Sam Stafford
1) Trauma
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An amnesiac must learn the truth behind his girlfriend's death, but he might not like it, in this psychological thriller by the author of The Silent Girls.
Whom do you trust, when you don't know who you are?
Cameron Todd is recovering from a serious brain injury. A trauma suffered the same night his girlfriend Emma plunged to her death from a clifftop. The damage erases all memory of the incident and his previous life. Both the police and Emma's...
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"From Eliza Clark, the author of the brilliant novels Boy Parts and Penance and one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists, comes a deeply immersive, darkly comic story collection of cinematic body horror and speculative fiction. Moving from California to Newcastle, from Frontier-era America to an unexplored planet in the near future, from a pub down the road to an incel-occupied office IT department, She's Always Hungry revels in every aspect of...
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Through the seventies and into the mid-eighties a cohort of young climbers challenged the siege mentality of their seniors on high mountains in the Greater Ranges with fast moving, lightweight expeditions run on a shoestring. Brian Hall was one of them and, in High Risk, he describes their daring adventures and the counterculture they lived within, their rivalries and relationships, and the terrible price many of them paid. When all was done, they...
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Steeped in the natural history of Mary Anning's Jurassic coast, a powerful dual timeline story about fossils, friendship and a family secret finally come to light.
London, 1880s: High up under the eaves of her father's townhouse, twelve-year-old Emma Linden lives and never goes out. Her dream is to follow in the footsteps of Mary Anning, the famous fossil hunter. But Emma is kept hidden away from all the world, science and study, the tools that keep...
5) Eton Rogue
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Meet our Eton Rogue: Seventeen-year-old Cary, now embarking on his extraordinary final year at Eton. Prince William has joined the school and the British tabloids are ravenous for headlines. Cary is the mole who's making thousands selling stories to the Sun newspaper - and while he's at it, he's secretly dating a housemaster's daughter.
Based on true events, the rule of Eton Rogue is simple: The more outrageous the tale, the greater the chances...
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You might be paranoid, but that doesn't mean they're not watching you.
Adam lives a picture-perfect life: happy marriage, two young children, and a flourishing career as a doctor. But Adam also lives with a secret. Hospital CCTV, strangers' mobile phones, city traffic cameras – he is convinced that they are all watching him, recording his every move. All because of something terrible that happened at a drunken party when he was a student.
Only...
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The archaeological discovery of a lifetime…but her sworn enemy is digging it.
When Laurel Fletcher's meticulously ordered world is upended by the discovery of a possible Anglo-Saxon burial site on her beloved family farm, the last person she expects to see is Dr. Nate Daley-the man she hoped never to encounter again.
As old university resentments resurface, Nate is baffled by Laurel's hostility and strives to build a friendship with her....
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Two boys, one struggle.
Tommy and Ryan are as different as they come. A young offender, Tommy is tough and cool. Ryan is a good student, well-behaved, and definitely not cool.
Forced to become a family, the two discover their shared dyslexia and develop an unlikely friendship.
As Ryan helps Tommy crack the code of reading, a secret is revealed that will change their lives forever...
Packed with his hallmark heart and humour, prize-winning Malcolm...
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Sabine and Rory Sugar seem like a perfectly respectable family to their new neighbours. They're popular and friendly, their two teenage boys quiet and courteous.
But when Rory starts staying late at work, and Sabine thinks she sees her son, Leo, in the woods apparently fighting with a girl, their seemingly perfect lives start to fall apart.
And when the girl is reported missing and the police turn up asking awkward questions, Sabine must decide...
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"When Cynthie Taylor gets her first real acting job...she is over the moon. There is only one problem...Cynthie's arrogant and annoyingly handsome costar Jack hates her...While they may be at war behind the scenes, their on-screen chemistry is palpable, and the studio sees an opportunity--have the two young stars fake a romance...Thirteen years later, Cynthie and Jack have successfully kept their promise to stay far away from one another, until a...
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Told from multiple points of view, six strangers brought together by a horror message board, decide to play The Midnight Game only to discover the stakes are far higher than they ever imagined as they confront the reality that their lives are in grave danger.