The Impossible Thing
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  • Published: 27 February 2025
  • ISBN: 9781473599925
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $34.99
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The Impossible Thing

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Tr. Paperback
25 Feb 2025
EBook
27 Feb 2025
Audiobook
27 Feb 2025
Hardback
27 Mar 2025
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The award-winning, bestselling author returns with her most unforgettable, unique novel yet.

‘Part crime caper, part historical mystery, The Impossible Thing is one of the most enjoyable novels I've read in ages. Meticulously plotted and told with wit and heart, it is utterly distinctive and totally addictive.’ PAULA HAWKINS

'Extraordinary. There's a deceptive simplicity to The Impossible Thing that packs a real punch.' ANN CLEEVES

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How do you find something that doesn't exist?

It all begins with an egg . . .
With a hungry child who risks her life for an omelette for tea - and finds a miracle.
With thieves committing crimes against nature on the wild cliffs of Yorkshire.
With a marvel that becomes a mystery . . .
and then a myth.

And 100 years later it begins again. . .
With a strange robbery at a remote Welsh cottage.
With two friends thrust from their gaming chairs into a real-life quest.
And with dangerous men who will stop at nothing to get what they want.

It all begins with an egg.
But where will it end?

*Don't miss THE IMPOSSIBLE THING, available to pre-order now!*

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'A wonderful, brilliant mystery' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON
  • Published: 27 February 2025
  • ISBN: 9781473599925
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $34.99
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About the author

Belinda Bauer

Belinda Bauer grew up in England and South Africa and now lives in Wales. She worked as a journalist and a screenwriter before finally writing a book to appease her nagging mother.

For her debut, Blacklands, Belinda was awarded the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year. She went on to win the CWA Dagger in the Library for her body of work. Her fourth novel, Rubbernecker, was voted Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Her eighth novel, Snap, was a Sunday Times bestseller. It was longlisted for the Man Booker prize and voted Crime & Thriller Book of the Year at the Specsavers National Book Awards.

Her books have been translated into twenty-five languages.

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Also by Belinda Bauer

Exit
Snap
The Beautiful Dead
The Shut Eye
The Facts of Life and Death
Rubbernecker
Finders Keepers
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Praise for The Impossible Thing

This highly imaginative and gloriously written novel is packed with memorable characters, most of them misfits. This is literary crime writing at its best.

Literary Review

Extraordinary

Sunday Express

Belinda Bauer is a genius - she can turn any idea into a solid gold, suspenseful, immersive and intriguing story. This could be her best ever.

LEE CHILD

A unique blend of crime and history.

Gazette & Herald

Comic, thrilling and ultimately moving.

The Scottish Mail on Sunday

Fans of Bauer know to expect something original from this most ingenious of crime writers. . . a funny, moving and beautifully written tale of misfits and oological obsession.

The Guardian

Intriguing . . . A perfect crime caper.

Woman & Home

Bauer (Exit) tugs at the heartstrings in this extraordinary literary mystery that unfolds across intersecting timelines . . . It’s another winner from an impressively versatile writer.

Publishers Weekly (starred review) 

Suspenseful, charming . . . [Bauer] is a sympathetic, playful writer, and she populates her book with as colorful an array of characters as you could hope for . . . Very exciting.

New York Times
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