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A A Gill

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.

A D Swanston

A E Langsford

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.

A J Baime

A J Jacobs

A J P Taylor

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.

A J Pollard

A J Rochester

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

A K Benjamin

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.

A L Berridge

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.

A L Gaylin

A Maxwell-Hyslop

A McArthur

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.

A S Webb

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. A. Gill

A. A. Milne

A. Anatoli

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.

A. B. Poranek

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.

A. C. Grayling

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. D. Miller

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A. Humphreys

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.

A. Igoni Barrett

The short life of A.J.A. Symons (1900-41) was described by his biographer as an intricate and largely harmless confidence trick. His many interests included the collection of musical boxes and rare books as well as the study and practice of forgery; they left him time to edit an anthology of Edwardian verse and compose studies of H.M. Stanley and other notable figures. He is remembered for The Quest for Corvo, one of the most remarkable biographies ever written, and for co-founding the Wine and Food Society.

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Cheon Seon-ran

THE #1 KOREAN INSTANT BESTSELLER AND PRIZEWINNER 
 
Discover the original and uplifting sensation for fans of CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN and KLARA AND THE SUN 
 
‘Engaging, touching, subtly disturbing’ K-Lit Review 
 
‘A stunningly crafted novel, evoking a myriad emotions’ Kim Bo-young 
 
‘A dazzling, warm novel that shows us how to move forward as a society without leaving anyone or anything behind’ Choi Jin-young, author of To the Warm Horizon 
 
From its perch on top of a pile of junk inside a shed, Coli, a robot with powerful observational qualities, waits patiently for someone to find it. 
 
Coli is special among AI robots. This is because Coli has the capacity for emotion. 
 
Today, Coli is feeling particularly in awe – of the sky in all its wondrous shades of blue. 
 
Luckily for Coli, a young girl is about to pass by. She is obsessed with robots. 
 
Together, they will save a life. 
 
But first, they must make friends, put themselves at risk, and pull off the mother of all deceptions. 
 
‘Feels like a feather softly descending and tickling my heart’ Reader review ***** 
‘A breath of fresh air’ Reader review ***** 
‘Full of human warmth’ Reader review ****

A Thousand Blues

Ragnar Jónasson

One winter evening, bestselling crime author Elín S. Jónsdóttir goes missing. 
 
There are no clues to her disappearance and it is up to young detective, Helgi, to crack the case before it's leaked to the press. 
 
As he interviews the people closest to her – a publisher, an accountant, a retired judge – he realises that Elín’s life wasn’t what it seemed. In fact, her past is even stranger than her stories. 
 
As the case of the missing crime writer becomes more mysterious by the hour, Helgi must uncover the secrets of a very unexpected life, before someone else goes missing . . .

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer

Shizuko Natsuki

'The Agatha Christie of Japan' MURDER & MAYHEM 
 
'An undisputed classic . . . a must have for any crime readers.' READER REVIEW 
 
'Full of unexpected twists . . . A perfect mystery for a chilly night.' READER REVIEW 
 
A CLASSIC COSY MYSTERY FROM JAPAN'S QUEEN OF CRIME 
 
When American student Jane Prescott is invited to spend the holidays with her classmate Chiyo, she jumps at the chance to see in the new year at a luxurious mansion at the foot of Mount Fuji. Chiyo belongs to one of Japan's wealthiest families, the heiress to a pharmaceutical empire headed up by Yohei 'Grandpa' Wada. 
 
With the whole Wada family gathered and snow falling outside, the festivities are in full swing. That is, until Chiyo bursts into the room - covered in blood, holding a knife, and screaming that she has stabbed her grandfather to death.Stunned, the family closes ranks to protect one of its own - but Jane alone has more questions than answers. Could her sweet, timid friend really be capable of such violence? Did any other member of the Wada clan stand to gain everything with the patriarch’s death? And if so, could the real murderer still be in their midst? 
 
Packed full of atmosphere and nostalgia, and with a dark, gritty mystery at its heart, MURDER AT MOUNT FUJI is the perfect rediscovered classic novel for fans of Japanese translated fiction and cosy crime. 
 
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'Beautifully atmospheric . . . a fantastic murder story' &#11088; &#11088; &#11088; &#11088; &#11088; BOOKSELLER REVIEW 
 
'Witty and sharp' &#11088; &#11088; &#11088; &#11088; &#11088; BOOKSELLER REVIEW 
 
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Murder at Mount Fuji

Lisa Ridzén

Discover the international word-of-mouth bestseller 
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 
Winner of the Swedish Book of the Year 
 
‘The most moving book I’ve ever read – heart-breaking but also heart-warming.’ Jacqueline Wilson 
 
'The kind of book you give to someone when you’re really trying to say “I’ve been thinking about you” but don’t know how.' Fredrik Backman, bestselling author of A Man Called Ove'A novel anyone will take to heart...a simple yet effective meditation on mortality, love and care' Patrick Gale, Guardian 
 
'One of those “you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll want to buy twenty copies and give them to everyone you love” books’ New Yorker 
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Bo is determined to live his own life in his own way. But his son has other ideas... 
 
Bo lives a quiet existence in his small rural village in the north of Sweden. He is elderly and his days are punctuated by visits from his care team and his son. 
 
Fortunately, he still has his rich memories, phone calls with his best friend Ture, and his beloved dog Sixten for company. 
 
Only now his son is insisting the dog must be taken away. The very same son that Bo is wanting to mend his relationship with before his time is up. The threat of losing Sixten stirs up a whirlwind of emotions and makes Bo determined to resist and find his voice. 
 
When the Cranes Fly South is a profoundly moving and life-affirming novel about one man’s desire to preserve his autonomy, the multitude of stories contained within a life, and the big things for which we have no words. 
 
'A magical reading experience; among the most moving things I’ve ever read' No.1 internationally bestselling author Camilla Läckberg 
 
'A book that will echo in your soul' Garth Stein, bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain 
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Readers love When the Cranes Fly South: 
 
'What makes this novel truly remarkable is the way it explores universal themes...readers will find themselves deeply connected to [Bo's] journey of emotional reckoning' 
 
‘It is impossible not to be moved by this book’ 
 
'A must read of 2025' 
 
'This is not just a story about a man and his dog; it's a story of family, of relationships tested by time and distance, and the effort to find peace within the limits of one's existence' 
 
‘Wow, what a masterpiece, I am speechless and have a new all-time favourite book!' 
 
'A story that will connect to all of us in some way' 
 
'Not only touches the heart but also invites deep reflection on what it means to truly live and love' 
 
'So incredibly emotional, poignant, touching, and sad. But also very warm’ 
 
‘A book that will stay with you for a long time’ 
 
‘Such a beautiful description of people and life and relationships’ 
 
'A book about life, about generations, about being... you'

When the Cranes Fly South

Mona Kasten

Pre-order the third book in Mona Kasten's MAXTON HALL series - the multi-million copy international bestselling series. 
 
Read the series that inspired the Amazon Prime TV show!

Save Us

Olga Ravn

On the Six-Thousand Ship, things have started to feel changed. Since bringing aboard a number of strange objects from a newly discovered planet, the crew – both human and humanoid – have begun to feel a yearning. They want to be near the objects, to feel them pressed against their skin, but they also all now feel a curious new hunger for home: Earth, that place many cannot even remember. 
 
The Board of Directors are eager to understand more, and so instruct a commission to interview each of the employees. Those who are born dream of soil, the smell of warm asphalt, the sound of animals and birds. Those who are made know only what is programmed, and yet feel it deeply, truly. As their testimonies accumulate, a tapestry of longing and quiet rebellion emerges, blurring the lines between work and life, between human and machine. 
 
The Employees was the breakout novel from one of the most celebrated authors in world literature, and is now seen as a masterpiece of twenty-first century literary science fiction. In stark, pristine prose, Olga Ravn forms a timeless meditation on productivity, pleasure and what the far-flung future might miss.

The Employees

Shotaro Ikenami

It has been half a year since Akiyama Daijiro became a samurai; half a year since he left his father Kohei – the wisest swordsman in the land – to set up his own blade school by the cool of the river. Ever since, amid the swaying bamboo groves, he waits patiently for his first disciple.But his serenity is soon disrupted by the visit of a mysterious samurai with an unhonourable offer: in exchange for a vast sum of gold, he must attack and injure the daughter of the Shogun’s most senior counsellor. Troubled by the proposal, Daijiro, alongside his father and Mifuyu, a female warrior without match, soon set out into the underworld of Edo-era Japan to uncover the conspiracy, before quickly finding themselves embroiled in a series of increasingly perilous adventures . . .Widely considered to be the greatest work by Shotaro Ikenami, the master of Japanese historical fiction, The Samurai Detectives is a twisting, page-turning portrayal of one of the most intriguing, evocative periods in the history of Japan.

The Samurai Detectives: Volume 1

Jungeun Yun

The NEXT irresistibly uplifting read for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD set in a magical laundry 
 
The #1 International word-of-mouth bestseller 
 
Heartwarming and inspirational, MARIGOLD MIND LAUNDRY will remind you there is always a reason to feel positive 
 
'A life-changing novel' ***** reader review 
'A book that makes me reflect on my life' ***** 
'Even better when you read it with a loved one' ***** 
'I took leave from work because I needed to finish it in one sitting' ***** 
 
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We will wash away your pain and iron away any creases in your heart. 
 
Overnight, in the village of Marigold on top of a hill, old Jieun has conjured up a magical Mind Laundry, where she cleanses painful experiences from her customer's hearts, transferring them into stains on a T-shirt and transforming them into dazzling red petals. 
 
We meet five of Jieun's customers to her laundry: a frustrated young filmmaker; a tortured social-media influencer; a distraught mother who has discovered her husband’s other family; a young woman two-timed by her lover, and Yeonghui, a victim of bullying, who works as a delivery man to escape his pain in routine. 
 
After washing away their pain and ironing out their creases, Jieun discovers an astonishing revelation about memory, pain and moving on. 
 
As we laugh, wonder and grow with the vivid characters in this book, MARIGOLD MIND LAUNDRY shows how we too can tap into the positivity and magic that lies in us all. 
 
Which bad memories would you like to wash away? 
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NOW A #1 STRAITS TIMES BESTSELLER, SINGAPORE 
 
Translated by Shanna Tan, award-winning translator of WELCOME TO THE HYUNAM-DONG BOOKSHOP

Marigold Mind Laundry

You Yeong-Gwang

A rumour surrounds an old house. Send a letter, and if it's chosen, a mysterious ticket will be delivered to you. 
 
No one is more surprised than Serin when she receives a ticket inviting her to a market that opens once a year when it rains. Here she's offered to swap her life for another. A better one. 
 
The problem? She has one week to find the perfect life and true happiness, or she'll be trapped inside the market forever. Accompanied by Isha the cat, Serin searches through bookstores, hair salons and perfumeries before time runs out. 
 
All while a shadow follows quietly behind them . . .

The Rainfall Market

Yeon Somin

She rubbed the spoiled clay with her fingertips. Like a wound as it heals, the traces faded, and had soon vanished completely, as if they’d never been there at all. 
 
Burnt out by her newswriting job, Jungmin abruptly quits; she’s worked tirelessly for years and she needs to make a change. 
 
Now, after months of hibernation, it’s time to put her life back together. Venturing out into the streets near Seoul, she stumbles upon the Soyo pottery workshop. Drawn in by its light and warmth, and the smell of clay and coffee, Jungmin feels something unfurl within her… 
 
Here, everyone has a story to share, and as the seasons change, Jungmin returns to herself. Pot by pot, plate by plate, Jungmin discovers that as her hands become busier, her mind becomes calmer, and her heart opens up like never before. 
 
From a rising talent, this is an uplifting story of new friends and old practices, of finding community, and of what happens when you finally slow down in this fast-paced world.

The Healing Season of Pottery

Rie Qudan

Welcome to the Japan of tomorrow. Here, the practice of a radical sympathy toward criminals has become the norm – and a grand skyscraper in the heart of Tokyo is planned to house wrongdoers in compassionate comfort. Acclaimed architect Sara Machina has been tasked with designing the city's new centrepiece, but is riven by doubt. As she casts her mind to the terrible crime she experienced as a young girl, she wonders if she might think against the grain of her time: could it be that criminals deserve the punishment and disdain of the past? In search of solace, in need of creative inspiration, Sara turns to the knowing words of an AI chatbot… 
 
Awarded Japan's highest literary prize, Sympathy Tower Tokyo is an extraordinary novel from one of the most exciting new voices in world literature. Partly inspired by conversations with an artificial intelligence, it offers an extraordinary defence of the power of language written by humans, a touching exploration of the imaginative impulse, and an often hilarious send up of our modern world's unrelenting conformity.

Sympathy Tower Tokyo

Gabriel García Márquez

Sitting alone, overlooking the still and blue lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach surveys the men of the hotel bar. She is happily married and has no reason to escape the world she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, she travels here to the island where her mother is buried, and for one night takes a new lover. 
 
Amid sultry days and tropical downpours, lotharios and conmen, Ana journeys further each year into the hinterland of her desire, and the fear that sits quietly at her heart. 
 
Constantly surprising and wonderfully sensual, Until August is a profound meditation on freedom, regret, and the mysteries of love, from one of the greatest writers the world has ever known.

Until August

Samuel Bjork

From the bestselling novel I'm Travelling Alone, two dynamic characters are born. 
Police investigators Holger Munch and Mia Krüger work together to solve the most complex crimes in Oslo, catching serial killers before they strike again but their personal lives are not simple either. As people, they could not be more different but as they battle their own demons their unlikely pairing make Munch and Krüger the best kind of classic detective duo.

The latest instalment in the Munch and Krüger series from the bestselling author of I'm Travelling Alone. 
 
She’d once come here to kill herself but now Mia Kruger has returned to the picturesque island of Hitra to escape from the violence and madness of her life as a police investigator. 
 
But when she is approached by 11-year-old Sofia asking for help in finding her missing friend, her old instincts are awakened. Three years ago, Jonathan disappeared without a trace on his way home from Sofia's house. Mia is just beginning to re-examine the cold case when another crime rocks the island: a teenage girl is found brutally murdered, with Jonathan's name written in her blood. 
 
Knowing that the two cases are connected but unable to make the link, Mia calls in her former boss Holger Munch to join the investigation. When other bodies are discovered, tensions build in the apparently idyllic community, and Kruger and Munch must quickly learn to navigate the deadly maze of the island before the elusive killer claims their next victim. 
 
With characteristic cunning and psychological depth, Samuel Bjork pulls back a community’s curtain of respectability to reveal the dark web of treachery and deceit that lies behind it.

Dead Island

Money, glamour, luxury, power – Ruby Bell couldn’t be less interested in these things if she tried. 
 
As a scholarship student at one of England’s most prestigious private schools, Maxton Hall College, all she wants is to work hard and get accepted to Oxford. 
 
She keeps her distance from everyone, especially the extremely handsome James Beaufort, ringleader of the school’s hard-partying upper echelons. 
 
But Ruby can’t keep a low profile forever. When a secret about the Beauforts puts her on James’ radar, they have to face each other every day. 
 
Soon, Ruby finds herself mixed up with James and his world of glamour, extravagant house parties, and the looming presence of the Beaufort reputation in ways she never could have imagined. . .

Save Me

Françoise Sagan

Published when she was only nineteen, Françoise Sagan’s astonishing first novel Bonjour Tristesse became an instant bestseller. It tells the story of Cécile, who leads a carefree life with her widowed father and his young mistresses until, one hot summer on the Riviera, he decides to remarry – with devastating consequences. In A Certain Smile Dominique, a young woman bored with her lover, begins an encounter with an older man that unfolds in unexpected and troubling ways. These two acerbically witty and delightfully amoral tales about the nature of love are shimmering masterpieces of cool-headed, brilliant observation.

Bonjour Tristesse AND A Certain Smile

Anne Serre

A Leopard-Skin Hat may be Anne Serre’s most moving novel yet. A masterpiece of simplicity, emotion and elegance, it is the story of an intense friendship between the Narrator and his close childhood friend, Fanny, who suffers from profound psychological disorders. 
 
A series of short scenes paints the portrait of a strong-willed and tormented young woman battling many demons, and of the Narrator’s loving and anguished attachment to her. Serre poignantly depicts the bewildering back and forth between hope and despair involved in such a relationship, while playfully calling into question the very form of the novel. Written in the aftermath of the death of the author’s little sister, A Leopard-Skin Hat is both the celebration of a tragically foreshortened life and a valedictory farewell. 
 
Translated from French by Mark Hutchinson.

A Leopard-Skin Hat

Victoria Mas

Sometimes the truth lies in the things you cannot see. 
 
In 1830 a young novice called Catherine Labouré was granted a vision of the Virgin Mary. Nearly 200 years later, Sister Anne is also waiting for a sign. Which is why she accepts a mission to go to a tiny community on an island just off the coast of Brittany. Her only companion there is a sceptical, chain-smoking older nun who just wants to be left in peace. 
 
On the island she meets Hugo, the son of a devout family who prefers to look for the meaning of life amid the stars; Madenn, a grandmother whose daughter was killed in a crash and who finds meaning in routine; Isaac, Madenn's grandson, an otherworldly teenager who doesn't fit in but who befriends Hugo, and Julia, a sickly child. If anyone needs a miracle, it is her. 
 
But it is not Sister Anne who receives a vision. Instead it is Isaac who is found on a promontary, transfixed, unable to utter more than the words 'I see'. The event soon becomes headline news and the world descends on the small island, opening old wounds and unleashing a chain of events none of them could have foreseen.

The Island of Mists and Miracles

Saou Ichikawa

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2025 
 
Born with a congenital muscle disorder, Shaka Isawa has severe spine curvature and uses an electric wheelchair and ventilator. Within the limits of her care home, her life is lived online: she studies, she tweets indignantly, she posts outrageous stories on an erotica website. One day, a new male carer reveals he has read it all – the sex, the provocation, the dirt. Her response? An indecent proposal… 
 
Written by the first disabled author to win Japan’s most prestigious literary award and acclaimed instantly as one of the most important Japanese novels of the twenty-first century, Hunchback is an extraordinary, thrilling glimpse into the desire and darkness of a woman placed at humanity’s edge. 
 
‘Uproariously funny, unflinching, and merciless’ Mariana Enriquez, author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed 
 
‘Filled with unforgettable insight’ Sayaka Murata, author of Convenience Store Woman

Hunchback

Jørn Lier Horst

Following weeks of heavy rain, the earth comes sliding down on one of Larvik&rsquo;s residential areas, burying a handful of houses. 
 
Detective William Wisting is quick to join the rescue operation. Luckily, by sunrise the next day, it becomes clear that the landslide has claimed no victims. 
 
And yet, just twenty-four hours later, a body is found &ndash; a victim who was killed before the landslide. 
 
As Wisting opens an investigation into the mysterious murder, he soon discovers this death might have dangerous ties to a series of ongoing cases. 
 
And the clues start leading Wisting not towards an enemy on the outside &ndash; but to a traitor in his own unit&hellip;

The Traitor

Once a hospital dedicated to treating tuberculosis, The Akureyri Sanatorium now sits haunted by the ghosts of its past. But a single wing remains open, housing six employees. 
 
When one of the hospital's nurses, Yrsa, is found brutally murdered, it sets in motion a series of terrifying events. 
 
Despite just six suspects, the case remains unsolved two decades later. Until young criminologist, Helgi Reykdal, attempts to put the mysteries of the hospital’s past to rest . . .

Death at the Sanatorium

Michiko Aoyama

DISCOVER THE TWO-MILLION-COPY UPLIFTING WORD-OF-MOUTH HIT 
A Top Ten Times bestseller 
 
The NEXT read for lovers of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this feel-good story shows how the perfect book recommendation can change a life. 
 
'I ADORED this uplifting, hopeful novel ' Daily Mail 
'A quirky slice of feel-good fiction that you could recommend to anyone' Mail on Sunday 
'A tribute to the transformative power of books and libraries' Irish Times 
'An undeniable page-turner' New York Times 
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What are you looking for? 
 
So asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. 
 
But she is no ordinary librarian. 
 
Sensing exactly what someone is searching for in life, she provides just the book recommendation to help them find it. 
 
We meet five visitors to the library, each at a different crossroads: 
 
- The restless retail assistant eager to pick up new skills 
- The mother faced with a demotion at work after maternity leave 
- The conscientious accountant who yearns to open an antique store 
- The gifted young manga artist in search of motivation 
- The recently retired salaryman on a quest for newfound purpose 
 
Can she help them find what they are looking for? Which book will you recommend? 
_________________ 
 
READERS ADORE THIS BOOK: 
'I definitely want to visit this library. I feel kinder after this book' 5***** Reader review 
'It made me laugh and cry and feel comforted' 5***** Reader review 
'Wonderful. It made me look for connection in my life' 5***** Reader review 
 
BOOKSELLERS ADORE THIS BOOK: 
'Perfect for anyone who's obsessed with Kawaguchi's Before the Coffee Gets Cold. Definitely a must-read' ***** 
'I can wholeheartedly recommend this!' ***** 
 
Times bestseller, August 2023. Cover may vary.

What You Are Looking for is in the Library

Nina George

In a small town in balmy Provence, Marie-Jeanne has a gift. She can see the marks Love has left on the people around her. Glowing faces, hands that shimmer brighter when enclosed in another. Before long, she is playing matchmaker. 
 
When Marie-Jeanne's foster father, Francis, sets up a mobile library travelling the many mountain towns of the Nyons region, she takes her quest further. Their library offers entertainment, guidance, reassurance and comfort - but for Marie-Jeanne, the books also allow her to bring soulmates together. 
 
The only person she can't seem to find a partner for is herself. Everyone must have a soulmate. Will Marie-Jeanne be able to recognise hers when Love finally comes her way?

The Little French Village of Book Lovers

'César Montero was dreaming about elephants. He'd seen them at the movies on Sunday...' 
 
Moments later, César is arrested by police who clear the crowds away from the man he has just killed. 
 
But César is not the only man riled the rumours spread in his hometown - someone creeps through the streets sticking malicious posters to walls and doors. Paranoia seeps through the town - can the perpetrator be uncovered before leaving the inhabitants' sanity in tatters? 
 
In Evil Hour is re-issued on Gabriel García Márquez 's birthday to celebrate the publication of his books as ebooks for the first time.

In Evil Hour

'Suddenly, as if a whirlwind had set down roots in the center of the town, the banana company arrived, pursued by the leaf storm' 
 
A blizzard of slums descends on Macondo; the inhabitants reel at the accompanying stench. When the banana company leaves town as fast as it arrived, they are left with a void of decay. 
 
Living in this soulless wasteland is one last honourable man, who is determined to fulfil a longstanding promise, however unpalatable. 
 
Leaf Storm is re-issued on Gabriel García Márquez 's birthday to celebrate the publication of his books in ebook for the first time.

Leaf Storm

'The year I turned ninety, I wanted to give myself a gift of a night of wild love with an adolescent virgin' 
 
He has never married, never loved and never gone to bed with a woman he didn't pay. But on finding a young girl naked and asleep on the brothel owner's bed, a passion is ignited in his heart - and he feels, for the first time, the urgent pangs of love. 
 
Memories of My Melancholy Whores is re-issued on Gabriel García Márquez 's birthday to celebrate the publication of his books as ebooks for the first time.

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

Their nostalgic memories of home, their sense of anonymity in a foreign land, the terrifying pang of vulnerability they feel as they step over the threshold into an alien world... 
 
These pilgrims - the ageing prostitute preparing for death, the panicked husband scared for the life of his injured wife, the old man who allows his mind to wander on a long-haul flight from Paris - experience what it is to be an outsider living far from home. 
 
Strange Pilgrims is re-issued on Gabriel García Márquez 's birthday to celebrate the publication of his books as ebooks for the first time.

Strange Pilgrims

As the citizens of an unnamed Caribbean nation creep through the corridors of the presidential palace in search of their tyrannical leader, they cannot comprehend that the frail and withered man laying dead on the floor can be the self-styled General of the Universe. Their egocentric, maniacally violent leader, known for serving up traitors to dinner guests and drowning young children at sea, can surely not die the humiliating death of a mere mortal? 
 
The Autumn of the Patriarch is re-issued on Gabriel García Márquez 's birthday to celebrate the publication of his books as ebooks for the first time.

The Autumn of the Patriarch

In his younger days, Simón Bolívar swept the Spanish back to Europe, liberating South America with his youthful vitality. Lonely, embittered and sickly, his power has dwindled and The Liberator enters the exile of retirement. 
 
Bolívar's journey is hindered by his own reluctance to relinquish his power. Despite the assassination attempts, jeering and humiliation he encounters, his fear of fading into the shadows keeps him clinging to the man he used to be... 
 
The General in His Labyrinth is re-issued on Gabriel García Márquez 's birthday to celebrate the publication of his books as ebooks for the first time.

The General in His Labyrinth

Nick Bradley

A completely heartwarming novel about the power of books and connection between generations, perfect for fans of The Lost Bookshop. 
 
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE CAT AND THE CITY, A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK 
 
'Vibrant and accomplished' David Mitchell, on The Cat and the City 
‘Every book worm would love this’ Glamour 
‘A love letter to Japanese culture’ Country & Town House 
 
Flo is sick of Tokyo. 
 
Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation work has dried up and she's in a relationship that's run its course. 
 
That's until she stumbles upon a mysterious book left by a fellow passenger on the Tokyo Subway. 
 
From the very first page, Flo is transformed and immediately feels compelled to translate this forgotten novel, a decision which sets her on a path that will change her life. 
 
As Flo follows the characters across a year in rural Japan, through the ups and downs of the pair's burgeoning relationship, she quickly realises that she needs to venture outside the pages of the book to track down its elusive author. 
 
And, as the two protagonists reveal themselves to have more in common with her life than first meets the eye, the lines between text and translator converge, and it soon becomes clear that Flo’s journey is just beginning… 
 
 
Readers have fallen in love with Four Seasons in Japan: 
 
‘My favourite novel, a delight for lovers of Japan… Ingenious’ David Abulafia, author of The Boundless Sea 
 
‘A gentle, tender and thoughtful book …crafted in such a way that you want to savour every chapter’ Culturefly 
 
‘What a thrill to be transported to Japan… Warm, wise, and exquisitely written’ Violet Kupersmith, author of Build Your House Around My Body 
 
‘A book about a book!! So clever… so believable’ Reader review, five stars 
 
‘I savoured every line… a world and characters that are completely engrossing’ Bea Setton, author of Berlin 
 
‘Quirky, complex and compelling… two stories for the price of one’ Reader review, five stars 
 
‘What an incredibly beautiful and moving book full of warmth and wisdom!!!’ Reader review, five stars

Four Seasons in Japan

Maud Ventura

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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.

1Q84

365 Days of Art

A BBC Christmas

A Black Book Thriller

A Box Full of Murders

A Cal Leandros Novel

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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