The World is Full of Foolish Men
46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. The pleasure is twice as sweet When you cheat a cheat. The World is Full of Foolish Men by Jean de la Fontaine captures the essence of these timeless words, enticing readers into a world of wit and wisdom.Paperback$999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
To End All Wars
Now A Major Motion Picture Starring Robert Carlyle and Kiefer Sutherland 'Waking from a dream, I suddenly realized where I was: in the Death House—in a prison camp by the River Kwai. I was a prisoner of war, lying among the dead, waiting for the bodies to be carried away so that I might have more room.' When Ernest Gordon...Paperback$5300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
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Landmark new 90th anniversary edition featuring a wealth of charming illustrations from Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins, published in English for the first time. Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, almost dead and dark, with scarcely a snore more than a whiff of unseen steam, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out...Hardback$5500Unit price /UnavailableOut 22 Oct 2026Pre-order
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'A book we should all read' Michael Morpurgo 'Vivid, captivating... sure to inspire a new generation' R.M. Romero, author of The Dollmaker of Krakow During the Second World War, the Netherlands is under Nazi control and acts of resistance are punishable by death. But when teenage Michiel is asked to take care of a wounded British Spitfire pilot, he doesn't...Paperback$2299Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order
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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOW 'Banville is one of my favourite writers alive.' REBECCA F. KUANG 'More than a touch of genius.' THE TIMES 'A pleasure to read' IRISH TIMES On the east coast of Ireland, one of the country's most prominent citizens takes his business partner's son out sailing and, while out at sea, shoots himself dead. This...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableOut 6 Oct 2026Pre-order
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Rejected by her bereaved father at thirteen and then jilted at nineteen, Elizabeth Ashling is deeply distrustful of men and has no wish to return to London Society. However, circumstances mean she must endure a Season, and there she meets Sir Lucius Radstock. He is as ardent a horse-lover as she is, although that is the only subject on which...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableOut 29 Sep 2026Pre-order
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In 1942, the Nazis came for a Jewish family living in Montparnasse, occupied Paris. In the chaos of their arrest, the eleven-year-old daughter fled to the only person she trusted: her piano teacher... The author of the international bestseller, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, returns with a masterful new novel that captures the astonishing bravery of ordinary people in extraordinary times....Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order-
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My Name Is Red
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATUREWINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 25th ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION HARDBACK 'An extraordinary achievement.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'Fabulously rich, highly compelling.' INDEPENDENT'Chock-full of sublimity and sin.' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'Wonderful, dreamy, passionate and august.' SPECTATOR In the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and...Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order -
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Holy Orders
From the bestselling author of Snow 'Stunning' Independent 'Impressive' Irish Times When spring storms descend on 1950s Dublin, a body is found in a canal, and pathologist Quirke must find the truth behind this brutal murder. The investigation leads him into the dark heart of the organisation that really runs this troubled city: the church. As Quirke's traumatic childhood in...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableOut 6 Oct 2026Pre-order 
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Two men, decades apart, are ensnared in the deadly search for a fabled treasure in the conclusion to Lavie Tidhar's epic and audacious Maror Trilogy. 1882, Jerusalem The foreigner. A man with no name, twin guns at his hips, a wide-brimmed hat on his head. A European exile in the backwaters of Ottoman Palestine, the foreigner is a bounty hunter...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableOut 29 Sep 2026Pre-order
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"A dazzlingly prescient parable of ambition, greed, and wealth rattling even the firmest foundations. Like the fractured Italy leaping from its pages full of life and sound and smell, Florenzer churns at the quicksilver pace of creation itself." ― Isa Arsén, author of Shoot the Moon Leonardo da Vinci, twelve years old and a bastard, leaves the Tuscan countryside to...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableOut 13 Oct 2026Pre-order-
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Elegy for April
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOW 'Banville is one of my favourite writers alive.' REBECCA F. KUANG 'More than a touch of genius.' THE TIMES As a deep, bewildering fog cloaks Dublin, a young woman named April is found to have vanished. Flawed pathologist Quirke responds to a request to help find her. Speaking with those who knew her, he...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableOut 6 Oct 2026Pre-order 
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Life can be tough when you’re a bird, and it is especially tough for Herman, Beaky, and Pidge. But when the cantankerous crow, young jackdaw, and flighty pigeon band together as an unlikely flock, they set off for a place where they are promised shelter and food aplenty. As they set out into the wild, the trio find themselves facing...Paperback$2299Unit price /UnavailableOut 29 Sep 2026Pre-order-
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Bane of Bernicia
PREORDER Bane of Bernicia NOW - THE THRILLING NEW BERNICIA CHRONICLES ADVENTURE! Anglo-Saxon warlord Beobrand must navigate the caprices of kings as he fights for his honour and his life. The unmissable new Bernicia Chronicles novel from Matthew Harffy. Returning from a dangerous mission to Rome, warlord Beobrand looks forward to peace at home, but bloodshed remains his constant companion....Hardback$4999Unit price /UnavailableOut 29 Sep 2026Pre-order -
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A Death in Summer
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOW 'Banville is one of my favourite writers alive.' REBECCA F. KUANG 'More than a touch of genius.' THE TIMES Newspaper magnate Richard Jewell is found dead at his country estate, a shotgun still in his hands. Few see his demise as cause for sorrow, but before long, Quirke realises that, rather than the suspected...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableOut 6 Oct 2026Pre-order 
Pre-orderA Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories
Let Christmas live in your heart all year long with this luxe edition of A Christmas Carol and Other Stories by Charles Dickens. Merry Christmas to all! This timeless collection has warmed hearts for generations, and now you can pass it down to the next in this heirloom-quality volume. On Christmas Eve, cold-hearted, greedy Ebenezer Scrooge is confronted with his...Hardback$3999Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order
Pre-orderTo the Hermitage
To the Hermitage tells two tales: a contemporary story of our narrator, a novelist, who has been invited to Stockholm and then to Russia to take part in what is enigmatically referred to as the Diderot Project, and one set two hundred years earlier in which Bradbury brilliantly recreates Diderot's journey to Russia to entertain and enlighten the mind of...Paperback$3500Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order-
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The Forever Summer
Absorbing, compelling and completely unputdownable, every Lulu Taylor novel grips you to the very end — Lisa Jewell Germany, 1932: On their honeymoon, William and Dinah Conway cross paths with Winston Churchill and witness a meeting that almost changed history. Back in London, as the threat of war looms, the young couple is pulled into a perilous world of secrecy,...Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order 
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Entertaining historical fiction with Jane Austen vibes - Good Housekeeping Inspired by the true story of Countess Bessborough, Rules of the Heart is the sweeping novel from the bestselling author of The Other Bennet Sister, Janice Hadlow. When I love at all, it is with my whole soul - my heart must be torn to pieces before it can forget......Paperback$2299Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableOut 18 Aug 2026Pre-order
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I wept, real tears, at least seven times reading this novel, and I intend to return to these pages often - Moriel Rothman-Zecher, author of Before All the World For fans of Life After Life by Kate Atkinson and All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, Rooms for Vanishing is an epic novel of grief and hope and...Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order-
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No Friend to This House
Haynes is the modern embodiment of the best of Homer - Radio Times No Friend to This House is an extraordinary reimagining of the myth of Medea from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes. Exiled daughter, abandoned wife, vengeful mother. But is that where the truth lies? This is the story of Medea as you've never...Paperback$2299Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableOut 29 Sep 2026Pre-order 
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Atonement meets Weyward in this striking historical debut from new talent Laura Evans, about queer love, privilege, and the intoxicating dangers of embracing the wild . . . Suffolk, 1937. During a sweltering heatwave, preparations for a party are in full swing at Snare House. The Winthers' only daughter, Joanie, is returning from a summer abroad before starting university. Only...Paperback$3900Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order
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It's hard to accept that this is the end of the Emmy Lake series, but if there has to be an end, let it be this one: Dear Miss Lake. Sheer joy! - Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry Touching, funny and emotional, it's the perfect escape and really should be prescribed as a national tonic - Jill Mansell,...Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order
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Everything you want in a story - Helen Paris, author of The Invisible Women's Club Immersive, thrilling . . . I loved every moment - Louise Hare, author of This Lovely City WHEN THE WORLD IS BURNING, HOW MUCH IS THERE TO LOSE? London, 1941. As the city thrums with Blitz bombers, lonely air raid warden Ruby is drawn into...Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order
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A stunning deluxe edition of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility featuring cover art by Anna Bond (Rifle Paper Co.), gold foil details, custom sprayed edges, full-colour unique endpapers, and a ribbon bookmark! Read it ahead of the 2026 film starring Daisy Edgar-Jones! Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but...Hardback$3800Unit price /UnavailableOut 27 Oct 2026Pre-order
Pre-orderA Sky Full of Fire
Rotorua district, 1886. Englishman Cyprian Marsh has been despatched to the colonies in pursuit of his wayward half-brother. The only clue is the beautiful but mysterious Alice Bright, who has led him from the whorehouses of Melbourne to Te Wairoa, a tourist village near the Pink and White Terraces, in the shadow of Mount Tarawera. As the earth sends signs...Paperback$3499Elsewhere:$3899Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Oct 2026Pre-order
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
An authoritative English translation of one of the most important works in the history of the novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (1795–1796), Goethe's second novel, is a foundational work in the history of the genre—perhaps the first Bildungsroman, a coming-of-age story focusing on the growth and self-realisation of the main character. The story centres on Wilhelm, a young man living in...Paperback$6000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
The Way of the Wicked
Kendrick Wroe is found dead in the frozen Shill Brook. Most suspect he has been poaching Lord Gilbert's fish, though Sir Hugh finds reason to believe this may not be so... Then one of Kendrick's friends is slain; another seems to be in mortal peril, and in an apparent attempt to throw Hugh off the scent, his comely daughter Bessie...Paperback$999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
The Time Machine Next Door: Inventors and Dinosaurs
A page-turning, laugh-out-loud historical adventure by comedian and broadcaster Iszi Lawrence (as seen on Netflix and Sky History), perfect for fans of Horrible Histories. Sunil and his scientist neighbour Alex need to return a pterosaur to the Jurassic period, but the time machine won't take them. Alex needs to use her thinking cap to find a way to fix the...Paperback$1899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
The Raj Quartet - Vol 1
The Raj Quartet - Vol 1 contains The Jewel in the Crown and The Day of the Scorpion. Jewel in the Crown: India 1942: everything is in flux. World War II has shown that the British are not invincible and the self-rule lobby is gaining many supporters. Against this background, Daphne Manners, a young English girl, is brutally raped in...Hardback$5500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
The Marriage Game
Bestselling historian Alison Weir brings Elizabeth I to vivid life in a novel of intrigue, sex, plots, mysteries and tragedies, with all the colour and pageantry of the Tudor court. The Marriage Game by Alison Weir is a captivating story set amidst the vivid backdrop of the Tudor court. It captures the drama and allure of Elizabeth I’s reign, steeped...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
The Great Work
An alchemist and his young nephew hunt down a legend in this profound and unsettling speculative Western, for fans of Karen Russell and Victor LaValle. "Not to be missed." - Booklist "A moody, atmospheric, and singular novel which navigates corners of American history through the complicated territory of horror, the monstrous, and the heroic." - Kelly Link, best-selling author of...Paperback$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks 
Midnight Rooms
“An immersive horror fairy tale marrying Crimson Peak to Pan’s Labyrinth upon strange foundations. You’re never really safe here, with Midnight Rooms wondrously defying expectation and refusing obedience. Donyae Coles leads us into a house of sinister magic, full of corners for peeking around, but careful—these walls have claws. A feverish, labyrinthine debut.”—Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
Island Song
One sister found the courage to leave, the other must find the courage to live… From the Caribbean to 1950s London, an epic story of finding home, Island Song is an atmospheric and lyrical debut of compelling storytelling, for fans of Louise Hare and Kristin Hannah. 'Profound and moving' Woman's Own 'Engrossing … An enjoyable debut' Louise Hare, author of...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks 
Eternal Life
What would it really mean to live forever? Rachel is a woman with a problem: she can’t die. Her recent troubles—widowhood, a failing business, an unemployed middle-aged son—are only the latest in a litany spanning dozens of countries, scores of marriages, and hundreds of children. In the 2,000 years since she made a spiritual bargain to save the life of...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
A Big Day For Baseball
Meet Jackie Robinson and solve a mystery in the #1 bestselling Magic Tree House chapter book series! PLAY BALL! Jack and Annie aren't great baseball players... yet! Then Morgan the librarian gives them magical baseball caps that will make them experts. They just need to wear the caps to a special ball game in Brooklyn, New York. The magic tree...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
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The Matchbox Girl
From the multi-award-winning author – a beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel telling the story of a young girl’s battle for survival and search for the truth in occupied Vienna **WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2026**‘A shimmering masterwork’ Alice Austen‘An extraordinary novel about resilience’ Amanda Craig‘A mesmerising tapestry woven across history’ Gina Rippon‘Gripping and profound. A masterful work...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Dec 2026Pre-order -
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The Tainted Khan
The epic sequel to Taran Matharu’s instant Sunday Times bestseller, Dragon Rider, in which empires fall and dragons soar… ‘A dazzlingly epic and richly complex world of dragons, magic, and rebellion’ Amélie Wen Zhao on Dragon RiderJai dreams of being a dragon rider. He dreams of freedom from the Sabine Empire and a world in which he can lead his...Paperback$2699Unit price /UnavailableOut 28 Sep 2026Pre-order -
The Hope
An epic of Israel from its founding to the Six-Day War by the #1 New York Times bestselling author: "Full of excitement." --Entertainment Weekly From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Winds of War and The Caine Mutiny, this saga spans from 1948 to 1967, the early decades of the state of Israel as it struggles for its life, outmatched...Paperback$7600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks 
The Lady Elizabeth
A fantastic historical novel from the author of the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling Innocent Traitor. England, 1536. Home to the greatest, most glittering court in English history. But beneath the dazzling façade lies treachery... Elizabeth Tudor is daughter to Henry VIII, the most powerful king England has ever known. She is destined to ascend the throne, and deferred to...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Circus Maximus: Race to the Death
Circus Maximus, the greatest sporting stage of the ancient Roman world, where the best horses and charioteers compete in a race to the death, and one girl dreams of glory. Ben Hur meets National Velvet in the ultimate 9-12 adventure story by debut children's author, Annelise Gray. Twelve-year-old Dido dreams of becoming the first female charioteer at the great Circus...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Part Of The Furniture
A real treat. A warm, witty, lively book - Val Hennessy, Daily Mail Seventeen-year-old Juno Marlowe has just waved off to war the two young men she has loved for the best part of her life when the air raid sirens begin to wail out across London. She is rescued from this nightmare by a gaunt stranger called Evelyn, frail...Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
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The new novel from the International Booker-shortlisted author of The Adventures of China Iron: a sumptuous and surreal historical reimagining of one of South America's best-known trans men, Antonio de Erauso. From deep in the wilds of the New World, Antonio de Erauso writes a letter to his aunt, the prioress of the convent he escaped as a young girl....Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableOut 13 Oct 2026Pre-order
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The stand-out, sensational new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author about love, scandal and family secrets... In a grand villa on the shores of Lake Geneva, Dulcie's grandmother nears the end of her glamorous and eventful life. The days pass quietly to the reassuring tick of the Swiss clock - until a visitor comes to their door... 1961In the...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3800Unit price /UnavailableOut 13 Oct 2026Pre-order-
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The White Octopus Hotel
From critically acclaimed author of The Winter Garden, Alexandra Bell, comes this new brilliant whimsical fantasy novel. Journey to a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps in this spellbinding historical romance blending mystery, art, romance, and time travel. 'A captivating tapestry of love, tragedy, and time.' Cassandra Clare, bestselling author of Swordcatcher 'An exquisite, fantastical puzzle box of a novel.'...Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableOut 6 Oct 2026Pre-order 
Pre-orderThe Song of Stork and Dromedary
Inspired by the life and work of Emily Brontë, this masterful, multi-award-winning book — acclaimed as the best Dutch novel published this century — pulls readers into a narrative that redefines time itself. In the early 1800s, in Yorkshire, Eliza May Drayden and her sisters live far from the public eye, devoted to their shared love of reading and writing...Paperback$4800Unit price /UnavailableOut 29 Sep 2026Pre-order
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Downton Abbey meets Sherlock in this irresistible second instalment in the Stockingham & Pike series, from a beloved and internationally bestselling author. London, 1911. Coronation fever. Suffragette unrest. A city crackling with tension. When a policeman is found brutally murdered on the streets of Kensington, blame falls on the three women seen fleeing the scene. Their sole witness? Stephen Pike:...Paperback$3800Unit price /UnavailableOut 22 Oct 2026Pre-order-
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The Chinese Nail Murders
A superb murder mystery set in the snowy wastes of ancient northern China. Judge Dee is again in relentless pursuit of evil in one of van Gulik's most strange, atmospheric, and ingenious murder mysteries. Set in a remote, freezing part of China, the novel twists together a girl's disappearance, the theft of some jewels, and a horrifying beheading. And, just...Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableOut 13 Oct 2026Pre-order -
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Ninety-Three
A new translation by David Bellos of the last great novel by France's greatest novelist. In the turmoil of the French Revolution, the year 1793 represented the peak of bloody revolutionary violence. Victor Hugo plunges into this tumultuous period with a story of courage and betrayal across the political classes. As the revolution rages, three characters—a nobleman turned revolutionary, a...Hardback$4500Unit price /UnavailableOut 29 Sep 2026Pre-order -
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Natives of My Person
A profound exploration of colonialism, from one of the Caribbean's most powerful literary voices. A powerful reimagining of the age of European exploration, Natives of My Person tells the story of a nameless Commandant who sets sail under imperial orders—somewhere between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries—to locate the fabled island of San Cristobal, a place shrouded in myth and promise....Paperback$3500Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order 
Pre-orderMount Olympus Mysteries Athena and the Stolen Threads
Decodable mysteries set in Ancient Greece for striving readers aged 10-14. Who has dared to steal Athena's yarn? And more importantly, why? Can Kass, Helen, Jason, and Hector help Athena by getting to the bottom of the mystery? Mount Olympus Mysteries is a new series of Hi-Lo chapter books tailored for striving readers aged 10-14. With gripping storylines and exciting...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableOut 29 Sep 2026Pre-order
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Embark on a haunting Brief Encounter with Toni Cade Bambara, one of America's finest activist authors, in this heartbreaking elegy that 'puts the reader at the heart of the horror that came to be called the Atlanta child murders' Toni Morrison. At once a gripping thriller and a heartbreaking elegy, this is Toni Cade Bambara's powerful final testament, a hymn...Paperback$2400Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order
A Divine Fury
A Divine Fury by D. V. Bishop The Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Winning Author A religious serial killer is haunting Florence and only Cesare Aldo can stop them. A Divine Fury is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Italy. 'Full of dash and atmosphere' - The Times Florence. Autumn, 1539. Cesare Aldo was once...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
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Don't Look Close
If you look closely, you just may catch a killer. From USA Today bestselling author Jaima Fixsen comes a gripping crime novel perfect for fans of William Kent Kruger, following one man who would do anything for his sister, even if it means catching a serial killer... If you look closely, you just may catch a killer. Peter's sister Ellie...Paperback$3400Unit price /UnavailableOut 27 Oct 2026Pre-order 
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Enjoy a brief encounter with Roberto Bolaño, the 21st century's first, great classic author, and his novella Distant Star—a dark, haunting, yet delightfully magical story of two poets outplaying one another in a sinister endgame of cat-and-mouse. A dazzling, daring tale of poets at the end of the world, Distant Star is Roberto Bolaño's miniature dystopian masterpiece. Alberto Ruiz-Tagle was...Paperback$2400Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order
Pre-orderDaisy Jones and The Six
A deluxe hardcover edition of the acclaimed Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller that's sold more than two million copies and inspired an Emmy-nominated series executive produced by Reese Witherspoon, from the beloved author of Atmosphere, Malibu Rising, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Now featuring: Full-colour stencilled edges Designed endpapers Updated jacket with foil Printed case beneath...Hardback$6999Elsewhere:$8500Unit price /UnavailableOut 6 Oct 2026Pre-order
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Experience a brief encounter with José Saramago, the Nobel Prize-winning author, in his provocative and philosophical retelling of the biblical story of Cain. Written in the last years of Saramago's life, Cain is a controversial and witty story of a wilful, authoritarian God. After killing his brother, Cain is condemned to wander the earth. As he moves through time, he...Paperback$2400Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order-
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A Parish Chronicle
Experience a brief encounter with Halldór Laxness, the Nobel Prize-winning Icelandic author, in this rich, rustic and charming novel. An intimate, magical novel about one enduring church in a rural Icelandic valley—an ode to a quiet way of life now lost to time forever. The resting place of the legendary Viking warrior Egil Skallagrimsson's skull, Mosfell Church is a lonely,...Paperback$2400Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order -
The Love Letter
Keeping secrets is a dangerous game... 1995, London. When Sir James Harrison, one of the greatest actors of his generation, passes away at the age of ninety-five, he leaves behind not just a heartbroken family but also a secret so shocking, so devastating that it could rock the English establishment to its core. Joanna Haslam is an ambitious young journalist,...Paperback$2299Elsewhere:$2499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Die by the Sword
From Australia's master of adventure, a heart-stopping chase across South Africa to find Napoleon's priceless lost sword. Three bodies are found scattered across South Africa. Detective Sannie van Rensburg and former soldier Adam Kruger are each on the trail of a murder mystery—from the shores of the Indian Ocean to a farm invasion in KwaZulu-Natal. More than a century earlier,...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Ritual of Fire
Ceremonial murder has returned to Florence. Only two men can end the destruction. Featuring Officer Cesare Aldo, Ritual of Fire is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Italy. 'Fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris' - Historical Novel Society Florence. Summer, 1538. A night patrol finds a wealthy merchant...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Light at Lavelle
A breathtaking historical romance from the master of epic love stories, Paullina Simons, international bestselling author of Tully and The Bronze Horseman. Torn between what they cannot have and what they cannot live without. It is 1929. The world is about to change. Finn Evans is a successful Boston banker harbouring a secret that threatens to unravel his carefully constructed...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
The Darkest Sin
He is fast becoming a serious rival to C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris . . . Highly recommended - Historical Novel Society Florence. Spring, 1537. When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the Renaissance city's northern quarter, he enters a community divided by bitter rivalries and harbouring dark secrets. When a man's body...Paperback$2299Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
City of Vengeance
Shortlisted for the 2021 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 'An impressive and immersive debut set in a beautifully realized sixteenth-century Florence' – Antonia Hodgson 'A first-class historical thriller . . . Bishop's spirited and richly detailed story is a tour-de-force' – David Baldacci 'Richly atmospheric . . . transports you to another time and place' – Ambrose Parry, author of...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
The Hidden Girl
The Hidden Girl is a lost treasure from the author of The Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley. Discover this sweeping and evocative reimagined novel from an author loved by millions of readers worldwide. You can't alter destiny . . . Born and raised in a small village on the Yorkshire moors, Leah Thompson grows more beautiful with each passing day....Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks The Tangled Web
The sudden death of a beloved brother leads a young woman on a quest to find a missing boy and into a tangled web of mystery, blood and fear. Maitland 1892: When Viola Oswald's beloved brother Sebastian dies of a hereditary blood disease, Viola suspects her stepfather, prestigious surgeon Elias Sinclair, has used Sebastian's illness to enhance his reputation. But...Paperback$2699Unit price /UnavailableOut 27 Oct 2026Pre-order
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From the CWA Whodunnit Dagger Winner Lisa Hall:Sticks, stones and MURDER...Gossip is nothing new in Hollywood but when a new column takes the town by storm, rumours are rife. The mystery writer holds no punches, knows all secrets and seems dead set on taking people down. The studio system will stop at nothing to protect the reputation of its stars,...Paperback$999Unit price /UnavailableOut 17 Sep 2026Pre-order-
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The Landlady of the Resolution Hotel
These women have been through hell - but it isn't over yet. Bestselling Australian author Darry Fraser's latest historical novel will have you on the edge of your seat. In 1894, at the loneliest pub on the Murray River, four women are hiding from the truth - and it's threatening to find them.Biddy's the publican at the Resolution Hotel, taking...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$3699Unit price /UnavailableOut 27 Oct 2026Pre-order -
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The Four Seasons of Florence Wallace
This historical novel about a Black orphan girl grappling for a solid place in Civil War–era New York City will inspire tweens to dream big, rise above society's limitations, and find their way by being a place for others to belong.Against her wishes, Florence finds herself at the Colored Orphan Asylum in New York City, along with her younger sister,...Paperback$2200Unit price /UnavailableOut 27 Oct 2026Pre-order -
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Pilbara
A stunning tale of loyalty and survival from a master storyteller ...In this ancient, harsh place, faint hearts will not last. The Pilbara, late 1800s: Frontier country, the wild west of Australia - a lawless, violent place where treachery is a way of life.Widower Charles Burton arrives in this forbidding corner of the world with his three young children. They've...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableOut 27 Oct 2026Pre-order 
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A high society fraud and a scrappy swindler team up to take down Gilded Age New York in this tale of intrigue, drama, and female friendship.The Grand Duchess Marie Charlotte Antonie of Würrtemberg--a turmoil-plagued Germanic nation with closely guarded emerald mines--has taken Gilded Age high society by storm. Little does the upper crust know that Würrtemberg's mines are a sham...Paperback$3200Unit price /UnavailableOut 25 Aug 2026Pre-order-
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Lockett & Wilde: The Ghosts of the Library
The third classic gothic mystery starring supernatural sleuths Lockett & Wilde – for fans of Lemony Snicket and Murder Most Unladylike.“Once you enter the Strange world of Lockett and Wilde, you’ll never want to leave.” Jack Meggitt-Phillips, author of The Beast and the Bethany seriesWinter is closing in. During the long, dark London evenings, Matilda and her ghostly companion, Edgar,...Paperback$1899Elsewhere:$2299Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Nov 2026Pre-order 
Pre-orderIlluminated Ruins
Hong Kong, 1956. On the heights of The Peak, the only way to survive the past is to bury it.For Uri Weiss and his wife, Lujza, life in the British colony is a tailored mask. Hungarian Jewish doctors who escaped the wreckage of Europe only to endure Japanese occupation, they have rebuilt themselves through a fragile, assimilated restraint.The arrival of...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableOut 23 Sep 2026Pre-order-
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Godstorm
'Ancient Rome provides rich plunder for fantasy writers...Godstorm is a grand addition to the genre' Daily Mail'This startling alternative history takes us to a newly-imagined world... The result is a vivid, ferocious adventure' Kim Stanley-Robinson'A highly original, vividly-imagined fantasy Roman Empire where oil is power' Ruth DownieLOVE READING SCIFI/FANTASY BOOK OF THE MONTHA Female Gladiator's Vow. A Stolen Child. A...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableOut 27 Aug 2026Pre-order -
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Dearest Josephine
Love arrives at the most unexpected time . . .1821: Elias Roch has ghastly luck with women. He met Josephine De Clare once and penned dozens of letters hoping to find her again.2021: Josie De Clare has questionable taste in boyfriends. The last one nearly ruined her friendship with her best friend.Now, in the wake of her father's death, Josie...Paperback$3200Unit price /UnavailableOut 27 Oct 2026Pre-order 
Pre-orderConsider the Ravens
Lindisfarne in 1494 is a holy island of secrets.The scribe Linnet is running from her criminal past and seeking sanctuary in the island of her childhood. She's friendless in the monastery, the monks resentful of a woman scribe, and her only company is Tom the fisherman and a child, Isabelle - watchful, clever and unlikeable - with her partly tamed...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Sep 2026Pre-order-
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Blood Caste
Is Jack the Ripper at large on the streets of Victorian India?Hyderabad, India, 1895. When three bodies are discovered with mutilations bearing an eerie resemblance to the Ripper's Whitechapel victims, Chief Inspector Soobramania known as Soob is summoned to investigate.Suspicion alights upon three powerful men: a Russian grand duke and an English earl visiting the city, and their friend, a...Paperback$1099Unit price /UnavailableOut 17 Sep 2026Pre-order 
Pre-orderBackpack, Boy, Berlin: Based on a True Story of World War II Espionage
This is the true story of a boy risking it all to deliver secret anti-Nazi messages while navigating dark times and changing friendships in World War II–era Berlin. The haunting and immersive verse novel comes from critically acclaimed author Kip Wilson.It’s 1938, and ten-year-old Don Heath Jr. moves with his mother and American diplomat father to Berlin, Germany. This move...Hardback$2999Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Nov 2026Pre-order
Pre-orderA Journey Through Greek Myths
Delve deep into the mythology of ancient Greece in this stunning compendium of tales. From the heroes of Athens and Sparta to gods and goddesses, take a magical illustrated journey through the Mediterranean. You'll learn about the places where each story took place, and why myths matter. From Zeus's and the incredible Labours of Heracles, the duel of Perseus and...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$3499Unit price /UnavailableOut 27 Oct 2026Pre-order-
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Wet Ink
Housewife and mother of two, Mitzy Barlow is tired of the stifling monotony of her everyday life. With a husband who brushes off all affection and a routine that leaves her bored out of her mind, playing pretend is no longer enough. To help make ends meet, she hosts Tupperware parties, selling plastic promises of the perfect home. But her...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableOut 25 Feb 2027Pre-order
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