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From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a contemplative story about one man trying to move forward from the trauma of his youth to become a better father to his son.

The Emperor of Gladness

The instant Sunday Times bestseller, a vibrant and heartbreaking story of unexpected friendship and how far people go to find a second chance

Chloe Elisabeth Wilson

I support women’s rights, but more importantly I support women’s wrongs.

New contemporary fiction

It Should Have Been You

The Correspondent

Great Big Beautiful Life

Emma Pignatiello

The Homemade God

The Sex Lives of Married Women

Contemporary fiction collections

Introducing your next travel companion

Winter Crime Month 2024

What would you do?

Blooming beautiful

Families in the foreground

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The Magdalen Girls

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Hiding In Plain Sight

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The Devil in Me

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An East End Girl

My Sweet Revenge

Traveling Light

The Most Dangerous Place on Earth

Lindsey Lee Johnson

Micki Browning

She Stopped for Death

Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli

Dead and Breakfast

For Time And All Eternities

Mette Ivie Harrison

The Guests on South Battery

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Commander in Cheese #4: The Birthday Suit

Ed Reardon's Week: Series 11

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Montpelier Parade

Beyond Our Ken Series 3

Maeve Binchy: Collected Stories

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The EC Archives: Crime Suspenstories Volume 2

Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig, Jack Davis, Jack Kamen

Flying Lessons & Other Stories

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Pop Goes The Murder

The Book of Mirrors

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It Happened in Scotland

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Dance on the Volcano

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If You Are There

The Wellness Mama Cookbook

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Garfield Listens to His Gut

Creepy Archives Volume 25

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