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<p>The Stranger In The Lifeboat</p>

<p>1 New York Times Bestseller</p>

<p>What would happen if we called on God for help and God actually appeared? In Mitch Albom’s profound new novel of hope and faith, a group of shipwrecked passengers pull a strange man from the sea. He claims to be “the Lord.” And he says he can only save them if they all believe in him.</p>

<p>Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, ten people struggle for survival at sea. Three days pass. Short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves. They pull him in.</p>

<p>“Thank the Lord we found you,” a passenger says.</p>

<p>“I am the Lord,” the man whispers.</p>

<p>So begins Mitch Albom’s most beguiling novel yet.</p>

<p>Albom has written of heaven in the celebrated number one bestsellers The Five People You Meet in Heaven and The First Phone Call from Heaven. Now, for the first time in his fiction, he ponders what we would do if, after crying out for divine help, God actually appeared before us?</p>

<p>In The Stranger in the Lifeboat, Albom keeps us guessing until the end: Is this strange man really who he claims to be? What actually happened to cause the explosion? Are the survivors in heaven, or are they in hell? The story is narrated by Benji, one of the passengers, who recounts the events in a notebook that is discovered—a year later—when the empty life raft washes up on the island of Montserrat. It falls to the island’s chief inspector, Jarty LeFleur, a man battling his own demons, to solve the mystery of what really happened.&nbsp;</p>

<p>A fast-paced, compelling novel that makes you ponder your deepest beliefs, The Stranger in the Lifeboat suggests that answers to our prayers may be found where we least expect them.</p>

<p>Verity</p>

<p>OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD - THE NO.1 BESTSELLER AND TIKTOK SENSATION, FROM THE AUTHOR OF IT ENDS WITH US</p>

<p>Are you ready to stay up all night? Rebecca meets Gone Girl in this shocking, unpredictable thriller with a twist that will leave you reeling . . .</p>

<p>Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish.</p>

<p>Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night their family was forever altered.</p>

<p>Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already-grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her . . .</p>

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<p>500,000 READERS HAVE ALREADY GIVEN VERITY FIVE STARS</p>

<p>'One of the best thrillers I have ever read' *****</p>

<p>'Powerful, mind-blowing and emotional' *****</p>

<p>'The plot twists and that ending came out of nowhere' *****</p>

<p>'There are no words. Bravo' *****</p>

<p>'Dark, creepy, and one hundred per cent original' *****</p>

<p>'I NEEDED to know how this was going to end' *****</p>

<p>'Left me completely speechless' *****</p>

<p>Have A Little Faith</p>

<p>Will you do my eulogy?</p>

<p>With those words, Mitch Albom begins his long-awaited return to non-fiction. His journey to honour the last request of a beloved clergyman ultimately leads him to rekindle his own long-ignored faith.</p>

<p>Albom spends years exploring churches and synagogues, the suburbs and the city, the "us" versus "them" of religion.</p>

<p>Slowly, he gravitates to an inner-city pastor of a crumbling church that houses the homeless, and is stunned at how similar belief can be. As his own beloved cleric slowly lets go, Albom writes his final farewell, having learned that a faithful heart comes in many forms and places.</p>