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We publish non-fiction as Eye Books and fiction as Lightning Books. Regional winner, Small Press of the Year at the British Book Awards 2022

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Book Cover for: All the Beautiful Liars, Sylvia Petter

All the Beautiful Liars

Sylvia Petter
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It's not the best time to launch a novel but we had a great blog tour for @SylviaAPetter's All the Beautiful Liars, a tale of family secrets inspired by her own Austrian roots. As one of our Lightning Bolts, it's an ebook exclusive and only 99p (for now) https://amzn.to/2wtz3Pr https://t.co/oFw2PovL2G

Paperback, 2021

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Girl from the Hermitage, Molly Gartland

The Girl from the Hermitage

Molly Gartland
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Ebook bargain alert: Molly Gartland's debut novel The Girl from the Hermitage, listed for four prizes before publication, is currently just 99p on ebook. It won't be that cheap forever so, if you haven't read it yet, download it while it's a bargain https://amzn.to/2xNrKD8 https://t.co/VNLyFE8qoO

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Book Cover for: And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie
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'Stone Heart Deep has vibes of And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. Darkly twisted too which makes for a good thriller. I struggled to put it down’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CTl4P4zgiJJ/ https://t.co/hKfs4RM6oL

Paperback, Mass Market, 2011

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Ms. Demeanor, Elinor Lipman

Ms. Demeanor

Elinor Lipman
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‘Books I’ve finished but still in the pile: “Ms. Demeanor,” by Elinor Lipman, because I never miss one of her funny, delightful novels,’ says @judyblume in @nytimesbooks. Good news for UK readers: we’re publishing our own edition of @ElinorLipman’s Ms. Demeanor in September https://t.co/XYy1e9nK81

Paperback, 2022

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Rachel to the Rescue, Elinor Lipman

Rachel to the Rescue

Elinor Lipman
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Tomorrow is US Election Day. It's also publication day for @ElinorLipman's RACHEL TO THE RESCUE, the Trump satire that America wouldn't publish. Sacked from the White House, Rachel Klein is hit by a car driven by what the press will call ‘a personal friend of the President’. https://t.co/RasF4RTAzJ

Paperback, 2021

$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: We Need to Talk, Jonathan Crane

We Need to Talk

Jonathan Crane
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Today we publish the fifth of our six debut novels for 2021. WE NEED TO TALK by Jonathan Crane is a series of beautifully crafted vignettes, each focusing on a different resident or group of residents of a Hampshire market town. It's a wickedly honest portrait of Middle England. https://t.co/8aYw0d3G24

Paperback, 2021

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Good Riddance, Elinor Lipman

Good Riddance

Elinor Lipman
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Good Riddance by @ElinorLipman is recommended today as one of @alifeinbooks' Five Comfort Reads. Buy it from us (free UK p&p) and we'll also send you Elinor's other new novel On Turpentine Lane completely FREE. See thread 👇for details https://alifeinbooks.co.uk/2020/03/five-comfort-reads-ive-read/ https://t.co/GMSs6InouT

Paperback, 2020

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Outsiders, James Corbett

The Outsiders

James Corbett
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We're over the moon for seasoned football writer turned novelist @james_corbett, whose fiction debut The Outsiders is on the long list for @ThePortico Prize (aka the Booker of the North). https://t.co/WymPLPDBZP

Hardcover, 2021

$32.95$16.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Little Grower's Cookbook: Projects for Every Season, Julia Parker

The Little Grower's Cookbook: Projects for Every Season

Julia Parker
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Hot off the press: THE LITTLE GROWER'S COOKBOOK is a sensationally lovely book of cooking and gardening activities for kids, written by Julia Parker and @GhillieJames, with a foreword by Olivia Colman (@ColmanUpdates). Perfect for lockdown in the spring http://eye-books.com/books/the-little-growers-cookbook https://t.co/WacXYkUSVM

Hardcover, 2021

$38.95$19.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The End of the World Is Flat, Simon Edge

The End of the World Is Flat

Simon Edge
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1/ Today is publication day for @simonjedge's fifth novel, THE END OF THE WORLD IS FLAT, described by @FrancisWheen as ‘a bracingly sharp satire on the sleep of reason and the tyranny of twaddle’ https://t.co/M7JB5XLqjj

Paperback, 2021

$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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