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Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff, whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.

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A G Hopkins

A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Both books are in development for major motion pictures. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men’s Journal. He lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit him at facebook.com/ajbaime and trumanbook.com.

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Anthony James Pollard is a British medieval historian, specialising in the fifteenth century and in particular the Wars of the Roses. A leading authority in the field, he is profesor emeritus of Teesside University. His books include North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses, Richard III and the Princes in theTower, Imagining Robin Hood: the Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context and Warwick the kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame.

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A K Benjamin is a clinical neuropsychologist and the author of Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds.

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A. L. Berridge read English at Oxford, and taught for ten years before moving into television, where her production credits range from period drama and thrillers to long-running soaps. She has written two previous novels, Top Ten besteller Honour and the Sword and In the Name of the King. Into the Valley of Death is her third novel.

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Alison Gaylin's first job was as a reporter for a celebrity tabloid, which sparked a lifelong interest in writing about people committing despicable acts. More than a decade later, she wrote and published her Edgar-nominated first novel, HIDE YOUR EYES. 
 
She's since published nine more books, including the USA Today and international bestselling Brenna Spector suspense series, which has been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Thriller awards and won the Shamus award. 
 
She lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, cat and dog.

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A P Wavell

A.S. Webb is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos, the first instalment of The Dark Pantheon Trilogy. She is inspired by stories rooted in history and mythology, that push the boundaries of imagination and urge us to reflect on what it means to be human.

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A. A. Dhand is the author of six previous novels, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. The history, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. For more information about A. A. Dhand and his books, follow him on X @aadhand, and on Instagram @aa_dhand.

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A. B. Poranek grew up sharing her time between Ontario, Canada and rural Poland, and eventually completed a veterinary degree at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. A lover of mythology and history, she enjoys exploring both in her writing. Her debut novel, Where the Dark Stands Still, an instant New York Times bestseller, is an ode to Poland's folktales, while A Treachery of Swans transports readers to a world inspired by 17th century France.

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A. Bradley

Professor A. C. Grayling is Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, history, science and current affairs. For several years he wrote columns for the Guardian newspaper and The Times and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.

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A.D. Miller is the author of Snowdrops, The Earl of Petticoat Lane and The Faithful Couple. Snowdrops was a bestseller and was shortlisted for many prizes including the Man Booker and the CWA Gold Dagger. It was translated into 25 languages. As Moscow Correspondent of The Economist A.D. Miller has travelled across the former Soviet Union and covered the Orange Revolution in Ukraine; he is now the magazine’s Culture Editor based in London. 
 
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A. Igoni Barrett was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1979 and lives in Lagos. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition, the recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship, a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency. His short story collection, Love is Power, or Something Like That, was published in 2013. In 2014 he was named on the Africa39 list of sub-Saharan African writers under 40. Blackass is his first novel.

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Georgia Leighton

The Kingdom of Calestra was built on blood. Every spring, when the snow melts in the mountains, one young woman is chosen by lot to be sacrificed to the Great Dragon. 
 
As the Maiden Sacrifice draws near once more, three women stand at the heart of its brutal ritual: Cressyda, desperate and trapped, Alinore, torn between duty and rebellion and Maylie, whose secrets burn hotter than dragonfire. Together, they carry the power to shatter a treaty written in blood and ash. 
 
Yet freedom comes at a cost, and first they must face the ancient fury of the Great Dragon. 
 
The sacrifice is coming. 
But this time, the maidens refuse to burn.

Maiden

Patrick Worrall

“What you've got to understand is that men like him are the aristocracy in here. The armed robbers and contract killers. They're a breed apart.” 
 
Darren Sinfield, the most notorious inmate at Lower Marston maximum-security prison, has gone over the wall and is thought to be holed up in nearby Avonford, a decaying town with a squalid underbelly. 
 
The intelligence officer tasked with hunting him down, Declan Rennard, was an Avonford man himself back in the day. But times have changed. He used to know where the bodies are buried. Now he’s in danger of becoming one of them. 
 
To catch a criminal, Dec is going to have to start thinking like one and that means entering his own dark history to engage in a twisted game of cat and mouse with a man who plays it better than anyone. 
 
But unearthing the past will lead him into some dangerous places - the brutal world of organised crime, the dirty secrets of the security establishment and an inverted skyscraper under central London that is home to all the stories Britain would rather forget...

The Aristocracy

E.S. McLeod

Blessed by the gods with unparalleled beauty, Andromeda lives a life of ease within her Aethiopian palace walls. Content with her sanctuary, the young princess has no concerns other than the royal expectations her parents have for her – until a single, fateful proclamation changes everything. 
 
When the queen defies the gods with a blasphemous claim, Poseidon, fearsome God of the Seas, delivers a deadly ultimatum that puts the queen’s life in Andromeda’s hands. Poseidon sends his loyal servant, the shape-shifting Ceto, to seal the princess’s fate. 
 
But Ceto is not just a servant. With a sharp tongue and hardened heart, she has little interest in the princess’s appearance – and even less in the games of gods. Yet an undeniable tension begins to bloom between them, and both quickly realise Andromeda’s beauty is not only a gift, but a weapon to wield. As Poseidon’s judgement draws ever closer, the two women find themselves pulled into something far more passionate – and dangerous – than either could have predicted...

Andromeda

Ande Pliego

In the centre of New York stands the city’s most notorious library. 
 
It has a history of mysterious disappearances and freak accidents. But tonight, it opens its doors to welcome a group of strangers for an exclusive after-hours tour. 
 
The famous author. The journalist. The professor. The bookseller. The architect. 
 
They are here to see a legendary book – one of the most valuable in the world. But each visitor also has other, more sinister reasons for being in the library after dark. 
 
As the tour takes them deeper into the building, one of the guests meets a gruesome, inexplicable end – and the others realise they are living on borrowed time. 
 
The search for the murderer forces them to confront awful truths about themselves and decide which secrets are worth dying – or killing – to keep.

The Library After Dark

Andrea Mara

Is your daughter the victim ... or the killer? 
 
‘The thing is, we always believe the best of our own kids. What mother thinks her own daughter will do something terrible? But every bad deed is carried out by a person who was once someone’s child.’ 
 
Get ready for your new obsession. Pre-order the gripping new psychological thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller Andrea Mara. 
 
'Impossible to put down.' Patricia Cornwell 
'Andrea's best book yet.' Liz Nugent 
 
The truth will unravel everything... 
 
The morning after a glamorous, luxury wedding, you and your best friend go to wake your twenty-four-year-old daughters. You open the door to their shared room in the pool-house and find a lamp smashed on the floor, a blood stain on the carpet, a ringing phone – and both girls are nowhere to be seen. 
 
The police come and you discover something shocking. Something inexplicable. Is one of your daughters trying to kill the other? And that’s when you and your best friend begin to unravel what's really going on between the girls. 
 
You need to work together to find your daughters, testing your friendship to its limits. And you can’t help but wonder: which girl is the killer and which is the victim? 
 
Everyone is talking about Such a Nice Girl: 
 
'Once you start reading Such a Nice Girl, you won't be able to stop' Jack Jordan 
'An all-round stunning thriller from the queen of the tangled web' Janice Hallett 
'A novel that pits its characters against one another with real invention, real force.' A J Finn 
'What a fantastic novel. A masterclass in twists and turns. It’ll leave your head spinning.' John Marrs 
'A 'Wow' book - I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.' Patricia Gibney

Such a Nice Girl

Charlotte Robinson

An epic thriller that takes the reader on a breathless journey across countries and out into space. Perfect for fans of The Martian and I Am Pilgrim. 
 
'Charlotte Robinson is a story genius!' - Naomi Alderman, author of The Power 
 
'An explosive debut novel that’s out of this world. I genuinely felt I’d left earth behind and was heading towards Mars with the characters… that’s the litmus test of great writing.' Janice Hallett, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Appeal 
 
ONE SMALL STEP. ONE FATAL MISTAKE. 
 
On the barren plains of the Kazakh Steppe, Alyssa Wright stands on the brink of the most ambitious space flight in history: a one-way mission to Mars. But when disaster strikes, she begins to uncover a conspiracy that threatens her life - and the lives of everyone on board. 
 
In Hong Kong, a coder vanishes from his home, leaving nothing behind but a cryptic warning and his cat. Pursued by violent forces, his sister finds herself on the run, in possession of the one thing capable of saving him. 
 
Amidst a dark vacuum of nothingness, as the Argo spaceship hurtles toward Mars, the crew realise that someone is sabotaging the mission from the inside. Every second brings them closer to catastrophe, and time is running out. 
 
Across Earth and space, three stories collide in a riveting thriller that asks: what is the price of progress, and who must pay it?

Mars One

Marcus Kliewer

Follow the Rites... 
 
Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake. 
 
From Marcus Kliewer, a new ‘titan of the macabre and unsettling’ (Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author), comes a supernatural horror about a young woman who accepts a caretaking job from Craigslist, only to discover the position has consequences far greater—and more dangerous—than she ever could have imagined. 
 
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY: 
Caretaker urgently needed. Three days of work. Competitive pay. Serious applicants ONLY. 
 
Macy Mullins can’t say why the job posting grabbed her attention—it had the pull of a fisherman’s lure, barbed hook and all—vaguely ominous. But after an endless string of failed job interviews, she's not exactly in the position to be picky. She has rent to pay, groceries to buy, and a younger sister to provide for. 
 
Besides, it’s only three days’ work… 
 
Three days, cooped up in a stranger’s house, surrounded by Oregon Coast wilderness. 
 
What starts as a peculiar side gig soon becomes a waking nightmare. An incomprehensible evil may dwell on this property—and Macy Mullins might just be the only thing standing between it, and the rest of humanity. 
 
Follow the Rites... 
 
Follow the Rites... 
 
Follow the Rites... 
 
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The Caretaker

Tom Bradby

Life for Dr Laura Strong shouldn’t be this hard. Nights working thankless A&E shifts. A much-loved disabled brother to look after. Loan sharks at her door. She needs a miracle to stop her life collapsing around her. 
 
The arrival of South American coffee magnate Rafael Fernandez appears to be the answer to her prayers. A devoted father with a sick son requiring a 24/7 care, he is prepared to pay any price for expertise he can trust. 
 
But if something appears to be too good to be true, then it probably is. Behind the façade of Rafa’s gilded existence lies a dark family history which he has been doing his best to avoid – until the death of his estranged father brings it crashing back into his – and Laura’s – world. 
 
What had at first seemed to be a remarkable escape from an impossible situation now threatens to destroy everything Laura cares about. Friendless and far from home, she must rely on her own instincts to find a way out of this terrifying new landscape. Sometimes it’s easier to trust the devil you know…

Red Scorpion

Louise O'Neill

2002. 
 
Twin sisters Madeline and Chelsea Stone are joint stars of the AtomicKids sitcom Double Trouble, but everyone knows it’s Maddie who shines most brightly. Until Chelsea beats her sister out for the role of a lifetime and is catapulted into the spotlight. And just as Chelsea’s star reaches impossible new heights, Maddie disappears. 
 
2025. 
 
Chelsea Stone retired from acting after her sister’s disappearance – but living life under the radar is easier said than done when you’re the most famous woman of your generation. 
 
When a storage locker is found containing heart-breaking truths about the year Maddie went missing, Chelsea feels a flicker of hope for the first time in twenty years. This is her chance to discover what really happened to her twin, but to follow the trail she’ll have to face the past and step back into the spotlight . . .

Whatever Happened to Madeline Stone?

S.A. Barnes

'Truly un-put-downable in its purest sense' Chloe Gong, author of These Violent Delights 
'The ultimate haunted house story, in space' Alma Katsu, author of The Deep and The Hunger 
'This story slides and slithers from creepy and atmospheric to skin-crawling, edge-of-your-seat terror' T. Kingfisher, author of The Hollow Places 
‘Wonderful, scary stuff. Barnes has a fabulous gift of world-building... Strong recommend for fans of space-based and isolationist horror’ Erika Johansen, bestselling author of The Queen of the Tearling 
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A GHOST SHIP. A SALVAGE CREW. UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS. 
 
Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed - and made obsolete - when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to investigate. 
 
What they find at the other end of the signal is a shock: the Aurora, a famous luxury space-liner that vanished on its maiden tour of the solar system more than twenty years ago. A salvage claim like this could set Claire and her crew up for life. But a quick trip through the Aurora reveals something isn't right. 
 
Whispers in the dark. Flickers of movement. Words scrawled in blood. Claire must fight to hold onto her sanity and find out what really happened on the Aurora, before she and her crew meet the same ghastly fate.

Dead Silence

Ellie Graves

Revenge is tough to swallow... 
 
Things for Renee Landis are finally looking up. She just quit her dead-end job at a chicken shop after landing the coveted role of junior chef at London’s pristine NOVA restaurant. 
 
But it's not the restaurant that draws Renee in - it's the executive chef. Gracie Fitzgerald is as legendary as she is secretive, known for her succulent, signature dishes and the notorious methods in which she runs her kitchen. No one can touch her workspace with bare hands. No other chef can taste her signature dishes. And no one, under any circumstances, is allowed to enter her personal freezer…

Maneater

Rosie Hewlett

One fateful night in Sparta, a young slave girl encounters a mysterious, grey-eyed princess. Melantho and Penelope, though from different worlds, are instantly connected. But betrayal soon tears them apart. 
 
Years later, on Ithaca's rocky shores, Melantho is sent to serve Princess Penelope and her new husband, Prince Odysseus. Hardened by slavery, Melantho vows to stay distant from Penelope. Yet, the undeniable pull between them proves stronger than ever. 
 
As war ignites Greece, Odysseus and Ithaca's men are called away and, in their absence, Melantho finds a new world opening up before her – one where women rule, where family can be found, and where love is finally given the space to bloom. 
 
But all wars eventually end and as Troy falls, Penelope and Melantho must face the King’s return and decide how far they will go to protect what matters most to them.

Sweetbitter Song

Rebecca Philipson

If you picked up this book because you truly want to get away with murder, you will not be disappointed. Simply turn the page and we’ll get started… 
 
'Rebecca Philipson has turned the serial killer novel on it's head. Clever and all too credible.' Val McDermid, No.1 bestselling author of Silent Bones 
 
Denver Brady claims to be the most successful serial killer of our time – and that’s precisely why you’ve never heard of him. 
 
But with the publication of How to Get Away With Murder, his manual for aspiring serial killers, that’s about to change. 
 
When a copy of Denver's book is found at a crime scene, DI Samantha Hansen is given the job of tracking down the elusive author. 
 
As Denver and Sam’s stories unfold and converge, it becomes clear that there’s more to both than meets the eye. 
 
And once Denver’s book goes viral, the pressure to find and bring him to justice brings Sam to breaking point. 
 
But in this dark and twisted tale, who is hunting whom? 
 
***Readers love How to Get Away with Murder!*** 
 
‘Unputdownable.’ Mary Watson, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Cleaner 
 
'Gripping, clever, and powerful... the best thriller I have ever read.' Eirinie Lapidaki, author of The Wives of Halcyon 
 
'Original and gripping' Claire McGowan, author of What You Did 
 
'What an opening line to hook you right in! A fantastic debut from Philipson.' FIVE-STAR Review 
 
'Intensely engaging with complex and flawed characters.' FIVE-STAR Review 
 
'The writing style was brilliant and the plot very engaging.' FIVE-STAR Review 
 
'I loved the tension, the suspense and thrill, I was totally gripped throughout.' FIVE-STAR Review 
 
'A sharp, clever and hugely entertaining book that delivers tension, humour and a standout premise.' FIVE-STAR Review 
 
'Masterful misdirection and pacing kept me glued to the page the entire time.' FIVE-STAR Review

How to Get Away with Murder

Karen Swan

Tricase Porto, Puglia, Italy 
 
1957: The summer of innocence 
Amongst the lemon trees, Rafaella Parisi impatiently waits for the summer visitors to arrive in her small fishing village on the coast of Puglia. She may be dating Fon Gianelli, but there is one person she longs to see: Cosimo - son of the wealthy Franchetti family. 
 
1958: The summer everything changed 
After a devastating accident at the lavish Franchetti villa, Rafa makes a vow that changes the course of all their futures… 
 
1961: The summer they met again 
And when Rafa and Cosi’s lives collide, Rafa must decide if she’s willing to risk the life she has built for the future she might have had…

Three Summers

Heba Al-Wasity

'Leena didn't believe in monsters until she saw Weavingshaw.' 
 
The Saint of Silence trades coins for every sordid divulgence uttered to him. The darker the secret, the higher the price. 
 
Leena has a secret, one that has haunted her since she was seventeen – she can see the dead. When her brother falls ill, she knows what she must do: seek the Saint. 
 
But Leena's secret is more valuable to him that she could have imagined. To save her brother, she must make a deal with him to find the ghost he's searching for. 
 
All paths lead to Weavingshaw, a cursed estate on the moors. As Leena grows closer to the Saint, and is plunged into his world of danger, deceit and desire, she learns that he is hiding his own secrets – ones that have the power to destroy them all.

Weavingshaw

Saratoga Schaefer

'Absolutely unputdownable' The Mirror 
'A riveting, raw and savage story' Ghouls Magazine 
'An intense, gory and brutally honest tale' CrimeReads 
'A Rosemary's Baby for our modern social media mindset' Clay McLeod Chapman 
'Timely, terrifying, and touched with humour, this book will chew you up and spit you out' C.J. Dotson 
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Every trad wife needs a baby. Camille will get one - no matter the cost. 
 
Camille lives to embody the perfect traditional wife—cooking, cleaning, homesteading, and documenting it all for her followers. But without a baby, her image—and her following—feels incomplete. As Camille's husband begins to withdraw and his attention in her waning, Camille’s desperation deepens. 
 
When Camille discovers a crumbling well hidden in the wheat field behind her new house, she is drawn to it, despite its proximity to an intimidating local forest. Unsure of what else to do, she makes a wish. 
 
Soon, she’s haunted by vivid dreams she believes are divine. Then something visits her—something not quite angelic. Her belly swells unnaturally fast. Her cravings turn raw. And yet, her announcement goes viral. 
 
But as Camille’s influence grows, so does the horror inside her. The life she always wanted is finally within reach… if it doesn’t consume her first. 
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Readers love Trad Wife: 
 
'An incredibly timely horror story!' 
'Unsettling and sharply clever' 
'A dark and fascinating look into society and standards for women'

Trad Wife

Frances Crawford

Don't miss the must-read debut of the year - a murder mystery unlike any other... 
 
'Clever, honest, heart-rending.' VAL MCDERMID 
'Richly authentic, funny, moving and insightful.' JANICE HALLETT 
'I haven’t read anything quite as unique as this since Trainspotting.' LIN ANDERSON 
'A Bad, Bad Place will stay with me for a long, long time' JENNIE GODFREY 
'Part To Kill a Mockingbird, part The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, yet altogether incomparable’ A. J. FINN 
 
What happened to the dog walker who found the body? 
 
Glasgow, 1979. 
 
Twelve-year-old Janey won’t take her dog, Sid Vicious, for a walk. Not anymore. It’s Sid’s fault she found the murdered woman. 
 
Janey claims she can’t remember what she saw at the abandoned railway, but the police think she’s hiding something. And they’re not the only ones interested. 
 
Fear and rumour rip through the tight-knit community of Possilpark. Janey and her nana, Maggie, are dragged into the hunt for a murderer. And Maggie’s struggle to keep her beloved granddaughter safe becomes ever more desperate. 
 
Because Janey’s memories can’t stay hidden forever. 
 
And neither can the killer… 
 
Readers love A Bad, Bad Place: 
 
'Lingers long after the final page' FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
 
'I loved every page!' FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
 
'Got under my skin in a way I didn't expect' FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
 
'Absolutely brilliant, funny, full of life, completely convincing' FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
 
'Brilliant' FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
 
'Stunning' FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW 
 
'Scottish writing at its finest' FIVE-STAR READER REVIEW

A Bad, Bad Place

Tanya Sweeney

A fresh, funny and deeply affecting novel about a thirty-something woman who begins stalking a celebrity crush - and about what happens when it all becomes a bit too real. Perfect for fans of Baby Reindeer. 
 
*AN INSTANT NO.1 BESTSELLER* 
 
'This is such a great book. People will LOVE it!’ MARIAN KEYES, bestselling author of Grown Ups 
 
'I loved this book. A wild ride of a read, funny yet poignant, it is a gripping page turner.' LIZ NUGENT, award-winning author of Strange Sally Diamond 
 
'Looks set to be the smash hit of 2026.' IRISH TIMES 
 
‘I raced through this funny yet unsettling book – and found it all too relatable.’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, Best Debut Novels for 2026 
 
You're the love of Esther's life. You just don't know it yet... 
 
Esther first sees Ted walking in a park in London. They lock eyes and for a fraction of a second, she feels something she’s never felt before. 
 
She starts by reading up about his life in Canada and his work as an actor. Then she watches every interview with him online. It isn’t long before she’s joined Ted’s fan site online where her and the ‘Tedettes’ stalk his every move. 
 
When Ted gets a new celebrity girlfriend, Esther decides that things have gone far enough. She leaves her husband, takes all their savings, and buys a one-way ticket to Canada. 
 
After all, Ted might not know it yet, but they are meant to be together – he just needs a little bit of persuading... 
 
***Readers are OBSESSED with Esther is Now Following You!*** 
 
'A well-written, compulsive page-turner’ - FIVE-STAR REVIEW @Tired Mammy Book Club 
 
‘Completely addictive …Tanya Sweeney has a completely unique voice’ FIVE-STAR REVIEW @LucysChronicLife 
 
'ESTHER IS NOW FOLLOWING YOU wasn't what I expected, it was more’ FIVE-STAR Review @BethReadsCrime 
 
‘Brilliantly funny, and freakishly weird, it also had a much deeper emotional undercurrent. Tanya managed to tackle some serious themes, whilst still managing to balance them with comedic writing, that’s some accomplishment. Loved it’ FIVE-STAR REVIEW @JTayAuthor 
 
'I have nothing to say other than I absolutely devoured this book and loved it!!!!' FIVE-STAR Review 
 
'I was utterly immersed in this and hope that Sweeney writes more.' FIVE-STAR Review 
 
'A rollercoaster of a novel that keeps you strapped in and clutching the safety rail until the bitter end!' FIVE-STAR Review 
 
'If you’re looking for a novel that’s both thought-provoking and emotionally gripping, this one’s a must-read.' FIVE-STAR Review 
 
'Oh, never before has a character captured my heart so much, Esther completely has mine.' FIVE-STAR Review 
 
'It's a must-read and I've never seen anything quite like it before.' FIVE-STAR Review 
 
'I was hooked on Esther's character.' FIVE-STAR Review

Esther is Now Following You

Liza Anderson

Vic Wood’s ordinary life crumbles when her younger brother is accepted into the Acheron Order, a secret society of witches tasked with keeping the world of the dead at bay. While Henry inherited their absent mother’s magical abilities, Vic did not. So she is stunned when the Order’s mysterious leader invites her to join the other initiates at Avalon Castle, to prove his controversial hypothesis – that magic can be taught. 
 
But outsiders aren’t welcome at Avalon, and Vic has to fight for the chance to stay. Scouring archives and libraries for anything she can use to her advantage, Vic uncovers a dangerous truth: the Order is on the brink of war, and her own mother might have started it. 
 
And then there is Xan, the Order’s imposing, ruthless, frustrating head Sentinel. Xan makes no secret that he wants Vic gone. But even the cavernous castle can feel cramped and claustrophobic amidst their electric connection . . . 
 
As simmering tension gives way to violence, Vic must choose whether to leave the preternatural behind, and risk losing her family, or stay, and remain powerless in a world where power is everything.

We Who Have No Gods

Rose Dommu

Julia loves her family. They stood by her when she came out as a woman and have been nothing but supportive of her life in New York. So when her brother asks her to be ‘best woman’ in his wedding, how could she say no? 
 
Now though, Julia’s facing a week in her hometown dealing with bridezilla and her cronies, her parents’ messy post-divorce relationship, and a mountain of old memories she’s done her best to avoid. She’s totally fine. 
 
That is, until Julia learns that Kim Cameron – gorgeous, self-assured, and the object of Julia’s unrequited high school crush – is maid of honour. 
 
Thinking no harm will come of it, Julia tells a tiny little lie to win Kim over. But the lie quickly snowballs, jeopardizing both their blossoming attraction and Julia’s relationship with her family. As Julia struggles through the wedding week and tensions begin to boil over, can the best woman fix her worst mistake?

Best Woman

Samantha Sotto Yambao

Raya is a lost soul, going through the motions of life without a dream of her own. 
 
One night, on her subway ride home, Raya’s thoughts wander too far. She wakes on the Elsewhere Express, a magical train that offers its passengers a sense of purpose, peace, and belonging. The train’s endless journey is a chance for Raya to reimagine her life – but only if she finds her compartment before time runs out. 
 
On board, Raya meets a charming, handsome artist named Q and together they race to find their place on the train, through a boarding car carpeted in meadow grass and along a dining carriage where passengers picnic on lilypads. 
 
But a mysterious stowaway has boarded with them, and with it a dark, malignant magic that threatens to destroy the train and everything in it. The closer Raya comes to uncovering the stowaway's identity, the nearer she draws to the ultimate question: what is her life's true purpose – and might Q be connected to it?

The Elsewhere Express

Victor LaValle

New Hyde Hospital’s psychiatric ward has a new resident. It also has a very, very old one. 
 
When an altercation with the police leads to Pepper being mistakenly admitted to a mental institution in Queens, NYC, he doesn’t expect to stay there long. It will be a matter of days, he believes, until the misunderstanding is ironed out and he is released. 
 
But as those days stretch into weeks, blurring into a cycle of bad food, endless hallways, and an ever-increasing mixture of sedatives, Pepper realises that the system isn’t just broken – it’s forgotten him. He must fight through the chemical haze to hold on to his sanity, but he has worse problems. There are rumours that a devil stalks the wards after dark – a monstrous figure with the body of an old man and the head of a bison. As more patients begin vanishing, and the overworked staff cover up their disappearances, Pepper must unite the other inmates and kill the monster that’s hunting them. But what can destroy the devil? 
 
The Devil in Silver is a terrifying and empathetic exploration of the horrors of institutional neglect, and the courage it takes to slay our demons – both real and imagined.

The Devil in Silver

Van Jensen

SOMETHING ASTONISHING IS HEADING OUR WAY . . . 
 
'Jensen unfolds his gripping cosmic mystery with huge bravura and real heart.' 
M. R. CAREY, author of the bestselling The Girl with All the Gifts 
 
'A gripping blend of sci-fi mystery and small-town suspense . . . an unforgettable ride.' 
RON HOWARD, Academy Award-winning director 
 
'I felt slapped awake by Godfall’s brilliant conceit . . . thought-provoking, awe-inspiring, and visionary.' 
BENJAMIN PERCY, writer of Marvel's Wolverine 
 
'Engrossing, genre bending . . . will have you staying up long past your bedtime.' 
KARIN SLAUGHTER 
 
A massive asteroid hurtles toward Earth and humanity is braced for annihilation – but the end doesn’t come . . . 
 
Because it's not an asteroid . . . it’s a three-mile-tall alien figure that comes to earth outside Little Springs, Nebraska. Dubbed ‘the giant’, its body apparently pierced by a blade, its arrival transforms this quiet red-state farm town into a top-secret government research site and major metropolitan area, flooded with soldiers, scientists, government agents, bureaucrats, spies, criminals, conspiracy theorists . . . and a killer. 
 
As the sheriff of Little Springs, David Blunt thought he’d be keeping the peace among the same people he’d known all his life, not breaking up chanting crowds of conspiracy theorists, busting drugs gangs, dealing with doomsday cults, struggling to control town hall meetings about immigrants, and invaders and the construction of a mosque. Or trying to catch a cunning and seemingly untraceable killer. 
 
As the brutal, bizarre murders strike ever closer to home, Blunt – increasingly troubled by strange, unsettling dreams of a cosmos in chaos – throws himself into the hunt for a killer who seems somehow connected to the Giant. 
 
With bodies piling up and tensions in Little Springs mounting, he realizes that in order to find the answers he needs, he must first reconcile his traditional sense of things with the town, and the world, he now lives in – before it’s too late.

Godfall

Trisha Ashley

Ginny Spain usually loves Christmas. Not this year, though. After witnessing a traumatic accident and breaking up with her ex, she plans to spend it alone. But her formidable art historian mother, Evie, has other ideas. 
 
Determined to drag her daughter out of isolation, Evie persuades Ginny to spend Christmas with her at an artist and writer’s retreat at Triskelion, a remote old house in the tiny coastal village of Little Star. 
 
But Evie’s plans aren’t without an ulterior motive – having discovered that her grandmother was an artist and spent time at Triskelion house, she wants to unlock the secrets surrounding her and Ginny’s ancestor. 
 
Rugged Rhys Tarn lives at Triskelion with his ten year old daughter, having lost his wife in mysterious and distressing circumstances – and Ginny is in for a shock when she discovers she and Rhys share an unexpected connection. 
 
Between Winter Solstice and Twelfth Night, and with the help of Rhys, can Ginny unlock her past and make this Christmas her happiest one yet?

The Christmas Retreat

Thomas Olde Heuvelt

When the darker days fall, the debt must be paid, . . . get ready for the chilling new folk horror from the Hugo Award-winning, bestselling author of HEX - from the publisher of The Exorcist and perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Stephen King. 
 
‘One of the most vital and exciting voices in modern horror.’ Mike Flanagan, award-winning director of ‘Doctor Sleep’ and ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ 
 
'No one builds agonizing tension like Thomas Olde Heuvelt. Darker Days is his best yet.' Catriona Ward, bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street 
 
In Lock Haven, a quiet little town in Washington State, there is a very special street. 
Bird Street. The residents of Bird Street are all successful, wealthy, healthy and happy. And their children are all well-mannered and smart and high achievers. 
 
At least they are for eleven months of the year. 
 
In November, however, the ‘Darker Days’ begin. For November’s the month when things take a turn for the worse: accidents, bad luck, familial conflict and illness take hold. And it is in November that a stranger comes to Bird Street to collect the debt owed by the residents. 
 
Because, you see, there is a price that must be paid for all the happiness and good fortune they enjoy for the other eleven months of year. And that price is one human life. Every November. Without fail. 
 
And so it has been for over a hundred years. To ease their guilt, the residents of Bird Street seek out individuals – usually the elderly or the terminally ill – who wish to die with dignity and are content to be helped on their way. 
 
But this year, things don’t go to plan. This year events take a terrifying turn . . . 
 
Propulsive and haunting, Darker Days is a devastating modern take on the Faustian pact, and begs the question: how far would you go for your own happiness? 
 
Praise for Darker Days and Thomas Olde Heuvelt 
 
‘Totally, brilliantly original’ Stephen King, bestselling author of It and Carrie 
 
‘Possibly the most frightening prologue ever written’ Guardian 
 
'This is Olde Heuvelt at the height of his powers.' Alma Katsu, award-winning author of The Hunger 
 
‘A daring and uncompromising jewel of horror fiction.’ Eric LaRocca, award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke 
 
‘Creepy, gripping, and original.’ George R. R. Martin, bestselling author of Game of Thrones 
 
‘Takes the horror/thriller genre to a whole new level.' Sarah Lotz, award-winning author of The White Road

Darker Days

Steven Erikson

A goddess awakens to a new world, only to find that some things never change. 
 
Amidst the ashes of a failed rebellion in Seven Cities, new embers are flaring to life. 
 
There are furrowed brows at the beleaguered Malazan Legion headquarters in G’danisban for it would appear that yet another bloody clash with the revived cult of the Apocalyptic is coming to a head. 
 
Seeking to crush the uprising before it ignites the entire subcontinent, Fist Arenfall has only a few dozen squads of marines at his disposal, and many of those are already dispersed - endeavouring to stamp out multiple brush-fires of dissent. But his soldiers are exhausted, worn down by the grind of a simmering insurrection and the last thing Arenfall needs is the arrival of the new Adjunct, fresh from the capital and the Emperor's side. 
 
The man's mission may be to lend support to Arenfall’s efforts . . . or stick a knife in his back. 'Twas ever thus, of course. That a popular commander should inevitably be seen as a threat to the Emperor - such is the fatal nature of imperial Malazan politics. 
 
And what of the gods? Well, as recent history has proved, their solution to any mortal mess is to make it even messier. In other words, it's just another tumultuous day in the chequered history of the Malazan Empire.Acclaim for The God is Not Willing: 
 
'Awe-inspiring. Prepare to fall in love with epic fantasy all over again.' ANNA SMITH SPARK, author of The Court of Broken Knives 
 
'As good as I expected it to be . . . Erikson continues to showcase his talents as an impressive wordsmith . . . mesmerising and memorable. Add to this intense battles, witty banter, advanced warfare, new curses, new gods, and escapades with warrens and this world's supernatural and you'll see why I had such a good time.' GRIMDARK magazine 
 
'It is beautiful, it is captivating and utterly enthralling . . . Erikson is unparalleled in both the scope of his imagination and the talent of his prose, but more importantly, he is as insightful and funny as Terry Pratchett ever was.' FANTASY BOOK REVIEW 
 
'Erikson at the top of his game, a lean, sharply honed and powerful addition to what is already in my mind the pre-eminent fantasy universe of the last few decades.' TOR.COM 
 
'Determined, focused, well-paced and immensely rich novel of war, peace, hubris, consequence, sorcery and compassion . . . this is Erikson bringing his A-game, turned up to 11, and delivering what is comfortably one of his three or four best novels to date.' THE WERTZONE 
 
'Could be Erikson's most accessible novel to date . . . a must for all Malazan fans.' FANTASY HOTLIST 
 
'Erikson burnishes his reputation as a superior epic fantasy world-builder . . . a treat both for his returning readers and lovers of George R.R. Martin-style epic fantasy who have yet to discover his work.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *starred review

No Life Forsaken

The Second Tale of Witness

Emma Mason

'A delightfully engaging debut, starring one of the most amusing and unusual sleuths I’ve come across. Best enjoyed with a nice glass of sherry!' Tess Gerritsen 
 
A grand country estate. 
On her last day as a Detective, Midge McGowan is given the retirement present from hell: a ticket to take part in a haunted house tour. She’ll have to spend the weekend before Christmas ghost-hunting in an isolated mansion with a group of misfits, including a know-it-all paranormal investigator and a has-been pop star. 
 
An impossible crime. 
It isn’t long before the tour starts to spiral out of control. Midge and the guests see an unsettling figure walking the grounds late at night. Then the unthinkable happens – someone is murdered in a room that’s been locked from the inside. 
 
A weekend they might not survive. 
Heavy snow cuts them off from help, the house’s own dark secrets begin to surface, and Midge can’t shake the creeping sense that they are walking into a nightmare. Could a ghost really be responsible, or is the culprit one of the guests?

Murder Most Haunted

A terrifying, dread-filled nightmare from the Queen of Space Horror, S.A. Barnes. 
 
‘Wonderful, scary stuff. Barnes has a fabulous gift of world-building... Strong recommend for fans of space-based and isolationist horror’ Erika Johansen, bestselling author of The Queen of the Tearling 
'This slice of space horror will be just the ticket for the Halloween season' New Scientist 
'So well done and creepy, with a twist that will shock you!' Hildur Knútsdóttir 
'The S.A. Barnes Creature Feature we've all been waiting for! Tense, nasty, and melancholic' Caitlin Starling 
_________ 
 
Halley Zwick is on the run. 
 
Exposing an interplanetary conspiracy should have brought justice. Instead, it’s brought Halley nothing but a target on her back. With nowhere left to turn, she boards a relic of the past: Elysian Fields, a drifting crypt in deep space. 
 
Once hailed as humanity’s answer to death itself, Elysian Fields was trillionaire Zale Winfield’s promise to Earth’s elite — cryo-sleep until medicine caught up with mortality. But that future never came. The program was abandoned. The barge has floated dark and silent for over a century. 
 
Or so Halley thought. 
 
The moment she steps aboard, something feels wrong. The silence isn’t empty—it’s watching. Shadows fall across corridors. Scratching claws echo in the vents. Whispers bleed from the walls. Something is crawling, slithering, waking. 
 
As Halley descends into the heart of the ship, paranoia blurs into terror. The Elysian dead may not be sleeping—and what woke them is hungry... 
_________ 
 
Readers love Cold Eternity 
 
'The best Barnes book yet' 
'Just the right amount of horror' 
'Creepy and atmospheric' 
'I was on the edge at all times' 
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Cold Eternity

C. K. McDonnell

‘Fiendishly clever and monstrously funny, C K McDonnell's latest will steal your soul and eat your brain. In the nicest possible way, of course.’ TOM HOLT, author of The Portable Door and The Eight Reindeers of Christmas 
 
It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . . 
 
For most people, that means a time of celebration, relaxation and inebriation, but not for the staff of The Stranger Times. While a book club meeting ending in a triple murder isn’t unprecedented, it is at least noteworthy. It quickly emerges that this is no ordinary book-club-triple-murder either, as it features a librarian possessed by a chaotic entity who has broken through from another dimension and is hellbent on vengeance. He’s made a list, but he’s not checking it twice as the whole of humanity is on it. Who would want to summon such a thing? And how is anyone going to be able to send it back? 
 
As if that wasn’t enough to be dealing with, a shocking revelation about a member of The Stranger Times team’s past brings family together, but not in a way that’s ever going to make it into a Hallmark movie. 
 
Featuring demonically possessed Santas, blood-thirsty books and the ghost of a legendary nightclub, it’s beginning to look a lot like a Christmas apocalypse . . . 
 
Ring the Bells is the fifth book in the award-winning, critically acclaimed and laugh-out-loud funny The Stranger Times series. 
 
The reviewers loved Relight My Fire: 
 
'McDonnell's world is transgressively hilarious, grimly banal and beguilingly warm. Of course there's a story that the intrepid journalists of The Stranger Times have to tease out: grave-robbing, cryogenics, a very angry witch, and a washed-up indie legend looking for a lost album, but the real joy lies in the pitfalls and pratfalls of getting there.' DAILY MAIL 
 
'An absolute riot of a read.' DAILY EXPRESS 
 
'Laugh-out-loud funny and full of colourful characters.' DAILY MIRROR 
 
'It’s no secret that here at SciFi Towers we’re massive fans of the Stranger Times series by C. K. McDonnell.' SciFiNOW 
 
'I loved the dry and embedded humour of this book, it's the stuff of life . . . the whole thing is great fun.' SFCROSWNEST 
 
'Relight My Fire is perhaps the best since the original.' STARBURST

Ring the Bells

(The Stranger Times 5)

Harper L. Woods

The living do not belong here with the damned 
 
An uneasy truce exists between the witches of Hollows Grove University and the archdemons who now walk among them. 
 
Unlike her fellow Red witches, Margot Erotes has never embraced her true power to draw magic from her own sensuality and desire. Instead, her magic finds a release through music, weaving a spell that can bind anyone who hears it to her. 
 
So when Beelzebub, Lord of Gluttony, comes upon Margot singing to herself in the University’s courtyard, he instantly falls prey to her song – and doesn’t hesitate to follow her when she is thrown through the gates to Hell. 
 
Caught under Margot’s spell, the archdemon is forbidden to her touch, and yet he is the only one she can trust to get her back to Hollow’s Grove. They just have to make it through the Nine Circles of Hell first. 
 
No matter what they lose along the way.

The Damned

The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. Discover the 1Q84 Trilogy by Haruki Murakami.

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A Black Book Thriller

A Box Full of Murders

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A Christmas Mystery

The intelligent and capable police commissioner Guido Brunetti confronts crime in and around his home town of Venice.

A Commissario Brunetti Mystery

A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series

A Daisy Story

Chronicling the lives of over three hundred characters, unrivalled for its scope and humour, this is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England.

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