Letters of love, telegrams of loss - the postmistress awaits them all The wireless crackles with news of blitzed-out London and of the war that courses through Europe, leaving destruction in its wake. Listening intently on the other side of the Atlantic, newly-wed Emma...

'Like all good comic writers Mr Burgess lives his creations as much as he writes them. First class' ObserverAnthony Burgess was an officer in the Colonial Service. In The Malayan Trilogy - Time for a Tiger, The Enemy in the Blanket and Beds in...

Lionel Asbo - a very violent but not very successful young criminal - is going about his morning duties in a London prison when he learns that he has just won GBP139,999,999.50 on the National Lottery. This is not necessarily good news for his...

Lisa Kallisto--overwhelmed working mother--is the not-so-perfect model of the modern woman. She holds down a busy job running an animal shelter, she cares for three demanding children, and she worries that her marriage isn't getting enough attention. During an impossibly hectic week, Lisa takes...

London, 1863. Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age, is taking on her toughest case yet. Reeling from her last job and with her reputation in tatters, a remarkable puzzle has come her way. Christabel Berwick has been kidnapped. But Christabel is...

'Londoner Eva Verde's Lives Like Mine explores the theme of a school-run affair and the complications and joys it brings to a dual-heritage mother struggling with her intolerant in-laws' Independent 'A bitter sweet story of longing and self-discovery, of deceit and regret. Visceral, authentic...

Masterful . . . has much to say to our times'and Guardian'Begs to be read'and Spectator'A luminous, thought-provoking novel' Esi Edugyan, author ofand Washington BlackIn 1792, formerly enslaved Benjamin Honey and his Irish wife, Patience, discover an island where they can make a life...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019From the Author of the Booker-shortlisted novel, The Fishermen'Obioma is truly the heir to Chinua Achebe' New York TimesA young farmer named Chinonso prevents a woman from falling to her death. Bonded by this strange night on the bridge,...

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021'Dazzling.' The Times'Exceptional.' Guardian'Brilliant.' Observer'Extraordinary.' Financial TimesNovember 1944.and A German rocket strikes London, and five young lives are atomised in an instant.November 1944. That rocket never lands. A single second in time is altered, and five young lives go...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023Aand SUNDAY TIMESand BESTSELLERIt is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn is a well-to-do lawyer and his steely wife Lesley a society hostess. Their lives are invigorated when Willie, an old friend...

Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2016A twenty-four hour whirlwind of death and life.In the depths of a winter's night, the heart of Simon Limbeau is resting, readying itself for the day to come. In a few hours' time, just before six, his...

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2017It's 1970, and in the People's Republic of Congo a Marxist-Leninist revolution is ushering in a new age. But over at the orphanage on the outskirts of Pointe-Noire where young Moses has grown up, the revolution has...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK THE YEAR AWARDand An England cricket tour is a phenomenon with few parallels.and England's Test, one-day and Twenty20 sides are typically overseas for aroundand 150 days a year,and playing anywhere from Barbados to Brisbane, Cape Town to...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2022'A deeply emotional love story that follows one day in the life of Elle Bishop as she navigates the unravelling of secrets, lies and a very complex love triangle'and REESE WITHERSPOON'Glorious and gorgeous. I was absolutely immersed and gripped...

Lorna Cook's stunning new book,and The Forbidden Promise, is out now…_________THE #1 BESTSELLER WITH OVER 150,000 COPIES SOLD1943:and The world is at war, and the villagers of Tyneham are being asked to make one more sacrifice: to give their homes over to the British...

Lose yourself in the story of a lifetime - the unforgettableand Sunday Timesand bestseller'Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature'and GuardianLonglisted for the Women's Prize 2020A STORY OF TWO SIBLINGS, THEIR CHILDHOOD HOME, AND A PAST THAT THEY...

Lou Clark has lots of questions. Like how it is she's ended up working in an airport bar, spending every shift watching other people jet off to new places. Or why the flat she's owned for a year still doesn't feel like home. Whether...

Louis de Berni res is the master of historical fiction which makes you both laugh and cry. This book follows an unforgettable family after the Second World War. Daniel Pitt has seen a lot of action. He was an RAF fighter in the First...

Madelaine Hillyard is a world-famous heart surgeon at the top of her game. Her personal life is far less successful. A loving but overworked single mom, she is constantly at odds with her teenage daughter. At sixteen, Lina is confused, angry, and fast becoming...

Magic, romance and slumbering gods clash in this riveting romantasy about a seafaring girl and a playboy prince who band together in a perilous journey. From theand New York Timesand bestselling author of the Aurora Cycle and the Illuminae Files.Selly has salt water in...

'Magical and evocative' Imogen Hermes Gowar, author of The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock'Heartachingly poignant' Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong'An ancient tapestry of legend brilliantly rewoven' Francis Spufford, author of Light PerpetualThe new novel from the Costa-Award winning author of In The Days of Rain.

Malin is a Valkyrie-in-training. It's her responsibility to slay immortals, returning them to the afterlife to maintain balance in the world. She also struggles to maintain balance in her own life - between her studies, her duties as a Valkyrie and her conflicting feelings...

Man at the Helm, the debut novel from Nina Stibbe - the much-loved author of Love, Nina - is a wildly comic, brilliantly sharp-eyed novel about the horrors of being an attractive divorcee in an English village in the 1970s, and a family's fall...

Mary Boleyn catches the eye of Henry VIII when she comes to court as a girl of fourteen. Dazzled by the golden prince, Mary's joy is cut short when she discovers that she is a pawn in the dynastic plots of her family. When...

Masterful . . . I literally didn't look up from the first page to the last' - Janice Hallett, bestselling author ofand The AppealDiscover this fiercely propulsive historical novel that gives voices to the women at the heart of Scotland's sixteenth-century witch trials, from...

Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration....

Medina Tenour Whiteman stands at the margins of whiteness and Islam. An Anglo-American born to Sufi converts, she feels perennially out of place--not fully at home in Western or Muslim cultures.In this searingly honest memoir, Whiteman contemplates what it means to be an invisible...

Meet Elle Evans: pretty, popular - and never been kissed.Meet Noah Flynn: badass, volatile - and a total player.When Elle decides to run a kissing booth for the school carnival, she never imagines she'll sit in it - or that her first ever kiss...

Meet Jackie Robinson and solve a mystery in the #1 bestselling Magic Tree House chapter book series!and PLAY BALL! Jack and Annie aren't great baseball players . . . yet! Then Morgan the librarian gives them magical baseball caps that will make them experts....

and and and Meet Samuel: stalled writer, bored teacher at a local college, obsessive player of online video games. He hasn't seen his mother, Faye, in decades, not since she abandoned her family when he was a boy. Now she has suddenly reappeared, having...

Meet the Bermans - Bella, Roman and their son Mark - Russian Jews who have fled the Riga of Brezhnev for Toronto, the city of their dreams. Natasha brings the Bermans - and the Russian Jewish enclaves of Toronto - to life in stories...

Meet the women of Delaney Gardens, a bustling suburban village in the outer reaches of Dublin. There's Cassie, who's spent her married life doing everything right for her children, husband, and mother-in-law, yet feels so exhausted that "wine o'clock" comes a little earlier each...

Summoning up more than 20 years of Japan´s most dramatic history, the geisha´s story uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation. It moves from a small fishing village in 1929 to the glamorous and decadent Kyoto of the 30s and...

Merdyn is the greatest wizard of the Dark Ages. Obviously.Rose is his 21st-century descendent. Lucky her.And Vanheldon the vandal warrior is FURIOUS! After all, last time they met, Merdyn turned his army to stone.Seeking revenge, Vanheldon comes up with a way to kidnap Rose...

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MESMERIC, TERRIFYING AND WONDERFUL'and M. R. Carey, author ofand The Girl With All the Gifts'I was cursed in Natal, in 1884. Cursed by truth and by blood.and The shadow took to me, and we have been together since.'From the bestselling and award-winning author ofand...

Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park, returns to the world of paleontology in this recently discovered novel - a thrilling adventure set in the Wild West during the golden age of fossil hunting.The year is 1876. Warring Indian...

Michael Morpurgo's wonderful storytelling and Barroux's stunning artwork combine to tell the true story of Michael's uncles against the epic backdrop of World War Two.Francis and Pieter are brothers. As the shadow of one war lingers, and the rumbles of another approach, the brothers...

Midhat Kamal - dreamer, romantic, aesthete - leaves Palestine in 1914 to study medicine in France, under the tutelage of Dr Molineu. He falls deeply in love with Jeannette, the doctor's daughter. But Midhat soon discovers that everything is fragile: love turns to loss,...

Midsummer's Eve, 1648, England is in the grip of a civil war between renegade king and rebellious parliament. The struggle reaches every corner of the kingdom, even the remote tidelands -the marshy landscape of the south coast.Alinor, a descendant of wisewomen, trapped in poverty...

Mr Pattacake thinks the medieval fun day is going to be perfect. He s made all sorts of weird and wonderful dishes what could possibly go wrong? But, as usual, nothing ever goes smoothly for Mr Pattacake. He finds himself in a mess when...

'My favourite current series' Val McDermidEverything has changed for Dr Ruth Galloway.She has a new job, home and partner, and is no longer North Norfolk police's resident forensic archaeologist. That is, until convicted murderer Ivor March offers to make DCI Nelson a deal. Nelson...

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