Fiction

Lin Oliver / Alien Superstar (Hardback)

 From Emmy Award-winning actor Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver comes a new out-of-this-world middle-grade series Noone is shocked by the six-eyed alien strolling around the Universalback lot. The tourists just think he's part of the show. It doesn't...

Juan Manuel de Prada / The Tempest (Hardback)

   Alejandro Ballesteros, a young Spanish art historian, arrives in a wintry, misty Venice to study Giorgione s painting 'The Tempest', the subject of his thesis and the centre of his academic life. But on his first day in the city,...

Richard Bausch / Peace (Hardback)

   Italy, near Cassino. The terrible winter of 1944. Dismal icy rain falls, unabated, for days. Three American soldiers set out on the gruelling ascent of a perilous Italian mountainside in the murky closing days of the Second World War...

Tahmima Anam / The Startup Wife (Hardback)

 Selected as a Best Book of 2021 by the Observer, Stylist, Cosmopolitan, Red and the Daily MailHalfway through her PhD and already dreaming of running her own lab, computer scientist Asha has her future all mapped out. Then a chance meeting and...

J.M. Coetzee / Slow Man (Hardback)

 Paul Rayment is on the threshold of a comfortable old age when a calamitous cycling accident results in the amputation of a leg. Humiliated, his body truncated, his life circumscribed, he turns away from his friends. He hires a nurse named...

Viken Berberian / The Cyclist (Hardback)

   The Cyclist is a stunningly original novel about food and political violence. It's a psychological ride into the tropics of terror, to the edges of our national and existential borders: the ones set at birth, the ones we are born into. The...

Peter Moore Smith / Ravelling (Hardback)

 Pilot's parents and elder brother all believe that his little sister Fiona was murdered. At the age of 29 Pilot is in therapy for schizophrenia and he continues to "see" Fiona. Through a trauma of confusion, betrayal, madness and memories, Pilot...

Marion Lennox / Dating the Millionaire Doctor (Hardback)

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John Vornholt / First Contact (Hardback)

   Only the courage and determination of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew prevented the Borg from striking at the heart of the Federation and Earth itself in the year 2367. Picard and the U.S.S. Enterprise were able to score a stunning...

Elizabeth Kay / Seven Lies (Hardback)

   'A hugely exciting new voice in crime fiction' Lucy Foley 'The new face of domestic noir' Evening Standard'One of the most compelling narrators I've ever encountered' Shari Lapena'A protagonist to rival Villanelle'...

Janette Oke / Nana's Gift (Hardback)

 Nana's husband buys her a pearl necklace that is worn on every special occasion and is handed down through the generations, until it finally falls in the hands of a great-granddaughter who finds out from Nana the secret of the pearls. IP...

Francine Pascal / Before Gaia

 This Special Edition looks at the events that shaped Gaia Moore's destiny - the story of what happened to her parents before their daughter was born without the fear gene. Gaia Moore is the girl born without the fear gene. This special edition...

Oisin Blennerhassett / Spaceships in the Night

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John Updike / In the Beauty of the Lilies (Hardback)

 This novel opens in 1910, as Clarence Wilmot, a Presbyterian minister, suddenly loses his faith and leaves the pulpit to become an encyclopaedia salesman. He also becomes a movie addict. The novel follows four generations of Wilmot's family through...

Gina McKinnon / Help! I'm Turning Into My Mum (Hardback)

 Have you ever noticed how that the woman across the road has a hairstyle almost identical to that of her mother? Maybe the idea of dandelion and burdock tea - repulsive to your taste buds at tea-time in your youth - is actually quite palatable...

Barbara Crossley / Rollercoaster (Hardback)

 A body on a bonfire draws Anna Knight into a nest of intrigue in the switchback world of seaside fun-parks. Anna, a reporter, investigates the murder of Llew Madden, boss of the resort's leading amusement park, who was locked in competition to the...

Mackenzie Crook / The Windvale Sprites (Hardback)

 When a storm sweeps through the country, Asa wakes up the next day to find that his town is almost unrecognisable - trees have fallen down, roofs have collapsed and debris lies everywhere. But amongst the debris in his back garden Asa makes an...

Kevin Pakenham / The Gathering Bunker (Hardback)

 This is a collection of golfing stories, narrated by the fictional character Jim South. His passion for the sport takes him to the very edge of human experience, from the early beginnings on the first tee at the corporate golf day to the gathering...

Anton du Beke / B is for Ballroom : Be Your Own Armchair Dancefloor Expert (Hardback)

   Do you know your Botafago from your Volta Cross? Ever wondered how the Foxtrot got its name? Why is the Quick Step so quick? Which is easier, the standard Ballroom dances or the Latin ones? If you don't know the answer to most of these...

Katy Hayes / Curtains (Hardback)

 In a plot wihch reads like LOVE STORY gone wrong, Isobel falls in love with Dick - not a meeting of the minds - and the loveless Arlene is rescued from her barren existence by the man from the local Deli, who has been making weird phone calls to...

Michael Palmer / Oath of Office (Hardback)

   Michael Palmer, the "New York Times" bestselling author of "A Heartbeat Away" and "The Last""Surgeon" brings us a shocking new thriller at the crossroads of politics and medicine. "What if a well respected doctor inexplicably goes on a...

Joseph Bruchac / Bowman's Store : A Journey to Myself (Hardback)

 Having lived with his grandparents as a boy, the author describes how he was raised, never knowing about his Native American heritage, and explains how, as he grew up, he discovered things for himself and found his way back to his roots despite the...

K. T. McCaffrey / Bishop's Pawn (Hardback)

 Investigative journalist Emma Boylan is shocked to read her own obituary notice. Intrigued, she sets out to uncover who or what is behind the deception. Her investigations lead her to re-examine some reports she'd written as a rookie journalist and...

Tom Friedman / 1000 Unforgettable Senior Moments (Hardback)

 "1,000 Unforgettable Senior Moments in History", of which we could remember only 249, is filled with excruciatingly embarrassing and totally true stories of major mental lapses and famous acts of forgetfulness. How about President Jimmy Carter...

John Grisham / Sycamore Row (Hardback)

 In the long-awaited successor to the novel that launched his phenomenal career, John Grisham brings us the powerful sequel to A Time to Kill. As filled with page-turning twists as it is with legal mastery, Sycamore Row proves beyond doubt that John...

Anton Du Beke / A Christmas to Remember (Hardback)

   Be swept away by the new breath-taking romantic novel from Sunday Times bestselling author and Strictly Come Dancing star Anton Du Beke. You are cordially invited to the wedding of the year!London, 1938.When fiercely independent...

Olga Grushin / The Dream Life of Sukhanov (Hardback)

 A brilliantly crafted novel about one man's betrayal of his talent, his friends, and his principles-a work of demon energy, startling imagery, and utter originality.At fifty-six, Anatoly Sukhanov has everything a man could want. Nearly twenty-five...

Sally Nicholls / The Silent Stars Go By (Hardback)

 Bittersweet perfection' Guardian, Best Books of the Year'An engulfing historical novel' The Times, Best Books of the Year'A festive classic in the making' Observer, Best Books of the YearNominated for the Carnegie MedalThree years ago, Margot's...

Douglas Hurd / The Shape of Ice (Hardback)

   Prime Minister Simon Russell's personal alarm clock is ticking away. Beyond No 10, prison riots, bombs in Ireland, corporate blackmail in China and civil unrest in Russia jostle for his attention. As the pressure builds, his judgement and...

Caroline Pignat / Shooter (Hardback)

 The Breakfast Club"meets"We Need to Talk About Kevin" A lockdown catches five grade 12 students by surprise and throws them together in the only unlocked room on that empty third floor wing: the boys' washroom. They sit in silence, judging each...

Stephen Clarke / Talk to the Snail (Hardback)

 Have you ever walked into a half-empty restaurant in France, only to be told that it's complete? Attempted to say "merci beaucoup" and accidentally complimented someone on their cute backside? Been taken to what you've been assured is the perfect...

Gwyneth Jones / Bold As Love (Hardback)

 Imagine John Lennon met Mick Jagger around 1968, really hit it off, went through the collapse of modern civilisation together, and changed from rockstars into genuine heroes. And came out on the other side ruling England. And imagine they were both...

Luanne Rice / The Letters (Hardback)

 Is there any mystery greater than those we love the most? In this remarkable collaboration, New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice and Joseph Monninger combine their unique talents to create a powerfully moving novel of an estranged husband...

Charles Frazier / Thirteen Moons (Hardback)

 At the age of twelve, under the Wind Moon, Will is given a horse, a key, and a map, and sent alone into the Indian Nation to run a trading post as a bound boy. It is during this time that he grows into a man, learning, as he does, of the raw power...

Lynn Abbey / Thieves' World: Turning Points (Hardback)

 New Stories by Raymond E. Feist, Dennis L. McKiernan, and othersEmpires rise and fall, but Sanctuary lives on!Sanctuary, a lawless city governed by evil forces, powerful magic, and political intrigue.The Age of the Rankin reign of Kadakithis, the...

Sam Sykes / Black Halo (Hardback)

 Lenk and his band of fellow mismatched and grumpy adventurers are shipwrecked on an island. An island that is a graveyard for demons and dragonmen alike. An island inhabited by lizard men. An island of secrets that is about to become a battleground...

Sheri Joseph / Where You Can Find Me (Hardback)

 A week after his eleventh birthday, Caleb Vincent vanishes with hardly a trace. After a three-year search, he is found living a seemingly normal life under a new name with a man he calls his father. While outwardly stunned with joy at his safe...

Ross Raisin / A Natural (Hardback)

 Tom has always known exactly the person he is going to be. A successful footballer. A man others look up to. Now, though, the bright future he imagined for himself is threatened.The Premier League academy of his boyhood has let him go. At nineteen,...

Fiona Field / Civvy Street (Hardback)

 Susie Collins's world has fallen apart.Her husband, Mike, has been made redundant from the army. But worse is to come when Susie learns that the family finances are much rockier than she realised. Their rebellious twin daughters can't stay at their...

Mowll Joshua / Operation Typhoon Shore (Hardback)

 Celebes Sea, May 1920: Battered by a typhoon, the Expedient is shipwrecked on a volcanic island. No radio, no rescue, no escape. Doug and Becca MacKenzie's search for their missing parents must wait; but what part did the mysterious Guild play in...

Jami Attenberg / All This Could Be Yours (Hardback)

 Victor Tuchman - a power-hungry real estate developer and an all-round bad man - is finally on his deathbed. His daughter Alex feels she can finally unearth the secrets of who he really was and what he did over the course of his life. She travels...

David Rosenfelt / Dog Tags (Hardback)

 A German Shepherd police dog becomes implicated in a murder and if his owner - an Iraq war vet and former cop-turned-thief - is convicted, the dog could be put down. Few rival Andy Carpenter's affection for dogs, and he decides to represent the...

Rachel Klein / The Moth Diaries (Hardback)

 Writing in the form of a journal this novel tells the story of odd goings-on in a girls boarding school in the late 1960s. The unnamed narrator is a student at the school, she is intellectual and somewhat aloof and associates with an intense clique...

Linda Grant / We Had it So Good (Hardback)

 In 1968 Stephen Newman arrives in England from California. Sent down from Oxford, he hurriedly marries his English girlfriend Andrea to avoid returning to America and the draft board. Over the next forty years they and their friends build lives of...

Andrew Flintoff / Do You Know What? : Life According to Freddie Flintoff (Hardback)

   What's the worst that can happen? Are there aliens out there somewhere?What happens when I die?In Do You Know What?, our favourite sportsman-turned-comedian-slash-leftfield-thinker Freddie Flintoff expels an eclectic and entertaining...

J.G. Jurado / God's Spy (Hardback)

 The novel takes place in the days following the death of Pope John Paul II, when 115 cardinals have to be called to the Vatican in order to take part in the Conclave to elect the new Pope. With Rome under siege to foreign press and thousands of...

Oriah Mountain Dreamer / The Call : Discovering Why You are Here (Hardback)

 Following in the tradition of "The Invitation" and "The Dance", "The Call" is based on an inspirational poem, exploring how to live well and continue to live a life full of integrity, commitment, happiness and passion. Each chapter of the book...

Martin Bell / For Whom the Bell Tolls : Light and Dark Verse (Hardback)

 Martin Bell OBE has been many things - an icon of BBC war reporting, Britain's first independent MP for 50 years, a UNICEF ambassador, and 'the man in the white suit' - a tireless campaigner for honesty and accountability in politics.But as For...

W E B Griffin / The Hostage (Hardback)

 By Order of the President, the first novel in W.E.B. Griffin's crackling new Presidential Agent series, won immediate acclaim from critics and fans alike.Charley Castillo works with the Department of Homeland Security, but more and more he is the...

Bear Grylls / Ghost Flight (Hardback)

 THE BOURNE IDENTITY meets Indiana Jones - a debut thriller to take your breath away.A mother and child savagely abducted from a snow-swept mountainside.A loyal soldier tortured and executed on a remote Scottish moor.A lost warplane discovered in...

Stuart Evers / If This Is Home (Hardback)

 Mark Wilkinson has three names. He left his own behind in the rainy north of England. American immigration knows him as Joe Novak. And at the Valhalla, the mysterious complex where he sells lofty ambition and dark desires, he goes by Mr Jones...

Tone Almhjell / The Twistrose Key (Hardback)

 Something is wrong in the house that Lin's family has rented; Lin is sure of it. The clocks tick too slowly. Frost covers the flower bed, even in a rain storm. And when a secret key marked 'Twistrose' arrives for her, Lin finds a crack in the...