Adult Fiction

Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld. Grad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic magick. But the only person who can make her dream come...

From the author of Norwegian by Night, a novel about two men on a misbegotten quest to save the girl they failed to save decades before 1991Near Checkpoint Zulu, one hundred miles from the Kuwait border, British journalist Thomas Benton meets American private Arwood Hobbes. Desert...

Clare Mackintosh Collection 3 Books Set: I See You:When Zoe Walker sees her photo in the classifieds section of a London newspaper, she is determined to find out why it's there. There's no explanation: just a grainy image, a website address and a phone...

The Year of the Runaways tells of the bold dreams and daily struggles of an unlikely family thrown together by circumstance. Thirteen young men live in a house in Sheffield, each in flight from India and in desperate search of a new life. Tarlochan, a...

TWO STRANGERS. A CHILD. AND A SPLIT SECOND CHOICE THAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING. The chance encounter Ellen was just trying to help a stranger. Giving a few minutes respite to a flustered young mother sitting opposite her on the train. A few minutes holding...

In one of his most puzzling cases, Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge must delve deep into a dead man’s life and his past to find a killer determined to keep dark secrets buried. A peaceful Welsh village is thrown into turmoil when a terrified...

World first publication of a previously unknown short satirical fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien, and accompanied by illustrations from the author together with an essay, The Origin of Bovadium, by Richard Ovenden OBE. As Christopher Tolkien notes in his...

 FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE LAST PEARL AND DANCING AT THE VICTORY CAFE, this is a beautiful novel about family secrets, wartime betrayals and redemption. May 1941 and the island of Crete is invaded by paratroopers from the air. After a lengthy fight, thousands of British and...

Imogen Clark wakes up on her 16th birthday to find her parents dead at the breakfast table, along with a message from their killer. A deadly gift A twist of fate A race to catch a killer Detectives Jazzy Solanki and Annie McQueen join...

The instant Sunday Times and Kindle #1 bestseller! Book 1 in the Cristy Ward series A triple murder. A mother, her daughter and a family friend, are brutally killed at Kellon Manse one quiet summer’s day. A young girl disappears and has not been seen since....

A superb evocation of theatre life from a naturally gifted storyteller, the beloved Lynda Bellingham. The summer of '82. Sally Thomas prepares to leave her job at the British Drama League in London and head off to the North of England for her very...

A playful, festive imagining of the story behind A Christmas Carol. Mr. Dickens and His Carol is a charming, comic, and ultimately poignant Christmas tale about the creation of the most famous Christmas tale ever written. It s as foggy and haunted and redemptive...

From the number one bestselling author C. J. Sansom. Matthew Shardlake is back in Lamentation, Summer, 1546. King Henry VIII is slowly, painfully dying. His Protestant and Catholic councillors are engaged in a final and decisive power struggle; whoever wins will control the government of...

"Warm and wise--a feel good story. Sheryl Lister's No Reservations is a heartfelt tribute to sisterhood and found-family. The feelings linger long after the last page." --Vanessa Riley, Award-winning author of Island Queen and Queen of Exiles True friendship never ends. Best friends forever. That's the vow Joy, Diane,...

When a jilted romance novelist escapes to a small beach town, the last thing she expected to find was the start of an even better love story. In the wake of a broken engagement and the death of her last surviving family member, romance...

A perfect storm of comedic proportions erupts in a DC bookstore over the course of one soggy summer week—narrated by two very different women and punctuated by political turmoil, a celestial event, and a perpetually broken vacuum cleaner. Independent bookstore owner Sophie Bernstein is...

Cometh the Hour opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia. Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman he loves, from...

For fans of Icebreaker—sparks fly between a hockey player with a dirty mouth and an awkward bookworm in this spicy hockey romance. Jed West is Mr. Hockey: the captain of the NHL’s latest winning team and the hottest player on the ice—at least, according...

The ultimate holiday gift from New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs: a delightful novel about a Christmas transport of rescue puppies that’s guaranteed to warm readers’ hearts. Brenda Malloy wants nothing to do with Christmas ever again. Last year, Brenda and her husband rushed their...

The laugh-out-loud small town second chances office romance. 'If you want to believe in love again… then Knowing Me Knowing You is the perfect solution. It's sure to tug at your heartstrings!' Chat Five years ago, Alex met the man of her dreams on...