointing read. I downloaded the audio from the library and was looking forward to a festive read but it has nothing to do with Christmas at all. There is a blink and you miss it mention of Christmas and that’s it. It was an okay read but not what it was billed to be.

  What I plan on reading next:

Finding Christmas by Karen Schaler

This was on my TBR for last week and I didn’t quite get to it so it’s definitely a priority for the coming week, I’m looking forward to this one.

Last Christmas by Emma Thompson & Greg Wise

I’m also really keen to get to this as I love having a Christmas book that I can dip in and out of in December.

The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale

I’ve had the ebook of this on my TBR ever since it was first published so when I spotted the audio book on my library app this week I immediately downloaded it. This will definitely be my next audio book and I can’t wait!

One Christmas Star by Mandy Baggot

I got this book on Kindle when it was free recently so I think I’m going to buy the audio book so I can part-read and part-listen to this one. I love Mandy’s Christmas books so I have high hopes for this one. I’ve previously read and reviewed One Wish in Manhattan by Mandy Baggot and I adored it!

  What have you been reading this week? I’d love to hear. And if you take part in WWW Wednesdays or This Week in Books please feel free to leave your link below and I’ll make sure to visit and comment on your post. 🙂

WWW Wednesdays (4 Dec 2019)! What are you reading this week? WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. It’s open for anyone to join in and is a great way to share what you’ve been reading!

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Foodporn

Just like anything else, what you eat is who you are then it is only nature that “displaying food choices to others is an expression of cultural capital but also of one’s aspirations.” (McDonnell, pg. 241) If you watch any popular lifestyle YouTubers’ What I Eat in a Day kind of videos, it is not hard to notice that most of them show a very healthy lifestyle. Most of them stick to a very clean and organic diet. Among those YouTubers, many of them are vegetarians or vegans. As a matter of fact, they sometimes even get attacked for having something that’s not a raw green vegetable. Like any other cultural creations, there is a trend and there is a hierarchy when it comes to food. Healthy organic diet is on the top of the pyramid and junk food such as McDonald’s or Popo tarts are on the bottom. Although a healthy diet is certainly beneficial, it is also important to take the cost factor into consideration when examining food. For starters, not everyone has the time and money to go to do grocery shopping at Wholefoods all the time. It is safe to say that only the affluent class gets to afford to maintain such lifestyles. Based on McDonnell’s idea of sharing food photograph being a way to “display their cultural capital to others.” (McDonnell, pg.242), foodporn essentially is another way of socioeconomic status displaying by selective self-presentation.

That being said, it is also hard to ignore the huge impact foodporn and the technology that makes it possible in the first place have on culture in return. Although food is a cultural creation, it is different from other forms because its taste matters. Foodporn, on the other hand, is only able to focus on the visual part of the food and has to leave out the taste inevitably. As a result, restaurants now can have the worst tasting food possible but as long as they are ascetically pleasing or “instagramable”, it’s going to attract customers. For example, the rainbow grilled cheese, which is basically a grilled cheese with food coloring except it costs $6. Because people spend a lot of time online and clearly visual presentation is what matters the most when you see something online, a new category of food is created.

 Deborah Lupton, “Cooking, Eating, Uploading: Digital Food Cultures” in The Bloomsbury Handbook of Food and Popular Culture (pp. 66-82). 

Erin Metz McDonnell, “Food Porn: The Conspicuous Consumption of Food in the Age of Digital Reproduction” in Food, Media and Contemporary Culture: The Edible Image (pp. 239-265). 

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Food Porn

From January to May of this year, I studied abroad in Rome, Italy. As you might imagine, I was immediately immersed in a culture that placed tremendous value in the preparation and presentation of quality food. Afraid that I would forget about these dining experiences, I downloaded the app, Foodie. Foodie adjusts the filter to make the color of the food standout and directs the user to take photos from a variety of optimal angles; the end result being a highly aesthetic food picture. After reading Erin Metz McDonnell’s chapter, “Food Porn: The Conspicuous Consumption of Food in the Age of Digital Reproduction,” I noticed that a lot of the shots that I took met the criteria for which McDonnell describes the pornographic gaze and distinguishes food porn apart from regular shots of food and dining. Referencing the photos below, I use zoom and framing to establish a sense of intimacy. The zoom allows us to see the detail of the pasta and the intermingling of the noodles. The shot of the gnocchi from above and the spaghetti from a front view are a stark difference from what McDonnell describes as “the conventional, staid position of a diner” (259). The orientation of the gnocchi, with the delicate truffles on top, is a performance of exoticism and delicacy. Having it in the fore of the frame and contrasting it with the light color of the rest of the photo’s composition draws the eyes to the truffle. In the baguette, cheese and orange picture, the orange mimics McDonnell’s metaphor of the tangerine. Just like the tangerine, the orange serves as an allusion to female body parts. 

[source: Sarah Ching, gnocchi topped with white truffle]

[source: Sarah Ching, French baguette, fromage and blood orange ]

[source: Sarah Ching, spaghetti with boar ragu]

Indeed, my food tracking behavior complies with those that Deborah Lupton outlines in her article, “Cooking, Eating, Uploading: Digital Food Cultures.” In the article, Lupton describes that food porn “are manipulated to incite feelings of desire or envy, and the emphasis on appearance over quality” (71). While the quality of the food surpassed my expectations, the main point still holds true: I would take these pictures to inspire feelings of envy among my friends and family who couldn’t share these experiences with me. In sharing these photos to my social media and blog, I felt a form of power and privilege to be able to treat myself to these experiences that others could not. 

I also found myself agreeing with Lupton’s broader argument that engaging with food over digital media is accompanied by a variety of complications. As mining for data becomes increasingly pervasive, third-party sources will continuing using this data to make calculated judgements, which may have consequences far worse than paying premiums for insurance. I recently read, “The Greatest Number” by Theodore Porter and Adam Florin, where they talk about how collecting and analyzing data has changed over the past three centuries. At the end, Porter contends that the most dangerous part of the big data revolution is that data subjects become aware of the parameters by which their data is measured, and thus, act in adherence to these guidelines. For example, if we are aware of the data measurements that health insurance companies use to determine rates and premiums, we will be more likely to adjust our lifestyle in a way that ensures we will get the lowest rate. This is particularly dangerous as these parameters may not be universally healthy and people with certain health disorders will be at an inherent disadvantage. Those of us who own wearable technology already conform to the health standards set by certain companies and organizations. Apple Watch users, for example, will work out daily to “close their rings,” and work towards goals that achieve a perceivably healthier lifestyle. The watch face, pictured below, provides a baseline for what it means to live a healthier lifestyle which is may not be applicable to everyone. 

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Books and other top sellers on Amazon.

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Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine: Debut Bestseller and Costa First Novel Book Award winner 2017

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Sweet Little Lies: The Number One Bestseller

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WINNER OF THE RICHARD AND JUDY SEARCH FOR A BESTSELLER COMPETITION

'A blistering debut from a major new voice. I couldn't put it down. Authentic, compelling, unflinching and tender and written with real verve and assurance' ERIN KELLY 'Debut novels don't come better than this one, which begs the question - Caz Frear, where have you been?' RICHARD MADELEY 'Taut, gripping, surprising and original - a fabulous read' JUDY FINNIGAN

'Caz Frear's ability to write tight, tense dialogue with a dark comedic slant is brilliant. I read Sweet Little Lies in one sitting, it is a terrific debut' LYNDA LA PLANTE

'BRILLIANT! Unputdownable and great writing. Recommended' MARIAN KEYES

'An astonishingly confident and individual voice' ANN CLEEVES

WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW

In 1998, Maryanne Doyle disappeared and Dad knew something about it? Maryanne Doyle was never seen again.

WHAT I ACTUALLY KNOW

In 1998, Dad lied about knowing Maryanne Doyle. Alice Lapaine has been found strangled near Dad's pub. Dad was in the local area for both Maryanne Doyle's disappearance and Alice Lapaine's murder - FACT Connection?

Trust cuts both ways . . . what do you do when it's gone? FOR FANS OF ERIN KELLY AND BELINDA BAUER, GET READY FOR THE SUSPENSE NOVEL OF THE YEAR.

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'A killer premise. An original voice. An utterly compelling story that will keep you up all night' FIONA CUMMINS, author of Rattle

'Impossible to put down' ALEX GRAY

'The best debut I've read in a very long time' WILLIAM RYAN

'An incredibly strong and confident voice that has hit the page fully-formed' CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD, author of Distress Signals

'A perfect storm of a crime novel . . . one of the best novels in this genre' LIZ LOVES BOOKS

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Ragdoll: the thrilling Sunday Times bestseller everyone is talking about (Ragdoll 1)

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Trapeze (Oct. 2017) 1st Paperback 1st 13579108642

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This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor - The Sunday Times Bestseller

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The Keeper of Lost Things: The feel-good Richard & Judy Book Club 2017 word-of-mouth hit, now a Sunday Times bestseller

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The Whistler: The Number One Bestseller

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The Quality of Silence: The Richard and Judy and Sunday Times bestseller

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Sunday Times Top-Ten Bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club Choice.

I'll risk my life for you.

On 24 November Yasmin and her ten-year-old daughter Ruby set off on a journey across Northern Alaska. They're searching for Ruby's father, missing in the arctic wilderness.

More isolated with each frozen mile they cover, they travel deeper into an endless night. And Ruby, deaf since birth, must brave the darkness where sight cannot guide her.

She won't abandon her father. But winter has tightened its grip, and there is somebody out there who wants to stop them.

Somebody tracking them through the dark.

Praise for The Quality of Silence:

'There are many things to love about Lupton's third novel, not least its stunning evocation of the stark, beautiful Alaskan wilds. An elegant and icily unique thriller: you won't read anything like it this year' Observer

'Scary, suspenseful and so exquisitely, evocatively written. I found myself shivering as if I were there in Alaska with Ruby and her mother. Everything you want in a wonderful novel' Liane Moriarty, author of The Husband's Secret

'Ambitious and imaginative. Narrated in part by Ruby (her deafness is treated with great sensitivity), the landscape, wildlife and bitter climate of Alaska are powerfully drawn. Chilling in every sense, you won't want to step away from this story' Sunday Mirror

'A sophisticated thriller which brilliantly evokes the sublime and terrifying landscape of Alaska, the culture of the Inupiat people and the fragility of our planet' Sunday Telegraph

'Like a breath of icy air, this relentlessly tense thriller is also a child's-eye family drama like none other. Not since Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow have I shivered like this' Emma Donoghue, author of Room

'Will have you gripped form start to finish' Cosmopolitan

'A taut psychological thriller, The Quality of Silence will have your heart thumping. Masterful pacing, riveting plotting. Absolutely gripping' Louise Penny

'A literary slow burn, whose focus is as much on human endurance and a mother's relationship with her deaf daughter as the mystery of her husband's disappearance. This is Lupton at the height of her storytelling powers' Daily Mail

'A beautifully written thriller, and the way in which Lupton used the tundra as a metaphor for grief and faith in stunning. The voice of Ruby and her compassionate exploration of a life without sound only adds to the richness of the book' Press and Journal

'A wonderful writer . . . absolutely gripping' Jane Garvey, BBC Radio 2 Women's Hour

'The pressure is on to keep creating equally brilliant stores [and] Lupton has done that with The Quality of Silence' Red Magazine

'An elegant, chilling read from a writer who continues to stretch the bounds of suspense' William Landay, author of Defending Jacob

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The Essex Serpent: The number one bestseller and British Book Awards Book of the Year

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The Snow Child: The Richard and Judy Bestseller

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A bewitching tale of heartbreak and hope set in 1920s Alaska, Eowyn Ivey's THE SNOW CHILD was a top ten bestseller in hardback and paperback, and went on to be a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Alaska, the 1920s. Jack and Mabel have staked everything on a fresh start in a remote homestead, but the wilderness is a stark place, and Mabel is haunted by the baby she lost many years before. When a little girl appears mysteriously on their land, each is filled with wonder, but also foreboding: is she what she seems, and can they find room in their hearts for her?

Written with the clarity and vividness of the Russian fairy tale from which it takes its inspiration, The Snow Child is an instant classic.

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The Missing Wife: The Unputdownable Bestseller

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Magpie Murders: the Sunday Times bestseller crime thriller with a fiendish twist

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Daughter of Smoke and Bone: The Sunday Times Bestseller. Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy Book 1

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The world crossing, boundary breaking fantasy phenomenon for fans of Philip Pullman and Neil Gaiman. Welcome to ELSEWHERE. 'It's totally EXCELLENT, EPIC, PERFECT! No words. Certainly one of the best fantasy books I've ever read!' Goodreads Reviewer, five stars. 'WOW. I wish I had written this book.' Patrick Rothfuss In general, Karou has managed to keep her two lives in balance. On the one hand, she's a seventeen-year-old art student in Prague; on the other, errand-girl to a monstrous creature who is the closest thing she has to family. Raised half in our world, half in 'Elsewhere', she has never understood Brimstone's dark work - buying teeth from hunters and murderers - nor how she came into his keeping. She is a secret even to herself.

Now the doors to Elsewhere are closing, and Karou must choose between the safety of her human life and the dangers of a war-ravaged world that may hold the answers she has always sought.

'Remarkable and beautifully written . . . The opening volume of a truly original trilogy.' GUARDIAN

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Rather Be the Devil: The brand new Rebus No.1 bestseller

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Amy Snow: The Richard & Judy Bestseller

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The Bestseller: A psychological thriller that will keep you guessing

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Would you kill to write a bestseller? Well Adrian Slater says that he’s prepared to do just that – and announces the fact in a creative writing class.

Lecturer Dudley Grose is convinced that Slater is a psychopath and means what he says. But the Dean of the university doesn’t believe him and neither do the cops.

But when a student on the course vanishes and her bathroom is awash with blood, the police wonder if Slater has actually carried out his threat, and if the book he’s writing contains the evidence that will put him away.

The Bestseller is a book about murder, but it’s also an insight into the creative writing process and how ePublishing has changed the rules for ever, creating a world where murder as entertainment might actually pay.

The Bestseller is a fast-paced novella of 53,000 words, about 200 pages, with a shocking twist in the tail.

It's already had a great five-star review from an Amazon Top 100 reviewer!

By Midnight - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) This review is from: The Bestseller (Kindle Edition)

Wannabee author Adrian Slater attends creative writing classes and reveals to the class he intends to commit a murder so he can have a factual basis for his novel.

Stephen Leather has come up with another engrossing thriller that at around 53,000 words provides an absorbing journey to an unexpected destination. Readers may think they have worked out the ending before reaching the climax but as they read on, the story takes a final twist - but you'll have to read the story to find out what happens!

His offerings have ranged from the short very gentle Inspector Zhang locked room mysteries; the excellent Dan (Spider) Shepherd series; the Jack Nightingale occult detective series through to the hard biting novellas specifically written as ebooks 'The Basement' and 'Once Bitten'. Those who found that for them 'The Basement' was a tad on the gory side will find 'The Bestseller' does not come into the same category; nor are there any vampires - I simply found 'The Bestseller' an excellent fast-paced thriller and would heartily recommend it.

The formatting and flow of the text is excellent with noticeably absent typos - something which can be a problem with some ebooks.

Stephen Leather is one of the UK's most successful thriller writers. He was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shovelled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing full time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as London's Burning, The Knock and the BBC's Murder in Mind series. Two of his books, The Stretch and The Bombmaker, were made into movies.

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He Said/She Said: the gripping Sunday Times bestseller with a shocking twist

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Find out why readers are falling over themselves to praise HE SAID/SHE SAID

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE SIMON MAYO RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK

'I'm calling it: THIS is the book I wish I'd written' Clare Mackintosh, author of I See You

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Don't be left in the dark.

In the hushed aftermath of a total eclipse, Laura witnesses a brutal attack. She and her boyfriend Kit call the police, and in that moment, four lives change forever.

Fifteen years on, Laura and Kit live in fear. And while Laura knows she was right to speak out, she also knows that you can never see the whole picture: something is always hidden . . . something she never could have guessed. ***********

See what everyone is saying about this brilliant read: 'It's SO good . . . I was carrying it around the house I was so gripped' Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent

'A gripping, twisting, furiously clever read . . . I loved it' Ruth Ware, author of The Woman in Cabin 10

'It's magnificent. Stunningly twisty plot and weep-makingly brilliant writing' Marian Keyes, author of The Woman Who Stole My Life

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The Best Of Sellers

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Perfect Death: The new crime book you need to read from the bestseller of 2017 (A DI Callanach Thriller, Book 3)

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The Girl Before: The gripping global bestseller

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IF YOU ONLY READ ONE BOOK THIS YEAR, MAKE IT THE GIRL BEFORE...

'An outstanding debut that is more than a match for Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train' Sunday Times

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE SIMON MAYO RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH

'DAZZLING' - Lee Child 'ADDICTIVE' - Daily Express'DEVASTATING' - Daily Mail 'INGENIOUS' - The New York Times 'COMPULSIVE' - Glamour Magazine'ELEGANT' - Peter James'SEXY' - Mail on Sunday 'ENTHRALLING' - Woman and Home 'ORIGINAL' - The Times 'RIVETING' - Lisa Gardner 'CREEPY' - Heat 'SATISFYING' - Reader's Digest 'SUPERIOR' - The Bookseller 'This is going to be the buzziest book of 2017 . . . This year The Girl Before will be that book' InStyle

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Enter the world of One Folgate Street and discover perfection . . . but can you pay the price? Jane stumbles on the rental opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to live in a beautiful ultra-minimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect, on condition she abides by a long list of exacting rules. After moving in, she discovers that a previous tenant, Emma, met a mysterious death there - and starts to wonder if her own story will be a re-run of the girl before. As twist after twist catches the reader off guard, Emma's past and Jane's present become inexorably entwined in this tense, page-turning portrayal of psychological obsession.

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Following in the footsteps of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, The Girl Before is being brought to the big screen by Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard.

**Believe Me, the riveting new thriller from JP Delaney is available to preorder now. Coming August 2018.**

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The Betrayal: The Top Ten Bestseller

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'A real page-turner which puts you in France on the cusp of war from the very first page. Gripping. Tense. Mysterious. Kate Furnivall has a talent for creating places and characters who stay with you long after you’ve read the final word' JANE CORRY, bestselling author of Blood Sisters and My Husband's Wife

'Superb storytelling, brilliant narrative, engaging characters – a simply breath-taking exploration of two sisters on opposing sides who are both attempting to keep a lid on a past that won’t be silenced, while hiding the truth of the present. This intricate web of secrets and lies kept me guessing until the very end' DINAH JEFFERIES, bestselling author of The Tea Planter's Wife

Discover a brilliant story of love, danger, courage and betrayal, from the internationally bestselling author of The Liberation.

Could you kill someone? Someone you love?

Paris, 1938. Twin sisters are divided by fierce loyalties and by a terrible secret. The drums of war are beating and France is poised, ready to fall. One sister is an aviatrix, the other is a socialite and they both have something to prove and something to hide.

The Betrayal is an unforgettably powerful, epic story of love, loss and the long shadow of war, perfect for readers of Santa Montefiore and Victoria Hislop.

Further praise for Kate Furnivall: ‘Wonderful . . . hugely ambitious and atmospheric’ Kate Mosse ‘A thrilling plot … Fast-paced with a sinister edge��� Times ‘Gripping . . . poignant, beautifully written …will capture the reader to the last’ Sun ‘Truly captivating’ Elle ‘Perfect escapist reading’ Marie Claire ‘An achingly beautiful epic’ New Woman ‘A rollicking good read’ Daily Telegraph

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Valentine's Day Paper Straw Valentine Pink Dot Paper Drinking Straws, Best Seller Pink Girl Straws, Maiden Paper Straws For Dancing Parties And Wine Party, Pink Dots Paper Drinking Straws For Getting Marry, Girlhood Paper Straws

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Pink Dots Theme Paper Drinking Straws 19.7cm (100 Pack). Princess Party Straws, Girls Meeting Drinking Straws, Baby Show Paper Drinking Straws, Food Safe Kraft Paper Straws.

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Muscle Roller Stick - Best Seller for Instant Relief of Cramping,Tightness and Soreness in the Legs after Exercise. For Fast Leg Recovery, Stretch Out Your Muscles Before and After Exercise.

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HI VISIBILITY RUCKSACK BACKPACK BEST SELLER - 2 COLOURS (HI VIS YELLOW)

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Seal Fix Waterproof Sealant Paste for Gutters, Pipes, Roofs, Windows (782) - Leak stop to stop leaks fast. Best Seller! Instantly stops Leaks Fast. 375ml

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Seal Fix Waterproof Past Water-Tight Permanent elastic sealing compound with dralon-carbon-fibres for: IMMEDIATELY SEALS: Roofing Felt Brick Slate Shingle Cast Iron Wood Polythene Plastic PVC Tar Pond Liners Acrylic Zinc Aluminium Copper Lead Welded sections Absolutely waterproof immediately - even in rain, snow and frost. Can be used at temperatures between -5°C and +38°C. Adheres to all damp and wet surfaces. Seals roofing felt, welding sections, fibre cement building materials, tar, aluminium, copper, zinc, lead, slate, shingle, plastic, PVC, acryl, polyethylene, pond foil, cast iron, wood etc. Can be spread easily and applied with a spatula. Silicone compatible. For use indoors and outdoors - UV-resistant. Bitumen, tar and asbestos free. Can bridge tears up to 10 mm. Manufactured for Good Ideas

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Gotoly Hot Sweat Vest Neoprene Slimming Body Shapers Fat Burning Weight-Loss Shirt for Women (S (UK Size 6-10), Grey-Workout Shaper)

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Gotoly Body Shaper Tummy Fat Burner Sweat Tank Top Weight Loss Neoprene Shapewear

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The Lemon Tree Café: The Heart-warming Sunday Times Bestseller

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The Lemon Tree Cafe was originally published as a four-part serial. This is the complete story in one package.

When Rosie Featherstone finds herself unexpectedly jobless, the offer to help her beloved Italian grandmother out at the Lemon Tree Cafe – a little slice of Italy nestled in the rolling hills of Derbyshire – feels like the perfect way to keep busy.

Surrounded by the rich scent of espresso, delicious biscotti and juicy village gossip, Rosie soon finds herself falling for her new way of life. But she is haunted by a terrible secret, one that even the appearance of a handsome new face can't quite help her move on from. Then disaster looms and the cafe’s fortunes are threatened . . . and Rosie discovers that her nonna has been hiding a dark past of her own. With surprises, betrayal and more than one secret brewing, can she find a way to save the Lemon Tree Cafe and help both herself and Nonna achieve the happy endings they deserve?

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'Delightful!' Katie Fforde 'Full of joy and fun' Milly Johnson 'Delightfully warm with plenty of twists and turns' Trisha Ashley

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Best Seller Soft Plush Stuffed Cuddly Animal Toy - Small Resting Schnauzer Dog - Cute & Cuddly Christmas Gift / Present for Boys & Girls

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4mm White Opal with Red Green Fire Sterling Silver Stud Earrings - Best Seller

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These lovely little 4mm created Opal and Sterling Silver stud earrings are bound to catch the eye and will lend a touch of elegance to any outfit. Suitable for girls or someone who prefers smaller sized earrings. Perfect for any occasion.

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Perfect Paws Deshedding Tool & Pet Grooming Brush - BEST SELLER! For Dogs, Cats and Horses. Premium Pet Grooming Brush for Short and Long Hair. Significantly Reduces Shedding. (Blue)

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EASY TO USE - Durable and Comfortable Hand Grip, meaning it is super comfortable to use - both for you and your pet. Makes grooming a pleasure.

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The Rooster Bar: The New York Times Number One Bestseller

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How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer

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From his early career in IndyCar racing and on to his unparalleled success in Formula One, we learn in comprehensive, engaging and highly entertaining detail how a car actually works.

The world's foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain's greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir.

How to Build a Car explores the story of Adrian's unrivalled 35-year career in Formula One through the prism of the cars he has designed, the drivers he has worked alongside and the races in which he's been involved.

A true engineering genius, even in adolescence Adrian's thoughts naturally emerged in shape and form - he began sketching his own car designs at the age of 12 and took a welding course in his school summer holidays.

Adrian Newey has designed for the likes of Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill, David Coulthard, Mika Hakkinen, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, always with a shark-like purity of purpose: to make the car go faster. And while his career has been marked by unbelievable triumphs, there have also been deep tragedies; most notably Ayrton Senna's death during his time at Williams in 1994.

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780008196806

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How to be Happy: The most uplifting, joyful, funny and wise book you'll read this year

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***A 2017 Kindle bestseller***

'So likeable, smart and wise. A bittersweet read about love, life and friendship that makes you stop and think long after you've finished reading the last page.' - bestselling author Tasmina Perry

'Entertaining, funny and full of wisdom, I loved this book.' - bestselling author Katie Fforde

'I read this recently and loved it SO much. I cried buckets, but it's ultimately a really positive, uplifting book about making every day count.' - bestselling author Clare Mackintosh

This emotional, uplifting read is perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Rowan Coleman and Lucy Dillon

The smallest things can make the biggest difference.

Annie has been sad for so long that she's forgotten how to be any other way. Until she meets Polly.

Polly is everything that Annie is not. She's colourful, joyful, happy. Because if recent events have taught Polly anything, it's that your time is too short to waste a single day.

Polly has one hundred days to help Annie find happiness. Annie's convinced it's impossible, but so is saying no to Polly. And on an unforgettable journey, Annie begins to realise that maybe, just maybe, there's still colour to be found in the world. But then it becomes clear that Polly's about to need her new friend more than ever...and Annie will have to decide once and for all whether letting others in is a risk worth taking.

'A joyful, wise read' - Rosie Blake

'It's a gorgeous book - funny, touching, sweet, sad and profound.' - Daisy Buchanan

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The Letter: The No. 1 ebook bestseller

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KATHRYN HUGHES' MAGNIFICENT NEW NOVEL THE KEY IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW

THE #1 EBOOK BESTSELLER. NOW WITH OVER 3000 5* REVIEWS.

Every so often a love story comes along to remind us that sometimes, in our darkest hour, hope shines a candle to light our way. Discover THE LETTER by Kathryn Hughes, the Number One bestseller that has captured thousands of hearts worldwide. Perfect for fans of The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. 'A wonderful, uplifting story' Lesley Pearse

Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband. She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him, also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home. Whilst going through the pockets of a second-hand suit, she comes across an old letter, the envelope firmly sealed and unfranked. Tina opens the letter and reads it - a decision that will alter the course of her life for ever...

Billy Stirling knows he has been a fool, but hopes he can put things right. On 4th September 1939 he sits down to write the letter he hopes will change his future. It does - in more ways than he can ever imagine...

The Letter tells the story of two women, born decades apart, whose paths are destined to cross and how one woman's devastation leads to the other's salvation.

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