Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2020 Longlisted for the (US) National Book Award for Fiction 2020 ''We were bowled over by this first novel, which creates an amazingly intimate, compassionate, gripping portrait of addiction, courage and love.'' The judges of the Booker Prize ''Douglas Stuart has written a first novel of rare and lasting beauty.'' Observer It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves trapped in a decimated mining town. As she descends deeper into drink, the children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves. It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest. Shuggie is different. Fastidious and fussy, he shares his mother''s sense of snobbish propriety. The miners'' children pick on him and adults condemn him as no'' right . But Shuggie believes that if he tries his hardest, he can be normal like the other boys and help his mother escape this hopeless place. Douglas Stuart''s Shuggie Bain lays bare the ruthlessness of poverty, the limits of love, and the hollowness of pride. A counterpart to the privileged Thatcher-era London of Alan Hollinghurst''s The Line of Beauty , it also recalls the work of edouard Louis, Frank McCourt, and Hanya Yanagihara, a blistering debut by a brilliant writer with a powerful and important story to tell.
From Olivie Blake, the bestselling author of The Atlas Six, One For My Enemy is a captivating fantasy story of ambition, sacrifice and the enduring power of family legacies.
In New York City, two rival witch families fight for the upper hand.
The Antonova sisters are beautiful, cunning and ruthless, and their mother - known only as Baba Yaga - is the elusive supplier of premium intoxicants. Their adversaries, the influential Fedorov brothers, serve their crime boss father. Named Koschei the Deathless, his enterprise dominates the shadows of magical Manhattan.
For twelve years, the families have maintained a fraught stalemate. Then everything is thrown into disarray. Bad blood carries them to the brink of disaster, even as fate draws together a brother and sister from either side. Yet the siblings still struggle for power, and internal conflicts could destroy each family from within. That is, if the enmity between empires doesn''t destroy both sides first.
This paperback edition includes illustrated endpapers from artist Lasq.Draws plus interior illustrations from Little Chmura.
Praise for Olive Blake :
''Olivie Blake is a mind-blowing talent'' - Chloe Gong, author of These Violent Delights
''Sign me up for anything she writes'' - Cosmopolitan
The Kamogawa Food Detectives, translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood, is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese sleuthing series for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.
What''s the one dish you''d do anything to taste just one more time?
Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner treats its customers to wonderfully extravagant meals. But that''s not the main reason to stop by . . .
The father-daughter duo have started advertising their services as ''food detectives''. Through ingenious investigations, they are capable of recreating a dish from their customers'' pasts - dishes that may well hold the keys to unlocking forgotten memories and future happiness.
From the widower looking for a specific noodle dish that his wife used to cook, to a first love''s beef stew, the restaurant of lost recipes provides a link to the past - and a way to a more contented future.
A bestseller in Japan, The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai is a celebration of good company and the power of a delicious meal.
The highly anticipated new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Clockmaker's Daughter, a sweeping novel that begins with a shocking crime, the effects of which echo across continents and generations
Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek on the grounds of a grand country house, a local man makes a terrible discovery. Police are called, and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most baffling murder investigations in the history of South Australia.
Many years later and thousands of miles away, Jess is a journalist in search of a story. Having lived and worked in London for two decades, she now finds herself unemployed and struggling to make ends meet. A phone call out of nowhere summons her back to Sydney, where her beloved grandmother Nora, who raised Jess when her mother could not, has suffered a fall and is seriously ill in the hospital.
At Nora's house, Jess discovers a true crime book chronicling a long-buried police case: the Turner Family Tragedy of 1959. It is only when Jess skims through its pages that she finds a shocking connection between her own family and this notorious event - a mystery that has never been satisfactorily resolved.
An epic story that spans generations, Homecoming asks what we would do for those we love, how we protect the lies we tell, and what it means to come home. Above all, it is an intricate and spellbinding novel from one of the finest writers working today.
''Another meticulously researched and stunningly written novel by a much-loved and highly accomplished author. I adored it!'' - Santa Montefiore Piracy. Romance. Revenge. Across the seas of the seventeenth century, two seafarers are forced to fight for their lives. The sequel to The City of Tears, The Ghost Ship is the third novel in The Joubert Family Chronicles from bestselling author Kate Mosse.
The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water - its hull splintered and its sails tattered and burnt. For months the Ghost Ship has hunted pirates to liberate enslaved prisoners. Now it - too - finds itself hunted.
But the ship''s crew hides a secret, and the stakes could not be higher. The bravest among them are not who they seem: if arrested, they will hang for their alleged crimes. Can they survive their journey and escape their fate?
A sweeping and epic love story, The Ghost Ship is a tale of adventure and buccaneering, love and revenge, stolen fortunes, piracy and hidden secrets on the high seas.
''Provocative, perceptive and ingenious'' - A J Finn, author of The Woman in the Window Going Zero, a high-concept thriller from Oscar-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten. Perfect for fans of I Am Pilgrim and The Circle.
TWO HOURS TO VANISH Ten people are selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. Pioneered by tech-wunderkind Cy Baxter, FUSION can track anyone on earth. But does it work?
ONE CHANCE TO ESCAPE Given two hours to ''Go Zero'' - to go off-grid and disappear - each has thirty days to elude the sophisticated Capture Teams sent to find them. Any Zero that beats FUSION will receive 3 million. If Cy''s system prevails, he wins a 90 billion contract with the CIA to revolutionize surveillance forever.
ZERO ALTERNATIVES For contestant Kaitlyn Day, the stakes are much higher than money, and far more personal than Cy could have imagined. Kaitlyn needs to win to get what she wants, and Cy will stop at nothing to realize his ambitions. And when the game''s timer hits zero, there will only be one winner. . .
ERASE YOURSELF. THE HUNT HAS BEGUN.
''One of the best thrillers I''ve read in a long time... pure entertainment'' - Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pendergast series ''As fast-paced as it is timely. . . wickedly taut'' - Graham Moore, author of The Holdout
''Peter James is one of the best British crime writers, and therefore one of the best in the world.''
LEE CHILD, author of The Jack Reacher series Discover the darkness that lurks around every corner in the latest instalment of the award-winning Grace series, now a major ITV series.
A ruthless crime. A race against time.
In the dead of night, a farmer hears a suspicious noise. It''s everyone''s worst nightmare: a break-in. When he confronts the intruders, he has no idea that just minutes later he will be left lying in a pool of blood. But the chilling truth lies not in the act itself, but what the perpetrators were willing to kill for.
At the scene of the crime, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace senses something amiss. This is no mere botched robbery; it''s the tip of the iceberg of a nationwide crime epidemic. Ruthless gangs, operating with military precision, have discovered a new black market flourishing in the shadows - an unthinkable source of wealth even more profitable than drugs.
Grace''s investigation into this deadly trade pits him against some of the most ruthless people he has ever encountered; people who will kill anyone who gets in their way, because where there is greed, there is murder.
The clock is ticking, and the stakes have never been higher. Out of his element, and out of time, can Roy Grace put a stop to these criminal masterminds before more innocent lives are lost ?
''This book is extraordinary'' - Catherine Ryan-Howard, author of Run Time
January 1978. Tallahassee. When sorority president Pamela Schumacher is startled awake at 3 a.m. by a strange sound, she''s shocked to encounter a scene of implausible violence-two of her friends dead and two others, maimed. Thrust into a terrifying mystery, Pamela becomes entangled in a crime that captivates public interest for more than four decades . . .
On the other side of the country, Tina Cannon has found peace in Seattle after years of hardship. When Ruth, her best friend, goes missing from Lake Sammamish State Park in broad daylight, surrounded by thousands of beachgoers on a beautiful summer day, Tina devotes herself to finding out what happened to her. When Tina hears about the tragedy in Tallahassee, she suspects the same man the papers refer to is responsible. Determined to make him answer for what he did to Ruth, she travels to Florida on a collision course with Pamela - and one last impending tragedy.
From the author of the New York Times bestseller and #1 Netflix movie Luckiest Girl Alive comes Jessica Knoll''s extraordinary novel inspired by the real-life sorority targeted by America''s first celebrity serial killer in his final murderous spree.
Praise for Bright Young Women:
''Writing with pulse-pounding tension and urgency, Knoll expertly conjures an atmosphere of dread and anxiety . . . An utterly absorbing, disturbing, and absolutely essential read.'' - Booklist, Starred Review
Detective Matthew Venn returns in The Raging Storm, the next captivating novel in the Two Rivers series from Ann Cleeves, the number one bestselling author and creator of Vera and Shetland.
When Jem Rosco - sailor, adventurer and local legend - blows into town in the middle of an autumn gale, the residents of Greystone, Devon, are delighted to have a celebrity in their midst. The residents think nothing of it when Rosco disappears again; that's the sort of man he is.
Until the lifeboat is launched to a hoax call-out during a raging storm and his body is found in a dinghy, anchored off Scully Cove, a place with legends of its own.
This is an uncomfortable case for DI Matthew Venn. He came to the remote village as a child, its community populated by the Barum Brethren that he parted ways with, so when superstition and rumour mix and another body is found in the cove, Matthew soon finds his judgement clouded.
As the stormy winds howl and the village is cut off, Venn and his team start their investigation, little realizing their own lives might be in danger. . .
Set in wartime Britain, Mrs Porter Calling is the unforgettable follow-up to AJ Pearce's bestselling Yours Cheerfully and Dear Mrs Bird.
Mrs Porter Calling is the uplifting and heartwarming third historical novel from AJ Pearce, the beloved author of Dear Mrs Bird
'Brilliant, utterly charming and uplifting' - Jill Mansell, author of Rumour Has It
'A pleasure you'd be daft to deny yourself' - Mail on Sunday
'Heartbreaking yet feel-good' - Woman & Home
London, April 1943.
Emmy Lake is most definitely Doing Her Bit for the war effort. The readers of her magazine, Woman's Friend, are facing the hardships of life on the Home Front and they need Emmy and her support more than ever. But when a glamorous new owner arrives at Woman's Friend, Emmy soon realizes that the Honourable Mrs Porter could destroy everything.
And then tragedy strikes. As Emmy's own happiness turns to devastation, she must ask herself if she can find the strength to keep going. Can she save the magazine so many people love? And can she weather her own heartbreak?
'If ever there was a book to cheer a heart, it's Mrs Porter Calling' - Milly Johnson, author of My One True North
'A winning combination of warmth, humour and a compelling story of the power of friendship' - Katie Fforde, author of Going Dutch
* A Times 100 Best Books of the Summer and Guardian Book of the Year *
''It''s so good - funny, sexy, unafraid, completely unputdownable'' - India Knight
''An addictive and extremely funny American romance'' -Jenny Colgan
''Wow I loved this book. Completely addictive'' - Taylor Jenkins Reid
''Spectacular'' - Curtis Sittenfeld
''Stunning'' - Meg Mason
''Plain funny as hell'' - Zakiya Dalila Harris
Jess first meets Josh at their Ivy League college. He is an entitled white guy in chinos, ready to inherit the world. She is almost always the only Black woman in their class. And she''s not expecting to inherit anything.
After graduation, Jess and Josh end up working at the same bank. They share lunch, they share sparring matches, they share ambitions. And suddenly they''re sleeping together . . .
Cecilia Rabess'' Everything''s Fine is hilarious, heartbreaking and impossible to put down.
''Our most explosive discussion yet . . . The PERFECT book club book'' - Casual Readers Book Club
''A mash-up of Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid, Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld and Assembly by Natasha Brown'' - Elizabeth Day
''Whip smart'' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies
''A brilliantly observed novel about what it means to lose yourself as a young woman'' -Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina
''Original, confident, hilarious'' -Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland
''Characters so real that I felt preoccupied with them when I wasn''t reading'' - Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Romantic Comedy
''The darkness dwells, the desperation grows between the characters and the walls close in until you''re caught in the trap.'' Lars Kepler A breathless page-turner from an international master of suspense, this is a story about dependency, justice, and the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.
Three young people.
Bill, a widower and single dad, is in a financial mess with bills to pay when he rents out a room in his apartment to Karla.
Karla left home to study law and to earn some money begins working as a cleaner at the palatial home of Steven and Regina Rytter. But inside their house it is clear that something is wrong with the doctor and his wife, who never leaves her bedroom.
Jennica is single and careerless when she meets Steven on Tinder. But just as she thinks her luck is changing, it soon becomes clear that Steven is hiding secrets of his own . . .
Two murders.
By the end of the summer Steven and Regina Rytter will be found dead in their home and the questions will begin . . .
One truth.
Ordinary people will do things they never thought possible when faced with extraordinary circumstances, and the truth is that the woman inside may hold the key to it all . . .
Praise for Nearly a Normal Family:
''Deceptive and riveting'' Karin Slaughter, bestselling author of Girl, Forgotten ''Taut page-turner *****'' The Sun ''A cracking read!'' T. M. Logan, bestselling author of The Vacation ''A compulsively readable tour de force'' Wall Street Journal ''A canny, intensely suspenseful legal thriller'' Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent
Could you sacrifice one of your children to save the other?
'A gripping crime narrative which blends so seamlessly with emotional family drama' - Erin Kelly
An unbearable decision
Held up at gunpoint by two vicious killers, Christina Hardwicke is ordered to make an unthinkable choice - between the life of her daughter or her son.
An unsuspecting family
When the Hardwicke family set off on a holiday to the Scottish Highlands, the last thing they expected was to be confronted by a deadly couple on a killing spree.
A nightmare come to life
Tailed closely by Detective Saul Anguish, the damaged pair have committed a string of ruthless killings across the country, all leading to this moment.
Will the detective be able to reach the Hardwicke family before catastrophe strikes?
Everyone is talking about All Of Us Are Broken:
'Breathtakingly good' - Daily Mail
'Beautifully written' - Sunday Express
'Action-packed and brimming with atmosphere' - i
'This thriller has it all' - T. M. Logan
'Savage, heartbreaking, beautiful and chilling' - Chris Whitaker
Readers can't get enough of All Of Us Are Broken:
'This book had me in tears, swearing at my kindle and holding my breath. It is that good'
'An excellent, tense, pacy thriller that left me speechless'
'I've read some dark thrillers in my time but woah, this takes it to another level!'
'Dark, gritty, and at times incredibly moving'
'Gripping and gruesome'
'Beautifully plotted, breathtakingly twisted and absolutely spot on in its emotional resonance. I absolutely loved it'
