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WINNER OF THE 2020 WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION – THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER 2021
‘Richly sensuous… something special’ The Sunday Times
‘A thing of shimmering wonder’ David Mitchell

TWO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART.

On a summer’s day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home?

Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London.

Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week.

Hamnet is a novel inspired by the son of a famous playwright: a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, but whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays ever written.


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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tinder Press (31 Mar. 2020)
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‘Nobody does cosy, get-away-from-it-all romance like Jenny Colgan’ Sunday Express
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In the Scottish Highlands, a tiny bookshop perches on the edge of a loch . . .

Curl up and escape with Jenny Colgan

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Zoe is a single mother, sinking beneath the waves trying to cope by herself in London. Hari, her gorgeous little boy is perfect in every way – except for the fact that he just doesn’t speak, at all. When her landlord raises the rent on her flat, Zoe doesn’t know where to turn.

Then Hari’s aunt suggests Zoe could move to Scotland to help run a bookshop. Going from the lonely city to a small village in the Highlands could be the change Zoe and Hari desperately need.

Faced with an unwelcoming boss, a moody, distant bookseller named Ramsay Urquart, and a band of unruly children, Zoe wonders if she’s made the right decision. But Hari has found his very first real friend, and no one could resist the beauty of the loch glinting in the summer sun. If only Ramsay would just be a little more approachable…

Dreams start here . . .
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sphere; 1st edition (13 Jun. 2019)
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Remember his name: FBI Agent Amos Decker is back in a thrilling memory man investigation from number one bestseller, David Baldacci.

A town with a secret.

A lone hunter discovers the remains of a woman in North Dakota’s Badlands. She appears to have had a post-mortem performed on her reminiscent of those only seen on TV shows – but this time, there was no slab, morgue or camera in sight.

A victim without a past.

The reason why Irene Cramer’s death merits an FBI investigation becomes rapidly clear when key questions surface about her mysterious past. Little is known about this school teacher, where she came from or her true identity. She clearly had something to hide.

A hero with a unique skill.

FBI investigator, Amos Decker and his colleague, Alex Jamison, are summoned to seek answers in the local community of London, North Dakota, which sits at the very heart of the fracking industry. Enriched with oil money, jealousy and a deep-set rivalry lie beneath a veneer of glitz and opulence.

Decker soon realizes that the nearby ‘eye in the sky’, the Air Force Station, may hold the vital clues and that this town holds secrets so explosive that they could destabilize the entire country . .

Walk the Wire by David Baldacci is the sixth book in the Amos Decker series. Continue the investigative thrillers with Long Shadows.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Macmillan (16 April 2020)
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Don’t miss Stacey Halls’ incredible new novel THE HOUSEHOLD – available to buy now!

The Sunday Times Bestseller, Richard & Judy Book Club Pick and original break-out witchlit novel.

To save her child, she will trust a stranger. To protect a secret, she must risk her life . . .

Fleetwood Shuttleworth is 17 years old, married, and pregnant for the fourth time. But as the mistress at Gawthorpe Hall, she still has no living child, and her husband Richard is anxious for an heir. When Fleetwood finds a letter she isn’t supposed to read from the doctor who delivered her third stillbirth, she is dealt the crushing blow that she will not survive another pregnancy.

Then she crosses paths by chance with Alice Gray, a young midwife. Alice promises to help her give birth to a healthy baby, and to prove the physician wrong.

As Alice is drawn into the witchcraft accusations that are sweeping the North-West, Fleetwood risks everything by trying to help her. But is there more to Alice than meets the eye?

Soon the two women’s lives will become inextricably bound together as the legendary trial at Lancaster approaches, and Fleetwood’s stomach continues to grow. Time is running out, and both their lives are at stake.

Only they know the truth. Only they can save each other…

‘Assured and alluring, this beautiful tale of women and witchcraft and the fight against power was a delight from start to finish’ JESSIE BURTON

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‘Enthralling, spellbinding, full of twists and turns, written with heart and style – and the final chapters will have you racing to the end’ KATE WILLIAMS

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‘Historical fiction at its feminist best’ RED Magazine

**THE HOUSEHOLD, the brand new novel from Stacey Halls, is available to pre-order now**

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07DW9F469
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***THE SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH***

‘Besides the usual Grisham virtues of an arresting idea, polished plotting and vivid social snapshots, what’s impressive here is his willingness to take on fresh challenges’ THE SUNDAY TIMES

Nonstop suspense from theSunday Times bestselling author: Investigator Lacy Stoltz follows the trail of a serial killer, and closes in on a shocking suspect – a sitting judge.

In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later, and approaching forty, she is tired of her work for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct and ready for a change.

Then she meets a mysterious woman who is so frightened she uses a number of aliases. Jeri Crosby’s father was murdered twenty years earlier in a case that remains unsolved and that has grown stone cold. But Jeri has a suspect whom she has become obsessed with and has stalked for two decades. Along the way, she has discovered other victims.

Suspicions are easy enough, but proof seems impossible. The man is brilliant, patient, and always one step ahead of law enforcement. He is the most cunning of all serial killers. He knows forensics, police procedure, and most important: he knows the law.

He is a judge, in Florida – under Lacy’s jurisdiction.

He has a list, with the names of his victims and targets, all unsuspecting people unlucky enough to have crossed his path and wronged him in some way. How can Lacy pursue him, without becoming the next name on his list?

The Judge’s List is by any measure John Grisham’s most surprising, chilling novel yet.

‘The shocks come thick and fast in this slick thriller that is impossible to put down’ THE SUN

‘An excellent nail-bitingly tense thriller’ IRISH INDEPENDENT

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NO ONE WRITES DRAMA LIKE JOHN GRISHAM


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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08XXB7DYT
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hodder & Stoughton (26 Oct. 2021)
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A white lie never hurt anyone, right? . . .

‘Worst Idea Ever is SO GOOD! I read it in one mad gulp’ MARIAN KEYES
‘Emotionally intelligent and beautifully written’ DAILY MAIL
‘I loved Worst Idea Ever, possibly my favourite so far. Riveting’ RUTH JONES
‘I literally could not put this book down’ 5***** READER REVIEW
‘Funny, insightful, sharp, wicked, brilliant – Jane Fallon at her very best’ MILLY JOHNSON
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Georgia is lying to her best friend Lydia.

Just a little white lie – a fake Twitter account to support Lydia’s struggling business. No harm meant. But maybe this wasn’t Georgia’s best idea ever.

Because Lydia wants to confide in her new (fake) Twitter friend. About Georgia and her husband Nick, who might be having an affair.

Georgia wants out. Except what if it’s true? She needs to trick Lydia into revealing all.
But there’s another possibility. Lydia could be lying right back . . .

Has Georgia’s worst idea ever turned out to be Lydia’s best idea ever?
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‘The queen of the revenge novel’ HEAT

‘I loved Worst Idea Ever. Another Fallonesque treat, possibly my favourite so far. Full of heart, humour and humanity. Great characters and a riveting story from the start. She’s so good at tapping into the best and the worst in us. Fabulous’ RUTH JONES

‘Friendship, jealousy, deceit and so much more – I didn’t want it to end’ 5***** READER REVIEW

‘This witty page-turner could be her best yet’ CLOSER

‘Takes us on a deep dive into the emotionally murky waters which exist between protagonists Lydia and Georgia . . . I adored it’ DAILY MAIL

‘Incredibly funny and original . . . fabulous’ ADELE PARKS, Platinum Magazine

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‘We love everything Jane Fallon writes’ BELLA

Praise for Jane Fallon:

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'gripping emotionally intelligent and beautifully written' Daily Mail'gripping emotionally intelligent and beautifully written' Daily Mail

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'Page after page of twists.. will keep you gripped until the end' 'Page after page of twists.. will keep you gripped until the end'

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08T68RJDZ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin (29 April 2021)
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The BRAND NEW psychological thriller from bestseller Joanne RyanShe witnessed a murder… but nobody’s dead

It’s a quiet night, like any other, when Abi goes for her usual night-time run. Running is her escape from all the stresses of life, the thing she does to feel stronger than the man who once hurt her so badly.

But then – as she turns a quiet corner – she sees a car hitting somebody. Rushing forward as the driver screeches off into the night, she realises the man in the road has already died.

She goes to call for help, and when she returns to the scene of the hit-and-run, she finds a policeman already waiting. But there’s no body. No one else is there.

Abi knows what she saw. But everyone else seems to thinks she’s lost her mind. Everyone except one person. Who wants her to stay silent… forever.

A totally unmissable psychological suspense novel, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Sue Watson, and Freida McFadden.

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‘From the moment I picked this book up, I was hooked. I had a hard time putting it down. I even stayed up late reading… I thought I had the twist figured out but the author surprised me multiple times. I highly recommend this book to anybody who loves thriller books especially ones that have twists that make you yell, “WHAT?!”’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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‘Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant’ COSMOPOLITAN
‘A brilliant novel: honest, engaging and sharp as a tack’ SARAH WATERS
‘Lively, vivid and exceedingly entertaining’ SUNDAY TIMES

Not one of them, if she could help it, was going to marry a broker or a banker or a cold-fish corporation lawyer. . .

New York, 1930. Eight Vassar graduates meet in New York to attend the wedding of one of their friends – and reconvene seven years later at her funeral. Young and fearless, they vow not to become stuffy and frightened like their parents, but to lead fulfilling, emancipated lives. But which of them will achieve that dream – and at what cost?

Ground-breaking in its fearless portrayal of female friendship, sex and the struggle to have it all, The Group was a revelation, a scandal, and an instant bestseller.

‘McCarthy’s characters confront many of the same issues as their modern counterparts: sex and contraception, career and marriage, love and lust, fidelity to one’s husband versus loyalty to one’s friends and the attempt to carve out a place for oneself unconstrained by the gender limitations of previous generations. Its continuing relevance is one of the book’s most extraordinary attributes’ ELIZABETH DAY, GUARDIAN

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004JHY7RC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Virago (13 Jan. 2011)
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Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0349018065

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New from the author of Travellers in the Third Reich—the Sunday Times top-three best seller and Waterstones Book of the Month: a stunningly evocative portrait of Hitler’s Germany through the people of a single village.

Oberstdorf is a beautiful village high up in the Bavarian Alps, a place where for hundreds of years ordinary people lived simple lives while history was made elsewhere. Yet even here, in the farthest corner of Germany, National Socialism sought to control not only people’s lives but also their minds.

Drawing on archive material, letters, interviews and memoirs, A Village in the Third Reich is an extraordinarily intimate portrait of Germany under Hitler, of the descent into totalitarianism and of the tragedies that befell all of those touched by Nazism. In it, we meet the Jews who survived—and those who didn’t, the Nazi mayor who tried to shield those persecuted by the regime and a blind boy whose life was thought ‘not worth living’.

It is a tale of conflicting loyalties and desires, of shattered dreams, despair and destruction—but one in which, ultimately, human resilience triumphs.

These are the stories of ordinary lives at the crossroads of history.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

‘A DAZZLING DEBUT’ SARAH WINMAN

‘FOR FANS OF ELENA FERRANTE…STUNNING’ WOMAN’S WEEKLY

‘VIVID AND AUTHENTIC’ WASHINGTON POST

‘NAOMI KRUPITSKY’S WORDS SING…I COULDN’T PUT IT DOWN’ JOANNA GLEN

‘GRIPPING…A TENSE, NUANCED DEBUT’ PLATINUM

‘VIVIDLY-DRAWN…BEAUTIFUL. I LOVED IT!’ CHRISTINA SWEENEY-BAIRD

*A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick*
*Book of the Month club*
*One of Cosmopolitan’s Best Historical Fiction of 2021*
*One of PopSugar’s Best New Books of 2021*

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A captivating debut novel about the tangled fates of two best friends and daughters of the Italian mafia, and a coming-of-age story of twentieth-century Brooklyn itself.

Two daughters. Two families. One inescapable fate.

Sofia Colicchio is a free spirit, loud and untamed. Antonia Russo is thoughtful, ever observing the world around her. Best friends since birth, they live in the shadow of their fathers’ unspoken community: the Family. Sunday dinners gather them each week to feast, discuss business, and renew the intoxicating bond borne of blood and love.

But the disappearance of Antonia’s father drives a whisper-thin wedge between the girls as they grow into women, wives, mothers, and leaders. And as they push against the boundaries of society’s expectations and fight to preserve their complex but life-sustaining friendship, one fateful night their loyalty to each other and the Family will be tested.

Only one of them can pull the trigger before it’s too late.

For fans of Elena Ferrante and Maggie O’Farrell, The Family introduces a stunning new voice in literary fiction.

‘A tense, engrossing novel’ Booklist, starred review

‘A riveting story powerful in its realism’ Diane Chamberlain, author of Big Lies in a Small Town

‘A tremendous debut’ Fiona Davis, author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue

‘Loyalty, love, loss and redemption take this well told tale to a searing conclusion’ Adriana Trigiani

‘Krupitsky beautifully captures Sofia and Antonia’s day-to-day lives under never-ending tension’ Publishers Weekly

‘Fast-paced and readable’ Kirkus Reviews

‘A nuanced evocation of lifelong female friendship in all its shifting, messy, gorgeous complexity’ Whitney Scharer, author of The Age of Light

‘Lyrical, gripping, and richly evocative’ Christina Schwarz, author of Drowning Ruth and Bonnie

‘Sweeping and consuming’ Susie Orman Schnall, author of We Came Here to Shine

‘A powerful story of friendship and loyalty…exquisite’ Jennifer S. Brown, author of Modern Girls


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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B096R2MJ69
Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Borough Press (2 Nov. 2021)
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