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The sensational new novel from the highly-acclaimed author of DreamlandIt is Elle’s job to manage disasters.But lately things have started to spin out of control.At work, the latest catastrophe has...

THE CLEVER AND INTRIGUING CRIME MYSTERY FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INSTANT TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, THE TURNGLASS. A new Sherlock Holmes novel, endorsed by the Conan Doyle Estate.  'A...

The three novels that inspired the acclaimed Foxtel/Netflix series condensed into one compelling thriller. When seasoned journalist Harry Dunkley is slipped a compromising photograph of a federal MP...

‘Others may vie for the top position … but Eddings reigns supreme’ Publishers WeeklyDavid Edding’s Tamuli Trilogy reissued with a brand new livery. Sparhawk and Queen Ehlana must do everything they...

The tenth action-packed thriller in the Dirk Pitt series, where the adventurer must foil the deadly conspiracy of a group of Japanese nationalist fanatics. A NUCLEAR PEARL HARBOURBuried in the depths...

The electrifying second installment of the NATCHEZ BURNING trilogy by No.1 New York Times bestseller, Greg Iles THE DARKEST TRUTHS WILL COME TO LIGHTFormer prosecutor Penn Cage faces the crisis of a...

A stunning novel set in the Tudor court, from the Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Philippa Gregory. I would have been a fool indeed to tell the truth in this court of liars…1553. King Edward is on his...

"The future of warfare – if not humanity – changed on a hot August day on the grounds of a naval base more than 1,000 miles from the nearest ocean. The discovery involved a single scientist and a...

*A brand new companion to the Last Kingdom series, Uhtred’s Feast, is available to pre-order now*The sixth novel in Bernard Cornwell’s epic and bestselling series on the making of England and the...

She rose as a favourite. Will she fall as a traitor? A thrilling story of ambition, power and the dark side of the Tudor court from the Sunday Times bestselling author In the dazzling, dangerous...

From the bestselling award-winning author of The Good Wife of Bath comes this rollicking historical adventure that celebrates the art of whisky distilling, the defiant spirit of the Scottish...

‘Glossy, gritty, breathlessly suspenseful, effortlessly authentic, and altogether wonderful ’ Lee Child‘A compelling, suspenseful mystery’ Mark Billingham‘A mesmerising legal thriller’ Michael...

'A gripping thriller and Belkin is a character many readers will want to encounter again' THE SUNDAY TIMES'Remarkable … If only all first novels were as enthralling as this' FINANCIAL...

'Sparkles with wit and insight… A must-read' DOLLY ALDERTON'Extraordinary' DAILY MAIL'An irresistible comedy of manners' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Deliciously chaotic… feverishly funny – Harris has gleeful fun...

THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER‘An anti-fascist history lesson disguised as a novel’ New York Times‘Extraordinary’ TLS‘A masterpiece’ Roberto Saviano A startling look into the fascist...

All for Naught tells the story of Richard Melmont, a billionaire many times over. His wife Maria, daughter Barbara, and son Daniel are appalled by his cutthroat methods and even more appalled by the...

From #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline comes a pulse-pounding new novel.Your family has been attacked. Now you have to choose between law… and justice.Jason Bennett is a suburban dad whose life...

From the bestselling award-winning author of The Good Wife of Bath comes this rollicking historical adventure that celebrates the art of whisky distilling, the defiant spirit of the Scottish...

The hugely anticipated new Penn Cage novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Natchez Burning trilogy and Cemetery Road, about a man-and a town-rocked by anarchy and tragedy, but...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE FAIRMILE SERIES, PHILIPPA GREGORY, COMES THIS RIVETING NOVEL ABOUT THE TUMULTUOUS LIFE OF MARGARET POLE 'Margaret's story is shocking, deeply moving… the depiction...

‘Simply exceptional…I envy anyone who hasn’t yet read it’ Daily Mail‘A gripping story of tumbling fury and terror’ Independent on Sunday Bring Up the Bodies unlocks the darkly glittering court of...

‘It is a book not read, but lived’ Telegraph‘Her Cromwell novels are, for my money, the greatest English novels of this century’ Observer ‘If you cannot speak truth at a beheading, when can you speak...

An unbreakable, life-changing friendship will lead two young girls from different worlds to rebel against the sexism, prejudice and injustice they face living in 1930s Italy in this moving novel that...

This collection features the novels in her historical military fantasy trilogy—The Poppy War, The Dragon Republic, and The Burning God—a complete epic inspired by the bloody history of China’s...

Supreme Court clerk Avery Keene is back, trying to get her feet on solid ground after unravelling an international conspiracy in While Justice Sleeps. But as the sparks of Congressional hearings and...

THE NUMBER 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION DAGGER AWARD 2025'A masterclass in suspense' PAULA HAWKINS‘A spellbinding nightmare’ FERNANDA MELCHOR‘A book...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE 2025‘Enormously entertaining’ THE TIMES‘Unputdownable’ HARPER'S BAZAAR‘Funny, sharp and...

THE NUMBER 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATION DAGGER AWARD 2025'A masterclass in suspense' PAULA HAWKINS‘A spellbinding nightmare’ FERNANDA MELCHOR‘A book...

**DREAM COUNT, the searing new bestselling novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is out now!**A haunting tale of an Africa and an adolescence undergoing tremendous changes from the talented bestseller...

In this elegant gothic horror tale set in post-revolutionary Russia, two formerly aristocratic sisters race to uncover their family's long-buried secrets in a house haunted by a past dangerous – and...

‘Trippy, incisive, riotously funny’ ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN‘[An] insightfully nightmarish parable ' HALLE BUTLER'A stunner’ NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH‘Luminous … as if George Saunders infiltrated the...

In this compulsive story of betrayal, old bonds and buried scandals, one British establishment family comes face to face with the consequences of privilege and the true cost of power.Martin and Ben...

In this elegant gothic horror tale set in post-revolutionary Russia, two formerly aristocratic sisters race to uncover their family's long-buried secrets in a house haunted by a past dangerous – and...

‘An absolute delight in a series that goes from strength to strength’ S. G. McLean, prize-winning author of the Seeker series ‘This is Taylor at his unassailable best’ Financial TimesLondon 1671The...

For fans of TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY comes this masterclass in suspense about a spy caught up in his own web of deception… Alec Milius is young, smart and ambitious – with a talent for deception...

Thomas Brussig’s classic German satire, translated into English for the first time and introduced by Jonathan Franzen, is a comedic, moving account of life in East Berlin before the Fall of the...

The new novel from the Booker shortlisted author of The Northern ClemencyAn order is issued. A population may not meet, or touch or speak to each other. They stay inside, and the reality of a few...

Daniel Silva and Gabriel Allon return in another blistering, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller. ''Another jewel in the bedazzling crown of a spy-fiction master." BooklistShe was his best-kept secret...

A moving and haunting portrait of a Palestinian immigrant’s heroic efforts to heal his community and birth love from tragedy.In Chicago in 2007, as the sub-prime mortgage crisis looms, Jamal ‘Jack’...

A thrilling new instalment in Wilbur Smith's beloved Egyptian series. ‘A blazing trip into the land of the Pharaohs from a giant of a writer' Australian Women's Weekly Egypt is under attack. All...

Twist left.Unique Investigator Colter Shaw is searching for the answer to his father’s final, posthumous riddle. It will lead him to evidence that will topple the secretive espionage company,...

‘Intelligent, suspenseful, provocative, and intensely disturbing – everything a great novel should be’ LEE CHILD‘Extraordinary’ LOUISE O’NEILL‘A truly compulsive novel’ STYLIST ‘The book of the...

In the ninth gripping thriller in the world famous Dirk Pitt series, the adventurer finds himself in a deadly battle against the darkest forces of international terrorism. THE HIGH-EXPLOSIVE SECRET...

*PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY OF BRIDGET COLLINS' STUNNING NEW NOVEL, THE NAKED LIGHT*LOSE YOURSELF IN THE MOST EPIC BOOK OF THE YEAR.‘Mesmerising’ Erin Kelly‘Sumptuous’ Observer‘Dizzyingly wonderful’ The...

Isaac Asimov’s Robot series – from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels – contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the...

The final chapter in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy, in which a con-woman and an idealistic djinn prince join forces to save a magical kingdom from a devastating civil war...

A young drifter finds more than he bargained for when he agrees to deliver a parcel to an English country house… Little did Anthony Cade suspect that a simple errand on behalf of a friend would make...

In the grand tradition of George R.R. Martin and Robert Jordan, Sunday Times bestselling author Peter V. Brett continues his critically acclaimed Demon Cycle with the next dramatic instalment: THE...