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A hugely moving novel of memory, love, mystery andreckoning, from one of our most soulful living writers.

From Ajay Chowdhury, the award-winning author of THE WAITER, comes the thrilling new Kamil Rahman mystery On the verge of a four-billion-dollar deal, a tech entrepreneur from Shoreditch is found dead in a construction site, which leads to the discovery of three skeletons over a...

Ann Cleeves, New York Times bestselling author and creator of the Shetland and Vera series, returns to North Devon in The Heron's Cry, the second book in the Two Rivers series featuring Detective Matthew Venn, following The Long Call. North Devon is enjoying a rare hot...

INSPIRATION FOR THE ORIGINAL SERIES THE LINCOLN LAWYER - THE #1 TV SHOW ON NETFLIX From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly: Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller enlists the help of his half-brother, Harry Bosch, to prove the innocence of a...

THE *INSTANT* NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY AND TORONTO STA BESTSELLER *THE FIRST EVER STAND-ALONE FROM AUTHOR OF THE DI ADAM FAWLEY MILLION-COPIES-SOLD SERIES* **A Financial Times Best Book of 2023** **A Guardian Best Crime and Thriller...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Survived delivers a gripping novel of suspense featuring two veteran homicide detectives matching wits with a twisted serial killer lurking in the shadows of New Orleans. There are killers so savage, so...

'Captivating' T.M. Logan, author of The Holiday and The Curfew'Moving, funny, thrilling, nostalgic' Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End'Tenderly told and utterly compelling' Emma Stonex_______________________________________July Hooper knows...

"A dark and complex mystery that will consume you."--Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight They thought he was a helpless old man. They were wrong. When two teenagers break into a house on a remote lake in search of prescription drugs, what starts as a...

He lies about everything. Except for murder. 'High-wire suspense that keeps you riveted' LISA GARDNER Colton Driscoll is a compulsive liar. But there's one thing his psychologist Sam Reeves fears he is telling the truth about: murder. Concerned his patient...

Deadly secrets lie beneath the murky waters of the Louisiana bayou in this pulse-pounding new romantic suspense novel from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Rose. There's no safe place for a child to hide when danger comes from every direction....

WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC! New York Times Bestseller GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton are back in this electrifying thriller from bestselling author Karin Slaughter. "Enter the world of Karin Slaughter. Just be forewarned, there's no going back." -...

Wild Dogs is a page-turning action thriller set in the WA outback, introducing Australia's answer to Jack Reacher 'Tough, fast and hard - my kind of book.' Lee Child In the drought-ridden rangelands of Western Australia, Gabe Ahern makes his living trapping wild dogs for local station owners. Still...

Emma and Hugh have a dilemma. Hugh's parents have divorced and neither wants the Pink House - the family home he grew up in. If they take it on, they must also accept all that comes with it, including Hugh's sister Sally, living in the garden cottage; playing host to their son's wedding; converting...

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from international bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe and All Our Shimmering Skies, Trent Dalton. 'Mirror, mirror, on the grass, what's my future? What's my past?' A girl and her...

From bestselling author Jackie French comes a book about the secrets we carry, those that we unearth - and those that are too dangerous to tell. The once impoverished medical student Agnes Glock is now the fabulously wealthy Mrs Mulberry. Her estate in the mountains is...

" Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi but in my case, it means woman. It's fair to say that Maddie's life in London is far from rewarding. With a mother who spends most of her time in Ghana (yet still somehow manages to be overbearing), Maddie...

RUMOUR HAS IT. Discover the dark love story dripping in glamour and scandalous family secrets that's been described as 'A MUST-READ for 2022' . . . *Loosely based on one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries - the Princes in the Tower - and the...

The No. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller from literary sensation R.F. Kuang *A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick* *Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year* 'Propulsive' SUNDAY TIMES 'Razor...

A heartrending story about a young mother's fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune that tear them apart by the USA Today bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things and The Last Year of the War. California, 1938--When she loses her parents in an accident, sixteen-year-old...

OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLD WIDE THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND 100th OPRAH WINFREY BOOK CLUB PICK 'Radiant and brilliantly crafted' New York Times ----- Best friends and sisters, the four Padavano girls bring loving chaos to...

An instant New York Times bestseller * A New York Times Notable Book * Named a Best Book of 2022 by People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Oprah Daily, and more * A Reese's Book Club...

'Absorbing, thoughtful and moving... a wonderfully engaging feelgood read that you'll want to come back to again and again' MIKE GAYLE 'Libby Page is a literary burst of sunshine . . . Utterly delightful' VERONICA HENRY'An absolute must-read' WOMAN'S WEEKLY_...

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK Winner of the 2022 BookTube Silver Medal in Fiction * Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction "A wise novel of love and grief, roots and branches, displacement and home, faith and belief. Balm for our bruised times." --David Mitchell, author of...

** SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023 ** CHOSEN AS A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL, FINANCIAL TIMES AND IRISH TIMES **'A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces' - Madeline Miller'A shining tour de...

The stunning debut novel by the winner of the Allen & Unwin Commercial Fiction Prize. If you loved Lessons in Chemistry and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, you will adore Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts.

From beloved New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas the first in a heartwarming new series that's the epitome of comfort reading. In a small Texas town where most families go back generations, four strangers meet and unite as they bury a father none of them has ever seen and begin...

Senior journalist Allira is writing a story for Folk magazine when she meets Nora, a nursing home resident with dementia and a doll cradled lovingly in her arms. Bit by bit, Nora reveals details about her younger life as a spirited teenage girl living beneath the Great Western Tiers in...

'Black is a master at world-building.' The New York Times Book Review 'No one writes like Holly Black.' John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author _______________________________________________________________________ #1 New York Times...

On the New York Times bestseller list for over 20 weeks * A New York Times Notable Book * A National Book Award Finalist * Named a Best Book of the Year by Fresh Air, Time, Entertainment Weekly, Associated Press, and many more "If you're looking for...

LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA GOLD CROWN 2023 Neva is born into a world of trickery and illusion, where fortunes are won and lost on the turn of a card. But she is also born with an extraordinary gift: she can predict the weather. In Regency England, where the proper goal for a...

THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER 'One for Philip Pullman fans' THE TIMES 'This one is an automatic buy' GLAMOUR 'Ambitious, sweeping and epic' EVENING STANDARD

'Clever, compelling and terrifyingly plausible' - C. J. Tudor, author of A Sliver of Darkness What if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey? Set in the same world as The One, now a Netflix Original Series, The Marriage Act is a dark, high-concept...

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR "The best science-fiction nonfiction novel I've ever read." --Jonathan Lethem   "If I could get policymakers, and citizens, everywhere to read just one book this year, it...

The Yaga siblings -- Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con artist -- have been estranged since childhood, separated both by resentment and by wide miles of American highway. But when they learn that they are to receive an inheritance, the siblings agree to...

Now with two bonus chapters read by Teddy Hamilton. Re-download the title now to listen to the extended version!A #1 New York Times bestseller * Optioned for TV by Amazon Studios * Amazon Best Books of the Year, #4 * Apple Best Books of the Year 2023 * Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023 * NPR...

PRE-ORDER RETURN TO BLOOD, THE RIVETING FOLLOW-UP TO THE ACCLAIMED CRIME DEBUT BETTER THE BLOOD, COMING SPRING 2024  'A compelling, atmospheric page turner with an authentic insight into Māori culture' Val McDermid A DETECTIVE IN...

Everywhere, the birds: sparrows and skylarks and thrushes, starlings and bellbirds, fantails and pipits - but above them all and louder, the magpies. We are here and this is our tree and we're staying and it is ours and you need to leave and now. Tama is just a helpless chick when he is rescued by...

Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher, and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine's sense that something isn't quite right grows ever stronger. With each twist of the plot, this gripping...

Marie Broom and her husband Vincent enjoy a pleasant life on Hong Kong Island. Vincent is a New Zealander. Marie is Portuguese-Chinese. Married for ten years, the couple have four adored children--daughters aged 9, 8, and 5, and a baby son of 14 months. Vincent's job as a marine engineer often takes...

An unforgettable debut by a major new literary talent. Kauri and Black's mum has been gone six months now. Their dad is barely holding on and the threat of child services taking Black looms large. Kauri won't let that happen, and so he embarks on a journey into their family's past....

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OCKHAM NZ BOOK AWARDS'The most exciting novel I've read in ages... I gulped it down, so readable, so EXCELLENT about people. Read it' Marian Keyes'This novel is perfection' Glamour'A coolly ironic look at modern womanhood... This is an...

The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller Cutting for Stone, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for over two years...

London, 1940 When tragedy strikes, Libby Gilbert is left homeless and destitute, fending for herself on the capital's most dangerous streets. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Libby is on the cusp of making a decision that could jeopardise her...

A faded photograph. An abandoned house. A wartime secret...From the author of The Midnight House, a mesmerising story of love, war, and a mystery that ensnares three generations, sweeping the reader from London to Tasmania and to Ireland. Perfect for fans of Kate...

Britain's best-loved saga author is back with another heartbreaking tale.

An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise... A rebellious daughter 1925. Among the ancient honey-coloured walls of the tiny island of Malta, strangers slip into the shadows and anyone can buy a new name. Rosalie Delacroix flees Paris for a dancer's job in the bohemian...

Birth is one of the most defining, ubiquitous moments of human existence and there, from the very start to the very end, are the midwives who help us navigate it safely.

'It won't matter how many diamonds you find if you lose the love of your child.' When six-year-old Clementine Knight loses her mother to malaria during the 1870s diamond rush in southern Africa, she is left to be raised by her destitute, alcoholic father, James. Much of...

London 1910 Fifteen year-old Belle has lived in a brothel in Seven Dials all her life, with no understanding of what happens in the rooms upstairs. But her innocence is shattered when she witnesses the murder of one of the girls and, subsequently snatched from the streets by the...

'A masterpiece' SARAH JONES'Another soon-to-be classic' Woman's Day'Riveting and moving' The Australian Women's WeeklyTwenty-five years after the end of the war, ageing British SOE operative Noah Ainsworth can't stop thinking about the secret agent who saved his...

Hull, 1856. The wealthy Ripley family have always looked out for the poor of Hull - particularly those who have no roof over their heads, save for a cellar below ground where they shelter from the elements. One dark winter's night, during a torrential storm, the cellar floods and...

'Wow! This book kept me on the edge of my seat and every time I thought I knew what was going to happen there was another fabulous twist. I loved it.' Reader review  'Well! I HORSED through The Nurse, pure HORSED! Tense, pacey, unputdownable.' - MARIAN KEYES

From the bestselling author of If Only I Could Tell You comes the story of two women determined to uncover the truth. But how can you trust the present if you can't remember the past? "Left me gasping. Brilliant." --Alex Michaelides "Has one of the best story...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA FOR GENERAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR Once you''re online, there''s nowhere to hide   Is it paranoia - or is someone watching?   For years, Reagan Carsen has kept her life offline....

*The Sunday Times bestseller* *DISCOVER YOUR NEXT ESCAPE WITH THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR* 'A tear-those-pages thriller' ABIGAIL DEAN 'Secrets galore' DAILY MAIL 'Atmospheric, haunting, and beautifully written'...

**Pre-order the brand new novel from No. 1 bestseller Martina Cole** If you want to survive in this world there's one thing you need to value above all else: loyalty. Don't miss the explosive new novel from the queen of crime Martina Cole, coming in 2021. ...

HUNTED. ALONE. AFRAID... A heart-in-the-mouth and utterly addictive adventure thriller from a phenomenal debut Australian talent. UN surgeon Rachel Forester is posted at a remote medical clinic deep in the jungle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With violence...

One of the Most Anticipated Mysteries & Thrillers of 2022--Criminal Element One of the Most Anticipated Crime Fiction of 2022--CrimeReads Buck, government name Michael Fineday, Ojibwe name Miskwa' doden (Red Deer) is on the brink of suicide. He has just been served divorce...

'The most addictive book I've read in ages - so slick and disquieting and clever. Just brilliant.' LISA JEWELL 'I was obsessed with Everyone Here is Lying . . . Fast paced, tightly-plotted and with twists so well executed they floored me. Loved every word!' CLAIRE...

TWO HOURS TO VANISH. ONE CHANCE TO ESCAPE. ZERO ALTERNATIVES. Ten Americans have been carefully selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. FUSION can track anyone on earth. But does it work? For one contestant, an unassuming Boston librarian named...

Don't miss this utterly gripping and emotional thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Lewis! Secrets lie at the heart of every family... When the unthinkable happens... Hanna's world is crumbling.

Don't miss the next emotionally gripping thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Susan Lewis! THE STORY... The first chapter of a manuscript arrives on Publisher Marina's desk. She assumes it's just another novel by another aspiring writer... ...

The New York Times bestselling novel, from the author of Station Eleven. 'A damn fine novel . . . haunting and evocative and immersive' George R R Martin, author of A Game of Thrones Vincent is the beautiful bartender at the Hotel...

Bestselling phenomenon Simon McCleave is back with a gripping, atmospheric new crime thriller series set on the Isle of Anglesey. 'Knocked my socks off. McCleave knows how to leave you gasping for air. Absolutely thrilling!' International million-copy bestseller, Helen...

Secrets. Suspicion. Survival. No one writes relationships better than B.A. PARIS'A rollercoaster ride, with plenty of twists' OBSERVER'The explosive start of this book sets up a compelling plot [...] written in well-executed super-edgy, short, sharp chapters and the...

A big, suspenseful, page-turning debut novel of teen summers and unsolved murders, by an award-winning rising Irish star

ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE SUMMER BY OPRAH DAILY, NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, TIME, NPR, LOS ANGELES TIMES, ESSENCE AND MORE A BBC BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK 'Whether in high literary form or entertaining, page-turner mode, the man is...

1897. Rowena Blythe is wealthy, entitled and beautiful. As her twenty-fourth birthday approaches, she's expected to marry - and to marry well.Her parents commission a portrait of Rowena to help cement her reputation as a great society beauty. However, Bartek, the artist's young assistant, is unlike...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * A comedy writer thinks she's sworn off love, until a dreamy pop star flips the script on all her assumptions--a "smart, sophisticated, and fun" (Oprah Daily) novel from the author of Eligible, Rodham, and Prep....

THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING PHENOMENON 'Exhilarating, timely and emotive' GUARDIAN 'I devoured it. So enjoyable' ZADIE SMITH 'Love, friendship and betrayal...gorgeous' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ------------------------------------ ...

'Beth O'Leary is that rare, one-in-a-million talent who can make you laugh, swoon, cry and ache all in the same book' Emily Henry Two sworn enemies. One failing hotel. Love is the last thing they need . . . Welcome to Forest Manor Hotel...

New York Times Bestseller * New Yorker Best Books of 2022 * Entertainment Weekly Best Books of 2022 * USA Today Best Books of 2022 * Time 100 Must-Read Books of 2022 * Mother Jones Books We Needed...

Tim Booth is shocked when his first emergency callout for someone short of breath turns out to be an adult man with a blocked nose. Far from beginner's luck, this turns out to be an omen for the rest of his paramedic career. Between the obligatory stories of objects lodged in body cavities and grown...

'This searing plea for a better, fairer and cooler future should be read by anyone with skin in the game - which is every single one of us.'-NAOMI KLEIN 'Entertaining and thoroughly researched, Jeff Goodell brings the subject of climate-driven extreme heat to life in his...

Diary of a Young Naturalistchronicles the turning of 15-year-old Dara McAnulty's world. From spring and through a year in his home patch in Northern Ireland, Dara spent the seasons writing. These vivid, evocative and moving diary entries about his connection to wildlife and the way he sees...

A memoir about belonging and motherhood, told through the author's lifelong passion for wild food When Helen Lehndorf moves to the city after a childhood living off the land in rural Taranaki, she can't help but feel different from her peers and professors. She finds solace...

"I don't know why medicine felt like coming home but, for some reason, it fits. I keep thinking about how the tohu, once awarded, can never be taken back. There are few things in life that emphatic. Better not fuck it up." ...

Based on the popular BBC programme Just One Thing, Dr Michael Mosley shows how changing one small thing in your daily routine can significantly benefit your health.We all want quick and easy ways to improve our health, but when it comes to diet, fitness and wellbeing it can be hard to know...

Nici Wickes has gained a strong and loyal following for her uncomplicated approach to cooking great food. Now this much-loved food writer brings us a new collection of recipes inspired by lockdown in her little cottage by the sea.

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world's most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Isabel Adjani, from Jeff Goldblum to Sean Connery, from Steven Spielberg to...

The iconic Kiwi duo - comedians, country music stars, yodellers, lesbians - in their own words

When New Zealand beat India to win the inaugural World Test Championship in 2021 it was more than a David v Goliath for the sport, it was the culmination of the greatest era in the country's cricket history. Since the turn of the century the Black Caps, despite the country's tiny playing pool...

The Booker Prize-shortlisted author on how staying optimistic can make our world better.

A new, fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from celebrated literary and cultural historian Lucy Worsley. "Nobody in the world was more inadequate to act the heroine than I was." Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was...

A loving and hilarious--if occasionally spiky--valentine to Bill Bryson's adopted country, Great Britain. Prepare for total joy and multiple episodes of unseemly laughter. Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green...

The True Story Behind the Events on 9/11 that Inspired Broadway's Smash Hit Musical Come from Away, Featuring All New Material from the Author When 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S....