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*Winner of the 2025 CARICON FICTION PRIZE / Shortlisted for the 2025 ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE*'The past is uprooted, the present holds on by thread, and in the midst of it all is Miss Pauline, strong, conflicted, driven and remarkable.' Marlon James, Booker Prize-winning author of Moon Witch, Spider King'Delightful and big-hearted . . . It kept me turning pages deep into the night, and left me full of admiration at the end.' Guardian'One of the Caribbean's finest writers.' Monique Roffey, author of The Mermaid of Black ConchWhen the stones of her home begin to rattle and call out to her in the quiet of the night, Pauline Sinclair knows she will not live to see her 100th birthday. From educating herself through stolen books to becoming one of the most successful ganja farmers in the area and raising a family, Pauline has lived a life on her own terms in Mason Hall, a rural Jamaican village. Yet these whispering walls promise to topple the foundations of her security and exhume Pauline's many buried secrets, including the mysterious disappearance of the man who came to claim the very land on which she built her home, stone by stone, from the ruins of a plantation. Compelled to make peace before she dies, Pauline decides to leave the only home she has ever known on a final, desperate mission to uncover truths she could never have imagined . . . 'History's crimes unfurl in this magical story . . . McCaulay's immaculate, breathtaking writing carries it with poise and conviction.' Lisa Allen-Agostini, author of The Bread the Devil Knead'A vivid story of inheritance and belonging, informed by the author's own fascinating family history.' Daily Mail

Dive into Hope, the second in the Wills Women Series: a brand-new gangland family saga novel from Linda Calvey, set in London's East End. Real Readers are hooked!'Wow!!!' ?'Kept me gripped for hours' ?'Right up there with Kimberley Chambers and Martina Cole' ?'What makes this book even better is that the author is speaking from the voice of experience' ?'I loved reading about these strong women' ?---------------Hope Wills is a force to be reckoned with. She's one of the top mistresses at Chantal's brothel, she has a good head on her shoulders for business, and nothing happens in London's East End without her family's say-so. But when she is accused of a crime she didn't commit, even her well-connected relatives can't stop her being charged - as an accomplice to murder. The Wills family have had their fair deal of run-ins with the law, but suddenly the stakes are higher than they've ever been before. As Hope tries to escape being sent to Holloway prison, her sisters Faith and Charity rally to help. And while the Wills women are focused on saving their own, they haven't yet noticed that an old enemy is getting closer with every moment... For fans of Kimberley Chambers and Martina Cole, Hope is a gritty, gripping and twisty new gangland thriller from the most authentic voice in crime fiction.

Fleabag meets Big Swiss in this visceral, darkly hilarious, and surprisingly moving debut novel about a charismatic misfit who livestreams herself for seven straight days to raise money for her comatose sister's life support Dell Danvers is barely keeping it together. She’s behind on rent for her bathroom-less studio apartment (formerly a walk-in closet), she’s being plagued by perpetual, spiking stomach pain, and her younger sister, Daisy, is in a coma at a hospital that wants to pull the plug. Freshly unemployed and subsisting on selling plant propagations to trust fund kids, Dell impulsively starts a 24-hour livestream under the username mademoiselle_dell to fundraise $14,000 for a week of private life support for Daisy. In the dungeon of her stream, Dell is in control, banishing those who don’t abide by her terms of engagement and steadily rising up the platform’s ranks with her sympathetic story and angry-funny screen presence. On a dare, she discovers that she has a talent for eating spicy food, and her streaming fame explodes as her pepper consumption graduates from jalapeño to habanero to ghost. Finally, Dell is good at something—but as her behavior becomes riskier and riskier and a troll-turned-incel threatens to expose her dark past, Dell must reckon with what her digital life ignores, and what real redemption means. Narrated in seven taut chapters, one for each day of Dell’s livestream, Just Watch Me careens us through a nonstop week in the life of this charismatic misfit with a heart of gold. Voyeuristic and visceral, audacious and outrageous, Lior Torenberg’s debut is both an incisive, zippy tragicomedy about the internet economy as well as a moving meditation on love, loss, and forgiveness.

Peter Rachman dominated housing in post-war London - he owned vast swathes in the west of the city, accumulating huge wealth as his tenants lived in squalor and fear of his hard-nosed collectors and enforcers. He was also at the heart of the city's murky, post-war underworld. In Slumlord, Neil Root pulls back the curtain on this seedy world to paint a portrait of a fascinating man whose path intersected with figures as diverse as Christine Keeler, the glamorous society girl at the heart of the Profumo Scandal, and Michael X, the Black Power activist who later went on to be hanged for double murder. Ruthless in his ambition, Rachman was the archetype of the exploitative landlord, and a man who was willing to use the prejudices of his time in order to maximise profits. He is also a compelling leading man in a story of post-war London, a city where, among the grime and the rubble, fortunes could be made. You just had to hold your nose, abandon your morals and be willing to take from those less fortunate.

To save her father, one young woman takes justice into her own hands . . . A thrilling saga that follows a young woman as she uncovers shocking truths to clear her father's name - perfect for fans of Josephine Cox, Rita Bradshaw and Catherine Cookson. Emma Coles' life is shattered when her widowed father is imprisoned for theft. She is adamant that he is innocent - but her intimidating uncle thinks otherwise. Reluctantly giving Emma a home over his jewellery shop, he forbids all contact with her father. But Emma secretly visits her father in prison, confiding only in her friend Bessie. As time progresses, Emma's relationship with Bessie's brother, Ricky, deepens, and for a while it seems that the future might not be as difficult as she feared. Then tragedy strikes. Caught in a welter of family politics and feuds, Emma remains determined to prove her father's innocence. Yet when the identity of the real culprit is uncovered, the revelations are shattering. Only by facing the truth about the past can Emma find happiness - and see justice finally done. What readers say about The Jeweller's Niece:'A story of love, heartbreak and strength - an absolute page turner' ?'A very good book and an ending which was not expected at all. I felt the characters were really true to life' ?'Enthralling . . . this is the first book I have read by this author and I have now purchased more' ?'Loads of twists to keep you guessing - a great read' ?'Story was totally engrossing! Loved it! Can't wait to start next one!' ?

The brand new psychological thriller from the Top 10 Sunday Times bestselling authorYou can run. You can hide.But you belong to me.It was the case of the decade. A 15-year-old girl on her way to school, vanished without a trace. The world feared the worst – but then, after months, she was discovered in a church crypt, lying alive beside the dead body of her kidnapper.Now, 26 years later, Esmeralda Avelar has worked hard to leave her traumatic past behind. She has forged a new identity, and a new career as a police detective.But the past refuses to stay buried. Because notorious serial killer Jason Thorne has escaped from his secure psychiatric hospital, and he has a new obsession… to find Esmeralda, the girl who got away, and make her his.Readers love Claire Kendal''s thrillers…''Terrific, proper page-turning stuff'' ?????''Chillingly good'' ?????''An absolutely terrifying psychological thriller, which not only had me on the edge of my seat but gave me actual goosebumps'' ?????''Hard to put down'' ?????''Such an amazing, creepy, weird page turner! I was instantly hooked from the first page'' ?????''A brilliant, all too believable read, I couldn''t put it down'' ?????''Should come with a ''seriously addictive'' warning..!'' ?????''I was hooked from page 1 and read in almost one sitting! … Well thought out, tense and darkly humorous at times'' ?????

Thirty years after the gods reduced Tokyo to rubble, survivors set out to answer a seemingly impossible question—how do you kill a god?Japan has been invaded by gods—and they’ve left nothing but death and destruction in their wake. With entire cities now classified as uninhabitable danger zones, Anti-God researcher Sachiyuki Tokinaga is determined to find a way to take down the gods and save humanity. When chance leads him to high schooler Waka Kamikura, the two may just end up changing the fate of the world forever.Tokinaga’s condition continues to worsen by the day, and there’s nothing doctors can do for him. But when Tokinaga realizes Obikawa can create the medicine he needs, will Obikawa''s new drug finally cure him? Or will Tokinaga find himself slipping down the same path of addiction as Volov?

It had seemed so simple. But now they were getting inside her mind... When Detective Kim Stone is called to Samantha Brown's home, she finds the young woman lying with her throat cut and a knife in her hand, and rules her death a tragic suicide. But after visiting her parents, Kim realises she's made a huge mistake. Samantha was murdered... Then a young man's body is found in a lake. Both victims spent time at Unity Farm, a retreat for people seeking an alternative way of life. But beneath its cosy façade lies a sinister community preying on the vulnerable. Sending one of her own into Unity Farm is Kim's only hope if she is to catch a killer. But with an undercover officer in way over her head, Kim's neck is on the line. Can she protect those closest to her before another life is taken? An unbelievably gripping crime thriller from multi-million-copy bestseller Angela Marsons that will have you hooked on the Detective Kim Stone series. Read what everyone is saying about Killing Mind: 'Well this was just bloody brilliant, no other way to put it.' Goodreads reviewer, ?'The most fabulous crime series ever written.' Goodreads reviewer, ?'Woohoo Angela Marsons is back with yet another cracking read!... If you consider yourself a crime thriller lover then this book, hell, the whole series is unmissable.' The Book Review Café, ?'I could read about Kim Stone and her team every week and never get bored... simply brilliant.' Goodreads reviewer, ?'Hooks you in on the first page and doesn't let you go until the very end... full of twists and turns, dead ends and false clues, constantly making you think you've worked it out, for it to then all change on the turn of a page!... the best crime series I have read, and long may Kim Stone continue! Fab-u-lous!!' Stardust Book Reviews, ?'I have been an avid reader of detective novels for years and in my opinion nobody does it better than Angela Marsons.' Goodreads reviewer, ?'I've enjoyed every single book Angela Marsons has written... will draw you in from page one. It's gritty, compelling, intriguing and one of the best books I've read this year.' NetGalley reviewer, ?'Hooked as soon as I've read the first page... My reviews will never do this series justice as for me, it is just beyond words as to how brilliant this series is and how it just goes from strength to strength.' Goodreads reviewer, ?

** THE PERFECT MOTHER'S DAY GIFT FOR FANS OF ONE DAY AND NORMAL PEOPLE **Discover the joyful, funny love story everyone is falling for A NATALIE PORTMAN'S BOOK CLUB PICK'A MUST-READ . . . LIKE ONE DAY AND NORMAL PEOPLE' THE TIMES'FUNNY, SMART AND MEMORABLE . . . A DELIGHTFUL NOVEL' NEW YORK TIMES'AS WARM AS A DAVID NICHOLLS NOVEL' STYLIST'A BRILLIANT BOOK THAT HITS ALL THE RIGHT NOTES' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, BOOK OF THE MONTH'THIS BOOK IS PERFECTION' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE'A DELIGHTFULLY GROUNDED ROMANCE AND A TREASURE . . . VERY HUMAN' GUARDIAN'CHARMING . . . WITH QUIET INGENUITY AND COMPASSION' OBSERVER'A DEEPLY ENJOYABLE MIX OF ROMANCE, SOCIAL COMEDY AND POLITICAL SATIRE' SUNDAY TIMES'I DIDN'T WANT IT TO END' LIANE MORIARTY, internationally bestselling author of BIG LITTLE LIES'CLEVER, JOYFUL AND SO FUNNY' NINA STIBBE, author of LOVE, NINA'DEEPLY APPEALING AND WINNING' MEG WOLITZER, New York Times bestselling author of THE INTERESTINGSWhat happens when you find love, but life gets in the wa? hen Coralie arrives in London in 2013, she’s ready for a change. Then she meets Adam: clever, witty and very slightly taller than the average British male, with a charming four-year-old daughter in tow. Over the next decade, they weather the glorious chaos of small children, school runs, and the minor warfare of a kitchen renovation – all against the surreal theatre of British politics. But when they resurface, something is missing from the life Coralie and Adam have built. Or maybe, having gained everything she dreamed of, Coralie has lost something she once had: herself. ***'Sweet and tender' PANDORA SYKES'Ringingly original and just absurdly good' CATHERINE NEWMAN, New York Times bestselling author of WE ALL WANT IMPOSSIBLE THINGS'I'm annoyed I didn't write this book myself' MADELEINE GRAY, author of GREEN DOT‘So astonishingly clever, but with a core of love. I adored it’ DAISY BUCHANAN, author of INSATIABLE‘Oh, how I loved and empathised with Coralie!’ JENNIE GODFREY, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS'So well-drawn it was like peering through someone’s kitchen window' CLAIRE DAVERLEY, author of TALKING AT NIGHTREADERS LOVE CONSIDER YOURSELF KISSED . . . ‘I predict this will be the book of the summer’ *****‘So much more than a romance. Delightful, refreshing and thoughtful’ *****‘Funny, insightful and thoroughly enjoyable’ *****‘Exceeded my expectations and lifted me out of a real reading rut’ *****‘The kind of book you want to share with everyone’ *****‘An engaging and thought-provoking book about the messiness of love, the complications of family life, and the quiet losses that often go unnoticed until it’s too late’ *****

The first book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell - now an original series on Prime Video. A serial killer is on the loose in Richmond, Virginia. Three women have died, brutalised and strangled in their own bedroom. There is no pattern: the killer appears to strike at random - but always early on Saturday mornings. So when Dr Kay Scarpetta, chief medical officer, is awakened at 2.33 am, she knows the news is bad: there is a fourth victim. And she fears now for those that will follow unless she can dig up new forensic evidence to aid the police. But not everyone is pleased to see a woman in this powerful job. Someone may even want to ruin her career and reputation . . . The next book in the Scarpetta series is Body of Evidence. And don't miss True Crime, Patricia Cornwell's jaw-dropping memoir - available now. 'Devilishly clever' SUNDAY TIMES 'The top gun in this field' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns' MIRROR'The Agatha Christie of the DNA age' EXPRESS

The Holiday meets Lost in Austen, with a sprinkling of Bridgerton steam… 'A fun, fresh take on a Regency romcom that had me alternately cackling and swooning from the first page right up to the last' VIRGINIA HEATH 'If, like me, you're desperately searching for something to scratch that Bridgerton itch, this captivating novel from Helen Gaskell is sure to hit the spot…A charming, witty romance guaranteed to make hearts race and fans flutter' MY WEEKLY 'Hilarious moments and steamy scenarios, ensure this time-travel romance is escapism at its best!' CANDIS 'Are you kidding me? Regency romance, time travel, lesbian shenanigans, Reddit reactions on Instagram? Sign me up! I’m so there!' ? ?💗? It's time to change things up … Etta Moore expects nothing more from a Tuesday than another dull day in the office. But when her morning commute ends in Regency England, she is forced to accept the impossible: she and her ancestor Miss Henrietta Bainbridge – or ‘Mad Hetty’, as she’s known amongst the ton – have switched bodies. Suddenly Etta and Hetty must get to grips with the new worlds they find themselves in. For Etta, it’s goodbye to dating apps and the daily commute and hello to the list of things ‘Ladies Do Not’ do. Luckily the dashing Lord Stanhope is on hand to aid her through even the most shocking of faux pas. Meanwhile Hetty, who has always felt unseen and unknown, finds her truest self blossoming with the help of 21st century medicine and the most welcome attentions of her rather beautiful Adult Learning teacher, Stella. Two hundred years away from everything they’ve ever known, might Etta and Hetty have actually found a place where they each truly belong? ?💗? Perfect for fans of: ? Time travel shenanigans 👭 Found family 💗 Dashing Regency heroes 🌈 Sapphic romance 🍨 Trifle … The Regency Switch is the talk of the ton: 'One of the best time travel romances I have ever read' ? ‘Devoured in one happy sitting!’ MICHELLE KENNEY 'So much fun…I highly enjoyed this' ? ‘I had an absolute blast reading this funny and touching novel’ EMMA ORCHARD 'I absolutely devoured this book' ? ‘Both charming historical romp and witty contemporary romance with just the right amount of spice’ DARCY McGUIRE 'Fun and charming' ? ‘I highly recommend this if you’re looking for an escapist book which will leave you feeling warm, fuzzy, and believing in the power of love’ DANA HAWKINS 'Fun and charming' ? 'Delightful…the ending made me swoon!' ?

An enthralling, groundbreaking reimagining of an iconic queen, from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author 'Enchanting, smart, and subversive – El-Arifi’s masterpiece' R. F. Kuang 'Lush world-building and lyrical prose burn brightly on every page' JENNIFER SAINT 'Addictive and entertaining' STYLIST 'An extraordinary achievement’ SAMANTHA SHANNON *Limited Collector’s Edition featuring foiled board design and designed endpapers available to the first print run only whilst supplies last* ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– YOU KNOW MY NAME. BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME. Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall. Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves. Your poets sing of my bloodlust, but I was always protecting my children. How wilfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, divinely blessed to rule. Death will silence me no longer. This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived. From one of the most remarkable and acclaimed storytellers of her generation, the #1 bestselling author of FAEBOUND and THE FINAL STRIFE, this epic and groundbreaking new novel shows us Cleopatra on her own terms.

She can't see the killer But the killer can see her... Naomi Hannah has been blind since birth. Struggling with living in a small, claustrophobic town, Naomi contemplates ending her life. But then she stumbles across the body of a young woman who has been brutally murdered. She senses someone else there at the scene - watching her. Naomi may not be able to see the killer's face, but she is still the only person who can identify him. As the police begin hunting the person responsible and more victims are discovered, Naomi is forced to answer the question on which her fate hangs: why did the killer let her live?In a town this small, the murderer must be close, perhaps even before her very eyes...

'A brilliant, strange and tender exploration of what it is to fail, keep failing, and fail better' Sarah Bernstein, author of Study for Obedience Two men meet in a flat in London. They are total strangers and yet they look remarkably alike. Lewis is grieving his dead wife; Korine is hiding from his very-much-alive one. Lewis never had children; Korine is an ambivalent parent at best. Lewis is an erstwhile actor, too depressed to attend the big audition that has just fallen into his lap. Korine has tried a dozen dead-end jobs but never pursued his acting dreams. Two men living mirror image lives. Each seeking a second chance to get things right. Each wanting what the other has. As If is an existential farce about the road not taken. Surreal and slyly poignant, suffused with ironic melancholia, it is a parable for the twenty-first century everyman: a character trapped in reality’s hall of mirrors, endlessly searching for something to live for.

This just in: Breaking Cat News is now Best Cat Wrestling – One night only!It’s slumber party time at the Breaking Cat News studio when Tommy, Sophie, and Beatrix visit the Big Pink House! Intrepid reporters by day, the cats have a secret life as professional wrestlers in Best Cat Wrestling, and they’re hard at work putting together the best show ever! Sensitive artist Sophie says she doesn’t want to play, but she confides to her diary that she longs to be included and make friends, she just doesn’t know how.    Join the fun as Sophie, with some help from her new friends, steps into the spotlight on the grandest stage of them all: Tusslemania!   The fun doesn’t stop there! The “More to Explore” section includes all new paper dolls of the cats of Breaking Cat News as their wrestling characters!

A spell-binding fantasy novel set in the Blitz, from the author of Golden Hill. 'What a joy! A novel with endless ingenuity and enormous heart.' Kaliane Bradley'Everything that great literature should be.' Sarah Perry 'His Dark Materials meets the Blitz.' Observer'An all encompassing masterpiece.' London Standard'My god can he write.' Richard Osman'Ripples with literary magic.' The Times It's the summer of 1939. London is on the brink of catastrophic war. Iris Hawkins, an ambitious young woman in the stuffy world of City finance, has a chance encounter with Geoff, a technical whizz at the BBC's nascent television unit. What was supposed to be one night of abandon draws her instead into an adventure of otherworldly pursuit - into a reality where time bends, spirits can be summoned, and history hangs by a thread. Soon there are Nazi planes overhead. But Iris has more to contend with than the terrors of the Blitz. Over the rooftops of burning London, in the twisted passages between past and present, a fascist fanatic is travelling with a gun in her hand. And only Iris can stop her from altering the course of history forever. Nonesuch was a Sunday Times bestseller w/e 28/2/2026.

'A dazzling modern mythology of our oldest stories, richly imagined by the very best of Irish writers' DOIREANN NÍ GHRÍOFA, author of A Ghost in the Throat'Dark, lyrical and exhilarating, these stories feel both timeless and urgently modern' LOUISE O'NEILL, author of IdolFeaturing new and original stories from:Jane Casey Sunday Times bestselling author of Cruel Acts | Naoise Dolan Sunday Times bestselling author of Exciting Times | Salma El-Wardany Critically acclaimed author of These Impossible Things | Wendy Erskine Gordon Burn Prize-longlisted author of The Benefactors | Nikita Gill Sunday Times bestselling author of Hekate | Anne Griffin Irish Times bestselling author of Listening Still | Sarah Maria Griffin Award-winning author of Spare and Found Parts | Jess Kidd International award-winning author of Things in Jars | Megan Nolan Sunday Times bestselling author of Acts of Desperation | Sheila O'Flanagan Sunday Times bestselling author of The Honeymoon Affair______________In this spellbinding anthology, Ireland's most electrifying female writers breathe new life into ancient Irish myths, reclaiming the stories of women who have too long stood in the shadows of warriors and kings. Editor and journalist Ailbhe Malone was raised on these legends - but the women, always cast as mothers, warriors or witches, were never given the lead. And so, Banshee was born: not just a retelling but a radical reclamation. Banshee transports you to treacherous landscapes and salt-crashing seas, generational curses and mystical islands. Here you'll find unruly mothers, rule-breaking queens, and women outrunning their destiny - stories pulsing with desire, danger and defiance. This is a celebration of womanhood - and an homage to the ancient stories that still shape us.

In Hamburg’s troubled Wilhelmsburg district, Prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a brutal double murder amid corruption and gentrification. Battling personal demons and powerful foes, she fights to expose a city’s dark secrets. Germany’s Queen of Krimi returns with the caustically funny, breathtakingly dark next instalment in an addictive series…‘As much a character study as the story of a crime … like a flipbook, full of startling images and sudden movements, that will thrill cynics and romantics alike’ Sunday Times‘For the first time in a long time, I found a book I simply couldn’t put down – and I didn’t want it to end. There really should be a word for the sadness you feel when you’re nearing the end of a truly fantastic read. Sharks is that kind of book’ Leye Adenle‘Taut, compulsive and laced with humour as dark as its setting, Sharks raises the bar again for one of my favourite series. Chastity Riley is the perfect anti-hero for our times, and Simone Buchholz is the real deal’ Rod Reynolds‘Such a revelation’ Laura LippmanThe Chastity Riley series WON the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger____In Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg’s so-called ‘problem area’, an American couple is found brutally murdered in a derelict house. Prosecutor Chastity Riley is assigned the case and quickly finds herself waist-deep in a murky tangle of city planners, shady investors and vanishing officials. The gentrification machine is rolling on, and someone is sending a very clear message. As November fog settles over the city, Chastity is coughing up blood, her personal life is a slow-motion disaster, and her former colleague Faller won’t stop interfering. But nothing is going to stop her from cutting through the lies, not even the sharks circling ever closer. Dark, caustic and piercing, Sharks is a searing investigation into greed, power and the price of resistance in a city devouring itself, from one of Germany’s finest, most original crime writers. ____Praise for the Chastity Riley series:‘Richly entertaining, wickedly cutting, to the point and funny. The perfect example of a crime novel that is literally pacy and has something to say, because you know Buchholz cares about society and Hamburg, and it shows in her writing’ Paul Burke, CrimeTime‘A dark treat … memorable modern noir, and a fascinating portrait of seedy life in Hamburg’ Telegraph‘Simone Buchholz can make you grin, gasp or gag at will’ The Times‘Beautifully concise, with commendably sparse prose, dark humour and an appealing protagonist … uncompromising, provocative and righteously fierce’ Guardian‘Beautifully written in cool, witty prose’ N.J. Cooper, Literary Review‘German-American Chastity Riley is snooty, churlish, sarcastic, sometimes drunk and always inappropriate. The whole series breaks the boundaries of typical crime novels’ Romy Hausmann‘A distinctive voice, and a flawed but compelling protagonist … style and sass and St Pauli’ Will Carver‘Ice-cool, effortlessly classy prose’ Observer‘Reading Buchholz is like walking on firecrackers’ Graeme Macrae Burnet‘Buchholz’s work remains as persuasive as ever’ Financial Times‘Simone Buchholz writes with real authority and a pungent, noir-ish sense of time and space … a palpable hit’Independent‘With brief, pacy chapters and fizzling dialogue, this almost feels like American procedural noir and not a translation’ Maxim Jakubowski‘There is a fantastic pace to the story … a unique voice that delivers a stylish story’NB Magazine‘A real blast of adrenaline’ Big Issue

From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes the remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling novel, Witch King. A fantasy of epic scope, Queen Demon is a story of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal, and of the families we choose.Dahin believes he has clues to the location of the Hierarchs'' Well, and the Witch King Kai, along with his companions Ziede and Tahren, knowing there''s something he isn''t telling them, travel with him to the rebuilt university of Ancartre, which may be dangerously close to finding the Well itself.Can Kai stop the rise of a new Hierarch?And can he trust his companions to do what’s right?Follow Kai to the end of the world in this thrilling sequel to the USA Today-bestselling Witch King.