Fiction

Review A literary celebrity with few rivals ... she wrote more bestselling novels ... over a longer period than almost any other American writ...

I was now an established citizen with little hope of returning across the frontier; I was in the crazy world, separated now by more than locked doo...

In Theft by Finding, David Sedaris opened up his written diaries (and himself) to the world in an unprecedented way. Now, in this illustrated volum...

About the Author Attia Hosain (1913-1998) was born in Lucknow and educated at La Martiniere and Isabella Thoburn College, blending an English ...

Isabel Dalhousie is a new mother and a connoisseur of philosophy; she'd rather not be a sleuth. But when a chance conversation at a dinner party dr...

Product Description Palmares hails the return of a major voice in literature - 'the best American novelist whose name you may not know' (Atla...

Following a rash moment of insolence, Dr Siri Paiboun, Laos' reluctant national coroner, confused shaman and disheartened communist, is forced to g...

Murder and puppetry come to the village of Bishop's Lacey...Second novel in the highly acclaimed Flavia de Luce mystery series. 'I was lying dead i...

Review Exciting, exhilarating, scary and moving in equal measure, The Oversight is a teeming world of dark deeds and dark magics, brilliantly ...

Review Like the creepy, spooky town of Cainsville, Kelley Armstrong's Omens lured me in. I was too busy, way too busy for this book, which, th...

Richard III and Henry Tudor's legendary battle: one that changed the course of English history. On the morning of 22 August 1485, in fields severa...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER How to train for anything and everything, anywhere and everywhere The World's Fittest Book is set to become every fit...

Review A space opera that is both sweeping and taut, and with that rare combination of real grit and real heart. This book will punch you in t...

1931. Maisie Dobbs' new case takes her investigation into the pastoral beauty of the Kent Weald where acts of arson, theft and vandelism around the...

Review This atmospheric thriller stealthily peels back layers of silence that cover the unspeakable secrets of a tightly knit community ― Dail...

Review Written in and about the decade 1939-1949, the stories in this high caliber anthology are the work of women, chiefly English (five Amer...

This classic collection includes the title story, acclaimed as Asimov's single finest Robot tale, and now made into a Hollywood movie starring Robi...

'Davis's prose is a lively joy, and Flavia's Rome is sinister and gloriously real' The Times on Saturday Flavia Albia's day-old marriage is in tro...

Review A successful ending to a brilliant trilogy -- KIRKUS (starred review)A masterful fantasy debut. Katy Rose Pool is a writer to watch -- ...

One has conquered a city. The other covets an entire nation. Haern is the King's Watcher, protector against thieves and nobles who would fill the ...

Review Funny and irreverent though the writing is, Hannah's true emotions shine through, and will strike a chord with anyonewho has ever lost ...

Love Virtually ends as Leo leaves Austria for America. He and Emmi have still not met, but the intensity of their e-mail correspondence has been th...

Review Epic in every sense ― Sunday TimesA fantasy phenomenon ― SFXWith the Wheel of Time, Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien ...

Product Description Somebody in Laos is wooing and wedding country girls - and then killing them on honeymoon and binding their bodies to tree...

As a grey drizzle descends upon the damp errand boys and busy omnibuses of London, Daisy Dalrymple is feeling rather cheerful and excited to be sho...

Another runaway adventure with glamorous heroine Phryne Fisher! When Phryne Fisher arranges to go to Ballarat for a week, she eschews the excitemen...

Review This outstanding series debut . . . instantly hooks readers with dual mysteries . . Readers will eagerly anticipate the sequel ― PUBLIS...

Product Description See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with Shadow and Bone, now a Netflix original series.Enter the Grishaverse with ...

Product Description It's never too late to change the road that you're on . . . Welcome to Hartwell, a quiet seaside escape where uncovering ...

Review No one pricks pomposity and self-importance as hilariously as Alexander McCall Smith . . . he captures absurdities with a gentle lampoo...

Review Duffy is a fearless writer ... A portrait of sisterhood in the wider sense - one that's as powerful and gritty as it is wise and celebr...

Space adventure at its finest - Prime Deceptions is the outrageously fun sequel to Valerie Valdes' debut Chilling Effect, featuring the further adv...

A buddy cop story in a secondary world setting. What else do you need to know? . . . page-turning entertainment' Pornokitsch In the cramped quar...

'A fast-paced, page-turning ride. Hugely entertaining' John Gwynne on Soulkeeper 'A dark and lush epic fantasy brimming with magical creatures and...

Product Description ENTER A CITY OF DRAGONS AND DARKNESSThe Godswar has come to Guerdon, dividing the city between three occupying powers. A frag...

Product Description 'Highly recommended' John Gwynne 'Madson is an exciting new author in fantasy' Mark Lawrence'A complex tale of war, politics ...

Product Description From the National Book Award-winning author of The Friend, the moving and eerily relevant novel that imagines the aftermath o...

A young and successful journalist working in New York, Maureen English appears to have the perfect life and family. But Maureen's husband, a highly...

Severely allergic to felines, Yuuto Amakawa spends his mornings nursing a drippy nose courtesy of his friend Rinko's cat. But on his sixteenth birt...

Uber-villain Phillip Blake has come a long way. He journeyed from humble beginnings into the dark heart of the zombie apocalypse. And here, he has ...

'Astonishing ...It's filling in that gaping hole left by both Harry Potter and Philip Pullman's Northern Lights. Yes, really' Stylist 'The laws of...

THE FIFTH BOOK IN THE BELOVED NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES The one where J. L. B. Matekoni takes a great leap . . . Once again, Mma Ram...

THE NINTH BOOK IN THE BELOVED NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES The one with the poison pen letter . . . For the first time in her career as...

One misty autumn dawn in a quiet fishing port in northwest Spain, the body of a sailor washes up in the harbour. Detective Inspector Leo Caldas is...

I felt the worlds of ocean and ice were meeting in a frontier of rage, as if the Earth had torn in two along this line.This was a place if there ev...

Scotland Street witnesses the wedding of the century of Angus Lordie to Domenica Macdonald, but as the newlyweds depart on honeymoon Edinburgh is i...

For philosophically minded Isabel Dalhousie, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, getting through life with a clear conscience requires careful ...