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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.

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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.

A. A. Dhand

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. 
 
admillerbooks.com

A. D. Miller

A. E. Ellis

A. E. W. Mason

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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Tanya Sweeney

'I really REALLY felt for Esther. This is such a great book. People will LOVE it!’ Marian Keyes 
 
'I loved this book. A wild ride of a read, funny yet poignant, it is a gripping page turner.' Liz Nugent 
 
'Easily the funniest book I’ve read this year, I adored it.' Andrea Mara 
 
You have one new follower. 
 
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. 
 
Esther is Now Following You is an irresistible debut novel about obsession and celebrity fandom.

Esther is Now Following You

Michael Calvin

Naftali Schiff

An unforgettable testament to hope and the bonds of brotherhood, Miracle reveals the untold story of the boys who escaped the gas chamber in Auschwitz, the only known Holocaust survivors to walk away from the jaws of the Nazi killing machine. 
 
Early on the morning of October 9, 1944, eight-hundred boys, aged between 13 and 17, were taken out of Block 11 at Auschwitz. The night before, during a visit by Dr Josef Mengele, their identification cards had been stamped with a solitary German word – gestorben – 'died' in English. They were then marched by 25 bayonet-wielding SS men to Crematorium 5, stripped, and herded into a gas chamber. 
 
This book is the story of a true-life miracle of the fifty-one boys who were pulled from that gas chamber – the only Holocaust survivors known to have escaped such a close brush with the Nazi killing machine – and given a second chance at life. A life, of course, that would be so horrifically snatched from those around them. 
 
Based on the first-hand testimonies of six of the boys, six survivors whose stories are shared in this book for the very first time, Miracle interweaves the lives of the boys and the grander sweep of history in which they were held. The result is an unforgettable tale of hope, faith and fortitude in the face of one of the worst crimes against humanity.

Miracle

The Boys Who Escaped the Gas Chamber in Auschwitz

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 . . . 
 
'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

Ali Bado

Finn Prevett

The Positive Doodle Diary is a daily gratitude journal for kids, designed to empower them with confidence through creativity. 
 
All about encouraging creativity, self-expression and mindfulness through daily doodling and simple journaling, it’s packed full of different activities that will lead the little people in your life to explore themes of confidence, resilience, kindness, and even self-care! 
 
Friends Ali Bado and Finn Prevett, founders of the Positive Planner community, created The Positive Doodle Diary to bring more colour, positivity and self-care into a child’s life, and this positivity starts from the moment they set eyes on it. Slightly bigger than other books in the family, the Doodle has a brilliant cloth-bound yellow cover and is patterned with the colourful Doodle Weather Mood symbols. 
 
Depending on age, children can work with The Positive Doodle Diary either alone or together with an adult. Ideal for children aged 5 to 10 years old.

The Positive Doodle Diary

Paul McKenna

• Would you like to make more money and be more successful? 
• Would you like to start living the life of your dreams? 
• Do you want to break through your limitations and realise your true potential? 
• Would you like to have more energy, positivity, happiness and inner peace? 
Then this book and audio system is for you! 
 
Success and happiness are not accidents that happen to some people and not others – they are created by certain ways of thinking and acting. Most people can think of a time when their life changed in just a few moments. Over the next seven days, you will experience dozens of these moments, and the resulting changes will influence your happiness, success, outlook and 
wellbeing forever. 
 
Change Your Life In 7 Days is one of the bestselling self-help books of all time. Now it has been updated, complete with a brand-new bonus chapter, new techniques, audio downloads and a powerful hypnotic trance. 
 
In just seven days, you will learn how to reprogram your mind, master your 
emotions and run your own brain - to have supreme confidence and become 
the person you always wanted to be!

Change Your Life In Seven Days

The Positive Student Planner is a creative and supportive new way for students to help themselves day to day. Backed by a leading student mental health expert, this beautifully designed 12-week planner and journal uses evidence-based strategies to help students organise their life and mind. It comes packed with activities, tips and tools, daily journaling prompts and mindfulness exercises to support and empower even the most overwhelmed student. 
 
Topics explored include independent living, budgeting, meeting new people, and balancing studies, work and fun. It provides support and guidance to develop resilience and positive wellbeing habits for the long term. 
 
In stunning cloth-bound livery, with ribbon bookmark, this would make the perfect gift, bursting with strategies to cope with stress and organisational management, and to develop a positive mindset.

The Positive Student Planner

John August

Craig Mazin

The ultimate guide to writing and building a successful writing career—from the creators of the "highly influential" (Vulture) hit podcast Scriptnotes. 
 
With decades of Hollywood experience, John August and Craig Mazin know what it takes to write a successful script for the screen. And over the past ten years, they've analyzed generation-defining movies and shared their wisdom on their popular podcast Scriptnotes, inviting experts in the craft, including Mike Schur, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Seth Rogen, and many others to discuss everything that makes a script shine. 
 
Now, in their first book, August and Mazin draw on more than 550 hours of Scriptnotes conversations, as well as their own storied careers, to help readers begin, refine, and sell their own scripts. Part writing class, part informational interview with the best creators in the business, this essential book shares tips on:<ul><li>The Basics—including the rules of screenwriting, and when to break them</li><li>The Craft—including how to create a compelling story with captivating protagonists, worthy antagonists, and a sound structure</li><li>The Business—including how to pitch a script and the do's (and don’ts) of working collaboratively on a project</li></ul>Perfect for screenwriters, film buffs, and anyone who enjoys behind-the-scenes stories of popular movies like Die Hard and Clueless, this one-of-a-kind resource provides exclusive access to the screenwriting process—and will inspire anyone ready to pen their own successful screenplay.

Scriptnotes

Jilly Cooper

The witty and irreverent guide to surviving the festive season from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Rivals, now a major series streaming on Disney+. 
 
Christmas is looming. Will your mother-in-law present you with yet another hideous jersey this year? How are you going to cope with Granny's dog or the ghastly in-laws? Has the row about where to spend the holiday already started, and it's only August? 
 
Jilly Cooper has the answer to everything. Whether you should seek refuge in the cooking sherry or suggest a wholesome family walk, Jilly offers, in her own irrepressible style, sound but often hilarious advice about how to get through the roller-coaster ride we call Christmas.

How to Survive Christmas

Mutya Buena

Mutya Buena was only thirteen when she became one third of the original line up of the iconic girlband, Sugababes. 
 
Launching into fame, her life became unrecognisable overnight. Suddenly she was going straight from the studio to school in the early hours, rubbing shoulders with music royalty, and hearing fans scream her name. 
 
This is the story of the girl the tabloids never saw. 
 
In Real Girl Mutya takes us through the highs of her spectacular career and the lows that came with a life in the limelight and shares for the first time the struggles she’d kept hidden from the public eye. 
 
Now the Sugababes are back and shining brighter than ever, Mutya is ready to share her story on her own terms.

Real Girl

A journal with a difference. Meet your new favourite sidekick for creating calm, clarity and a more positive mindset — one page at a time. 
 
With special attention to self-care, gratitude, and discovering your own version of wellbeing, The Positive Planner provides a supportive space for slowing down and building emotional resilience. 
 
Brought to you by best friends Ali Bado and Finn Prevett, founders of the Positive Planner community, this beautifully designed, 12-week guided planner is here to help you get organised while prioritising your mental health and well being. 
 
It includes originally designed artwork and illustrations throughout, and is full of inspirational quotes and activities to bring positivity to every aspect of your life. And, with its sunny yellow cloth-bound cover and bookmark ribbon, it is guaranteed to put a smile on your face from the moment you pick it up. 
 
Inside you will find:<ul><li>Daily intentions & evening reflections</li><li>Weekly meal planners & shopping lists</li><li>Positive affirmations</li><li>Three four-week calendars & mood trackers</li><li>Activities for mindfulness</li><li>Activities to encourage positive thinking</li></ul>Whether you’re brand new to journaling or looking to reconnect with yourself, The Positive Planner is a gentle guide to help you find your flow.

The Positive Planner

Nourish your mind, body and soul, one day at a time, with The Positive Wellness Journal. 
 
The ultimate holistic support for your nervous system, this undated 12-week guided journal is divided into three sections - mind, body and soul - to help you discover new ways to thrive and bring positivity into all areas of your life. 
 
Learn to reflect, embrace creativity and track your mood, whilst daily encouragement, activities and tips give you space to breathe and flourish. 
 
The Positive Wellness Journal combines weekly quotes with daily writing and activities, such as breathing and art therapy, to bring positivity into your life and help you to find your own sense of wellbeing. 
 
Included, you'll find: 
<ul><li>Undated 12-week planner that gives you the freedom to begin when you’re ready</li><li>Guided journaling prompts and mindfulness activities to support you at every step</li><li>Simple yet powerful techniques to nurture the three key areas of your system</li><li>Daily intentions and evening reflections to keep you grounded</li><li>Positive affirmations and gratitude tools</li><li>A pixelated mood tracker for the year</li><li>Space for free writing and drawing</li><li>Colouring for creative wellbeing</li></ul>

The Positive Wellness Journal

BBC Studios

The brand new ultimate quiz book for everyone, where an 8-year-old has as much chance of winning as an 80-year-old! 
 
From the team behind the hit TV show, The 1% Club Official Quiz Book 2 is the brand new book packed full of brain teasers and quiz questions.The must-have follow-up to the first bestselling book from the show. 
 
Are you in the top 50% of the country? 
The top 10%? Or even the top 1%? 
This is your chance to find out with BRAND NEW QUESTIONS 
Includes cracking Christmas quizzes perfect for Christmas day fun 
 
To win, you need to be able to correctly answer a set of fifteen questions that get progressively harder with each round, starting with a question that 90% of the country can get right down to a question that only 1% of the country can answer. 
 
Who will join The 1% Club around your Christmas table this year?

The 1% Club Book 2

The Addictive Quiz for all the Family

Carol Bolt

In this seductive, insightful, and highly entertaining follow up to her bestselling The Book of Answers as seen on TikTok, Carol Bolt provides the answers to any and all questions about the amatory future in The Book of Love Answers. Drawing on the ancient wisdom of bibliomancy - the art of foretelling the future using books - this divination tool between covers provides answers to any yes-or-no question about your romantic life... 
 
With a solution on every page, The Book of Love Answers is intriguing, inspiring and enormous fun to use - its also the perfect gift book!

The Book Of Love Answers

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

Lee Child

Andrew Child

Jack Reacher is a former major in the US Military Police who, since leaving the army, has drifted round the wide open spaces of America, hitchhiking or on buses, wherever the whim takes him. He has no permanent address, no job, no family ties, no car, no luggage, no mobile phone, no credit card - all he carries with him is a folding toothbrush. 
Reacher is never looking for trouble, but somehow trouble always find him. He is the ultimate hero for our troubled times, with a keen moral compass and sense of justice, even if he is often prepared to take the law into his own hands: he says he doesn't want to put the world to rights, he just doesn't like people who put it to wrongs.

'If there is a more iconic character in modern fiction than Jack Reacher, I'd like to meet them.' DAILY MIRROR 
 
THE 2025 JACK REACHER THRILLER 
 
Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for. 
 
First – a Baltimore coffee shop. A seat in the corner, facing the door. Black coffee, two refills, no messing about. A minor interruption from two of the customers, but nothing he can’t deal with swiftly. As he leaves, a young guy brushes against him in the doorway. Instinctively Reacher checks the pocket holding his cash and passport. There's no problem. Nothing is missing. 
 
Second – a store to buy a coat. Nothing fancy. Something he can ditch when he heads to warmer climes. Large enough to fit a man the size of a bank vault. As he pulls out his cash, he finds something new in his pocket. A handwritten note. A desperate plea for help. 
 
Third – wherever this bend in the road takes him. Impressed by the guy's technique and intrigued by the message, Reacher makes it his mission to find out more . . . 
 
DON’T MISS THE 30TH JACK REACHER ADVENTURE – AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW. 
 
We all need Jack Reacher – a righteous avenger for our troubled times. 
 
'There's only one Jack Reacher. Accept no substitutes.' MICK HERRON 
 
'It's no wonder Jack Reacher is everyone's favourite rebel hero.' KARIN SLAUGHTER 
 
'These books are absolutely addictive. When you pick them up you can't put them down.' GEORGE R. R. MARTIN

Exit Strategy

Pascal Hughes

'Packed with more detail and colour than many books twice its size, Hughes brings the epic story of Rome vividly to life.' 
PAUL COOPER, HOST AND AUTHOR OF FALL OF CIVILIZATIONS 
 
Experience the sights, sounds and smells of the Roman world, and meet its most intriguing and influential characters, as this immersive account brings 1000 years of history to life. 
 
Immerse yourself in the dramatic and thrilling thousand-year story of Ancient Rome. Combining impeccable research with action packed storytelling, this riveting short history explores the inception, expansion and ultimate fall of one of the greatest empires the world has ever known. 
 
Walk Rome’s bustling streets, witness the fearsome exploits of its all-conquering army and step into the opulent corridors of its palaces and pioneering building projects. Follow Hannibal as he crosses the snowcapped Alps with elephants in tow, shadow Julius Caesar as he ponders whether to cross the Rubicon river, and look on as Cicero delivers an impassioned speech to the Senate. 
 
In a Bacchanalian feast of despotic rulers, colossal conquests, visionary women, gladiator games and the daily life of Roman citizens and subjects, A Short History of Ancient Rome charts the dramatic twists 
and turns of the kingdom, the republic, the empire and its decline, as you navigate this crucial period in history.

A Short History of Ancient Rome

Ruth Jones

DON’T MISS THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE BAFTA-WINNING CO-WRITER OF GAVIN & STACEY. 
 
'Ruth Jones writes with such warmth you can't help but fall in love with the characters she creates.’ JAMES CORDEN 
 
The joyful and life-affirming new novel from the co-creator of Gavin and Stacey and the Richard and Judy Book Club author of Love Untold. 
 
Linda and Levi will never meet. But they’re going to change each other’s lives. 
 
In her role at the council’s Unclaimed Heirs Unit, Linda Standish investigates the lives of those who’ve died alone and tracks down any living relatives. She’s been a friend to the friendless for the past thirty-three years. And now she’s looking forward to an early retirement. 
 
But before she hangs up her lanyard, Linda takes on one last case – that of Levi Norman – a Welshman who made his home on a remote Scottish island for the past five years. 
 
What brought Levi here? And who did he leave behind? Obliged to travel (by hearse) with her arch nemesis Fergus Murray, and helped (and hindered) by local residents, Linda searches for clues to a life now lost. And in the process unexpectedly makes new friends, and discovers things about herself she never knew. 
 
Bursting with all the heart and humour that has made Ruth’s name as a screenwriter and author, By Your Side is about finding joy in the most unlikely connections, and the importance of holding onto friendship, love and community – especially when life gets messy. 
 
Praise for Ruth Jones: 
 
‘Ruth Jones is excellent on human nature and why we make the mistakes we do’ JOJO MOYES 
 
‘A cast of characters you'll lose your heart to.' ADELE PARKS 
 
'Beautifully warm and totally absorbing.’ JANE FALLON

By Your Side

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

Frederick Forsyth

Tony Kent

The bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal returns with his most explosive book yet. 
 
The Nazis may have lost the battle. But the war is just beginning… 
 
Summer, 2025. A US senator is burned to death in his Washington townhouse. Masked gunmen massacre supporters during a football match in Berlin. And an old man is murdered while he sleeps in the dementia ward of a German hospital. Three apparently unconnected events, three steps on the countdown to apocalypse. 
 
When journalist and podcaster Georg Miller starts joining the dots between them, he finds himself the target of professional killers. His investigation soon reveals that his would-be assassins are from an organisation known as the Odessa, a menacing and powerful Nazi group intent on regaining power. 
 
The Odessa has spread its poison from a covert compound in the Bavarian countryside all the way to the halls of the American Capitol. And now, as their campaign to destabilise the Western political system accelerates, Georg must stop the next attack, before it changes the course of history…

Revenge of Odessa

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

S.A. Barnes

From the Queen of Space Horror comes a terrifying, dread-filled nightmare perfect for fans of Ridley Scott's Alien franchise. 
 
'This slice of space horror will be just the ticket for the Halloween season' New Scientist, best new science fiction books of October 
'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)

Oisin Murphy

'A GRIPPING AND INCREDIBLY HONEST INSIGHT INTO OUR SPORT, FROM ONE OF RACING’S MOST EXCITING TALENTS' FRANKIE DETTORI 
 
‘AN ASTONISHINGLY HONEST ACCOUNT OF WHAT IT'S LIKE BEING A PROFESSIONAL JOCKEY' DAILY TELEGRAPH 
 
THE THRILLING AND SEARINGLY HONEST MEMOIR FOLLOWING A YEAR IN THE WORLD OF HORSE-RACING, FROM FOUR-TIME CHAMPION JOCKEY OISIN MURPHY. 
 
Born prematurely, weighing less than a bag of sugar, Oisin Murphy’s life has always been one of struggle. 
 
From a young age he found communion with horses. Mesmerised by their power, their spirit, he discovered a gift for the saddle. Oisin quickly established himself as one of horseracing’s most prodigious talents. 
 
But reaching the pinnacle of the sport has required a high-wire dance that continues to push his body and mind to their breaking point. Despite four champion jockey crowns, alcohol addiction lurked beneath the surface, and a string of misdemeanours have overshadowed his racing. 
 
Fast paced and searingly honest, Sacrifice lays bare Oisin’s personal struggles and immerses readers in the daily life of a jockey throughout an entire season. 
 
From the countless unseen hours of horse work to the psychological turmoil of racing, the private agony of wasting, and the vital community of the weighing room, it pulls back the curtain and examines the fine line between elite performance and personal destruction in a sport that demands nothing less than total obsession. 
 
Part-autobiography, part-diary written in real-time, this incredible and immersive memoir charts Oisin Murphy's year in the saddle, laying bare the pressures of life at the pinnacle of horse-racing.

Sacrifice

A Year in the Life of a Champion Jockey

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

James Corden

Gavin & Stacey’ is a TV series like no other. Now, for the first time, its creators James Corden and Ruth Jones tell the full extraordinary story of how they turned their little show into a full-on cultural phenomenon. 
 
As they recount the rejection, obstacles and challenges they faced on the way to giving birth to their beloved comedy creation, James and Ruth also explore the flourishing of their own real-life friendship. While their now legendary on-screen characters Nessa and Smithy had a profound awkwardness to negotiate, culminating in that marriage proposal in the 2019 Christmas special, Ruth and James forged a magical relationship of mutual support based also on a deep, shared sense of subversive fun. 
 
Here, from their tentative initial pitch to the emotionally overwhelming final day of filming, the duo detail what’s occurred every step of the way, bouncing off each other in inimitable style. Full of revelations and never-before-heard stories, this is a one-of-a-kind book about a show that’s already gone down in history.

When Gavin Met Stacey and Everything in Between

A Story of Love and Friendship

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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