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You thought he was the one. You broke his heart. But now, he might be the only one who can save your life...Pre-order the brilliant new standalone thriller from bestselling Gytha Lodge now!***********Anna and Reid weren''t meant to be, apparently. She''s a fiery American journalist; he''s a stoic British detective - it was nice while it lasted, and then it really wasn''t.And Anna is over it now anyway. She''s on the scent of a career-making story - a suspicious death amongst the cloistered elite world of Cambridge University, with a slice of police corruption too. It''s just, the more she investigates, the more there''s only one person she wants to talk to about it. She starts writing Reid a long sprawling email - it''s not like she''s ever planning to send it.Until suddenly, she''s in desperate trouble. The problem with chasing a killer is that sometimes, you run right into them.And the only detective she can trust with her life, is the one who broke her heart...************Praise for Gytha Lodge''A novel that literally makes you hold your breath then gasp out loud'' VAL McDERMID''Gripped me from the first page and kept me turning the pages long into the night'' ERIN KELLY''Smart, moody, intense and tangled. I loved it'' GILLIAN MCALLISTER''With clues and twists to keep you absolutely hooked from the first page to the last. I can''t wait for her next book'' JANE CASEY

‘Enchanting’ Telegraph‘Miraculous’ Isabella Tree‘Exquisite’ FTFrom the No.1 bestselling author of The Shepherd''s Life, an unforgettable story of friendship, redemption and a life-changing voyage of discovery on a remote Norwegian islandHow far do you have to go to find yourself?One afternoon many years ago, James Rebanks met an old woman on a remote Norwegian island. She lived and worked alone on a tiny rocky outcrop, caring for wild Eider ducks and gathering their down. Hers was a centuries-old trade that had once made men and women rich, but had long been in decline. Still, somehow, she seemed to be hanging on.Back at home, Rebanks couldn’t stop thinking about the woman on the rocks. She was fierce and otherworldly – and yet strangely familiar. Years passed. Then, one day, he wrote her a letter, asking if he could return. Bring work clothes, she replied, and good boots, and come quickly: her health was failing. And so he travelled to the edge of the Arctic to witness her last season on the island.This is the story of that season. It is the story of a unique and ancient landscape, and of the woman who brought it back to life. It traces the pattern of her work from the rough, isolated toil of bitter winter, to the elation of the endless summer light, when the birds leave behind their precious down for gathering, like feathered gold.Slowly, Rebanks begins to understand that this woman and her world are not what he had previously thought. What began as a journey of escape becomes an extraordinary lesson in self-knowledge and forgiveness.*Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year Award*

A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR''Exquisite... a beautiful book, one of the finest meditations on animal companionship that I have ever read'' Kathryn Hughes, Guardian An instant New York Times bestseller, this is an unforgettable story about love, loss and redemption from a highly acclaimed writerCaleb Carr lived with cats ever since he was a young boy. He grew up in a turbulent household – where famous Beat poets, artists and addicts came and went – and his steadiest companions were pets. Since then he had many feline companions, with relationships that have outlasted most of his human ones. But only after building a three-story home in rural, upstate New York did he encounter someone extraordinary: Masha, a Siberian Forest cat who had been abandoned as a kitten and was languishing in a shelter. She had hissed and fought off all previous carers and potential adopters, but somehow, she chose him.For the seventeen years that followed, Caleb and Masha were inseparable. Masha ruled the house and the dangerous wilderness surrounding it. When she was hurt, only Caleb could help her. When he suffered long-standing physical ailments, Masha knew what to do. Caleb learned to decode much of Masha’s inner life but their bond went far beyond owner and pet. Inspiring, heart-breaking and life-affirming, this is a love story like no other.

The escapist crime thriller for fans of Below Deck, Lucy Clarke and T.M. LoganWHEN THERE''S BLOOD IN THE WATER, A FEEDING FRENZY IS SURE TO FOLLOW . . .The Ophelia is your typical superyacht: luxurious, owned by a ruthless billionaire and staffed by crew who have just one job: keep the guests happy, whatever it takes. Sasha is the latest hire on a week-long Atlantic crossing, and she fits right in. In fact, she could be mistaken for any of the stewardesses: tall, blonde and model gorgeous.But despite its sleek opulence, the Ophelia isn’t as heavenly as it seems. And when one of the stewardesses is found dead after a night of partying, all eyes turn to Sasha. But she’s not the only one with something to hide and below deck, nothing stays hidden for long.Endlessly twisty and delightfully voyeuristic, I Did Warn Her is a whodunnit on the high seas, where the dark secrets of the ultra-wealthy have nowhere to hide.

The enthralling new novel from the 10-million-copy, No. 1 bestselling author is available to PRE-ORDER now!London, 1941When Mary meets a glamorous stranger named Elizabeth she realises their lives couldn’t be more different. Elizbeth is beautiful and charming, about to set off on a dazzling adventure to Ireland where she’s inherited a grand house. Mary, shy and meek, has nothing to look forward to but the dreary life of a maid in Hampstead.But when an air raid forces them to take shelter underground Mary’s life is suddenly changed forever. After waking up in hospital, injured but alive, the nurse mistakes her for Elizabeth and hands over her suitcase with Elizabeth’s money and tickets to Ireland inside.This is Mary’s chance to escape the hardship of her life and start afresh.Will she take it and what could go wrong?PRAISE FOR LESLEY PEARSE:''Storytelling at its very best'' Daily Mail''Gripping and suspenseful'' Daily Express''A twisting and intense read'' Woman''s Own

Highway Cottage weaves the story of a strange homecoming. A young poet travels to the heart of the English countryside – back to the West Country village where he grew up. Descending into the valley where the small riverside community still resides, he finds himself within a dreamlike landscape, peopled by uncanny figures: drone operators and hunters; half-familiar friends; local historians, and braying councillors trying desperately to oust a community of Travellers. Hovering between reality and folklore, the locale is at once idyllic and in decay; the visitor is both unsettled and soothed by it. Slowly, we start to sense that both villagers and poet might be under threat – not just from the future, but from the past.This book-length sequence of poems represents a ground-breaking artistic achievement by acclaimed poet Ralf Webb. Blending the eerie musicality of children’s rhymes with echoes of traditional balladry and free verse, the collection swells to an extraordinary chorus. With great clarity and affection, but not a trace of sentimentality, Webb conjures a precise vision of a rural community, surfacing the deep and urgent tensions – personal, political, and environmental – that run through Britain today. The result is a unique portrait of contemporary country life, enchanting and unnerving in equal measure.

LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2025LONGLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2025Richly imaginative and powerfully empathetic, an intimate portrait of five remarkable Black men, and a meditation on race, estrangement and the search for home.''Thrilling and ingenious, propulsive and genre-defying: The Strangers is an outstanding book'' Bernardine Evaristo''Luminous and extraordinary... This book will be referenced for years to come'' Lemn SissayIn the western imagination, a Black man is always a stranger. Outsider, foreigner, intruder, alien. One who remains associated with their origins irrespective of how far they have travelled from them. One who is not an individual in their own right but the representative of a type.What kind of performance is required for a person to survive this condition? And what happens beneath the mask?In answer, Ekow Eshun conjures the voices of five very different men. Ira Aldridge: nineteenth century actor and playwright. Matthew Henson: polar explorer. Frantz Fanon: psychiatrist and political philosopher. Malcolm X: activist leader. Justin Fashanu: million-pound footballer. Each a trailblazer in his field. Each haunted by a sense of isolation and exile. Each reaching for a better future.Ekow Eshun tells their stories with breathtaking lyricism and empathy, capturing both the hostility and the beauty they experienced in the world. And he locates them within a wider landscape of Black art, culture, history and politics which stretches from Africa to Europe to North America and the Caribbean. As he moves through this landscape, he maps its thematic contours and fault lines, uncovering traces of the monstrous and the fantastic, of exile and escape, of conflict and vulnerability, and of the totemic central figure of the stranger.

A HILARIOUSLY RELATABLE DEBUT NOVEL ABOUT FINDING YOUR VOICE, FROM BELOVED SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FEARNE COTTON‘LIFE-AFFIRMING, CLEVER AND FUNNY’ Elizabeth Day ‘I TORE THROUGH SCRIPTED IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. A DELIGHT OF A READ - I DEFY YOU NOT TO RELATE TO THE CHARACTERS’ Jennie Godfrey‘A GREAT NOVEL ABOUT TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR OWN LIFE'' Matt Haig''UPLIFTING AND HEARTFELT'' Grazia''SMART, THOUGHTFUL AND HOPE-FILLED. I LOVED IT!'' Daisy Buchanan----Jade Shaw has lost control.Stuck in the middle of her chaotic family and taken for granted by her self-obsessed boyfriend, Adam, she''s forgotten how to speak for herself.The last place she expects to find answers is on the floor outside her flat. But there it is: a mysterious, untitled script, predicting an infuriating row with Adam.Later, as if by magic, the scene becomes reality: word for word, line for line, with Adam getting his own way. Then, more scripts appear - scraps of paper predicting scenarios in which Jade''s boss, mum, and bridezilla sister call all the shots.Having been given a sneak peek at her future, Jade knows she needs to rewrite her destiny.Can she create her own happy ever after?----''Totally believable and beautifully written'' 5* Reader Review''I was hooked from the first page'' 5* Reader Review‘An impressive and entertaining debut . . . fast paced and original, populated by a colourful cast yet delivering a thoughtful theme of finding one''s feet and one''s voice’ Freya North Sunday Times bestselling authorFearne Cotton, Sunday Times bestseller, January 2024

''Alford triumphs… in recreating the historical moment. By immersing himself in Cecil’s vast archive, he draws the reader deep into his working environment, capturing the closeness of his study and the chaos of the court… this is turn-of-century England as it really was – dangerous, gritty, on a knife edge'' The Times From the acclaimed author of The Watchers, the untold story of Robert Cecil - the ultimate Tudor spy-masterRobert Cecil, statesman and spymaster, lived through an astonishingly threatening period in English history. Queen Elizabeth had no clear successor and enemies both external and internal threatened to destroy England as a Protestant state, most spectacularly with the Spanish Armada and the Gunpowder Plot.Cecil stood at the heart of the Tudor and then Stuart state, a vital figure in managing the succession from Elizabeth I to James I & VI, warding off military and religious threats and steering the decisions of two very different but equally wilful and hard-to-manage monarchs. The promising son of Queen Elizabeth’s chief minister Lord Burghley, for Cecil there was no choice but politics, and he became supremely skilled in the arts of power, making many rivals and enemies.All His Spies is a wonderfully engaging and original work of history. Many readers are familiar with the great events of this tumultuous time, but All His Spies shows how easily these dramas could have turned out very differently. Cecil’s sureness of purpose, his espionage network and good luck all conspired to keep England uninvaded and to create a new ‘British’ monarchy which has endured to the present day.

*PRE-ORDER NOW! THE EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER THAT EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT*''Propulsive and provocative, taut and timely – that rare thriller you can’t read fast enough then can’t debate long enough'' A.J. Finn''An accomplished crime debut...this is a must read'' Jo Callaghan''A superior psychological thriller...gripping, clever and full of twists you won''t see coming'' Mark Edwards---- Natalie has spent ten years trying to get over the twin set of events which changed her life forever. The first: the moment her boss assaulted her. The second: the moment the jury declared him innocent - and her, a liar. The memories continue to haunt Natalie, and in her attempts to block out the past, she often wakes up with no memory of where she’s been – or what she’s done.So when her husband, Ryan, gets accused of the same crime, Natalie comes perilously close to the edge. Natalie wants to believe him. But when the body of the young woman who made the accusation is found in the woods near their house, Ryan becomes a prime suspect, and Natalie realises she can''t trust anyone - herself included...---- Why readers LOVE Believe''What an epic psychological thriller this is! I finished it in one day, that''s how much I loved it. Twists, turns, red herrings, it has it all. The ending...just WOW'' 5***** reader review''A truly excellent debut. I raced through the book, and the twisty end was super'' 5***** reader review''A great edge of your seat read'' 5***** reader review''The perfect psychological drama that comes with plenty of twists to keep you guessing throughout'' 5***** reader review''All I can say is wow. The characters are really well wrtiten, the story is excellent and the twists just kept on coming'' 5***** reader review''A must read...chilling, unpredictable, and utterly unforgettable'' 5***** reader review''Non-stop in delivering moments of jaw-dropping storytelling with an ending so perfect it takes your breath away. Could this be the book of the year? I believe it could be'' 5***** reader reviewWhy authors are loving Believe''A really strong debut with loads of twists and turns to keep you guessing and flipping the pages!'' Sarah Pinborough''A wonderfully tantalising novel, layered, with characters who guide you with every step towards the devastating conclusion. A fabulous debut'' Sam Holland''Simmering with tension, secrets and dark intrigue, Believe is an utterly compulsive thriller. A clever, classy and addictive read with characters that get under your skin and a twist that will knock you sideways. An utter triumph'' A.A. Chaudhuri''Page-turning and delightfully moreish'' Helen Lederer

''I’m a big fan of Jane Corry’s brisk propulsive style and plot-juggling expertise. Ambitious, unguessable and always fascinating, The Stranger in Room Six is one of her best.'' Louise CandlishYou may not know the stranger in room six. But they know everything about you.It''s been fifteen years since Belinda was convicted of her husband''s murder. Now, she''s ready for her life to begin again, and she''s set on that happening at Sunnyside Home for the Young at Heart.The owner, Mabel, has spent her life here. First as an evacuee during the Blitz and now as the care home''s oldest resident, Mabel has held the secrets of this house for as long as she can remember. Secrets that could kill if in the wrong hands.But history won''t stay hidden forever and someone is onto them both. Watching and listening from room number six, they''ll stop at nothing to find out the truth.With a past this dark, is anyone as innocent as they seem?

**Pre-order the gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of Breathless, based on her own extraordinary ultra-running experience**It’s the ultimate test of endurance: two-hundred-and-fifty miles in the brutal heat of the Sahara, with only the supplies you can carry on your back.Adri is ready. Returning to ultra-running in the wake of a scandal, she needs to prove to herself – and her young son – that she’s a winner.When a fellow runner is badly injured, Adri knows something isn’t right. Yet in a race this extreme, even a dead body can be explained away.But there’s a killer stalking the hot sand. And the problem with running faster than everyone else, is that you’re miles ahead of anyone who can save you...-----PRAISE FOR AMY MCCULLOCH''Amy McCulloch is the queen of the adventure thriller!'' - CLAIRE DOUGLAS''Enthralling... She has an eye for edgy and unusual settings....'' - SUNDAY TIMES''Chills, thrills and intense suspense...'' - CHRIS WHITAKER

You know your neighbours are plotting a crime but no one believes you . . .DON''T MISS THE SPINE-TINGLING NEW THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR CLAIRE DOUGLAS, AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW''Claire Douglas is a class act - she never, ever disappoints'' LISA JEWELL''No one does tense suburbia like Claire Douglas. The New Neighbour is gripping and unsettling – I loved it!'' CLARE MACKINTOSH ‘An utterly compelling plot, a protagonist you’re rooting for, and smartly plotted twists and reveals that come thick and fast’ LUCY CLARKE''Douglas is a master storyteller'' JANICE HALLETT''Douglas is the queen of the unexpected twist'' GILLIAN MCALLISTER''Claire Douglas is the Queen of Gripping Pageturners'' CL TAYLOR---When Lena helps her teenage son gather sounds for her media studies project, she doesn''t expect her boom-microphone to pick up a conversation between her neighbours, the Morgans.And she’s certain they are planning a crime.Her family and friends tell her that she must have misheard. After all, the Morgans are a well-respected, upstanding couple in their early sixties. They’ve never been in trouble with the law.Yet Lena can’t stop thinking about it. Because what if she hasn’t misheard? What if she can prevent something awful happening?After all, stopping it could help ease her conscience about her own dark past . . .---Praise for Claire Douglas''Few people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas'' Tim Weaver, bestselling author of No One Home''Thrillingly tense and twisty'' B. A. Paris, bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors''Stunning . . . with a killer twist'' Closer''Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train'' Marie Claire''Twisty, exciting yet so very real'' Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of Anything You Do Say

***PRE-ORDER the thrilling new novel from the author of PRIZE WOMEN, THE METAL HEART and THE GLASS WOMAN now***A suspense-filled retelling of the summer that should have broken Mary Shelley - but inspired her to write Frankenstein instead . . .----Villa Diodati, Lake Geneva, 1816.The dark summer that birthed a monster . . .Eighteen-year-old Mary Shelley has fled London with her lover, Percy Shelley, and her sister, Claire. Tormented by Shelley’s betrayals, haunted by the loss of their baby and suspicious of her sister’s intentions, Mary seeks sanctuary.But Lord Byron’s villa, lying under ominous, ash-shrouded skies, feels more like a trap. When Byron suggests each guest write a supernatural tale, Mary is as drawn to the challenge as she is, unexpectedly, to Byron himself.And so an idea begins to form in her mind . . .It spills out of her in thick, black ink.A thing given life is before her.Day and night, she is possessed. Heart and mind. Body and soul.But is she in control, or is it?In this hauntingly evocative feminist retelling, Caroline Lea delves into the female rage, creative madness and steamy scandal that bore the world''s most famous work of gothic fiction. Perfect for fans of The Essex Serpent and The Manningtree Witches.

Pre-order the latest book from Dr Lucy Pollock, a wise, compassionate and helpful guide to ageing happily''The Golden Rule is part manifesto for better integration and appreciation between generations, and part reflection on a career spent looking after our elders, [. . .] with good humour, sanity, wisdom and quite a few jokes'' The Times''From the first pages, the impression you have is how much you’d want Pollock as your medical practitioner. . . this warm and compassionate book is part reflection, part rallying cry to set in place a better society for older people'' Daily Mail''Beautiful and wise, filled with characters I know living through situations I recognise, filtered through the kindness of thoughtful storytelling'' Kathryn Mannix, author of With the End in Mind__________In a society obsessed with staying young, how can we age with confidence?Today, we are living longer lives, and have choices now as never before about how we will age.What will make us happy?What are we frightened of, and what might allay those fears?What changes, made right now, will help us to flourish as we age?This book contains lessons Lucy Pollock has learned from thirty years of working with older people and those close to them. It looks at problems that can be fixed with tests and tablets, and problems that require a different sort of medicine. Lucy explains what she has been taught about loss, about impossible families, about becoming older without children, and the important things she has learned about sexuality, race, love and living with uncertainty.The Golden Rule sets out guiding principles we can all try to live by, in the hope that together we can bring about positive change, and all benefit from a kinder, more compassionate society.Here is how we may meet our futures with optimism and confidence.__________

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A BARACK OBAMA SUMMER PICKA rollicking, revelatory look at the tumult of the early 1990s and the rise of a new, more berserk America that birthed the Donald Trump Era‘When the Clock Broke is leagues more insightful on the subject of Trump’s ascent than most writing that purports to address the issue directly’ Washington Post‘A fascinating, provocative challenge to our age – passionate, unexpected, illuminating’ Rory StewartWith the Soviet Union extinct, Saddam Hussein defeated and US power at its zenith, the early 1990s promised a ‘kinder, gentler America’. It didn’t work out that way. Instead, it was a period of punishing economic hardship, rising anger and domestic strife, setting the tone for the polarization and resurgent extremism we know today.In this original and often hilarious book, John Ganz narrates the fall of the Reagan order and the rise of a new kind of paranoid politics: how a group of con men and conspiracists declared a culture war on liberal elites, rejected ‘globalism’ and called for a ‘populist basedpresidency’. Trumpism was struggling to be born.A rollicking exposé of the end of the post-World War II order, this book shows the advent of a new, more berserk America.‘Terrific . . . When the Clock Broke is one of those rarest of books: unflaggingly entertaining while never losing sight of its moral core’ New York TimesOne of the Washington Post’s 10 Best Books of 2024One of the New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2024Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award 2024