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The lure of fame

Sold by her father to a 'Professor of Ghosts', Lily Bell dreams of a career on the Victorian stage. But...

At 3 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon in 1911, Oskar Johansson is caught in a blast in an industrial accident. The local newspaper...

A tiger escapes from the local zoo, padding through the ruined streets and onwards, to a ridge above the Balkan village of...

Albom tenderly explores the themes of family, divorce and regrets and the wish that we could have just one more day with a lost...

A dark and addictive story of betrayal and desire.

Nineteenth-century rural France.

Before he is called to bless the body...

A decade after fleeing for his life, a man is pulled back to Argentina by an undying love.

In 1976, Tomas Orilla is a medical...

Five toasts. Five people. One lifetime.

'I'm here to remember - all that I have been and all that I will never be...

Melvyn Bragg gives new life to one of the most remarkable love stories in history: the passionate, enduring romance between...

Captain Damian Seeker has gone north. Charged with preparing the way for the rule of the major-generals, he is now under the...

A deeply personal novel of identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction...

In 1927, the great and the good of Paris gather at the funeral of the wealthy banker, Marcel Pericourt. His daughter, Madeleine,...

'You're a Dinsdale lass, Ruby. Nothing and no one keeps us lot down.'

A life of poverty in a cramped pit cottage is all that...

A beautiful and sweeping historical novel that takes the reader from the west coast of New Zealand, to Scotland and Melbourne in...

The gripping first Charlie Parker novel from bestselling author John Connolly - perfect for fans of Stephen King and Jeffery...

It is 1665 and the women of Eyam keep many secrets.

Isabel Frith, the village midwife, walks a dangerous line with her herbs...

A lone gunman takes the women and doctors at a controversial abortion clinic hostage. Nobody has ended up there by choice.

As...

One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle

'There was a wall. It did not look...

25th August 1957. The island of Spinalonga closes its leper colony. And a moment of violence has devastating...

What if you had all the power of a god . . . but found out too late: that god was evil . . . ?

Annev has avoided one fate. But...

The Last Namsara is an extraordinary story about courage, loyalty and star-crossed love, set in a kingdom that trembles on the...

What do you do when the wedding of your dreams turns into a nightmare?

When Lizzie calls off her wedding in the south of...

A traditional, WW2-set saga following a group of women working in an armaments factory on the Hampshire coast.

It's 1944,...

It's not easy being an honest man in a lawless world. Brand new heroic fantasy from the bestselling author of the Twilight Reign...

Florence, October 1966. The rain is never-ending. When a young boy vanishes on his way home from school the police fear the...

Jewels of the Sun is a standalone novel and the beginning of the much-loved Gallaghers of Ardmore trilogy.

Jude Murray isn't...

Welcome to Corduroy Mansions in Pimlico: a temple of Arts and Crafts architecture, with comforting, weathered brickwork and...

Ever felt that it's time to turn your life around A witty and touching story about dreams and never giving up from the Sunday...

In a world full of checkpoints and controls, can love and hope defy the borders? A searing, timely story, as arresting as it is...

1943
Evelyn dreams of escaping Vaughan Court and the loveless marriage that led her there. Then, at the height of the Second...

They're not bound by family. But a family could tear them apart.

Southall, West London. After being released from prison, Zaq...