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A gripping and urgent investigation into the secretive world of the global arms trade - from a former member of the African National CongressRevealing the corruption and the cover-ups at...

'Aidan Conway is a writer to watch' Declan Hughes, The Irish Times Play with fire and you get burned... A gripping crime thriller, from a new star in British crime...

Shortlisted for the 2019 Historical Writers' Association's HWA Debut Crown awardOne of Stylist's must-read books of 2018'Original and charming, joyous and funny.' Tessa Hadley '...[this] debut novel sweeps us away...

Ferret Skerritt - ventriloquist by trade, conman by birth - isn't expecting to find love at the 1898 Omaha World's Fair, a colourful world of flimflam men, snake-oil salesmen, occultists,...

THE COMPELLING NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER PHILIPPA GREGORYThe tale of one woman's ambitious ascent to royalty during the Wars of the Roses and the unsolved mystery around her sons'...

Sister Stanislaus Kennedy, or Sister Stan as she is affectionately known, has been described as a visionary and social innovator. Now, in "The Road Home" she looks back on her...

Rory Dawn Hendrix is in a Girl Scout troop of one. She lives in a trailer park called the Calle de las Flores near Reno. She's determined to leave, childless,...

Maud Drennan - underpaid carer and unintentional psychic - is the latest in a long line of dogsbodies for the ancient, belligerent Cathal Flood. Yet despite her best efforts, Maud...

"Fascinating, unsettling and beautifully written" Emily St John Mandel"Strange and profound" New York TimesWhat if you knew the exact date of your death? What if your perfect hermaphrodite match existed...

WELCOME TO THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIMENTMary is out of options. Estranged from her family and beset by phantom pain, she signs up for 'The Girlfriend Experiment' - a mysterious project masterminded...

Putting History to the Question marks a critical step beyond the orthodoxy of New Historicism. This collection of mutually enriching essays, hitherto scattered through a variety of journals and critical...

________'Gritty as hell. I loved it. A great urban cop thriller' Ian Rankin As heard on BBC Radio 5 Live Phil Williams ShowFrom the bestselling author of Sirens, Detective Aidan...

---------------------- 'So electrifyingly suspenseful and so brilliantly vivid, that I had to put it down to catch my breath at times - and I mean this as a compliment! There...

'As close to perfect as romantic comedies get' Jenny Colgan'A joyful, hilarious and heart-warming tale of the challenges we face when we sign up to be part of someone else's...

'I was completely spellbound' - Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things'Setterfield is a master storyteller' - Madeline Miller, author of Circe Some say the river drowned her......

'Extraordinary...smart, sophisticated, suspenseful - and important. If you try one new thing this year, make it Star of the North' LEE CHILD North Korea and the USA are on the...

READ THE TENSE TWIST-FILLED RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK FOR SPRING 2020 FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE OUTCAST.Family secrets can be deadly...Newly-weds Dan and Bea decide to...

Now available to preorder: THE SECOND SLEEP, Robert Harris's new thriller.________________THE POWER OF GOD. THE AMBITION OF MEN.***SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine...

The twenty-sixth novel in the bestselling Alex Cross series______________________________'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series...

_________________________A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA collection of seventeen wonderful short stories which show that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor.A...

A book about family, selfishness and compassion on Ireland's Atlantic coast, from the Booker Prize-winner.Hanna, Dan, Constance and Emmet return to the west coast of Ireland for a final family...

Nina does not have a drinking problem. She likes a drink, sure. But what 17-year-old doesn't? Nina's mum isn't so sure. But she's busy with her new husband and five...

A moving, life-affirming novel focussing on the residents of Wharton as they face everyday fears and desires, a lost love, a stalled career, a diagnosis that pulls at the heartstrings,...

From the bestselling author of Mothering Sunday; perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Katie Flynn.'An absorbing story in the grand tradition of the best saga authors' Margaret Dickinson'Rosie writes...

THE NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!'Warm and engaging' Sophie Kinsella'I'm smitten' Lindsey Kelk'Gorgeous, witty, reassuring' Daisy Buchanan'Funny, heartfelt, tender and empowering!' Giovanna Fletcher 'Hilarious, moving and extremely well written' Stylist...

A battle-hardened soldier has just 24 hours to expose a deadly conspiracy at the heart of the Roman Empire in this brilliantly gripping historical thriller from Sunday Times bestseller and...

The number one bestselling author Claudia Carroll returns! Perfect for fans of Marian Keyes and Joanna Trollope.Frank Woods at number seventy-nine Primrose Square is about to turn fifty, and nobody...

The perfect neighbours tell the perfect lies... A top ten Kindle bestseller Behind the shutters lies a devastating secret... When Helen moves abroad with her loving husband Gary, she can't...

Under the heartless vault of the Greenland's arctic sky the body of a girl is discovered. Half-naked and tied up, buried hundreds of miles from any signs of life, she...

With over thirty years' experience as a fishmonger in one of Cork's most popular tourist locations, Pat O'Connell is well known both at home and abroad. In The Fishmonger, he...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2020 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK - BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHYIn this part-manifesto, part-memoir, the revolutionary editor who infused social consciousness into the pages...

'Beatty insistently finds poetry in the projects, dignity on the street.' Guardian'Beatty's blunt, impious, streetwise eloquence [is] transfixing' New York Times'The writing here is seamless and teeming with momentum' New...

LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION, 2019SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD'A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.' -...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2015*SHORTLISTED FOR THE LA TIMES BOOKS PRIZE 2015A SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE NOTABLE BOOK OF 2014A BOSTON GLOBE BEST FICTION OF 2014ROXANE GAY'S TOP...

'Delightful banter, hot romance and a love story that's worthy of the big screen' Kate Spencer, author of In a New York MinuteTen years later and she still has butterflies....

'Mysterious, wondrous, captivating' Louis de Bernieres 'We need the courage to choose ourselves' W. H. AudenIt's early summer when a young poet, Dora Fielding, moves to Helensburgh on the west...

Shortlisted for the Hearst Big Books Award, 2019'Oh my goodness this book... [A] beautiful book about a marriage & life long friendship, told movingly & slightly mysterious. Highly recommend.' Cecilia...

Ireland, 1900. Two girls meet. They are from vastly different worlds, but will be united in friendship through loves, losses and wars. A sweeping, heartrending saga for fans of Diney...

Evening Standard's Wander List Guide to 2019 Getaways"A beautiful, brilliant modern classic." Sabrina Mahfouz, Guardian, Best Summer Books 2018Neha has just been diagnosed with the same terminal cancer that killed...

Chosen for the Radio 2 Book Club with Simon Mayo'A carefully crafted and utterly compelling tale of lost opportunity and impossible choices.' Amanda Brooke, author of The AffairWhy do you...

James Patterson's BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment.Her second chance at love...Chelsea O'Kane escapes to Maine with fresh bruises. She's ready to begin anew - until she runs into her old...

The world is on the brink of catastrophe. If we lose hope in a better future, what are we left with?A young man is shooting people from a rooftop in...

'Rahill is a stylist of the highest calibre... Molly's voice has a lilting brogue that sings from the page. Rahill's prose is alive with inventive phrasings and imagistic virtuosity, especially...

Frannie O'Neill's life turned upside down when she and FBI maverick Kit Brennan rescued six incredible winged children from the school that created them. Now the young flock wants to...

When Martha accepts a place at university, her decision is met with a mixture of hostility and pride by her uncomprehending family. This is the story of a young woman's...