CD & Playaway January-March 2016

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U NA BR I D G E D AU DIOB OOK S N EW R E L E A SE S

January – March 2016 CD & Playaway

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Dear Librarian, The New Year brings a brand new range of fantastic titles for your members to enjoy.

The Clipper imprint kick-starts the New Year with the highly anticipated Trigger Mortis, Anthony Horrowitz’s own take on the inimitable James Bond. After the global success of Jojo Moyes’ Me Before You, we’re delighted to present the next chapter in the story, After You. There are also fantastic titles from all-time favourites Haruki Murakami, Peter James and Santa Montefiore.

Your library will be set for Sagas, Mysteries and Cosy Crime with all of our fantastic titles available from Lamplight this quarter! Nadine Dorries’ standalone novel, Ruby Flynn, is bound to be a hit with fans of her previous trilogy, The Four Streets. Climb aboard for the next adventure in the Captain Kydd series with Tyger by Julian Stockwin, and don’t miss out on new releases from Graham Masterton, Lesley Pearse and Linwood Barclay.

Fans of sci-fi and fantasy will not be disappointed with our Avid collection, with titles from classic sci-fi and fantasy authors, including Raymond E. Feist, Paul Finch and the second instalment of Robin Hobb’s Fool’s Quest series.

And finally, Jammer offers a fantastic range of fiction and non-fiction titles to suit all readers, with gritty crime from Peter May in Freezeframe, to modern fiction and rom-com in The Years of Loving You by Ella Harper and The Gospel According to Drew Barrymore by Pippa Wright. Look out for your staple favourites with titles from Cecelia Ahern, Elly Griffiths and Scott G. Mariani, to name a few!

We hope you enjoy our titles in this brochure, and please do get in touch if you have any feedback.

With best wishes, The Editor

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Contents CLIPPER

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3 – 23

Lamplight

24 – 31

Avid

32 – 34

Jammer

35 – 42

Jammer Teen

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Doctor Who

45 – 49

Blackstone

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Playaway clipper

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Playaway lamplight

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Playaway jammer

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Clipper Representing award-winners, shortlisted titles and top bestsellers. This quarter includes new titles from Sebastian Faulks, Anthony Horrowitz and the much-loved Jojo Moyes.

Where My Heart Used to Beat

Trigger Mortis

Sebastian Faulks

Anthony Horrowitz

Daring, ambitious and in the end profoundly moving, this is Faulks’ most remarkable book yet.

James Bond returns in this thrilling new adventure from Anthony Horowitz – with original material by Ian Fleming.

On a small island off the south coast of France, Robert Hendricks, an English doctor, is forced to confront the events that made up his life. His host and antagonist is Alexander Pereira, a man whose time is running out, but who seems to know more about his guest than Hendricks himself does. The search for sanity takes us through the war in Italy in 1944, a passionate love that seems to hold out hope, the great days of idealistic work in the 1960s and finally – unforgettably – back into the trenches of the Western Front. “ A masterpiece […] a terrific novel, humming with ideas, knowing asides, shafts of sunlight, shouts of laughter and moments of almost unbearable tragedy.”

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

“ Faulks gets better and better with every book. This is surely one of the year’s best novels.”

Anthony Horowitz’s new novel is a thrilling tour de force, sure to delight fans of the original 007 novels and new readers alike. The story begins in the lethal world of Grand Prix and an attempt by the Russians to sabotage a race at Nürburgring, the most dangerous track in Europe.

Bond is in the driving seat but events swiftly take an unexpected turn, pitching him into an entirely different race with implications that could change the world.

Anthony Horowitz recreates the golden age of Bond, packed with speed, danger, strong women and fiendish villains, in this brilliantly authentic adventure.

Anthony Horowitz is one of the UK’s most prolific and successful writers and in 2014 he was awarded an OBE for services to literature.

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The House on Cold Hill

Colonel Sun

Undermajordomo Minor

Summer Secrets

Peter James

Kingsley Amis

Patrick deWitt

Jane Green

A chilling horror story by the number one bestselling crime author Peter James.

The first ever Bond continuation.

A triumphant ink-black comedy of manners by the Man Booker shortlisted author of The Sisters Brothers.

Summer Secrets by number one bestselling author, Jane Green, is a gripping tale of recovery and redemption.

Lucien (Lucy) Minor is the resident odd duck in the bucolic hamlet of Bury. Friendless and loveless, he is a compulsive liar and a weakling. When Lucy accepts employment assisting the majordomo of the remote, forbidding castle of the Baron Von Aux he meets thieves, madmen, aristocrats, and a puppy. Thus begins a tale of polite theft, bitter heartbreak, domestic mystery and cold-blooded murder…

June, 1998. At twenty-seven, Cat Coombs is struggling.

She lives in London and parties hard. Discovering the identity of the father sends her into a spiral. She makes mistakes that cost her her only friendships.

Moving from the heart of Brighton to the Sussex countryside is a big undertaking for born townies, Ollie Harcourt, his wife, Caro, and their twelve-yearold daughter, Jade. But when they view Cold Hill House, they are filled with excitement. But within days of moving in, the house itself begins to turn on the Harcourts and the terrified family discover Cold Hill House’s dark history, and the horrible truth of what it could mean for them…

The life of secret agent James Bond has begun to fall into a pattern that threatens complacency… until the sunny afternoon when M is kidnapped. The action ricochets across the globe to a volcanic Greek island, where Colonel Sun Liang-tan of the People’s Liberation Army of China collaborates with an ex-Nazi atrocity expert in a world-menacing conspiracy. Stripped of all professional aids, Bond faces, unarmed, the monstrous devices of Colonel Sun in a test that brings him to the verge of his physical endurance.

“ Peter James is one of the best British crime writers.”

“ Ian Fleming would have been proud.”

LEE CHILD

“ Confirms deWitt as one of the most talented young writers around.”

IRISH TIMES

“ Jane Green’s books are warm, witty, sharp and insightful.

She writes characters that hook you instantly and situations that make you wince, laugh, or both. She writes with such honesty and zing, it’s impossible to stop turning the pages.”

SUNDAY TIMES ON THE SISTERS BROTHERS

“ Exciting, violent, sadistic and sexy.”

“ Wonderfully funny and original.”

DAILY MIRROR

June, 2014. Cat wants to make amends to those she has hurt. What Cat doesn’t realize is that her real father’s daughters have secrets of their own. Cat must confront dark things and uncover the depths of someone’s need for revenge.

SPECTATOR ON THE SISTERS BROTHERS

SOPHIE KINSELLA

“ Beautifully written, emotionally intense and psychologically fascinating.”

DAILY MAIL

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The Secrets We Keep

The Bell Jar

Ordinary Decent Criminals

The Snapper

Jonathan Harvey

Sylvia Plath

Lionel Shriver

Roddy Doyle

It’s hard being that woman, the one whose husband disappeared.

A stunning edition of Sylvia Plath’s classic novel, read by the critically acclaimed actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.

From the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin.

The follow-on novel to the bestselling The Commitments, revisiting the well-loved Rabbitte family.

He went out five years ago for a pint of milk and never came back. So here I am with a daughter who blames me for everything, a son trying his best to pick up the pieces and a gaggle of neighbours who are incredibly nosy. Then I find a left luggage ticket in the pocket of one of his old coats and suddenly I’m thinking… What if he’s not dead? What if he’s still out there somewhere? “ A wonderful book – gripping and twisty and tender and touching.”

When Esther Greenwood wins an internship at a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer. But in between the cocktail parties and piles of manuscripts, Esther’s life begins to slide out of control. She finds herself spiralling into depression and eventually a suicide attempt, as she grapples with difficult relationships and a society which refuses to take women’s aspirations seriously.

“ It’s a wonder that subject matter on the surface so bleak can be transformed into something so uplifting.”

MARIAN KEYES

“ Absolutely delightful. Jonathan Harvey writes with all his heart and all his soul.”

Having abandoned Philadelphia for the life of a nomad, Estrin Lancaster now finds herself in Belfast, a city scarred by twenty years of ritualised violence. As the former purveyor of his own bomb-disposal service, Farrell O’Phelan courts the company of destruction.

Technically a Catholic, he shuns allegiance. For these two, normal life is anathema; love is a trap. What ensues is an affair beset with a fear of domesticity and a hunger for devastation.

“ A near-perfect work of art.”

JOYCE CAROL OATES

DAILY TELEGRAPH

“ Witty, observant and beautifully controlled.”

LISA JEWELL

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Meet the Rabbitte family, a motley bunch of loveable ne’er-do-wells whose everyday purgatory is rich with hangovers, dog s**t and dirty dishes. When the older sister announces her pregnancy, the family are forced to rally together and discover the strangeness of intimacy.

But the question remains: which friend of the family is the father of Sharon’s child?

Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the Booker prize winning author of nine acclaimed novels. “ A superb creation, exploding with cheerful chauvinism and black Celtic humour […] You finish the book, hungry for more.”

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The Summer of Secrets

The Revenant

Travelling Tinker Man & Other Rhymes

An Artist of the Floating World

Sarah Jasmon

Michael Punke

David Essex

Kazuo Ishiguro

A suspenseful, vividly drawn novel about a summer ending in tragedy.

Based on a true story, The Revenant is an epic tale of revenge, soon to be a major motion picture, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Poems from the heart by a man who has lived – and loved – life to the full.

One of Ishiguro’s masterpieces, An Artist of the Floating World won the Whitbread Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

In the summer of 1983, when Helen is sixteen, the Dover family move in next door. She is infatuated with the bohemian Dovers, especially the petulant and charming Victoria. But the summer ends suddenly one tumultuous evening and the next day Helen wakes up to discover that the family have simply disappeared.

What went wrong that summer’s evening? Why does Helen feel like something terrible happened?

Sarah Jasmon lives on a canal boat near Manchester with her children. She has had several short stories published and is curating a poetry anthology.

Rocky Mountains, 1823. When a scouting mission puts Hugh Glass face-to-face with a grizzly bear, he is viciously mauled and not expected to survive. Two men from the company are ordered to remain with him, but, fearing an imminent attack, they abandon Glass, stripping him of his prized rifle and hatchet. With shocking grit and determination, Glass sets out on a three-thousand-mile journey to seek revenge on the men who betrayed him.

The Revenant is a remarkable tale of obsession and the lengths that one man will go to for retribution. “ A spellbinding tale of heroism and obsessive retribution.”

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

In the 70s he was a huge pop star, with Number 1 hits like Rock On and Hold Me Close. In the ’80s and ’90s he became a star of the stage with lead roles in Godspell and Mutiny! Now comes a wonderful collection of David Essex’s poetry and lyrics. Here are nostalgic poems recalling his family’s traveller roots, verses filled with memories of his warm and loving boyhood, and poetry reliving the highs and lows of fame. “ He has taken his own musings about life and […] there is genuine sentiment behind them.”

THE TELEGRAPH

“ Not surprisingly, a lot of these poems read like lyrics, but those where personal memories most obviously play a part have robust charm.”

It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War Two, her people looking to the future. The celebrated artist, Masuji Ono, fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his two grown daughters and his grandson. His should be a tranquil retirement. But as his memories continually return to the past – to a life and career deeply touched by Japanese militarism – a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity.

Kazuo Ishiguro is the acclaimed author of The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go and most recently The Buried Giant. “ An exquisite novel.”

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The Good Son

Universal Man: The Seven Lives of John Maynard Keynes

The House by the Lake

Elegy

Paul McVeigh

Richard Davenport-Hines

Thomas Harding

Andrew Roberts

“ A vivid, poignant and thrilling tale of troubled boyhood, The Good Son is a lot better than good – it’s outstanding.” toby litt

From the bestselling author of An English Affair, a dazzlingly original thematic biography which throws fresh light on the greatest economist of the twentieth century.

A groundbreaking and revelatory new history of Germany, told through the story of a small wooden house.

Andrew Roberts evokes the pity and the horror of the blackest day in the history of the British army.

In the summer of 1993, Thomas Harding travelled to Germany with his grandmother to visit a house by a lake. It had been a holiday home for her family, one that she had been forced to leave as the Nazis swept to power. As he began to piece together the lives of the five families who had lived there, he realised that this house had witnessed violence, betrayals and murders; it had withstood the trauma of a world war and the dividing of a nation.

On 1 July 1916, after a five-day bombardment, 11 British and 5 French divisions launched their long-awaited ‘Big Push’ on German positions on high ground above the Rivers Ancre and Somme on the Western Front. Some ground was gained, but at a terrible cost. In killinggrounds whose names are indelibly imprinted on 20thcentury memory, German machine-guns – manned by troops who had sat out the storm of shellfire in deep dugouts – inflicted terrible losses on the British infantry.

Breath-taking in scope, intimate in its detail, it is the long-awaited new history from the author of the bestselling Hanns and Rudolf.

Andrew Roberts is a prize-winning historian, journalist and broadcaster.

Mickey Donnelly is smart, which isn’t a good thing in his part of town. Despite having a dog called Killer and being in love with the girl next door, everyone calls him ‘gay’. He dreams of going to America, taking Wee Maggie and Ma with him, to get them away from Belfast and Da. Mickey realises it’s all down to him. He has to protect Ma from herself. And sometimes, you have to be a bad boy to be a good son.

John Maynard Keynes is the man who saved Britain from financial crisis not once, but twice. He remains a highly influential figure, nearly 70 years after his death. But who was he? In this entertaining biography, Richard Davenport-Hines gives us the man behind the economics – the public official and statesman who was equally at ease socialising with the Bloomsbury Group to persuading prime ministers and presidents.

“ A highly commendable debut, convincing in its realism.”

INDEPENDENT

“ Mickey is the funniest, most endearing human being for whom we feel huge compassion as he faces each adversity. This novel envelops the reader with its humanity and its down-to-earth humour leaves you laughing.”

“ One of the best books I have read on postwar Britain […] a masterpiece of historical reconstruction.”

HISTORY TODAY ON AN ENGLISH AFFAIR

“ Britain’s finest contemporary military historian.” “ A gripping thriller, an unspeakable crime, an essential history.”

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The Great Village Show

Love is Triumphant

Trapped by Scandal

Stolen by the Highlander

Alexandra Brown

Barbara Cartland

Jane Feather

Terri Brisbin

The warm and witty new novel from Alexandra Brown, bestselling author of Cupcakes at Carrington’s.

An upper class romance from the queen of love stories, Barbara Cartland.

An entrancing historical romance from acclaimed bestselling author Jane Feather.

Rival clans and forbidden love in the Highlands.

When Rosina’s friend leapt to her death after the man she loved betrayed her, she vowed vengeance on all men.

Now a debutante, she finds herself caught up in a whirl of social activity. Her new friend Lady Doreen, daughter of the Earl of Blakemore is secretly in love with an unknown admirer. To Rosina’s dismay he turns out to be Arthur Woodward, the man whose betrayal had destroyed her friend. Can she defy him, in spite of his threats?

Lady Hero Fanshawe has ignored society’s rules ever since the death of her fiancé taught her that joy can be fleeting. When her brother disappears in Paris at the height of the Terror, she doesn’t hesitate in risking her life to find him, joining forces with the enigmatic and dangerously handsome William Ducasse, Viscount St. Aubrey – a partnership which leads to an illicit liaison…

The Village Show competition is coming around again and after last year’s spectacular failure, the villagers are determined to win. Meg, teacher at the local school, is keen to help and to impose some much-needed order.

After a terse encounter with a newcomer to the village, Meg discovers that it is celebrity chef and culinary bad boy, Dan Wright. Dan is opening a new restaurant in the village which could really put Tindledale on the map… “ A warm, witty, loveable read with plenty of sparkle and charm.”

Barbara Cartland was the world’s most prolific romance novelist with worldwide sales of over 1 billion copies and translations into 36 different languages.

ROWAN COLEMAN

Arabella Cameron is filled with dread. But if marrying a man she doesn’t love will end the feud between the Cameron and Mackintosh clans, she will do her duty.

That is until outlaw Brodie Mackintosh arrives and steals her away. Brodie knows Arabella has every reason to hate him, but a forbidden kiss soon makes these enemies question everything. When Arabella’s intended reclaims her, Brodie must fight for her.

A three-time RWA RITA finalist, Terri Brisbin has had more than 35 historical and paranormal romance novels, novellas and short stories published since 1998.

“ Well-written and fast-moving – entertaining.”

BOOKLIST

“ A feather in her cap and one of her best stories ever.”

ATLANTA JOURNAL

“ Delightful from start to finish, sprinkled with magic and full of heart.”

MIRANDA DICKINSON

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Snowed In with Her Ex

Playing by the Greek’s Rules

22 Dead Little Bodies

Only True in Fairy Tales

Andrea Laurence

Sarah Morgan

Stuart MacBride

Christine Stovell

Trapped in a cabin with the man who makes her want what she shouldn’t have…

It starts as a sensual game, but can Lily stick to Nik’s rules? And, what’s more, can he?

A short novel featuring Aberdeen’s finest investigative duo.

It’s never too late to believe in fairy tales…

Wedding photographer Briana Harper never expected to run into her ex at an engagement shoot. And when a blizzard strands them in a remote mountain cabin, she knows she’s in trouble. She’s never forgotten Ian Lawson and now he’s engaged. But Ian is still a man who knows what he wants. And what he wants is Briana. Yet proving he’s changed may be this music mogul’s toughest negotiation yet…

Idealistic archaeologist Lily Rose craves a fairytale love, but in her experience it always ends in heartbreak. So now Lily’s trying a different approach – a fling with infamous Greek playboy Nik Zervakis. Antilove and anti-family, Nik lives by his own set of rules.

There’s no-one better to teach Lily how to separate sex from deep emotions! But whilst Nik may have the world at his feet, he has shadows in his heart.

It’s been a bad week for acting Detective Inspector Logan McRae. Every time his unit turns up anything interesting, DCI Steel’s Major Investigation Team waltzes in and takes over, leaving CID with all the dull and horrible jobs. But when the dead bodies start turning up, one thing’s certain – Logan’s week is about to get a whole lot worse.

Andrea Laurence is an award winning contemporary author who has been a lover of books and writing stories since she learned to read.

USA Today bestselling author Sarah Morgan writes hot, happy contemporary romance and her trademark humour and sensuality have gained her fans across the globe.

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KATE HARRISON ON TURNING THE TIDE

“ Stuart MacBride’s novels are a real treat.”

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“ Refreshing, funny and romantic, it’s like a breath of fresh sea air with a cast of terrific characters.”

“ Some of the grittiest crime-writing in the field.”

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Eloise Blake has been fascinated by Prospect House, the shadowy Gothic house opposite, ever since she moved to the village of Hookfield. When its new owner turns out to be crime author Ross Farrell, Eloise is determined not to be distracted by him. Love, she thinks, is only true in fairy tales. But is Ross the Prince Charming she thought didn’t exist – or is he a beast in disguise?

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From the Heart

Songs of Love and War

After You

Gathering Prey

D. J. Taylor

Santa Montefiore

Jojo Moyes

John Sandford

Man Booker Prize nominated author D. J. Taylor’s new novella is a dazzling exploration of the trouble we cause when choosing from the heart.

The new heartfelt epic novel from number one bestseller Santa Montefiore.

After You is the stunning sequel to the worldwide phenomenon Me Before You, soon to be a major film starring Emilia Clarke.

The extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from the number one bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winner John Sandford.

Lou Clark has lots of questions. Like how it is she’s ended up working in an airport bar, or why the flat she’s owned for a year still doesn’t feel like home. What Lou does know for certain is that something has to change.

Lucas Davenport’s adopted daughter, Letty, is home from college when she gets a phone call from a woman traveler she’d befriended in San Francisco. The woman thinks somebody’s killing her friends, she’s afraid she knows who it is, and now her male companion has gone missing. Letty tells Lucas she’s going to get her, and, though he suspects Letty’s getting played, he volunteers to go with her…

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Welcome to a London on the cusp of the twenty-first century. And meet Anthony, Alison and Lucy. Anthony is the disillusioned junior partner of a City insolvency firm; Alison is his PR director wife; Lucy is the girl he has secretly been in love with for the past 17 years.

This is the story of how Anthony and Lucy are brought together again, and the emotional consequences for the people involved.

West Cork, Ireland, 1900. The year marks the start of a new century, and the birth of three very different women: Kitty Deverill, the flame-haired Anglo-Irish daughter of the castle, Bridie Doyle, the daughter of the Irish cook and Celia Deverill, Kitty’s flamboyant English cousin. Together they grow up in the dreamy grounds of the family’s grand estate, Castle Deverill. Yet their peaceful way of life will soon be threatened by Ireland’s struggle for independence. “ Nobody does epic romance like Santa Montefiore.

Everything she writes, she writes from the heart.”

“ Compulsively enjoyable.”

INDEPENDENT

But does the stranger on her doorstep hold the answers Lou is searching for – or just more questions? But Lou once made a promise to live. And if she’s going to keep it, she has to invite them in…

“ Crime writer John Sandford is one of the best around.”

“ A tender, funny and hopeful look at love, grief and life.

Bumper box of tissues required.”

JOJO MOYES

SUN

“ That rare beast – a series writer who reads like a breath of fresh air.”

STYLIST

“ A triumphant success […] [Taylor] proves himself to be one of the finest of our 21st-century novelists.”

DAILY MIRROR

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Numero Zero

The Flower Arrangement

The Past

The Great Swindle

Umberto Eco

Ella Griffin

Tessa Hadley

Pierre Lemaitre

The new novel from the master storyteller, author of The Name of the Rose.

Blooming with warmth, wit and wisdom comes a delightful, life-affirming novel woven around a Dublin florist from Irish author, Ella Griffin.

A mesmerising novel about family from one of Britain’s finest novelists, often compared with Elizabeth Bowen and Alice Munro, Tessa Hadley.

The Prix Goncourt winning masterpiece by the internationally bestselling author of Alex, Irène and Camille, Pierre Lemaitre.

1945. Mussolini and his mistress are shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duce’s death remain shrouded in confusion and controversy.

1992. Colonna is offered a fee he can’t refuse to ghost-write a memoir. His subject, Braggadocio, is convinced that Mussolini’s corpse was a body-double and part of a wider Fascist plot. When a body is found, stabbed to death in a back alley, even Colonna is jolted out of his complacency.

Fuelled by conspiracy theories, Mafiosi, love, corruption and murder, Numero Zero reverberates with the clash of forces that have shaped Italy since the Second World War.

Every bouquet tells a story. And every story begins at Blossom & Grow, a tiny jewel-like flower shop in the heart of Dublin. Here, Lara works her magic: translating feelings into flower arrangements that change hearts and lives.

But what about her own heart? Has she really healed since she lost her chance to be a mother? What will happen when her own story takes a sudden turn? “ Ella Griffin can make you laugh and then cry in the turn of a page.”

“ Hadley is a writer of exceptional intelligence and skill and, for all the apparent conventionality of her vision, hers is a subtly subversive talent.”

MARIAN KEYES

“ This is Ella Griffin in fine form, brilliant at dialogue and insightful about loss.”

“ Eco does something rare: he makes ideas moving.”

SCOTSMAN

Three sisters and a brother meet up in their grandparents’ old house for three long, hot summer weeks. The house is full of memories of their childhood and their past, but now they may have to sell it. And under the idyllic surface, there are tensions. Secrets are uncovered and passions erupt as a way of life – bourgeois, literate, ritualised – winds down to its inevitable end.

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“ There is something reassuring yet deliciously unexpected about a Tessa Hadley novel.”

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1918. Wanting to impress his superiors, an ambitious officer, Lieutenant Pradelle, sends two soldiers over the top and shoots them to incite their comrades to attack the German lines. When Albert Maillard realises how they must have died, the Lieutenant hopes to silence him, but Albert is rescued by fellow soldier, Edouard Péricourt. Back in civilian life, Edouard’s sense of mischief is rekindled and he devises a confidence trick that could make them a fortune… “ A superb novel, from beginning to end!”

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“ After a stunning start, Pierre Lemaitre keeps up the pace from one end to the other of this fantastical, extraordinary novel,which lives up to all its early promise […] Impossible to put down.”

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Nineteen Eighty-Four

Faith and Beauty

Children of the Master

The Dark Inside

George Orwell

Jane Thynne

Andrew Marr

Rod Reynolds

Listen to this brand new recording of a revolutionary novel.

The new novel in Jane Thynne’s Clara Vine series, set in a dangerous world on the cusp of the Second World War.

The second novel from Britain’s foremost political commentator is an intimate look at the inner workings of Whitehall, and who really controls party politics.

In this town, no one is innocent.

1984 is the year in which it happens. The world is divided into three great powers: Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. Throughout Oceania ‘The Party’ rules by the agency of four ministries whose power is absolute.

In The Ministry of Truth, which deals in propaganda, Winston Smith’s job is to edit the past. Over time, the impulse to escape the machine takes a hold of him.

In writing the words ‘DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER’ his personal rebellion begins…

This is his story but it might also be yours. In our increasingly surveillance-governed world the story has strong resonance and displays some shocking parallels with modern-day society. “ The definitive novel of the 20th century, a story that remains eternally fresh and contemporary.”

Berlin, on the eve of war. Clara Vine, Anglo-German actress and spy, has been recalled to London by British Intelligence to probe reports that the Nazis and the Soviet Union are planning to make a pact. When Clara investigates the death of a young woman from the ‘Faith and Beauty Society’ – the elite finishing school for Nazi girls, what she uncovers is something of infinite value to the Nazi regime – and now she herself is in danger. “ An absolute cracker of a read… fast-paced and gripping from the start.”

SUNDAY TIMES

“ A thoroughly enjoyable read: fast-paced, atmospheric and genuinely suspenseful.”

MAIL ON SUNDAY

The Labour Party has unexpectedly won a narrow majority in the 2018 general election. But with the new government weak and divided, a group of eminent figures from the party’s past see an opportunity to re-establish their grip by replacing the prime minister with a figurehead they can manipulate. But who will they choose?

Against a backdrop of intrigue and betrayal at the Palace of Westminster, a struggle of sacrifices and compromises to seize the greatest political prize of all begins.

1946, Texarkana. Disgraced New York reporter Charlie Yates has been sent to cover the story of a spate of brutal murders – young couples who’ve been slaughtered at a local date spot. Charlie finds himself drawn into the case by the beautiful and fiery Lizzie, sister to one of the victims. But Charlie has his own demons to fight, and he discovers that the people of Texarkana have secrets that they want kept hidden.

Loosely based on true events, The Dark Inside is a compelling and pacy thriller that heralds a new voice in the genre.

“ The Machiavellian melodrama of House of Cards veers into The Thick of It, and then off into the shadows where fixers out of John Le Carré lurk […] Lively and enjoyable.”

INDEPENDENT ON HEAD OF STATE

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“ Andrew Marr is a marvel […] what makes [it] worth reading is that Marr is unbuttoned […] witty and wicked.”

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Sleeping Dogs

The Death of Rex Nhongo

The Governor’s Wife

Fear of Dying

Chris Simms

C. B. George

Michael Harvey

Erica Jong

The new title in the critically-acclaimed DI Spicer series.

“ A terrific novel – absolutely compelling and chilling.

A wonderfully astute and forensic blend of fact and fiction, lies and truth.” william boyd

Chicago’s favourite Ovid-reading, gun-toting private investigator takes on Illinois’ first family.

The new novel from the author of the iconic international bestseller Fear of Flying.

It’s been two years since disgraced Illinois governor Ray Perry disappeared from a federal courthouse in Chicago, moments after being sentenced to thirty-eight years in prison on corruption charges. PI Michael Kelly’s investigation begins with his wife, Marie. As he hunts for her husband, Kelly begins to unwind Marie Perry’s past.

What he finds is a woman who is even more intriguing than her husband, with her own deeply complicated reasons for standing by him.

As Vanessa watches her aged parents fade, and her much older husband, Asher, struggle in the throes of open-heart surgery, she dreams of reversing time and becoming young again. Could her fountain of youth fantasies be fulfilled on zipless.com, a site inspired by her best friend, Isadora Wing’s fantasy of encounters with no consequences? Surrounded by mortality, Vanessa is restless and curious enough to try anything.

Out walking with his family in the local park, Jon Spicer’s life is shattered forever. The dog – aggressive and huge – appears from nowhere. At first, Jon assumes the attack was random. Soon, other events force him to think again. With his family under threat, Jon can do only one thing: fight back. The pursuit leads him to a remote Irish village where his family are originally from…

Harare, Zimbabwe, 2011. This is a story of five marriages and one gun. The betrayals and conspiracies of the corrupt world are nothing compared to those of marriage; in which husband and wife love and leave, fight and flee, recant and reconcile, with outcomes that are by turns shocking, heart-breaking and, ultimately, full of hope.

C. B. George’s Zimbabwe is a personal portrait, both tender and brutal.

“ Simms has written a gritty novel that grips from start to finish. I just couldn’t put it down.”

HORRORSCOPE

“ Chris Simms has been quietly building one of the best police procedural series in this country.”

“ A brilliantly unsettling book […] shrewd, measured, darkly atmospheric prose.”

HELEN OYEYEMI, AUTHOR OF BOY, SNOW, BIRD

CATHOLIC HERALD ON THE EDGE

“ I loved it […] I found it irreverent, funny, tender and very wise and it made me feel more alive.”

“ Edg y, and delivered at a cracking pace.”

MAIL ON SUNDAY

“ Harvey does for the Windy City what Michael Connelly did for Los Angeles: he commandeers it, warts and all, and wrangles it into his fiction.”

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RACHEL JOYCE, AUTHOR OF THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY

“ How she was able to deal with all these sensitive issues and still make the book funny is amazing. I loved reading it.”

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The Secret War: Part One

The Kamikaze Hunters

Things I Wish I’d Known My Single Friend

Max Hastings

Will Iredale

Victoria Young

Jane Costello

Through a series of snapshots come the secret stories of spies and intelligence officers from bestselling author of Catastrophe, Max Hastings.

The extraordinary story of the young British airmen who fought the Japanese suicide pilots.

Women tell the truth about motherhood…

Who said men and women can’t be friends?

In this no-holds-barred collection of essays, prominent female authors, journalists and TV personalities explore the truth about becoming mothers. Covering topics from labour to the breastapo, twins to IVF, weaning to post-birth sex, and with writers including Cathy Kelly, Adele Parks, Kathy Lette and Lucy Porter (and many more) Things I Wish I’d Known is a reassuring, moving and often hilarious collection that will speak to mothers – and mothers-to-be – everywhere.

At 28, Lucy is doing well for herself. She’s got a great job, her boss loves her, and her friends think she’s great. The only problem is she does feel the need to lie outrageously on dates – often with hilarious results. But when Lucy decides that her flatmate, and oldest friend, Henry is in need of a makeover, nothing can prepare them for the surprise results! Before long, Lucy realises that their lives will never be the same again.

Max Hastings examines the espionage and intelligence machines of all sides in World War Two, and the impact of spies, code-breakers and partisan operations on events. Written on a global scale, the book brings together accounts from British, American, German, Russian and Japanese sources to tell the story of a secret war waged unceasingly by men and women often far from the battlefields but whose actions profoundly influenced the outcome. “ No other general history of the war amalgamates so successfully the gut-wrenching personal details and the essential strategic arguments […] Hastings has triumphed.”

In May 1945, with victory in Europe established, the war was all but over. But on the other side of the world, the Allies were still engaged in a bitter struggle to control the Pacific. And it was then that the Japanese unleashed a terrible new form of warfare: the suicide pilots, or Kamikaze. A story of courage, The Kamikaze Hunters is a gripping account of how a few brave men helped to ensure peace.

“ Thoroughly enjoyable and laugh-out-loud hilarious.” “ A gripping account of a virtually unknown drama […]

His story is laced with vivid anecdotes which wonderfully illustrate the character and calibre of the individuals who took up this great challenge.”

JONATHAN DIMBLEBY

“ From labour and IVF to weaning and post-birth sex, each author is brutally honest about their experiences, ensuring you will laugh and cry along with them.”

HEAT

ESSENTIALS

“ [A] collection of very funny essays.”

THE TIMES

STYLIST

“ Majestic […] it is impossible to emerge without a sense of the sheer scale of human tragedy […] Hastings shapes all these stories, almost miraculously, into a single coherent narrative.”

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The Edge of Desire

Snow Angel Cove

Best Friend to Wife and Mother?

A Ring From a Marquess

Stephanie Laurens

RaeAnne Thayne

Caroline Anderson

Christine Merrill

A fantastic historical romance from bestselling author, Stephanie Laurens.

Bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne welcomes you to Haven Point, a small town full of big surprises.

Stepping out of the friend zone.

A passionate Regency romance from Christine Merrill.

‘Christian, I need your help. There is no one else I can turn to… L.’ Letitia believes her former lover Christian abandoned her, and she hates to call on his aid. But to clear her brother’s name, she has sworn to use every weapon at her command. Yet all the while, Christian is waging a war of his own – a campaign of pure pleasure and sweet revenge that will take them both beyond the edge of desire. “ Stephanie Laurens’ heroines are marvelous tributes to Georgette Heyer: feisty and strong.”

CATHY KELLY

Nothing short of a miracle can help Eliza Hayward.

Precariously close to being destitute, Eliza needs a hero, but she’s not expecting one who almost runs her down with his car! Rescuing Eliza is pure instinct for tech genius Aidan Caine. At first, putting the renovation of his lakeside guest lodge in Eliza’s hands assuages his guilt.

But is he willing to risk his heart on a yuletide romance that could lead to forever?

Leo Zaccharelli is a gorgeous TV chef, but to Amy Driver he’s just her best friend. Yet when he saves her from a disastrous near miss down the aisle, Amy escapes to Tuscany with Leo and his adorable baby daughter, Ella.

Spending time with this little family, which suffered after Leo’s wife’s death, opens Amy’s eyes to the joys of being a mother and a wife!

Caroline Anderson has been a nurse, a secretary, a teacher, and has run her own business. Now she’s settled on writing.

Independent Margot de Bryun has no intention of giving a man control of her life! Although handsome rake Stephen Standish, Marquess of Fanworth, does pique her interest… Stephen sees Margot as perfect marriage material – talented, intelligent and alluring. When a stolen family ruby is traced to the jewellery shop Margot owns, an infuriated Stephen demands she become his mistress. Except Margot’s not one to be easily tamed – and, whether she be mistress or wife, sparks will certainly fly!

“ Thayne has a knack for capturing those emotions that come from the heart.”

ROMANTIC TIMES

“ Stephanie Laurens plays into readers’ fantasies like a master and claims their hearts time and again.”

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His Diamond of Convenience

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Lowdown: A Short History of the First Gulf War

House of Malice

Maisey Yates

Washington Irving

Robert Johnson

Scott G. Mariani

Dmitri Markin meets his match!

A classic of American literature that will fascinate and excite.

A short history, revisiting the First Gulf War in light of more recent events.

Set near the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town in the secluded and mysterious glen of Sleepy Hollow, schoolmaster Icabod Crane competes with Brom Bones for the attention of the beautiful Katrina. As Icabod heads home, he is hunted by the Headless Horseman.

Irving’s haunting, yet humorous narrative describes the tale of the schoolmaster whose lonely journey home that turns into a night of delightful terror.

At the end of the Iran-Iraq War in 1988, Iraq was in significant debt. Saddam coveted Kuwait’s vast oil revenues and considered using his seasoned army to get them. He presumed that there would be little resistance to an invasion – a dreadful miscalculation.

When Iraqi forces poured into Kuwait, much of the world united against them.

The shocking new horror novella from number one Sunday Times bestselling author, Scott Mariani.

Twelve years ago Victoria Calder made a mistake that cost her father his business. Now finally she has a chance to atone. And if that means going toe-to-toe with the arresting Dmitri Markin, ex-martial arts fighter, she’s prepared to step into the ring… and put his on her finger! “ Yates’ romance has all the bells and whistles.”

ROMANTIC TIMES

“ Irving’s writings are inextricably woven into the fabric of American culture – high and low.”

The First Gulf War opened a new chapter in the region’s politics, bringing together the Arab states and the Western world.

This Lowdown Guide will introduce listeners to the history and consequences of the First Gulf War

GUARDIAN

Novelist Mandy Freeman thinks her dreams have come true when she becomes owner of Summer Cottage, former home of her idol, author Ellen Grace.

With her new life starting and love on the horizon, Mandy’s future looks bright.

But Mandy begins to learn all is not as it seems. A series of disturbing, sinister events force her to delve into the past of its former owner. Mandy finds herself caught in a nightmare that threatens to destroy her… “ If you’ve got a pulse, you’ll love Scott Mariani.”

SIMON TOYNE

“ Scott Mariani is an awesome writer.”

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Even Dogs in the Wild

The Storm Sister

The Lost Tudor Princess

The House of the Rising Sun

Ian Rankin

Lucinda Riley

Alison Weir

James Lee Burke

Even Dogs in the Wild brings back Ian Rankin’s greatest characters, in a story exploring the darkest corners of our instincts and desires.

Following the success of The Seven Sisters, this is the second book in Lucinda Riley’s spellbinding series.

The biography of an extraordinary life that spanned five Tudor reigns, a life packed with intrigue, drama and tragedy.

Bestselling crime author James Lee Burke returns with his latest masterpiece.

Retirement doesn’t suit John Rebus. So when DI Siobhan Clarke asks for his help on a case, Rebus doesn’t need long to consider. Clarke’s been investigating the death of a lawyer whose body was found along with a threatening note. On the other side of Edinburgh, Big Ger Cafferty – Rebus’s long-time nemesis – has received an identical note and a bullet through his window. Now it’s up to Clarke and Rebus to connect the dots and stop a killer.

A talented sailor, Ally is about to compete in one of the world’s most challenging yacht races when she hears the news of her adoptive father’s sudden death. In the aftermath of the harrowing events that follow, Ally pursues the clues her father left her to the icy beauty of Norway. There, she begins to discover how her story is inextricably bound to that of a young unknown singer, Anna Landvik, who lived there over 100 years before.

Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox. Royal Tudor blood ran in her veins. Her mother was a queen, her father an earl, and she herself was the granddaughter, niece, cousin and grandmother of monarchs. Beautiful and tempestuous, she created scandal, not just once, but twice, by falling in love with unsuitable men.

Fortunately, the marriage arranged for her turned into a love match.

“ It’s a novel densely packed with incident and intrigue, and Rankin’s thriller plotting is sublime as ever. […] Rebus remains a remarkably lived-in and mesmerising figurehead of the genre.”

“ What an absolutely fantastic storyteller – I was immediately immersed in the story, and absolutely compelled.”

“ Alison Weir is one of our best popular historians and one, moreover, with an impressive scholarly pedigree in Tudor history.”

KATHERINE WEBB ON THE SEVEN SISTERS

INDEPENDENT

“ [Weir] has a good eye for period detail – and her re-creation of the late 15th century domestic and ceremonial world is terrific.”

INDEPENDENT

“ Subtle, and ambitious […] it is a fascinating exploration of ideas of loyalty and allegiance in a changing world, as well as a welcome return for a battered but tenacious survivor.”

House of the Rising Sun is an epic tale of love, loss, betrayal, vengeance, and retribution that follows Texas Ranger Hackberry Holland on his journey to reunite with his estranged son, Ishmael. After a violent encounter that leaves four Mexican soldiers dead, Hackberry escapes the country in possession of a stolen artifact, earning the ire of a bloodthirsty Austrian arms dealer who will do anything to recapture his prize, believed to be the mythic cup of Christ. “ One of the finest crime writers America has ever produced.”

DAILY MAIL

“ Saturated with the romance of the past while mournfully attuned to the unholy menace of the present.”

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The Hunter of the Dark

A Diamond From Pinball, 1973 Tiffany’s and Other Stories

Those We Left Behind

Donato Carrisi

Melissa Hill

Haruki Murakami

Stuart Neville

A brutal killer is on the streets of Rome.

He leaves no trace. And shows no mercy.

Life should be full of sparkle…

Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 are Haruki Murakami’s earliest novels.

From the author of the most critically acclaimed and exciting crime debut of recent years, Stuart Neville, comes his latest thriller Those We Left Behind.

A series of gruesome murders leaves the police force in Rome reeling. Assigned to the case is Sandra Vega, a brilliant forensic analyst, struggling to come to terms with the crimes and her own past. Sandra’s shared history with Marcus, a member of the ancient Penitenzeri and trained in the detection of true evil, means that the two are brought together again in the pursuit of a malignant killer.

It’s been two years since Ethan Greene and Gary Knowles collided one fateful evening outside Tiffany & Co on Fifth Avenue. A mix-up with their shopping bags sent each man’s life on an unexpected trajectory, and while Gary and his fiancée Rachel are heading for the altar, Ethan’s love life is not so settled. Will the romance of New York and Tiffany’s work its magic on the couples once more? “ The kind of book that you can’t put down.”

SUNDAY INDEPENDENT ON SOMETHING FROM TIFFANY’S

“ Shiveringly intelligent.”

“ More twists and turns than a rollercoaster – a cracker of a read.”

TIMES

Three years after Hear the Wind Sing, in 1973, the narrator has moved to Tokyo to work as a translator and live with indistinguishable twin girls, but the Rat has remained behind, despite his efforts to leave both the town and his girlfriend. The narrator finds himself haunted by memories of his own doomed relationship but also, more bizarrely, by his short-lived obsession with playing pinball in J’s Bar. This sends him on a quest to find the exact model of pinball machine he had enjoyed playing years earlier: the three-flipper Spaceship.

Haruki Murakami’s books include Norwegian Wood, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, 1Q84, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage and The Strange Library. His work has been translated into more than 50 languages, and the most recent of his many international honours is the Jerusalem Prize.

MAIL ON SUNDAY ON THE LAST TO KNOW

“ Which other author can remind you simultaneously of Fyodor Dostoyevsky and J. K. Rowling, not merely within the same chapter but on the same page?” INDEPENDENT SOP

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When 12-year-old Ciaran Devine confessed to murdering his foster father it sent shock waves through the nation.

DCI Serena Flanagan took Ciaran’s confession after days spent earning his trust. He hasn’t forgotten the kindness she showed him – she hasn’t left his thoughts at all.

But was there more to this case than the police uncovered? When concerns are brought to DCI Flanagan the years of lies begin to unravel, setting a deadly chain of events in motion. “ Stunning […] Awesomely powerful, fabulously written […] this novel is simply unmissable.”

DAILY MAIL

“ Brilliantly conceived, masterfully written; both a heartpounding thriller and a stunning examination of responsibility and revenge.”

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The Kindness

Sins of the Father

The Fishermen

In Bitter Chill

Polly Samson

David Harrison

Chigozie Obioma

Sarah Ward

A heartbreakingly beautiful novel from one of Britain’s finest and most acclaimed talents.

An acclaimed thriller from author David Harrison, also known as Tom Bale, author of The Catch.

Nominated for the Man Booker Prize – making this audiobook a must-listen of 2015!

You can’t bury the truth forever…

Julia is married and eight years Julian’s senior; he is a gifted English student, a life of academia ahead.

Ignoring warnings, they each give up all they have to be together. When Julian hears that his boyhood home is for sale, he sets out to recreate a paradise for his new family. It is only when their daughter Mira becomes terrifyingly ill that it is impossible for Julia to conceal the explosive secret that she has been keeping from him. “ Beautifully written and intricately constructed […]

Shining, poetic and sumptuous.”

The past returns to haunt Nick Randall when a celebrity biographer claims to have evidence of his late father’s involvement in a terrible crime. If it comes out, the tabloids will have a field day. In search of the truth, Nick unexpectedly finds it impacts on a major insurance scam he is investigating. Then his estranged wife is found dead – and Nick realises that an unknown enemy is stalking him… “ Occasionally brutal, but very readable […] I look forward to his next book.”

JOANNE HARRIS

MARTIN EDWARDS, AUTHOR OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF MURDER

Told from the point of view of nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The Fishermen is story of an unforgettable childhood in 1990s Nigeria. When their father has to work away, the brothers take advantage of his extended absence to skip school and go fishing. At the forbidden nearby river they encounter a madman, who predicts that one of the brothers will kill another.

What happens next is an almost mythic event whose impact will transcend the lives and imaginations of both its characters and its readers. “ It’s like being in a Zola or Theodore Dreiser novel. […] The Fishermen is an elegy to lost promise […] and yet it remains hopeful about the redemptive possibilities of a new generation.”

Derbyshire, January 1978. Two girls go missing: Rachel Jones returns, Sophie Jenkins is never found. Thirty years later, Sophie Jenkins’s mother commits suicide. Rachel Jones has tried to put the past behind her. But news of the suicide re-opens old wounds and Rachel realises that the only way she can have a future is to finally discover what really happened all those years ago.

This is a story about loss and family secrets, and how often the very darkest secrets are those that are closest to you. “ Deserves to be one of the standout debuts of 2015.”

WILLIAM RYAN

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“ Awesome in the true sense of the word […] a truly magnificent debut.”

ELEANOR CATTON, AUTHOR OF THE LUMINARIES

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The Remedy

West Seattle Blues

Silent House

In the Land of Giants

Michelle Lovric

Chris Nickson

Orhan Pamuk

Max Adams

A thrilling historical novel, longlisted for the Orange Prize.

The exhilarating follow up to Emerald City will have you on the edge of your seat.

One unforgettable night in 1785, in a theatre in Drury Lane, the heady alchemy of love and murder suddenly fuses the lives of Mimosina Dolcezza, a Venetian actress, and Valentine Greatrakes, prince of London’s medical underworld. The Remedy is a ravishing love story that seamlessly weaves fiction with historical fact, in rich and detailed prose.

It’s March 1994, and Laura Benton is working as a music journalist. She’s married, living in West Seattle, and the mother of a son who’s about to reach his first birthday. Life is crazy, and it takes a much darker turn after she interviews a country star named Carson Mack.

She’s sucked in to helping him find the killer of the son he never knew. It’s a search that quickly becomes terrifying – and deadly – as the threats to Laura, and her family, grow.

Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk’s second novel is the moving story of a family gathering in the political shadow of the impending revolution of 1980.

Part travelogue, part expert reconstruction, In the Land of Giants offers a beautifully written insight into an enigmatic period of Britain’s history.

In a mansion in Cennethisar, a fishing village near Istanbul, an old widow, Fatma, awaits the summer visit of her grandchildren. She has lived in the village for decades, ever since her husband, an idealistic young doctor, first arrived to serve the poor fishermen. Now mostly bedridden, she is attended by her servant Recep, a dwarf and the doctor’s illegitimate son. Under the creeping shadow of political revolution, they share memories, and grievances of the early years, before their home became a resort.

Max Adams explores Britain’s lost early medieval past by walking its paths and exploring its lasting imprint on valley, hill and field. From York to Whitby, from London to Sutton Hoo, from Edinburgh to Anglesey and from Hadrian’s Wall to Loch Tay, each of his ten walk narratives form a portrait of a Britain of fort and fyrd, crypt and crannog, church and causeway, holy well and memorial stone.

“ There’s a whiff of Patrick Süsskind’s Perfume in the delicious and seductive recipes Lovric borrows to pepper her tale.”

“ The other unbeatable reader is the great Lorelei King. As the feisty Laura Benton, she is the heroine of Emerald City […] the first of a promising series of mystery thrillers.”

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

“ Compelling reading.”

SUNDAY TIMES

“ Confirms Orhan Pamuk as one of the greatest and most prophetic of political novelists.”

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY ON EMERALD CITY

“ A triumph. The most gripping portrait of 7th-Century Britain that I have read […] A Game of Thrones in the Dark Ages.”

THE TIMES ON THE KING IN THE NORTH

GUARDIAN

“ An engagingly populist and evocative book that makes a bold and effective attempt to bring a particularly obscure period in northern British history to the general reader.”

“ An eerily prescient work of fiction.”

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No More Champagne

Cameron at 10

Wish You Were Here

First Drop of Crimson

David Lough

Anthony Seldon

Victoria Connelly

Jeaniene Frost

The untold story of Winston Churchill’s precarious finances – and the most original and surprising book about Churchill to emerge for many years.

A rigorously fair, independent and unvarnished account of the high drama of life at the heart of government between 2010 and 2015.

Sun, sea and secrets…

From the New York Times best-selling author of the Night Huntress series comes a breathtaking new journey to the dark side of desire.

The popular image of Churchill – grandson of a duke, drinking champagne and smoking a cigar – conjures up a man of wealth and substance. The reality is that Britain’s most celebrated 20th-century statesman lived for most of his life on a financial cliff-edge.

With the help of unprecedented access to Churchill’s private records, David Lough creates the first fully researched narrative of Churchill’s private finances and business affairs.

The compelling, untold and definitive account of the Cameron tenure, gathered from hundreds of interviews in the twilight of the first Conservative term of government for thirteen years.

David Cameron’s mixed premiership forms a story of promise, missed opportunities and moments of political courage. With the full co-operation from the Prime Minister, his Chief of Staff, and his Principal Private Secretary, Cameron at 10 is the authoritative work on this fascinating contemporary history. “ This book will become the automatic reference point for studies of a political period that promised so much.”

OBSERVER ON BLAIR

A week on the sunny Greek island of Kethos is just what Alice Archer needs, even if she has to put up with her difficult sister. Stella’s tantrums and diva-like demands are a fair price to pay for crystal-clear waters, blue skies and white clifftop villas.

When Alice meets Milo, a handsome gardener at the Villa Argenti, for the first time she suddenly feels beautiful, alluring and confident. But is it just holiday magic or will the irresistible pull between Alice and Milo survive against all odds?

Wish You Were Here is a heart-warming, romantic novel that is the perfect escapist read.

The night is not safe for mortals. Denise MacGregor knows all too well what lurks in the shadows- her best friend is half-vampire Cat Crawfield – and she has already lost more than the average human could bear. But her family’s past is wrapped in secrets and shrouded in darkness, and a demon shape-shifter has marked Denise as prey. Now her survival depends on an immortal who lusts for a taste of her. “ Irresistible… a smouldering hero to die for.”

KRESLEY COLE

“ Victoria writes with a deliciously light touch and joyous enthusiasm.”

FIONA WALKER, AUTHOR OF THE LOVE LETTER

“ The most readable of all the books this year on the Prime Minister and/or the [Iraq] war.”

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Duchess in Love

Frozen Heart, Melting Kiss

Carrying the Greek’s Heir

Captured Countess

Eloisa James

Ellie Darkins

Sharon Kendrick

Ann Lethbridge

A sensuous and exquisite historical romance from the queen of Regency seduction and bestseller, Eloisa James.

Angst and scorching chemistry to keep listeners glued to the end.

When one night with the Billionaire leads to pregnancy.

Never trust a spy!

Shy and vulnerable Maya Hartney has one great passion – cooking. But when hired by workaholic Will Thomas to cater a charity dinner, she can do no right. But she hadn’t counted on the closeness and the chemistry which would spark between them. Her only solution is to sign him up for her cookery course and force the man to fall for her food. Except sometimes just one taste isn’t enough…

From the moment Ellie Brooks met mogul Alek Sarantos her life has gone off the rails. Now she’s pregnant. It was only supposed to be one wild, passionate night.

Yet when Ellie shows up demanding Alek legitimize their unborn child, he shocks himself… and agrees.

Catapulted into a world she wasn’t meant for, Ellie’s resolve wavers until a tiny kick reminds her why she made a deal with this handsome devil.

Gina was forced into marriage with Camden, the Duke of Girton, at an age when she’d have been better off in a schoolroom than a ballroom. Directly after the ceremony her spouse promptly fled to the continent, leaving the marriage unconsummated and Gina quite indignant. Now she is one of the most well-known ladies in London living on the edge of scandal… “ [Eloisa’s] gift for creating complex, richly layered characters pays off.”

BOOKLIST

Ellie Darkins spent her formative years devouring romance novels and now spends time dreaming up romantic proposals, hot dates with alpha males and trips to the past with dashing heroes

Sharon Kendrick lives in the beautiful city of Winchester and her passions include music, books, cooking and eating – and drifting into daydreams while working out new plots.

Nicoletta, the Countess Vilandry, is on a mission to lure fellow spy Gabriel D’Arcy into bed and into revealing his true loyalties. With such sensual games at play suddenly Nicky’s dangerously close to exposing her real identity. Gabe knows the Countess has been sent to seduce him. He’s never met such a captivating woman – and he’s determined to enjoy every second she spends as his very willing captive! “ Her characters are delightful and full of naughty delight.”

ROMANTIC TIMES

“ Exquisitely written, insightful, hilarious and sometimes bawdy.”

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Zombies

Imogen’s Baby

Pure Joy

Chuck Palahniuk

Amanda Prowse

Danielle Steel

Stories you’ll never forget from literature’s favourite transgressive author, Chuck Palaniuk.

Life is for living, and for loving – not for bitterness and regrets.

A funny and moving memoir about the magic that dogs bring to our lives.

In Zombies, the absurdity of both life and death are on full display as the best and brightest of a high school prep school become tragically addicted to the latest drug craze – electric shocks from cardiac defibrillators.

Funny, caustic, bizarre, poignant; this story represents everything readers have come to love and expect from Chuck Palahniuk.

In 2015, Amanda Prowse and her print publisher ran a competition to find an ordinary person, with an extraordinary story to tell. The winner of this competition was Imogen, whose life story will be immortalised in Amanda’s fiction. Imogen was born prematurely, and as a result she is blind. She is determined not to partner with the wrong man in her quest for a baby, so now, at the age of 25, she has taken the decision to start fertility treatment and conceive a child on her own.

In this funny, moving memoir, Danielle Steel tells the story of how she met a dog the size of a mouse, with a personality that could light up an entire room. From Minnie’s arrival at home in San Francisco to clothes shopping jaunts in Paris, her adventures provide the backdrop for a heartfelt look at the magic that dogs bring to our lives, and the losses we feel forever.

“ Palahniuk is in sublime, caustic form; his story subjects even more wickedly bold.”

INDEPENDENT

Filled with colorful characters (human and otherwise) and practical wisdom drawn from long experience, and brimming with warmth Danielle Steel is one of the world’s most popular and highly acclaimed authors, with eighty international bestselling novels in print and 600 million copies sold.

“ Savage, disturbing and frequently hilarious, this is writing at its boldest.”

GRAZIA

A Brief History of Seven Killings WINNER

of the Man Booker Prize 2015 AVAILABLE NOW! Contact Customer Services to order your copies.

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Recipes for Love and Murder

The Wildflower Path

Sally Andrew

Sarah Harrison

“ If you want a vivid, amusing and immensely enjoyable read about detection (and cooking) in an intriguing part of southern Africa, then this is the book for you.

A triumph.” alexander mccall smith

A powerful and moving tale of family, love and loyalty.

Meet Tannie Maria: A woman who likes to cook a lot and write a little.

One Sunday morning, as Maria savours the breeze through the kitchen window whilst making apricot jam, she hears the screech and bump that announces the arrival of her good friend and editor Harriet. What Maria doesn’t realise is that Harriet is about to deliver the first ingredient in two new recipes (recipes for love and murder) and a whole basketful of challenges.

This dark and delicious new crime series blends The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency with the Inspector Montalbano series to create the perfect satisfying read. “ Recipes For Love and Murder is a delightful debut.”

For Kate Drake, her family has brought her peace after years of uncertainty. Now, watching her own children grow up, it seems the world is a no less complicated place. But when a secret from the past casts its shadow across four generations of the family, a stubbornly independent woman opens herself to love, whilst an older one rediscovers it and a young boy begins to understand the complexities of adult life. “ Her highly-detailed perspicacious style, full of insight and gentle humour, [is] a revelation.”

DAILY MAIL

“ A powerful and moving tale of family loyalties, loves and betrayals through the years. A lyrical, thought-provoking and warm-hearted cross-generational drama.”

GOOD BOOK GUIDE

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The Mill Girls of Albion Lane

Blood Sisters

Without a Trace

Constance Street

Jenny Holmes

Graham Masterton

Lesley Pearse

Charlie Connelly

A heart-warming, nostalgic tale of triumph over adversity that fans of Katie Flynn, Margaret Dickinson and Call the Midwife will adore.

“ One of this country’s most exciting crime novelists.”

International number one bestselling author Lesley Pearse brings a compelling story of courage, friendship and love in her brand new novel Without a Trace.

Constance Street is a life-affirming, heartwarming read that reminds us of a time when people pulled together.

Bradford, 1931: Lily Briggs works hard at Calvert Mill to make ends meet and take care of her parents and younger siblings. Now there’s a blossoming romance with a childhood friend to put a spring in her step. But a run of misfortune threatens Lily’s whole life, and she has to rely on the community to rally together for support.

Will Lily find her own happy ending?

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In a nursing home on the outskirts of Cork, an elderly nun lies dead. She has been suffocated. It looks like a mercy-killing – until another sister from the same convent is found viciously murdered, floating in the Glashaboy river. Why would anyone want to kill them?

As she investigates, DS Katie Maguire discovers a fifty year old secret that just might lead her to the killer… if the killer doesn’t find her first. “ One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time.”

“ A cosy read with a sprinkling of northern grit.”

PETER JAMES

BRADFORD TELEGRAPH

“ This is a tough and gritty thriller with an attractively feisty principle character.”

IRISH INDEPENDENT ON TAKEN FOR DEAD

Coronation Day, 1953. In a Somerset village, Molly Heywood slips away from the celebrations to her friend’s cottage and makes a shocking discovery: Cassie is dead and her six-year-old daughter Petal has vanished.

In her grief, Molly seeks help from her friend George, the village policeman, but no one can find Petal. The only clue is a letter from London, where Cassie once lived.

Molly resolves to go to London, but is she risking her life? “ A heart-warming and evocative tale that is a real delight to read.”

SUN

Through the story of one street we hear the true life tales of a tight knit group of working class women in the East End of London set against a backdrop of war, hardship and struggle.

Through the Great War to the outbreak of World War Two, the people of the street survive with love, laughter and friendships. But just as this incredible group of women live through the worst, the unthinkable happens and Constance Street is no more.

Charlie Connelly is a bestselling author and awardwinning broadcaster.

“ A narrative that gallops along, this is quintessential Pearse that will delight her army of readers.”

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The Road to Rangoon

Spy Hook

The Winter Garden Mystery

Garment of Shadows

Lucy Cruickshanks

Len Deighton

Carola Dunn

Laurie R. King

This is a tale of ambition, salvation and hope that confirms Lucy Cruickshanks as a master storyteller.

“ Superb… The secret of Spy Hook is its readability… Deighton is the inspiration for Le Carré and Forsyth and a master of his craft.”

So who put the body in with the spring bulbs?

A gripping Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes mystery.

In 1980s Burma, the British ambassador’s son goes missing. Taken north, Michael soon finds himself used as a pawn in a rebel war against the government. His best hope of salvation is to trust Zeya, a ruby smuggler from a town near the rebel camp.

For Zeya, the ambassador’s son is her ticket out of poverty. For Than, an ambitious military officer, rescuing Michael is an opportunity for promotion.

All three learn everyone has a price.

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Working for the Department was supposed to be like marriage – ‘’til death do us part’ – but the Department is really not like that; and neither are many marriages, including that of Bernard Samson. The cool and cynical field agent has grown older and wiser, but things have not gone well for Samson.

Life has become even more precarious for Bernard and, ignoring all warnings, he pursues his own investigation, metting with the biggest surprise of his life…

“ Vivid, startling and absorbing […] a really compelling novel.”

MATTHEW PLAMPIN

“ Lucy Cruickshanks’ writing is powerful pacy, vivid and involving.”

ISABEL WOLFF

“ In Deighton’s best books – like this one – the narrative glides forward on rollers, and the scenes and characters fit perfectly into place. The result is marvellous entertainment.”

The merest hint of spring has arrived in Cheshire, and so has young reporter Daisy Dalrymple. While photographing the rather barren grounds, Daisy spots that someone’s been digging among the first green shoots – and unearths the corpse of missing parlour maid Grace Moss. So begins an adventure, as first the dead woman’s secret is revealed and then Daisy realises she needs to catch the killer before she herself is endangered. “ Wodehouse style manners and mystery get equal time in a lowkey story with considerable charm.”

KIRKUS REVIEWS

Mary Russell is trying to solve a pressing mystery: Who am I? She has awakened with shadows in her mind, blood on her hands, and soldiers pounding at the door.

Overhead, warplanes pass ominously north. Meanwhile, Holmes needs the wisdom of his wife, whom he discovers has gone missing. As Holmes searches, and Russell searches for herself, each tries to crack deadly parallel puzzles before it’s too late.

Laurie R. King has been writing crime fiction since 1987, winning many awards for her work including the prestigious John Creasey Dagger, the Edgar, the Nero and Macavity Awards.

“ Engaging […] Dunn’s style gives an entertaining spark.” “ Brilliant and beautifully complex.”

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

BOOKLIST

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“ The most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today.”

“ Mr Deighton’s touch is unfailing […] never a false note.”

LEE CHILD

NEW YORK TIMES

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A Few of the Girls

Tremarnock

Ruby Flynn

Daughter of Catalonia

Maeve Binchy

Emma Burstall

Nadine Dorries

Jane MacKenzie

A superb collection from the No.1 bestselling author, read by Kate Binchy.

The story of what happens when one shocking turn of events sweeps a small community, carrying Liz and Rosie with it.

A stunning new family saga from the No. 1 bestselling author of The Four Streets trilogy.

A heartfelt, beautifully told tale about love, war, sacrifice and secrets from debut author, Jane MacKenzie.

Maeve Binchy’s bestselling novels not only tell wonderful stories, they also give an insight into how Ireland has changed over the decades, but how people remain the same. They still fall in love, sometimes unsuitably, they still have hopes and dreams, they have deep, long-standing friendships and some that fall apart. A Few of the Girls is a glorious collection of the very best of her stories, full of the warmth, charm and humour that has always been an essential part of all of Maeve’s writing.

Tremarnock is a classic Cornish seaside village where Liz has found sanctuary for herself and her young daughter, Rosie. From early in the morning with her job as a cleaner, till late at night waitressing in the restaurant, Liz works all the hours God sends to provide for them both. But trouble is waiting just around the corner. As with all villages, there are tensions, secrets – and ambitions.

The FitzDeanes are wealthy. They have Ballyford Castle in Ireland and a growing shipping business in Liverpool, but a previous generation made a terrible mistake and now there are whispers that the family is cursed, unable to produce a living heir. When young Ruby Flynn arrives to work at Ballyford, rumours start swirling around this beautiful girl with a mysterious past. Who is she really?

And what will her arrival mean for this powerful family, divided by tragedy?

Set in Ireland and Liverpool, Ruby Flynn is the enthralling story of one family, haunted by ancient wrongs.

“ Reading her books is like gossiping with old friends.”

DAILY EXPRESS

“ Engaging, cinematic and powerful.”

THE TIMES ON THE FOUR STREETS

In war-torn France, Spaniard Luis and Elise elope to live in a small village in Catalonia. Little do they know that war will rip them apart, sending Luis to his death in the Resistance. Years later their daughter, Madeleine, returns to France to seek out her roots and the truth of her parents’ story. But her arrival in the Catalan village unleashes more than she had bargained for as the shocking truth behind her father’s death is uncovered. “ Madeleine is a heart-warming, interesting character – you’ll really warm to her and want to know how she gets on with her quest to discover the truth about the death of her father.

Absolutely riveting, I truly wanted to get to the end of this one!”

BOOKSMONTHLY

“ This debut novel from Jane MacKenzie superbly conjures up the beautiful scenery of this corner of France, a place she has called home for the last seven years, and is a riveting holiday read.”

LIVING FRANCE MAGAZINE

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Golden Lion

The Missing Husband

The King’s List

The Night Stages

Wilbur Smith

Amanda Brooke

Peter Ransley

Jane Urquhart

In a time of brave and brutal adventure, one man will journey across land and sea to pursue his greatest enemy…

The next stunning novel from Richard and Judy pick, Amanda Brooke.

From the winner of the Royal Television Society’s Writer’s Award comes the final instalment in the Tom Neave trilogy.

A beautifully observant novel set in rural Ireland and New York from Man Booker nominated author Jane Urquhart.

1659. Tom Neave, now Lord Stonehouse and feared spymaster for the republic, must do what he can to maintain the reins of power. Rumours abound of the return of the exiled king, Charles II. Copies of the ‘King’s List’ are in circulation – the names of those who signed the death warrant of the late king, of which Tom is one. While an army marches on London, the fate of the nation – and Tom’s family – lies at stake.

1950s, Ireland. After a tragic accident leaves Tamara alone on the most westerly tip of Ireland, she begins an affair. At first her romance is filled with passionate secrecy, but when her lover Niall’s younger brother, Kieran, disappears after a bicycle race, he slowly falls into despondency. Distraught, Tamara decides she has no option but to leave, making her way from Ireland to New York. Slowly she interweaves her life story with Kieran’s as she searches for the truth about Niall.

East African Coast, 1670. The Golden Bough, captained

by Henry ‘Hal’ Courtney, is running south from Ethiopia to Zanzibar. As his crew sleep below deck, Hal sights a ship passing close by. When the Bough is boarded, the crew must defend their ship and their lives. But soon Hal will face even graver danger, as he discovers his mortal enemy still lives and is hell-bent on revenge. He must pursue his nemesis through the seedy underbelly of Zanzibar’s slave markets and shark-infested waters, imperilling his own life at every turn. “ No one does adventure quite like Smith.”

When Jo pretends to be asleep as her husband leaves for work the morning after an argument, she doesn’t realise how deeply she will come to regret the opportunity to say goodbye. David has disappeared without a trace.

But Jo is five months pregnant and her marriage is full of secrets. As the mystery shows no sign of being solved, Jo must choose: will she give up her baby to make the man she loves come home? “ A haunting and heart-breaking story that stayed with me long after I’d finished.”

FERN BRITTON

DAILY MIRROR

“ Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared.”

“ [A] touching sensitive story […] an extraordinary, moving tale.”

THE BOOKSELLER

“ A gripping coming-of-age story […] an enthralling mystery adventure.”

RADIO TIMES ON PLAGUE CHILD

“ An intelligent and imaginative tale of a pivotal year in English history.”

SUNDAY TIMES ON CROMWELL’S BLESSING

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“ Jane Urquhart’s writing compellingly depicts the sense of place in human lives.”

ALICE MUNRO

“ A skilful and sophisticated novel, enriched by Urquhart’s gift for evoking landscape and by her precise, poetic prose.”

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The House at the End of Hope Street

The Mystery of Tunnel 51

Broken Promise

Rosie’s War

Menna van Praag

Alexander Wilson

Linwood Barclay

Kay Brellend

An evocative story of wisdom and second chances, with just the right dash of magic.

Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Alexander Wilson’s novel is absolutely spellbinding.

No. 1 bestseller Linwood Barclay delivers another masterclass in suspense.

A compelling wartime drama from the bestselling author of The Windmill Girls.

Distraught that her academic career has stalled, Alba is walking through her through her hometown when she finds herself in front of 11 Hope Street. A woman named Peggy invites her to stay, on the house’s usual conditions: she has ninety-nine nights to turn her life around. With nothing left to lose, Alba moves in. But this is no ordinary house… Past residents have included George Eliot and Beatrix Potter, who have hung around to help newcomers – literally, in talking portraits on the wall! Alba begins a journey that will heal her woundsand maybe even save her life.

Chief of the Intelligence Department Sir Leonard Wallace – bearing always the hall mark of coolness and wit – is up to his earlobes in trouble. Summoned by the Viceroy of India, he makes a rapid flight to India to investigate the mysterious death of British officer Major Elliot and the theft of some very important dispatches.

Newspaper reporter David Harwood had plenty to worry about, so when his mother asked him to check on his cousin who had recently lost her baby, it was a relief to take a break. When he gets to Marla’s house he finds her nursing a baby she claims was delivered ‘by an angel.’ When a woman’s body is discovered stabbed to death, with her own baby missing, it looks as if Marla has done something truly terrible.

Rosie Gardiner is having a tough war. She’s had to leave her job at the Windmill in Soho after an assault which left her pregnant and is now living back at home with her dad. As the Nazis strafe the city, Rosie is determined to keep her head up but when a direct hit to her street cripples her father, it feels like the days have never been darker. Rosie decides to join the London Auxiliary Ambulance Service to keep her busy – and to give her hope in these tough times.

“ An enchanting, magical read; evocative, wise and beautiful.”

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“ A romping read […] James Bond may find he has a worthy rival.”

“ Broken Promise is a treat, full of ingenuity and flair.”

DAILY MAIL

“ The dialogue is reminiscent of that in the early Agatha Christie novels, and there is an air of Simon Templar about Wallace, who seems to be always one step ahead of everyone else.”

Kay Brellend has written sixteen historical novels published in England and North America. Her novels are inspired by her grandmother’s reminiscences about her early life growing up in Islington.

THE INDEPENDENT

“ Fast and smartly plotted.”

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Lamplight

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If You Go Away

Tyger

Take Six Girls: The Lives Sirius of the Mitford Sisters

Adele Parks

Julian Stockwin

Laura Thompson

Jonathan Crown

The new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks, set during the outbreak of the First World War.

Unstoppable naval action from the master of the sea story: Tyger is the sixteenth novel in Julian Stockwin’s acclaimed Captain Kydd series.

This is the story of the intertwined stories of the Mitford sisters and their stylish and scandalous lives.

This is the story about Sirius, the little dog who almost changed history.

1914: Vivian, a young, impassioned debutante is hurried into a marriage to cover a scandal, then War breaks out on her wedding day. Quick to escape matrimony, her traditionalist husband immediately enlists and Vivian has no alternative than to take up the running of his estate. Howard, a brilliant young playwright, refuses to enlist, becoming one of the most notorious conscientious objectors of the time. Narrowly escaping a death sentence by agreeing to take essential work on Vivian’s farm, it’s only then Howard understands what is worth fighting for.

With his frigate L’Aurore unfit for sea, Kydd is given a commission that some hope will destroy his career.

Tyger has recently mutinied but instead of having her company dispersed around the fleet, the ship is pressed into service in the North Sea. Kydd faces a crew still under some malign influence. But the only way for Kydd to avoid disgrace is to gamble his reputation and crew on a crazy mission to snatch a Prussian division out of the jaws of Napoleon’s advancing army. Will he return home a hero, or face a court martial?

They were known as the Mitford sisters: Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica and Deborah. Born into countryhouse privilege in the early years of the 20th century, they became prominent as ‘bright young things’ in the high society of interwar London. Then, as the shadows crept over 1930s Europe, the stark – and very public – differences in their outlooks came to symbolize the political polarities of a dangerous decade.

“ A wonderful book about a group of women struggling to deal with life after World War One.”

“ Stockwin’s writing is enriched by his own experiences in the Royal Navy, which gives scenes of fighting and tempest an authenticity to delight anyone who shares his passion for the sea.”

DAISY GOODWIN

“ There are some seriously fab frocks in Adele Parks’ latest novel. Dramatic and swooningly romantic, this is historical fiction with real heart.”

MARIE CLAIRE

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“ I was enthralled and charmed by this group biography of all six Mitford sisters, which tells the intertwined stories of their stylish scandalous lives.”

THE BOOKSELLER

Germany, 1938: In Berlin, his owners christened him Levi. When they fled to America, he became Hercules – star of the silver screen in Hollywood’s golden age. Then he caught the eye of Hitler, who called him Hansi. A pure-bred lapdog – privy to all the Führer’s secrets. But he was known to the Resistance as Sirius. The insider who could bring peace to a world at war… Now it is time for his story to be told. “ Crown has written a lovely novel about Nazi Germany.

The success of his light approach to serious subject matter owes much to Sirius […] but it’s clear that beneath the comic veneer, a grave imperative drives his storytelling.”

INDEPENDENT

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“ In Stockwin’s hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world.”

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The Venetian Venture

A Want of Kindness

A Hanging at Cinder Bottom

The Devil’s Cocktail

Suzette A. Hill

Joanne Limburg

Glenn Taylor

Alexander Wilson

A comic historical mystery from the muchloved author of the Francis Oughterard series.

A Want of Kindness shows Anne I’s transformation from overlooked Princess to the heiress of England.

“ It’s not enough to say Glenn Taylor is a brilliant writer. He’s that rarity nowadays… You’ll never have a better time at a hanging.” stewart o’nan

The second instalment in the Wallace of the Secret Service series.

The wicked, bawdy Restoration court is no place for a child princess. Ten-year-old Anne cuts an odd figure, but as King Charles’s niece, Anne is also a political pawn, who will be forced to play her part in the troubled Stuart dynasty. Forced to overcome grief for her lost children, the political manoeuvrings of her sister and her own betrayal of her father, she becomes one of the most fascinating figures of English history.

Keystone, West Virginia, 1910. The townspeople gather to witness the first public hanging in over a decade – poker player, Abe Baach, and his lover, the madam of the town’s brothel, one Goldie Toothman.

1954, Venice. Rosy Gilchrist thinks luck may be on her side. Her boss at the British Museum has chosen her to travel to Venice, track down a rare edition of Horace’s Odes for their collection. Things soon take a drastic downward spiral. A wealthy recluse offers a million pound reward for anyone who can find the treasure.

Soon Rosy finds herself in a race against time as her rivals will do anything for money. Even murder… “ Hill’s clever and laugh-aloud tales bring a whole new slant to the world of murder mysteries. Wittily written, tightly plotted and fun to read […] A sparkling gallery of characters.”

SIMON BRETT

Joanne Limburg was born and grew up in London, at the northern end of the Jubilee Line, but now lives in Cambridge with her husband and son.

Abe split town seven years prior but returned to Keystone to set the past right, finding a brother dead and his father’s saloon in shambles. Only then, in facing his family’s past, does the real swindle begin. “ A defiantly incredible creation […] a genuine success that admirers of John Irving – and others too – will surely enjoy.”

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“ A romping read […] James Bond may find he has a worthy rival.”

DAILY MAIL ON THE MYSTERY OF TUNNEL 51

“ Without Alexander Wilson, there is no James Bond, there is no Bourne, there is no George Smiley. Unmissable.”

INDEPENDENT

“ Charming, astringent and witty.”

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His chronicler has been forced to fall back on office records and information supplied by various members of the secret service, to tell of the struggles of Wallace and his intelligence officers and their battles against the Soviet Union, terrorism and subversion in the British Empire, Nazi Germany and the tentacles of global organised crime.

TONY PARSONS

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Shards of a Broken Crown

Little Sister Death

Raymond E. Feist

William Gay

“ Fantasy of epic scope, fast-moving action and vivid imagination.” washington post

A stirring literary rendition of Tennessee’s famed Curse of the Bell Witch, Little Sister Death skillfully toes the line between Southern Gothic and horror.

The demon is no more…

Avid An imprint dedicated to the increasingly popular genre fiction – specifically supernatural, horror, fantasy and sci-fi. This quarter’s authors include Raymond E. Feist, Paul Finch and the winner of the 2015 Hugo Award, Cixin Liu.

The enemy has been routed, yet peace still eludes the Kingdom. A new threat is arising from the ashes of war: the fearsome Fadawah, seeking to forge a personal empire out of the wreckage of the Western Realm.

It falls to two young men, grandsons of the late Duke James, to gather the shards of the broken crown and resurrect the Kingdom to its former glory.

David Binder is a young, successful writer living in Chicago and suffering from writer’s block, until inspiration strikes in the form of a ghost story that captivated him as a child. He sets out to explore the myth of Virginia Beale. As his investigation takes him deeper into the legacy of blood and violence Binder finds himself obsessed with a force that’s as wicked as it is seductive.

“ A fine yarn… vivid… suspenseful… the action is non-stop.” “ It’s hard to find writing this dark that feels this authentic.”

BOOKLIST

JAMES FRANCO

“ A writer of remarkable talent and promise […] eminently worth talking about.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

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Fool’s Quest: Part Two

Power Surge

Sorcerer to the Crown

Don’t Read Alone

Robin Hobb

Ben Bova

Zen Cho

Paul Finch

“ Hobb is one of the great modern fantasy writers.”

A gripping political thriller on the cuttingedge of science and technology.

In this sparkling debut, magic and mayhem clash with the British elite…

A collection of short stories by an awardwinning master of horror and suspense.

Dr. Jake Ross came to Washington to make a difference.

As the science advisor to a newly-elected senator, Jake has crafted an energy plan that employs new technologies to make America the world’s leader in energy production while boosting the economy and protecting the environment. The facts are on Jake’s side, but his plan soon runs afoul of special interests, well-funded lobbies, cynical bureaucrats and one very powerful U.S. Senator.

The Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers has long been tasked with maintaining magic within His Majesty’s lands. But lately, the once proper institute has fallen into disgrace. Zacharias Wythe ventures to the border of Fairyland to discover why England’s magical stocks are drying up. When his adventure brings him in contact with a woman with immense power, he sets on a path which will alter the nature of sorcery.

In The Poppet a faceless wooden doll holds the secret to a chilling curse… In Hell in the Cathedral, a bunch of tourists are marooned at the mercy of a voracious sea-beast… Check out these and other nerve-shredding tales… if you dare!

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the times

Betrayed by his own people, the Fool has made his way back to the Six Duchies. But as Fitz attempts to heal his old friend in Buckkeep Castle, his young daughter Bee is abducted from Withywoods by pale and mysterious raiders. Fitz must find a way to rescue his beloved Bee. Can he bear to take up the tools of his old trade again, even to avenge his dearest friend and save his child?

This is the second book in Robin Hobb’s Fitz and the Fool series. “ In today’s crowded fantasy market Robin Hobb’s books are like diamonds in a sea of zircons.”

Ben Bova is a six-time winner of the Hugo Award and a past president of both the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Writers of America.

“ Full of delights and surprises. Zen Cho unpins the edges of the canvas and throws them wide.”

Includes the stories The Old North Road, The Poppet, Grendel’s Lair, Hell In The Cathedral and The Baleful Dead.

Paul Finch has won the British Fantasy Award twice and the International Horror Guild Award.

NAOMI NOVIK , NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF TEMERAIRE

GEORGE R. R. MARTIN

“ Bova proves himself equal to the task of showing how adversity can temper character in unforeseen ways.”

“ A little slice of heaven.”

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“ Inventive, dangerous, brilliant, unsettling, and adorable, all at the same time.”

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COMING SOON

Slade House

By David Mitchell

Childhood’s End

The Dark Forest

The Damned

Arthur C. Clarke

Cixin Liu

Tarn Richardson

Arthur C. Clarke’s classic in which he ponders humanity’s future and possible evolution.

Stealth is survival – any civilisation that reveals its location is prey.

When the silent spacecraft arrived and took the light from the world, no one knew what to expect. When the Overlords finally showed themselves it was a shock, but one that humankind could now cope with, and an era of peace, prosperity and endless leisure began. But the children of this utopia dream strange dreams of distant suns and alien planets, and soon they will be ready to join the Overmind… and, in a grand and thrilling metaphysical climax, leave the Earth behind.

The Trisolarian fleet has left their home world and will arrive in four centuries’ time. But the Sophons and their extra-dimensional emissaries are already here. This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a last-ditch defence that grants four individuals almost absolute power to design secret strategies, hidden through deceit and misdirection. Luo Ji, an unambitious Chinese astronomer, is baffled by his new status. All he knows is that he’s the one Wallfacer that Trisolaris wants dead.

A gripping work of dark fiction where love, compassion and peace face daunting challenges in a world overwhelmed by mysterious dark forces.

“ There has been nothing like it for years.” “ A milestone in Chinese science fiction.”

C. S. LEWIS

The Damned is a gritty and compelling thriller, with a hint of horror, the first in a series featuring flawed inquisitor Tacit Poldek

NEW YORK TIMES

“ The Colossus of Science Fiction.”

“ The best kind of science fiction.”

NEW YORK TIMES

1914. The outbreak of war. In the French city of Arras, a Father is brutally murdered. The Catholic Inquisition sends its most determined of Inquisitors, Poldek Tacit, to investigate. Yet as Tacit arrives, armed forces confront each other across No Man’s Land. As he strives in vain to establish the truth behind the murder, a beautiful woman, Sandrine, warns British soldier Henry Frost of a mutual foe even more terrible lurking beneath the killing fields…

KIM STANLEY ROBINSON

David Mitchell returns to the universe of The Bone Clocks “ Prepare to be chilled, electrified and entertained…”

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Jammer

Jammer Commercial, mass-market fiction and non-fiction with a contemporary twist. This quarter features authors such as Elly Griffiths, Cecelia Ahern and Peter May.

Flipnosis

Smoke and Mirrors

Kevin Dutton

Elly Griffiths

An acclaimed brilliant, funny and provocative exploration of instant persuasion, based on research with con-men, psychopaths, advertisers and many more.

Bestselling crime author Elly Griffiths returns with another historical mystery, revisting the characters of The Zig Zag Girl.

“What if I were to tell you that a psychopathic arsonist might also be the person most likely to save you from a burning building?”

This book is about a special kind of persuasion: ‘flipnosis’. It has an incubation period of just seconds, and can instantly disarm even the most discerning mind. Flipnosis is black-belt mind control. It doesn’t just turn the tables, it kicks them over. “ Hugely entertaining and extremely thought-provoking.”

RICHARD WISEMAN, AUTHOR OF QUIRKOLOGY

“ Brilliant […] Kevin Dutton is simply a genius. I now tell his stories as if they were my own.”

Brighton, 1951. Pantomime season is in full swing with Max Mephisto starring in Aladdin. But Max’s headlines have been stolen by the disappearance of two children.

With fairy tales in the air, it’s not long before the press have a nickname: ‘Hansel and Gretel’. DI Edgar Stephens has plenty of leads to investigate. Does the clue lie in the missing girl’s unfinished and disturbing last script?

Or with the eccentric theatricals who have assembled for the pantomime? “ Enormously engaging […] Post-war Brighton and its Theatre Royal are beautifully captured in all their seedy glory […] subtle, charming and very good.”

DAILY MAIL ON THE ZIG ZAG GIRL

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Freeze Frame

The Last Act of Love

What She Left

Beatlebone

Peter May

Cathy Rentzenbrink

T. R. Richmond

Kevin Barry

The fourth book in the stunning Enzo Files series from multi-award winning author, Peter May.

A powerful, timely and incredibly moving memoir in the bestselling tradition of Blake Morrison, Joan Didion and Ruth Picardie.

An ingenious psychological thriller from award-winning journalist T. R. Richmond.

The new novel from the IMPAC-winning and Costa-shortlisted Kevin Barry.

A promise made to a dead man, leads Enzo Macleod to Ile de Groix, France. This tiny isle off the coast of Brittany was the scene of a murder left shrouded in mystery and grief. Adam Killian’s study has lain untouched for more than 20 years – the perfect state for forensic investigation – but an attractive widow, an acquitted prime suspect and a collection of impenetrable messages, make this one of Enzo’s most difficult cases.

In the summer of 1990, Cathy’s brother Matty was knocked down by a car on the way home from a night out, two weeks before receiving his GCSE results. Sitting by his unconscious body in hospital, holding his hand and watching his heartbeat on the monitors, Cathy and her parents willed him to survive. They did not know then that there are many fates worse than death.

When Alice Salmon died last year, the ripples from her tragic drowning could be felt in the news, on the internet, and in the hearts of those closest to her.

However, the man who knows her best is Professor Jeremy Cooke, an academic fixated on piecing together Alice’s existence. Recreating Alice, through her diaries, text messages, and online presence, has become allconsuming.

It is 1978, and John Lennon has escaped New York City to try to find the island off the west coast of Ireland he bought nine years earlier. Fleeing the demands of public life, leaving behind his inability to write and the memories of his parents, he sets off to find calm in the comfortable silence of isolation. What ensues can only be termed a magical mystery tour; Lennon becomes a modern Don Quixote in this bold, lyrical and funny novel.

But how deep his search will take him? Everyone – including himself – has something to hide.

A searing, surreal novel that bleeds fantasy and reality – and Beatles fandom – from one of literature’s most striking contemporary voices.

“ I never knew a story of grief could have so much joy in it.” “ Peter May is a writer I’d follow to the ends of the earth.”

NINA STIBBE, AUTHOR OF LOVE, NINA

NEW YORK TIMES

“ A deliciously modern take on the psychological thriller […] very well-written and intelligently realised, occupying a territory half way between literary novel and thriller.”

DAILY TELEGRAPH

“ The most arresting and original writer to emerge from these islands in years.”

IRVINE WELSH ON CITY OF BOHANE

“ An absorbing, intricate and extremely original novel. It is also immensely clever and intriguing […] beautifully written and very emotionally involving.”

“ Hilarious and unpredictable – and always brilliant.”

RODDY DOYLE ON CITY OF BOHANE

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Mortal Memory

The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

Plea of Insanity

Black Mass

Thomas H. Cook

Heidi W. Durrow

Jilliane Hoffman

Dick Lehr

After murdering his family, he waited two hours before leaving. What was he waiting for?

The wonderful new novel from the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of The Glass Room.

The defendant – David Marquette. Devoted husband and father. The victims – his own family. The plea – Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity.

A chilling true story of what happened between two men – a dark deal that spiraled out of control, leading to drug dealing, racketeering, and murder.

The State suspects David Marquette’s insanity defence is being fabricated to disguise murders that were coldblooded and calculated. Worse, it believes Marquette may be a suspect in a string of unsolved homicides.

The trial will take young prosecutor Julia Valenciano on a personal journey back to a past she has struggled to forget. And it will bring her face to face with a future that is too frightening to face.

John Connolly and James “Whitey” Bulger grew up together on the streets of South Boston. Decades later in the mid-1970s, they met again. By then, Connolly was a major figure in the FBI’s Boston office and Whitey had become godfather of the Irish Mob. Connolly had an idea, a scheme that might bring Bugler into the FBI fold and Connolly into the Bureau’s big leagues. But Bulger had other plans.

Jilliane Hoffman was an Assistant State Attorney between 1992 and 1996 and until 2001 she was the Regional Legal Adviser for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

“ Black Mass should prompt a reevaluation of the uses and misuses of informers by law enforcement officials throughout the country.”

Steve Farris is an unexceptional middle-aged architect with an extraordinary past: When he was nine, his father came home one evening and murdered his mother, brother, and sister before vanishing off the face of the earth. Steve has coped by shutting out the terrible memories, but when writer Rebecca Soltero arrives to interview him about his father, he is forced to reawaken the horrors of his childhood.

Thomas H. Cook has been nominated for the Edgar Award seven times in five different categories.

Marian Sutro is an outsider: the daughter of a diplomat, half French, half British, naive yet too clever for her own good. But when she is recruited from her desk job by SOE to go undercover in wartime France, it seems her hybrid status – and fluent French – will be of service to a greater, more dangerous cause. Trained in sabotage, dead-drops, how to perform under interrogation and how to kill, Marian parachutes into south-west France with an urgent mission… “ Remarkable […] haunting and mysterious.”

DAILY TELEGRAPH

“ One of the very cleverest books of the year, about love and loss and art and war […] A stunningly crafted piece of fiction.”

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

“ A jaw-dropping, true-life tale of how two thugs corrupted the FBI.”

EVENING STANDARD

BALTIMORE SUN

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The Marble Collector

No-One Ever Has Sex in the Suburbs

The Swiss Spy

A Girl’s Best Friend

Cecelia Ahern

Tracy Bloom

Alex Gerlis

Lindsey Kelk

Another thought-provoking and uplifting novel from international bestselling author Cecelia Ahern.

The much-awaited sequel to the bestselling romantic comedy – No-One Ever Has Sex on a Tuesday.

On discovering a marble collection in her father’s belongings, and on learning that part of the collection is missing, a woman embarks on a quest to relocate the missing marbles to complete the collection and also to complete the picture of a man she realises she never fully knew.

Ben is still desperately trying to forget that Katy had a one-night stand just before she announced she was pregnant. Nine months later a new baby explodes into their lives, creating utter chaos. Being a stay-at-home dad isn’t as simple as it seems, in fact it’s a disaster.

Then help arrives, in the most unlikely form: the wife of Katy’s ex-lover. Should Ben tell Katy about his secret rescuer or is it his turn to keep a secret…?

This thrilling novel by acclaimed author Alex Gerlis is set against the real-life backdrop of the top-secret Nazi plans to invade the Soviet Union.

Undoubtedly hilarious and entertaining, A Girl’s Best Friend is the follow up to About a Girl and What a Girl Wants from bestselling author Lindsay Kelk.

It’s not unusual for spies to have secrets, but Henry Hunter has more than most and after he is stopped by British Intelligence at Croydon airport on the eve of the Second World War, he finds he has even more. In March 1941 in Berlin, haunted by a dark episode from his past, he makes a fateful decision, resulting in a dramatic journey to the Swiss frontier with a shocking outcome.

Tess Brookes is back. Her life masterplan went seriously awry when she left her sensible career to follow her photography dream. And her romantic ambitions also went awry when she slept with her best mate Charlie and then met sexy and sulky Nick, journalist and official bad boy.

As she uncovers the story of a damaged childhood, she comes to understand what is missing in herself. “ Ahern cleverly and thoughtfully turns the tables, providing thought-provoking life lessons. I was completely hooked.”

“ This hilarious book will sweep you up in its sheer brilliance.”

MARIE CLAIRE ON NO-ONE EVER HAS SEX ON A TUESDAY

SUNDAY MIRROR ON NO-ONE EVER HAS SEX ON A TUESDAY

“ Life-affirming, warm and wise.”

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CLOSER ON WHAT A GIRL WANTS

“ A deft and witty comedy of manners.”

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Now she has to decide whether to continue to follow her heart – and just how far it’s going to take her…

“ Intriguing novel full of extraordinary insights into the human stories behind the great struggle against Hitler. Fascinating read.”

GAVIN ESLER, BROADCASTER, ON THE BEST OF OUR SPIES

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The Doomsday Prophecy Little Girl Gone

The Dead Student

Bull Mountain

Scott G. Mariani

Alexandra Burt

John Katzenbach

Brian Panowich

Scott Mariani is the author of the worldwideacclaimed action-adventure thriller series featuring ex-SAS hero Ben Hope.

A baby goes missing. But does her mother want her back?

A tense, penetrating novel, The Dead Student follows a young man set on avenging the uncle who saved his life, no matter the consequences.

“ This sprawling, gritty crime epic set in dope-damned hillbilly country signals the arrival of a major new talent.” daily express

Timothy ‘Moth’ Turner is a postgrad student and recovering alcoholic. Estranged from his family, Moth’s only lifeline is his uncle Ed. When Ed doesn’t turn up for a meeting, Moth gets worried. Ed is found shot dead in his apartment in an apparent suicide, but Moth can’t believe his uncle would take his own life. And soon, after a little bit of digging, Ed is on the trail of a psychopathic killer known only as Student #5…

Clayton Burroughs is the Sheriff of Bull Mountain and the black sheep of the Burroughs clan. In the past, the family ran moonshine and farmed marijuana; now they’re the dominant suppliers of methamphetamine.

So when an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shows up in Clayton’s office with a plan to shut them down, his agenda will pit brother against brother, and set Clayton on a path to self-destruction.

“ A writer of subtlety and brutal toughness.”

“ Panowich had me at the first word […] a sprawling, gritty, violent, tribal inter-generational crime epic.”

When ex-SAS operative Ben Hope decided to give up rescuing kidnap victims in favour of the Theology studies he abandoned years before, he should have known that fate would decide differently.

Searching for missing biblical archaeologist Zoë Bradbury, Ben finds himself embroiled in his riskiest mission yet. What is the ancient secret that Zoë uncovered? And just who is willing to do anything to protect it? “ James Bond meets Jason Bourne meets The Da Vinci Code.”

When Estelle Paradise’s baby daughter is taken from her crib, she doesn’t report her missing. Days later, Estelle is found in a wrecked car, with a wound to her head and no memory. Estelle knows she holds the key to what happened that night, but what she doesn’t know is whether or not she was responsible.

A stunning and unsettling psychological thriller from must-read author, Alexandra Burt. “ A twisty, gripping read – beautifully written and impossible to put down.”

MEG GARDINER

NEW YORK TIMES

“ Few writers understand the criminal mind as well as Katzenbach.”

J. L. CARRELL, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SHAKESPEARE SECRET

C. J. BOX, AUTHOR OF ENDANGERED

“ This first novel has it all: moonshine, maryjane and mayhem!

Read this book now – and succumb to a startling new talent.”

PEOPLE

“ Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart […] Scott Mariani packs a real punch.”

JAMES ELLROY

ANDY MCDERMOTT, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SECRET VAULT

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Toast on Toast

Harbour Nocturne

Enchanted August

Late Fragments

Steven Toast

Joseph Wambaugh

Brenda Bowen

Kate Gross

Hot on the heels of the critical television hit Toast of London, this memoir-slash-acting-guide is Steven Toast through and through.

Joseph Wambaugh is a former LAPD detective, and multiple best-selling crime author.

A perfect listen for all times of the year – that will make anyone want to run away to a sunny island.

This brave, frank and heart breaking book shows what it means to die before your time.

Toast on Toast is the must-have book for all budding actors – and non-actors too. In this part memoir, part ‘how to act’ manual, Steven Toast draws on his vast and varied experiences, providing the reader with an invaluable insight into his journey from school plays to RADA. Along the way, he reveals the dangers of typecasting, describes the often ruthless struggle for ‘top billing’, and shares many awesome nuggets of advice.

In San Pedro, Los Angeles, one of the world’s busiest harbours, an unlikely pair of lovers is caught up in terror.

When Dinko Babich, a young longshoreman, delivers Lita Medina, a young Mexican dancer, from the harbour to a Hollywood nightclub, his life is forever changed as an unexpectedly tender and moving love story develops.

Comedy and tragedy are intertwined in the everyday life of the cops and residents of San Pedro Harbor. “ Joseph Wambaugh has been one of those necessary voices through the years […] and without him, the lives of many readers would be smaller. Including mine.”

“ Steven Toast is the comedy character of the moment, and Toast of London is the comedy event. Brilliant.”

GUARDIAN ON TOAST OF LONDON

“ [O]dd, tragic, hilarious and always compelling […]

A worthy addition to the canon of the author known as the father of the modern police novel, Harbour Nocturne should not be missed.”

EVENING STANDARD ON TOAST OF LONDON

HELEN SIMONSON, AUTHOR OF MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND

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Written for those she loves, this book is not a conventional cancer memoir; nor is it filled with medical jargon or misery. Instead, it is Kate’s attempt to make sense of the woman who emerged in the strange, lucid final chunk of her life. Kate should have been granted decades to say all that she says in this book. Denied the chance to bore her children and grandchildren with stories, she offers us all her thoughts on how to live, on the wonder to be found in the everyday and the importance of friendship and love. “ The most honest, beautiful, heart wrenching and eye opening book I’ve ever read. I will keep reminding myself of Kate Gross’s words and her story.”

FEARNE COTTON

“ A true charmer of a novel, written with humour, sensitivity, and a huge amount of heart.”

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We all need a sunny island or castle to which we can run away.”

STEPHEN KING

“ The funniest thing on telly, while also being blithering nonsense of the highest order.”

Everyone needs a place like Hopewell Cottage – a romantic holiday rental on a small, sunny island. For Rose and Lottie, it’s a refuge from the frenzy of the school gates. For Beverly, it’s a chance to say goodbye to two lost loves. And for disgraced movie star Caroline, it offers the anonymity she craves.

“ A warm and oddly uplifting read. Gross is funny in the darkest moments of truth. Neither falsely upbeat nor purposefully dramatic or tear-jerking, the book brings Gross to life.”

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The Years of Loving You The Girl with a Clock for a Heart

The Gospel According to Drew Barrymore

The Hiding Place

Ella Harper

Peter Swanson

Pippa Wright

John Burley

From award-winning author Ella Harper comes an enthralling love story, guaranteed to make you laugh, cry and dream upon a star…

The Girl with a Clock For a Heart by Peter Swanson is a thriller about love, loss and those memories we hold closest to our hearts.

A funny, frank and moving novel about female friendship and the painful art of growing up.

A chilling twisty tale of cat and mouse – perfect for fans of Linwood Barclay and Harlan Coben.

When Molly and Ed meet as teenagers feelings explode but, as often happens with first love, life takes them in different directions. Friends it is.

What if your college sweetheart, the girl of your dreams, suddenly disappeared? Twenty years later she’s back, she’s in trouble and she says you are the only one who can help her…

Years later, Molly receives life changing news about her health leaving her marriage to Sam under strain. She wants to make her marriage work but why does she always call best friend Ed in a crisis?

Would it be so terrible to let fate decide the future for her? “ Poignant, heart-wrenching, and wonderfully uplifting too […] full of well-crafted characters that stayed with me long after the last page.”

ALEXANDRA BROWN

“ Warm, perceptive and razor sharp, it’s everything you want from a novel.”

George knows Liana is trouble. But he can’t say no – he never could – a choice that will plunge him into a terrifying whirlpool of lies, secrets, betrayal, and murder from which there is no sure escape. “ As good as they come. A thrilling slice of contemporary noir with twists that you won’t see coming.”

MARK BILLINGHAM

“ A twisty, sexy, electric thrill ride and an absolute blast from start to finish.”

Esther and Laura have been best friends since they were seven, when Esther was chubby and Laura was already perfect. So much has changed since then, but they are still inextricably linked to one another. So when Esther is told that Laura has gone missing, she leaves everything behind to trace her friend’s last movements.

All she has is an email from Laura: “I’m channelling Drew Barrymore, as ever. The Gospel, right?” “ A brilliantly, beautifully written ode to female friendship, full of warmth, laughs and ’90s nostalgia… Fantastic.”

KATY REGAN, AUTHOR OF THE STORY OF YOU

“ Funny, moving, totally gripping, I just wanted to start it all over again the moment I’d finished it.”

HARRIET EVANS ON LIZZY HARRISON LOSES CONTROL

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“ It’s become a cliché to say you read a book in one sitting, and it’s not true here. I had to get up in the middle of No Mercy for a drink to calm my nerves.”

LINWOOD BARCLAY

“ A fantastic psychological ride […] this is one author that can scare you to death.”

DENNIS LEHANE

VERONICA HENRY

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Jason is an anomaly. No transfer order, no patient history, no paperwork at all. Is he really guilty of the horrific crimes he’s been sentenced for? Caught up in a web of hastily concealed injustices, the spotlight begins to shine on Lise. She’s being watched. In Lise’s quest to discover the truth, is there anywhere left to hide?

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A Hard Woman to Kill

My Name is N

Pretty Baby

The Zoo

Alex Howard

Robert Karjel

Mary Kubica

Jamie Mollart

The third novel in the thrilling DI Hanlon series, from highly-recommended author, Alex Howard.

A sophisticated literary thriller with a breathtaking global twist on the darkly riveting narrative tradition of Nordic noir.

A chance encounter. An act of kindness.

A tangled web of lies…

One of those rare books that you have to read a second time the moment you reach the end.

When a frightened Russian woman seeks DCI Hanlon’s help in finding her missing husband, Hanlon’s not keen on the case. Until she hears a name she recognises only too well: Arkady Belanov, sadistic pimp and owner of an exclusive brothel in Oxford is involved.

When Ernst Grip of the Swedish security police, lands at a remote military base in the Indian Ocean, his escort, FBI agent Shauna Friedman, asks him to determine whether a prisoner is a Swedish citizen. At the military base, the prisoner, known only as N., refuses to talk. It appears he was involved in an Islamist-inspired terror attack in Topeka, Kansas. The attack was real, but the motivations behind it are not so simple.

Heidi has always been charitable but her family are horrified when she returns home with a young woman named Willow and her baby in tow. Dishevelled and homeless, this girl could be a criminal – or worse. But despite the family’s objections, Heidi offers them refuge.

As Willow begins to get back on her feet, disturbing clues into her past starts to emerge. Now Heidi must question if her motives for helping the stranger are unselfish or rooted in her own failures.

James Marlowe puts in long alcohol and cocaine fuelled hours as an advertising director. As his life disintegrates around him he comes to despise his clients, the corporate world, and himself. Now his imagination is fired by a set of characters he calls The Zoo. They lead him into a world crazier than the one that’s thrown him out. The way back to sanity might lie behind the fantasy.

When her former partner and friend disappears, Hanlon is forced into an uneasy alliance with the London underworld to rescue him from the blood-stained hands of the Russian mafia. “ A tenacious crime thriller with a difference.”

LOVEREADING ON COLD REVENGE

Robert Karjel is a lieutenant colonel in the Swedish Air Force. His job as a helicopter pilot has taken him all over the world, from peace-keeping in Afghanistan to pirate-hunting in Somalia.

“ Pretty Baby is almost hypnotic and anything but predictable […] This book will give insomniacs a compelling reason to sit up all night.”

KIRKUS

“ Visceral, violent thriller which races along, propelled by an excellent new heroine.”

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THE BOOK TRUST

“ The Zoo intrigued me from the very first page. Jamie Mollart’s debut novel is a grippingly dark and ultimately moving story about exploitation, destruction and the possibility of redemption.”

ALISON MOORE AUTHOR OF MAN BOOKER SHORTLISTED THE LIGHTHOUSE

MARUIS GABRIEL ON TIME TO DIE

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Jammer Teen

Jammer Teen Ideal for engaging teenagers, whether new or voracious readers. Including authors such as Darren Shan and Amy Ewing. The titles we select will also be popular with many adults.

Crow Mountain

Tunnels of Blood

Lucy Inglis

Darren Shan

The heartfelt and intriguing new novel from Lucy Inglis.

Darren Shan and Evra Von follow a trail of corpses and confront a foul creature of the night.

While on holiday in Montana, Hope meets local boy Cal Crow, a ranch-hand. Caught in a freak accident, the two of them take shelter in a mountain cabin where Hope makes a strange discovery. More than a hundred years earlier, another English girl met a similar fate. Her rescuer: a horse-trader called Nate. In this wild place, both girls learn what it means to survive and to fall in love, neither knowing that their fates are intimately entwined.

When Mr Crepsley is called upon by the Vampire Generals, Darren and the snake-boy, Evra Von, leave the Cirque Du Freak and travel with him to the city. Whilst there, Darren meets Debbie and his life as a Vampire’s Assistant fades into the background – until corpses are found. Corpses drained of blood… Suspicious of Mr Crepsley’s secretive behaviour, Darren and Evra shadow him across the city and confront a creature of the night that may be the end of them all…

“ Beautifully told, this is a gripping story which flows effortlessly… Lucy Inglis makes magical delightfully credible as the fast-paced and danger-filled adventure unfolds.”

“ Fast-paced and compelling book which leaves the reader hungry for more.”

JULIA ECCLESHARE

“ I loved it. I love the way you manage to juggle the funny with the unpleasant, the affection with the hurt. It’s great story-telling.”

“ A fast-paced, thrilling novel that teenagers will love!”

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Jammer Teen

Coming soon

Bone Jack

The White Rose

Killer Game

The Memory Hit

Sara Crowe

Amy Ewing

Kirsty McKay

Carla Spradbery

A stunning Young Adult novel shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award – a raw and haunting tale of ancient folklore entwined with a modern-day tragedy.

Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games, this is the second book in the Lone City trilogy, following on from Amy Ewing’s debut novel, The Jewel.

What happens when the game becomes real?

A gripping thriller that will keep you guessing…

At Cate’s isolated boarding school, ‘Killer Game’ is a tradition. Only a select few are invited to play. They must avoid being killed by a series of thrilling pranks and identify the murderer. But this time, it’s different: the game stops feeling fake and starts getting dangerous and Cate’s the next target. Can they find the culprit before it’s too late?

Nostalgex: a drug that stimulates memory. In small doses, a person can remember the order of a deck of cards. In larger doses it allows the user detailed access to their past, to focus on previously unnoticed details. On New Year’s Day, Jess and Cooper’s worlds collide. They must work together to look into their pasts to uncover what really happened on that fateful New Year’s Eve. But what they find is that everything is a lie…

Ash’s dad has returned from war, close to a breakdown and lost in a world of imaginary threats. Meanwhile, Ash’s best friend Mark is grieving and has drifted away into his own nightmares. Ash’s only escape is his lonely mountain running, training to be the stag boy in the annual Stag Chase. But dark things are stirring. Could Mark and Dad be haunted by more than just their pasts? “ Bone Jack is a powerful and beguiling YA novel.”

TELEGRAPH

Violet, Ash and Raven have escaped the palace, but Regimentals are hunting for them across the city. If they can reach the safety of the White Rose then Violet may be able to help Lucien in his plan to rescue more surrogates. For one surrogate, however, it is already too late. Violet’s best friend, Raven, is pregnant. And in the Jewel, surrogates cannot survive giving birth.

Amy Ewing is a graduate of the New School’s MFA programme in Writing for Children, and has a BFA from New York University.

Kirsty McKay is the author of two books for teens, Undead and Unfead, and she has also written Ogres Don’t Dance, especially for children.

“ A pleasingly dark teen thriller with fun, fresh characters.

Spradbery is a debut author to watch.”

JAMES DAWSON

“ An extraordinary modern fantasy with never a wasted word.”

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Doctor Who

Time Works

Pier Pressure

Steve Lyons

Robert Ross

The TARDIS lands in between times, in a time where this is no time. A time in which nothing can possibly be. But something is… The Doctor, Charley and C’rizz are rats in the wheelwork, a threat to the schedule of a world where timing is everything. And the seconds are counting down to a fateful future that has already happened. Unless they can beat the clock. Tick, tock.

Brighton, Sussex; 1936. “Ere, listen listen, I’ve got one for you. There once was this bloke, you see. Good-looking sort of chap. Lovely, brightly coloured coat. Quality gear. But his name wasn’t Miller. Oh no, this bloke called himself the Doctor. Doctor who you ask? And may well you. Don’t know me self. No one ever knew. Funny that.

Mind you, them were dark days. No one was laughing.

Just like the entire town was cursed it was. Cursed by something not of this world…”

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Official BBC full-cast dramas, with music and sound effects in stereo, featuring former doctors including Colin Baker, Peter Davison and Paul McGann.

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Night Thoughts

Full Fathom Five

Sympathy for the Devil

Auld Mortality

Edward Young

David Bishop

Johnathan Clements

Marc Platt

A remote Scottish mansion. Five bickering academics are haunted by ghosts from their past. Reluctantly they offer shelter to the Doctor and his companions Ace and Hex. Ace tries to befriend the young housemaid, Sue. Sue knows secrets. She knows why the academics have assembled here, and she knows why they are all so afraid. But Sue’s lips are sealed, preferring to communicate through her disturbing toy, Happy the Rabbit. And then the killing begins.

The Deep-sea Energy Exploration Project was apparently destroyed by dirty bombs in 2039 AD, turning the surrounding sea bed into a radioactive tomb. Rumours suggest the DEEP was conducting illegal, unethical experiments. In 2066 the Doctor discovers the research centre remains intact. The Doctor is determined to be the first to uncover and confront the secrets of the DEEP.

What if… the Doctor had not been UNIT’s scientific advisor?

What if… the Doctor and Susan had never left Gallifrey?

On the eve of the Handover, an advanced Chinese stealth bomber crashes in the hills above Hong Kong. The discredited UNIT has just 24 hours to steal the technology, rescue the passenger and flee to international waters. Down by the harbour, there’s big trouble in Little England – an ancient evil is stirring in a place of peace. The Doctor finds a world on the brink of terror. A world that has lived without him for years. A world that is frighteningly like our own…

In a marble mausoleum, deep in the cisterns beneath the Capitol, Gallifrey’s favourite author faces his ultimate destiny. Who is the woman who claims to be his granddaughter? Who is the sepulchral figure in robes of night? Which path should Hannibal’s army take to Rome? And on a snowy mountain high in the Alps, the Doctor remembers the ultimate question: What if he and Susan had never left Gallifrey?

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Something Inside

The Kingmaker

The Settling

The Hollows of Time

Trevor Baxendale

Nev Fountain

Simon Guerrier

Christopher H. Bidmead

“WARNING: YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER THE CUBE. ALL FORMS OF TELEPATHY ARE PROHIBITED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TELEPORTATION UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. PSYCHIC POWERS WILL BE FORCIBLY REMOVED (MENTAL SURGERY IS COMPULSORY).

Not surprisingly the Doctor becomes mixed up with Richard the Third himself, as he tries to unravel the perplexing problem of who exactly killed the Princes in the Tower. Peri and Erimem also encounter a suspicious time traveller. Someone who shouldn’t really be there at all. So who did murder the Princes in the Tower?

Perhaps it’s best not to ask a question like that. You might not like the answer…

Note to Sir Arthur Aston, governor of the town of Drogheda, 10 September 1649. “Sir, having brought the army belonging to the Parliament of England before this place, to reduce it to obedience, to the end effusion of blood may be prevented, I thought fit to summon you to deliver the same into my hands to their use. If this be refused, you will have no cause to blame me. I expect your answer and rest your servant. O. Cromwell.”

The Doctor and Peri have been on holiday, visiting old friend Reverend Foxwell in the sleepy English village of Hollowdean. But why are their memories so hazy? Piecing together events they recall a mysterious chauffeur, who is not what he seems, and many of the locals are devoted to a leader known as ‘Professor Stream’. But who is Stream? And what lies within the Hollows of Time? The Doctor will discover that not every question has a definitive answer…

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Paradise 5

Point of Entry

The Nowhere Place

The Reaping

P. J. Hammond

Marc Platt

Nicholas Briggs

Joseph Lidster

The Doctor and Peri visit the planet Targos Delta to check in on old friend Professor Albrecht Thompson, only to discover that he has vanished. He was last sighted taking a shuttle to the holiday resort of Paradise 5, then never seen again. The Doctor’s curiosity is piqued, they must investigate. Peri will go undercover on Paradise 5, while the Doctor hides in the shadows.

Because paradise holds a terrible secret beneath the white marble and golden trimmings. The mute Cherubs have a story to tell.

The 16th Century. Playwright Kit Marlowe is attempting to write Doctor Faustus when a darkness descends on his life, in the cadaverous form of a Spaniard called Velez. After a near-disastrous collision with an asteroid in space, the TARDIS makes an emergency landing in Elizabethan England. These two events are connected. The Omnim are ready. And the point of entry approaches…

2197. The fighter-carrier Valiant has just crossed Pluto’s orbital path. Its captain is expecting trouble from alien raiders. She is not expecting the Doctor and Evelyn.

On the morning of 9 May 1984, Peri woke up.

She was expecting to spend the day relaxing in Lanzarote and, that evening, leave her mother and stepfather to go travelling with some guys she’d only just met. But things don’t always go as expected as her friends and family discover when, four months later, she returns home having travelled further than anyone could have imagined.

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1952. The Turret Class locomotive Ivy Lee is hurtling through the night. On board, there should only be two passengers: both of them carrying documents from the War Office. But now, there are also two unexpected visitors on the train. The Doctor and Evelyn have arrived and ‘Time’s End’ is approaching.

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Red

The Evil One

Destroy the Infinite

Last of the Colophon

Stewart Sheargold

Nicholas Briggs

Nicholas Briggs

Jonathan Morris

Subject [error] Melanie Bush, designated companion of subject 3999. Subject [error] is not chipped and is a threat. Her ability to harm has not been checked, compromising the continued security programming of this Whitenoise system. She must be inhibited.

The TARDIS lands in the cargo hold of luxury space cruiser the Moray Rose. The crew and passengers are missing. The agents of Inter-Galaxy Insurance are determined to find out what’s happened and the shadowy Interplanetary Police Inspector Efendi is showing a very particular interest.

The colony planet Delafoss is occupied by the army of a rapacious alien force known only as the Eminence. The Doctor and Leela arrive expecting to find Earth’s most successful, unspoiled colony.

Instead, they are confronted by a planet choked by industrialisation. For the first time in his life, the Doctor confronts the Eminence… and things will never be quite the same again.

The planet Colophos is a dead world. When the Doctor and Leela land, joined by the crew of the Oligarch survey ship, it’s not long before they receive a communication from one of the ruins. A communication from Astaroth Morax, the last of the Colophon. But is he really as powerless as he seems?

What became of the rest of his race – and why didn’t he die with them? Entering his lair, the Doctor uncovers a terrifying secret…

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Caught up in all this, the Doctor and Leela find themselves facing a horde of metal mantis-like aliens.

But throughout it all, Leela is haunted by terrible nightmares and the dawning realization that everything she knows about her life is a lie.

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Blackstone

O Pioneers!

Death of a Nightingale

Willa Cather

Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis

A highly-acclaimed classic from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, widely considered one of the most distinguished American writers of the early twentieth century.

A thrilling new novel from the bestselling authors of The Boy in the Suitcase.

The Bergsons are a family of strong-willed Swedish immigrants who have come to make a living on the great prairie. When the father, John, dies, worn out by disease and debt, his eldest daughter, Alexandra, becomes the head of the family. This is the story of her love affair with the land – an American Midwest that is vast and golden.

Blackstone A new Standing Order Plan for 2015–16, representing internationally bestselling American authors across a variety of genres. This quarter includes Lee Goldberg, Saul Bellow and Max Brand.

“ She is undoubtedly one of the twentieth century’s greatest American writers.”

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“ Her voice, laconical and richly sensuous, sings out with a note of unequivocal love for the people she is setting down on the page.”

MARINA WARNER

Natasha Doroshenko, a Ukrainian woman who has been arrested for murdering her Danish fiancé, escapes police custody on her way to an interrogation in Copenhagen’s police headquarters. It isn’t the first time Natasha has lost a partner to violent ends: her first husband was also murdered, three years earlier and in the same manner: his hands broken. The mystery has long and bloody roots, going back to a terrible famine that devastated Stalinist Ukraine in 1934. “ Reminds us of the troubled present and past of this country, a topic that runs throughout this noir Scandinavian thriller […] with page-turning compulsion and oppressive atmosphere.”

INDEPENDENT

“ Required reading for fans of the burgeoning field of new Nordic suspense.”

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Liza of Lambeth

Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop

Everything That Rises Must Converge

Masters of Atlantis

W. Somerset Maugham

Lee Goldberg

Flannery O’Connor

Charles Portis

A vividly realistic portrayal of slum life that sparked the literary career of one of England’s most successful authors of the twentieth century.

Based on the USA Television series.

Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.

Captain Leland Stottlemayer is faced with budget cuts and trims Monk’s services as an expense. Though he insists it’s nothing personal, when Monk’s offers to help for no charge are declined, he and Natalie suspect otherwise. But Monk is too compulsive to stop investigating. So when Stottlemayer is arrested for the killing of another cop with overwhelming evidence against him, he must turn to the only detective who can prove his innocence.

This collection of nine short stories by Flannery O’Connor was published posthumously in 1965. The flawed characters of each story are fully revealed in moments of conflict and violence that are presented with comic detachment. The title story is a tragicomedy about social pride. The protagonist, Julian Chestny, is disdainful of his mother’s prejudices, but his selfishness is replaced with childish fear when she suffers a fatal stroke after being struck by a black woman she has insulted out of ignorance rather than malice.

From acclaimed novelist Charles Portis comes this comic masterpiece of secret societies, lost cities, and American dreamers.

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Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteenyear-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. Vibrant and bewitching, she has found an adoring if conventional beau in Tom. When she meets Jim Blakeston, a married man new to the area, she is immediately magnetised by his attentions. But the streets are wise to their illicit, passionate affair and before long the secret is out. “ One of the most interesting and least patronising accounts of cockney life in the late 19th century.”

“ An entertaining and ruefully funny diversion that stars one of television’s best-loved characters.”

HONOLULU STAR BULLETIN

THE TIMES

“ He evolved a quality possessed only by master story-tellers – that of making the reader greedy for more.”

“ The current volume of posthumous stories is the work of a master, a writer’s writer – but a reader’s too – an incomparable craftsman who wrote, let it be said, some of the finest stories in our language.”

NEWSWEEK

Stationed in France in 1917, Lamar Jimmerson comes across a little book crammed with Atlantean puzzles, Egyptian riddles, and extended alchemical metaphors.

It’s the Codex Pappus – the sacred Gnomon text. Soon he is basking in the lore of lost Atlantis, convinced that his mission on earth is to extend the ranks of this noble brotherhood. He forms the Gnomon Society. Masters of Atlantis is a cockeyed journey into an America of misfits and con men, oddballs and innocents. “ No matter how extravagant the horseplay […] a purpose infuses the craziness, a sense that the author is after something bigger than jokes.”

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Blackstone

The Adventures of Augie March

The Tortilla Curtain

Crusader

Saul Bellow

T. C. Boyle

Max Brand

Saul Bellow’s American masterpiece both celebrates and satirizes the irrepressible American spirit.

A classic novel by America’s foremost novelist.

A deeply touching portrait of the spirit of the American West.

A penniless and parentless Chicago boy growing up in the Great Depression, Augie March drifts through life latching on to a wild succession of occupations, including butler, thief, dog-washer, sailor and salesman.

He is a ‘born recruit’, easily influenced by others who try to mould his destiny. Not until he tangles with the glamorous Thea, a huntress with a trained eagle, can he attempt to break free. “ [Bellow’s] body of work is more capacious of imagination and language than anyone else’s […] If there’s a candidate for the great American novel, I think this is it.”

When Delaney Mossbacher knocks down a Mexican pedestrian, he neither reports the accident nor takes his victim to hospital. Instead the man accepts $20 and limps back to poverty and his pregnant 17-year-old wife, leaving Delaney to return to his privileged life in California. But these two men are fated against each other, as Delaney attempts to clear the land of the illegal immigrants who he thinks are turning his state park into a ghetto, and a boiling pot of racism and prejudice threatens to spill over. “ A harrowing, even horrific, tale […] a remarkable feat of imaginative empathy.”

Harry Camden came out of the wilderness unwillingly, attracted by a girl being used as bait. Sparrow Roberts, a fight manager, used this young lady to lure Harry into his own sphere, for he knew that Camden had a truly devastating punch. But fighting wasn’t what Harry really wanted. Unimpressed by the blandishments of civilization, he drifted into a life of drunkenness and crime, culminating in the theft of the great stallion Crusader, a horse that no one but Camden could ride.

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“ Max Brand is the Shakespeare of the Western Range.”

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A media format designed for audiobooks – preloaded MP3 players with an audiobook locked in.

Just press play.

Sister Noon

The Girl in the Spider’s Web

William Boyd

Karen Joy Fowler

David Lagercrantz

A compelling story of one woman’s extraordinary life – and a heart-wrenching tale of love and war in the twentieth century.

A fascinating historical novel from the author of the Man Booker shortlisted bestseller We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves.

It is Amory’s photographer uncle Greville who gives her a camera and some rudimentary lessons in photography and unleashes a passion that will irrevocably shape her future. Her search for life, love and artistic expression will take her to the demi monde of Berlin of the late 20s, to New York of the 30s, to the Blackshirt riots in London and to France in the Second World War where she becomes one of the first female war photographers.

San Francisco in the 1890s is a town of contradictions. Lizzie Hayes, a docile, middle-aged spinster, is praised for her volunteer work with the Ladies’ Relief and Protection Society Home. When the wealthy but ill-reputed Mary Ellen Pleasant shows up with an orphan in tow, Lizzie is drawn to them both. For it is the beautiful Mrs Pleasant, object of suspicion because of her rumoured voodoo practise, who holds the key to freeing Lizzie’s rebellious nature.

The girl with the dragon tattoo is back: Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return in a continuation of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series.

“ Serious, provocative, intelligent, Boyd’s writing is endlessly open to ideas.”

DAILY TELEGRAPH

“ His eccentric wit and restless intelligence exert a powerful appeal.”

NEW YORK TIMES

“ Robust, sly, witty, elegant, unexpected.”

NEW YORK TIMES

“ Karen Joy Fowler has magic powers.”

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“ David Lagercrantz has done well. […]

The Girl in the Spider’s Web conveys the essence and atmosphere of Larsson’s Millennium novels” THE TIMES

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Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist have not been in touch for some time. Then Blomkvist is contacted by renowned Swedish scientist Professor Balder. Warned that his life is in danger, but more concerned for his son’s well-being, Balder wants Millennium to publish his story – and it is a terrifying one.

More interesting to Blomkvist than Balder’s world-leading advances in Artificial Intelligence, is his connection with a certain female superhacker.

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Lamentation

A Book of Scars The Versions of Us

The Commitments

Churchill’s Secret Warriors

Eleanor Moran

C. J. Sansom

William Shaw

Laura Barnett

Roddy Doyle

Damien Lewis

Only ask questions if you are prepared for the answers…

Matthew Shardlake is back in Lamentation, from the number one bestselling author, C. J. Sansom.

The third book in a powerful deconstruction of the sixties, A Book of Scars lays bare the forgotten crimes of that era.

Some moments can change your life for ever. Have you ever wondered, ‘what if?’

The bestselling book behind the long running West End stage show.

Summer, 1546: Shardlake is unexpectedly summoned to Whitehall Palace and asked for help

by Catherine Parr. She has written a radically Protestant confessional book that must never come to the King’s attention. Now it has inexplicably vanished. Only one page has been found, clutched in the hand of a murdered London printer. Shardlake’s investigations take him from the backstreet print shops of London to the dark, labyrinthine world of the royal court; a world he had sworn never to enter again.

1969: Five years ago, teenager Alexandra Tozer was murdered. Her sister Helen Tozer will never forget.

Returning home after quitting the Met Police, she brings with her the recovering Detective Sergeant Cathal Breen, who slowly becomes possessed by the unsolved case.

But Breen is on a trail, for the two men connected to this case met in Kenya, during the Mau Mau uprising; and the history that Britain has turned its face from is now returning to haunt it.

Eva and Jim are nineteen and students at Cambridge when their paths first cross in 1958. And then there is David, Eva’s then-lover, an ambitious actor who loves Eva deeply. The Versions of Us follows the three different courses their lives could take following this first meeting; lives filled with love, betrayal and ambition. Through it all is a deep connection that endures whatever fate might throw at them.

The Commitments are spreading the gospel of the soul. Managed

by Jimmy Rabbitte and brilliantly coached by Joey ‘The Lips’ Fagan.

Their twin assault on Motown and Barrytown takes them by leaps and bounds from the parish hall to the steps of the studio door. But can The Commitments live up to their name?

The bestselling author of Zero Six Bravo brings the adventures of an intriguing wartime secret unit to life.

Mia is a successful child psychologist, hoping to be made a partner in her company. But then she accepts a case that will change her life forever. Gemma is a teenage girl whose father is on the run for embezzlement. The police think Gemma knows where he is and they want Mia to talk to her. Both women are hiding devastating secrets and both women need the other to survive. The question is can they trust each other? “ Gripping, emotional.”

DAISY GOODWIN

“ Shardlake’s back and better than ever […] a triumph both as detective fiction and as a novel.”

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

“ An eleg y for an entire alienated generation.”

“ Hugely enjoyable […] Wonderfully funny.”

DAILY TELEGRAPH

“ Truly enthralling […] I simply adored this wonderful novel.”

JESSIE BURTON, AUTHOR OF THE MINIATURIST

“ A charming, truthful and immensely funny story which leaves you gasping for more.”

SUNDAY TIMES

NEW YORK TIMES

“ Both brilliant and astonishingly good.”

“ Excellent […] tackles bent police, the dark side of hippiedom and utterly nails the myth of the Swinging Sixties.”

In the bleak moments of winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike hard. So Britain’s wartime leader called for the development of a completely new kind of warfare, recruiting a band of eccentric free-thinking warriors to become the first ‘deniable’ secret operatives to strike behind enemy lines, offering these volunteers nothing but the potential for glory and all-but-certain death.

Damien Lewis has spent twenty years reporting from war, disaster and conflict zones around the world. He has written a dozen nonfiction and fiction books, topping bestseller lists worldwide.

ELIZABETH BUCHAN

“ One of the most remarkable stories in the history of special forces operations.”

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The House at the Edge of the World

Caroline Criado-Perez Caroline Criado-Perez is a British journalist and feminist activist whose work has appeared in The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian and The Independent.

Every day, women are reinventing what it means to be female in cultures where power, privilege or basic freedoms are all too often equated with being male. One of the most tenacious campaigners of her generation, Caroline Criado-Perez introduces us to these pioneering women. We meet the first woman to cross the Antarctic alone, a female fighter pilot in Afghanistan, a Chilean revolutionary turned politician and the Iranian journalist who dared to uncover her hair. “ Do It Like a Woman brings together stories of kick-ass women from around the world who have shown great heroism and bravery. It’s rousing and immensely readable.”

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

Julia Rochester Part mystery, part psychological drama, Julia Rochester’s The House at the Edge of the World is a darkly comic, unorthodox and thrilling debut.

John Venton’s drunken fall from a cliff leaves his family with an embarrassing ghost. His twin children, Morwenna and Corwin, flee in separate directions as their mother, enraged by years of unhappy marriage, embraces merry widowhood. Only their grandfather finds solace in the crumbling house, endlessly painting their story onto a large canvas map. As the twins are drawn back to the house, they discover that their father’s absence is part of the map’s mysterious pull. “ Wonderfully crisp and funny and it’s so full of vivid, surprising images that the reader almost doesn’t notice the moment that deep secrets begin to be revealed.”

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I am China

Motherland

The Winter War

Sunjeev Sahota

Xiaolu Guo

Jo McMillan

Philip Teir

The heart-stopping new book; shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015.

Two lovers, separated by oceans and an oppressive political regime, desperate to find their way back to each other.

A charming, witty and original novel: Oranges are not the Only Fruit meets Goodbye Lenin.

A funny, razor-sharp and truthful family drama that unravels the fantasy we have of a perfect Scandinavian society.

The Year of the Runaways tells of the bold dreams and daily struggles of an unlikely family thrown together by circumstance.

Thirteen young men live in a house in Sheffield, each in flight from India and in search of a new life. Avtar has a secret that binds him to protect the choatic Randeep. Randeep has a visa-wife in a flat on the other side of town.

And Tarlochan, a former rickshaw driver, will say nothing about his past in Bihar. “ All you can do is surrender, happily, to its power.”

SALMAN RUSHDIE

In a detention centre in Dover Chinese musician Jian is awaiting his fate. In Beijing his girlfriend Mu sends desperate letters to London to track him down. Above a noisy London market, translator Iona Kirkpatrick starts work on a Chinese letter. As she unravels the story of these Chinese lovers, Iona sets out to bring them back together, but time seems to be running out. “ Heart-wrenching […] an extraordinary and important book.”

INDEPENDENT

“ Dark, witty fiction.”

“ Genuine, poignant […] A moral work of real intelligence and power.”

FINANCIAL TIMES

THE TIMES ON OURS ARE THE STREETS

It is 1978, Jess and her mother Eleanor struggle to sell socialism to Tamworth – a sleepy Midlands town that just doesn’t want to know. So when Eleanor is invited to spend a summer teaching in East Germany, she and Jess jump at the chance. But friends can become enemies and Jess soon discovers how easy it is to switch sides, how sides can be switched for you – sometimes without you even knowing.

Motherland is a tender motherdaughter story and a tragi-comic portrait of a childhood overcome with belief. It’s about loss of faith and loss of innocence, and what it’s like to grow up on the losing side of history.

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As he approaches his sixtieth birthday, the certainties of Max Paul’s life begin to dissolve. He hasn’t produced any work of note for decades. His wife no longer loves him. His grown-up daughters – one in London, one in Helsinki – have problems of their own. So when a former student turned journalist shows up and offers him a seductive lifeline, Max starts down a dangerous path from which he may never find a way back. “ Shot through with understated black humour and nicely balanced between tender and acerbic, this impressive novel is a forceful reminder that there is much more to Scandinavian writing than crime fiction.”

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Dilly’s Sacrifice

A Twist of the Knife

The Final Minute

The New Woman

William Brodrick

Linda Fairstein

Rosie Goodwin

Peter James

Simon Kernick

Charity Norman

The latest in CWA Gold dagger winning series, Father Anselm.

Devil’s Bridge is the latest in the Alexandra Cooper series from the expert in legal thrillers, Linda Fairstein.

A moving and uplifting story of family, loyalty and love, from much-loved author Rosie Goodwin.

With each twist of the knife, a chilling new journey begins…

The gripping new raceagainst-time thriller from bestselling author Simon Kernick.

He must be himself, whatever the cost.

The Manhattan waterfront is one of New York City’s most magnificent vistas. But Detective Mike Chapman is about to become far too well acquainted with the dangerous side of the Hudson River and its islands when he takes on his most personal case yet: the disappearance of Alex Cooper. There are so many leads and terrifying complications, including Mike and Alex’s intimate relationship, leading to question the methods Mike will use to get Cooper back…

Dilly is devastated – with her husband unable to work and four children already at home, they cannot afford to feed their new-born baby. Heartbroken, she delivers her baby girl to the Farthing family who have just lost their own daughter to measles. This act of desperation will change the lives of both families irrevocably.

But when the chance for true love finally comes, will Dilly choose family over her own happiness?

Father Anselm returns to the Old Bailey to fight the most difficult and troubling case of his life. Father Edmund Littlemore is charged with grave offences against Harry Brandwell who, it seems, is both a victim and a liar. Unknown to Anselm, Robert Saunders, a journalist, has been investigating Littlemore’s background and uncovered a troubled past.

Meanwhile Harry Brandwell – abused, abandoned and betrayed – has decided to take matters into his own hands. “ Brodrick writes with great elegance, his style unhurried, dialogue intelligent, polite yet full of meaning.”

THE TIMES ON THE DISCOURTESY OF DEATH

For three decades, Linda Fairstein served in the office of the New York County District Attorney. In 2010 she was presented with the Silver Bullet Award from the International Thriller Writers. “ One of my favourite writers […] her stories never fail to thrill.”

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“She’s dead. There’s blood everywhere.

And the most terrifying thing of all is that I think her killer might be me…”

A traumatic car-crash. A man with no memory, haunted by nightmares.

When the past comes calling in the most terrifying way imaginable, Matt Barron is forced to turn to the one person who can help. Ex Met cop, turned private detective, Tina Boyd.

Soon they are both on the run… “ Another accomplished race against time with a delightfully morally ambiguous hero.”

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“ Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight!”

“ New Zealand-based author Charity Norman has the […] clever knack of taking an issue and examining it from all angles, to see the effect it has on everyone involved.”

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[Norman] is hot on their heels.”

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“ Peter will send chills up your spine and make you jump at all those bumps in the night […] Brilliant stuff.”

“ Goodwin is a master of her craft: she excels in writing about the complexity of relationships, the hardships of life, the ties of family and the joys of love and friendship.”

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“ Rosie Goodwin excels at tugging-theheartstrings.”

In the bestselling collection of short stories from Peter James, we first come to meet Brighton’s finest detective, Roy Grace, and read the tale that went on to inspire James’ hugely successful novel, Dead Simple. James exposes the Achilles heel of each of his characters, and makes us question how well we can trust ourselves and one another.

Each tale carries a twist that will haunt readers for days after they turn the final page…

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Here We Lie

The Sun in Her Eyes

Rise

A Beautiful Mind

The Household Spirit

Ann Granger

Sophie McKenzie

Paige Toon

Karen Campbell

Sylvia Nasar

Tod Wodicka

For a rainswept Cotswold village, flooding is the least of its woes…

“Jed is the man I will marry.

Unless his past catches up with us all…”

On holiday with her family and adoring fiancé, Jed, Emily couldn’t be happier. But overnight, the idyllic trip turns into a waking nightmare when one of the group is found dead in what appears to be a terrible accident. The devastated party returns to London to cope with their loss while trying to resume their normal lives. But new revelations set Emily on a perilous journey to discover the truth about what happened…

An exhilarating and luminous novel about freedom, forgiveness and finding your place in the world.

The inspiration behind the Oscar-winning film featuring Russell Crowe in the lead role of John Nash.

A luminous story of a most curious friendship, for fans of Rachel Joyce.

It is the wettest winter on record and as Christmas approaches the rivers burst their banks.

In the village of Weston Saint Ambrose, a young girl’s body is seen floating downstream and when it becomes stuck under the jetty at a reclusive writer’s home, the author is alarmed to discover that he recognises the victim of a brutal murder…

Blinding sunshine… A bend in the road… What became of the little girl with the sun in her eyes?

“ Characterisation, as ever with Granger, is sharp and astringent.”

THE TIMES

“ The reader can expect a treat. Lively, different and fun.”

YORKSHIRE POST

“ You will race through this fast-moving thriller that saves the most shocking twist until the very end.”

SUNDAY MIRROR ON CLOSE MY EYES

“ Effortlessly thrilling and incredibly tense, you won’t believe this novel’s creepy twists and turns!”

Amber was three when a car crash stole her mother’s life. She doesn’t remember the accident, but a witness at the scene has been unable to forget. Thirty years later, the witness is still trying to track Amber down. Meanwhile, Amber is living on the other side of the world when her father has a stroke – she flies home to Australia to be with him. Then Amber receives a letter that changes everything: “Before your mother died, she asked me to tell you something…” “ Paige really ratchets up the tension.

You’ll be in a reading frenzy by the end!”

LISA JEWELL

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“ An intriguing analysis of the tortured life of John Nash, mathematical genius and Nobel laureate extraordinary.”

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There’s something wrong next door – at least, that’s what neighbours Howie Jeffries and Emily Phane both think. Howie is an accidental recluse, content with his fishing and dreams of someday sailing away on a boat.

Emily couldn’t be more different: she’s irreverent, outgoing and seemingly well-adjusted. But when Emily returns from college to care for her dying grandfather, Howie can’t help but notice her increasingly erratic behavior – not to mention her newfound love of nocturnal gardening. “ The Household Spirit is very special.

There’s a pleasing familiarity to it but it’s also fresh, funny and unpredictable.”

RODDY DOYLE

“ Rarely have I been so captivated by a novel. Its compassion, wisdom, warmth.

I loved it.”

NATHAN FILER, AUTHOR OF THE SHOCK OF THE FALL

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“ A compelling book about a phenomenal figure. Sylvia Nasar manages to illuminate both the man and his maths.”

THE TIMES

“ I am in awe of Karen Campbell’s writing. Rise soars and sears in equal measure – it is brilliant, unputdownable storytelling.”

MEL GIEDROYC

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Justine is running for her life.

Escaping a city and a man, she heads north to the valleys of the Highlands. Michael and Hannah are also running, with their two sons and their tattered marriage.

They are looking for somewhere they can call home. In an ancient landscape, a shocking accident causes their lives to intertwine.

Tangled together in threads of guilt and love, with Scotland rushing towards a referendum and the community fracturing, they must all face their ghosts.

John Nash was a mathematical genius by age thirty when he slipped into madness after being diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Thanks to the selflessness of a beautiful woman and the loyalty of the mathematics community, John Nash emerged after decades of a ghostlike existence to win a Nobel Prize for triggering the game theory revolution. This is his story.

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Jimfish

Carnevale

Warriors of the Storm

Friday on My Mind

The Wrong Girl

James Heneage

Christopher Hope

Michelle Lovric

Bernard Cornwell

Nicci French

David Hewson

Rome never fell. The empire continued as Byzantium.

This epic historical novel concerns one man’s role in saving the empire.

“I’ll give his age as 18 and call him Jimfish. Because he’s a real fish out of water, this one is.”

A moving love story featuring two of the greatest lovers the world has ever known.

1782: Cecelia, the 13 year old daughter of a Venetian merchant family is lured naked from her bath by a stray cat and finds herself in the arms of Casanova – the legendary seducer of women. Twenty-five years later Cecilia is in Albania, now a portrait painter of some renown.

Enter a young man from England, a troubled poet, looking for adventure at any price – a man who begins his affair with Cecilia.

Friday on My Mind is the latest addictive and intriguing novel in the Frieda Klein series, by the bestselling author Nicci French.

A terrorist outrage grips the heart of the city.

In the 1980s, a man is pulled up out of the Indian Ocean in Port Pallid, South Africa, claiming to have been kidnapped as a baby. So begins the odyssey of Jimfish, who defies the usual classification of race that defines the rainbow nation.

His journey through the last years of Apartheid will extend beyond South Africa to the wider world, where he will be an unlikely witness to the dying days of the twentieth century.

The new novel in Bernard Cornwell’s number one bestselling series The Warrior Chronicles.

The Ottoman Turks are at the gates of Constantinople and Luke Magoris has to find a fortune to build defences for his beloved Mistra, the last glorious outpost of Imperial Rome. He turns to the Ming Empire for trade, and to Italy for its rapidly developing banks.

And yet the Varangian treasure – which only Luke can uncover – may hold the key to all.

The Lion of Mistra is the third book in the Mistra Chronicles, following The Walls of Byzantium and Towers of Samarcand. “ A stirring tale of the struggle for Byzantium. Heneage brings to life both the tragedy and the heroism.”

Part fable, part fierce commentary on the politics of power, this work is the culmination of a lifetime’s writing, from a Man Booker shortlisted author of enormous originality and range.

“ A lavish description of a sensual education that drips detail and drama.”

A fragile peace governs the kingdoms of Wessex, East Anglia and Mercia. Uhtred, her greatest warrior, controls the northern parts from the strongly fortified city of Chester. The Northmen come in force under the cover of night, led by the terrifying Viking warrior, Ragnall Iverson, a fierce fighter and ruthless leader. Uhtred will stop at nothing to take back his corner of Northumbria and secure the future of Bebbanburg. “ The best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive.”

ELLE

“ A dazzling baroque tale.”

SUNDAY TIMES

GEORGE R. R. MARTIN

“ Nicci French’s sophisticated, compassionate and gripping crime novels stand head and shoulders above the competition.”

SOPHIE HANNAH

“ Strong narrative, vigourous action and striking characterisation, Cornwell remains king of the territory he has staked out as his own.”

TOM HOLLAND ON THE WALLS OF BYZANTIUM

When a corpse is found floating in the River Thames the police can at least be sure that identifying the victim will be straightforward.

Around the dead man’s wrist is a hospital band. On it are the words Dr F. Klein. But psychotherapist Frieda Klein is very much alive. And, after evidence linking her to the murder is discovered, she becomes the prime suspect.

“ Brilliantly crafted […] masterly control of suspense.”

Amsterdam is bursting at the seams and the police are out in force, struggling to manage the crowds.

Brigadier Pieter Vos is on duty with his young assistant, Laura Bakker, when the first grenade hits. In the chaos a young girl wearing a pink jacket is kidnapped. But she isn’t the daughter of an Amsterdam aristocrat as the terrorists first thought. What is the life of one immigrant child worth in the greater political game emerging? “ Dark and atmospheric with breathless pacing.”

LINWOOD BARCLAY

“ When Hewson hits his stride it feels like you’re being treated to a masterclass in crime writing.”

CRIME FICTION LOVER

DAILY MIRROR

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The Girls

The Mermaids Singing

The Flood

We Are All Made of Stars

Where They Found Her

Hear the Wind Sing

Lisa Jewell

Val McDermid

Ian Rankin

Rowan Coleman

Kimberly McCreight

Haruki Murakami

The gripping new novel from the bestselling author of The House We Grew Up In and The Third Wife.

The Mermaids Singing explores the tormented mind of a serial killer unlike any the world of fiction has ever seen.

We Are all Made of Stars is an uplifting and heartfelt novel about life, loss and what happens in between.

The very worst crimes are those we commit against the ones we love.

Hear the Wind Sing is Haruki Murakami’s earliest novel, available for the first time in English translation.

You live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other people’s houses. You’ve known your neighbours for years and you trust them. Implicitly. You think your children are safe. But are they really?

On a midsummer’s night, a thirteenyear-old girl is found unconscious in a dark corner of the garden square.

What really happened to her? And who is responsible?

Up until now, the only serial killers Tony Hill had encountered were safely behind bars. This one’s different – this one’s on the loose. Four men have been found mutilated and tortured. As fear grips the city, the police turn to clinical psychologist Tony Hill for a profile of the killer. But soon Tony becomes the unsuspecting target in a battle of wits and wills, where he has to use every ounce of his professional nerve to survive.

The Flood is the book that began Ian Rankin’s phenomenal career, now available as a download for the first time.

“ Lisa Jewell’s characters are so real that I finish every book half-expecting to bump into one of them. Modern, complex, intuitive, she just goes from strength to strength.”

“ Terrifying but stylish and compassionate! Truly, horribly good.”

JOJO MOYES

MAIL ON SUNDAY

Mary Miller had always been an outcast – burnt in a chemical mix as a young girl, sympathy for her quickly faded. Now, years later, she is a single mother, caught up in a faltering affair with a local teacher. The search for happiness isn’t easy. Both mother and son must face a dark secret from their past, glimpsed only in symbols and flickering images – of decay and regrowth, of fire and water – of the flood. “ Britain’s best crime novelist.”

“ What a gorgeous book this is – it gripped me and wouldn’t let me go. So engaging, so beautifully written – I loved every single thing about it.”

EXPRESS

“ Gripping, intelligent stuff.”

“ A must for lovers of Rankin.”

THE TIMES

Married to a soldier who has returned from Afghanistan injured in body and mind, Stella Carey leaves the house every evening.

During her nursing shifts, Stella writes letters for her patients to their loved ones – some full of humour, love and practical advice, others steeped in regret or pain – promising to post them after their deaths. Until one night Stella writes the letter that could give her patient one last chance at redemption, if she delivers it in time…

GOOD BOOK GUIDE

JILL MANSELL

“ A stunning, beautiful, mesmerising book that everyone will be reading.”

Motherhood hasn’t come at all easy for Molly Anderson. But she’s finally enjoying life as mother to five-yearold Ella and as Arts reporter for the small but respectable Ridgedale Reader. That is, until a body is found in the woods adjacent to Ridgedale University’s ivy-covered campus, a discovery that threatens to unearth secrets long buried by the town’s most powerful residents… “ A rollercoaster of a novel […]

McCreight has once again proven herself to be an insightful writer capable of taking us on a hell of a ride.”

JODI PICOULT

“ She creates a world that pulls us in completely and genuinely, with characters that can enrage, amuse and fill us with empathy.”

GILLIAN FLYNN

Hear the Wind Sing follows the fortunes of the narrator and his friend, known only by his nickname, the Rat. The narrator is home from college on his summer break. He spends his time drinking beer and smoking in J’s Bar with the Rat, listening to the radio, thinking about writing and the women he has slept with and pursuing a relationship with a girl with nine fingers.

Haruki Murakami’s books include Norwegian Wood, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, and Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.

His work has been translated into more than 50 languages. “ An excellent introduction to a writer who has […] become one of the most influential novelists of his generation.”

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At Hawthorn Time

The Looking Glass House

Deep South

Bridesmaids

The Last Pilot

Wallflowers

Melissa Harrison

Vanessa Tait

Paul Theroux

Jane Costello

Benjamin Johncock

Eliza Robertson

An exquisite novel about four people’s lives, our changing relationship with the landscape and what it means to belong.

What happened before Alice fell down the rabbit hole?

“Still one of the best literary travellers we have.” evening

Four Weddings without the funeral!

The Last Pilot re-ignites the thrill and excitement of the space race through the story of one man’s courage in the face of unthinkable loss.

From the winner of the 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize comes a delicate and startling collection.

Howard and Kitty have recently moved to Lodeshill after a life spent in London. Now, their marriage is wordlessly falling apart. Custom car enthusiast Jamie has lived in the village for all of his nineteen years and dreams of leaving it behind, while Jack, a vagrant farm-worker and mystic in flight from a bail hostel, arrives in the village on foot one spring morning. All four of them are struggling to find a life in the modern countryside; all are trying to find ways to belong. “ A profoundly unsentimental yet deeply compassionate meditation on searching for myth and meaning, on our need to belong, and the place of history in the history of place.”

Oxford, 1862: Mary Prickett takes up her post as governess to the daughters of the Dean of Christ Church, but there is a problem: Mary does not like children, especially the precocious Alice Liddell. When Mary meets Charles Dodgson, the mathematics tutor, she is flattered by his attentions.

But Mary is determined to become Mr Dodgson’s muse – and will turn all the lives around her topsy-turvy in pursuit of her obsession.

Vanessa Tait is the greatgranddaughter of Alice Liddell, the little girl who inspired Lewis Carroll to write Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

The Looking Glass House is inspired by family treasures and stories of the ‘original’ Alice.

HELEN MACDONALD, AUTHOR OF H IS FOR HAWK

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For the past fifty years, Paul Theroux has travelled to the far corners of the earth – to China, Africa, the Pacific Islands, Russia, and elsewhere. In Deep South he turns his gaze to a region much closer to his home. Travelling through North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas he writes of the stunning landscapes he discovers – the deserts, the mountains, the Mississippi – and above all, the lives of the people he meets.

Evie is twenty-seven – she’s never been in love and worries that she never will be. And the prospect of being bridesmaid, at no less than three weddings, fills her with trepidation. Things get worse when Evie learns that Jack, the most attractive man Evie has ever laid eyes on, is Valentina’s date. Jack can’t possibly be as good as he seems. But as they sit together talking late into the night, Evie finds herself wishing he was real. “ If you like Sophie Kinsella, you’ll love Jane Costello.”

COSMOPOLITAN

“ His ability to sum up a people or a city in a few lines is undiminished.”

DAILY TELEGRAPH

“ Full of laugh out loud moments!”

The Last Pilot begins in the bonedry Mojave Desert during the late 1940s, where US Air Force test pilots are racing to break the sound barrier. Among the exalted few is Jim Harrison: dedicated to his wife, Grace, and their baby daughter. By the 1960s, the space race is underway and Harrison and his colleagues are offered a place in history as the world’s first astronauts. Jim is faced with the decision of whether to accept his ticket to the moon and at what cost. “ By far the best debut novel I’ve read in years – it reads like the reclusive disciple of Cormac McCarthy and StExupery.”

GLAMOUR

“ Theroux’s work remains the standard by which other travel writing must be judged.”

JOANNE HARRIS, AUTHOR OF CHOCOLAT

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“ Robertson lets images vibrate with possibilities. Almost every story, individually, is sharp, illuminating.”

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

“ Filled with lush flora and fauna, both real and figurative […] Assured and ambitious.”

GUARDIAN

SOP Melody Grove

A small boy and his grandmother set sail for China in the mud of her back yard, a supermarket car park becomes a graveyard of strewn blueberries, migratory birds fly over a marshland ringing with the sound of wooden spoons on kitchen pots and the breaking of a silence between two roommates leads to disquieting revelations. Eliza Robertson’s delicate and startling stories tell of the adventure of the ordinary and the magic within the everyday.

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A Flower That’s The Dress Free (Part 2)

Belle

A Dangerous Place

Elizabeth Gill

Sarah Harrison

Kate Kerrigan

Lesley Pearse

Jacqueline Winspear

From the bestselling author of Miss Appleby’s Academy and Far From My Father’s House comes a tale of determination and courage.

An epic novel set amid the turbulence of the Second World War.

Kate Kerrigan’s enthralling novel interweaves the dramatic stories of Joy and Lily.

She witnessed a murder – and now her life is in danger…

“Wry and immensely readable.”

Determined to practice as a doctor, Prue Stanhope escapes a loveless marriage to journey far from home to a surgery in the rural mining town of Tow Law, County Durham. But Prue soon finds that harsh conditions, suspicious villagers and limited resources are only the beginning – gaining the townspeople’s trust will be her greatest challenge of all.

Kate Kingsley remembers little of her early childhood, before being sent to live as the adopted daughter of Jack and Thea in Kenya. Now 20, she leaves Kenya for a new life in London. But this is 1936 – a time of decadence, but also turmoil. Kate confronts personal danger, faces conflicting loyalties, and must make a heartbreaking choice, before she can find a kind of freedom. “ A most compelling and intriguing book, the work of a fine story-teller.”

“ A born storyteller.”

TRISHA ASHLEY

Lily Fitzpatrick loves vintage clothes. But this passion for beautiful clothes is about to have unforeseen consequences, when Lily stumbles upon the story of a 1950s New York beauty, who shares Lily’s surname. Joy Fitzpatrick was a legend. But what was the famous dress which she once commissioned? What happened to it – and why did Joy suddenly disappear from New York high society? “ Mesmerising. Just beautiful.”

CATHERINE COOKSON

CECELIA AHERN

“ Elizabeth Gill writes with a masterful grasp of conflicts and passions hidden among men and women of the wild North Country.”

daily mail

Fifteen year old Belle, snatched from the streets and sold into prostitution, is made a courtesan in New Orleans. At the mercy of desperate men who crave her beauty and will do anything to keep her, Belle’s dreams of home, family and freedom appear futile.

Are Belle’s courage and spirit strong enough to help her escape? And what will await her at the end of the long, dangerous journey home? “ With characters it is impossible not to care about […] this is storytelling at its very best.”

DAILY MAIL

“ Glamorous, gripping and moving. I just loved it.”

MARIAN KEYES

“ An emotional and moving epic you won’t forget in a hurry.”

WOMAN’S WEEKLY

Four years after she set sail from England, leaving everything she most loved behind, Maisie Dobbs at last returns, only to find herself in a dangerous place… In Jacqueline Winspear’s powerful story of political intrigue and personal tragedy, a brutal murder in the British garrison town of Gibraltar leads Maisie into a web of lies, deceit, and peril. “ Maisie Dobbs has not been created – she has been discovered. And what a revelation she is!”

ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH

“ Jacqueline Winspear’s consummate skill in writing crime stories with intricate psychological layers is proven yet again.”

HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW

LEAH FLEMING

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Infinite Home

Nelly Dean

Come, Tell Me How You Live

London Match

Death at Wentwater Court

Monty and Me

Kathleen Alcott

Alison Case

Agatha Christie

Len Deighton

Carola Dunn

Louisa Bennet

A poignant story of how a community is built and torn apart.

A gripping and heartbreaking novel that reimagines life at Wuthering Heights through the eyes of the Earnshaws’ loyal servant, Nelly Dean.

Think you know Agatha Christie? Think again!

The final part of the classic spy trilogy, Game, Set and Match, set when the Berlin Wall divided not just a city but a world.

A lively mystery for the honourable Daisy Dalrymple.

You might think that dogs can’t understand us… but you’d be wrong.

Within a charming, if dilapidated, Brooklyn brownstone, live a family of sorts: beautiful agoraphobe Adeleine, Thomas, an artist who has shut away his materials in the wake of a stroke, Edward, a cynical stand-up comedian and Paulie, a young man with William’s Syndrome. Brought together by ageing landlady Edith, the tenants all live safely in tune with each other. But when their home is suddenly and violently threatened, they are shocked into action. “ Infinite Home is Alcott at her lyrical best. In her arresting new novel, she explores the boundaries of family and fraternity.”

NATHAN ENGLANDER

“ Vibrant, inventive, expansive […] pure poetry.”

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“ Alison Case has cracked open Wuthering Heights and inserted into the gaps her own richly imagined story […] I never thought I needed more Wuthering Heights. Now I wonder how I could have been satisfied with only the original telling.”

Come, Tell Me How You Live is an altogether remarkable and increasingly poignant narrative, a fascinating, vibrant and vivid portrait of everyday life in a world now long since vanished.

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“ Deighton is back in his original milieu, the bleak spy world of betrayers and betrayed.”

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No stranger to sprawling country estates, well-heeled Daisy Dalrymple is breaking new ground at Wentwater Court to cover a story for Town & Country magazine. But her interview gives way to interrogation when suave Lord Stephen Astwick meets a chilly end on the tranquil skating pond. With evidence that his death was anything but accidental, Daisy joins forces with Scotland Yard so the culprit can’t slip through their fingers… “ Appropriate historical detail and witty dialogue are the finishing touches on this engaging 1920s period piece.”

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“ As always, Dunn evokes the life and times of 1920s England while providing a plot that is a cut above […] This will delight readers who love country-house mysteries.”

Apart from an obsession with cheese, Monty is a perfectly rational animal. So when his beloved master is stabbed to death, Monty decides to use his formidable nose to track the killer down. Luckily he manages to find a home with Rose Sidebottom, the young policewoman who’s investigating the case. But with her colleagues turning against her and the wrong man collared, she’s going to need a little help… “ Charming and uplifting, Monty is the new kid on the block among animal sleuths.”

PETER JAMES

BOOKLIST

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Bernard Samson hoped they’d put Elvira Miller behind bars. But there was one troubling thing about Mrs Miller’s confession – something about two code-words where there should have been one. The finger of suspicion pointed straight back to London. And that was where defector Erich Stinnes was locked up, refusing to say anything. Now he had to get him to talk…

“ Once again Deighton has woven an intricate and satisfying plot, peopled it with convincing characters and even managed to give a new twist or two to the spy story.

But then he is a master of the form.”

TRACY CHEVALIER

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Young Nelly Dean has been Hindley’s closest companion for as long as she can remember, living at the great house, Wuthering Heights.

But when the benevolence of the master brings a wild child into the house, Nelly must follow in her mother’s footsteps and be called servant. When a new heir is born, a reign of violence begins that will test Nelly’s spirit as she finds out what it is to know true sacrifice.

To the world she was Agatha Christie, legendary author of bestselling whodunits. But in the 1930s she wore a different hat, travelling with her husband, renowned archaeologist Max Mallowan, as he investigated the buried ruins and ancient wonders of Syria and Iraq. When friends asked what this strange ‘other life’ was like, she decided to answer their questions by writing down her adventures in this eye-opening book.

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Meet Me on the Beach

The Mysterious Mr Quin

The Food of Love

The Orphans of Halfpenny Street

Eight Hundred Grapes

Pirate King

Hilary Boyd

Agatha Christie

Prue Leith

Cathy Sharp

Laura Dave

Laurie R. King

Where do you run when your heart’s breaking all the rules?

An excellent mystery from the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

A proud family. A wild daughter.

A desperate hope.

When there is nowhere else to turn, St Saviour’s will give them hope…

There are secrets you share, and secrets you hide…

The latest adventure for the intrepid Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock Holmes.

World War Two is not yet over.

Laura Oliver, beautiful and tempestuous, falls in love with Giovanni, an Italian ex-prisoner-ofwar, now a humble cook. Together, the couple flee to London where they arrive in a city that has not yet re-awoken after the traumas of war.

Facing destitution, only their love for one another and their dream of opening a restaurant business keeps them going. This is a tale of prejudice and ambition, and one couple’s struggle to carve out a life of their own.

It’s 1948 and Sister Beatrice, who runs the St Saviour’s Children’s Home, knows that many children are still looking for a safe haven. One such arrival is Mary Ellen whose mother is gravely ill. The one silver lining is her best friend, the tearaway Billy Baggins. When an unwelcome face from Billy’s past arrives on the scene, things are brought to a head. Can the women work together to keep Billy on the straight and narrow?

When Harry Stewart dies of a heart attack, the whole village is devastated – except for his wife Karen, who knew the abusive alcoholic Harry had become. Karen is nonetheless wracked with guilt – her only comfort in her grief is William, the sympathetic local vicar.

But when Karen realises she might be falling in love, she flees to the seaside. A chance encounter brings William back into her life – can they persuade each other to take one final leap of faith?

So far, it had been a typical New Year’s Eve house party. But Mr Satterthwaite – a keen observer of human nature – sensed that the real drama of the evening was yet to unfold. So it proved when a mysterious stranger arrived after midnight. Who was this Mr Quin? And why did his presence have such a pronounced effect on Eleanor Portal, the woman with the dyed-black hair?

“ Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life.”

“ Offers a rare treat for discriminating readers.”

DAILY MAIL

NEW YORK TIMES

“ An engaging page-turner that explores secrets and relationships.”

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As a cook, restaurateur, food writer and business woman, Prue Leith has published twelve cookbooks, she has also written five contemporary romance novels.

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Call the Midwife meets Dr Barnardo’s in this gritty drama that will appeal to fans of Katie Flynn.

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“ A wry observer of modern love.”

When Mary Russell is called to investigate the criminal activities that surround England’s silent-film supreme, Randolph Fflytte, she finds herself travelling undercover to Morocco, as chaperone to the stars of his latest extravaganza, ‘Pirate King.’ Nothing seems amiss until the cameras start to roll and Mary feels a storm of trouble brewing… and where is her husband Sherlock Holmes? As film fiction becomes true terror, Russell and Holmes themselves may experience a final fadeout… “ A master storyteller.”

USA TODAY

MICHAEL CONNELLY

“ King takes on literature’s most famous detective with masterful aplomb. I loved it.”

ELIZABETH GEORGE, AUTHOR OF THE INSPECTOR LYNLEY SERIES

SOP Anna Parker-Naples

Returning to her family’s Sonoma vineyard after an unexpected devastating secret is revealed, Georgia Ford yearns for the rituals of harvest, the comfort of her parents and her brothers’ camaraderie. But this year the family farmhouse is rife with undercurrents. As the storm clouds gather towards the end of the harvest, sibling rivalry, marriage vows and the promise of the future are all tested. Will this harvest be the final one for the family, or a chance for a new beginning?

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MARCH

Robin Hood Yard

Whose Body?

The Girls Who Went to War

The Christmas We Met

The Night in Question

Michael McCarthy

Mark Sanderson

Dorothy L. Sayers

Duncan Barrett

Kate Lord Brown

Laurie Graham

“A great, rhapsodic, urgent book full of joy, grief, rage and love […] A must-read.” helen macdonald, author of h is for hawk.

“A gripping evocation of the sights, smells and murders of Thirties London.” telegraph

Enter the 1920s Golden Age of Detection with this first novel from Dorothy L. Sayers.

An inspiring tale written by Sunday Times best-sellers, Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi.

Laurie Graham brings to life the London of 1888 where, in the shadows, lurks the lacerating threat of the Ripper.

An unidentified corpse is found in a bathtub and the police are jumping to conclusions. It was the body of a tall stout man. On his dead face, a handsome pair of gold pincenez mocked death with grotesque elegance… Lord Peter Wimsey knew immediately what the corpse was supposed to be, and with the help of his friend Inspector Parker, their problem is to find out whose body had found its way into Mr Alfred Thipps’ Battersea bathroom.

In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone against Germany. The British Army stood at just over one and a half million men, while the Germans had three times that many. Clearly, in the fight against Hitler, manpower alone wasn’t going to be enough. More than half a million women served in the armed forces during the Second World War. This book tells the story of just three of them.

A gorgeous tale about the secrets revealed by a collection of family jewels by internationally successful author, Kate Lord Brown.

Michael McCarthy, one of Britain’s leading writers on the environment, proposes a defence of a natural world which is increasingly threatened. He argues that nature is inadequately served by the two defences put forward hitherto: sustainable development and the recognition of ecosystem services. Drawing on a wealth of memorable experiences from a lifetime of watching and thinking about wildlife and natural landscapes, McCarthy presents a new way of looking at the world. “ Impassioned, polemical and personal […] At its heart, this is a book aiming to persuade those who are broadly sympathetic to think in a different way, and in that it is surely a success – and a joy.”

INDEPENDENT

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“ This tightly plotted tale of shifting personal and political allegiances moves at a brisk pace.”

GUARDIAN

“ Important and inspiring.” “ I admire her novels […] she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity, and a wonderful eye for detail.”

DAME VERA LYNN

“ Sweepingly romantic […] heartbreaking at times; a vivid, gripping read.”

RUTH RENDELL

“ Both emotionally believable and intriguing […] undeniable pageturning appeal.”

“ She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energ y and wit.”

FINANCIAL TIMES

When Grace Manners takes up residence on Wittering Manor estate, she little realises working alongside eccentric Fraser Stratton will change her life. Grace has struggled to make ends meet and the little cottage on the estate is both a refuge and a workshop for her jewellery business. It’s only when Grace uncovers the story behind a diamond brooch she inherited that she becomes drawn into a family secret that threatens to destroy what little she has left…

KATHERINE WEBB ON THE PERFUME GARDEN

SOP Gordon Griffin Science & Nature 10 hours 9781510020887

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Jonathan Keeble Crime 7.5 hours 9780008131128

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Mystery

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6 hours

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“ Literary treats don’t come much better […] I loved this book and didn’t want to reach the end.”

DAILY MAIL ON THE GRAND DUCHESS OF NOWHERE

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Dot Allbones possessed little beauty and few prospects, so she was lucky to discover her talent – she can make people laugh. Now on London’s music hall stage, Dot feels she’s not done badly. Pretty Kate Eddowes was an unlikely childhood friend for Dot. An encounter on a London street, years later, makes it clear that Kate’s life has not gone according to plan.

But this is Whitechapel in 1888 – the shadowy streets are no place for a desperate woman to wander…

“ A fascinating glimpse into a vanished world.”

P. D. JAMES

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November, 1938: Johnny Steadman, investigative journalist, is called to the scene of a murder – a man has been tied to his bed, mutilated and left to bleed to death. When the Mayor of London is subjected to a vicious AntiSemitic attack, Johnny begins to wonder if the two cases are connected. Soon, he uncovers a shocking conspiracy that could bring the United Kingdom to its knees. Will he live to tell the tale?

9781510020870

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SOP Emma Gregory

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Romance

Genre

Duration

13.5 hours

Duration

ISBN

9781510022829

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Juanita McMahon Historical Fiction 11.5 hours 9781510022805

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Water for Elephants

A Little Murder My Sister’s Secret

Secrets She Left Behind

The Scoundrel and the Debutante

Loss of Innocence

Sara Gruen

Suzette A. Hill

Tracy Buchanan

Diane Chamberlain

Julia London

Richard North Patterson

Now a major motion picture starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson.

A host of colourful and comic characters leap from the pages in the latest novel from highly-praised author, Suzette A. Hill.

An addictive, gripping and emotionally powerful novel from the author of The Atlas of Us.

An emotional family saga from bestselling author Diane Chamberlain, perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult.

A thrilling regency romance, from bestselling author Julia London.

Willow’s memories of her parents are sun-drenched and full of smiles, love and laughter. But a mysterious invitation to a photographic exhibition exposes a secret that’s been buried since a tragic accident years ago.Willow is forced to question everything she knew about Charity, her late mother and Hope, the aunt she’s lived with since she was a child.

But who can she really trust? No one has been telling the truth.

The sudden disappearance of Sara Weston is a mystery to her seventeen-year-old son, Keith.

Keith is healing from an arson attack and in Sara’s absence, he must face a challenging situation alone: the release of his half-sister, Maggie, from prison. Maggie, who was partially responsible for the fire. Somehow the two must find a way to overcome the past because Maggie and her family may be all Keith has left.

A sweeping family drama of dark secrets and individual awakenings, set against the backdrop of the tumultuous summer of 1968.

“ An ambitious and deeply poignant story that will take you into another world.”

“ [A] finely tuned family drama, with beautifully drawn characters and a string of twists that will keep you guessing right up to the end.”

Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. In the Depression Era, Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers ‘Most Spectacular Show on Earth.’ There he meets the freaks, grifters and misfits that populate this world: Marlena, beautiful star of the equestrian act, August, her charismatic but twisted husband (and the circus’s animal trainer) and Rosie, the seemingly untrainable elephant Jacob cares for. “ This marvelously exciting and satisfying book has been given the engaging audio production it deserves.”

AUDIOFILE

“ Water for Elephants is fun, sweet and thrilling and will pull you into the mysterious life of the circus so far that you won’t want to leave.”

GUARDIAN

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London, early 1950s: Marcia Beasley of St John’s Wood is discovered dead in her home, naked and covered with a coal scuttle.

Detective Sergeant Greenleaf is tasked with solving the crime and bringing meaning to her gruesome death and it seems her whole social circle have secrets to hide and grudges to bear. Who, for example, is the limping midnight visitor? Is the bibulous priest as ingenious as he seems? And will Mrs Burkiss ever yield her keys to the broom cupboard? “ A perfect mixture of funny and acerbic, with a cast of colourful characters and a school of well-deployed red herrings, A Little Murder is wholly delightful.”

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9781510022812

“ Beautiful, heartbreaking, uplifting […] really worth a read.”

HELLO ON THE ATLAS OF US

ISBN

SOP Julia Franklin Crime 10.75 hours 9781510022836

“ Julia London strikes gold again.

Warm, witty and decidedly wicked – great entertainment.”

STEPHANIE LAURENS ON THE DEVIL TAKES A BRIDE

STYLIST

“ Essential reading for Jodi Picoult fans.”

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Emma Gregory

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10.5 hours 9780008136680

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SOP Multiple Narrators Modern Fiction 13.5 hours 9781510022843

America is in a state of turbulence, engulfed in civil unrest and uncertainty. Yet for Whitney Dane – spending the summer of her twenty-second year on Martha’s Vineyard – life could not be safer, nor the future more certain. But the Vineyard’s still waters are disturbed by the appearance of Benjamin Blaine. An underprivileged, yet fiercely ambitious and charismatic young man, Blaine is a force of nature neither Whitney nor her family could have prepared for. “ This may be Richard North Patterson’s best work: surprising and different, yet with the same ability to penetrate the minds of others – especially women, which is a rare gift.”

STEPHEN FRY

DAILY MAIL

LAURA WILSON, AUTHOR OF STRATTON’S WAR

SOP Multiple Narrators

HEAT ON THE ATLAS OF US

The Cabot sisters had shocking plans to rescue their family from certain ruin and now Prudence Cabot is left standing in the rubble of scandal. Now regarded as an unsuitable bride, she’s tainted. Yet this unwilling wallflower is ripe for her own adventure. And when an irresistibly sexy American stranger on a desperate mission enlists her help, she simply can’t deny the temptation.

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SOP Rosalyn Landor Romance 10 hours 9781510022867

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Julia Whelan Historical Fiction 10.25 hours 9781510022850

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JANUARY

Cromwell’s Blessing

The Wisdom of Psychopaths

The Third Woman

All the Little Pieces

The Killing Room

Peter Ransley

Kevin Dutton

Jonathan Freedland

Jilliane Hoffman

Peter May

The price for a country.

The price for a King. The price for a marriage. The dramatic story of Tom Neave continues…

A fascinating exploration into the mind of the psychopath – revealing what we can learn from it.

A chilling high-concept thriller from No. 1 bestselling author and award-winning journalist Jonathan Freedland.

A gripping new psychological thriller from bestselling author Jilliane Hoffman.

The Killing Room is the third in the acclaimed China Thriller series from Peter May, author of The Lewis Man and The Chessmen.

1647: The King has surrendered to Parliament. Lord Stonehouse, to show his loyalty to Parliament, has named grandson Tom as his successor. But Lord Stonehouse’s son, Richard, is also Tom’s estranged father and a Royalist.

Parliament itself is deeply divided and King Charles tries to exploit the divisions between them. When Richard arrives from France with a commission to snatch the King from Parliamentary hands, he and Tom are set on a collision course. “ An intelligent and imaginative tale of a pivotal year in English history.”

SUNDAY TIMES

Psychopath – as soon as the word is out, images of murderers, suicide bombers and gangsters flash across our minds. But unlike their box-office counterparts, not all psychopaths are violent, or even criminal. In fact, they are fearless, confident, ruthless and focused – qualities tailor-made for success in twenty-first-century society. In this ground-breaking adventure into the world of psychopaths, renowned psychologist Kevin Dutton reveals a shocking truth – psychopaths have something to teach us. “ The Wisdom of Psychopaths is a surprising, absorbing, and perceptive book […] I found it altogether fascinating.”

PHILIP PULLMAN

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“ A propulsive, satisfying novel which burns with moral indignation.”

GUARDIAN

“ Ingeniously constructed […] a pageturner which maintains the tension.”

“ Guaranteed to follow in the best-selling footsteps of Cornwell, Reichs and Slaughter.”

GUARDIAN

“ Gripping, well-crafted suspense […] a belter of a book.”

SUNDAY EXPRESS

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Journalist Madison Webb is obsessed with exposing lies and corruption. But she never thought she would be investigating her own sister’s murder. Then she uncovers evidence that suggests that Abi was the third victim in a series of killings that’s been hushed up as part of a major conspiracy. But the government dictates what the ‘truth’ is. With her life on the line, Madison must give up the story, or face the consequences…

As Faith Saunders drives home in the pouring rain, a young woman appears out of nowhere, pleading for help. With her daughter Maggie asleep in the backseat, Faith refuses to let the stranger in. When the missing-person posters go up, Faith’s guilt consumes her. She has one chance to convince a jury of what happened. If she fails, two killers will be set free. And they know exactly where to find Faith and her family…

David Timson Science Fiction 8.75 hours 9781510016897

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Eighteen mutilated women in a Shanghai mass grave. But this is only the beginning of a horrific case for Investigator Li Yan and Mei Ling, Head of Shanghai’s Serious Crime squad. Ling is a formidable woman, and she appears to threaten Li Yan’s relationship with pathologist Margaret Campbell. But when Campbell discovers that the victims were subjected to live autopsies, she knows she’ll need all the help she can get. “ A masterwork of sheer momentum […] compelling.”

GLASGOW HERALD

“ Stunningly original, highly topical and extremely well written.”

SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY

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SOP Jennifer Woodward Crime 13.75 hours 9780007543465

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SOP Anne Wittman Crime 14 hours 9780007568550

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Peter Forbes Crime 12.5 hours 9781471295300

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JANUARY

Are You Watching Me?

The Caveman

The First Bad Man

Gun Street Girl

Kitchens of the Great Midwest

Stuart Prebble

Sinéad Crowley

Jørn Lier Horst

Miranda July

Adrian McKinty

J. Ryan Stradal

Stuart Prebble’s eagerly awaited new novel The Insect Farm will linger long in the mind of its readers.

“Dear Elizabeth, I’ve been watching you. I hope to see you…

Soon.”

Only three houses away from the policeman’s home, a man has been sitting dead in front of his television set for four months.

Tender, gripping, slyly hilarious, and infused with fierce maternal love.

The fourth in the Sean Duffy series by acclaimed crime writer Adrian McKinty.

Cheryl; a tightly-wound, vulnerable woman who lives alone, haunted by a baby boy. When Cheryl’s bosses ask if their twenty-oneyear-old daughter, Clee, can move into her house for a little while, Cheryl’s eccentrically ordered world explodes. And yet it is Clee—the selfish, cruel blond bombshell— who bullies Cheryl into reality and, unexpectedly, provides her the love of a lifetime.

Belfast, 1985: Detective Inspector Sean Duffy is initially left cold by the murder of a wealthy couple, shot dead while watching TV. And when their troubled son commits suicide, leaving a note that takes responsibility for the deaths, the case is closed. But something doesn’t add up. Soon Duffy is on the trail of a mystery that will take him into the white-hot heart of the biggest political scandal of the decade.

A joyful, quirky and heartwarming novel about the family you lose, the friends you make and chance connections that can define a life.

“ The First Bad Man brings together all of July’s talents – it’s a book that must be read, a book that must be purchased – in duplicate – one for you, one for a friend. Don’t think you can loan this book – you’ll never get it back.”

“ A superb satire of its time and place.”

Brothers Jonathan and Roger Maguire each have an obsession.

For Jonathan, it is his girlfriend Harriet. For Roger, it is the elaborate universe he has constructed in a shed, populated by millions of tiny insects. But when their lives are abruptly shattered by a sudden and violent death, Jonathan is drawn into a cat-and-mouse game with the police. Does Roger know more than he is letting on? “ Only rarely do a gripping psychological crime story and a literary writer’s insight and masterful style coincide.

But The Insect Farm has that distinction.”

Rescued from her dark past by the owner of a drop-in centre for older men, Liz Cafferky soon finds herself as the charity’s face – and the unwilling darling of the Dublin media. Amidst her claustrophobic fame, Liz barely notices the letter.

But then one of the centre’s clients is brutally murdered and she receives another, more sinister note…

Sinéad Crowley’s first novel was nominated for the Ireland AM Crime Fiction Book of the Year. “ Chilling, riveting and brilliantly written, you’ll be up reading this way into the night!”

CLOSER

Viggo Hansen was a man nobody ever noticed, even though he lived in the midst of a close-knit community. His death doesn’t hit the headlines, but there is something about the case that catches the attention of William Wisting’s journalist daughter, Line, and she decides to write a newspaper article with a different twist for the festive season: the portrait of a completely anonymous and obscure person whose death goes unremarked and unmourned. “ Horst’s beautifully paced and compelling narrative ensnares the reader as it unveils the darkest side of human nature.”

JEFFREY DEAVER

A. M. HOMES

IRISH TIMES

“ Adrian McKinty is back with the same perceptive commentary on social conditions and an acute awareness of political realities in the Belfast of the eighties.”

IRISH INDEPENDENT

Who is Eva Thorvald? To her single father, a chef, she’s a recipe tester and the love of his life. To the chilli chowdown contestants of Cook County, Illinois, she’s a fire-eating demon. She’s an enigma, and when we first meet her, she’s ten, secretly cultivating chilli peppers in her wardrobe. Over the years, the people she meets will shape her – and she, them – in ways unforgettable, riotous and profound. “ A charming, fast-moving round robin tale of food, sensuality and Midwestern culture, Mr Stradal has delivered one extremely tasty, well-seasoned debut.”

JANET FITCH, AUTHOR OF WHITE OLEANDER

CARO RAMSEY

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SOP Peter Noble Modern Fiction 9.75 hours 9781510016903

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SOP Aoife McMahon

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Thriller

Genre

Duration

9 hours

Duration

ISBN

9781510016927

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SOP Saul Reichlin Thriller 10 hours 9781510016958

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SOP Miranda July Modern Fiction 8 hours 9781510016941

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SOP Gerard Doyle Crime 9.75 hours 9781510016910

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Caitlin Thorburn Modern Fiction 11.75 hours 9781510016934

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FEBRUARY

The Martyr’s Curse

The Things We Blood Mist Do for Love

Daunderlust

Blood Relatives

Ben Goldacre

Scott Mariani

Alice Peterson

Mark Roberts

Peter Ross

Stevan Alcock

The exhilarating and addictive new thriller in the Ben Hope series by the master bestseller, Scott Mariani.

Love may hurt, but not loving hurts even more…

“A genuinely innovative crime writer with a taste for the macabre and unexpected.” daily mail

Narrated by Bafta Award winning actor Robbie Coltrane, star of Harry Potter and Cracker.

An incredible novel: a coming of age tale set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire Ripper murders.

Peter Ross’s articles from around Scotland provide a piece-by-piece portrait of a nation as it changes.

They show Scotland as she really is, a hopeful country not without problems and pain, but a nation made great by the people who live, love, laugh and graft there. From anatomists who find dissection beautiful to chip-shop owners who sing arias while serving fish suppers, the Scots in these pages come over as eccentric, humorous, moving and extraordinary.

Leeds, late 1975 and a body has been found on Prince Philip Playing Fields. Ricky, teenage delivery van boy for Corona pop, will be late for The Matterhorn Man. In the years that follow until his capture, the Yorkshire Ripper and Rick’s own life draw ever closer with unforeseen consequences. Set in a time in England’s history of upheaval and change – both personal and social – this is a story told in an unforgettable voice.

The very best journalism from one of Britain’s most admired and outspoken science writers.

In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists use to distort science. In Bad Pharma, he put the $600 billion global pharmaceutical industry under the microscope. This is a collection of the best of his journalism from one of our wittiest, most indignant and most fearless commentators on the worlds of medicine and science. “ You’ll laugh your head off, then throw all those expensive health foods in the bin.”

OBSERVER

“ This is a book to make you enraged – properly, bone-shakingly furious […]

A work of brilliance.”

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Ex-SAS major Ben Hope has found sanctuary in a remote monastery in the French Alps. But when a team of merciless killers slaughter the innocent monks Ben’s revenge quest draws him into a bewildering mystery of stolen treasure, deception and murder. As he works to unravel the clues he is confronted with a terrifying reality that threatens to cruelly reshape the future of humanity. What is the significance of an ancient curse dating back to a heretical burning? “ Slick, serpentine and very, very entertaining […] If you’ve got a pulse, you’ll love Scott Mariani.”

January Wild loves her daughter, her job and her childhood home by the sea. The arrival of a new boss, however, threatens to shake up January’s safe world. Everyone at her office agrees: Ward Metcalfe is a soulless, corporate slave driver.

Yet over time January sees there is more to Ward than meets the eye.

What exactly is he hiding? And is January prepared to risk everything to find out? “ I couldn’t put it down. What a beautiful, uplifting, unconventional love story” PAIGE TOON ON ONE STEP CLOSER TO YOU

Two massacred families with signs of ritual killings. A nine-year-oldchild, abandoned in the snow.

As Liverpool holds its breath, DCI Eve Clay hunts a sadistic killer who knows more about her past than she does. Her search will take her deep into the tunnels beneath Liverpool, boarded up and forgotten since World War II. There, deep underground, she will come face to face with true evil for the first time. “ A sprawling, gritty, violent, tribal crime epic with a deeply rooted sense of place and a gut-punch ending.”

C. J. BOX

“ Not only a fine debut, but a fine mystery novel, period. I can’t wait to see what he comes up with next.”

SIMON TOYNE

“ Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart […] Scott Mariani packs a real punch.”

JOHN CONNOLLY

A six time winner at the Scottish Press Awards, Peter Ross is one of Scotland’s best feature writers. “ The impression left by Daunderlust is of a nation teeming with vibrancy, character and individuality.”

ALASTAIR MABBOTT, THE HERALD

“ Refreshing, even radical […]

Blood Relatives could never be accused of being dull.”

GUARDIAN

“ Blood Relatives is full of daring, authenticity and wit. It is a work of brutal, hilarious poetry.”

RACHEL CUSK

ANDY McDERMOTT

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SOP Multiple Narrators General Non Fiction 12.75 hours 9780008103873

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SOP Colin Mace Action & Adventure 11.75 hours 9780008136734

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Romance

Genre

Duration

11.5 hours

Duration

ISBN

9781510020818

ISBN

SOP Emma Gregory Crime 10 hours 9781510020825

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SOP Robbie Coltrane General Non Fiction 9 hours 9781510020832

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Gareth Bennett-Ryan Crime 10.25 hours 9780008130466

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MARCH

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Before He Finds Her

Left of the Bang Freedom’s Child

The Accident

Every Woman for Herself

Killing Ways

Michael Kardos

Claire Lowdon

Jax Miller

C. L. Taylor

Trisha Ashley

Alex Barclay

She’s only alive because he thinks she’s already dead…

Powerful, radically honest and very, very funny, this is the best novel yet about the ‘lost generation’ of young Londoners today.

A heart-stopping thriller about a woman who will stop at nothing to save her daughter.

A gripping psychological thriller about the deadly secrets your children can keep.

A hilarious account of divorce and dating from Sunday Times bestseller, Trisha Ashley.

There’s a lot people don’t know about Freedom Oliver. They don’t know that Freedom is not her real name. That she has spent the last eighteen years living under Witness Protection. That she put her two children up for adoption.

Then Freedom’s daughter goes missing, and everything changes.

Tracked by her husband’s sadistic family, who are thirsty for revenge, as she gets closer to the truth, Freedom faces an even more dangerous threat.

Sue Jackson has the perfect family, but when her teenage daughter Charlotte deliberately steps in front of a bus and ends up in a coma, she is forced to face a new reality. Retracing her daughter’s steps she finds a horrifying entry in Charlotte’s diary. In her hunt for evidence, Sue begins to mistrust everyone and is forced to look further; into the depths of her own past. What if she is the reason that Charlotte is in danger?

When Charlie’s husband Matt tells her he wants a divorce she has to start from scratch. Single, broke and approaching 40 she is forced to return to her childhood home.

Charlie finds her new life refreshing.

Now that she’s single she’s got no need to be the perfect wife. But just as she begins to feel settled, handsome, bad-tempered actor, Mace North, moves in nearby and starts mixing things up in more ways than one…

An intense and gripping thriller from bestselling author Alex Barclay, this is Ren Bryce’s most shocking case yet…

“ An enjoyable rollercoaster of a suspense novel with multiple twists.”

“ One of the best writers around!”

Everyone in the quiet Jersey Shore town of Silver Bay knows the story: on a Sunday evening in September 1991, Ramsey Miller threw a party, then murdered his wife and three-year-old daughter and disappeared. But everyone is wrong. Ramsey’s daughter got away. Meg, now known as Melanie, is nearly eighteen and sick of hiding. Melanie’s determined to confront her father, but can she find him before he finds her? “ Brilliant. Before He Finds Her is one of the most innovative and compelling thrillers to come along in recent years.”

JEFFREY DEAVER

For failing concert pianist Tamsin Jarvis, the pressure is mounting.

She thought she was happy with her adoring schoolteacher boyfriend Callum, but when Chris comes into their lives, that starts to change. In a few months Chris will be gone, leaving for his first tour of Afghanistan.

Nothing seems to be working out the way Tamsin wants it to – in fact, she’s not even sure what it is she wants. “ A remarkably compelling and shrewd look at the way we live now. Clear-eyed, audacious and disarmingly honest.”

WILLIAM BOYD

“ A novel as human as it is suspenseful, as patient as it is thrilling.”

GREGG HURWITZ

“ Lowdon flies deftly between the perspective of each character and it is here that her talent really lies […] She takes time with the fears and hopes of each one, conjuring up a tension that builds painfully slowly.”

“ Original, compelling and seriously recommended.”

LEE CHILD

“ A terrific read from a powerful new voice.”

KARIN SLAUGHTER

DAILY MAIL

KATIE FFORDE

“ A warm-hearted and comforting read.”

“ Utterly compelling. I could not put this gripping, heart-stopping page-turner down.”

CAROLE MATTHEWS

FBI Special Agent Ren Bryce takes on a depraved serial killer fueled by a warped sense of justice. A master of evasion, each life he takes ramps up Ren’s obsession with finding him.

Then one victim changes everything and brings Ren face to face with a detective whose life was destroyed by the same pursuit. Together, can they defeat this monster? Or will he take them both down? “ The rising star of the hard-boiled crime fiction world, combining wild characters, surprising plots and massive backdrops with a touch of dry humour.”

MIRROR

“ [Her] twists never feel forced; and the denouement, when it comes, is almost unbearably intense and shocking.”

ROWAN COLEMAN

IRISH INDEPENDENT

THE TIMES

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SOP Julia Whelan Crime 10.5 hours 9781510020849

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Emily Lucienne

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Modern Fiction

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11.5 hours 9780008146986

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SOP Julia Barrie Modern Fiction 9 hours 9780008129286

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Penelope Rawlins Crime 12.5 hours 9780008153021

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MARCH

Post Mortem

Solomon Creed

The Redeemers Baby Love

Run, Mummy, Run

Lucy Clarke

Kate London

Simon Toyne

Ace Atkins

Maureen Carter

Cathy Glass

Gripping and unpredictable, The Blue is the newest novel from Richard & Judy favourite, Lucy Clarke.

A complex, intelligent, thrilling crime novel by an author who has walked the beat.

An electrifying crime novel from bestselling author Ace Atkins set in the real Deep South.

The third title in a series of crime novels starring DS Bev Morriss.

A gripping story of abuse and escape from the Sunday Times bestselling author.

With a quick spin of the globe, Kitty and Lana escape their grey reality and journey to the Philippines.

There they discover ‘The Blue’ – a beautiful yacht, with a wandering crew.

A long-serving beat cop in the Met and a teenage girl fall to their deaths from a tower block in London’s East End. Left alive on the roof are a five year old boy and rookie police officer Lizzie Griffiths. Within hours, Lizzie has disappeared, and DPS officer Sarah Collins sets out to uncover the truth around the grisly deaths, in an investigation which takes her into the dark heart of policing in London.

The first in an electrifying new thriller series from Sunday Times bestselling author, Simon Toyne. Perfect for fans of Lee Child and The Bourne Identity.

A good police officer doesn’t get emotional, but some cases just make you want to cry… Taken off a high-profile rape investigation to lead the hunt for a missing baby, Detective Sergeant Bev Morriss is torn professionally and personally.

When the baby-snatching turns into something more sinister it forces Bev to face uncomfortable feelings of her own – and when she takes her eye off the ball for a split second, she finds herself in serious trouble.

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