The Impossible Thing

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How do you find something that doesn't exist Find out, in the most joyful mystery of 2025... 'It's hard to overstate the absolute charm of The Impossible Thing. Remember the feeling of wonder the first time you fell in love with a book This.' VAL McDERMID 'One of the most enjoyable novels I've read in ages . . . utterly distinctive and totally addictive.' PAULA HAWKINS 'Extraordinary. There's a deceptive simplicity to The Impossible Thing that packs a real punch.' ANN CLEEVES ----- 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!* ----- 'A wonderful, brilliant mystery' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON

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An extraordinary novel. Belinda Bauer writes so beautifully. There's a deceptive simplicity to The Impossible Thing that packs a real punch, and the characters and their stories have really stayed with me. Highly recommended! * ANN CLEEVES, Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author *
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, global No.1 bestselling author *
A wonderful, brilliant mystery * LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON *
The gift of The Impossible Thing is the pure joy of reading. * VAL McDERMID *

Author Bio

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's 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.