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Review Unexpectedly moving...a good introduction for the general reader suddenly turns to questions of love, grief, deceit and identity -- Sholto ...

Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning to leave Japan and relocate...

Product Description Recently distracted by the arrival of her and Jamie's second son, Magnus, Isabel Dalhousie - philanthropic editor of the Revi...

Review Everything about [McCall Smith] is appealing. He's just full of delight - it just bubbles out of him ― Sunday Herald The hypnotic ease of ...

The latest installation in the beloved Isabel Dalhousie series 'Cosy and effortlessly charming' Herald 'Delightful' Sunday Telegraph 'Humorous a...

Migrants cuts through the toxic debates to tell the rich and collective stories of humankind's urge to move. 'Fascinating... Miller's perspective ...

Review A very special little book. I absolutely loved it, and I find myself still thinking about Sprout. She embodies all the best characteristics...

Step into the vibrant world of Botswana with Precious Ramotswe, the beloved detective whose charm and wit will captivate you. In this third volume ...

THE REESE WITHERSPOON OCTOBER BOOK CLUB PICK 'Governments are right to fear words. They can change hearts and topple tyrannies....It's impossible ...

Jane Gardam's funny and wise masterpiece, reissued with a new introduction by Nina Stibbe 'Old Filth has stayed with me for years' SATHNAM SANGHE...

Product Description I remain in the curious position of disliking, distrusting, disapproving and fearing nationalism wherever it exists . . . ...

'It's impossible not to be moved' Stephen King 'Stunning...this novel will break your heart and fire up your courage' Mail on Sunday The New York...

About the Author Celeste Ng is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere. She is the rec...

Review The Fever Pitch of cricket. Very funny ― DAILY TELEGRAPH Many thousands of cricketers will be able to identify with Marcus Berkmann's marv...

Product Description Probably the greatest British novelist of his generation, Graham Greene's own story was as strange and compelling as those...

When a man is discovered dead by poisoning in his empty home his beautiful wife, Ayane, immediately falls under suspicion. All clues point to Ayane...

Review Exactly what you want from a history of the boffins and technological pioneers of the First World War. There are bluff military adventu...

Review You-Jeong Jeong is a certified international phenomenon . . . That Jeong has actually been at the top of her game for a long time is ab...

'All I had ever wanted was privacy. In order to get it, it seemed that an exceptionally detailed 500,000-word book was in order...' He was born in...

The riveting story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China 'A mas...

Review A splendid addition to the tales of Kenya's colonial past ― DAILY MAILFilled with revelations, gossip and fascinating details . . . Mar...

Review A genuinely fresh perspective . . . shocking in its rawness . . . achieves the almost impossible feat of capturing something of the excess ...

A book that sees Hollywood as an idea, a trick, a religion even that swept the world, a book that knows what the bosses did, and why and how, but w...

Review Tallis writes with clarity and wit Tallis has distilled a wide range of psychological writing without oversimplifying the insights or redu...

Review Magnificent ― The GUARDIAN A superb achievment, incisive, illuminating and readable ― Sunday TIMES A superbly rich and erudite portrait o...

Review A heart-warming and sweet story of small-town life and self-discovery ― Vanessa Greene, author of The Vintage Teacup ClubAn exquisitely...

Review Bainbridge's account of the horribly familiar story is both fresh and sure-footed. The power of her imagination, her clarity of express...

Product Description A strikingly beautiful young woman is found dead in her Florence apartment. She lies on her bed, naked, a black rose betwe...

Featuring previously unpublished sources, this 'enjoyable as well as massively impressive' bestseller is a definitive account of the Boer War (Fina...

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize Named 'one of the greatest novels of all time' by the Observer With a new introduction by Amanda Craig Freda and...

This wonderful novel showing Beryl Bainbridge at her darkly comic best - out for the first time as an Abacus paperback.

Product Description This house has been a regular presence in my life for as long as I can remember. My heart has sunk a little every time I walk...

Review This novel is a perfect killing machine of flesh, bone, blood and cartilage. The story of the Crocodile will make you tremble to your v...

'It was a night that would be long remembered. The Florence police would come to call it a night of horror, the start of a new nightmare ...' Afte...

Product Description In An Army at Dawn - winner of the Pulitzer Prize - Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied ...

In the hilarious new novel in the best-selling Detective Varg series, Ulf Varg will need to resolve both a sensitive crime and his own delicate dil...

Product Description 'The book I wish I'd written . . . Witty, chilling, every word in place' Hilary Mantel, GuardianWartime Liverpool is a pl...

Review So beautifully written and so sharp in its details and atmosphere that it's no wonder Lehane's books attract filmmakers with such ease ...

Review One of the best commentators on defence and diplomacy . . . always a reliably authoritative presence . . . Concise and cogently argued, Urb...

Product Description Norman is the clever one of a close-knit Jewish family in the East End of London. Infant prodigy; brilliant barrister; the ap...