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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 Medici: Bankers, Gangsters, Popes

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A Deadly Endeavor

Murder in the Tea Leaves

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Santiago Posteguillo

The Poisons We Drink

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Twice the Trouble

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Never Been Better

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The Night She Fell

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Doug Lucie

McLevy in the New World: Series 1 and 2

Jenny and Julie’s BBC Radio Dramas

Jenny Eclair and Julie Balloo

A Mother's Secret

Keep Your Friends Close

Joy Moody is Out of Time

The Escape Room

Mona of the Manor

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Murder at the Blarney Bash

Once Persuaded, Twice Shy

Melodie Edwards

Murder at a Scottish Castle

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Death by Irish Whiskey

The Diamond of London

When the Jessamine Grows

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Silent Judgment

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I'm Not Superwoman

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Unmade Movies: The Collection

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Haunted: Tales of the Supernatural

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Global Baby Grandparents

The Most Secret Memory of Men

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The Ultimate Kid's Guide to the Universe

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