Fiction

In 1760, Guillaume le Gentil, astronomer to King Louis XV, sets sail for India. He hopes to record the transit of Venus, but rough seas - and war with the...

While wandering through a Paris auction house, avid collector Pierre-Francois Chaumont is stunned to discover the eighteenth-century portrait of an unknown man who looks just like him. Much to his...

When Hubert Larnaudie invites the fellow residents of his Parisian apartment building to drink a bottle of 1954 Beaujolais, he has no idea of its special properties. The next morning,...

Amerigo Jones grows up poor but surrounded by love in Jazz Age Kansas City. A precocious young dreamer, he longs for the college education that his parents could not have....

Three letters from three women unfold the story of a love affair and its tragic consequencesA lover, her daughter and an abandoned wife: three women write letters revealing the tragic...

Chekhov was without doubt one of the greatest observers of human nature in all its untidy complexity. His short stories, written throughout his life and newly translated for this essential...

A BEAUTIFUL NEW PAPERBACK EDITION OF THE MAGICAL CHRISTMAS MYSTERY Twelve-year-old Flora Winter and her mother are off to the small seaside town of Helmersbruk for Christmas. When they arrive,...

A new paperback edition of the brilliantly dark and twisty psychological thriller about a serial killer in therapy. 'A brilliant game of cat and mouse between author and reader' The...

A gripping story of survival set against the stark backdrop of the Antarctic Ocean, a couple shipwrecked on an island must trust each other with their lives. A young couple...

Happy Doll is a charming, if occasionally inexpert, private detective living just one sheer cliff beneath the glass houses of Mulholland Drive with his beloved half-Chihuahua half-Terrier, George. A veteran...

1983, Moscow. Twenty-one-year-old Ella dreams of stardom and playing Natasha Rostova in War and Peace at the Moscow Theatre Academy. One day when meeting her friend Vlad in the city,...

From the author of the beloved debut Boys Don't Cry - an unforgettable story of love, loss, regret and the indelible marks one person can make on your life. He's...

Some people are in On the last Saturday in August, politicos and socialites trade tidbits of gossip and sips of Pimm's under the tasteful bunting of a Richmond garden party.They'd...

The seductive, vibrant new novel from international bestselling author Leila Slimani. Morocco, 1968. As she stands at the window, Mathilde reflects on the opportunities before her. Looking out at her...

I heard you laughing from time to time and you stayed lying there on the flattened hay, and after you left, your body's imprint was left behind, and I rested...

As the spring warmth melts the ice, divers search the wreckage at the bottom of the Angermanland River - but the murdered man they recover was put there much more...

'A tantalising mystery, executed with perfection.' - THOMAS ENGER He was locked inside an abandoned house. But he's not the only one . . . When a dead man is...

Venetia Aldridge QC is a distinguished barrister. When she agrees to defend Garry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, it is one more opportunity to triumph in...

'The most enthralling kind of historical fiction.' HILARY MANTEL 'Fresh, wholly original . . . a delight.' THE TIMES 'Vivid and amusing.' SPECTATOR 'Very enjoyable.' BIG ISSUE From the author...

'This is the kind of book that makes you laugh out loud, write notes in the margins and shed tears onto its pages. The Confessions of Max Tivoli is a...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Rappaport is a sharp, witty novel by...

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When criminal justice lawyer Joanna Chylka is tasked with defending the son of Zelasny & McVay's biggest client, she is stumped for the first time. Assisted by average law graduate...

Three women. Two bodies. One big lie... 'Shocking and scandalous' Cosmopolitan, Best Books of 2022 'Dark and compelling' Liv Constantine 'An edgy, addictive read about the lengths people go to...

One of the most anticipated novels of the year - the captivating and powerful untelling of Romeo & Juliet . . . The first time Romeo Montague sees young Rosaline...

James Patterson's BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment.French detective Luc Moncrief joined the NYPD for a fresh start - but someone wants to make his first big case his last.Welcome to...

The incredibly gripping, must-read Sunday Times bestseller 'Utterly compelling... I couldn't put it down' Lisa Jewell, No.1 bestselling author of The Family Upstairs 'A classy thriller with complex and compelling...

Dr. Evelyn Talbot has learnt to live with fear. As a teenager she was targeted by her boyfriend, Jasper Moore, and survived days of torture. She escaped with her life,...

'My name is Zed. I protect the Events. This is my tenth day in Washington, 2011. Soon, the Great Conflagration will begin...' A disgraced former spy. A grieving lawyer. A...

Are some patterns destined to be repeated? "Spellbinding and decadent . . . an astounding debut" SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN, author of PANDORA ___________________ Paris, 1789. The Oberst Factory, which crafts exquisite...

Are some patterns destined to be repeated? "Spellbinding and decadent . . . an astounding debut" SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN, author of PANDORA ___________________ Paris, 1789. The Oberst Factory, which crafts exquisite...

THE TWISTY NEW THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Secrets only survive in the dark When journalist Ben Harper is asked to help re-examine an unsolved murder case from...

THE REMARKABLE, AWARD-WINNING JAPANESE THRILLER Winner of the 165th Naoki Prize Winner of the 34th Yamamoto Shugoro Prize In the wake of a brutal war with a rival cartel, a...

FIVE WITNESSES. FIVE DIFFERENT STORIES. WHO IS THE KILLER? 'A rising star of Australian crime fiction' SUNDAY TIMES 'S. R. White is the real deal' CHRIS HAMMER In the courtyard...

'One of Spain's most acclaimed writers' New York Times 'Spain's finest contemporary novelist' Guardian A REDISCOVERED POST-WAR LOVE STORY FROM ONE OF SPAIN'S MOST ACCLAIMED AUTHORS. 1950s Barcelona. A rebellious...

'A novelist at the height of his powers' La Croix 'You have the ingredients Balzac would have cooked with. And it is exactly those great 19th century novels that Lemaitre...

The final book in Cynthia's War at Home series - Pack Up Your Troubles - is available to pre-order now. 'Always a stay-up-all-night read with Cynthia Harrod-Eagles! ***** 'Fabulous series...

In 1917 the Great War rages on, and for the Hunters, their friends and their servants the war is where they live now. David has returned from the Front a...

It is 1916 and the Hunters, their friends and their servants are settling down to the business of war. As conscription reaches into every household, Britain turns out men and...

The year is 1914. The village is Northcote. The house is The Elms. The family is the Hunters. In 1914, Britain faces a new kind of war. For Edward and...