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From racial tensions to scientific revelations, this autumn is for discovery expand your world with our eye-opening autumn must reads  And WIN them all inside an exclusive Pushkin tote bag! With one glance outside it is clear to see that Autumn has well and truly settled in. The days may be getting shorter, but we like to see the descending darkness as an opportunity to hunker down with a good cup of tea, a chunky blanket, and an immersive read. From an urgent and thought-provoking crime debut to a voyage through scientific discovery, our Autumn must-reads will not only enthral you, but may also end up opening your eyes to a thing or two along the way. And if that wasn't enough, you could win ALL of these fantastic reads inside an exclusive Pushkin tote bag. You can either head to our Instagram to enter, or respond to this email with a big YES PLEASE and the book that most catches your eye.   BRAND NEW TODAY! THREE-FIFTHS by JOHN VERCHER 'So incredibly suspenseful' ATTICA LOCKE Set against the backdrop of the simmering racial tension produced by the LA Riots and the O.J. Simpson trial, comes this powerful hardboiled noir of violence and obsession Pittsburgh, 1995. Twenty-two-year-old Bobby Saraceno is a biracial black man, passing for white. Bobby has hidden his identity from everyone, even his best friend, Aaron, who just returned from prison a newly radicalized white supremacist. During the night of their reunion, Bobby witnesses Aaron mercilessly assault a young black man. In the wake of this horrifying act of violence, Bobby must conceal his unwitting involvement in the crime from the police, as well as battle his own personal demons. Three-Fifths is a harrowing story about racism and brutality that is more urgent now than ever. FIND OUT MORE HERE 'A MONSTROUS AND BRILLIANT BOOK' PHILIP PULLMAN WHEN WE CEASE TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD by BENJAMÍN LABATUT (tr. Adrian Nathan West) Einstein. Grothendieck. Schrödinger. Heisenberg.  Using epoch-defining moments and figures from the history of science, this extraordinary book plunges us into exhilarating territory between fact and fiction, progress and destruction, genius and madness. AVAILABLE NOW   LEARNING TO TALK TO PLANTS by MARTA ORRIOLS (tr. Mara Faye Lethem) Paula’s partner has died in a car accident – but no one knows her true grief. Only hours before his death, Mauro revealed that he was leaving her for another woman. A stunning portrayal of complex grief, jealousy and rage, this delicate novel explores the many ways we can lose someone. AVAILABLE NOW Copyright © 2020 Pushkin Press, All rights reserved.

Enter our literary library with Walter Presents... pushkin and walter presents... european treasures Get your Walter Presents literary library card for just £1.99 on ebook this week! Imagine this. You're in your favourite bookshop, in from the cold, on the hunt for a new book. But standing at the tables, you begin to feel overwhelmed - there's so many options! There's no way you're going to be able to find your next read.  Enter: Walter Presents. You may know the name from Channel 4's staggeringly brilliant foreign language dramas, or from reading The Mystery of Henri Pick by David Foenkinos back in the spring.  Well, Pushkin Press's collaboration with Walter Presents didn't stop at Henri Pick. We are growing a whole library of books discovered by Walter himself, brought to the UK by us. We recently published the second in our Walter Presents collection, a seductive noir from Italian crime maverick Roberto Perrone - The Second Life of Inspector Canessa. So, this week, we thought we'd get you signed up for a literary library card. For just £1.99 each, you can get your hands on our European treasures in ebook form, or in a print bundle here.   JUST £1.99 THIS WEEK... In the small town of Crozon in Brittany, a library houses manuscripts that were rejected for publication: the faded dreams of aspiring writers. Visiting while on holiday, young editor Delphine Despero is thrilled to discover a novel so powerful that she feels compelled to bring it back to Paris to publish it. The book is a sensation, prompting fevered interest in the identity of its author – apparently one Henri Pick, a now-deceased pizza chef. Sceptics cry that the whole thing is a hoax: how could this man have written such a masterpiece?  £1.99 ON EBOOK // IN PRINT 99p TODAY for ONE DAY ONLY! Annibale Canessa was a legend: the most notorious cop during Italy's brutal Years of Lead, he hunted down terrorist suspects with unmatched ferocity. But then the fighting stopped, and suddenly Canessa was a soldier without a war. 30 years later and he's settled into a life of calm by the sea - until some shattering news pulls him back in. His estranged brother has been found dead; lying beside him, the body of an ex-terrorist, a man Canessa himself caught. Then £1.99 on EBOOK for the rest of the week // IN PRINT PREFER PRINT? Get both books in a bundle! For under £20, get both books in our ever-growing literary library from Walter Presents. Bundled together here! Copyright © 2020 Pushkin Press, All rights reserved.

Wrap up warm, we're heading north... pushkin discovers... Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir Journey to the north with Pushkin's Icelandic superstar for just £1.99 With the most writers per capita of any country in the world, Iceland is buzzing with literary talent. One woman who has risen above the fray is Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, the prize-winning author of five novels, a collection of poetry, four plays and even some performance pop lyrics. Eclectic style, eccentric characters and an immense depth of emotion are just some of the reasons Ólafsdóttir's books are loved so intensely by those who read them, including us here at Pushkin. We have now published three of her magnificent novels, and we'd like to share them with you. This week, we'll be offering all three of these beautiful books for just £1.99 on ebook, or in discounted print bundle for only £25.   JUST £1.99 THIS WEEK... Born in a remote part of Iceland, named after the great volcano, Hekla always knew she wanted to be a writer. She heads for the city, with a Remington typewriter and a manuscript hidden in her suitcase, hoping to make it in the nation of poets. But the conservative world of 1960s Reykjavik is more interested in her potential as a beauty queen than a literary star. £1.99 ON EBOOK // IN PRINT Jónas feels like his life is over. His wife has left him, his mother is slipping deeper into dementia, and his daughter is no longer who he thought. So he comes up with a foolproof plan: to buy a one-way ticket to a chaotic, war-ravaged country and put an end to it all. But when he arrives at Hotel Silence, a crumbling shell of a building, Jónas feels compelled to put off his plans - for now - and help out a little... £1.99 ON EBOOK // IN PRINT Wilma Wyatt died when she hit the pavement – on that, and on nothing else, the eyewitnesses agree. Now her body lies lifeless in the street outside her Mexico City hotel, but a story of blackmail, missing persons and murder, stretching all the way to San Francisco, is only just beginning. £1.99 ON EBOOK // IN PRINT   Copyright © 2020 Pushkin Press, All rights reserved.

Discover your favourite new (classic) crime writer pushkin discovers...  margaret millar Grab a hat-trick of Margaret Millar's classic works for £1.99 this week From the 1940s to the 80s Margaret Millar wrote dozens of sophisticated suspense novels that combined a wry literary style and brilliant characterisation with twisty, captivating plots. Her books were written with an intelligence and flair that won her much admiration inside and outside of the crime genre, awarding her the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, the Edgar Award for Best Novel, and Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year. However, Millar's works are all but forgotten nowadays. For such an influential and ingenious writer, we thought it was about time she has a revival, so Pushkin Vertigo have recently published three of Millar's most diabolical plots. This week, we'll be offering all three of these blindsiding books for just £1.99 on ebook, or in discounted print bundle for only £20. Enter if you dare...   THIS WEEK FOR £1.99... Virginia Barkeley is a nice, well brought-up girl. So what is she doing wandering through a snow storm in the middle of the night, blind drunk and covered in someone else’s blood? £1.99 ON EBOOK // IN PRINT A nightmare is haunting Daisy Harker. Night after night she walks a strange cemetery in her dreams, until she comes to a grave that stops her in her tracks. It’s Daisy’s own, and according to the dates on the gravestone she’s been dead for four years. £1.99 ON EBOOK // IN PRINT Wilma Wyatt died when she hit the pavement – on that, and on nothing else, the eyewitnesses agree. Now her body lies lifeless in the street outside her Mexico City hotel, but a story of blackmail, missing persons and murder, stretching all the way to San Francisco, is only just beginning. £1.99 ON EBOOK // IN PRINT PREFER PRINT? Get our whole Millar collection for £20 For just £20, you could immerse yourself in the masterful plots of this rediscovered genius of crime writing. Includes: Vanish in an Instant A Stranger in My Grave The Listening Walls Bundled together at a discount here! Copyright © 2020 Pushkin Press, All rights reserved.

As the weather closes in, fall back into these firm crime favourites kirsten RECOMMENDS: classic crime Sleuthing from the comfort of your sofa this week with our £1.99 ebooks Hi Pushkin readers! I’m always in search of that elusive good read – something with captivating characters, a plot full of twists and turns, an immersive world, and a high-stakes tale that you can guarantee will come together perfectly. Rarely do I have to look further than the world of classic crime. From Victorian coffee houses to the dark streets of Japan, these stories will entice and enthral you, and leave you immensely satisfied. Happy reading! THIS WEEK... The Paris Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe Starting off with a true classic! We all know Edgar Allan Poe is the king of creepy crime and psychologically disturbing plots, but did you know his Chevalier August Dupin is often hailed as the first detective of his kind? Perfect for anyone who wants a hit of that good old-fashioned twisty mystery. Available in print here.   The Execution of Justice by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (tr. John E. Woods) A man is killed in broad daylight, and the murderer turns himself in. It's an open and shut case. But when the man hires a lawyer to clear his name, an obsessive plot develops where the lines of justice and crime become ever more blurred. Available in print here.   The Teahouse Detective: The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy Talk about sofa sleuthing! In this cosy series, the Teahouse Detective sits in an armchair in the corner of his favourite London café to solve all manner of crimes, using just his powers of reason to crack the case. A great one for anybody who loves to deduce along as they read. Available in print here.   The Wicked Go to Hell by Frédéric Dard (tr. David Coward) If you prefer your crime of the prison-break persuasion, try this paranoid story from Frédéric Dard, the French noir master. An undercover cop poses as an inmate to catch a spy, but as the two spend more and more time in their rat-infested cell together, the roles of good and bad begin to reverse. Available in print here.   The Lady Killer by Masako Togawa (tr. Simon Grove) Travelling over to the murky streets of Tokyo, this novel is a seductive tale of murder and lust by one of Japan's most exciting mystery writers. As Ichiro Honda moves through nightclubs of Shinjuku looking for vulnerable girls, he often leaves a trail of broken women in his wake. But soon, Honda is caught in a snare. He is no longer the predator - he is the prey. Available in print here.   Copyright © 2020 Pushkin Press, All rights reserved.