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The scintillating new novel from the author of The End of Mr YPatricia Highsmith meets White Lotus in this compulsive and brilliant gothic thriller 'Like a darker, funnier The White...

'Drew me in like a whirlpool' NICOLA DINAN 'A beautiful fever dream' KRISTEN ARNETT 'Highly seductive ... and fun as hell!' TONY TULATHIMUTTE 'A ghostly, feverish love story' ANOTHER MAGAZINE...

Coco Martin, the adored only child of wealthy parents, has lived a charmed existence in their beautiful Manhattan home, and summers in a fabulous Hamptons house. Despite her privileged upbringing,...

The spine-tingling ghost story everyone is raving about: 'If you like a good ghost story put this chilling thriller to the very top of your reading list' Sarah Pearse author...

'I want you to remember something, Nat. You're small on the outside. But inside you're as big as everyone else. You show people that and you won't go far wrong...

Her life is so full, so why is she hungry?'A high-wire exploration of control, pleasure and desire' Chloe Ashby'A book that tears at the surface of things to reveal the...

It is June 1962. In a hotel on the Dorset coast, overlooking Chesil Beach, Edward and Florence, who got married that morning, are sitting down to dinner in their room....

'The mind is a time machine that travels backwards in memory and forwards in prophecy, but he has done with prophecy now...'Sequestered in his blitz-battered Regent's Park house in 1944,...

As Peter Carlyle waves his wife, children and brother-in-law off on a sailing holiday, all they have in mind is lying back and relaxing. But as a violent storm breaks...

The final instalment in the Ross O'Carroll Kelly series* * * It looked like it was Game Over for the Rossmeister General.I was staring down the barrel of the big...

Ava O'Hara seems to have it all . . .She has a great job, a long-term relationship and the promise of a wedding on the horizon.But her fiance has other...

A GUARDIAN AND ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022'Spectacular... fascinating... astonishing... A literary triumph.' Jake Arnott, GuardianHow do you build a nation?It takes statesmen and soldiers, farmers and factory workers,...

'Smart and funny... Wild Pets is an instant set text of the emerging canon of millennial fiction.'Guardian'A wickedly funny and emotionally complex novel.'Jenny Offill, author of Weather and Dept. of...

The #1 Sunday Times bestselling author, whose books so many love, brings us a fresh, contemporary story of a woman and her unruly blended family'The best book she has ever...

Enter a world where bloody battles and heroic deeds combine in the historic struggle to unite Britain in the face of a common enemy. The third instalment in Bernard Cornwell's...

Conversations about life and death, between a girl and an angel. As Cecelia lies ill in bed, and her family valiantly make their Christmas preparations in the knowledge that she...

This is David Foster Wallace's final and most ambitious undertaking - an audacious and hilarious look into the abyss of ordinary life. The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Centre...

The Collected Stories - a stunning volume of William Trevor's unforgettable short stories William Trevor is one of the most renowned figures in contemporary literature, described as 'the greatest living...

You don't need to follow the rules to find the path to happiness . . .Upside Down is a powerful story of unconventional romance, bold choices and second chances, from...

At the beginning of this overwhelming novel, Vina Aspara, a famous and much-loved singer, is caught up in a devasting earthquake and never seen again by human eyes. This is...

In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio's father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, now a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train...

'The name's O'Carroll-Kelly. Ross O'Carroll-Kelly.'As the great James Bond said, 'History isn't kind to men who play God.' How right the dude ended up being.My secret double-life was finally catching...

Stuart Evers, the author of the critically acclaimed, prize-winning collection Ten Stories About Smoking returns with twelve unforgettable stories of parental love and parental mistakes. Set in the past, present...

The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller IN THE FINAL RECKONING, CHOOSE YOUR SIDE CAREFULLY... The epic conclusion to the globally bestselling historical series. After years fighting to reclaim his rightful home,...

The 18th novel in the bestselling Alex Cross series The President's children have been kidnapped. Detective Alex Cross is on the case. First on the scene to a crime that...

When Atoc demands the real Condesa's hand in marriage, it's Ximena's duty to go in her stead. Using the opportunity to get close to Atoc, she can steal his relic...

NOW A RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIMEIn the winter of 1952, Isabel Carey moves to the East Riding of Yorkshire with her husband Philip, a GP. With Philip spending long...

She felt their eyes, all those executioners...Enter a world where, watched by millions, prisoners fight like gladiators for the ultimate prize: their freedom.SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2023'The...

A portrait of the artist as a young woman in a Berlin that can't escape its history: an electric debut novel about the daughter of Afghan refugees and her year...

Fannie Flagg turns her magical story-telling talent to a short and poignant Christmas story for all the family. Oswald T. Campbell, aged 52, down-and-out in a Chicago winter, is given...

One car. Five people. A whole lot of history . . . 'Read this! Absolutely loved it!' Christina Lauren'This book is perfect' Rosie WalshAddie and her sister are on an...

DBC Pierre's second novel charts the unlikely meeting between East and West that follows Ludmila Derev's appearance on a Russian brides website. Determined to save her family from starvation in...

It all started in August 1968 when Babo, with curly hair and jhill mill teeth, became the first member of the Patel family to leave Madras and fly on a...

A sweeping, mesmerising novel of the most enduring and evocative cultural icon of the 20th century. Joyce Carol Oates' masterpiece is a brilliant and deeply moving portrait of a culture...

A story of love and loss in wartime from master storyteller Susan Hill.Returning to his World War One battalion in France after a period of medical leave in England, John...

Emma, who lives in Cornwall with her grandmother, a famous retired actress, wakes one morning to find that the world has apparently gone mad: no post, no telephone, no radio,...

From the beloved bestselling author Santa Montefiore comes a new novel filled with humour and heart. For fans of The Temptation of Gracie, Flappy now takes centre stage, more charismatic...

FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Peopled with wonderful characters, it's funny, sad, poignant and heart-warming, a tough subject tenderly handled. Have some tissues handy' Choice Magazine Faced with losing...

**PRE-ORDER NOW - THE DAZZLING NEW NOVEL FROM MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR**'Her best one yet. Jodi Picoult has combined her trademark research with an astonishing and heart-rending story, embedded in...

'My daddy always told me, if it looks too good to be true - then it probably is.'Bart, Teddy and Cole have been best friends since childhood. Having founded their...

**A Guardian Book of the Autumn 2023**'Through luminous moments of chance, change, and even grace, Michaels shows us our humanity - its depths and shadows' MARGARET ATWOODThe triumphant new novel...

'That place has been my whole life. Everything I thought I knew about myself was constructed in those few months I spent within touching distance of the sea. Everything I...

You only discover what you can survive when you're put to the test. . . The Challenge is the story of a tragedy with life-affirming consequences, from No.1 New York...