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Hundreds of actors were auditioned, but only two remained. This novel tells the story of the boy who wasn't chosen. It's 1999. Martin Hill is ten years old, crazy about Arsenal and has a minor crush on a girl named Betty. Then he makes it to the final two in the casting for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. In the end, the other boy is picked for the role of a lifetime. A devastated Martin tries to move on with his life. But how can he escape his failure, especially when it's the most famous film series in the world?Foenkinos's smash-hit Second Best is a playful, poignant story about fate, loss and forging one's own path in an age of never-ending comparison.

The spiritual successor to the popular Tales of the Weird anthology Queens of the Abyss, published in 2020. An anthology delivering one of the core missions of the Tales of the Weird series bringing unjustly forgotten authors of the genre back into the limelight. Featuring thorough notes by Mike Ashley on the fascinating lives and publishing history of these Queens of Pulp.

A secret ended their friendship. Now it's time to unlock the past ...'Exciting and at times heartbreaking' Carmel Harrington Stacey Nash is in search of a new mystery to engage listeners of her popular podcast 'Whatever Happened To . . . ?'. Her discovery of The Diamonds provides the perfect fit. Why did this all-woman rock band, on the verge of international stardom, disappear without a trace? In 1980s smalltown Ireland, Birdy Troy is a talented young musician on a mission to pursue her dream with her three closest friends. The bright lights of London call, but the road to stardom is not what she expected. As Birdy waits in the wings for the performance of a lifetime, she battles with a truth that threatens everything. Forty Years on, as Stacey Nash investigates, it seems as if the closer she gets to tracking down Birdy Troy, the more elusive she becomes. As Stacey pieces together fragments of a broken story, her determination deepens. A moving and gripping story of two generations of women, each of whom, in their own way, is trying to be free.'A compelling page-turner . . . Rachael English is a gifted storyteller' Anne TiernanPreviously published as Whatever Happened to Birdy Troy?

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