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THE INCREDIBLE TENTH BOOK IN THE ORPHAN-X SERIES - GUARANTEED TO THRILL YOU FROM PAGE ONE . . .''Outstanding in every way'' LEE CHILD''Laughs as well as action. A thriller that makes the Jack Reacher books look quaint'' Sun--NO GREATER FRIENDEvan Smoak is the guy you want on your side. A former government black ops assassin, he''ll be there for you in your darkest hour - and he''ll rain hell and thunder on those who caused your pain.NO WORSE ENEMYA lone wolf operator, Evan can''t afford to lose any of the few people he likes and trusts. But when Tommy Stojack, Evan''s loyal, long-time gunsmith and armourer, betrays him, it''s war.Because a good assassin keeps his friends close, but his weapons closer . . .--''He is a weapon of mass entertainment and the action never stops'' Daily Express''First-rate, deftly varied combat scenes'' The TimesPraise for the Orphan X series''Feels like a missile launch'' DAVID BALDACCI''Outstanding in every way'' LEE CHILD''Weapons-grade thriller writing'' GUARDIAN''An immensely entertaining adventure'' THE TIMES

** Longlisted for the 2024 Cundill History Prize**‘A dozen pages in I realized that I had been waiting for much of my life to read this extraordinary book’ Annie ProulxA way of life that once encompassed most of humanity is vanishing in one of the greatest transformations of our time: the eclipse of the rural world by the urban. In this new history of peasantry, Patrick Joyce tells the story of this lost world and its people. In contrast to the usual insulting stereotypes, we discover a rich and complex culture: traditions, songs, celebrations and revolts, across Europe from the plains of Poland to the farmsteads and villages of Italy and Ireland, through the nineteenth century to the present day. Into this passionate history, written with exquisite care, Joyce weaves remarkable individual stories, including those of his own Irish family, and looks at how peasant life has been remembered - and misremembered - in contemporary culture. This is a people whose voice is vastly underrepresented in human history. Yet for Joyce, we are all the children of peasants, who must respect the experience of our ancestors. This is particularly pressing when our knowledge of the land is being lost to climate crisis and the rise of industrial agriculture. Enlightening, timely and vital, this book commemorates an extraordinary culture whose impact on our history and our future remains profoundly relevant.

''Magnetic. I couldn''t put it down.'' STEPHEN KING''Immersive, gripping and wish a twist you won''t see coming'' ELLERY LLOYD''The very definition of a page-turner'' CLARE MACKINTOSH----I guess you''re probably wondering about the next girl. Because there''s always another girl, right? A girl waiting to be taken. To be swept away. I''ll tell you about her.It''s been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun lost her sister, and she''s been searching ever since: for signs, for closure, for other missing girls. Happy endings are rare in Chelsey''s line of work.Until one day, local teenager Ellie Black is found in Washington State woods. Two years after her disappearance, she''s an echo of herself, but alive.But something''s not right about this girl. Where has she been, and who is she protecting?Chelsey has to find out. For herself, for her sister, and before the next girl is taken.----''I stayed up late into the night turning the pages . . . a truly jaw-dropping twist.'' JESSICA KNOLL''An emotional gut-punch of a thriller'' SAMANTHA DOWNING''What a page-turner, with a truly shocking twist at the end. It’s an absolute winner for me.'' SUSAN LEWIS''Brooding and atmospheric'' MARY KUBICA

Longlisted for the CWA Twisted Dagger Award 2025''Grips you with a stranglehold from the get-go'' Edel Coffey''Riveting … gripping’ The Irish Independent‘An incredibly gripping and entertaining page-turner’ The Irish Times-----Two mothers. Two daughters. Two sides to the story.When Sara leaves her high-flying London life to move to Dublin, her only concern is her nine-year-old daughter, Lexie. For Lexie''s sake she tries to get to know other mothers at the school gates, but they appear uninterested - particularly their leader, the beautiful and charismatic Vanessa, whose daughter rules the playground.After a simple misunderstanding between Vanessa and Sara, none of the other kids at school want anything to do with Lexie. Desperate to mend fences, Sara offers to look after Vanessa''s daughter one afternoon. But when the playdate ends in catastrophe, Vanessa is convinced that what happened wasn''t an accident.With allegations flying in all directions, Sara is forced to ask herself what she has unleashed? And how far a mother will go to protect her daughter?-----''Engrossing psychological drama ... a real page-turner, with lots of suspense'' Irish Examiner''A finely plotted book, one to be read in a single sitting. There are some jaw-dropping twists, yet it feels plausible'' Sue Leonard, Irish Examiner''You cannot put it down . . . an absolute page-turner’ Claire Byrne, Today with Claire Byrne, RTÉ Radio

Dive into the Joyful Chaos of the Kennedy Household – Now the Number One Sunday Times Bestseller!‘The best book she has ever written’ Marian Keyes''Wise, funny and glorious. She never ever disappoints'' Lisa Jewell''''Her latest novel proves that there is no time like the present to rewrite one’s own story'' Jodi Picoult***Welcome to the Kennedy household:Lila wrote a bestseller about keeping your marriage alive, before discovering her ex was playing happy families with another woman. A woman she sees everyday at school pick-up.Bill, her stepdad, moved in after Lila’s mum died. He’s kind, old-fashioned and driving her absolutely nuts.Celie, Lila’s eldest, hates school. Hates it so much she’s stopped going. Her mother’s fine with that – because she doesn’t know yet.Violet is nine and sings age-inappropriate rap songs, laughs at fart jokes and Lila dearly hopes she’ll never, ever change.And Truant the dog, who has just bitten the American actor who’s suddenly landed on the Kennedys'' doorstep.This is Gene – Lila’s estranged father, and no one’s idea of a role model. He walked out on Lila and her mum years ago – and wherever he goes domestic discord follows.Because Gene’s presence changes things in unexpected ways. Soon the girls discover a kindred spirit in a man always chasing life’s joy. Bill even loosens up. And Lila finds herself, astonishingly, dating.Something is happening to the Kennedy household – but what is it?And will it break, or save, their family?***Praise for We All Live Here:''Warm, witty and wonderful. The kind of book you smile at whilst reading'' Chris WhitakerPraise for Someone Else''s Shoes:''Giddily joyful. Moyes writes . . . with warmth and a wonderfully wicked sense of humour'' THE TIMES ''BOOK OF THE MONTH''''Delightful. Nobody writes women the way Jojo Moyes does'' JODI PICOULT''So much fun. Beautiful about female friendship'' MARIAN KEYES''A book we all need in our lives right now. A fabulous and funny romp'' WOMAN & HOME''A paean to women''s solidarity wrapped up in a very funny revenge-fuelled caper'' THE TIMES''A warm, witty and uplifting novel… It''s a joy to spend time with Jojo Moyes'' flawed, likeable characters’ SUNDAY EXPRESS''A love letter to the strength of female friendship and how women can really be there for each other'' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING''Enchanting, bang on. Full of silliness and sorrow. An entertaining yet tender take on how to hold a family together without forgetting who you are'' Herald''So funny, touching and full of wisdom: Jojo Moyes at her very best'' Sophie Kinsella

'Sparkling . . . a page-turner full of wit, original insight and unassuming erudition' Guardian'Enjoyable vitality' The Times'Highly stimulating . . . wonderfully readable . . . her analysis of democracy's key strengths and weaknesses is forensic' Literary ReviewDemocracy is a living, breathing thing and Erica Benner has spent a lifetime thinking about the role ordinary citizens play in keeping it alive: from her childhood in post-war Japan, where democracy was imposed on a defeated country, to working in post-communist Poland, with its sudden gaps of wealth and security. This book draws on her experiences and the deep history of self-ruling peoples – going back to ancient Greece, the French revolution and Renaissance Florence – to rethink some of the toughest questions that we face today. What do democratic ideals of equality mean in a world obsessed with competition, wealth, and greatness? How can we hold the powerful to account? Can we find enough common ground to keep sharing democratic power in the future? Challenging well-worn myths of heroic triumph over tyranny, Benner reveals the inescapable vulnerabilities of people power, inviting us to consider why democracy is worth fighting for and the role each of us must play.

This book is for everyone who longs to feel high on life – naturally***AS SEEN ON LORRAINE***''A hands-on manual for influencing human happiness through your own biology. It doesn''t get any better than this!'' Thomas Erikson, author of Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behaviour''Useful for anyone wishing to brighten up their lives’ Sunday Times''These six hormones have the power to change your life'' Telegraph____Neurochemicals affect just about everything in our bodies, including how we think and feel. This is why many of us struggle with motivation, happiness or connecting. But balancing these chemicals often feels out of reach, leaving us unsure how to optimise our brain and well-being.High on Life offers a powerful mood manual to help you naturally balance six key neurochemicals – Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, Cortisol, Endorphins and Testosterone. Learn how to harness their power to boost motivation, cultivate happiness and connect deeply with yourself and others.By understanding and balancing your body’s unique neurochemical recipe, you’ll transform your mood, optimise brain function and become the best version of yourself.--READERS ARE FEELING HIGH ON LIFE AFTER READING''Reading "High on Life" was like finding an unexpected extra life in Super Mario, in other words pure joy'' 5 ***** reader review''Definitely one of the best books I''ve read in my life, it has changed my life in so many ways'' 5 ***** reader review''So many books in this genre are over complicated and not easily understood by the reader. This book is relevant, relatable and well written'' 5 ***** reader review

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe renowned author returns with a timely book about his journeys to three sites of conflict - Dakar, South Carolina, and Palestine - exploring how the stories we tell, and the ones we don’t, shape our realities. ‘An earnest and intimate exploration of locations of extreme injustice’ Oprah Daily***Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set out to write a book about writing, but soon found himself grappling with deeper questions about the destructive myths that shape our world. First we join Coates on his inaugural trip to Africa – a journey to Dakar, where he finds himself in two places at once: a modern city in Senegal and the ghost-haunted country of his imagination. He then takes readers to Columbia, South Carolina, where he reports on the banning of his own work and the deep roots of a false and fiercely protected American mythology – visibly on display in its segregationist statues. Finally in Palestine, Coates sees with devastating clarity the tragedy that grows in the clash between the stories we tell and reality on the ground. Written at a dramatic moment in American and global history, this work from one of our most important writers is about the urgent need to embrace the liberating power of even the most difficult truths. ***‘Coates exhorts readers, including students, parents, educators, and journalists, to challenge conventional narratives that can be used to justify ethnic cleansing or camouflage racist policing’ Booklist‘Coats always writes with purpose . . . These pilgrimages for him, ground his powerful writing about race’ Associated Press

The most mesmerising, unsettling novel of 2025, perfect for fans of David Mitchell, Julia Armfield, and Margaret Atwood.''Sinister, mysterious and gorgeously realised'' KALIANE BRADLEY, author of The Ministry of Time''Old Soul will sneak into your dreams and haunt you'' CLAIRE FULLER, author of Unsettled Ground---The woman never goes by the same name.She never stays in the same place too long.She never ages. She never dies.But those around her do.When two grieving strangers meet by chance in Osaka airport they uncover a disturbing connection. Jake''s best friend and Mariko''s twin brother each died, 6,000 miles apart, in brutal and unfathomable circumstances.Each encountered a mesmerising, dark-haired woman in the days before their deaths. A woman who came looking for Mariko - and then disappeared.Jake, who has carried his loss and guilt for a decade, finds himself compelled to follow the trail set by Mariko''s revelations. It''s a trail that weaves across continents and centuries, leading back to the many who have died - in strange and terrifying and eerily similar ways - and those they left behind: bewildered, disbelieved, yet resolutely sure of what they saw.And, at the centre of it all, there is the same beguiling woman. Her name may have changed, but her purpose has never wavered, and as Jake races to discover who, or what she is, she has already made her next choice.But will knowing her secret be enough to stop her?---''Snags the reader in its claw and mesmerizes from page one'' Monique Roffey, author of The Mermaid of Black Conch''Like nothing else I''ve ever read ... The kind of story you tell around a campfire as the lights of civilization begin to flicker out around you'' Kristen Roupenian, author of ''Cat Person''''Beguiles, terrifies and utterly seduces you ... At once a thriller, a postmodern mystery and an existential horror tale'' Megan Abbott, author of El Dorado Drive''Brilliant, horrifying ... So much fun, fantastically tense and wonderful'' Evie Wyld, author of The Echoes''Clever, spooky ... Kept me guessing to the end'' Chloe Benjamin, author of The Immortalists''A mesmerizing story, brilliantly told'' Ian McGuire, author of The North Water''Smart, taut and twisty ... Deftly delivers the chills'' Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

‘Devastating’ Anne Enright‘Beautiful’ Louise Nealon''Magnificent'' Aingeala Flannery''Masterful'' Kathleen MacMahonJean Kennedy is a gentle, perceptive girl growing up in a very strange world: suburban Dublin in the 1970s and ''80s. In the company of her mother, her Aunty Ida, and her little brother Baby John F., Jean experiences love and joy. But home is not a safe place, and Jean is unequal and unprotected. When she speaks just one small part of the truth, she must quickly learn to navigate the dangers and possibilities of a world she scarcely understands.Jean’s hypnotic, unsparing and ultimately hopeful voice captures the dreams and terrors of girlhood in a brutally hypocritical world, and offers glimpses of a better life. Through it all, Jean’s voice pulsates with insight and passion. Girl in the Making is a deeply moving, propulsive coming-of-age story from a major new talent.-----‘A gifted writer’ Sarah Gilmartin, Irish Times‘Tender and perceptive … simply unforgettable’ Sue Leonard, Irish Examiner''Reminiscent of the work of Tessa Hadley and Elena Ferrante'' Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett''Devastating and superb'' Anne Cunningham, Irish Independent

BENEATH THE LANDSLIDE LIES A MURDER: DETECTIVE WISTING’S MOST DANGEROUS CASE YET''Characters, plot, execution, pacing, conclusion...all quality. And it kept me guessing all the way through'' 5***** reader review--In heavy rain, a landslide sweeps away a group of homes in Larvik, Norway. At first everyone is accounted for.But then, during the clear up, a body is found – one with a gunshot wound inflicted before the landslip.Detective William Wisting must first find out who it is and where the body came from. He soon wishes he hadn’t. The victim is Swedish: a police infiltrator working a major crime.Suddenly, the stakes couldn’t be higher – or more dangerous.Because, in a game of deception, who can Wisting ever trust?--Praise for Jorn Lier Horst''Tense, fast-paced...compelling'' Sunday Times''Relentlessly exciting...creates a real sense of menace'' The Times''Atmospheric'' HeraldWhy readers LOVE the Wisting series ''A truly absorbing crime thriller, as good as they get'' 5***** reader review ''Very cleverly written...the fast pace is maintained until the very last page'' 5***** reader review ''I loved every minute of it! A must read for crime fans'' 5***** reader reviews ''I read this is one sitting, you won''t regret it!'' 5***** reader reviews ''Another twisting tale for Wisting to make sense of and he doesn''t disappoint - the backdrop of snowy Norway makes this even more gripping'' 5***** reader review

A mother and son, estranged for many years, reckon at last with the secret that has kept them apart in this highly anticipated novel by one of the most talented American writers of his generationAt forty, Peter, an asylum lawyer in New York City, is overworked and isolated. He spends his days immersed in the struggles of immigrants only to return to an empty apartment and occasional hook-ups with a man who wants more than Peter can give. But when the asylum case of a young gay man pierces Peter's numbness, the event that he has avoided for twenty years returns to haunt him. Ann, his mother, who runs a women's retreat centre she founded after leaving his father, is wounded by the estrangement from Peter but cherishes the world she has built. She long ago banished from her mind the decision that divided her from her son. But as Peter’s case plunges him further into the fraught memory of his first love and the night of violence that changed his life forever, he and his mother must confront the secret that tore them apart. With unsurpassed emotional depth, Mothers and Sons reveals all that is lost by looking away from the past and the love that might be restored by facing it. In his spellbinding new novel, Adam Haslett demonstrates yet again his mastery of “a rich assortment of literary gifts” (New York Times). 'Subtle, symphonic and satisfying' Financial Times'An epic family saga that packs an extraordinary emotional punch . . . this book is his best yet' Observer

'A wise, generous book' Washington PostFrom acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, a meditation on what we must give up to feel more alive. To give up or not to give u? he question can feel inescapable but the answer is never simple. Giving up our supposed vices is one thing; giving up on life itself is quite another. One form of self-sacrifice feels positive, something to admire and aspire to, while the other is profoundly unsettling, if not actively undesirable. There are always, it turns out, both good and bad sacrifices, but it is not always clear beforehand which is which. We give something up because we believe we can no longer go on as we are. In this sense, giving up is a critical moment - an attempt to make a different future. In On Giving Up, acclaimed psychoanalyst Adam Phillips illuminates both the gaps and the connections between the many ways of giving up, and helps us to address the central question: what must we give up in order to feel more alive?'One of the finest prose stylists in the language, an Emerson of our time' John Banville'The best living essayist writing in English' John Gray

THE LATEST EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT THRILLER FROM LEAH KONEN, FOR FANS OF THE SHINING AND ANDREA MARA''S NO ONE SAW A THINGAn isolated motel.A body in the snow.A killer lying in wait...When Kerry arrives to start a new job as the caretaker of a remote motel in the Catskills, she’s excited for a fresh start.But she quickly realises that something is very wrong.Her room is full of the previous caretaker’s belongings – and it looks like she was trying to leave in a hurry.And then, Kerry sees it – the trails of blood. The hand reaching out from the snow…Confused and scared, in the midst of a snowstorm, Kerry goes out to seek help. When the police arrive, though, things go from bad to worse.Because the body has disappeared. But the killer is still out there…--Why readers LOVE Leah Konen''s twisty thrillers:''Full of twists and revelations right to the end!'' 5***** reader review''An excellent thriller which had you compulsively reading to find out what happens next'' 5***** reader reviews''This fast-paced thriller delivers a relentless rush of adrenaline and unexpected revelations - a must read!'' 5***** reader review''This book was intense and gripping from the beginning...put me on a rollercoaster of emotions'' 5***** reader review

Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2024, Irish Book AwardsShortlisted for the TLS Ackerley Prize 2025Shortlisted for the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Prize 2025 How far would you go for the missin? lending private and public history, cultural analysis, family memoir and autobiography, Clair Wills explores profound questions about memory, loss, motherhood and emigration. She traces a history of sexual secrecy through four generations of unplanned pregnancies in her own family, stretching from the 1890s to the 1980s and from the West of Ireland to Massachusetts, London and the English countryside, dramatizing the power of secret-keeping as a form of care, particularly between women, but also as violence and exclusion. At the heart of her search is a cousin who went missing from her own family, born in a Mother and Baby Home in the 1950s, and brought up in an institution. Wills asks not only what happened, but why? Why did families consent to the institutional care and control of unmarried mothers and their children? Why did the system make sense to ordinary families, and how can we make sense of it now? What questions should we be asking about guilt, blame, and responsibilit? n order to uncover how people thought about illicit sex, illegitimacy, and institutions, Wills followed the tracks laid down in family stories and anecdotes. She interprets the gaps in stories – the missing bits—as places where the past was both preserved and disavowed. We are all born into families, whether or not we are allowed to belong to them. Wills asks us to undertake a radical reshaping of our idea of the family, and of the history of generation. We are all part of the historical archive—the remembering and forgetting is in us, whether we like it or not.

‘Exhilarating… Wise and compassionate’ New Statesman An expert, empathetic guide to the science, psychology and physiology of breaking, from the acclaimed author of How We AreWhat happens when our minds and bodies are pushed beyond their limits? Vincent Deary is a health psychologist who has spent years helping his patients cope with whatever life has thrown at them. In How We Break, he has written a book for all of us who sometimes feel we have reached our breaking point.Drawing on clinical case studies, cutting-edge scientific research, intimate personal stories and references from philosophy, literature and film, How We Break offers a consoling new vision of everyday human struggle. The big traumas in life, Deary points out, are relatively rare. More common is when too many things go wrong at once, or we are exposed to prolonged periods of difficulty or precarity. When the world shrinks to nothing but our daily coping, we become unhappy, worried, hopeless, exhausted. In other words, we break. Breaking, he shows us, happens when the same systems that enable us to navigate through life become dysregulated. But if we understand how the wear and tear of life affects us, then we have a better chance of navigating through times of burnout, stress, fatigue and despair.By equipping us with a better understanding of what happens to us when we''re struggling to cope, and making a bold case for the power of rest and recuperation, How We Break helps chart a path through difficult times.