Nigella Lawson has written eleven bestselling cookery books including the classics How to Eat and How To Be A Domestic Goddess – the book that inspired a whole new generation of bakers. These books, and her TV series, have made her a household name around the world. 
 
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John Boyne

Matthieu Zela has lived his life well. In fact, he's lived several lives well. Because Matthew Zela's life is characterised by one amazing fact: his body stopped ageing before the end of the eighteenth century. 
 
Starting in 1758, a young Matthieu flees Paris after witnessing his mother's brutal murder. His only companions are his younger brother Tomas and one true love, Dominique Sauvet. The story of his life takes us from the French Revolution to 1920s Hollywood, from the Great Exhibition to the Wall Street Crash, and by the end of the twentieth century, Matthieu has been an engineer, a rogue, a movie mogul, a soldier, a financier, a lover to many, a cable TV executive and much more besides. 
 
Brilliantly weaving history and personal experience, this is a dazzling story of love, murder, missed chances, treachery - and redemption.

The Thief of Time

Menna van Praag

'Absorbing and beautiful - a great achievement.' BRIDGET COLLINS, bestselling author of The Binding 
 
There are hundreds, possibly thousands, of sisters Grimm on Earth. 
You may well be one of them, though you might never know it. 
 
This is the story of four sisters Grimm – daughters born to different mothers on the same day, each born out of bright-white wishing and black-edged desire. 
 
They found each other at eight years-old, were separated at thirteen and now, at nearly eighteen, it is imperative that they find each other once again. 
 
In thirty-three days they will meet their father in Everwhere. Only then will they discover who they truly are, and what they can truly do. Then they must fight to save their lives and the lives of the ones they love. Three will live, one will die. 
 
You’ll have to read on to find out who and why . . . 
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'A darkly beguiling delight that’s perfect for fans of rich and imaginative fantasy books akin to Erin Morgenstern and Neil Gaiman.' CULTUREFLY

The Sisters Grimm

A darkly beguiling fantasy escape

Chitra Divakaruni

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 
 
'A dazzling tale... woven with poetry and storyteller magic.' AMY TAN 
 
Tilo, an immigrant from India, runs a spice shop in Oakland, California. While she supplies the ingredients for curries and kormas, she also dispenses wisdom and the appropriate spice: for Tilo is a Mistress of Spices, a priestess of the secret magical powers of spices. 
 
To those who visit her shop, Tilo prescribes coriander for the restoration of sight, chilli for the cleansing of evil, fenugreek for the pain of rejection. But when a lonely American ventures into the store, a troubled Tilo cannot find the correct spice, for he arouses in her a forbidden desire - which if she follows will destroy her magical powers. 
 
Compelling and lyrical, full of heady scents and with more than a touch of humour, this novel explores the clash between East and West even as it unveils the universal mysteries of the human heart. 
 
'I felt excited and empowered by the way she used words' NAOMI ALDERMAN, author of THE POWER 
 
'Unusual, clever, and often exquisite' LA Times 
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The Mistress Of Spices

Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize

Rosanna Amaka

SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHOR'S CLUB FIRST NOVEL AWARD, THE RSL CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZE and THE HWA DEBUT CROWN AWARD 
 
'A new classic' SARA COLLINS, author of THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON 
'Impassioned. Lyrical and affecting' GUARDIAN 
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Brixton 1981. Sixteen-year-old Michael is already on the wrong side of the law. In in his community, where job opportunities are low and drug-running is high, this is nothing new. 
 
But when Michael falls for Ngozi, a vibrant young immigrant from the Nigerian village of Obowi, their startling connection runs far deeper than they realise. 
 
Narrated by the spirit of an African woman who lost her life on a slave ship two centuries earlier, her powerful story reveals how Michael and Ngozi's struggle for happiness began many lifetimes ago. 
 
Through haunting, lyrical words, one unforgettable message resonates: love, hope and unity will heal us all. 
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'A searing, rhapsodic novel. Filled with beauty, devastation and the power of ancestral connections that ripple through the ages' IRENOSEN OKOJIE, author of NUDIBRANCH 
 
'A gorgeous book' ALEX WHEATLE, author of BRIXTON ROCK 
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Readers love THE BOOK OF ECHOES: 
 
'A powerful and honest debut which is going to stay with me for a long time' ***** 
 
'You can feel Amaka's passion rising off the page' ***** 
 
'BRILLIANT, thoughtful and masterfully crafted' ***** 
 
'Oh my goodness, the book itself is even more beautiful and haunting than the cover' *****

The Book Of Echoes

Joanne Harris

THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING CHOCOLAT SERIES 
 
'A delicious urban fairytale' DAILY MAIL 
 
Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled streets of Montmartre, Vianne Rocher &ndash; disguising herself as 'Yanne' &ndash; and her two daughters live peacefully, if not happily, above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual marks them out, and the wind has stopped &ndash; at least for a while. Then into their lives blows Zozie de l'Alba, the lady with the lollipop shoes, ruthless, devious and seductive. 
 
With everything she loves at stake, Yanne must face a difficult choice: to flee, as she has done so many times before, or to confront her most dangerous enemy. 
 
'Chocolat was a hard act to follow but Harris has managed it in style' DAILY EXPRESS 
 
'She is terrific, she can write about anywhere, anything, anyone' DAILY TELEGRAPH 
 
'Harris is as good at portraying the agonies of motherhood as she is at evoking the scent of bitter chocolate laced with cinnamon and chilli' SUNDAY TIMES

The Lollipop Shoes

(Chocolat 2)

THE THIRD NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING CHOCOLAT SERIES 
 
'Expertly crafted, typically mouthwatering' DAILY MAIL 
 
When Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she allows the wind to blow her back to the village in south-west France where, eight years ago, she opened up a chocolate shop. But Lansquenet is different now: women veiled in black, the scent of spices and peppermint tea, and, on the bank of the river Tannes, facing the church: a minaret. 
 
Nor is it only the incomers from North Africa that have brought change. Father Reynaud, Vianne's erstwhile adversary, is disgraced and under threat. Could it be that Vianne is the only one who can save him now? 
 
'A brave and grippingly confected story' SUNDAY TIMES 
 
'Like Chocolat, this book is a feast for the senses. Every page is steeped in scents, colours and tastes' LITERARY REVIEW 
 
'Prepare to be transported by Joanne Harris as she revisits the characters and setting of her first bestseller, Chocolat' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

Peaches for Monsieur le Curé (Chocolat 3)

the enchanting third novel in the beloved Chocolat series from master storyteller Joanne Harris

Some stories are universal. They play out across human history. And time is the river which will flow through them. 
 
It starts with a family, a family which will mutate. For now, it is a father, mother and two sons. One with his father’s violence in his blood. One who lives his mother’s artistry. One leaves. One stays. They will be joined by others whose deeds will change their fate. It is a beginning. 
 
Their stories will intertwine and evolve over the course of two thousand years – they will meet again and again at different times and in different places. From distant Palestine at the dawn of the first millennium to a life amongst the stars in the third. While the world will change around them, their destinies will remain the same. It must play out as foretold. It is written. 
 
A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom is the extraordinary new novel from acclaimed writer John Boyne. Ambitious, far-reaching and mythic, it introduces a group of characters whose lives we will come to know and will follow through time and space until they reach their natural conclusion.

A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom

A dazzling novel from the author of The Heart’s Invisible Furies

This captivating and charming novel from international multi-million copy seller Joanne Harris takes us back to the French village we first discovered in Chocolat. Seamlessly interweaving the past and the present, magic and memory, it is a sensual rollercoaster that will appeal to fans of Victoria Hislop, Fiona Valpy, Maggie O'Farrell and Rachel Joyce. 
 
 
'Thickly sensuous, wildly indulgent, magical escapism: Chocolat lovers will drink deeply' --GUARDIAN 
'Joanne Harris has the gift of conveying her delight in the sensuous pleasures of food, wine, scent and plants... Blackberry Wine has all the appeal of a velvety scented glass of vintage wine' -- DAILY MAIL 
'A wonderful story' -- ***** Reader review 
'A beautiful story... beautifully written and very atmospheric' ***** Reader review 
'I could NOT put this book down' ***** Reader review 
'A very good book, lots of warmth and light' ***** Reader review 
 
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Jay Mackintosh is trapped by memory in the old familiar landscape of his childhood, to which he longs to return. 
 
A bottle of home-brewed wine left to him by a long-vanished friend seems to provide the key to an old mystery. As the unusual properties of the strange brew take effect, Jay escapes to a derelict farmhouse in the French village of Lansquenet. 
 
There, a ghost from the past waits to confront him, and the reclusive Marise - haunted, lovely and dangerous - hides a terrible secret behind her closed shutters. 
 
Between them, a mysterious chemistry. Or could it be magic?

Blackberry Wine

from Joanne Harris, the bestselling author of Chocolat, comes a tantalising, sensuous and magical novel which takes us back to the charming French village of Lansquenet

Emma Curtis

'An excellent read! So original and clever that I was completely absorbed in the story. Gripping, tense and twisty with an unexpected ending. Phenomenal.' Claire Douglas, bestselling author of Local Girl Missing and Last Seen Alive 
 
When Laura wakes up after her office drinks party and sees a man’s shirt on her bedroom floor, she is horrified. But this is no ordinary one-night-stand regret. 
 
Laura suffers from severe face-blindness, a condition that means she is completely unable to identify and remember faces. So the man she spent all night dancing with and kissing – the man she thought she’d brought home – was ‘Pink Shirt’. 
 
But the shirt on her floor is blue. 
 
And now Laura must go to work every day, and face the man who took advantage of her condition. The man she has no way of recognising. 
 
She doesn’t know who he is . . . but when she finds him she’ll make him pay. 
 
***** 
 
'A clever 'who dunnit' with a twist that almost made me miss my flight.' Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife and The Dead Ex 
 
'A terrifying and disorienting thriller that will leave you questioning everyone and everything right to the very last page. It's so good that I had to put everything on hold just to finish it.' Nuala Ellwood, acclaimed author of My Sister's Bones 
 
'When I Find You is a winner. It leads you down blind alleys and in to disorienting situations - I absolutely raced to the end.' T. A. Cotterell, acclaimed author of What Alice Knew

When I Find You

A gripping thriller that will keep you guessing to the final shocking twist

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