New books from Vintage
Erin Kelly (Author)
When schoolgirls start fainting one after the other at a convent boarding school, old legends twist into new scandals. From irresistible bestselling storyteller Erin Kelly comes the new addictive thriller that will leave you craving to read more.
'Had me hooked from page one. . . a twisty, confounding mystery' JENNIE GODFREY
'Relentlessly gripping...Original, atmospheric, and deliciously dark' LUCY CLARKE
Centuries of tradition are coming to an end at St Cordula's school. Deputy Head, Fiona Fox, is about to preside over a controversial move to save it from ruin. But it’s not easy to change things at a school this old.
Legend has it that the ghost of fifteenth-century nun, Sister Matilda, will keep St Cordula’s safe. But only as long as the words ‘GOD FORGIVE ME’, scrawled by Matilda on a chapel staircase wall before she fell to her death, are repainted every year. The words have only been allowed to fade once, in 2002. But then, fits of vertigo spread through the pupils, and a second girl fell to her death on the night stairs. Only three people know the truth of what happened on the night of the tragedy.
Now the vertigo is back, and Fiona must stem the outbreak before it threatens St Cordula’s future, or worse, another girl loses her life. But when one of her pupils begins a dangerous investigation into the past, old secrets start to twist into new scandals…
'Creates a world that pulls you in and won't let go. Deliciously dark and satisfying' JANE FALLON
'Erin Kelly can do no wrong, and in this boarding-school thriller, she does everything right...a complex and beautifully written gothic thriller...I raced through it' CLARE MACKINTOSH
'Outstanding...as much an insightful novel about female friendship and betrayal as it is a compelling mystery' JANE CASEY
'Deeply layered, beautifully penned and infinitely absorbing... a triumph' ABIR MUKHERJEE
'A stylish and utterly compulsive read from one of my favourite storytellers' RUTH WARE
'A stunning gothic thriller: beautifully-written, wise, moving, and utterly compelling. . . an absolute triumph' ALEX NORTH
'Compulsively creepy and genuinely thrilling. . . Warning: this will keep you up all night' ANNA MAZZOLA
'Like falling into a fever dream – enchanting, embroiling, and addictive. An absolute classic from the peerless Erin Kelly' SARAH HILARY
PRAISE FOR ERIN KELLY:
‘So thrilling and unexpected that it made my head spin’ LISA JEWELL
‘Erin Kelly is supremely skilled at unusual and intelligent suspense plots’ DAILY MAIL
‘Original, suspenseful, and with complex characters that spring irresistibly to life on the page’ LOUISE CANDLISH
‘An incredibly atmospheric psychological thriller with a clever, elaborate plot’ GRAZIA
‘Incomparable…captivating, cleverly constructed’ PAULA HAWKINS
‘Magnificent’ MARIAN KEYES
‘A gripping tale of secrets, revenge and obsession, masterfully done’ GUARDIAN
‘Propulsive… atmospheric, original’ GILLIAN McALLISTER
‘A taut chamber-piece of psychological suspense’ FINANCIAL TIMES
Annie Lord (Author)
Modern dating’s a mess. Unfortunately, so are they.
Daisy and Maya bounce around the city like they own it, from all-night house parties to sticky-floored smoking areas, drinks in hand.
But after a particularly regrettable one-night stand with her annoying friend James, Daisy starts to look around and wonder why, in a sea of intelligent, gorgeous women, all their prospects seem so hopeless. It’s time for The Project, a radical reinvention of dating, and who better to start with than James?
James may be raw material, but he’s quite happy to go along with Daisy and Maya if it means a little more time alone with Daisy. But falling for James was never part of The Project - can she bring down her walls enough to let someone in? Because she might not find someone perfect, but she might find something real.
Abir Mukherjee (Author)
Every floor has its secrets.Washed-up American heart-throb George Abercrombie hates India, even from the rarified heights of his apartment on the 68th floor of the Pinnacle, Mumbai’s grandest luxury skyscraper. He hates the noise, he hates the heat and maybe he’s even grown to hate his much younger wife, the newest queen of Bollywood, Sweety Sahota.When George wakes from a drunken stupor to find Sweety murdered in their bedroom, he knows he will be the prime suspect. But where is her computer, her phone – and where has his personal assistant gone?As George scrambles to piece together the night, others in the building are covering their tracks. Sweety’s assistant must find who is blackmailing her, and a servant who knows too much goes on the run.Welcome to the Pinnacle. A place where murder meets luxury and the world’s most privileged depend on the most desperate.From the winner of the 2025 British Book Awards Thriller of the Year comes a pulse-pounding new novel, set in a world of lavish opulence where someone is always watching, because everyone is hiding something.
Claire Powell (Author)
‘Intensely funny… profoundly touching’ INDIA KNIGHT, SUNDAY TIMES
'I laughed, I cried, I couldn't pull my eyes away' VOGUE BEST BEACH READS 2026
'Captures all the awkwardness of family dynamics and marriage with such compassion and authenticity' JENNIE GODFREY
A TIMES BEST BOOK TO READ THIS SUMMER * A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Most Anticipated Read 2026 * A COSMOPOLITAN BEST SUMMER READ*
A marriage on the rocks. A family in disarray. A weekend in the sun at a luxury, all-inclusive hotel. What could possibly go wrong?
Jo and Dave haven't had a holiday in years. They've had other things on their plate: failed IVF, the death of Dave's mother, doing up the bathroom.
So when Dave’s flashy brother Teddy offers to fly in from Dubai and take them – along with his gorgeous young girlfriend and their curmudgeonly father – to a beachfront resort in the Med, the couple can hardly refuse.
But while romance might be on the cards for some, Jo and Dave soon find that tensions don't disappear in paradise. In fact, they might just get worse...
Set over the course of one scorching weekend, All In is a compulsively entertaining and bittersweet novel that asks: when life gets choppy, how does love stay afloat?
'One for fans of The Wedding People and White Lotus' BOOKSELLER 1O TITLES NOT TO MISS
READERS ARE LOVING THIS YEAR'S FUNNIEST, MOST PERCEPTIVE SUMMER READ
'Tender, hilarious and wonderfully perceptive, this will be the summer read of the season'
'Oh I loved this book so much! The writing is so SO good - beautiful and poignant and funny - just brilliant. And the story is so relatable - the stress of travelling, group holidays, suitcases going missing, family dynamics... fabulous!'
'Smart, immersive and surprisingly moving — a standout contemporary read'
'An ideal holiday read... Beautifully written and hard to put down'
'A wonderful emotional snapshot'
'A brilliant book to take on holiday'
Gisèle Pelicot (Author)
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Natasha Lehrer (Translator)
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Ruth Diver (Translator)
The extraordinarily powerful memoir by a heroine of our times, whose story inspires change, compassion and courage.
One November day, Gisèle Pelicot was called to a local police station and life as she knew it ended. Her husband of fifty years had been caught by a supermarket guard filming up women’s skirts. But on his computer was shattering evidence: for nearly a decade, he had been secretly drugging and raping her and inviting dozens of strangers into their home to abuse her.
Four years later, he and fifty other men were put on trial and Gisèle’s courage in waiving her right to anonymity made global headlines. ‘Shame must change sides,’ she declared, giving voice and hope to millions. Her words became a rallying cry and her decision marked a turning point in public feeling about sexual violence.
For the first time, and with unwavering honesty and grace, she describes a difficult childhood, first love, her career and motherhood. It is a life in determined search of happiness, both before and after her devastating discovery. She is an ordinary person who faces extraordinary catastrophe, whose example changes the world.
A Hymn to Life is an unforgettable testament and a promise. Its message is one of defiance and renewal – that victims have no reason to feel ashamed; that even after unimaginable betrayal we can go on; that the colour can come back to life. Ultimately, Gisèle Pelicot emerges with a renewed passion and reverence for living, and for love.
Kae Tempest (Author)
Rothko Taylor is back in their hometown after fifteen years away. Can life turn out differently this time?
'A master-craftsman of deep feeling and linguistic intimacy' MAX PORTER
'If books can still change the world, this one most likely will' COLUM MCCANN
Rothko Taylor has washed up with the tide, back in their hometown, Edgecliff. Fifteen years since they left it behind.
The past is accelerating towards them: the skateboard kids on the high street that remind them of their teenage years, the splintered benches looking out to sea, where their mum Meg clutched her cans. The nice bit of town, where their dad Ezra tried and failed to build a happy home. And Dionne's block. Beautiful, extraordinary Dionne, the only person who had ever looked at them and seen what was there.
Back then, overwhelmed and full of fear, they sank beneath the surface into chaos. But they made it out alive. And this time, Rothko is determined that things will be different.
A decade since Kae Tempest's last novel, Having Spent Life Seeking is about family and forgiveness; redemption and atonement; desire and abandon; selfhood and community. The things we seek when we are hiding, and what finds us, if we can let ourselves be seen.
'A wonderful, moving and enlightening state-of-Britain novel' IRVINE WELSH
'A scorching story of love, change, homecoming and forgiveness' DAWN FRENCH
'Kae Tempest at his finest' ANTHONY SHAPLAND
'Unboundedly beautiful' MICHAEL PEDERSEN
Daisy Johnson (Author)
A hypnotic and haunting story of longing and survival, losing yourself and finding your family, from Booker Prize-shortlisted Daisy Johnson
'Daisy Johnson's best novel... a multi-generational story of secrets, obsessions, and love' Jeff VanderMeer
'Astonishingly beautiful' Kaliane Bradley
Close to the shore is the island: uninhabited, wild, with only a storm-beaten lighthouse for shelter. Ori was found there as a small child with a handful of stones, no memories and no mother. When she has a baby of her own, the job of motherhood feels immense and sleepless nights begin to shatter her grip on reality. Her head fills with the sound of stones knocking against each other and the mystery of her past begins to unravel, opening up a path to the mother she lost, and the mother she could become.
Years earlier, on a sweltering summer day, ten-year-old Ruth sees a woman and her baby walk into the river and disappear. But she is the only witness, and the water yields no trace. Ruth’s mother, Edith, locks her daughter away – first to restrain these wild imaginings, and later, when she falls pregnant, to hide the shame. Ruth longs to escape and dreams of the nearby island, where she and her baby can finally be free.
'An unflinchingly observed treatise on the maelstrom of motherhood. Masterful' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
'A fierce and magical writer' Liz Berry
'At once devastating and heartening' Helen Phillips
Portia Elan (Author)
'A work of joyous and serious invention' KALIANE BRADLEY
'Gripping... hauntingly beautiful' MADELINE MILLER
'A big, bold, ecstatic world – full of heart and wonder' RUTH OZEKI
Six hundred years. Five interlocking lives.
An immersive, open-hearted exploration of the many paths that can lead us home.
It’s 1983 and Becks can’t wait to get the hell out of Cincinnati. But for now she has work to do: her programmer uncle, the only person who understood her, has left her a half-finished game to complete.
The game will outlast Becks by centuries and shape the lives of a scientist, an astronaut and a pirate captain in ways she cannot imagine. It will connect these four pioneering women across centuries, vast oceans and far-distant planets and introduce them to a remarkable robot destined to gather together this disparate crew.
Homebound is a coming-out and coming-of-age story, a wild and precarious sea adventure, a space odyssey. As it slips through time, loss, creativity, found family, it journeys deep into humanity’s future and capacity for love.
***READERS ARE LOVING HOMEBOUND***'Beautiful and heartfelt... A masterpiece' 5* Reader Review
'So heart-achingly good' 5* Reader Review
'Nobody should miss this immersive and vulnerable debut' 5* Reader Review
'Beautifully ambitious... drifts through time, place and genre with real confidence' 5* Reader Review
'I'll be recommending this title to everyone' Northwood Library
'I really fell in love with the ambition and scope' Portobello Books, Edinburgh
'Reading it will change you, in both heart and mind' Auntie's Bookstore, Washington
‘If you liked Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, you are going to fall for this book, and fall HARD’ Crow & Co Books, Minnesota
'For anyone who loved Cloud Cuckoo Land or Cloud Atlas' An Unlikely Story, Massachusetts
