Fiction

'The power of this weird, haunting fiction is undeniable.' Guardian 'Vivid, brutal, moving and tender. This is heartfelt and immersive.' Joanne Harris ' A delightful gourmet of magical, creative prose...

'In Blackmore's striking fictional retelling of this true history, Costanza refuses to accept a fate as nothing more than a victim of male exploitation' SUNDAY TIMES Rome, 1636: In the...

At 0500 on Tuesday 3 May 2005, a lone Antonov-32 transport flies through the dawn light over the Himalayas and approaches the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. Its destination is the notorious...

The epic saga behind the Disney-produced Hulu series The Lions of Sicily The magnificent third installment of the Florio story-a sweeping, decadent, and romantic finale that tells the story of...

The brand new edge-of-your-seat thriller from the author of the smash hit No.1 bestseller The Woman in the Window . 'Elegant, absorbing, full of Hitchcockian menace' Lucy Foley 'I was...

What happens when a boxer finds chemistry with a geek? Parker Brown can't believe she needs to hire a fake boyfriend. When she landed her dream job in renewable energy,...

'I was enticed from the first line' OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE, author of My Sister, the Serial Killer This feminist howl-of-a-debut is going to crawl right under your skin 'An outstanding debut'...

If you don't care about her, who will? Hope Randall leads a quiet life, but that peace is about to be shattered. When a stranger turns up on her doorstep,...

'A shimmering, sexy, thrilling tale of intrigue and desire, and the dark paths we walk to keep our secrets safe. Bell has written a shining debut' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author...

'Every new novel by Giles Foden is something to celebrate - my hand leaps to the shelf' PAUL THEROUX 'The most original and interesting novelist of his generation' ALLAN MASSIE,...

REWARD: Twenty gallons of Rum for the Delivery into My Custody of one Colonel George Bloody Arthur. The Reprobate's Offences include Fraudulently Impersonating a Lieutenant Governor. For I Am the...

When her beloved dies in battle, Lady Lydia Daughtry assumes shell never love again. Until a deliciously handsome duke awakens a part of her she never knew existed. But how...

Chaperone Diana Price knew she was teetering on the edge of ruin. Her father had staked his fortune, and her virginity, at the card table and lost! To the most...

**PETER MAY: OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE** **'A TERRIFIC WRITER' MARK BILLINGHAM** Set in Southern Spain, A Silent Death is the scorching thriller from worldwide bestselling author of The...

Turn up the heat with this sizzling summer thriller 'Irresistible' Abigail Dean 'Mind blowing' Nikki Smith STRAY TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE . . . New York-based writers Felix and...

The number one bestselling phenomenon JULY 1209, Carcassonne. Seventeen-year-old Alais Pelletier is given a mysterious book by her father, which he claims contains the secret of the true Grail. Although...

The thirty-fifth mystery in Peter Tremayne's long-standing and much-loved series, featuring 7th-century Irish super-sleuth Sister Fidelma. Autumn, AD 672. While out walking, Abbot Brocc was shocked to encounter the sinister...

**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE** A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK AND BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READING 2021 SELECTION 'A fine, lyrical novel, impressive in its complex...

The gripping new emotional thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE ICE CREAM GIRLS, MY BEST FRIENDS'S GIRL and THE BRIGHTON MERMAID . Pieta has a secret Ten...

'The stuff of legend' Mirror The heart-stopping new novel from queen of crime Martina Cole. It's time to confess their sins. Steph Barker can't forget her past. A single mother,...

If you delight in the suspense of Stephen King and Harlan Coben, you'll love CHASE - a classic thriller by Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz....

Two abandoned souls are on the hunt for one powerful man. Soon, their paths will cross and lead to one twisted fate. Danny Hansen is a Bosnian immigrant who came...

When Gina Ford, the daughter of a prominent Tennessee politician, goes missing from the University of Memphis a week after another girl was murdered on the same campus, police call...

Alex McAuliff has just received an offer he can't refuse. A company called Dunstone Ltd will pay him two million dollars for a geological survey of Jamaica's interior - and...

FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast is visiting the old family home in Louisiana. Surrounded by ghosts of the past, he can't help but think of Helen - his wife who...

'I loved it - another hugely satisfying read from Roisin' Sheila O'Flanagan, author of The Honeymoon Affair Three great loves. Two very different countries. One step closer to finding her...

THE BRAND NEW GANGLAND CRIME NOVEL FROM ROBERTA KRAY. NO ONE KNOWS CRIME LIKE KRAY. She sold him out. Now he's out for revenge . . . After her murderous...

GETTING LOST IS EASY. GETTING BACK IS MURDER . . . 'An atmospheric chiller with shocking twists' SHARI LAPENA 'Addictive' T.M. LOGAN 'Everything we crave in a thriller, a one-sitting...

A STUNNING NEW THRILLER FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY PICK AUTHOR. THE PERFECT CLEVER, THOUGHT-PROVOKING READ FOR FANS OF TIM WEAVER AND CHRIS WHITAKER 'A brilliant, propulsive...

Shortlisted for CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2025 for thriller of the year ----- 'Craven has unleashed Ben Koenig into the thriller world. Long may he raise hell in the...

Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in the small village of Three Pines in Quebec. Someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of...

'A complex, ever-tightening, increasingly suspenseful web' Washington Post 'Gripping' New York Times In the days before the Civil War, an enslaved woman named Liz Spocott escapes from her captors into...

'I envy those about to discover Miracle at St. Anna for the first time' Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry 'Searingly, soaringly beautiful' Baltimore Sun Towards the end of...

'Anyone who wants to understand contemporary Germany must read The Granddaughter now' Le Monde 'The great novel of German reunification' Le Figaro 'A masterpiece' Maurice Szafran May, 1964. At a...

The biggest heist. The most dangerous adversary. By the master of the genre. Oh, and explosions. Impossible doesn't belong in Riley Wolfe's vocabulary. He's a master of heists and disguises,...

A tense, twisty destination thriller, perfect for reading by the pool on hot summer days, f rom the author of FIVE NIGHTS. 'Insanely gripping.' ANGELA CLARKE 'The perfect escapist read.'...

'Spain's finest contemporary novelist' Guardian 'Juan Marse's contribution to European fiction has been consistently remarkable' Times Literary Supplement From one of Spain's most acclaimed authors, comes an extraordinary novel about...

'A bold, sumptuous portrait of a great artist and the women who inspired, frustrated, loved, and loathed him' Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author --- Paris, 1923. The city...

A headmistress is dead. The circumstances are suspicious. And as every parent knows, being on the school group chat can be murder... 'Deliciously funny' MARTINA COLE 'Clever and wickedly funny'...

WHAT IF THE ONLY WITNESS TO A MURDER IS MORE TWISTED THAN THE KILLER? 'The very definition of a page-turner!' IAN RANKIN 'The British John Grisham' RICHARD OSMAN 'Enthralling' SUNDAY...

It takes one moment to call for help. So why did he wait? 'The rare gift that delivers it all: elevated prose, characters with depth, unpredictable twists, and a pitch-perfect...

'Beautifully devastating' ' Astonishingly warm, funny, reassuring, and soul-satisfying' ' Oh my heartstrings!' How do you find yourself after you lose the one you loved the most? Lenny has been...

THE GRIPPING SUMMER 2021 RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK, FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLER AND MASTER OF SUSPENSE A secret room. A silent girl. A shocking truth. Evie Cormac was...

'In the far distance, the great terracotta dome of the cathedral appeared, like a mirage shimmering in the heat haze . . .' Gina Donovan arrives in Florence on a...

At a top-secret Army training facility in the Mojave Desert, Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor plunge into a deadly web of military suspense, AI technology, and robot soldiers...

Recent widow Jillian Marsh wasn't planning on killing herself that March night, but she hadn't ruled it out either. And then there was her cat problem. Ever since she'd been...