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The Pale Horse
Агата Кристи
A priest’s death leads to sinister goings-on in an old country pub…To understand the strange goings on at The Pale Horse Inn, Mark Easterbrook knew he had to begin at the beginning. But where exactly was the beginning?Was it the savage blow to...
The Perfect Christmas
Kate Forster
A holiday short story that proves that true love is forever, not just for Christmas… Hollywood movie star Maggie and friend and manager Zoe need an escape from their complicated star-studded lives in LA. With its history and Christmas charm,...
The Perfect Holiday
Cathy Kelly
An exclusive short story for World Book Day from one of our bestselling authorsSometimes all we need is a relaxing holiday in the sun.For Anthony and Carole, a week in a lovely Greek hotel has helped them mend the cracks in their marriage. For...
The Perfect Match
Kimberly Cates
At twenty-seven, free-spirited Rowena Brown has never fitted in anywhere – not with her ambitious family, not at veterinary school and certainly not in any relationship she’s ever had.But surely the good people of Whitewater, Illinois, will...
The Raphael Affair
Iain Pears
First in the Italian art-history crime series featuring English dealer and sleuth Jonathan Argyll, from the author of the best-selling masterpiece 'An Instance of the Fingerpost'.Flavia di Stefano is the kind of Italian beauty that art dealer...
The Savage Garden
Mark Mills
The No.1 bestselling novel and Richard & Judy Summer Read: a haunting tale of murder, love and lost innocence for fans of Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Jed RubenfeldBehind a villa in the heart of Tuscany lies a Renaissance garden of enchanting beauty....
The Shell Collector
Anthony Doerr
The showstopping debut from the author of the #1 Sunday Times bestseller ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEEA blind man spends his days roaming the beaches of Kenya collecting shells, classifying them by feeling their whorls, spines and folds in his...
The Sittaford Mystery
Агата Кристи
A seance in a snowbound Dartmoor house predicts a grisly murder…In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a small table for a seance. Tension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: ‘Captain...
The Snow Queen
Michael Cunningham
‘Luminously written … page-turningly enjoyable, this is a profound novel about love from a highly regarded, Pulitzer-winning novelist’ Sunday TimesIt’s November 2004. Barrett Meeks, having lost love yet again, is walking through Central Park...
The Spanish Game
Charles Cumming
A vivid and gripping novel from ‘the master of the modern spy thriller’ (Mail on Sunday) which sees Alec Milius coaxed back into the secret world to face the uncontainable danger of 21st century terrorism…For six years, Alec Milius has escaped...
The Stranger House
Reginald Hill
A stunning psychological thriller set in Cumbria past and present, from the award-winning author of the Dalziel and Pascoe seriesThings move slowly in the tiny Cumbrian village of Illthwaite, but all that's about to change.Post-grad Sam Flood...
The Surprise Party
Sue Welfare
One idyllic family, or so it seemed…A wondrous tale about the joys of family and how sparse our lives would be without them! A perfect read for fans of Carole Matthews and Kathy Lette.The party was supposed to be the ultimate surprise, but...
The Sweetest Dream
Дорис Лессинг
Nobel Prize for Literature winner Doris Lessing tackles the 1960s and their legacy head-on in one of her most involving, personal, political novels.It’s the morning of the 1960s and it’s suppertime at Freedom Hall, the most welcoming household...
The Time Ships
Stephen Baxter
The highly-acclaimed sequel to H G Wells’s THE TIME MACHINE, from the heir to Arthur C. Clarke.Written to celebrate the centenary of the publication of H G Wells’s classic story The Time Machine, Stephen Baxter’s stunning sequel is an...
The Trinity Six
Charles Cumming
FROM THE WINNER OF THE CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER 2012 FOR BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR. Perfect for fans of John le Carr?, a gripping and suspenseful spy thriller from ‘the master of the modern spy thriller’ (Mail on Sunday) Hard-up Russia...
The War Widows
Leah Fleming
When you lose everything you love, you need a friend…Nothing ever happens in sleepy Grimbleton. Until two strangers – both claiming to be the fianc?e of a dead soldier – arrive in town.Susan prides herself on her refined 'English' manners – yet...
The Weird Sisters
Элеонора Браун
‘See, we love each other. We just don't happen to like each other very much.’THE WEIRD SISTERS is a winsome, trenchantly observant novel about the often warring emotions between sisters.Rosalind. Bianca. Cordelia. The Weird Sisters.Rose always...
They Is Us
Tama Janowitz
Oryx & Crake meets Douglas Coupland. An unforgettable vision of the future of America.Years from now America finds itself split between the rich and the poor. The haves live in luxury within the small regions that remain unpolluted while the...
Through The Tunnel
Дорис Лессинг
From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Doris Lessing, a short story about a young boy’s coming of age.While on holiday with his mother, a young boy sees a group of older children jumping from a rock into deep sea. He feels compelled...
Time of Death
BEVERLY BARTON
When the clock strikes twelve, it's time to die… Prepare to lose sleep with this exhilarating thriller.When the clock strikes twelve, it's time to die…One by one, random victims are stalked and shot at close range. Only the killer knows their...
Touch and Go
M. R. D. Meek
Chance is a fine thing, thought the nurse who had watched wealthy Muriel Probert die in her Fifth Avenue apartment, so she took that chance – along with other fine things – and ran.To Lennox Kemp, Muriel’s ex-husband, the string of gambling...
Under My Skin
Lisa Unger
‘Gripping suspense at its best’ Karin SlaughterHer husband’s killer may be closer than she thinks…It’s been a year since Poppy’s husband, Jack, was brutally murdered during his morning run. She’s trying to move on but what happened that morning...
Unlocking the Bible
David Pawson
David Pawson presents a unique overview of both the Old and New Testaments.Unlocking the Bible opens up the word of God in a fresh and powerful way, explaining the sweep of biblical history and its implications for our lives.David Pawson, widely...
Voltaire’s Calligrapher
Pablo Santis de
An elegant and atmospheric literary thriller that will delight fans of The Interpretation of Murder and The Shadow of the WindEighteenth century France: the Age of Enlightenment.Dalessius is 20 when he takes a job as the philosopher Voltaire's...
Wait for Me
Caroline Leech
Can their love survive a war?A breathtaking WW2 romance for fans of CODE NAME VERITY and BETWEEN SHADES OF GREY.It’s 1945, and Lorna Anderson’s life on her father’s farm in Scotland consists of endless chores, rationing and praying for an Allied...
War in Heaven
David Zindell
A triumphant close to The Requiem for Homo Sapiens – an epic tour de force that began with The Broken God and was followed by The Wild.Danlo wi Soli Ringess now has the greatest mission of his life to complete. With Bertram Jaspari’s evil...
Welcome to Braggsville
T Johnson Geronimo
‘The most dazzling, most unsettling, most oh-my-God-listen-up novel you’ll read this year’ The Washington PostA dark and socially provocative Southern-fried comedy about four UC Berkeley students who stage a dramatic protest during a Civil War...
What We Lose
Zinzi Clemmons
A short, intense and profoundly moving debut novel about race, identity, sex and deathThandi is American, but not as American as some of her friends. She is South African, but South Africa terrifies her. She is a black woman with light skin.Her...
Where Truth Lies
Christiane Heggan
Beneath the small-town charm is a big-time secretMuseum curator Grace McKenzie is shocked when she receives word that her ex-fianc?, Steven Hatfield, has been murdered. In his will, Steven has left her his art gallery in New Hope,...
Who Fears Death
Ннеди Окорафор
An award-winning literary author enters the world of magical realism with her World Fantasy Award-winning novel of a remarkable woman in post-apocalyptic Africa.Now optioned as a TV series for HBO, with executive producer George R.R. Martin!In a...
Working It Out
Alex George
Watch out Bridget Jones and Ally McBeal – Johnathan Burlip wants you to know his side of the story!For Johnathan Burlip, solicitor and virtuoso shirt ironer, nothing is ever simple. Girlfriends, dysfunctional families, petulant bosses – all...
Yesterday’s Sun
Amanda Brooke
A heart wrenching story for fans of Jodi Picoult, Susan Lewis and Katherine Webb.How could you ever choose between your own life and the life of your child?Newly-weds Holly and Tom have just moved into an old manor house in the picturesque...
Paradise City
Elizabeth Day
An audacious, compassionate state-of-the-nation novel about four strangers whose lives collide with far-reaching consequences.Beatrice Kizza, a woman in flight from a homeland that condemned her for daring to love, flees to London. There, she...
Party Night
Lucy Lord
The biggest night in the year and the party is just beginning!A wickedly decadent short story from the author of Revelry.It’s New Years Eve and best friends Poppy and Bella are ready to celebrate in style in the brilliant short story from Lucy...
Past Secrets
Cathy Kelly
The Sunday Times No. 1 paperback bestseller, warm and moving – another gem from the much-loved Cathy Kelly.Keep a secret too long and it will creep out when you least expect it…Behind the shining windows and rose-bedecked gardens of Summer...
Pastures New
Julia Williams
Take one sleepy Suffolk villageAdd a young widowThrow in a local vamp and a harassed mumStir it up with a sexy, secretive doctorAnd watch feuds grow, tempers fray and love blossom…Amy Nicholson never expected to leave London for the Suffolk...
Perfect Lies
Кирстен Уайт
The wickedly smart sequel to Sister Assassin – a tale of two sisters trapped in a web of deceit.First they made me kill.Then leave behind the one person I love.Now I’m getting even.Annie and Fia have battled to survive within the sinister Keane...
Pillow Talk
Freya North
A story of first love and second chances from the bestselling author of Love RulesThe sleepwalker.By day, Petra Flint is a talented jeweller working in a lively London studio. By night, she sleepwalks. She has 40 carats of the world's rarest...
Private Dancer
Kimberly Dean
Torn between two worlds, Alicia struggles to find a way to walk with her faith, but still dance with sin.When Alicia gets caught in the conflict between her father’s church and the Satin Club owners Bas and Remy, she is the only person willing...
Private Peaceful
Michael Morpurgo
A stunning edition of this modern classic of World War One, featuring an introduction by the author and insightful testimonies from soldiers.Told in the voice of Private Tommo Peaceful, the story follows twenty-four hours at the front, and...
Pulse Points
Mary Baxter Lynn
THE MORE SHE TRIES TO FORGET…Kasey Ellis's life is shattered after she witnesses the murder of her friend and business partner at their Tyler, Texas, advertising agency. Though Kasey can't identify the killer, she believes the killer saw her–and...
Purple Hibiscus
Чимаманда Нгози Адичи
Longlisted for the 2004 Man Booker PrizeShortlisted for the 2004 Orange PrizeA haunting tale of an Africa and an adolescence undergoing tremendous changes by a talented young Nigerian writer.The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili's world are...
Recent History
Anthony Giardina
From the acclaimed short story writer – a brilliantly observed portrait of a man teetering on the edge of abandoning his marriage for a homosexual affair.As a husband, Luca Carcera hides his emotions behind the safety of routine domesticity....
Red Leaves
Полина Саймонс
From the internationally bestselling author of The Bronze Horseman, the tale of an Ivy League campus devastated by the intractable mystery at the heart of a student’s deathFour students and their relationships lie at the core of this dazzling...
Reversed Forecast
Nicola Barker
The first novel from the brilliantly unconventional Nicola Barker is a tale of gambling, allergies, music and dogs, set in some of London’s less scenic locations.Chance meetings between its cast of eccentric individuals – Ruby the bookie's...
Road Brothers
Mark Lawrence
A volume of short stories by the bestselling author of THE BROKEN EMPIRE series, Mark LawrenceThis is a collection of fourteen stories of murder, mayhem, pathos, and philosophy, all set in the world of the Broken Empire.Within these pages, you...
Saving Max
Antoinette Heugten van
Max Parkman—autistic and whip-smart, emotionally fragile and aggressive—is perfect in his mother's eyes. Until he's accused of murder.Attorney Danielle Parkman knows her teenage son Max's behavior has been getting worse—using drugs and lashing...
Sea Witch
Сара Хеннинг
The fairy tale you thought you knew…The story of the Sea Witch, the villainess from Hans Christian Anderson’s classic tale The Little Mermaid, told from the viewpoint of the Sea Witch when she was a twelve-year-old girl…Evie has been wracked...
Second Chance
Elizabeth Wrenn
Every woman needs a best friend…And Deena Munger needs one more than most. Faced with an almost empty nest, a marriage that's as stale as week-old bread, and hot flushes that are driving her mad, no wonder she feels running away. Despite her...
Second Foundation
Айзек Азимов
WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIESThe Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon’s two Foundations is a lasting testament to an...
