Fiction

Madhulika Liddle is a novelist and award-winning short story writer. She is best-known as the author of the Muzaffar Jang series, about a seventeenthcentury Mughal detective.

Her latest novel, An Unholy Drought is part of a four-novel series—The Delhi Quartet—that will span eight hundred years of Delhi’s history, beginning with the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate and ending with Partition. The first novel in the series, The Garden of Heaven, was published in 2021.

In the wild jungles of India, a tusker is born. Maula Bux—as he is later named—grows up loved and adored amongst his herd, learning all that a young calf must to become a majestic elephant. However, an unfortunate encounter with humans leads to his capture and he is sold. His mahout, Kareem, instantly takes a liking to the tusker and considers him almost to be a brother. Maula Bux is courageous, agile, and magnificent, and he and Kareem have many adventures together—from hauling timber deep in the forest to adrenaline-charged tiger chases. At his advancing age, Maula Bux is even appointed to carry an Indian Prince in procession!

WINNER OF WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A BBC 'BETWEEN THE COVERS' BOOK CLUB PICK 'Compelling delightfully weird often uncomfortable' PANDORA SYKES 'Unputdownable breathtakingly original' ERIN KELLY 'I have been glued to Asako Yuzuki's new novel Butter’ NIGEL SLATER ‘A fullfat Michelinstarred treat’ THE SUNDAY TIMES The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case inspired by a true story and translated by Polly Barton. There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine. Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking. The case has captured the nation’s imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press entertaining no visitors. That is until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew and Kajii can’t resist writing back. Rika the only woman in her news office works late each night rarely cooking more than ramen. As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii they are closer to a masterclass in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii but it seems that she might be the one changing. With each meal she eats something is awakening in her body might she and Kaji have more in common than she once thought? Inspired by the real case of the convicted con woman and serial killer "The Konkatsu Killer" Asako Yuzuki’s Butter is a vivid unsettling exploration of misogyny obsession romance and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.

Experience Agatha Christie’s puzzling masterpiece as you've never seen it before with this official graphic novel adaptations! Just after midnight a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment stabbed a dozen times his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again.

An explosive love triangle a formidable matriarch and a house party of enemies. All drawn inexorably ... Towards Zero. Now Anjelica Huston and a star-studded cast feature in a brand new BBC adaptation of Agatha Christie's tense ingenious novel. Read it before you see it! a scandalous celebrity divorce British tennis star Nevile Strange and his ex-wife Audrey make the unthinkable decision to spend a summer together at Gull’s Point their childhood home and the coastal estate of Nevile's aunt Lady Tressilian. With unfinished business between the former childhood sweethearts plus the presence of Nevile’s new wife Kay tensions are running high. Add to this a long-suffering lady’s companion a mysterious gentleman’s valet an exiled cousin with a grudge a venerable family lawyer an inquisitive orphan and a French con man and soon there will be murder. A troubled detective must rediscover his purpose to untangle a toxic web of jealousy deceit and dysfunction. Can he solve the crime before another victim meets their death? Now you can read Agatha Christie's original novel on which this new TV sensation is based in this gorgeous Special Edition hardback.

Threevolume deluxe slipcased hardback set of The Lord of the Rings illustrated throughout by acclaimed Tolkien artist Alan Lee. Features exclusive new paintings and dozens of drawings appearing for the very first time together with three removable art cards and two foldout maps. Since it was first published The Lord of the Rings has been a book people have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness this work of sweeping fantasy has touched the hearts of young and old alike. Across its many editions in the region of 100 million copies have been sold around the world. And no edition has proved more popular than the Centenary edition illustrated by  awardwinning artist Alan Lee. Now for the first time since its publication in 1992 this illustrated edition has been revised and expanded with a number of brandnew paintings and more than 50 illustrations added by the artist. Readers will be able to follow the complete story of the Hobbits and their part in the quest of the Ring – beginning with Bilbo’s Longexpected Party and culminating in the dramatic climax between Frodo and Gollum atop Mount Doom – while also enjoying more than fifty fullpage colour paintings and numerous illustrations which accompany this epic tale. This new hardback set of this beautifully illustrated work features brandnew cover designs by the artist. The three volumes have additionally been enhanced for the first time with sprayed edges and are housed in a custombuilt illustrated slipcase stamped in silver foil with designs created exclusively by Alan Lee. They are accompanied by three removable art cards and two foldout maps of Middleearth drawn by Christopher Tolkien.

Step back into Westeros with this brand new colouring book featuring over 75 illustrations of

your favorite scenes characters and show logos from the hit series House of the Dragon.

Long before the Wall fell the Targaryens reigned with fire and blood.

From the conflict between Rhaenyra and Alicent to Daemon burning the Crabfeeder army explore the

reign of the Targaryen Empire in Westeros with the official House of the Dragon colouring book.

Featuring over 75 original illustrations and thick paper this coloring book offers you a way to relive the

most dramatic moments from the hugely popular show.

Can you find Gobi? Travel the world with this little dog who has big adventures. Kids will have hours of fun with this seek-and-find activity book  as they search for Gobi and her family discover over 250 objects and learn about some of the world’s most interesting places.

Dawa Tashi is an India-born Tibetan. His parents fled Tibet when the Chinese invaded and Dawa has grown up in the quiet verdant Indian Himalayas. When Dawa applies to a well-known university in America to pursue a course in creative writing his hitherto ordinary life changes dramatically. At the university he befriends and falls in love with Iris Pennington an unusual American student who is studying Buddhist literature. He also comes in contact with Khenchen Sangpo a renowned scholar of Buddhism and a reincarnated Rinpoche himself.

Circumstances lead Dawa back to India too soon but the connections he makes take his life into many new directions. With his Tibetan suitcase always by his side he now undertakes many journeys. Some with Iris and Khenchen take him deeper into the mystical and mysterious world of Buddhist scholarship. Other journeys take him back to his roots making him question his life’s directions.

Told in the form of letters and journal entries Tibetan Suitcase is a deeply moving novel about love and longing; about those who belong nowhere; about an existence without a motherland and negotiating in-between worlds.