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Gerald Samper, an effete Englishman, lives on a hilltop in Tuscany. He is a ghostwriter for celebrities, and a foodie, whose weird tastes include 'Mussels in Chocolate and Garlic' and...

The deliciously sharp new novel from Ferdinand Mount, author of the Sunday Times Book of the Year Kiss Myself GoodbyeFerdinand Mount's stinging satire plunges into the dubious world of London...

The year is 1991, and Spud Milton's long walk to manhood is still creeping along at an unnervingly slow pace. Approaching the ripe old age of fifteen and still with...

Richie Cathar's father, Alaric, was a renaissance man: an intellectual, explorer, archaeologist and historian. He was also a man of the sixties: a fantasist, absentee parent and drug abuser. Alaric...

Fear and suspicion take root among the women of Manningtree, when the Witchfinder General comes to town...WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA PRIZE'Riveting, appalling, addictive'...

'One of the best!' Julia Quinn, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Bridgerton series Love comes when you least expect it in this captivating novel from New York Times bestselling...

Dive into THE WHITSTABLE HIGH TIDE SWIMMING CLUB - the irresistible, feel-good novel from Katie May. Join Debs and Maisie and the high tide swimmers as they make waves in...

Malka grows up in the Old City of Jerusalem in the confines of the Ultra-orthodox Jewish community. Meandering through the narrow streets she finds herself at the door of one...

The dramatic and spellbinding sequel to Helen Dunmore's critically acclaimed 'Ingo'. "I can't go back in the house. I'm restless, prickling all over. The wind hits me like slaps from...

Winter Games is a dazzling tale of secrets and betrayal, and the perfect novel for fans of The Bolter by Frances Osborne, and all those fascinated by the Mitford sisters.Munich,...

For fans of Romantic Comedy and Notting Hill (so, everyone?!), a second-chance celebrity / normal person romance you'll read in one sitting."Second chance romance, celebrity/normal person, Hollywood highjinks...this checks a...

How far will they go to find their story?When Alexis meets Maeve - a reclusive woman in her eighties - they feel an unexpected and beautiful kinship. Alexis is embracing...

In the small inlaid wooden box, Matt's mother had kept all his childhood memories. Amongst them are many photos of Matt as a child, growing up. But something about the...

Winner of the McKitterick Prize 2025Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2025Runner up for the the ADCI Literary Prize 2025'Absolutely loved this. Funny and heartbreaking in equal measure'DOUGLAS STUART'Glorious ....

A stunning story of a woman, a marriage and an impossible love'From the first page, I was drawn in by this gripping and winning novel. The writing is fresh, vivid,...

AS RECOMMENDED BY LYN ANDREWSWill her secret past threaten her dreams?Liverpool, 1864. When Jemima Jenkins's beloved Pa passes away leaving her orphaned, she is cruelly thrown out of her lodgings...

Using details of the ancient Scandinavian legends that were the inspiration for Hamlet, John Updike brings to life Gertrude's girlhood as the daughter of King Rorik, her arranged marriage to...

Chosen by The Times as one of the Top Ten Crime Novels Written by Women since 2000Flavia Albia is the adopted daughter of a famous investigating family. In defiance of...

Clara Holly is a former actress, beautiful, rich, and 'well married, far from her Oregon beginnings' to the renowned but reclusive film director Serge Clay. Anne-Sophie is a proper young...

Andie has a plan and she always sticks to the plan. Future? A top tier medical school. Dad? Avoid as much as possible (which isn't that hard considering he's a...

Norman Miller used to be one of Fleet Street's finest. Now he's a middle-aged, burned-out hack with a gift for the sensational story, the shouting tabloid lead. But as he...

Not all those who wander are lost, but Aubree Sadler most definitely is on this novel's whirlwind trip through Europe. A romantic and charming YA debut perfect for fans of...

'A lush and sensory novel . . .This is a story that lingers' - Emma Pei Yin, author of When Sleeping Women Wake'Feast held me in its thrall from the...