Fiction

Penelope Lively / City of the Mind (Hardback)

Penelope Lively's story of a London architect's struggle for identity in love and career     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in...

Lucy Ellmann / Man or Mango? (Hardback)

A cottage, the countryside, a trusty answering phone: Eloise stricken with a sense of abandonment, embarks upon a protest against men, officialdom, biological clocks and human tendancy to reduce the...

Seth Morgan / Homeboy (Hardback)

Joe Speaker is a barker at a strip joint who has a heroin habit. After a botched robbery and the violent murder of a prostitute, Joe is thrown in jail. This story of murder and retribution was...

Ian Pattison / A Stranger Here Myself (Hardback)

In his inimitable style Rab C. Nesbitt tell us his life story - no holds barred - in a novel by his creator, Ian Pattison. From opinionated foetus to fiercely proud father, Rabs has a wealth of...

Linwood Barclay / I Will Ruin You (Hardback)

An explosive psychological suspense crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Take Your Breath Away and The Lie Maker     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Loretta Rothschild / Finding Grace (Hardback)

'Shocking, stylish, elegant, and twisting. A truly stunning debut' Chris Whitaker, NYT bestselling author of All the Colours of the Dark 'One of the best books I've read this year' Jodi Picoult SHE...

Sarah Bird / Last Dance on the Starlight Pier (Hardback)

Set during the Great Depression, Sarah Bird's Last Dance on the Starlight Pier is a novel about one woman—and a nation—struggling to be reborn from the ashes. July 3. 1932. Shivering and in shock,...

Lolly Winston / Happiness Sold Separately (Hardback)

Discovering that she and her husband are unable to have children, Elinor Mackey finds her carefully ordered world falling apart in the wake of her husband's subsequent affair with a young mother, the...

Talat Abbasi / "Bitter Gourd"" and Other Stories (Hardback)"

The 17 short stories in this collection are focused on the social structure of life in Pakistan and of Pakistani in diaspora: such a focus covers each strata of society centered round daily small...

J. A. Sutherland / Where Was Rebecca Shot? (Hardback)

From the novel of the best selling Is Heathcliff a murderer? an ingenious book of puzzles in 20th century fiction. The novel is today stronger than it ever was. 'Classics', boosed by a hugely...

Libby Purves / A Free Woman (Hardback)

Sarah Penn and Maggie Reave are sisters, who are very different. Sarah has married kind, reliable Leo and settled contentedly into small-town life. Maggie, light-hearted and footloose, has spent...

Ronald Tierney / Nickel Plated Soul (Hardback)

Private eye Howie Cross is badly beaten by a couple of thugs, but doesn't know why. Out of action, he asks Deets Shanahan to take on his one current case, but it's far from straightforward. Hugh Dart...

Nick Brown / The Earthly Gods (Hardback)

Imperial agent Cassius Corbulo is about to go rogue. His bodyguard, Indavara, has been kidnapped and has seemingly vanished off the face of the earth. Having spent weeks trying to discover his fate,...

Robert Swindells / Last Bus (Hardback)

Andy knows a great way to spend Saturday - riding buses on a Day Rover ticket. At first Chris is happy to go along with him, but he begins to feel uneasy when he realizes that Andy is stealing things...

John Maddox Roberts / Spqr XI: Under Vesuvius (Hardback)

Decius discovers the dark side of his position as Praetor when he is asked to investigate the killing of a priest in a town near Vesuvius, while protecting the young boy who has become the prime...

John Maddox Roberts / The Year of Confusion (SPQR) (Hardback)

"When Dictator Caius Julius Caesar rankles the public by bringing in foreign astronomers and astrologers to revise the Roman calendar, overseer Decius finds himself investigating the murders of two...

Wilbur A. Smith / Pharaoh (Hardback)

Worldwide #1 bestselling author Wilbur Smith returns to Ancient Egypt in a captivating new novel that will transport you to extraordinary times. EGYPT IS UNDER ATTACK. Pharaoh Tamose lies mortally...

John Maddox Roberts / Oracle of the Dead (SPQR) (Hardback)

Enjoying the good life in southern Italy, Decius Caecilius Metellus, Roman magistrate for cases involving foreigners, becomes caught in the middle of a bitter rivalray between the priests of Apollo...

Penelope Hughes-Hallett / Childhood: An Anthology (Hardback)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Richard Mason / The Drowning People (Hardback)

James Farrell murdered Sarah, his wife of thirty years, yesterday. He killed her at Seton Castle, her ancestral home - which should have passed to her cousin, half American, bewitching, mysterious...

John Sutherland / How to be Well Read (Hardback)

As the annual flood of published novels grows ever greater, it’s a hard a job to keep up, let alone sort the wheat from the chaff. Fortunately, literary sleuth and academic John Sutherland is on hand...

Gary Corby / Death on Delos (Hardback)

?In the seventh in Gary Corby's Athenian Mystery series, Nico and Diotima must solve a murder case while also preparing to have a baby. Set on the sacred island of Delos in 5th century BC, Death on...

Minette Walters / The Scold's Bridle (Hardback)

An old woman is found dead in her bath, her wrists slashed: an apparent suicide. But she is wearing a scold's bridle on her head, adorned with a crown of nettles. What could have driven her to such a...

BBC / Bob The Builder (Hardback)

Each of these small format books is based on the exploits of one of Bob's machines - together, they create an appealing library.     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Kate M. Williams / The Babysitters Coven (Hardback)

Adventures in Babysitting meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this funny, action-packed novel about a coven of witchy babysitters who realize their calling to protect the innocent and save the world...

Kate Mildenhall / The Mother Fault (Hardback)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Kaitlyn Hill / Love from Scratch (Hardback)

Rival interns with sizzling chemistry in and out of the kitchen? That's a recipe for love. "Sweet and satisfying!"--Jenna Evans Welch, New York Times bestselling author of Love & Gelato This summer,...

Samantha Downing / He Started It (Hardback)

SOMEONE ALWAYS TAKES THINGS TOO FAR . . . 'So addictive it should come with a warning' Alice Feeney *** No-one knows you better than your family. They know the little things that make you smile. Your...

RaeChell Garrett / Promposal (Hardback)

High school senior Autumn Reeves has been waitlisted at her dream school. Determined to move to the top of the list, she must find a way to stand out. When a promposal she planned for a friend has...

Layne Fargo / They Never Learn (Hardback)

From the author of the &;raw, ingenious, and utterly fearless&; (Wendy Walker, USA TODAY bestselling author) Temper comes a dynamic psychological thriller about two women who give bad men exactly...

Thomas W. Young / The Mullah's Storm (Hardback)

A transport plane carrying an important Taliban detainee for interrogation is shot down in a blizzard over Afghanistan. For two people-navigator Michael Parson and a woman Army interpreter, Sergeant...

Megan Collins / The Family Plot (Hardback)

A family obsessed with true crime gathers to bury their patriarch—only to find another body already in his grave in this “moody and atmospheric” ( USA TODAY ) thriller. Raised in a secluded island...

Lauren Beukes / Afterland (Hardback)

Three years after a virus wiped out 99% of the men on earth, a mother and son are on the run     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown...

Meredith Ireland / The Jasmine Project (Hardback)

When Korean American Jasmine Yap's long-time boyfriend, Paul, is caught cheating on her, her giant, overprotective family secretly arranges to use her graduation party to introduce her to Orlando's...

Sarah Beth Durst / The Lake House (Hardback)

Yellowjackets meets One of Us Is Lying in this masterful survival thriller from award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst.  Claire’s grown up triple-checking locks. Counting her steps. Second-guessing...

Carol Shields / Collected Stories (Hardback)

For the first time, all of Carol Shields's remarkable short stories are gathered together in one volume. This definitive anthology contains the previously unpublished story "Segue," her last work. In...

Mary Maher / The Devil's Card (Hardback)

One May morning in 1889, the inky, already-bustling offices of the Chicago Tribune are electrified by the story of the year: the disappearance of prominent Irish doctor P. H. Cronin - and the...

My Little Rhyme and Verse Treasury (Hardback)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Håkan Nesser / The Inspector and Silence (Hardback)

In the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heat. In the beautiful forested lake-town of Sorbinowo, Sergeant Merwin Kluuge’s tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phone-call...

Mukul Kesavan / Looking Through Glass (Hardback)

Set at the time of India's partition and independence, this story tells of an ambitious young photographer stuck in a time and place not of his own choosing. Through his desperate struggle to avert...

Amit Chaudhuri / Freedom Song (Hardback)

"An immensely gifted writer....Crammed with breathtaking sentences, sharp characterizations, comic set pieces, and melancholy grace notes." --"The New York Times Book Review " Freedom Song--which...

Jane Rogers / Promised Lands (Hardback)

A novel which has two narratives. First there is William Dawes travelling to Australia with the first fleet, charting the first years of the Botany Bay settlement. In parallel and mirroring this...

A. K. Larkwood / The Unspoken Name (Hardback)

'An astounding debut . . . unlike anything I've read before' - Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld Does she owe her life to those planning her death . . . Csorwe was raised by a death cult...

Sean Black / Lockdown (Hardback)

New York. It may be Christmas in New York, but for ex-soldier turned elite bodyguard Ryan Lock it's business as usual: his mission is to protect one of America's most ruthless businessmen. A bloody...

Jonathan Lee / Who is Mr Satoshi? (Hardback)

"One afternoon last October, on the concrete of her patio garden, my mother had a fall...That was the last time I really had any options." Reclusive photographer Rob Fossick has come adrift both from...

Alexei Sayle / Mister Roberts (Hardback)

Above a small village in Spain, an English costume designer sees a bright shining star lurch abruptly across the sky.On Christmas Day a strong, silent man with blank eyes enters Bar Noche Azul. Only...

Aimée Walsh / Exile (Hardback)

'A brilliant novel about friendship, consent and displacement from a vibrant new voice' Irish Examiner 'The most unexpected close to a book that w ill take its place among the best of contemporary...

Clive Cussler / Lost Empire (Hardback)

While scuba diving in Tanzania, Sam and Remi Fargo come upon a relic belonging to a long-lost Confederate ship. An anomaly about the relic sets them off chasing a mystery-but unknown to them, a much...

Kathy Lette / The Revenge Club (Hardback)

A subversive, irreverent romp from the wickedly witty mind of Kathy Lette. Perfect for fans of Jane Fallon and Dawn O'Porter.     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Elmore Leonard / Pronto (Hardback)

Harry Arno, a profit-skimming Miami bookie who wants to retire to the Italian Riviera, becomes the fall guy in an FBI sting and is suddenly on an intercontinental run from lawmen and gangsters alike...

Fern Britton / A Cornish Legacy (Hardback)

Escape to Cornwall with this utterly heart-warming novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Alexandra Shulman / The Parrots (Hardback)

Outsiders see things others don't. Blessed with status, love, wealth and connections the Tennisons seemed the most enviable of families - until Antonella and Matteo Fullardi, dangerously attractive...