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Killer Families: The Asylum Confessions #2

The name’s Jack Steen, Night Nurse at an asylum for the criminally insane.

For those who arrive at my ward, mine is the last face they’ll see before they die. Most of them know me as their Angel of Death.

I can make death come easy. But there’s a catch. I need their confessions. The ones everyone wants to hear.

This time, it’s all about keeping it in the family.

Despite his actions, Patient 424 insists he was only protecting his daughter. Patient 1001, a pig farmer and a ‘good’ father failed in ways that can’t be forgiven. Patient 523 is a mob boss—but whether he’s powerful or pathetic is for you to decide. Patient 983 claims she only ever wanted to love children in her care—you be the judge what drove her to dark ends, then.
I write down everything they say—every word, every pause, every slip.
But they’re liars. Manipulators. Killers.
Are these confessions the truth? Or just one last game?
I don’t know.
And soon, neither will you.

Sincerely

Sincerely began as a private proposal: a collection of poems tucked under a shirt, carried to a gazebo along with a heart beating out of its cage, and finally read by its muse on a sunny July afternoon.

By compiling them in this collection, F. S. Yousaf is sharing a dream with the readers, compelling them to knit and manifest their own miracle.

He manages to capture something extraordinary in this slim volume: the small, sacred moments between two people that make up a lifetime. The dreams they are afraid to name, the hands brushing under the table, the way one person can feel like home, like destiny, like the horizon’s yearning for the sky.

Yousaf’s musings on love and companionship are a reminder that the act of love is always healing irrespective of changing sensibilities. There is transformative and grounding magic in the pursuit of loving someone and allowing to be loved.

Read it, and allow yourself to manifest a love like that!

The Witch: A brand-new, haunting thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid!

Named one of the TIME100 Most Influential People of 2026

“I enjoy Freida McFadden…The books are engrossing and her sense of humour is sharp and dark. Vengeance comes with a twist and is satisfying” – STEPHEN KING
“McFadden is a writer at the top of her game―and the undisputed mistress of the psychological thriller.” – E.L. James
“Take the propulsive darkness of Gone Girl, the prolific output of Colleen Hoover, and the addictive twists of Harlan Coben, and you have something close to Freida McFadden.” – The Independent

“Intimidatingly prolific” – The Sunday Times

Some secrets don’t die―they wait.

When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her family’s sprawling seventeenth-century estate in rural Massachusetts. Officially, she’s there to check in on her ageing grandmother. Unofficially, she’s hoping the old house will give her a place to disappear.

Instead, Pemberton begins to unravel her.

Every night, the grandfather clock stops at exactly 3:41 a.m. The lights flicker without warning. And a disembodied voice cries for help outside Julia’s bedroom door.

As Julia digs into the house’s dark history, she uncovers the story of a woman executed for witchcraft in 1692―and realises the past may not be finished with Pemberton yet. When decades of family lies begin to surface, Julia must confront a terrifying truth: Pemberton may be haunted by women whose voices refuse to stay silent.

From #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes The Witch, a chilling, twist-filled thriller about secrets―those we inherit, those we bury, and those people will burn to keep silent.

You Were Never Meant To Read This

A story of love, fate and the price of loving someone

Perhaps fate didn’t allow it then, but Dev never stopped believing that it meant something.

Now, his new life awaits: the corporate job of every MBA’s dreams, with a salary to match.
But some things still follow him: a name never deleted, a number never blocked.
And fifteen months of learning to live, without ever really being able to let go.

When six words from her appear on his screen,
‘I wish we could meet again’
Everything he worked so hard to bury comes back.

But love, in the real world, is very different from love in college. Dev’s story didn’t end with Tanishka asking to be strangers again.

This is the rest of their story, told in the words he was never able to tell her

On Earth As It Is Beneath

Where justice ends, the hunt begins.
Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026
English Pen Translates Award
”A stark, unsettling exploration of power, violence and institutional corruption that will linger long after the final page” — Booker Prize Judges
”Beautiful and gripping… a must read for those who like their poetry written in blood” — New York Times

On land where enslaved people were once tortured and murdered, the state built a penal colony in the wilderness. A place where inmates could be rehabilitated, but never escape. Now, decades later, the prison is winding down. But in its final days, a new horror is unleashed. Every full-moon night, the inmates are released. The warden is armed with rifles. The hunt begins. Every man plans his escape, not knowing if his end will come at the hands of a familiar face, or from the dangers lurking beyond the prison walls. Ana Paula Maia’s most urgent and unsettling work yet is a searing allegory of power, violence and the failures of the state, from one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Brazilian fiction.

From the author of Of Cattle and Men, winner of the UK Republic of Consciousness Prize

He Stood By Me: From the Bestselling Author of The Right Guy and She Stood By Me

Aditya is in love with Shreya—his steady confidant since college. He has made his peace with the possibility that they might never be more than will they-won’t they friends, that is, until Shreya begins reciprocating his feelings.

Meanwhile, his college best friend, Varun, has fallen hopelessly in love with Aishwarya—an elusive woman, who just so happens to be close friends with Shreya.

Goaded on by Varun, Aditya musters up the courage to ask Shreya out. What follows is a rollercoaster of events, one where the two young lovers are forced to navigate the turbulent road towards marriage—one marred by office politics, disapproving parents, and societal expectations. Through it all, Varun and Aishwarya play the roles of the ever-supporting best friends, standing by in solidarity.

Based on a true story, He Stood By Me, in true Tarun Vikash fashion, offers great empathy and understanding to its protagonists, pulling readers into a captivating world of love, hate, and everything in between. After all, love only happens once.

The Fourth Girl

For two decades, the three survivors have lived down a mysterious disappearance. They have become bestselling authors, formidable diplomats and celebrity icons. When a funeral reunites them in Colombo, a journalist starts digging into their buried past and asks the one question they can’t answer: What happened to the fourth girl?
They discover that some ghosts refuse to stay dead. The reckoning they’ve always feared has finally arrived.

The Lights of Shantinagar: A Heartwarming Indian Family Saga About Love, Marriage, Secrets and Self-Discovery | Contemporary Literary Fiction Set in Modern India

‘What if the secrets of an entire neighbourhood were connected in ways no one could explain?

Newly married Sumi arrives in Shantinagar, a seemingly peaceful middle-class town in modern India, ready to begin the next chapter of her life. An aspiring quantum physicist, she soon discovers that the world around her is not unlike the mysterious universe she studies—where unseen connections, unexpected interactions, and hidden forces shape everything.

As Sumi settles into her husband’s family home, she begins to notice the intricate web of relationships that binds the residents of Shantinagar together. Neighbours watch one another, long-held secrets quietly simmer beneath the surface, and small events set off consequences that ripple through the entire community.

With warmth, humour, and remarkable insight, The Lights of Shantinagar explores family, marriage, identity, and the changing face of modern India. As old traditions collide with new ideas, the people of Shantinagar are forced to confront uncomfortable truths about themselves and those they love.

Blending the charm of a small-town family drama with the intellectual curiosity of a coming-of-age story, this is a deeply human novel about belonging, connection, and the invisible threads that shape our lives.

Perfect for readers who enjoy thoughtful literary fiction, family sagas, contemporary Indian novels, and character-driven stories filled with heart and wisdom.

Tropes and Themes:
• Family Saga
• Small-Town India
• Newly Married Heroine
• Found Family
• Interconnected Lives
• Women’s Fiction
• Coming of Age
• Generational Relationships
• Community Secrets
• Self-Discovery
• Modern India
• Literary Fiction
• Love, Marriage and Identity
• Warm, Character-Driven Storytelling

A Light That Never Goes Dark

Sometimes life takes you to places so dark,
You can’t even see the stars.
But don’t forget the light that’s inside you–
That you’re made of stars too.

A Light That Never Goes Dark is an illustrated collection of poetry and prose you can turn to when you feel dark inside. Whether you’re navigating difficult seasons, heartbreak, growth or simply the complexity of being human, it is here to hold space for you and gently guide you back to the light that exists within.

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