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The brilliant and beautiful new book from the author of Small Joys. A hymn to brotherly love and its transcendent power to heal. To the outside world, Teddy seems to have things sorted. A senior editor at a music magazine before turning 30, he's smart, practical and dependable: the one his friends turn to for support when things become complicated. His old school friends Kain and Nathan have their fair share of issues. Kain is trying to get his music career back on track, while struggling to come to terms with his sexuality, and Nathan is still living with his parents, while working three jobs to help bring up his son. For none of them, however, are things more complicated than they are for Birch. Wayward, unpredictable and impossible not to love, Birch veers impulsively from one calamity to the next but, whenever things get really bad, one person is always there to help him pick up the pieces. But what if things were to get so bad that even Teddy couldn't fix them? And who would be there to fix Teddy if they did? Set in the London of 2012 with a supporting cast of normal and extraordinary characters, White Spaces tells, with Mensah's inimitable warmth and humour, the story of four young Black men coming of age in a city on the cusp of change. It poses challenging questions about the way we were and the world we were creating, while always holding on to a powerful belief in the strength of love and friendship to overcome the worst that life can throw at us. Hilarious, heartbreaking and hopeful, White Spaces is an unforgettable novel that cements Mensah's reputation as one of the most exciting young British novelists working today.

The first book in a brand NEW horse series full of heart, set in an inner city riding stables. Perfect for fans of Heartland and Tracy Beaker. Eleven-year-old Pres can barely remember her mum. Now, she’s leaving behind her foster parents to go and live in the city with her eccentric Aunty Janelle. Here she discovers Stableheart, a riding stables in the heart of the city, and meets Hero, a bay pony who has his own secrets. Hero won’t let anyone touch him, let alone ride him. But Pres knows all about difficult pasts and together they’ll learn that sometimes to make a place a home, you have to let the past catch up with you . .  A contemporary horse series with a diverse cast of characters, for children who love horses!

A delightful enemies-to-friends-to-lovers romance about how love is sometimes only a click away. While her brothers are finding their soulmates and planning the rest of their lives, Manisha Patel is moving back in with her parents, dodging calls from her cheating Aquarius ex-boyfriend, and avoiding questions about her love life. Worse, she's being forced to help out her father's friend's son, and Manisha would rather be doing anything else. Rohit Khanna may be incredibly hot and have great style, but he's also arrogant, rude, and (allegedly) a cheater, and Manisha wants nothing to do with him. But these things turn out to be the least of Manisha's worries when she gets the heartbreaking news that her dream of one day having a family might slip through her fingers. Then, a stroke of genius: What if there was a fake matchmaking service where Manisha was the only client? One single profile, countless eligible bachelors for Manisha to choose from. It's the perfect plan to find a husband and live happily ever after. . . . Isn't it?

Scandal never graduates. Holly Jackson meets Gossip Girl in this glossy thriller, set in the glamorous world of New York's ultra-elite. 'Deliciously scandalous and impossible to put down, Murder on the Upper East Side serves up a deadly amount of drama. With all the addictive gossip, glamour, and messy betrayals of Gossip Girl, this murder mystery will keep you guessing until the very last page' Emma Simmerman, author of Here Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart2016. Hannah Miller has begun her senior year at The Prescott Academy of New York alongside the rich and famous of the Upper East Side. Or at least, their children. Among the trust funds and penthouse parties, there’s one rule for survival: staying out of the way of Queen Bees Madison DuPont and Elle Harrington. For Hannah, being a scholarship student makes her feel invisible. But nobody can escape the watchful eye of notorious gossip account The Upper Edge. 2026. The Academy's alumni have gathered for a glittering charity gala. Only Madison DuPont could host an event this grand. But what starts as a champagne-fueled party soon descends into chaos when Madison is found dead moments after her speech. It doesn't take long for fingers to point at Hannah – everyone saw her talking to Madison only moments before she died. She shouldn't even be at the gala. She's not really one of them. But the truth is that everyone had a reason to want Madison dead. To clear her name, Hannah must unearth the secrets that this crowd would kill to keep buried.

It’s summer in the Supermarket, and there’s a new veggie on the block – Captain Pak Choi! Supertato and Broccoli quickly join Captain Pak Choi’s crew and set sail for an adventure through the Supermarket. But Captain Pak Choi is no ordinary captain – she’s a pirate captain and she plans to loot Evil Pea’s freezer! Can Supertato and Broccoli team up with Evil Pea to stop Captain Pak Choi’s dastardly plan or will they have to walk the plank? Look out for these other AWESOME Supertato titles:How to Be a SupertatoBroccoli Boogie Spooky Day

Pull the tabs to collect stars in this magical board book from renowned toilet training and child behavioural expert Amanda Jenner, illustrated by Ailie Busby. ? ?Ben’s not so sure about his brand-new potty, but that’s OK – Mory the potty fairy is here to help! Every time Ben tries the potty, he will get a shining star! Pull the tabs to help Ben practise sitting on his potty, choose his big boy pants, wipe front to back and wash his hands. Before long, Ben LOVES his spotty potty, and loves Mory the potty fairy even more . . .   ? ?With four sturdy sliding tabs to pull and adorable illustrations throughout, this irresistible new board book offers a reassuring, effective and playful way to approach potty training – armed with Amanda Jenner’s decades of practical experience, and just a pinch of magic!   Perfect for age 1+Supports toilet training routinesExpert-led advice Ideal for potty training

From the bestselling author of The North Wind and The West Wind comes a sizzling fantasy romance novel inspired by Sleeping Beauty  and the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur Princess Sarai of Ammara has less than three months to live before death claims her. Cursed as a child to die on her twenty-fifth nameday, she will do whatever it takes to secure her realm’s future, including an arranged marriage to Prince Balior, a handsome young noble from a neighbouring kingdom. But another man vies for her attention as well: Notus, the South Wind, god of the desert breeze, and Sarai’s ex-lover.   Sarai is determined to stay away from the god who betrayed her and honor her father’s plan. But Prince Balior has an agenda of his own, and as Sarai learns more about her betrothed, she realises he might be a dangerous threat to her people. So despite her hatred for Notus, she fakes their engagement to escape the arranged marriage and unearth Prince Balior’s true motives surrounding his obsession with the menacing labyrinth that sits in the palace’s grounds.   But darker forces are at work, and time is running out. Together with Notus, Sarai must face the horrors dwelling inside the labyrinth to save herself and her realm – but in order to succeed, she must confront her pain and the monsters she carries within herself…  The South Wind is a brand-new standalone fantasy romance novel featuring a fake engagement and second chance romance from TikTok sensation Alexandria Warwick. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Scarlett St. Clair and Raven Kennedy.

SOME THINGS RUN IN THE BLOOD…A darkly twisted and wonderfully original debut thriller for fans of Riley Sager and Jessica Knoll – at an annual weekend getaway for the adult children of serial killers, the participants begin to wonder if somebody's continuing the family tradition when one of their number turns up dead. Plenty of people have lousy parents, but Nicola Fischer’s father has just been convicted of murdering five young women, including her best friend. Fired from her job and hounded by reporters, Nicola passes the time by doomscrolling and drunk-dialling Greer Woods, the alluring host of the hit show To Catch a Killer, who cracked the case and turned Nicola's life upside down before disappearing along with her so-called ‘best intentions’. When an email from Greer finally shows up in Nicola's inbox, there’s no apology or explanation, just a cryptic invitation. The Death Row Club is an annual weekend getaway for the adult children of serial killers – and Nicola is the newest reluctant member. Desperate to escape her small town, she accepts the offer with barely a second thought, forging tentative bonds with her fellow club members, most of whom seem intriguing, and only slightly unhinged. But when an uninvited guest shows up at their remote wilderness retreat, everyone is put on high alert, and the next morning paranoia turns to outright fear. Because one of their own is dead, and the rest of them are left with only one question. If the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree, which of them is the bad seed? ‘Compelling, provocative, and absorbing. Vazquez thrills with a fresh and unforgettable premise’ KARIN SLAUGHTER'A fresh and gripping take on a pitch-dark subject with a twist I didn't see coming' CLAIRE McGOWAN ‘One of the freshest and most promising new voices in crime fiction. This twisted delight is bound to be a megahit’ ASHLEY WINSTEAD

‘A pedal-to-the-metal white-knuckle thrill-ride that leaves you wrung out and breathless from sheer exhilaration’ CHRISTOPHER BROOKMYRE The new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? and the Frieda Klein series. Some friendships don’t survive the truth. Nearly thirty years ago, Tyler Green was convicted of killing his university friend Leo Bauer. Now, newly released from prison, he is determined to face the past – and the friends who were there the night everything changed. But when one of them is found dead soon after their reunion, suspicion falls immediately on Tyler. If he killed once, surely he could kill again. As Detective Maud O’Connor investigates, the truth about that night begins to unravel – revealing secrets no one wanted exposed. Can Tyler ever truly escape his past, or is history about to repeat itsel? aut, atmospheric, and psychologically razor-sharp, What Happened That Night confirms Nicci French as a master of suspense. PRAISE FOR NICCI FRENCH‘No one does it better than Nicci French’ LEE CHILD ‘Perfection’ SOPHIE HANNAH ‘Unputdownable’ ERIN KELLY ‘Powerful, moving and wise . . . I loved it’ JO CALLAGHAN ‘Expertly paced, psychologically sharp, thoroughly enjoyable’ LOUISE CANDLISH ‘No-one does the dark distortion of good intentions like Nicci French’ CARA HUNTER ‘French always excels at depicting an ordinary life swept away by horror’ OBSERVER ‘First-class’ INDEPENDENT

If you could be anyone – who would you b? eth Greenwood has always imagined being someone else. Someone more successful, more exciting. More alive. What would it really be like to walk in another person’s shoes – just for a day? And then she gets the chance to do it, with the help of the Players Club. A secret group of women who have made it their mission to let one another live their dreams. Tell them who you want to try, and they will make it happen. Circus acrobat, traffic controller, woman-who-shops-in-Chanel: no identity is out of reach. Being alive has never been so much fun. That is, until the stakes of Beth’s own life become dangerously high, and the line between self-invention and self-delusion begins to blur. Torn between her new friends and her real responsibilities, Beth has to ask herself: when it matters most, who does she really want to b? mart, original, and full of heart, The Players Club will bring your imagination to life and get your book club group talking…‘An original, surprisingly moving tale' KIRKUS 'Clever, brilliant and magnificent. In the absence of being able to join a Cradle, the next best thing is reading this’ CATHY RENTZENBRINK, author of Ordinary Time'Twisty and thought-provoking…this book will make you smile, cry and wonder: who do I want to become?' TARA CONKLIN, author of The Last Romantics‘So good! The Players Club twists and turns in ways I did not expect - and it really made me think.’ MARIANNE POWER, bestselling author of Help Me‘Funny and heartbreaking and smart. I loved it’ SAM BAKER, author of The Shift‘Will definitely inspire book club discussions’ BOOKLIST

‘An impeccable rendering of modern queer life, Hard Place is a closely-held mirror to the tenderness and brutality of what it means to be young, gay and trying today – in all its unflinching, and sometimes unflattering, glory. Torr is a new champion of the form.’ Rebecca K Reilly, author of Greta and Valdin‘Ruthless yet tender, funny yet devastating, with language sharp enough to cut. An essential read for our times.’ Amy Twigg, author of Spoilt Creatures‘A triumph of contemporary queer satire.’ Jodie Matthews, author of Meet Me at the Surface'Brutal, nuanced, compassionate and critical all at once, Hard Place shows the messy, human hypocrisy of existing in the current moment – but it also shows the necessity of creating imperfect connections and allowing ourselves to both change and be changed. Funny, heartwarming and socially aware all at once, it signals the arrival of a major new talent' Heather Parry, author of Carrion Crow‘Hard Place is a stunning debut, a beautifully observed, darkly funny exploration of modern relationships and London life. So savage and so tender, it marks Gab Torr as one of the brightest new talents in British writing' Tom Newlands, author of Only Here, Only NowEveryone's healing. No-one's happy. For years, Billy’s decisions have been made for her by long-term girlfriend Rose, leaving her free not to think for – or about – herself. But when they break up and Billy is left without anywhere to live, she’s forced to take up an unappealing but affordable SpareRoom ad. Her new flatmates, Sid and Rhoda, are the kinds of people who talk very seriously about taking accountability, adhering to the flat’s community guidelines and holding space for one another. Meals are communal by force, polyamory is assumed, and whatever the problem, capitalism’s usually to blame. Yes, Rhoda’s parents own the flat, but that doesn’t matter: they’re unapologetically political and loudly queer, and slowly Billy becomes enmeshed in their radical, vulnerable world. But as Billy’s past starts to catch up with her, and all of their boundaries begin to crumble, each of them must reckon with what they truly stand for – and what they’ll sacrifice to hold onto it. ‘Hard Place is a many-layered feast of a novel – biting, witty and unexpectedly tender at the same time. I hugely enjoyed it!’ Hannah Beer, author of I Make My Own Fun

A deadly game. The ultimate price. The Chain meets Squid Game meets Emily the Criminal in this pulse-pounding new thriller from the master of the moral dilemma, Jack Jordan. SOON TO BE ADAPTED FOR TV!‘A single-sitting rollercoaster of a read. The ultimate ‘what would you do?’ thriller. Sensational!’ CLARE MACKINTOSH‘The most tense book I’ve ever read. Instantly gripping, utterly addictive’ ANDREA MARA‘A blistering, nerve shredding thriller … Electrifying' JOHN MARRS‘A top-tier thriller. High-concept and brilliantly written … I could not stop turning the pages!’ C. M. EWANEmma and Miles are out of options. Their son needs life-saving transplant surgery, but in a world of privatised healthcare and impossible costs, they can’t afford it. Then comes the offer: a shadowy syndicate known only as The Levels promises them the exact amount of money they need. All they must do is complete a series of tasks. The catch? Each task is a crime. With every level the stakes rise, the payout grows and the line between right and wrong blurs. But Emma and Miles aren’t the only ones playing this deadly game. As the competition intensifies and they struggle under the weight of their choices, they’re faced with the ultimate question:How far would you go to save the one you lov? ore praise for Deception and Jack Jordan…‘A thriller that reads like the plot of an action movie but with a thumping emotional heart’ NIKKI SMITH'Another jaw-dropping masterpiece … Read this and then read them all. You won’t regret it' MATTHEW BLAKE'I binged it in two sittings, like a favourite, high-concept Netflix thriller’ HANNAH RICHELL‘Jack Jordan turns parental love into a weapon — and doesn’t let go’ CAROLINE MITCHELL‘No one crafts a dilemma quite like Jack Jordan’ JANICE HALLETT‘Jack Jordan goes from strength to strength’ L. V. MATTHEWS

'Charming, hilarious, and guaranteed to make you the most interesting person at any party. Or the most annoying' - Adam Rutherford‘Weird and wonderful facts you didn’t know you needed. Full of quirky nuggets of information and trivia’ - Sun‘Joyously bizarre facts in a new book from a QI brainbox’ - Daily MailDrawn from a former BBC QI Elf's lifetime’s search for the weird and the wonderful, The Most Interesting Book in The World is a miscellany of things too strange to be true, yet somehow are.   This remarkable treasury of tales and trivia will whisk you on a jaw-dropping journey through time and space, stopping off to marvel at only the obscure, the startling and the straight-up weird.   In it, Edward Brooke-Hitching considers questions such as:   Why is a cat technically a liquid and a solid? How did nineteenth-century scientists attempt to signal aliens? Why did the Dutch once eat their prime minister?     Nowhere else will you find woven together the stories of the religious leader who attempted to build a robot messiah from a dining table, the anti-gravity ‘air-walkers’ of Victorian London, and the pirates who rode sheep; or practical advice for correctly exorcising a house and casting ancient love spells, along with recent scientific discoveries like the mould that can navigate a maze and that humans can glow in the dark.   A unique hybrid of encyclopaedia, trivia and drunken-bar raconteur, all stitched together in one colossal Frankenstein volume packed full of images and photographs - this is the ultimate must-read for anyone looking to tickle the cortex of their curiosity.

A Riders-inspired YA romance, perfect for fans of Hannah Grace, Jilly Cooper and Emily Henry. Talented but consistently overlooked, Sophie has never been able to catch a break. Riding is her life, but she hasn’t been raised with a stable in her garden the same way some of her competition have. But this summer is different – she’s just earned herself a spot at the prestigious Blackwood Equestrian Camp. Luke, the camp’s star jumper, is charming, wealthy and actually a very sweet boy at heart. His dad owns the Blackwood estate, so he’s always had it easy and never met a girl who doesn’t fall at his feet . . . until Sophie.  Scrappy Finley, a stable hand who works for the estate, has a talent for breaking in difficult horses. He’s brooding, rough around the edges and hiding a secret that could ruin him.  When a major riding competition is on the line, forcing them all to work together, Sophie must decide who really has her heart, and whether she’s willing to risk everything for love.

THE HOTLY ANTICIPATED YA CRIME THRILLER FROM AWARD-WINNING* AUTHOR, JENNIFER PEARSON______FAME CAN BE A KILLERGlobal superstar Blair Baker rises high above the stage for the opening number of her hometown show. The crowd erupts in applause. Then come the screams. For her sister, Stevie, Blair’s murder is more than a headline. And she will stop at nothing to uncover the truth. TRUST NO ONE. CATCH A KILLER. STAY ALIVE. Think: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder for SwiftiesUnputdownable, page turning and suspenseful, welcome to your new crime thriller obsessionFeaturing a small-town setting, a dynamite teen detective duo and twists you won’t see comingPerfect for fans of The Disappearance of Rachel Price and Five Survive by Holly Jackson, The Cousins by Karen M. McManus and The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell*Jennifer Pearson won Best Laugh-Out-Loud Book for 9–13-Year-Olds Award 2022?

Dear future us . . . there's something you should know. Nel, Flo, Maggie and Nicole haven’t been friends for years. Caught in the limbo summer between college and Uni, each of the girls are at a precipice, deciding the direction of the rest of their lives. Nel has her sights set on a gap year chasing sunsets, but her parents have other ideas. Flo is desperate to make it into art school, but her secret romance is distracting her from her work and making it hard for her to leave. Maggie is desperate to move as far from home as possible, leaving her toxic boyfriend behind. And then there’s Nicole who, unbeknown to the other girls, has been hospitalized and may have to re-take the year. That’s when the notifications come through. None of them remember the time-capsule text messages they sent each other two years ago. Messages full of confessions, feelings and secrets that force them back together again . . . before they break apart.A love-letter to female friendship, this is the debut novel from Georgina Forsyth-Read (one half of Ally & G), perfect for fans of To All The Boys I've Loved Before and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.