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‘Hannah Whitten is my new favourite obsession’ Jodi Picoult, New York Times-bestselling author

In this epic sequel to the Sunday Times bestseller, The Foxglove King – Hannah Whitten’s lush, romantic fantasy – the glittering and dangerous world of the Sainted King’s royal court is forever changed by Prince Bastian’s ascension to the throne – and the dark forces gathering beneath it.

The corrupt king August is dead. Prince Bastian has seized the throne and raised Lore – a necromancer and former smuggler – to his right-hand side. Together they plan to cut out the rot from the heart of the royal court and help the people of Dellaire. But not everyone is happy with the changes. The nobles are sowing dissent and the Kirythean Empire is beating down their door. Even Prince Bastian has changed. No longer the hopeful, rakish, charismatic man Lore knows and loves, instead he’s become reckless, domineering and cold.

And something has been whispering in her ear. A voice, dark and haunting, that’s telling her there’s more to the story than she knows and more to her power than she can even imagine. A truth buried deep that could change everything.

With Bastian’s coronation fast approaching and enemies whispering on all sides, Lore must figure out how to protect herself, her prince and her country before they all come crumbling down and whatever dark power has been creeping through the catacombs is unleashed .

Praise for The Foxglove King:

‘Sinister, deadly and so seductive you won’t be able to tear yourself away from this dark gem of a book’ Stephanie Garber, New York Times-bestselling author

‘Beautifully written, lushly cinematic, unsettling, mysterious – an unputdownable story’ Ali Hazelwood, New York Times-bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis

‘Dripping with dark opulence and sizzling intrigue, The Foxglove King proves Hannah Whitten is a force to be reckoned with. Never before have I been so completely captivated’ Erin A. Craig, New York Times-bestselling author

‘Darkly sumptuous and beautifully dangerous, The Foxglove King wraps you up in a velvet gown and then holds a knife to your throat’ Ava Reid, Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Wolf and the Woodsman

‘I am obsessed with this book! Hannah Whitten just keeps getting better and better’ Katee Robert, New York Times-bestselling author

THE BRAND NEW SAGA SERIES BY MAGGIE MASON – MEET THE HALFPENNY GIRLS. . .

‘In the grand tradition of sagas set down by the late and great Catherine Cookson ‘ Jean Fullerton on Blackpool Lass

Down on their luck, all the have left is friendship . . .

It is 1937 and Alice, Edith and Marg continue to face hardships every day, growing up on one of the poorest streets in Blackpool. Penniless, their friendship has helped them survive this far, but it’ll take more than that to see them through the dark days that lie ahead . . .

Alice is coping with a violent father and the weight of the duty she carries to support her family, Marg is left reeling after a dark secret about her birth comes to light and threatens to destroy the life she knows, and Edith is fighting to protect her alcoholic mother from the shame of their neighbours and keep her brother on the straight and narrow.

A chance encounter at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom promises to set their lives on a new path, one filled with love and safety and hope for a brighter future. Will The Halfpenny Girls, who have never known anything but poverty, finally find happiness? And if they do, will it come at a price?

The first in a brand new series from reader favourite Maggie Mason, The Halfpenny Girls is the perfect heart-warming family saga about overcoming hardship and the value of friendship. Perfect for fans of Val Wood, Kitty Neale and Rosie Goodwin.

Readers LOVE Maggie Mason’s Blackpool sagas:

‘5 stars – I wish I could give it more. Wonderful read.’

‘Another must read book‘

‘What a brilliant book. I couldn’t put it down!’

‘I was hooked from the first page . . . this author is a must read‘

‘A totally absorbing read’

‘This is a compelling thriller that keeps the reader hooked until the end.’ – VOYA starred review

‘Readers will be drawn in by Armstrong’s expert pacing and meticulously constructed mystery. As the Bishop boys and Winter finally piece together the truth, the plot races towards a gripping climax. Fans of April Henry will relish this thriller’ – Booklist

Reeve’s End is the kind of place every kid can’t wait to escape. Each summer, a dozen kids leave and at least a quarter never come back. Winter Crane doesn’t blame them – she plans to do the same in another year. She’ll leave behind the trailer park, and never look back. All she has to do is stay out of trouble.

But then she has a chance encounter with a boy called Lennon, injured and left for dead in the woods. Her discovery has Winter questioning everything she thought she knew about her sleepy town. And when Lennon vanishes and his brother Jude comes looking for him, things take a sinister turn. Someone wants Winter out of the picture. Can she trust Jude? Or will he deliver them both into the hands of a stalker?

A gripping YA thriller by New York Times number one bestseller Kelley Armstrong.

Books by Kelley Armstrong:

Women of the Otherworld series
Bitten
Stolen
Dime Store Magic
Industrial Magic
Haunted
Broken
No Humans Involved
Personal Demon
Living with the Dead
Frost Bitten
Walking the Witch
Spellbound
Thirteen

Nadia Stafford
Exit Strategy
Made to be Broken
Wild Justice

Rockton
City of the Lost
A Darkness Absolute
This Fallen Prey
Watcher in the Woods
Alone in the Wild

Darkest Powers
The Summoning
The Awakening
The Reckoning

Otherworld Tales
Men of the Otherworld
Tales of the Otherworld
Otherworld Nights
Otherworld Secrets
Otherworld Chills

Darkness Rising
The Gathering
The Calling
The Rising

Cainsville
Omens
Visions
Deceptions
Betrayals
Rituals

‘Like Stephen King, . . . Armstrong not only writes interesting page-turners, she has also achieved that unlikely goal, what all writers strive for: a genre of her own. . . . This is not The Call of the Wild; it’s Nora Roberts meets “The Sopranos” by way of Henry David Thoreau.’ – The Walrus

‘Kelley Armstrong must have decided one day to throw every genre she could imagine — mystery, horror, supernatural thriller, romance and chick lit — into her writerly cauldron. What she conjured up is the hilariously hip Women of the Otherworld series.’ – Calgary Herald

13. The breath-taking, explosive finale to the Women of the Otherworld series

War is coming to the Otherworld. A sinister cult known as The Supernatural Liberation Movement is hell-bent on exposing the truth about supernaturals to the rest of the world. Their violent, ruthless plan has put everyone at risk: from werewolves to vampires, from witches to half-demons.

Savannah Levine – fiery and unpredictable – stands at the heart of the maelstrom. There is a new, dark magic inside her, granting her the power to summon spells of terrifying strength. But whether this magic is a gift or a curse, no one knows.

On the eve of battle, all the major players must come together in a last, desperate fight for survival – Elena and Clay; Adam and Savannah; Paige and Lucas; Jeremy and Jaime; Hope, Eve and more… They are fighting for their lives. They are fighting for their loved ones.

They are fighting for the Otherworld.

The final novel in the bestselling Women of the Otherworld series.

Books by Kelley Armstrong:

Women of the Otherworld series
Bitten
Stolen
Dime Store Magic
Industrial Magic
Haunted
Broken
No Humans Involved
Personal Demon
Living with the Dead
Frost Bitten
Walking the Witch
Spellbound
Thirteen

Nadia Stafford
Exit Strategy
Made to be Broken
Wild Justice

Darkest Powers
The Summoning
The Awakening
The Reckoning

Otherworld Tales
Men of the Otherworld
Tales of the Otherworld
Otherworld Nights
Otherworld Secrets
Otherworld Chills

Darkness Rising
The Gathering
The Calling
The Rising

Cainsville
Omens
Visions
Deceptions
Betrayals
Rituals

A warmly funny junior-fiction series about Kitty, a little girl who believes she can be anything she dreams – even a cat. When Kitty arrives on the doorstep of a house full of music-mad felines, their lives are turned upside down as they attempt to teach her how to be human.

Some children hate going to bed. Not Kitty! Kitty falls asleep every night curled up snug as a bug in a bed box. That is, until one spooky night when Kitty’s night-light goes missing and her fear of the dark comes creeping out. The cats, unfamiliar with the concept, try to settle her down but to no avail. In the end, it won’t be a night-light that saves the day.

Based on the Australian TV series that is enjoyed by kids the whole world over.

Maddie Rofel loves working at Hollywood’s best-kept secret, The Governor’s Club. But things gets complicated when one wild night at the club she meets Chino Garcia – the drummer of one of the hottest rock bands in the world.

What starts out as a one-night stand turns quickly into more when Chino convinces Madison to come on a motorcycle trip with him. Their passions grows deeper and deeper, but Chino’s hiding something from Maddie. She sees something dark is troubling him, and he’s holding back, reluctant to let her in.

In order for Chino to give Maddie everything she deserves, he’ll have to find a way to let go of the demons in his past and embrace a future with a woman who sets his heart beating a pounding rhythm…

The definitive scientific icon of the twentieth century, Albert Einstein is remember for one equation, E=mc², and the image of a white-haired, pipe-smoking professor who didn’t wear socks. But the equation comes from a time when all of his great work was done. The real Albert Einstein ­– the high school drop-out who won the Nobel Prize along with the hearts of so many young women – was young, handsome, dark haired and a natty dresser. And his greatest piece of work was so poorly understood at the time that the Nobel Committee, who couldn’t understand it, but in a panic felt they ought to give him a prize for something, honoured him for something else.

An introduction, afterword and clear chronological table place Einstein’s work in the context of the development of scientific knowledge.

Every dream you’ve ever had, and every dream yet to come, exists somewhere in the Kingdoms of the Void. Every nightmare, too. Because there has to be balance – it’s the rules. Problem is, the Lords of Nightkeep aren’t big on rules. They’re more into Conquest, Fear, and Eternal Darkness For All. It takes an extremely powerful Void wizard like Leanan Kite to keep ’em in check. But right now Kite has other worries, and Nightkeep is growing strong. Its Lords hunger for power. And they’ve turned their gaze toward Earth…

Fast-paced, vividly imagined and blistering with sassy dialogue and humour, teen-sensation Catherine Webb’s debut novel is a unique and utterly contemporary fantasy for young adult readers.

Do you sometimes wonder why the sky at dusk is filled with colour, or how the moon controls the tides? Why do stars twinkle and planets don’t? Filled with science and lore, with references to myths, legends, and “high” and popular culture, this “naked-eye” guide (no telescope required) demystifies the celestial in accessible, instructive, and entertaining prose.Upgren tells us why werewolves only come out at night and how to find Betelgeuse. He discusses twilight, the seasons and their causes, our solar system, light and darkness, weather, stars and latitude, the moon, light pollution, and the planets. Night Has a Thousand Eyes is the perfect resource for amateur astronomers and meteorologists of all ages who pause to enjoy sunsets and identify constellations on a starry night.

Discover and explore the gentle chaos within yourself with this journal based on the book Gentle Chaos by Tyler Gaca, AKA TikTok’s @Ghosthoney, exploring the magic inside each of us and the enchantment and comfort to be found in the weird, the dark, and the different.


– Embrace your inner magic: In this playful, inspiring, and enchanted journal, Tyler offers space to engage with yourself in a new way and embrace what makes you come alive.
– From the creative mind of Tyler Gaca: The prompts and messages in this journal are infused with the unparalleled playfulness and mystique that Ghosthoney brings to everything he creates, inviting you to tap into your own wonderful weirdness.
– Deluxe journal with gorgeous package: Rich, full-colour photographs and illustrations and luxurious woodfree uncoated paper in a durable, flexi binding give this journal an unmatched feeling.

After five years in the Summerlands, Gideon has gained his freedom. Elizabeth knows he will go straight for Tegan, and that she must protect the girl she had come to regard as her own daughter. In the time since she the dramatic night in Batchcombe woods, Tegan has traveled the world learning from all manner of witches, and she is no longer the awkward teenager and novice spellcaster she once was. However, her skills are no match for Gideon’s dark, vengeful power, and he succeeds in capturing her. Will Elizabeth be able to find her? Will they be able to defeat their nemesis once and for all?

In a breathless journey that takes them through history, witch pursues warlock. Three people steeped in magic weave a new story, but not all will survive until the end.

The history of the Twentieth Century has been shaped by a secret conflict between technology and magic. When a twisted Nazi scientist devised a way to imbue ordinary humans with supernatural abilities – to walk through walls, throw fire and see the future – his work became the prized possession of first the Third Reich, then the Soviet Army. Only Britain’s warlocks, and the dark magics they yield, have successfully countered the threat posed by these superhuman armies.

But for decades, this conflict has been manipulated by Gretel, the mad seer. And now her long plan has come to fruition. And with it, a danger vastly greater than anything the world has known. Now British Intelligence officer Raybould Marsh must make a last-ditch effort to change the course of history – if his nation, and those he loves, are to survive.

In the village of Hawkins Hollow, three young friends unwittingly unleash a three-hundred year curse. Now, every seven years, the locals are plagued by a week of collective madness, leading to acts of inexplicable evil.


Since that terrible day at the Pagan Stone, town lawyer Fox O’Dell has been able to see into other people’s minds. It’s a talent he shares with Layla, recently arrived from New York. Fox knows that he must earn her trust, because their link will help fight the darkness that threatens to engulf the town. But Layla is having trouble coming to terms with her newfound ability – and this intimate connection to Fox. She knows that once she opens her mind, she’ll have no defence against the desire that threatens to consume them both…

Tristan Wemyss, Earl of Trentham, never expected he’d need to wed within a year or forfeit his inheritance. But he is not one to bow to the matchmaking mamas of the ton. No, he will marry a lady of his own choosing. And the lady he chooses is the enchanting neighbour living with her family next door. Miss Leonora Carling has beauty, spirit and passion; unfortunately, matrimony is the last thing on her mind . . .

Once bitten, forever shy – never again will Leonora allow any man to capture her heart and break it. But Tristan is a seasoned campaigner who will not accept defeat, especially when a mysterious blackguard with dark designs on Leonora’s family home gives him the perfect excuse to come to the lady’s aid – as her protector, confidant, seducer…and husband.

In this dead city, the vultures are circling…
Berlin 1944. The beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. And the beginning of a dark journey for Garda detective Stefan Gillespie as he makes his way through war-ravaged Europe to the German capital. He carries secret instructions for the Irish ambassador, who is clinging on in the growing chaos – even though it’s time to get out. Bombs fall and bodies fill the streets. People starve. The true horrors of Nazi terror are everywhere now… and the Russians are coming. As Stefan searches for an Irishman trapped in Berlin who has betrayed his country and his friends, who cares if people are murdered along the way? And Stefan has to ask himself if saving one life matters in this devastation. And if it does, is it worth him risking his own?

‘Powerful . . . psychological menace and dramatic plot twists’ Daily Mail

‘A riveting tale full of intrigue . . . Caroline England at her best and given the standard of her work that is really saying something’ AMANDA ROBSON

Caroline England keeps her readers GRIPPED!
‘A brilliant read. I love this author. My favourite book yet’
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‘An exceptional read throughout with a highly satisfying ending!
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‘A corker of a read. It’s so cleverly plotted and crafted’
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EVERY SAINT HAS A PAST

To the unsuspecting eye Dee Stephens has a perfect life as the vicar’s wife: a devoted marriage to her charismatic husband Reverend Vincent, an adoring congregation and a beautiful daughter.

EVERY SINNER HAS A FUTURE

But beneath the surface, Dee is suffocating. Vincent is in control, and he knows her every sin. Desperate, Dee escapes into a heady affair with Cal, an old schoolmate.

EVERY CONFESSION HAS A PRICE

But is Cal the saviour she thinks he is? What dark secrets does he harbour? And to what lengths will Vincent go to when he uncovers the truth?

From the Top Ten ebook bestselling author, Caroline England’s newest thriller will have you hooked from the first page to the last jaw-dropping twist.
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‘Absolutely amazing. Full of twists and turns I didn’t see coming and a true study in character perception. A definite 5 stars from me’ ANGELA MARSONS

‘Addictive and gripping’ LISA HALL

‘Chock full of mystery . . . A great read!’ C.J. COOPER

‘An incredibly twisty thriller, with lots of secrets, lies and menace’ KAREN KING

‘‘The perfect domestic noir’ ALICE HUNTER

‘A well-written, perfectly plotted psychological thriller!’ DIANE JEFFREY

‘This domestic noir is one of the best I’ve read in a long time’ LOUISE BEECH

‘Stunning . . . dark undercurrents and sinister twists’ AMANDA ROBSON

‘In the very top tier of psychological thrillers’ M W CRAVEN

‘Powerful . . . psychological menace and dramatic plot twists’ DAILY MAIL

‘A twist that I didn’t see coming!’ T. M. LOGAN

‘Kept me gripped’ B. A. PARIS

‘Incredibly twisty . . . deliciously satisfying‘ CLAIRE ALLAN

‘A taut, tantalising thriller’ SHERYL BROWNE

‘Truly terrific!’ MARTINA COLE

‘Romance, mystery, and a family curse – The Ladies of the Secret Circus has it all‘ Popsugar

From the author of A Witch in Time comes a magical story spanning from Jazz Age Paris to modern-day America of family secrets, sacrifice, and lost love set against the backdrop of a mysterious circus. Perfect for fans of The Night Circus and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.

The surest way to get a ticket to Le Cirque Secret is to wish for it . . .

Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter a world of wonder – a world where women weave illusions, carousels take you back in time, and trapeze artists float across the sky. Bound to her family’s circus, it’s the only world Cecile Cabot knows until she meets a charismatic young painter and embarks on a passionate affair that could cost her everything.

Virginia, 2004: Lara Barnes is on top of the world, but when her fiancé disappears on their wedding day every plan she has for the future comes crashing down. Desperate, Lara’s search for answers unexpectedly lead to her great-grandmother’s journals.

Swept into a story of a dark circus and ill-fated love, secrets about Lara’s family history come to light and reveal a curse that has been claiming payment from the women in her family for generations. A curse that might be tied to her fiancé’s mysterious fate . . .

Why readers love The Ladies of the Secret Circus . . .

‘A spellbinding historical fantasy . . . Fans of Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus will love this page-turning story of dark magic, star-crossed love, and familial sacrifice‘ Publishers Weekly (starred review)

‘At times decadent and macabre, The Ladies of the Secret Circus is a mesmerizing tale of love, treachery, and depraved magic percolating through four generations of Cabot women‘ Luanne G. Smith, author of The Vine Witch

‘Ambitious and teeming with magic, Sayers creates a fascinating mix of art, The Belle Époque, and more than a little murder‘ Erika Swyler, author of The Book of Speculation

‘The Ladies of the Secret Circus is a dazzling tale, laced with sinister magic, blood and beauty, love and loss. This is a book that will haunt you long after the last page is turned‘ Alyssa Palombo, author of The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel

‘Spellbinding. The Ladies Of The Secret Circus is a dazzling, high-wire feat of storytelling‘ Catherine Taylor, author of Beyond the Moon

‘The Ladies of the Secret Circus is a book to get lost in‘ BookPage

‘Families and friendships, secrets and lies, twists and turns and a shocker of an ending – I didn’t see that coming! Loved it’ JACKIE KABLER

‘I enjoyed this classy and twisty thriller. A great read, don’t miss it!’ B.A. PARIS

‘The definition of a trust no one, shifting sands novel with beautifully drawn characters and breath-taking reveals. Perfect domestic-noir crime. I bloody loved it!’ HELEN FIELDS

‘Tautly plotted, this is a breathlessly thrilling ride from a writer at the top of her game’ LISA BALLANTYNE

‘A beguiling tale with brooding undercurrents that unsettled and entertained me in equal measure. Engrossing and addictive’ MARION TODD

‘Another amazing book from Caroline England; so intriguing and beautifully written. A sheer pleasure to read’ AMANDA ROBSON

‘A cleverly woven plot leading to an incredible twist you won’t see coming!’ JEN FAULKNER

‘Caroline England draws the fragile characters so finely, I didn’t want to turn the pages lest I damaged them even more!’ HELEEN KIST

A new dark, twisty psychological suspense by bestselling author Caroline England, author of Betray Her and My Husband’s Lies.

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When no one is what they seem, who can you trust?

Katy Henry is lost and lonely. A single mother, plagued by fatigue and anxiety, she rarely has time for friends. But when she encounters Sibeal Matthews, all this changes. Sibeal is everything that Katy is not: assured, headstrong and charming.

Katy soon finds herself pulled out of her isolation into a fierce friendship. But Sibeal is not all that she seems. Tragedy haunts her, and for all her feistiness, she is startlingly dependent on her brother, Gabriel. And when her life begins to spectacularly unravel, Katy is swept up in the storm.

As Katy fights to protect herself and her son, it’s not just Sibeal who threatens to endanger them – Katy’s own past starts to rupture. Who can Katy trust? Can she even trust herself?
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Praise for Caroline England:

‘In the very top tier of psychological thrillers’ M W CRAVEN

‘The duchess of dark domestic noir strikes again’ HELEN FIELDS

‘Powerful . . . psychological menace and dramatic plot twists’ DAILY MAIL

‘A twist that I didn’t see coming!’ T. M. LOGAN

‘Kept me gripped’ B. A. PARIS

‘Incredibly twisty . . . deliciously satisfying‘ CLAIRE ALLAN

‘A taut, tantalising thriller’ SHERYL BROWNE

‘Truly terrific!’ MARTINA COLE

From an unmissable voice in epic fantasy comes a sweeping tale of clashing guilds, magic-fueled machines, and revolution.

The nation of Torwyn is run on the power of industry, and industry is run by the Guilds. Chief among them are the Hawkspurs, whose responsibility it is to keep the gears of the empire turning. That’s exactly why matriarch Rosomon Hawkspur sends each of her heirs to the far reaches of the nation.

Conall, the eldest son, is sent to the distant frontier to earn his stripes in the military. It is here that he faces a threat he could have never seen coming: the first rumblings of revolution.

Tyreta is a sorceress with the ability to channel the power of pyrestone, the magical resource that fuels the empire’s machines. She is sent to the mines to learn more about how pyrsetone is harvested – but instead, she finds the dark horrors of industry that the empire would prefer to keep hidden.

The youngest, Fulren, is a talented artificer and finds himself acting as a guide to a mysterious foreign emissary. Soon after, he is framed for a crime he never committed. A crime that could start a war.

As the Hawkspurs grapple with the many threats that face the nation within and without, they must finally prove themselves worthy-or their empire will fall apart.

“A heady blend of action, arcana, and intrigue.” -Gareth Hanrahan, author of The Gutter Prayer

‘A compelling, fast-moving narrative . . . delivers real emotional impact’ Telegraph

‘A literary provocateur’ Guardian

SHORTLISTED for the POLARI PRIZE 2023
WINNER of DIVA Magazine‘s 2023 ‘Author of the Year’ Award

Isobel lives an isolated life in North London, where she works at a nearby library. She feels safe, so long as she keeps to her routines and doesn’t let her thoughts stray too far into the past. But a newspaper photograph of a missing local schoolgirl and a letter from her old teacher send her spiralling and bring back the trauma of what happened years ago, when she was a pupil at The Schoolhouse.

The Schoolhouse was a 1970s experimental school where Isobel’s days were a dark interplay of freedom and adventure, violence and fear. The only record of what happened there lies in the pages of her teenage diary.

The Schoolhouse taught Isobel that some truths must never be revealed, but as police investigating the missing girl start to ask uncomfortable questions, she realises the truth is coming for her – and it will put her, and everyone she has tried to protect, at risk.

From the Booker Prize-longlisted author of Love and Other Thought Experiments comes a masterful and gripping thriller about truth, silence, and the dead weight of the past.

‘Vivid, pungent and perilous’ CHRIS BROOKMYRE

‘Evocative…brilliant plotting’ REBECCA GRIFFITHS


A dark and richly atmospheric thriller, perfect for fans of Laura Purcell’s The Silent Companions, Sarah Perry’s Melmoth and Elly Griffiths’ The Stranger Diaries.

London, 1846.

Ramshackle and crumbling, St Saviour’s Infirmary awaits demolition. Within its stinking wards and cramped corridors the doctors bicker and fight. Ambition, jealousy and hatred seethe beneath the veneer of professional courtesy.

Always an outsider, and with a secret of her own to hide, apothecary Jem Flockhart observes everything, but says nothing.

And then six tiny coffins are uncovered, inside each a handful of dried flowers and a bundle of mouldering rags. When Jem comes across these strange relics hidden inside the infirmary’s old chapel, her quest to understand their meaning prises open a long-forgotten past – with fatal consequences . . .


Praise for E.S. Thomson:

‘It’s rare that a book is Gothic enough for me, but Beloved Poison is killing it. The blood, the bones…’ LAURA PURCELL

‘Complex, harrowing and highly enjoyable’ DAILY EXPRESS

‘Marvellous, vivid . . . breathtakingly dark’ JANET ELLIS

‘Jem Flockhart books are the best I’ve read in years’ KIRSTY LOGAN

‘A marvel . . . thoroughly engrossing’ MARY PAULSON ELLIS

Discover this summer’s most irregular love story . . .

Connie’s smart. She’s funny. But when it comes to love, she’s only human.

As a brilliant mathematician with bright red hair – Connie’s used to being considered a little unusual. But when she’s recruited for a top-secret code-breaking project, nothing can prepare her for working with someone quite as peculiar as Luke.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan comes a charmingly quirky tale of love, friendship . . . and the possible obliteration of mankind.

‘Quirky, funny and romantic’ Sophie Kinsella

‘A riotous cocktail of geeks’ Matt Haig, author of The Humans

‘It’s not so often that I fall so completely in love with a book . . intelligent, funny, moving and beautiful’ Rowan Coleman, author of The Memory Book

‘Joyous, suspenseful, poignant, funny, heart-breaking, and above all else, a pleasure to read’ Claire North, author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

Jenny Colgan is the author of numerous bestselling novels, including Christmas at the Cupcake Café, Little Beach Street Bakery and Welcome to Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop of Dreams. As Jenny T. Colgan she has also written the Doctor Who tie-in novel Dark Horizons and several Doctor Who short stories.

‘Messed-up families, scandalous love affairs, art, life, death and the great state of Florida in one delicious, darkly funny package. Kristen Arnett is a wickedly talented and a wholly original voice’ Jami Attenberg

What does it take to come back to life?

In the wake of her father’s suicide, Jessa-Lynn Morton has stepped up to manage his failing taxidermy business while the rest of the Morton family falls apart. Her mother starts sneaking into the shop to make alarming art with stuffed animals; and while her brother Milo withdraws, his wife, Brynn – the only person Jessa’s ever been in love with – leaves home without a word. A string of unexpected incidents opens up the chance for the Mortons to mend: can they piece themselves together again?

Kristen Arnett’s breakout debut is a darkly funny family portrait; a peculiar, bighearted look at love and loss and the ways we live through them together.

‘This book is my song of the summer’ Parul Seghal, New York Times

‘Wonderful’ Esmé Weijun Wang, Guardian

‘Explores love, loss and death and is guaranteed to keep you gripped throughout’ Mirror

‘The writing is subtle and meditative, with the tactile weight of dense fur’ New Yorker

‘Grabs the reader from the very first page – and never lets go’ DAILY MAIL

‘Taut and properly disturbing. . . Impressive’ The Critic

EVERYONE HAS A PAST. . . YOURS IS COMING TO KILL YOU

Alex and Morven have a pretty perfect marriage. Still madly in love after ten years, they have no secrets from each other and their life in London with daughter Poppy is . . . happy.
Until one day it changes. Morven disappears, her car found abandoned. The police come around to Alex’s house to tell him things about his wife he never knew: her real name, her past life, the secrets she kept from him. And Alex realises he’s been loving a lie. He needs answers . . . and on the shore of a dark and remote lake in Wales he learns that the tragic events which shaped the past now threaten to rip apart the present.

Praise for I KNOW WHO YOU WERE

‘A gripping, twisty and beautifully written debut thriller that marks Curran as a writer to watch.‘ Irish Independent

‘Written with enormous panache and gentle empathy, it ratchets up the tension repeatedly before exploding into a grandstand heart-stopping finale’ Daily Mail

‘Oh boy, this is going to keep you up at night, or abandoning everything else to race through the pages’ Peterborough Telegraph

‘Throws out a great hook and then twists and turns its way to a heartstopping climax’ Stephen Gallagher

‘Not just a ruthlessly compelling novel of suspense but an unflinching examination of the repercussions of a crime. Disturbing, harrowing and moving, it signals the arrival of a new master of crime fiction.’ Ramsey Campbell

‘Taut, compelling, original. An emotionally charged story that will leave you thinking of the main character long after finishing the book. A true page-turner’ J A Corrigan

‘Curran’s debut is an absorbing, dark and suspenseful thriller. He is a writer to watch’ David Fennell

‘An utterly gripping Cobenesque mystery keeps you turning the pages fiercely to find out what’s happening’ Crime Podcast FM