Latvian Books

What would you do to save your best friend? Steph and Pip have been best friends for thirty years. There's nothing they wouldn't do for each other. Until a few simple words change everything. I need you to tell the police that I was with you that night.

The ever-conscientious and impeccable Steph begs her friend to lie to the police, desperate to keep a secret that could tear her family apart. Pip is faced with a dilemma. Steph's perfect life will be ruined if Pip doesn't lie. But this lie will jeopardize everything Pip has managed to achieve over the years. Her friend's request is too serious. What would you do?

A little ingenuity, a little technology, careful planning and a little luck - Basil Wislethwaite's annual Victorian-style haunted dinners have always attracted a large crowd, generating a good income for the owners of The Bell Hotel in Cheringham and a generous fee for Basil himself.

However, this time everything almost ends in tragedy and the guests are overcome with concern, could the hotel's infamous ghost Freddy be to blame?

Former investigator Jack and his best friend Sarah are convinced - no matter how mysterious the circumstances of the accident, the culprit is definitely not connected to the spirit world. If they can figure out who wants to harm the hotel, they will also have the villain in hand!

A yellow taxi, a golf club and a cat! What do they have in common? As if nothing... only these characters are repeated with unusual insistence in the new collection of stories by Latvian fantasy and science fiction writers 'Pedestrians'. Why? And that's not all - this collection draws the reader into guessing other riddles.

What does the Dream Blower do? How would a car controlled by thoughts work? Is the baby in the bed just a fiction? What would you do if you could rewrite the past? Or, even more so - the future?

The writers do not promise clear answers, but one thing they can promise - a colorful, exciting, even dazzling journey into the world of imagination, which often so imperceptibly overflows into the reality we know, that we have to understand - we are all just pedestrians in some mysterious, completely unknowable traffic of dreams, ideas and unusual events. In traffic, where accidents sometimes happen, and then the inexplicable and fantastic suddenly become visible

Using the myth of the Minotaur, the hero of Georgiy Gospodinov's novel constructs a labyrinth of stories about his family, jumping from century to century, from point of view to point of view, exploring the state of mind and stumbling blocks of Eastern Europeans.

The unnamed narrator suffers from 'pathological empathy,' the attacks of which take him on wanderings through his own and other people's memories. His message is at times incredibly moving, at times very witty.

'The Physics of Sadness' is a book in which the reader can settle down, look for connections, follow the narrator in his footsteps through various side corridors, blissfully get lost in the countless plots and sympathize with the sad, misunderstood Minotaur - the central axis of this work.

Part family history, part coming-of-age story, part meditation on communist-era Europe, this dazzlingly inventive, vision-broadening novel, with its unique structure, humanist ideas, and gifted narrative, confirms that Georgi Gospodinov is deservedly considered one of Europe's most important contemporary authors

While celebrating her 45th birthday at a local gastropub, radio host Alix Summers meets an inconspicuous woman named Josie Feira, who is also celebrating her 45th birthday. They are twin birthday girls. A short time later, Alix and Josie meet again - this time at Alix's children's school. Josie has listened to several of Alix's radio broadcasts and thinks she could offer Alix an interesting story.

She confesses that she is facing a big life change. Alix agrees to meet for a test interview. Josie's life, as it turns out, has been strange and complicated, and although Alix's inner voice warns her, she cannot resist the temptation to delve deeper into it.

Gradually, Alix begins to think that Josie is hiding some very dark secrets, but before she knows it, Josie has already infiltrated her life and even her house. Soon, Alix begins to wonder: who is Josie Feira really? And what exactly has she done?

Arthur Conan Doyle's latest collection of stories, 'The Empty House,' takes the reader into the exciting world of Sherlock Holmes' detective adventures, where the brilliant investigator and his trusted assistant, Dr. Watson, solve various, often seemingly incomprehensible crimes.

The collection of stories includes all the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson that have been translated into Latvian so far

Laura and her husband Agris live in a private house in a remote rural area. Laura has a loving husband, caring parents and a successful sister, a friendly dog and a dream of having a firstborn, but one evening her life changes.

Agris goes for a walk with the dog, but does not return home. When the woman begins the search for her missing husband, she has to face the misunderstanding of those around her, and even more - the claim that there is no Agra, that she lives alone.

Laura manages to find evidence of Agra's existence, but she still has to understand what really happened... Where does our imagination end and reality begin? Maybe sometimes we are so sure of our rightness that we are ready to do anything to prove it?

Step into a very public marriage, in the compulsive novel from the best-selling author of Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman. Fanny Savage was once dutiful, clever, vulnerable and dreamy. Now married to Will, a successful politician with big ambitions, her life is a whirlwind of public engagements and loyalty to the party, a position that requires her to look good and remain silent.

But she's no fool. She's well aware that the world outside her home is one that seethes with despair, danger and division. And she's beginning to understand how fragile happiness can be. Is she coping with the transition from eager bride to politician's wife? Has she been the Good Wife? Does being good always mean being truthful?

'...books are more than words on paper; they are a portal to other places and other lives.'. On a quiet Dublin street, a long-forgotten bookstore is waiting to be found...

Opalina, Martha, and Henry have spent most of their lives as secondary characters. But when the lost bookstore captivates them, these three strangers discover that their own stories are as extraordinary as those found in their beloved books.

As they gradually uncover the secrets of the bookshelves, they will find themselves in a world full of wonders... where nothing is as it seems at first glance. A love story in which books and book lovers play the main role. A heartwarming, wonderful novel that draws the reader into a magical world full of wonders

If you thought your wedding day was stressful, wait until you hear about Millie's... This should be the happiest day of my life. I'm engaged to the man of my dreams, and in just a few hours we'll be declared husband and wife. Until death do us part.

Despite what I've been through in the past, this day is everything I've ever dreamed of. But there's just one small problem: someone doesn't want me to live long enough to say 'I do.' And if I'm not careful, that wish might come true