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Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2019 From the award-winning author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers comes a dark, playful, propulsive novel about an ethereal young boy who attracts the attention of a mythical, menacing force. There's a village an hour from London. It's no different from many...

Not far from London, there is a village. This village belongs to the people who live in it and to those who lived in it hundreds of years ago. It belongs to England's mysterious past and its confounding present. It belongs to Mad Pete, the grizzled artist. To ancient Peggy, gossiping at her gate. To families dead for generations, and to those who have only recently moved here. But it also belongs to Dead Papa Toothwort who has woken from his slumber in the woods. Dead Papa Toothwort, who is listening to them all. 

A page turning historical fiction novel that's guaranteed to warm your heart, perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin! Will her spirits be lifted this Christmas? Despite the hardships of wartime, Iolanthe Inverdale is determined to make the best of things. With her new job at The...

A brand new saga of love and betrayal in late 18th century Kent and London from saga author Lynne Francis, perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin. Margate, 1786. Dairymaid Molly Goodchild dreams of a better life. Up at the crack of dawn to milk her uncle's cows, the one comfort of her...

A Child of the East End is an eye-opening, heartfelt and atmospheric portrait of life in the East End after the war, and is perfect for fans of My East End by Gilda O'Neill, Four Meals for Fourpence by Grace Foakes and Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth. Life in Cockney London was tough in the...

A BRAND NEW story from internationally bestselling author, Glynis Peters In wartime London, Winder Street clings to survival as the Blitz tears through the East End. London, 1940. Chrissie runs a busy newsstand with grit and warmth while her husband Jim is away fighting. But everything changes...

From Sunday Times bestselling author Kitty Neale, Pride & Joy a brand-new Christmas saga about a mother who will do anything to protect her son. London, 1911. Joy Squirrel's dream has finally come true: she is pregnant with the child she's always longed for. But there's a problem. The baby isn't...

A forgotten voyage. A forbidden name. A secret that crosses oceans. 1938. Shy nineteen-year-old, Nora O'Brien, leaves behind her life in rural Ireland and boards a ship bound for Australia - carrying little more than a valise and a secret. On board she meets glamorous and unconventional Flo, and...

When Kristen’s partner, William, is murdered in a mugging gone wrong, she tries to pick up the pieces for the sake of her young stepson, Theo. But when Theo’s biological mother, Ros, demands that he go to live with her, Kristen’s world is torn apart again. The police think that William was killed by an elusive criminal known as the dog man - but Kristen has reason to believe that Ros, a woman with an unstable past, is behind the killing.

Be swept up in the unforgettable new festive historical novel from bestselling author Dilly Court! As winter comes to Crow Castle, what secrets will Eliza Brown uncover? Born into a travelling circus, she knows that fate can turn on a sixpence — but nothing prepares her for the day her father...

'THE STUFF OF LEGEND' MIRROR 'THE QUEEN OF CRIME' WOMAN & HOME 'SHE'S A TOTAL ONE-OFF' GUARDIAN 'THERE REALLY IS ONLY ONE MARTINA COLE' CLOSER THE ICONIC QUEEN OF CRIME RETURNS . . . Don't miss the brand-new, explosive novel from the one and only Martina Cole, back writing solo and at the top of...

The BRAND NEW explosive, gritty gangland thriller from BESTSELLER Carol Hellier, perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kerry Kaya.'A cracking read with a brilliant Peaky Blinders vibe!' Reader Review Some legacies aren’t inherited. They’re taken. Patrick O’Leary learned one lesson from the...

Wolverhampton, 1860 In the heart of the Black Country, one tragic accident is about to shatter a family forever. Fifteen-year-old Jenny Ryder knows she has a lot to be grateful for. Insulated from the grinding hardship that surrounds her by the graft of her beloved miner father Gerald, she can...

Torn between the life she knows and the family she never expected. Millie Kelly's world is turned upside down when she discovers she’s the daughter of travellers – namely the notorious Duke and Connie Lee and belonging comes at a price even if she’s ready to accept it or not. When a...

Caught between two dangerous men – one from her past, one who could change her future. From a childhood in care to a brutal, controlling marriage, Millie Cooper's life has been shaped by fear and survival. When her husband, Levi, dies in a car crash, she’s finally free – but freedom comes...

When everything she’s fought for begins to fall apart, how far will she go to hold it together? “Heavy is the head that wears the crown” – and Millie Ward is about to learn just how true that is. With her husband Paul’s loyalty in doubt, the life she’s rebuilt begins to fracture. One...

Desperate Measures is a gripping gangland thriller from the bestselling author Kerry Barnes. Silence the witness . . . The girls who escaped Laxville Children’s Home carry scars that never healed. The Menzies took them in as family and made one promise: no one would ever hurt them again. But...

The Streets is a hard-hitting gangland thriller from the bestselling author Jacqui Rose. Ten years ago, Jo Martin was released from prison after serving twelve years of a life sentence. She is now out on license – and she isn’t Jo anymore. Given a new identity by the courts, and with a...

A Mother Forever is the moving story of one woman's journey through the hardest trials of her life and how the love of friends and family pulls her through. From the bestselling author of The Woolworths Girls Elaine Everest, this book tells the tale of Ruby and how it all began . . . 1905: Ruby...

Birmingham, 1858: Dora, a spirited young maid with a vivid imagination, finds solace in the library of the esteemed family she works for. But when a forbidden love leads to a secret that could ruin her, Dora has no choice but to leave the only place that has ever offered her security and...