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うちは「下流」の家庭…

「必ず二回読みたくなる」と絶賛された傑作ミステリー。

「はじめて」は、いつも痛くて、少し優しい。日本エンターテインメントの最前線&最高峰!

When Sam, Jackie and Anna successfully campaign to save their children's school lollipop lady, they are asked by a TV reporter if they fancy standing in the general election. It is, of course, a crazy idea: Sam's youngest son has an incurable disease, Jackie is desperate for another child and her mum is struggling with Alzheimers, Anna's teenagers - and marriage - are in danger of going off the rails. But sometimes the craziest ideas turn out to be the best. And just think what they could do if they got to run the country...

婚約者・坂庭真実が姿を消した。その居場所を探すため、西澤架は、彼女の「過去」と向き合うことになる。

Quand son mariage et sa petite entreprise font naufrage, Polly quitte Plymouth et trouve refuge dans un petit port tranquille d'une île des Cornouailles. Quoi de mieux qu'un village de quelques âmes battu par les vents pour réfléchir et repartir à zéro ? Seule dans une boutique laissée à l'abandon, Polly se consacre à son plaisir favori : préparer du pain. Petit à petit, de rencontres farfelues - avec un bébé macareux blessé, un apiculteur dilettante, des marins gourmands - en petits bonheurs partagés, ce qui n'était qu'un break semble annoncer le début d'une nouvelle vie.

Mel Taylor was thirteen years old when she found her Mr Right. Twenty years on they remain blissfully in love. She has the man she adores, a gorgeous daughter, a great job and a dream home. But Mel's seemingly perfect life is spoilt by a dark secret and a niggling fear that her good fortune can't last for ever. Despite her husband Adam telling her to live for the present and stop worrying about the future, Mel can't shake the feeling that someone is about to call time on their happiness. And then it happens.

池内胡雪は多忙なベンチャー企業で働く三十歳。不規則な生活で食事はおろそかになり、社内も散らかり放題で殺伐とした雰囲気だ。

The popular Beijing Duck House in Rockville, Maryland, has been serving devoted regulars for decades, but behind the staff's professional smiles simmer tensions, heartaches and grudges from decades of bustling restaurant life. Owner Jimmy Han has ambitions for a new high-end fusion place, hoping to eclipse his late father's homely establishment. Jimmy's older brother, Johnny, is more concerned with restoring the dignity of the family name than his faltering relationship with his own teenage daughter, Annie.

累計50万部突破！ 大人気シリーズ第６弾 満月珈琲店の三毛猫マスターと星遣いの猫たちが今宵現れたのは横浜。悩み多き新入社員の藤森光莉にマスターは「満月のランタンパフェ」を差し出して――。

Clio is staying with her aunt, Hester, at Bridge House on the edge of Exmoor. A beautiful house, it is the scene of many happy childhood memories. But Clio has no idea that it was the setting for a terrible incident after the Second World War.

私たちは十日前に結婚した。しかし、私たちの結婚について説明するのは、おそろしくやっかいである――。笑子はアル中、睦月はホモで恋人あり。そんな二人はすべてを許し合って結婚した、はずだったのだが……。

詐欺をめぐる3つの物語。『2020年のロマンス詐欺』まさか、こんな2020年の春が待っているとは思いもしなかった――

Chloé, 28 ans et parisienne jusqu'au bout des ongles, enchaîne les histoires d'amour catastrophiques. Un jour, elle conclut un pacte avec son amie Constance. Chloé devra s'exiler en pleine campagne avec l'interdiction d’approcher un homme pendant six mois et réaliser son rêve de toujours : écrire un roman. Constance, incorrigible romantique, s'engagera à coucher le premier soir avec un parfait inconnu.

For a God whom philosophers have proclaimed dead, there’s only one thing to do: drum up a little publicity. “God grants you an interview. Go to 600 Madison Ave., room 3700, Monday, at 11 a.m.” When a struggling writer receives this typed note in the mail one morning, curiosity wins out and he finds himself keeping this mysterious appointment. Soon he’s in an ordinary conference room with an intercom on the floor, furiously scribbling shorthand notes as he interviews God.

It’s high summer when Molly Pargeter drags her amiably bickering family to a rented Tuscan villa for the holidays. Molly is sure that the house is the perfect setting for their three-week getaway, but soon she becomes fascinated by the lives of the absent owners and things start to go horribly wrong.

満月の夜にだけ開く不思議な珈琲店。優しい猫のマスターと星遣いの猫たちが、極上のスイーツと占星術で、人生に迷える人々をおもてなしする。

かけがえのない人間関係を失い傷ついた者たちが、再び誰かと心を通わせることができるのかを問いかける短編集。コロナ禍のさなか、婚活アプリで出会った恋人との関係、30歳を前に早世した双子の妹の

食にＡ級もＢ級もありまへんけど、人間にも一流も三流もありまへん。京都発、シリーズ初の文庫書き下ろし！シリーズ第三弾の本書にはかけ蕎麦、カレーライス、焼きそば、コロッケ等が登場。

知ってる?夜明けの直前が、一番暗いって。「今の自分にできることなど何もないと思っていたけど、可能なことが一つある」