Classics of Literature

'Terrific! Set in modern Paris, this literary thriller invigoratingly combines questions of identity, shenanigans in the art world, love and murder' MICHELE ROBERTS 'A breathtaking book confirming Claire Berest's inexhaustible...

Join our plucky Victorian Egyptologist, together with her devastatingly handsome and brilliant husband Radcliffe, in another exciting escapade Swapping the stifling heat and dust of Egypt for the cooler climes...

By the end of the fifteenth century, the beauty and creativity of Italy is matched only by its brutality and corruption. When Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia buys his way into the...

Grace lives alone in Ballybrady, a little village on the sublimely beautiful east coast of Northern Ireland. She fills her days with swimming, fishing, quilting, and baiting the tourists who...

A magnificent coming-of-age story about freedom and desire by the acclaimed author of I Will Never See the World Again . Winner of the Prix Femina Etranger. Istanbul is changing,...

Two women. Two stories. One hundred years of secrets. A sweeping novel of love, loss, family and history for readers who love Maggie O'Farrell, John Boyne and Donal Ryan 'Thrilling,...

Every family has its secrets . . . Harriet Turner knows all about journeys. After all, she's arranged hundreds of them for the travel agency her family runs in the...

From the genius behind ITV's THE GHOST HUNTERS, this haunting novel is inspired by real historical events and features the notorious real-life ghost hunter, Harry Price. Many years ago, soldiers...

NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING IAN McKELLEN It is 1947, and the long-retired Sherlock Holmes lives in a remote Sussex farmhouse with his housekeeper and her young son. He tends...

Sometimes the darkest secrets are buried the deepest . . . When Hazel Sharp, daughter of Mirror Lake's longtime local detective, unexpectedly inherits her childhood home, she's warily drawn back...

The Imposters is the first novel in stories that Tom Rachman has written since his international bestseller The Imperfectionists . 'An astonishing achievement - brutally funny, humane, dizzying - will...

THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ENZO FILES AND THE CHINA THRILLERS AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021 'One of the best regarded...

Part Two of the Echoes of the City trilogy, set in post-war Oslo, by an author who understands the city like no other. "One of Norway's finest writers" GUARDIAN "Profoundly...

The instant Sunday Times Bestseller from the author of The Flatshare 'Joyful and uplifting' Sheila O'Flanagan 'O'Leary's best yet' Gillian McAllister 'A charming, heartfelt story of love found and love...

Cath is a photographer hoping to go freelance, working in a record shop to pay the rent and eking out her time with her manager Steve. He thinks her photography...

'Warm ... uplifting -- Roisin Meaney is a gifted storyteller' Sheila O'Flanagan, bestselling author It's the day before the wedding ... Three strangers arrive home to Ireland to the house...

Engrossing and memorable, The Sins of the Father is the second novel in international bestseller Jeffrey Archer's celebrated the Clifton Chronicles. It takes us to New York in 1939 where...

Captivating and suspenseful, Best Kept Secret is the third novel in international bestseller Jeffrey Archer's outstanding Clifton Chronicles. It sees our hero Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington, brother of Harry's...

Oscar-nominated star of Educating Rita and Billy Elliot's darkly funny debut novel. Cissie is a stand-up comedienne and national darling. Helena is the toast of Broadway. Maggie is an extremely...

She calls herself Rune. She lives a downtown life and works running errands for a couple of documentary filmakers. At twenty-one, she's nowhere, and that's not where she wants to...

' Well researched, elegantly written, with a deft touch for both romance and historical detail . The Lost Queen is a gripping historical drama to be savoured ' ANNE O'BRIEN...

' Well researched, elegantly written, with a deft touch for both romance and historical detail . The Lost Queen is a gripping historical drama to be savoured ' ANNE O'BRIEN...

'Edgy, dark, funny and perceptive' The Herald 'Immensely readable' Jo Brand 'Brilliant' The Sun 'Vulnerable and raw' Tom Allen A life-affirming debut novel from one of Britain's most-loved comedians, Kevin...

A SUNDAY TIMES HARDBACK BESTSELLER Love, friendship and secrets revealed as the sun beats down on dazzling blue Cornish seas . . . T he irresistible , romantic, heart-warming summer...

A mesmerising retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Perfect for fans of CIRCE, A SONG OF ACHILLES, and THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS. 'Here, Ariadne...

The bewitching first novel from the bestselling author of THE IMMORTALISTS 'Benjamin is a gifted writer, a creator of quiet asides and haunting images' Financial Times 'Matches the subtle surrealism...

*LOSE YOURSELF THIS SUMMER IN THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER* 'One of my favourite authors' MARIAN KEYES Deira isn't the kind of woman to steal a car. Or drive to France...

She thinks of blue mountain, her favourite place. 'We're going somewhere where we can be safe. We never have to come back here.' As the rest of the world lies...

Slim MacKenzie knows what they are, what they do - and how they hide in human form. He is blessed - or cursed - by twilight eyes . He can...

Six years ago, Laura McCaffrey's three-year-old daughter Melanie was kidnapped by Laura's estranged husband, Dylan, and seemingly vanished from the face of the earth. Now, Melanie has been found, a...

'Warm, romantic and funny' Katie Fforde Jo Thomas's new novel invites you to a special cherry orchard in Spain, where sunshine, romance and family secrets are the order of the...

'Of a piece with Stephen King's The Stand ' INDEPENDENT 'Sharp... and gripping' SCIFINOW 'Compelling, suspenseful and altogether extraordinary' LEE CHILD The heart-stopping conclusion to the highly acclaimed Voices series,...

On a fateful night in 1860, Thadius Grady realises, too late, that he has made a grave mistake. In blind faith he has put himself and his daughter Emma at...

' Darkly beautiful and exquisitely written , I loved this haunting story ' Eve Chase 'I was Swept away in the depth and darkness of her storytelling , the beauty...

'This six-book series looks likely to become a landmark in historical fiction' The Times Alison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times- bestselling Six Tudor Queen s series, relates...

London 1968: The Unstable Boys are the name on every music insider's lips and tipped to follow in the footsteps of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. This is their...

'Epic... Apart from being the Emmy award-winning creator of the superb television series Fargo , the American author Noah Hawley is a talented deviser of high-class literary thrillers... It's a...

In a jazz bar on the last night of 1937, watching a quartet because she couldn't afford to see the whole ensemble, there were certain things Katey Kontent knew: -...

" I love Caroline Hulse's books. She has an amazing ability to take unlikeable characters and make me fall unexpectedly in love with them. Reasonable People is warm, thoughtful, clever...

'An incredible debut from a blazing new voice in Scottish fiction' Image 'Beautifully captures the pain of growing into yourself, and the intensity of all-consuming female friendship' ROSE WILDING 'I...

'Seriously wise, seriously wonderful, seriously comic - your life will be richer for it' Katherine Heiny Guido and Vicent - third cousins and best friends - spend their time lolling...

The climate crisis has escalated beyond our worst nightmares. Raging wildfires sweep through the Swedish countryside, turning vacationers into climate refugees. And yet, against this hellscape, life goes on. Marriages...

'The perfect summer read' 'I absolutely loved this book from start to finish' 'Swooned over the delicious Luca' 'A very enjoyable read' She's in love. Just with the wrong man...

It's never too late for revenge... Connie Winchester was once a celebrated music prodigy... but those days are long behind her. So when Daniel Layton shows up on her doorstep...

Beach Read meets The Proposal in this gorgeously escapist and wonderfully bookish romcom with the perfect mix of enemies-to-lovers and spice. 'Really fun read. Scarlett and Theo have SO much...

Flappy returns in the fabulously fun follow-up to Flappy Entertains from bestselling author Santa Montefiore, and this time something is amiss in the village of Badley Compton . . ....

'A writer of almost cinematic talent' DAILY EXPRESS EVERY OPERATIVE KNOWS THE RULES. The mission comes first. You are a deniable asset. Betrayal is punished by death. Alex Reeve -...

Behind this rather prim title lies the hilarious fictional diary of a disaster-prone lady of the 1930s, and her attempts to keep her somewhat ramshackle household from falling into chaos:...