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Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff, whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.

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A E Langsford

A G Hopkins

A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Both books are in development for major motion pictures. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men’s Journal. He lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit him at facebook.com/ajbaime and trumanbook.com.

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A J Jacobs

A J P Taylor

Anthony James Pollard is a British medieval historian, specialising in the fifteenth century and in particular the Wars of the Roses. A leading authority in the field, he is profesor emeritus of Teesside University. His books include North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses, Richard III and the Princes in theTower, Imagining Robin Hood: the Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context and Warwick the kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame.

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A J Rochester

A K Benjamin is a clinical neuropsychologist and the author of Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds.

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A. L. Berridge read English at Oxford, and taught for ten years before moving into television, where her production credits range from period drama and thrillers to long-running soaps. She has written two previous novels, Top Ten besteller Honour and the Sword and In the Name of the King. Into the Valley of Death is her third novel.

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Alison Gaylin's first job was as a reporter for a celebrity tabloid, which sparked a lifelong interest in writing about people committing despicable acts. More than a decade later, she wrote and published her Edgar-nominated first novel, HIDE YOUR EYES. 
 
She's since published nine more books, including the USA Today and international bestselling Brenna Spector suspense series, which has been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Thriller awards and won the Shamus award. 
 
She lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, cat and dog.

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A P Wavell

A.S. Webb is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos, the first instalment of The Dark Pantheon Trilogy. She is inspired by stories rooted in history and mythology, that push the boundaries of imagination and urge us to reflect on what it means to be human.

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A. A. Dhand is the author of six previous novels, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. The history, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. For more information about A. A. Dhand and his books, follow him on X @aadhand, and on Instagram @aa_dhand.

A. A. Dhand

A. A. Gill

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A. Anatoli

A. B. Poranek grew up sharing her time between Ontario, Canada and rural Poland, and eventually completed a veterinary degree at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. A lover of mythology and history, she enjoys exploring both in her writing. Her debut novel, Where the Dark Stands Still, an instant New York Times bestseller, is an ode to Poland's folktales, while A Treachery of Swans transports readers to a world inspired by 17th century France.

A. B. Poranek

A. Bradley

Professor A. C. Grayling is Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, history, science and current affairs. For several years he wrote columns for the Guardian newspaper and The Times and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.

A. C. Grayling

A.D. Miller is the author of Snowdrops, The Earl of Petticoat Lane and The Faithful Couple. Snowdrops was a bestseller and was shortlisted for many prizes including the Man Booker and the CWA Gold Dagger. It was translated into 25 languages. As Moscow Correspondent of The Economist A.D. Miller has travelled across the former Soviet Union and covered the Orange Revolution in Ukraine; he is now the magazine’s Culture Editor based in London. 
 
admillerbooks.com

A. D. Miller

A. E. Ellis

A. E. W. Mason

A. Humphreys

A. Igoni Barrett was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1979 and lives in Lagos. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition, the recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship, a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency. His short story collection, Love is Power, or Something Like That, was published in 2013. In 2014 he was named on the Africa39 list of sub-Saharan African writers under 40. Blackass is his first novel.

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Lauren Groff

'Stunningly sensual and visceral' NEW YORK TIMES 
'Smart, beautiful . . . paints a lyrical picture' STYLIST 
'Groff is a sensuous writer' GUARDIAN 
 
In the fields of western New York State in the 1970s, on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House, a few dozen idealists set out to live off the land. Abe and Hannah's only child, Bit, is born into the commune soon after its creation. He grows up there, becoming deeply attached to its way of life and everyone within it, in particular the beautiful but troubled Helle. While the commune rises and falls, Bit, too, ages and changes. But when it's time to find a way to live in the world beyond Arcadia, will he be able to let go of the past to forge a new start? 
 
'An exquisite tale of idealism and disintegration . . . Utterly absorbing' MARIE CLAIRE 
'Intricately wrought . . . A powerful pean to the human desire to make the right sort of place live' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 
'Arcadia is stunningly sensual and visceral in describing behaviour straight out of a time capsule . . . A shimmering evocation of the commune's heyday' NEW YORK TIMES

Arcadia

'Echoes the magic of gothic forebears' FINANCIAL TIMES 
'Groff is a writer of rare gifts' NEW YORK TIMES 
'Lauren Groff is a virtuoso' Emily St John Mandel 
 
Delicate Edible Birds is a short story collection from acclaimed writer Lauren Groff. Spanning from 1910s New York to Second World War France and contemporary America, these dazzlingly varied stories full of fervour and insight cement Groff as one of the foremost talents of her generation. 
 
'One of the most original voices in literature today' ESQUIRE 
'A literary star' i NEWSPAPER

Delicate Edible Birds

And Other Stories

'Magnificent . . . Lauren Groff is a virtuoso' Emily St John Mandel 
'A blistering collection . . . lyrical and oblique' Guardian 
'Not to be missed . . . deep and dark and resonant' Ann Patchett 
'It's beautiful. It's giving me rich, grand nightmares' Observer 
 
In these vigorous stories, Lauren Groff brings her electric storytelling to a world in which storms, snakes and sinkholes lurk at the edge of everyday life, but the greater threats are of a human, emotional and psychological nature. Among those navigating it all are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy, grown up; a restless, childless couple; a searching, homeless woman; and an unforgettable conflicted wife and mother. 
 
Florida is an exploration of the connections behind human pleasure and pain, hope and despair, love and fury. 
 
'Innovative and terrifyingly relevant. Any one of these stories is a bracing read; together they form a masterpiece' Stylist 
'Lushly evocative . . . mesmerising . . . a writer whose turn of phrase can stop you on your tracks' Financial Times

Florida

Tom Hanks

WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM THE AUTHOR 
 
'Impressive' The Times 
'Funny and pitch perfect' Sunday Express 
'I blink, bubble and boggle in amazed admiration' Stephen Fry 
'These stories are a hit' Financial Times 
 
A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A World War II veteran grappling with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. Four friends travelling to the moon in a rocket ship built in the backyard. These are just some of the stories that Tom Hanks captures with great affection, humour and insight - the human condition in all its foibles.

Uncommon Type

Some Stories

THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
'Enough betrayal, vengeance and sex to read like one of the Greek tragedies' Observer 
 
'Devastatingly good' Guardian 
 
'Astonishingly beautiful' Financial Times 
 
'Addictive to read' Stylist 
 
'Rich, lyrical and rewarding' Paula Hawkins 
 
Every story has two sides. 
Every relationship has two perspectives. 
 
And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets. 
 
'Groff is a writer of rare gifts' New York Times 
 
'Sexy and achingly beautiful' Good Housekeeping 
 
'A really powerful novel' Barack Obama 
 
'A book to submit to and be knocked out by' Meg Wolitzer

Fates and Furies

New York Times bestseller

Carys Bray

'A powerful and truthful story about hope and how to find it' The Times 
'A gem of a book' Emily Maitlis 
 
Emma's husband Chris is fretting about starvation and societal collapse. He's turned off the heating and is stockpiling off-label medicines and tins of baked beans. 
 
Chris, certain that society will soon spiral to its doom, finds Emma's optimism exasperating. Emma finds Chris's obsession with disaster relentless. She's beginning to wonder whether relationships, like mortgages, should be conducted in five-year increments. But when Chris's mother turns up for a visit, the cracks begin to show. Will Emma and Chris be able to find their way back to each other?

When the Lights Go Out

Jenni Fagan

***The Delusions is available to pre-order now*** 
 
A GRANTA BEST YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST AND WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 
 
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR FICTION 
 
'One of the most stunning literary experiences I've had in years' 
IRVINE WELSH 
 
'[A] weird and wonderful gothic confection' 
GUARDIAN 
 
'An audacious statement and a terrific read' 
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 
 
'Dazzlingly ambitious' 
DOUGLAS STUART 
 
'Gloriously transgressive' 
IAN RANKIN 
 
1910, Edinburgh. Jessie, the devil's daughter, arrives on the doorstep of an imposing tenement building and knocks on a freshly painted wooden door. She has been sent by her father to bear a child for a wealthy couple, but, when things go wrong, she places a curse on the building and all who live there - and it lasts a century. 
 
Caught in the crossfire are the residents of 10 Luckenbooth Close, and they all have their own stories to tell. While the world outside is changing, inside, the curse creeps up all nine floors and through each door. Soon, the building's longest kept secret - the truth of what happened to Jessie - will finally be heard. 
 
'She writes unlike any other author of her generation' 
THE SCOTSMAN 
 
'Bracingly good ... defies any sort of neat description' 
FINANCIAL TIMES 
 
'Poetic, high-octane, punchy' 
SUNDAY TIMES 
 
'Seedy, sexy and strange' 
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 
 
'Absolutely outstanding' 
KIRSTIN INNES

Luckenbooth

Aimee Bender

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE - A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 
 
LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD 
 
'The Butterfly Lampshade is an unflinching, empathetic portrayal of a childhood touched by mental illness. As always, Aimee Bender's respect for the child and the child within translates into wisdom and magic on the page.' Jing-Jing Lee, author of How We Disappeared 
 
On the night her mother is taken to a mental health hospital after a psychotic episode, eight year-old Francie is mesmerised by a lamp adorned with butterflies as she falls asleep. When she wakes, Francie sees a dead butterfly matching the ones on the lamp floating in a glass of water. She drinks it before anyone sees. Twenty-years later, Francie is compelled to make sense of that moment and two other incidents that have haunted her life. But how close are her memories to reality, and will she ever be free of them?

The Butterfly Lampshade

Liz Moore

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'A remarkable novel, elegant, wise, and beautifully constructed.' Roddy Doyle 
 
Tommy Mays, Titan Records' biggest act, is verging on a mid-life crisis; learning the hard way that a life of fame and fortune comes at a price. But things are looking up for his support band, The Burn, which could be a career-changer for Theo, Titan's young A&amp;R executive. Meanwhile, secretary Cynthia has her eyes on Titan's latest rising star, singer-songwriter Lenore Lamont. But with a billboard in Times Square, is Lenore starting to feel the pressure? 
 
Set in the sleek offices, high-tech recording studios and hip downtown clubs of New York, The Words of Every Song depicts the realities of making it in an industry where glamour and fame can often conceal the harsh realities for those hoping to hit the big-time.

The Words of Every Song

from the Richard and Judy-selected author

Eley Williams

BETTY TRASK AWARD WINNER 2021 
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2021 
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'Joyous' SPECTATOR 
'Remarkable' SUNDAY TIMES 
'A playful delight... A glorious novel' OBSERVER 
 
Swansby's New Encyclopaedic Dictionary is riddled with fictitious entries known as mountweazels penned by Peter Winceworth, a man wishing to make his lasting mark back in 1899. It's up to young intern Mallory to uncover these mountweazels before the dictionary can be digitised for modern readers. 
 
Lost in Winceworth's imagination - a world full of meaningless words - will Mallory finally discover the secret to living a meaningful life?

The Liar's Dictionary

A winner of the 2021 Betty Trask Awards

Olivia Manning

'Her gallery of personages is huge, her scene painting superb, her pathos controlled, her humour quiet and civilised' Anthony Burgess 
 
'So glittering is the overall parade - and so entertaining the surface - that the trilogy remains excitingly vivid; it amuses, it diverts and it informs, and to do these things so elegantly is no small achievement' Sunday Times 
 
'A fantastically tart and readable account of life in eastern Europe at the start of the war' Sarah Waters 
 
The Balkan Trilogy is the story of a marriage and of a war, a vast, teeming, and complex masterpiece in which Olivia Manning brings the uncertainty and adventure of civilian existence under political and military siege to vibrant life. 
 
At the heart of the trilogy are newly-weds Guy and Harriet Pringle, who arrive in Bucharest - the so-called Paris of the East - in the autumn of 1939, just weeks after the German invasion of Poland. Guy's lecturing job awaits, alongside friends and the ever-ardent Sophie - but for Harriet, alone and naive, it's a strange new life. Other surprises follow: Romania joins the Axis, and before long German soldiers overrun the capital. The Pringles flee south to Greece, part of a group of refugees made up of White Russians, journalists, con artists, and dignitaries. In Athens, however, the couple will face a new challenge of their own...

The Balkan Trilogy

Ani Katz

'Gripping' Observer 
'Spellbinding ... I loved this book.' Caroline Kepnes, author of You 
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Thomas knew from the moment he saw Miriam that she was going to change his life forever. They are the couple everyone envies. So when Thomas wants his 'Miri' to be his wife, he doesn't hesitate in popping the question. And when they start a family, Thomas finally has the life he always dreamed of. 
 
But what happens when dreams shatter and the unspeakable happens? And who is to blame when there's one man left standing?

A Good Man

'So glittering is the overall parade - and so entertaining the surface - that the trilogy remains excitingly vivid' - Sunday Times 
 
'Wonderfully entertaining' - Observer 
 
Athens, 1941. Harriet Pringle feverishly awaits news of her husband, trapped in the spoilt city of Bucharest. Yet when the young couple are reunited, Guy once again becomes absorbed in his work, leading Harriet to seek the attention of a handsome young officer. But when Greece is defeated and Europe starts to crumble around them, Guy and Harriet are forced to find a new strength amidst the devastation. Manning's exquisite observations on love, marriage and friendship during wartime are brought vibrantly to life.

Friends And Heroes

The Balkan Trilogy 3

Alissa Nutting

A HBO Max series starring Ray Romano and Cristin Milioti 
 
'Exudes valiant charm' New Yorker 
 
'Blisteringly smart and feverishly inventive' Garth Greenwell 
 
'Brilliant... hilarious... both satisfying and unexpected' Roxane Gay 
 
Hazel has just moved into a trailer park of senior citizens, with her father and Diane - his sex doll companion. Life with Hazel's father is strained at best, but it's got to be better than her marriage to dominating tech billionaire, Byron Gogol. For over a decade, Hazel has been quarantining in Byron's family compound, her every movement and vital sign tracked. So when Byron demands to wirelessly connect the two of them via brain chips, turning Hazel into a human guinea pig, Hazel makes a run for it. Will Hazel be able to free herself from Byron's virtual clutches before he finds her? 
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A gloriously absurd and hugely entertaining satire about intimacy and love from the provocative writer of the acclaimed novel Tampa.

Made for Love

'Her gallery of personages is huge, her scene painting superb, her pathos controlled, her humour quiet and civilised' - Anthony Burgess 
 
'Glittering characterisation, sharp and eloquent writing' - Sunday Telegraph 
 
'Wonderfully entertaining' - Observer 
 
Bucharest, 1940. The city is on the brink of invasion and Guy and Harriet Pringle find their position growing ever more dangerous. Harriet longs for safety, while Guy's idealism frustrates his new wife. But when the Germans march in, Guy believes they must separate in a desperate bid to find safety, so Harriet leaves for Athens. The Spoilt City is a dramatic and colourful portrait of a city in turmoil, and of a young couple struggling to make their marriage work in the face of adversity.

The Spoilt City

The Balkan Trilogy 2

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RACHEL CUSK 
 
'A fantastically tart and readable account of life in eastern Europe at the start of the war' Sarah Waters 
 
'Wonderfully entertaining' Observer 
 
Autumn, 1939. Newly-weds Guy and Harriet Pringle step aboard the train to Bucharest. Guy's lecturing job awaits, alongside friends and the ever-ardent Sophie - but for Harriet, alone and naive, it's a strange new life. As Guy's world collides with that of his new bride, Harriet realises how little she knows the man she has married. Manning's masterpiece, alive with exhilarating characters, is a haunting evocation of young love and the uncertainty of war.

The Great Fortune

The Balkan Trilogy 1

Nicola Barker

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'One of the funniest, most finely achieved comic novels, even by her own standard … I think it’s a masterpiece.' ALI SMITH 
 
‘I think Nicola Barker is incapable of a dull page. [Her work] is unified by its spirit of adventure.’ KEVIN BARRY 
 
How long does it take to change the world? 
Could it happen in approximately twenty minutes? 
 
Charles, a forty-year-old teddy bear maker, is trying to sell his late mother's house, helped by his estate agent Avigail (who thinks Charles is an imbecile). The prospective buyers: the fearsome Wang Shu - who has no desire to make idle chit-chat - and her downtrodden daughter, Ying Yue. 
 
During the twenty-minute viewing a huge number of things happen, although it is also entirely possible that nothing happens at all. Which is it? Can the world really turn on its axis during a mundane discussion about cheese preservation? Has fiction the power to do that? Should it even want to? 
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'She really is a genius.’ GUARDIAN 
 
‘Life-affirming hilarity – Evelyn Waugh on ecstasy.’ NELL ZINK 
 
'A madly brilliant little book that asks who at any point is in control of what. I loved it.' DAILY MAIL 
 
‘Nicola Barker’s wildness and capacity for the absurd often delight me.’ SARAH MOSS 
 
‘What an audacious writer Nicola Barker is … In an era when plot is king, Barker has typically, joyously, dispensed with one … Barker’s pleasure in the novella feels defiant.’ EVENING STANDARD 
 
‘I Am Sovereign is bursting with energy, compassion and humour.’ LITERARY REVIEW 
 
‘Barker is a writer in a class of her own … A work of coruscating intelligence, of deep humanity.’ OBSERVER 
 
‘A riotous burst of a novel that scrutinises the nature of fiction with the lightest of touches.’ MAIL ON SUNDAY 
 
‘A bracing, brilliantly bonkers comic novel … This is freewheeling fiction that delights in the visual.’ SUNDAY TIMES 
 
‘Barker’s writing is very, very funny, both ha ha and strange ... Fans of Ali Smith’s “Seasonal Quartet” will enjoy a similarly arch, detached view on the banality of contemporary Britain ... A gloriously audacious blend of, well, the deep and the trite.’ INDEPENDENT

I Am Sovereign

Lara Prescott

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'Utterly compelling... I absolutely loved it' Sarah Winman 
'Tantalising' Sunday Times 
'Thoroughly enjoyable' Guardian 
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No one looks twice at the women in the typing pool. 
 
No one knows that two of them are trading secrets. 
 
The secret is a book, the size of the one in your hands, and within its pages, a love story that could change the world. 
 
But where there is love there is pain. And where there is deception, formidable danger... 
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'Mixing Mad Men and John le Carré ... addictive' i paper 
 
'Irresistibly charged' Mail on Sunday

The Secrets We Kept

The sensational Cold War spy thriller

Kevin Kwan

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
'Flashy, funny ... Delicious ... A memorable, laugh-out-loud Asian glitz fest that's a pure pleasure to read' USA Today 
 
Nicholas Young's grandmother Su Yi is on her deathbed. While he rushes to be by her bedside, he's not the only one. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch's massive fortune. With all parties vying to inherit a trophy estate in the heart of Singapore, Nicholas's childhood home turns into a hotbed of sabotage and scandal. 
 
Taking us from the elegantly appointed mansions of Manila to the secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea, Kevin Kwan's final installment in this irresistible trilogy reveals the long-buried secrets of Asia's most privileged families and their rich people problems.

Rich People Problems

Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott

WINNER OF THE McKITTERICK PRIZE 
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSBORO BOOKS GLASS BELL AWARD 
 
AS SEEN ON RYAN MURPHY'S FEUD SEASON 2 
 
'Sparkling' GUARDIAN 
'Fascinating' RED 
'Remarkable' WOMAN AND HOME 
'Astounding' EMERALD STREET 
'Glamorous' IRISH TIMES 
'Scandalous' DAILY MAIL 
'Spellbinding' SUNDAY EXPRESS 
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To the outside world, they were the icons of high society - the most glamorous and influential women of their age. To Truman Capote they were his Swans: the ideal heroines, as vulnerable as they were powerful. They trusted him with their most guarded, martini-soaked secrets, each believing she was more special and loved than the next... 
 
Until he betrayed them. 
 
'Writers write. And one can't be surprised if they write what they know.' 
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'The new Donna Tartt' VOGUE 
 
'A dazzlingly assured first novel... This clever book, with the moreish astringency of a negroni, is a perfect summer cocktail.' SUNDAY TIMES 
 
'A whirlwind of a first novel. There is great pathos in the Swans' woundings and in their inevitable decline. And the character of Truman himself shimmers through the novel in a wonderful blaze of eccentricity and excess. Outstanding.' ROSE TREMAIN 
 
'A completely fascinating novel and a marvellously skilful re-imagining of real people, times and places. Outstanding.' WILLIAM BOYD 
 
'Our generation's The Secret History' PENDORA 
 
'Brilliantly written, deeply researched, funny, sharp and moving.' - KATE WILLIAMS, bestselling author of Josephine 
 
'Brilliantly captures Capote's acid wit and his dramatic downfall.' THE TIMES, Books of the Year 
 
'This is a first novel of extraordinary skill, a book of which Capote would have been proud' OBSERVER 
 
'Greenberg-Jephcott's debut is a devastating read that blurs the lines between vulnerability and narcissism; sex and power... will have you racing breathlessly towards the end' THE POOL

Swan Song

Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019

Natasha Solomons

Perfect for fans of THE TEA PLANTER'S WIFE 
 
'This has everything - engaging characters, a thrilling story and beautiful scenery' KATIE FFORDE 
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The start of a war. The end of a dynasty. 
 
VIENNA, 1911. Greta Goldbaum has always dreamed of being free to choose her own life's path, but the Goldbaum family, one of the wealthiest in the world, has different expectations. United across Europe, Goldbaum men are bankers, while Goldbaum women marry Goldbaum men to produce Goldbaum children. 
 
So when Greta is sent to England to marry Albert, a distant cousin she has never met, the two form an instant dislike for one another. Defiant and lonely, Greta longs for a connection and a place to call her own. When Albert's mother gives Greta a garden, things begin to change. 
 
But just as she begins to taste an unexpected happiness, the Great War breaks out, threatening to tear everything away. For the first time in two hundred years, the family will find themselves on opposing sides. How will Greta choose between the family she's created and the one she was forced to leave behind?

House of Gold

Helen Dunmore

Haunting, uplifting, beautiful: the final work from Helen Dunmore 
 
Helen Dunmore passed away in June 2017, leaving behind this remarkable collection of short stories. With her trademark imagination and gift for making history human, she explores the fragile ties between passion, love, family, friendship and grief, often through people facing turning points in their lives: 
 
A girl alone, stretching her meagre budget to feed herself, becomes aware that the young man who has come to see her may not be as friendly as he seems. 
 
Two women from very different backgrounds enjoy an unusual night out, finding solace in laughter and an unexpected friendship. 
 
A young man picks up his infant son and goes outside into a starlit night as he makes a decision that will inform the rest of his life. 
 
A woman imprisoned for her religion examines her faith in a seemingly literal and quietly original way. 
 
 This brilliant collection of Helen Dunmore’s short fiction, replete with her penetrating insight into the human condition, is certain to delight and move all her readers.

Girl, Balancing

Patrick McGrath

***SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION*** 
 
From the bestselling author of Asylum, Trauma and Spider 
 
'Ghosts of the theatre and the spectre of fascism haunt cold and grimy London in this atmospheric tale from a master of the grotesque.' Guardian 
 
JANUARY 1947. 
 
London is in ruins, there’s nothing to eat, and it’s the coldest winter in living memory. 
 
To make matters worse, Charlie Grice, one of the great stage actors of the day, has suddenly died. His widow Joan, the wardrobe mistress, is beside herself with grief. 
 
Then one night she discovers Gricey’s secret. Plunged into a dark new world, Joan realises that though fascism might hide, it never dies. Her war isn’t over after all. 
 
'McGrath is one of the age's most elegantly accomplished divers into the human psyche . . . a master writer.' John Banville 
 
‘McGrath is that rare yet essential thing, a writer who can expose our darkest fears without making us run away from them.' New Statesman 
 
'Wonderfully sinister … a delight … you are in for a thrilling ride.' Spectator 
 
'A brilliant evocation of the theatrical world’s seedy glamour, The Wardrobe Mistress is also a moving portrait of a woman struggling to make sense of her past and imagine a future for herself.' Sunday Times 
 
'[A] rich and highly spiced feast of a novel, even before it reaches its classically gothic McGrath climax.' Reader's Digest

The Wardrobe Mistress

Nick Harkaway

A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 
 
'Gnomon is an extraordinary novel, and one I can’t stop thinking about some weeks after I read it. It is deeply troubling, magnificently strange, and an exhilarating read.' Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven 
 
'Nick Harkaway’s most ambitious novel yet. [A] story of near-future mass surveillance, artificial intelligence and human identity ... An amazing and quite unforgettable piece of fiction.' Guardian 
 
'Harkaway dazzles.' Daily Mail 
 
'Wonderfully good.' Sunday Times 
 
Near-future Britain is a state in which citizens are constantly observed and democracy has reached a pinnacle of 'transparency.' Every action is seen, every word is recorded and the System has access to thoughts and memories. 
 
When suspected dissident Diana Hunter dies in custody, it marks the first time a citizen has been killed during an interrogation. Mielikki Neith, a trusted state inspector, is assigned to find out what went wrong. Immersing herself in neural recordings of the interrogation, what she finds isn't Hunter but rather a panorama of characters within Hunter's psyche. 
 
Embedded in the memories of these impossible lives lies a code which Neith must decipher to find out what Hunter is hiding. The staggering consequences of what she finds will reverberate throughout the world.

Gnomon

John Niven

***Now available for preorder: KILL 'EM ALL, the stunning sequel to KILL YOUR FRIENDS*** 
 
The viciously funny novel by John Niven, bestselling author of Kill Your Friends and Straight White Male. 
 
What do you do when a homeless man knows your name? 
 
How about when he turns out to be a friend you haven’t seen in twenty years? 
 
Do you treat him to a hot meal and see him on his way? 
Give him a wad of middle-class guilt money? 
Or take him in and get him back on his feet? 
 
For Alan, there’s no question – only natural that he’d want to see his old mate Craig off the streets, even if only for a few nights, and into some clean clothes. 
 
But what if the successful life you’ve made for yourself – good job, happy marriage, lovely kids, grand Victorian house (you did well out of the property boom, thank you very much) – is one that that your old pal would quite like to have too? 
 
Even if it means taking it from you? 
 
Following the divergent lives of two childhood friends, No Good Deed is a funny and painful examination of friendship, the strange currents of ambition, loathing, pity and affection that flow between people over the decades, and of men getting older as they fail and succeed.

No Good Deed

Augustus Rose

An addictive literary puzzle that introduces an unforgettable young heroine plunged into the twisted world of a secret society with a dark agenda. 
 
Lee Cuddy is seventeen years old and on the run, alone on the streets of Philadelphia. 
 
A fugitive with no money, no home and nowhere to go, Lee finds refuge in a deserted building known as the Crystal Castle. But the Castle conceals a sinister agenda, one master-minded by a society of fanatical men set on decoding a series of powerful secrets hidden in plain sight. And they believe Lee holds the key to it all. 
 
Aided by Tomi, a mysterious young hacker, Lee escapes into the unmapped corners of the city. But the deeper she goes underground, the more tightly she finds herself bound in the strange web of the men she’s trying to elude. Aware that the lives of those she cares for are in increasing danger, it is only when Lee steps from the shadows to confront who is chasing her that she discovers what they’re really after, and why. 
 
Part literary detective novel, part art history, part conspiracy thriller, The Readymade Thief introduces a singular, indomitable heroine and the arrival of a spellbinding and original new talent in fiction.

The Readymade Thief

Paula Cocozza

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2018 
 
'In evocative and elegant prose Cocozza delves deep into the psyche of a strange and troubled woman. The reader is invited to share in her intense connection to a fox and will admire the author’s mordantly witty dissection of contemporary manners.' -Sarah Perry, chair of Judges for Desmond Elliott Prize 
 
You’ve seen a fox. 
 
Come face to face in an unexpected place, or at an unexpected moment. 
 
And he has looked at you, as you have looked at him. As if he has something to tell you, or you have something to tell him. 
 
But what if it didn’t stop there? 
 
When Mary arrives home from work one day to find a magnificent fox on her lawn - his ears spiked in attention and every hair bristling with his power to surprise - it is only the beginning. He brings gifts (at least, Mary imagines they are gifts), and gradually makes himself at home. 
 
And as he listens to Mary, Mary listens back. 
 
She begins to hear herself for the first time in years. Her bullish ex-boyfriend, still lurking on the fringes of her life, would be appalled. So would the neighbours with a new baby. They only like wildlife that fits with the decor. But inside Mary a wildness is growing that will not be tamed. 
 
In this extraordinary debut, the lines between sanity and safety, obsession and delusion blur, in a thrilling exploration of what makes us human. 
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'An intriguing and subversive debut, charged with the power of the ignored and the suppressed.' HILARY MANTEL 
 
'Enchanting . . . restrained . . . startling.' TLS 
 
'A thrilling psychodrama . . . She brilliantly captures a sense of Hitchcockian, curtain-twitching intensity.' Economist 
 
‘Sharp, thoughtful . . . exhilarating . . . the plot slips from urban pastoral to tense thriller.’ Newsweek 
 
'Cocozza has a wonderful eye for detail, and her descriptions of the natural world are uncanny.' Guardian 
 
'The tricky, shifting substance of relationships is so insightfully drawn and constantly surprises.' Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of Us 
 
'Taut, shimmering.' Richard Beard, author of The Acts of the Assassins

How to Be Human

Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2018

Hala Alyan

'A piercingly elegant novel . . . with the power to both break and mend your heart.' Ru Freeman, author of On Sal Mal Lane 
 
'Epic in scope and uniquely relevant in its concern for displacement. Particularly well-suited for our times, then.' Red 
 
Where do you go when you can’t go home? 
 
On the eve of her daughter Alia’s wedding, Salma reads the girl’s future in a cup of coffee dregs. 
 
Although she keeps her predictions to herself that day, they soon come to pass in the wake of the Six-Day War of 1967. Caught up in the resistance, Alia’s brother disappears, while Alia and her husband move from Nablus to Kuwait City. Reluctantly they build a life, torn between needing to remember and learning to forget. 
 
When Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait, Alia and her family yet again lose their home, their land, and their story as they know it. Scattering to Beirut, Paris and Boston, Alia’s children begin families of their own, once more navigating the burdens and blessings of beginning again.

Salt Houses

Sara Baume

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2017 
 
‘When I finished Sara Baume’s new novel I immediately felt sad that I could not send it in the post to the late John Berger. He, too, would have loved it and found great joy in its honesty, its agility, its beauty, its invention. Baume is a writer of outstanding grace and style. She writes beyond the time we live in.’ Colum McCann 
 
Struggling to cope with urban life – and with life in general – Frankie, a twenty-something artist, retreats to the rural bungalow on ‘turbine hill’ that has been vacant since her grandmother’s death three years earlier. It is in this space, surrounded by nature, that she hopes to regain her footing in art and life. She spends her days pretending to read, half-listening to the radio, failing to muster the energy needed to leave the safety of her haven. Her family come and go, until they don’t and she is left alone to contemplate the path that led her here, and the smell of the carpet that started it all. 
 
Finding little comfort in human interaction, Frankie turns her camera lens on the natural world and its reassuring cycle of life and death. What emerges is a profound meditation on the interconnectedness of wilderness, art and individual experience, and a powerful exploration of human frailty.

A Line Made By Walking

Haley Tanner

Funny, heartbreaking, rich and wise, this is a story with the power to cast a spell all of its own. 
 
Vaclav and Lena seem destined for each other. They first meet as children at their English class in Brooklyn. Vaclav dreams of becoming a famous magician with Lena as his lovely assistant. But then Lena disappears; it seems that life can play cruel tricks too. Vaclav says goodnight to Lena every night for seven years to keep her safe, and then discovers why she was taken from him. Is their connection strong enough to survive the truth, or is happily ever after only an illusion?

The Adventures of Vaclav the Magnificent and his lovely assistant Lena

The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. Discover the 1Q84 Trilogy by Haruki Murakami.

1Q84

365 Days of Art

A BBC Christmas

A Black Book Thriller

A Box Full of Murders

A Cal Leandros Novel

A Christmas Mystery

The intelligent and capable police commissioner Guido Brunetti confronts crime in and around his home town of Venice.

A Commissario Brunetti Mystery

A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series

A Daisy Story

Chronicling the lives of over three hundred characters, unrivalled for its scope and humour, this is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England.

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