Categories: Fiction

The Royal Librarian

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<p>A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations…</p><p>Windsor, 1940: Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot, Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor castle, where the princesses reside. But when she learns that Windsor is compromised, Sophie must sacrifice everything she knows to save the future queen of England…</p><p>Philadelphia, Present day: Looking through her grandmother's papers, Lacey Jones comes across a mysterious letter stamped with the Windsor Castle crest. But how did it come to be in her family's possession?</p><p>And so begins a journey that will take Lacey deep into the heart of the oldest inhabited castle in the world, and change her life forever…</p><div><br></div>

The List

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<p>The instant Top 5 Sunday Times bestseller</p><p>'The Book Of The Summer’ VOGUE</p><p>'A page-turning read about the dark side of social media'STYLIST</p><p>‘Topical, heartfelt, provocative’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO</p><p>‘Impossible to put down’ PAULA HAWKINS</p><p>‘A page-turner that you can’t second guess’ THE TIMES</p><p>‘Fans of Yellowface will love The List’ RED MAGAZINE</p><p>ONLINE RUMOURS. REAL LIFE TROUBLE.</p><p>Ola Olajide, a high-profile journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is marrying the love of her life in one month's time. She and her fiancé Michael seem to have it all.</p><p>That is, until one morning when they both wake up to the same message:</p><p>‘Oh my god, have you seen The List?’</p><p>It began as a list of anonymous allegations about abusive men. Now it's been published online. Ola made her name breaking exactly this type of story. But today, Michael's name is on there.</p><p>Will the truth behind The List change everything for both of them?</p><p><br></p>

The Last Lifeboat

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<p>‘Heart-wrenching . . . a story that needs to be remembered’ FERN BRITTON</p><p>‘Enthrallingly told . . . it’s extraordinary how despite everything hope for the future shines out’ RACHEL HORE</p><p>Liverpool 1940. Alice King stands on the deck of SS Carlisle, waiting to escort a group of children to Canada as overseas evacuees. She is finally doing her bit for the war.</p><p>In London, as the Blitz bombs rain down and the threat of German invasion looms, Lily Nicholls anxiously counts the days for news of her son and daughter’s safe arrival.</p><p>But when disaster strikes in the Atlantic, Alice and Lily – one at sea, the other on land – will quickly become one another’s very best hope. The events of one night, and the eight unimaginable days that follow, will bind the two women together in unforgettable ways.</p><p>Inspired by a remarkable true story, The Last Lifeboat is a gripping and triumphant tale of love, courage and hope against the odds.</p><div><br></div>

The Four

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<p>“An intensely gripping, thrilling and darkly beautiful debut. I was hooked.” —Karin Slaughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author&nbsp;</p><p>We were always The Four. From our very first day at High Realms.</p><p>The four scholarship pupils. Outsiders in a world of power and privilege. And, according to everyone else, we were dangerous.</p><p>It would have made our lives a lot easier if Marta had simply pushed our prefect Genevieve out of our bedroom window that day. Certainly, it would have been tragic. She would have died instantly.</p><p>But Marta didn’t push her then, or – if you choose to believe me – at any other time. If she had, all of what we went through would not have happened.</p><p>I’ve told this story as clearly as I could – as rationally as I’ve been able, in the circumstances, to achieve. I don’t regret what we did. And I would do it all again.</p><div><br></div>

The Persephone Code

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<p>1812</p><p>Deep below the hills of the Buckinghamshire countryside, the infamous Hellfire Caves house a pleasure palace for the idle rich – a secret society steeped in satanism, opium and debauchery of the highest order.</p><p>When the club’s warden, Antony Pennington, is brutally murdered, his bastard sister, Dora, must follow the clues to decode who the killer is, aided by an unexpected ally – ex-Army officer, former opium addict and son of a Viscount, Dr Jacob Sandys.</p><p>As a shadow dogs their every footstep, Dora and Jacob find themselves in the midst of a shocking conspiracy, caught between the legendary Illuminati and the Hell Fire Club. With time running out, they must fight against both the most influential gentleman of the ton – and the undeniable attraction they feel towards each other…</p>

Bad Habit

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<p>‘I urge you to read Bad Habit' PEDRO ALMODÓVAR</p><p>'Had me hooked from the first page … Savour every word' DUA LIPA</p><p>‘The book that everyone is reading’NEW YORK TIMES</p><p>A SERVICE95 BOOK CLUB PICK</p><p>Beautifully written and told in an irresistible voice, Bad Habit is a powerfully moving coming-of-age novel following a young trans woman in 1980s Madrid.</p><p>An unnamed young trans woman grows up in a working-class suburb that has no place for her. She discovers community and kinship in downtown Madrid, amid a dazzling party scene animated by charming junkies, glamorous pop divas, and fallen angels. With each step she takes forward in the city, she finds herself confronted by an antagonism she does not yet know how to counter. In this thrilling and yet often frightening place each decision can have the highest of stakes and yet she knows that only she can forge a path forward to the life she truly wants to live.</p><p>Beautiful and deeply moving, Bad Habit by Alana S Portero is translated by Mara Faye Lethem, and deftly illuminates the search for identity and the power of chosen family. Bad Habit is an unforgettable story of self-realisation that speaks to the outsider in all of us.</p>

Mania

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<p>'Seldom is a book as funny, important and timely … I was laughing out loud at the same time as my blood was running cold' JOHN CLEESE</p><p>‘Viciously funny… an exhilarating satire’ THE TIMES</p><p>What if calling someone stupid was illegal?</p><p>In a reality not too distant from our own, where the so-called Mental Parity Movement has taken hold, the worst thing you can call someone is 'stupid'.</p><p>Everyone is equally clever, and discrimination based on intelligence is 'the last great civil rights fight'.</p><p>Exams and grades are all discarded, and smart phones are rebranded. Children are expelled for saying the S-word and encouraged to report parents for using it. You don't need a qualification to be a doctor.</p><p>Best friends since adolescence, Pearson and Emory find themselves on opposing sides of this new culture war. Radio personality Emory – who has built her career riding the tide of popular thought – makes increasingly hard-line statements while, for her part, Pearson believes the whole thing is ludicrous.</p><p>As their friendship fractures, Pearson's determination to cling onto the 'old, bigoted way of thinking' begins to endanger her job, her safety and even her family.</p><p>Lionel Shriver turns her piercing gaze on the policing of opinion and intellect, and imagines a world in which intellectual meritocracy is heresy. Hilarious, deadpan, scathing and at times frighteningly plausible, MANIA will delight the many fans of her fiction and journalism alike.</p><div><br></div>

Hagstone

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<p>The sea is steady for now. The land readies itself. What can be done with the woman on the cliff?</p><p>On a wild and rugged island cut off and isolated to some, artist Nell feels the island is her home. It is the source of inspiration for her art, rooted in landscape, folklore and the feminine. The mysterious Iníons, a commune of women who have travelled there from all over the world, consider it a place of refuge and safety, of solace in nature.</p><p>All the islanders live alongside the strange murmurings that seem to emanate from within the depths of the island, a sound that is almost supernatural – a Summoning as the Iníons call it. One day, a letter arrives at Nell’s door from the reclusive Iníons who invite Nell into the commune for a commission to produce a magnificent art piece to celebrate their long history. In its creation, Nell will discover things about the community and about herself that will challenge everything she thought she knew.</p><p>Beautifully written and gripping, Sinéad Gleeson’s debut novel takes in the darker side of human nature and the mysteries of faith and the natural world. Perfect for readers of Margaret Atwood and Sarah Moss.</p><div><br></div>

Rogue Justice

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<p>The #1 New York Times bestselling author of While Justice Sleeps returns with another riveting and intricately plotted thriller, in which a blackmailed federal judge, a secret court, and a brazen murder may lead to an unprecedented national crisis.</p><p>Supreme Court clerk Avery Keene is back, trying to get her feet on solid ground after unravelling an international conspiracy in While Justice Sleeps.</p><p>But as the sparks of Congressional hearings and political skirmishes swirl around her, Avery is approached at a legal conference by Preston Davies, an unassuming young man and fellow law clerk to a federal judge in Idaho. Davies believes his boss, Judge Francesca Whitner, was being blackmailed in the days before she died. Desperate to understand what happened, he gives Avery a file, a burner phone, and a fearful warning that there are highly dangerous people involved.</p><p>Another shocking murder leads Avery to a list of names – all federal judges – and, alarmingly, all judges on the FISA Court (the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court), also known as America’s "secret court." It is this body which grants permission to the government to wiretap Americans or spy on corporations suspected of terrorism. As Avery digs deeper, she begins to see a frightening pattern – and she worries that something far more sinister may be unfolding inside the nation’s third branch of government. With lives at stake, Avery must race the clock and an unexpected enemy to find the answer.</p><p>Drawn from today’s headlines and woven with her unique insider perspective, Stacey Abrams combines twisting plotlines, wry wit, and clever puzzles to create another immensely entertaining suspense novel.</p>

A Sicilian Affair

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<p>Don’t miss the next utterly gripping emotional thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Susan Lewis!</p><p>A fresh start where no-one knows her name is exactly what Catie is looking for from her Sicilian escape.</p><p>When Catie meets handsome Giancarlo, she has stumbled across a love that could last forever… If only she can admit the truth about her past.</p><p>But the scars of betrayal from her broken marriage and fragile family are only part of the story.</p><p>Some secrets are too devastating to share…</p>