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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Michael McDowell

The third book in the gothic horror phenomenon that is sweeping across Europe, with over 1 million copies sold 
 
'RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT' STEPHEN KING 
 
Perdido, 1928. Torn apart by the continuing tensions between Mary-Love and her daughter-in-law Elinor, the Caskey family must also confront other crises. As the economy plummets and relationships sour, something sinister is prowling the darkest recesses of the Caskey household. Patient, implacable, waiting to catch its next victim in its deadly web… 
 
 
The Blackwater Series titles have sold over one million copies, The Bookseller, July 2024

Blackwater III: The House

The Blackwater Saga

Alexis Henderson

‘Saturated with violence, desire, and power. It's a book with blood on its lips, and I loved it completely.’ ALIX E. HARROW 
 
'Alexis Henderson is one of the best Gothic writers out there.' HANNAH WHITTEN 
 
‘Dark academia stunner infused with Henderson's signature style – it's lush, atmospheric, imaginative and impossible to put down.’ RACHEL HARRISON 
 
'A modern-day Anne Rice, Henderson has a gift for creating a world engorged with desire and death.' THE NEW YORK TIMES 
 
Lennon Carter’s life is falling apart. 
 
Until she gets a mysterious phone call inviting her to sit the entrance exam for somewhere few have heard of – Drayton College, a school of magic hidden in a secret pocket of Savannah. 
 
Lennon doesn’t know it yet, but she is special. She possesses the innate gift of persuasion: the ability to wield her will like a weapon, controlling others, and even matter itself. But this is a devastating power than Lennon must learn how to master. 
 
While persuasion takes a heavy toll on her body and her mind, she is captivated by all that surrounds her – her studies, Drayton’s lush campus and, most of all, Dante – the charismatic adviser who both intimidates and enamours her. 
 
But the longer that Lennon spends at Drayton, learning to wield her uncanny abilities, the more she uncovers about Drayton’s unsettling history, and Dante’s tragic and violent past. 
 
For it seems that the ultimate test is to embrace absolute power without succumbing to corruption and darkness . . . and it’s a test she’s terrified she is going to fail.

An Academy for Liars

Discover the gothic horror phenomenon that is sweeping across Europe, with over 2 million copies sold 
 
'RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT' STEPHEN KING 
 
As the dark and menacing waters of the local river submerge Perdido, a small town in the south of Alabama, the Caskeys - a family of rich landowners - must confront the tide of damage caused by the flood. Led by Mary-Love, the powerful matriarch, and by Oscar, her devoted son, the family must pick itself back up. But what they haven't anticipated is the sudden appearance of Elinor Dammert - a mysterious but seductive young woman with a troubling past. Her sole ambition appears to be to infiltrate the very heart of the Caskey clan... 
 
'Beyond any trace of a doubt, one of the absolutely best writers of horror' Peter Straub 
 
'One of the genre’s most underrated writers' Poppy Z. Brite

Blackwater I: The Flood

Del Sandeen

In the fall of 1962, Jemma Barker is desperate to escape her life in Chicago--and the spirits she has always been able to see. When she receives an unexpected job offer from the Duchon family in New Orleans . . . 
 
But Jemma discovers that this family isn't what they seem. Their tenuous hold on reality extends to all the members of their eccentric clan. And soon, the shocking truth comes out: the Duchons are under a curse. And they think Jemma can break it. 
 
As Jemma wrestles with the gift she’s run from all her life, she unravels deeper and more disturbing secrets about the mysterious Duchons.

This Cursed House

Bram Stoker

A mysterious attack on Margaret Trelawney&rsquo;s father brings young lawyer Malcolm Ross into the Egyptologist&rsquo;s bizarre home, and the couple soon find they are battling ancient forces greater than they previously could have imagined. The Egyptian queen Tera has been awoken, and is coming to take what she believes to be hers &ndash; whatever the cost to the Trelawney family. Set in London and Cornwall, and written at a time when a fascination with the East pervaded Victorian England, The Jewel of Seven Stars reflected the perceived contrast between the Orient&rsquo;s savagery and moral degradation, and its exotic beauty and opulence.

The Jewel of Seven Stars

Alex North

Katie always prided herself on being a responsible big sister - until she left her brother Chris alone for one selfish afternoon, and everything fell apart. Although he survived the attack, the scars ran deep - physical, and emotional. Now they're adults, and they haven't spoken in years. 
 
Then she gets a call - from a detective. A body has been found in a sprawling mansion - one that remains half-ruined by a decades-old fire. Chris is the prime suspect. 
 
Katie knows this might be her last, best chance to save her brother. But she doesn't realise that this isn't the first murder - and so she doesn't know how much danger she's in...

The Half Burnt House

Raymond Khoury

Kamal Arslan Agha is a patriot, loyal to the Sultan and his dominion over Europe. As a Special Investigator for the Tashkeelat-i Hafiye - the secret police - Kamal is on the front lines of the empire's harsh response to the increasing political and economic turmoil throughout the continent. But the Caliphate's efforts to impose law and order spare no one, and soon, Kamal's own family draws the attention of the Hafiye's ever-watchful eye. 
 
His brother and sister-in-law have stumbled onto a secret, a piece of knowledge so profoundly dangerous that the Caliphate will do anything to suppress it. With the very foundations of the Empire under threat, Kamal's family has only one choice: they must run. And whether or not they escape the long-arm of the Hafiye will determine not only their own fate, but the existence of the Caliphate itself - its past, its present, and its future.

The Ottoman Secret

An ancient evil walks among them. 
 
When Adam Salton arrives at his grand-uncle&rsquo;s Derbyshire estate he quickly senses that a macabre and malevolent force is at work. In his attempts to uncover the grisly mystery he encounters the chilling Lady Arabella and the obsessive Edgar Caswall, each harbouring their own dark and dreadful desires. 
 
To his horror, Adam discovers that something hideous is living in the grounds of nearby Castra Regis, something that feeds on the flesh of humans. And so begins a terrifying quest to destroy the evil lurking in their midst ...

The Lair of the White Worm

Anne Rice

The Mayfair Witches are in danger. 
 
There is a new, unimaginable threat to the family – the Taltos, a species gifted with preternatural knowledge who created Lasher, the being who gave the witches their power and 
almost destroyed them. 
 
Unknown to the Mayfairs, another Taltos still lives. And Rowan is still tied to the grief of the past, unable to move on. 
 
But as the witching hour comes to an end, Rowan must find the courage once again to face her past and, together with Michael, confront the legacy of the Mayfair Witches head on. 
 
The third hypnotic book in her epic story of the Mayfair witches, following The Witching Hour and Lasher

Taltos

Lives of the Mayfair Witches

Harper L. Woods

“There is no end for you and I, Witchling.” 
 
For hundreds of years, the Coven has presided over Hollow’s Grove University, their skeletal fingers grasping for control over the witches who pass through the gates. 
 
Now, after a bloody and violent coup, Willow Madizza must come to terms with the role she was forced to play in the Coven’s demise. 
 
And face the demons she has unwittingly unleashed upon the world. 
 
Preparing to fight for the future of the Coven, Willow has no choice but to ally with Gray, the man who betrayed her and her fellow witches. Even through her fury at the bargain that binds her to Gray, Willow can’t ignore the soul-deep connection between them. And together, their magic could have the power to right centuries of wrongs . . .

The Cursed

Rowan Mayfair is special. 
 
A brilliant neurosurgeon with a hidden legacy, she’s unaware that she’s a descendent of an ancient witch bloodline. 
 
Michael Curry was dead. 
 
When a drowned body washes up on the coast of California, Rowan finds him one day and brings him back to life. 
 
Now, he lives with a mysterious and terrifying new power. 
 
Drawn together by a fierce and irresistible bond, they must dive into the secrets that surround them both. 
 
And when dark truths are uncovered, the witching hour begins.

The Witching Hour

Jen DeLuca

Cassie Rutherford needs a fresh start. So, she says goodbye to Orlando and hello to Boneyard Key. 
 
 
Cassie is charmed by the historic town, but there&rsquo;s something unusual about her new home. The magnets on her fridge definitely didn&rsquo;t read &ldquo;MY HOUSE&rdquo; when she put them up. . . 
 
 
But Cassie&rsquo;s catching a certain vibe from grumpy coffee shop owner Nick every time he slips her a free slice of banana bread with her order, so it&rsquo;s not all bad. 
 
 
When Cassie tells Nick of the spooky goings on in her cottage, they decide to team up to look into the former owners, and it doesn&rsquo;t take long them to realise they have a connection based on more than just the paranormal. 
 
 
But Cassie&rsquo;s worried she&rsquo;s in too deep with this whole (haunted) home ownership thing, and Nick&rsquo;s afraid to get too close, just in case Cassie gets scared away for good. . .

Haunted Ever After

Edith Wharton

Seth

When Lady Jane Lynke unexpectedly inherits Bells, a beautiful country estate, she declares she'll never leave the peaceful grounds and sets about making the house her home. But she hasn't reckoned on the obstinate Mr Jones, the caretaker she's told dislikes her changes, yet never seems able to be found.

Mr Jones

Kiersten White

A high-stakes hide-and-seek competition turns deadly in this dark supernatural thriller from New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White, perfect for fans of Stephen King and SQUID GAME. 
 
 The challenge: spend a week hiding in an abandoned amusement park and don't get caught. 
 
 The prize: enough money to change everything. 
 
 Even though everyone is desperate to win - to seize their dream futures or escape their haunting pasts - Mack feels sure that she can beat her competitors. All she has to do is hide, and she's an expert at that. 
 
 It's the reason she's alive, and her family isn't. 
 
 But as the people around her begin disappearing one by one, Mack realizes this competition is more sinister than even she imagined, and that together might be the only way to survive. 
 
 Fourteen competitors. Seven days. Everywhere to hide, but nowhere to run. 
 
 Come out, come out, wherever you are.

Hide

The book you need after Squid Game

Heather Parry

‘A gruesome, provocative, stylish fairytale’ Kaliane Bradley, internationally bestselling author of The Ministry of Time 
 
‘Magnificent and devastating’ Alan Moore, author of Watchman 
 
‘As mesmerizing as it is surreal, a haunting gothic tapestry’ Lucy Rose, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lamb 
 
‘I loved it’ Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under The Sea 
 
‘Will win awards’ Observer 
 
‘A worthy entrant into the contemporary gothic hall of fame’ Financial Times 
 
Marguerite Périgord is locked in the attic of her family home, a towering Chelsea house overlooking the stinking Thames. For company she has a sewing machine, Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management and a carrion crow who has come to nest in the rafters. Restless, she spends her waning energies on the fascinations of her own body, memorising Mrs Beeton’s advice and longing for her life outside. 
 
Cécile Périgord has confined her daughter Marguerite for her own good. Cécile is concerned that Marguerite’s engagement to a much older, near-penniless solicitor, will drag the family name – her husband’s name, that is – into disrepute. And for Cécile, who has worked hard at her own betterment, this simply won’t do. Cécile’s life has taught her that no matter how high a woman climbs she can just as readily fall. 
 
Of course, both have their secrets, intentions and histories to hide. As Marguerite’s patience turns into rage, the boundaries of her mind and body start to fray. And neither woman can recognise what the other is becoming.

Carrion Crow

Discover the gothic horror phenomenon that is sweeping across Europe, with over 2 million copies sold 
 
'RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT' STEPHEN KING 
 
A new era has begun for the Caskey family. 
 
Elinor’s relentless determination and the years of struggle are finally beginning to bear fruit: old hostilities have faded and the town is ripe for change. The conflict in Europe has brought new blood to Perdido, men arriving from far afield wanting to ingratiate themselves with the powerful family. 
 
But tangling with the Caskeys comes at a cost, and soon they must ask themselves how close is too close…

Blackwater IV: The War

The electrifying finale in the gothic horror saga that is sweeping across Europe, with over 2 million copies sold 
 
'RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT' STEPHEN KING 
 
Even if the years weigh heavily on their shoulders, the Caskey family now enjoy wealth way beyond their wildest dreams. Parties, lavish receptions and social gatherings give a rhythm to their existence, their days spent in carefree abandonment. But the past is not forgotten and a dark presence looms over Perdido, its inhabitants and its rivers. 
 
The time of reckoning has come.

Blackwater VI: Rain

Jane Flett

Discover the dazzling new queer literary horror novel about chosen family and the risks it takes to become the person you want to be. 
 
‘The glittery punk offspring of Katherine Dunn’s Geek Love and Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus.’ Chelsea G. Summers, author of A Certain Hunger 
 
A travelling funfair of seductive troublemakers arrive in a repressed Scottish town. What could possibly go wrong? 
 
It’s the summer of ’97 and the Scottish town of Pitlaw is itching for change. 
 
Enter the Freakslaw – a travelling funfair populated by deviant queers, a contortionist witch, the most powerful fortune teller, and other architects of mayhem. It doesn’t take long for the Freakslaw folk to infiltrate Pitlaw’s grey world, where the town’s teenagers – none more so than Ruth and Derek – are seduced by neon charms and the possibility of escape. 
 
But beneath it all, these newcomers are harbouring a darker desire: revenge. 
 
And as tensions reach fever pitch between the stoic locals and the dazzling intruders, a violence that’s been simmering for centuries is about to be unleashed… 
 
 
Praise for Freakslaw: 
 
'A transgressive, inventive dark fantasy' Guardian 
 
'Crackling with desire, hedonism, angst, violence and sex' Heat 
 
'As frightening as it is seductive' Herald 
 
'I'd kill to run away with this circus' Michelle Tea, author of Modern Tarot 
 
‘A queer punk masterpiece' Leon Craig, author of Parallel Hells 
 
'A strong spiritual successor to Katherine Dunn's Geek Love' Heather Parry, author of Orpheus Builds a Girl

Freakslaw

Edgar Allan Poe

However you try to escape it, horror is always there 
 
Outside the abbey&rsquo;s armoured walls, the common poor are ravaged by a grisly pestilence known as the &lsquo;Red Death&rsquo;, while within, safe and untroubled, the happy Prince Prospero hosts lavish entertainments. But, in their immodest comfort, the Prince and his guests are not as safe as they hope from the horrors of the outside world &hellip; 
 
In &lsquo;The Masque of the Red Death&rsquo; and other tales of gothic horror, Edgar Allan Poe writes as no one else ever has of creeping, mounting terrors &ndash; of torments of ingenious, malevolent tormentors and of a mind&rsquo;s own sickening madness.

The Masque of the Red Death

And Other Stories

Oscar de Muriel

A woman pleads for the help of Inspectors Frey and 'Nine-Nails' McGray. Her son, illegitimate scion of the Koloman family, has received an anonymous death threat - right after learning he is to inherit the best part of a vast wine-producing estate. 
 
In exchange for their protection, she offers McGray a cure for his sister who has been locked in an insane asylum after brutally murdering their parents: the miraculous waters that spring in a small island in the remote Loch Maree. 
 
The island has long been a sacred burial ground, but the legends around it will turn out to be much darker than McGray could have ever expected.

Loch of the Dead

Frey & McGray Book 4

Elizabeth Gaskell

Fear of Satan becomes murder in the name of God. 
 
Newly orphaned, the God-fearing and heart-broken Lois is sent across the Atlantic to live with her uncle&rsquo;s family in Salem, but on her arrival she finds herself the object of cruel hostility, potent jealousy and mad desire. 
 
When the local Pastor&rsquo;s daughters are contorted and convulsed by apparently satanic powers, the whole town is whipped into a hysterical witch hunt. And when Lois&rsquo;s cousins start to resent her presence in their household, life becomes precarious and an old woman&rsquo;s curse returns to haunt her.

Lois the Witch

Carmella Lowkis

'Wonderfully vivid and compelling ... A real page turner' Elodie Harper, author of The Temple of Fortuna 
 
'An evocative gothic tale where nothing is quite what it seems' Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of Pandora 
 
'A sparkling gothic debut ... reminded me of Sarah Waters' Anna Mazzola, author of The Clockwork Girl 
 
** SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN ** 
 
GOOD SISTER. BAD SISTER. ONE LAST CON. 
 
Paris, 1866. When Baroness Sylvie Devereux receives a house-call from Charlotte Mothe, the sister she disowned, she fears her shady past as a spirit medium has caught up with her. But with their father ill and Charlotte unable to pay his bills, Sylvie is persuaded into one last con. 
 
Their marks are the de Jacquinots: dysfunctional aristocrats who believe they are haunted by their great aunt, brutally murdered during the French Revolution. 
 
Sylvie and Charlotte will need to deploy every trick to terrify the family out of their gold – until they experience inexplicable horrors themselves. 
 
The sisters start to question if they really are at the mercy of a vengeful spirit. And what other deep, dark secrets threaten to come to light...? 
 
Through twists and turns, Spitting Gold blends propulsive historical mystery with a captivating sapphic romance. 
 
'A tale of two sisters filled with spooky spirits, queer love, and high suspense' Heat

Spitting Gold

Sue Rainsford

Twins Anna and Adam live in an abandoned commune in a volatile landscape where they prepare for the world-ending event they believe is imminent. Adam keeps watch by day, Anna by night. They meet at dawn and dusk. 
 
Their only companion is Koan, the commune's former leader, who still exerts a malignant control over their daily rituals. But when one of the previous inhabitants returns, everything Anna and Adam thought they knew to be true is thrown into question. 
 
Dazzling, unsettling and incredibly moving, Redder Days is a stunning exploration of the consequences of corrupted power, the emotional impact of abandonment, and the endurance of humanity in the most desperate of situations.

Redder Days

Joan Frances Turner

After she was buried, Jessie awoke and tore through the earth to arise, reborn, as a zombie. Jessie's gang is the Fly-by-Nights. She loves the ancient, skeletal Florian and his memories of time gone by. She's in love with Joe, a maggot-infested corpse. They fight, hunt, dance together as one-something humans can never understand. There are dark places humans have learned to avoid, lest they run into the zombie gangs. 
 
But now, Jessie and the Fly-by-Nights have seen new creatures in the woods-things not human and not zombie. A strange new illness has flamed up out of nowhere, causing the undeads to become more alive and the living to exist on the brink of death. As bits and pieces of the truth fall around Jessie, like the flesh off her bones, she'll have to choose between looking away or staring down the madness-and hanging onto everything she has come to know as life . . .

Dust

Stephanie Lam

When Rosie Churchill moves into the beautiful but run-down Castaway House in the seaside town of Helmston in 1965, she uncovers a scandal that has been hidden for nearly half a century. 
 
Robert Carver lived at Castaway House in its 1920s heyday, when it was the seaside home of a wealthy but damaged family caught up in a tragic case of mistaken identity, heartbreak and a suspicious disappearance. 
 
Trying to bury her own difficult past, Rosie is looking for a fresh start. But the more she learns about Robert Carver, the further she is drawn into the mysterious history of the house. And the more their stories, old and new, entwine.

The Mysterious Affair at Castaway House

The stunning debut for fans of Agatha Christie

Jason Starr

Let the hunt begin . . . 
 
When Simon Burns is fired from his job without warning, he takes on the role of stay-at-home dad for his three-year-old son. But his reluctance pushes his already strained marriage to the limit. In the nestled playgrounds of the Upper West Side, Simon harbors a simmering rage at his boss's betrayal. 
 
Things take a turn when he meets a tight-knit trio of dads at the playground. They are different from other men Simon has met, stronger and more confident, more at ease with the darker side of life- and soon Simon is lured into their mix. But after a guys' night out gets frighteningly out of hand, Simon feels himself sliding into a new nightmarish reality. 
 
As he experiences disturbing changes in his body and his perceptions, he starts to suspect that when the guys welcomed him to their "pack", they were talking about much more than male bonding . . .

The Pack

Meg Smitherman

Midonia, a freelance personal transporter, is on thin ice after a fatal ship malfunction. So, she doesn’t argue when she’s given a bad assignment: transport devout Sister Irene to the tiny fringe colony she calls home, a religious colony that worships a strange deity they call Anguish 
 
When a solar flare grounds her ship, Medonia finds herself stuck with the cult-like colony, their bizarre prayers that shake loose memories Midonia would rather forget, and a bleak castle ruin that wakes her in the night with a call she can’t ignore. 
 
In the ruin, she meets a shadow, a horror, a dark shape that consumes her body and mind: the god they call Anguish. He speaks to Midonia as if he knows her, has been waiting for her. He invades her mind and body with his want, sparking an obsession that will be near-impossible to escape. . .

Untitled Meg Smitherman

The fifth book in the gothic horror phenomenon that is sweeping across Europe, with over 2 million copies sold 
 
'RIVETING, TERRIFYING...JUST ABSOLUTELY GREAT' STEPHEN KING 
 
In Perdido, Alabama, the Caskey family have endured; some face death whilst others welcome new life. Unexpected alliances have formed, bitter conflict divides former friends. Hardened by years of experience, Miriam, now head of the family business, is relentless in her pursuit of wealth. And when she makes a surprising discovery beneath their lands, it is not just the Caskey family that benefits, but the whole town. 
 
But will this sudden fortune be enough to lay to rest the ghosts of the past? And how long before nature comes to reclaim its debt?

Blackwater V: The Fortune

Frederick Forsyth

Christmas Eve, 1957. 
 
For one Royal Air Force pilot, one last hurdle remains between himself and a cozy Christmas morning in England. A sixty-six-minute flight in his Vampire fighter plane from Germany to Lakenheath. 
 
A routine flight plan and a full tank of fuel. What could go wrong? 
 
But as the fog begins to close in, the compass goes haywire and the radio dies, leaving him in silence, lost and alone up in the inky black sky. 
 
All hope seems lost as he accepts his fate when, out of nowhere, a vintage fighter-bomber appears and is miraculously trying to make contact. 
 
For one lonely pilot this is a miracle, but really the mystery has just begun ... 
 
'A cunningle wrought tale' Financial Times 
'A stirring and beautiful story' The Times

The Shepherd

The thrilling number one bestseller from the master of storytelling

Gertrude Barrows Bennett

Woken from sleep by an urgent request to attend to a new patient, Dr. John Vanaman is soon at the home of Jesse J. Robinson, a wealthy industrialist, struck gravely ill after a struggle with a burglar. The thief was after Robinson’s most prized possession, an item he obsessively guards: a mysterious green box, etched with a single line from an unknown language. Soon, Vanaman and Robinson's courageous neice, Leilah, are drawn into an odyssey, a voyage toward the box’s ancient, terrifying origin… 
 
The greatest novel by one of the pioneering female voices in horror writing, Gertrude Barrows Bennett’s Claimed! is a masterful intertwining fantasy, philosophy, and terror.

Claimed!

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