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FICTION CATALOGUE
JULY - DECEMBER 2020
1
Island of Secrets
An absolute must for everyone’s summer reading list
Rachel Rhys
MYSTERY, ROMANCE, SCANDAL in bestselling Rachel Rhys'
atmospheric new novel set in the exotic city of Havana on
the cusp of revolution. For all fans of DINAH JEFFRIES,
LUCINDA RILEY and SANTA MONTEFIORE.
'Iris is a heroine you’ll absolutely root for in this escapist
tale of murder, intrigue and romance' SARRA MANNING, Red
'Transports us to another time and place! I loved it’ NINA
POTTELL, Prima
'Intoxicating and thrilling' VERONICA HENRY
Set in the exotic city of Havana on the cusp of revolution, an
English woman discovers mystery, romance and scandal in
the atmospheric new novel by Rachel Rhys for fans of
DINAH JEFFRIES, LUCINDA RILEY and SANTA MONTEFIORE
1957: Iris Bailey is bored to death of working in the typing pool
and living with her parents in Hemel Hempstead. A gifted
portraitist with a talent for sketching party guests, she dreams
of becoming an artist. So she can’t believe her luck when
socialite Nell Hardman invites her to Havana to draw at the
wedding of her Hollywood director father.
Far from home, she quickly realizes the cocktails, tropical
scents and azure skies mask a darker reality. As Cuba teeters
on the edge of revolution and Iris’s heart melts for troubled
photographer Joe, she discovers someone in the charismatic
June 2020
Hardman family is hiding a terrible secret. Can she uncover the 9781784164898
ugly truth behind the glamour and the dazzle before all their £7.99 : Paperback
lives are torn apart?
368 pages
OUTSTANDING PRAISE FOR RACHEL RHYS:
'Intoxicating' SANTA MONTEFIORE
'Transporting' SUNDAY TIMES
'A fabulous summer read' DAILY EXPRESS
'Escapist fun' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'Delicious' SARRA MANNING
RACHEL RHYS is the pen-name of a much-loved psychological
suspense author. She is the author of the Richard and Judy
bookclub pick, Dangerous Crossing and the bestselling A Fatal
Inheritance. Her latest novel is the immersive Island of Secrets.
2
Rodham
What if Hillary hadn’t married Bill?
Curtis Sittenfeld
What if Hillary hadn't married Bill? The sensational long-
awaited new novel by the acclaimed bestselling author of
American Wife.
WHAT IF HILLARY RODHAM HAD TURNED DOWN BILL
CLINTON'S PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE?
‘Startlingly good. One of my favourite writers.’ Kate
Atkinson
‘Awfully opinionated for a girl’ is what they call Hillary as she
grows up in her Chicago suburb.
Smart, diligent, and a bit plain, that’s the general consensus.
Then Hillary goes to college, and her star rises. At Yale Law
School, she continues to be a leader— and catches the eye of
driven, handsome and charismatic Bill. But when he asks her to
marry him, Hillary gives him a firm No.
The rest, as they say, isn’t history. How might things have
turned out for them, for America, for the world itself, if Hillary
Rodham had really turned down Bill Clinton?
With her sharp but always compassionate eye, Sittenfeld
explores the loneliness, moral ambivalence and iron
determination that characterise the quest for high office, as
well as the painful compromises demanded of female ambition
July 2020
in a world ruled by men. 9780857526120
£16.99 : Hardback
Uncannily astute, scorchingly witty, RODHAM is a brilliant
432 pages
reimagining – an unmissable literary landmark and truly a
novel of our times.
Curtis Sittenfeld pulls no punches in her scathing and hilarious
indictments of the American middle classes. Her Sunday Times
bestselling novel American Wife was longlisted for the Orange
Prize, as was her debut novel Prep. Her other books include
The Man of My Dreams, Sisterland, Eligible, the acclaimed short
story collection You Think It, I’ll Say It and her latest novel
Rodham. Her stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire,
Oprah Magazine and the New York Times magazine. Sittenfeld is
also the guest editor for the 2020 Best American Short Stories
anthology. She lives with her family in the American Mid-West.
3
Tennis Lessons
Susannah Dickey
The dark, funny, fiercely honest debut novel about a spirited
young misfit and her rocky road to womanhood, stopping at
each year along the way.
'This is a raw, fierce, shockingly honest coming-of-age
story.' LOUISE O'NEILL
'Incredibly funny and honest . . . by turns charming and
disgusting and I loved it' NELL FRIZZELL
The darkly funny, fiercely honest debut novel about a
spirited young misfit and her rocky road to womanhood,
stopping at each year along the way.
You’re strange and wrong. You’ve known it from the beginning.
This is the voice that rings in your ears. Because you never say
the right thing. You’re a disappointment to everyone. You’re a
far cry from beautiful – and your thoughts are ugly too.
You seem bound to fail, bound to break.
But you know what it is to laugh with your best friend, to feel
the first tentative tingles of attraction, to take exquisite
pleasure in the affront of your unruly body.
You just need to find your place.
From dead pets and crashed cars to family traumas and July 2020
misguided love affairs, Susannah Dickey's revitalizing debut 9780857526861
novel plunges us into the private world of one young woman £14.99 : Hardback
as she navigates her rocky way to adulthood. 256 pages
Susannah Dickey grew up in Derry and now lives in Belfast.
She is the author of two poetry pamphlets, I had some very
slight concerns (2017) and genuine human values (2018). Her
poetry has been published in Ambit, The White Review, Poetry
Ireland Review and Magma, amongst others. In 2018 she was
shortlisted for The White Review short story prize, and in 2017
she was the winner of the inaugural Verve Poetry Festival
competition. Her debut novel, Tennis Lessons, will be published
in June 2020.
4
Ann Devine: Handle With Care
Colm O'Regan
She only wanted to save the village, but sometimes even
saviours need saving from themselves.
Just once, Ann Devine would like life to be straightforward. But
there’s just too much drama knocking about for that to
happen.
Ann’s family is proving a handful at the moment. Her mother
moves in after having a fall, her sister Ger is off ‘finding herself’
in India leaving Ann to look after her teenage, wide a-woke,
niece Freya. Her daughter Jennifer is dealing with a love
triangle that involves her mother-in-law-to-be. It’s all far from
simple.
Now Rory, her youngest, has set his sights on a future as a
local TD and it’s all Ann can do not to box him up and post him
off to the backend of wherever is furthest away from his local
‘mentor’, politician, and all-round chancer Patsy Duggan. Just
to save him from himself. Of course, that’s not even an option
because now the post office is closing down. The locals are up
in arms, but what do the powers-that-be care about rural
Ireland? Without really meaning to be, Ann finds herself in the
thick of things – and things are getting dodgier by the minute.
She only wanted to save the village, but sometimes even
saviours need saving from themselves.
Colm O’Regan is a columnist, broadcaster, comedian and
author. He has published four books of non-fiction – the three
bestselling books of Irish Mammies and Bolloxology – and July 2020
published his first novel, Ann Devine: Ready for Her Close-Up in 9781848272484
2019. Ann Devine: Handle with Care is in second novel. £12.99 : Trade Paperback
Originally from Cork, he now lives in Dublin with his wife Marie 368 pages
and daughters Ruby and Lily.
5
Bryant & May - Oranges and Lemons
Christopher Fowler
Detectives Arthur Bryant and John May, assisted by the oddballs and
eccentrics of the Peculiar Crimes Unit, return to break rules, infuriate
officialdom and maybe, just maybe, catch the criminal in this hugely
entertaining and unorthodox new investigation.
One Sunday morning, the outspoken Speaker of the House of
Commons steps out of his front door only to be crushed under a
mountain of citrus fruit. Bizarre accident or something more sinister?
The government needs to know because here's a man whose
knowledge of parliament’s biggest secret could put the future of the
government at stake?
It should be the perfect case for Bryant & May and the Peculiar Crimes
Unit, but unfortunately one detective is in hospital, the other is
missing and the staff have all been dismissed. It seems the PCU is
no more. But events escalate: a series of brutal crimes seemingly
linked to an old English folk-song threatens the very foundation of
London society and suddenly the PCU is offered a reprieve and are
back in (temporary) business!
And if the two elderly detectives, ‘old men in a woke world’, do
manage to set aside their differences and discover why some of
London’s most influential figures are under life-threatening attack,
they might not just save the unit but also prevent the entire city from
descending into chaos . . .
'The most consistently brilliant, entertaining and educational voice in
contemporary British crime fiction, the utterly fabulous Christopher
Fowler.'
Cathi Unsworth, CRIMESQUAD
Christopher Fowler is the author of more than forty novels (sixteen of July 2020
which feature the detectives Bryant and May and the Peculiar Crimes 9780857525703
Unit) and many short story collections. A multiple award-winner, £16.99 : Hardback
including the coveted CWA ‘Dagger in the Library’, Chris has also 448 pages
written screenplays, video games, graphic novels, audio plays and two
acclaimed memoirs, Paperboy and Film Freak. His most recent non-
fiction book is The Book of Forgotten Authors. Chris divides his time
between London's King’s Cross and Barcelona. You can find out more
by visiting his website and following him on Twitter.
6
The Year of the Witching
Alexis Henderson
In a rigid, repressive society, a young woman discovers
dark powers within herself with terrifying, far-reaching
consequences . . .The Handmaid's Tale meets The Village in
this stunningly original feminist debut.
'A thrillingly brisk and bracing tale of magic and power . . . it
takes the best tropes of horror and witchcraft and gives
them a refreshingly feminist twist.'
S.A. CHAKRABORTY, author of The City of Brass
The Handmaid’s Tale meets The Village in this stunning
feminist debut . . .
Born on the fringes of Bethel, Immanuelle does her best to
obey the Church and follow Holy Protocol. For it was in Bethel
that the first Prophet pursued and killed four powerful witches,
and so cleansed the land.
And then a chance encounter lures her into the Darkwood that
surrounds Bethel.
It is a forbidden place, haunted by the spirits of the witches
who bestow an extraordinary gift on Immanuelle. The diary of
her dead mother . . .
Fascinated by and fearful of the secrets the diary reveals,
Immanuelle begins to understand why her mother once
consorted with witches. And as the truth about the Prophets,
the Church and their history is revealed, so Immanuelle July 2020
understands what must be done. For the real threat to Bethel 9781787632523
is its own darkness. £12.99 : Hardback
368 pages
Bethel must change. And that change will begin with her . . .
Alexis Henderson is a speculative fiction writer with a
penchant for dark fantasy, witchcraft, and cosmic horror. She
grew up in one of America’s most haunted cities, Savannah,
Georgia, which instilled in her a life-long love of ghost stories.
When she doesn’t have her nose buried in a book, you can find
her painting or watching horror movies with her feline familiar.
Currently, Alexis resides in the sun-soaked marshland of
Charleston, South Carolina.
7
The End of Her
Shari Lapena
The latest unputdownable thriller from queen of the one-sit read
Shari Lapena, the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of THE
COUPLE NEXT DOOR and SOMEONE WE KNOW.
'The queen of the one-sit read’ Linwood Barclay
The latest unputdownable thriller from Shari Lapena, the No. 1 Sunday
Times bestselling author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR and SOMEONE
WE KNOW.
'Shari Lapena is one of the best thriller writers in the business' Steve
Cavanagh
*******
It starts with a shocking accusation . . .
Stephanie and Patrick are recently married, with new-born twins. While
Stephanie struggles with the disorienting effects of sleep deprivation,
there’s one thing she knows for certain – she has everything she ever
wanted.
Then a woman from his past arrives and makes a horrifying
allegation about his first wife. He always claimed her death was an
accident – but she says it was murder.
He insists he’s innocent, that this is nothing but a blackmail attempt.
But is Patrick telling the truth? Or has Stephanie made a terrible
mistake?
How will it end?
July 2020
******* 9781787632998
£12.99 : Hardback
Praise for Shari Lapena: 352 pages
‘A masterful whodunnit, perfectly paced and expertly plotted, that had
me guessing all the way through. I loved it and couldn't put it down.’
C L Taylor
'No-one does suburban paranoia like Shari Lapena – this slowly
unfurling nightmare will have you biting your nails until the end' Ruth
Ware
'Shari Lapena just gets better and better' Cara Hunter
Shari Lapena worked as a lawyer and as an English teacher before
writing fiction. Her debut thriller, The Couple Next Door, was a global
bestseller, the bestselling fiction title in the UK in 2017 and has been
optioned for television. Her thrillers A Stranger in the House, An
Unwanted Guest, and Someone We Know were all Sunday Times and New
York Times bestsellers. Her fifth thriller, The End of Her, is coming soon.
Facebook: ShariLapena
Twitter: @sharilapena
8
Miss Benson's Beetle
An uplifting and redemptive story of a glorious female
friendship against the odds
Rachel Joyce
The bestselling author of The Unilikely Pilgrimage of Harold
Fry delivers an intoxicating adventure story about female
friendship and the belief that the impossible is always
possible, even in the most unlikely of circumstances.
‘A beautiful portrayal of female friendship in all its frailties,
contradictions and strengths’ RAYNOR WINN
‘Funny, perceptive and life-enhancing. I urge you to read it’
SARAH WINMAN
‘The perfect escape novel for our troubled times’ PATRICK
GALE
____________________
It is 1950. In a devastating moment of clarity, Margery Benson
abandons her dead-end job and advertises for an assistant to
accompany her on an expedition. She is going to travel to the
other side of the world to search for a beetle that may or may
not exist.
Enid Pretty, in her unlikely pink travel suit, is not the
companion Margery had in mind. And yet together they will be
drawn into an adventure that will exceed every expectation.
They will risk everything, break all the rules, and at the top of a
red mountain, discover their best selves. July 2020
9780857521989
This is a story that is less about what can be found than the £16.99 : Hardback
belief it might be found; it is an intoxicating adventure story 400 pages
but it is also about what it means to be a woman and a tender
exploration of a friendship that defies all boundaries.
Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and
international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry,
Perfect, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, The Music
Shop and a collection of interlinked short stories, A Snow
Garden & Other Stories. Her books have been translated into
thirty-six languages and two are in development for film.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the
Commonwealth Book prize and longlisted for the Man Booker
Prize. Rachel was awarded the Specsavers National Book
9
A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom
John Boyne
The story of all of us, stretching across two millennia.
Imaginative, unique, heart-breaking, this is John Boyne at
his most creative and compelling.
Some stories are universal. They play out across human
history. And time is the river which will flow through them.
It starts with a family, a family which will mutate. For now, it is
a father, mother and two sons. One with his father’s violence
in his blood. One who lives his mother’s artistry. One leaves.
One stays. They will be joined by others whose deeds will
change their fate. It is a beginning.
Their stories will intertwine and evolve over the course of two
thousand years – they will meet again and again at different
times and in different places. From distant Palestine at the
dawn of the first millennium to a life amongst the stars in the
third. While the world will change around them, their destinies
will remain the same. It must play out as foretold. It is written.
A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom is the extraordinary new
novel from acclaimed writer John Boyne. Ambitious, far-
reaching and mythic, it introduces a group of characters whose
lives we will come to know and will follow through time and
space until they reach their natural conclusion.
John Boyne was born in Ireland in 1971. He is the author of
eleven novels for adults, six for younger readers and a
collection of short stories. Perhaps best known for his 2006 July 2020
multi-award-winning book The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, 9780857526199
John’s other novels, notably The Absolutist and A History of £16.99 : Hardback
Loneliness, have been widely praised and are international 448 pages
bestsellers. Most recently, The Heart's Invisible Furies was a
Richard & Judy Bookclub word-of-mouth bestseller, and A
Ladder to the Sky was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish
Novel of the Year Award in association with Listowel Writers’
Week.
His novels are published in over fifty languages.
10The Garden of Forgotten Wishes
The heartwarming and uplifting new rom-com
from the Sunday Times bestseller
Trisha Ashley
The brand new novel from Sunday Times Top Five bestselling author
Trisha Ashley - the perfect Summer read!
The brilliant new novel from Top Five Sunday Times bestselling author
Trisha Ashley
All Marnie wants is somewhere to call home. Mourning lost years
spent in a marriage that has finally come to an end, she needs a
fresh start and time to heal. Things she hopes to find in the rural
west Lancashire village her mother always told her about.
With nothing but her two green thumbs, Marnie takes a job as a
gardener, which comes with a little cottage to make her own. The
garden is beautiful – filled with roses, lavender and honeysuckle –
and only a little rough around the edges. Which is more than can be
said for her next-door-neighbour, Ned Mars.
Marnie remembers Ned from her school days but he’s far from the
untroubled man she once knew. A recent relationship has left him with
a heart as bruised as her own.
Can a summer spent gardening help them heal and recapture the
forgotten dreams they’ve let get away?
Praise for Trisha Ashley:
'One of the best writers around!' Katie Fforde
July 2020
'Full of down-to-earth humour' Sophie Kinsella
9781787632332
£12.99 : Hardback
'A warm-hearted and comforting read. Trisha at her best.' Carole
384 pages
Matthews
Trisha Ashley's Sunday Times bestselling novels have twice been
shortlisted for the Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance, and
Every Woman for Herself was nominated by readers as one of the top
three romantic novels of the last fifty years.
Trisha lives in North Wales. For more information about her please
visit www.trishaashley.com, her Facebook page
www.facebook.com/TrishaAshleyBooks or follow her on Twitter
@trishaashley.
11Greed
The page-turning thriller that warned of
financial melt-down
Marc Elsberg and Simon Pare
The pageturning international thriller that warns us about unbridled
human greed and excess, with a truly groundbreaking solution for
freewheeling capitalism.
CORRUPT BIG BUSINESS, ECONOMY IN MELTDOWN, THE THRILLER
THAT WARNED US ALL
'Marc Elsberg is nothing if not prescient' GUARDIAN
It’s the near future: the world economy is in freefall. Mass
unemployment and hunger rage as banks, corporations and countries
go bankrupt. But one group are doing just fine: the super-rich.
Nobel prize-winning economist Herbert Thompson drives to an
emergency summit in Berlin, to deliver his ground-breaking solution
to the world’s elite: a formula that will reverse the downturn,
transform the economy, and give everyone a share of the wealth.
Thompson never arrives. He is killed in a car crash on the way.
Jan, a keen cyclist out late, sees the incident. Convinced Thompson
has been murdered, he vows to find out why.
But there are powerful forces at work, who will stop at nothing to keep
Jan silent.
How far will they go to satisfy their greed? And who can stop them?
July 2020
A spine-chillingly realistic thriller on the horrors of freewheeling
9781784163471
capitalism and the threat of human greed.
£8.99 : Paperback
464 pages
By the global bestselling author of Blackout and Code Zero
_____________
PRAISE FOR MARC ELSBERG
‘Fast, tense, thrilling, timely. This will happen one day’ LEE CHILD
‘Dazzling’ Times Book of the Month
'Both gripping and visionary' rbb Kulturradio
'Elsberg succeeds in combining complex storylines into one
breathtaking tale of suspense' BILD
'Part Dan Brown-style chase and part eco-thriller, this debut will get
people talking' BOOKLIST US
Marc Elsberg (Author)
Marc Elsberg is a former creative director in advertising. His debut
thriller, the high-concept disaster thriller BLACKOUT, became a
bestseller and one of the most successful thrillers of its kind in
Germany. He has also given a TEDx talk on the subject of the horrors
of an electrical grid failure. BLACKOUT and his follow-up, CODE ZERO
were selected as Scientific Book of the Year in Germany. BLACKOUT
was named Thriller of the Month by the Times. His latest bestselling
thriller, GREED, contains cutting-edge research on the economy. He
12The Stray Cats of Homs
Eva Nour
An unforgettable debut novel, inspired by the true story of
one boy's extraordinary life in Syria. For fans of The Kite
Runner, The Beekeeper of Aleppo, The Pianist of Yarmouk
and The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
‘This is a searing and incredibly important book, storytelling
at its best’ Donal Ryan
‘A cat has seven souls in Arabic. In English cats have nine lives.
You probably have both nine lives and seven souls, because
otherwise I don’t know how you’ve made it this far.'
Sami’s childhood is much like any other - an innocent blend of
family and school, of friends and relations and pets (including
stray cats and dogs, and the turtle he keeps on the roof).
But growing up in one of the largest cities in Syria, with his
country at war with itself, means that nothing is really normal.
And Sami’s hopes for a better future are ripped away when he
is conscripted into the military and forced to train as a map
maker.
Sami may be shielded from the worst horrors of the war, but it
will still be impossible to avoid his own nightmare…
Inspired by extraordinary true events, The Stray Cats of
Homs is the story of a young man who will do anything to
keep the dream of home alive, even in the face of
unimaginable devastation. Tender, wild and raw, it is a August 2020
novel which will stay with you for ever. 9780857526755
£12.99 : Hardback
Eva Nour (Author) 384 pages
Eva Nour is a journalist writing under a pseudonym. She was
inspired to write The Stray Cats of Homs, her debut novel, by
meeting and falling in love with the real 'Sami'. Today the
couple share a life together in Paris.
Agnes Broomé (Translator)
Agnes Broomé is a literary translator and Preceptor in
Scandinavian at Harvard University, with a PhD in Translation
Studies. Her translations include August Prize winners The
Expedition by Bea Uusma and The Gospel of the Eels by Patrik
Svensson, and international bestseller For the Missing by Lina
Bengtsdotter.
13The Living Dead
George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus
'A horror landmark, a work of gory genius marked by all of
Romero's trademark wit, humanity, and merciless social
observation . . . the man who made the dead walk.' said Joe
Hill, bestselling author of NOS4A2
It begins with one body. A pair of medical examiners find
themselves facing a dead man who won’t stay dead.
It spreads quickly. In a Midwestern trailer park, an African
American teenage girl and a Muslim immigrant battle newly-
risen friends and family.
On a US aircraft carrier, living sailors hide from dead ones while
a fanatic preaches the gospel of a new religion of death.
At a cable news station, a surviving anchor keeps
broadcasting, not knowing if anyone is watching, while his
undead colleagues try to devour him.
In DC, an autistic federal employee charts the outbreak,
preserving data for a future that may never come.
Everywhere, people are targeted by both the living and the
dead.
We think we know how this story ends. We. Are. Wrong.
George A. Romero (Author)
George A. Romero was an American filmmaker, writer and August 2020
editor. He is celebrated for his series of gruesome satirical 9781787633919
horror films about an imagined zombie apocalypse, including £20.00 : Hardback
the classics Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead. He 656 pages
died in 2017.
Daniel Kraus (Author)
Daniel Kraus is a bestselling novelist whose work includes co-
authoring, with Guillermo del Toro, both The Shape of Water
(which became an Oscar-winning film) and Trollhunters (an
Emmy-winning Netflix series). His work has been translated
into over 25 languages and he lives in Chicago.
14Final Cut
S J Watson
The bestselling author of the phenomenon million-copy-bestseller,
Before I Go To Sleep, returns with a sensational psychological
exploration of a seaside community who'll do anything to protect the
secrets of a lifetime . . .
The phenomenal new thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling
author of Before I Go To Sleep.
Blackwood Bay. An ordinary place, home to ordinary people.
It used to be a buzzing seaside destination. But now, ravaged by the
effects of dwindling tourism and economic downturn, it’s a ghost town
– and the perfect place for film-maker Alex to shoot her new
documentary.
But the community is deeply suspicious of her intentions. After all,
nothing exciting ever happens in Blackwood Bay – or does it?
Blackwood Bay. An ordinary place, home to an extraordinary secret.
'I loved that behind this disturbing and clever plot there's a genuinely
heartrending story.' Emma Curtis
'If you go down to Blackwood Bay, you're in for a dark surprise. FINAL
CUT is a masterfully tense, taut and terrifying thriller.' Tim Glister
Praise for S J Watson:
'An exceptional thriller. It left my nerves jangling for hours after I
finished the last page' Dennis Lehane
'Suspenseful on every page' Anita Shreve August 2020
9780857523051
'A taut and terrifying novel, with a grip of steel.' Woman & Home £12.99 : Hardback
416 pages
'An unsettling, compulsive thriller...A truly gripping read.' Marie Claire
S. J. Watson's first novel, Before I Go To Sleep, became a phenomenal
international success and has now sold over 6,000,000 copies
worldwide. It won the Crime Writers' Association Award for Best Debut
Novel and the Galaxy National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the
Year. The film of the book, starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and
Mark Strong, and directed by Rowan Joffe, was released in September
2014. S. J. Watson's second novel, Second Life, a psychological
thriller, was published to acclaim in 2015.
S. J. Watson was born in the Midlands and now lives in London.
15The Tigress of Mysore
Allan Mallinson
Set against the backdrop of an India in transition, this novel
marks the welcome return of Matthew Hervey of the 6th
Light Dragons in his fourteenth adventure in the bestselling
series.
Following their successful invasion of Coorg in order to remove
the state's deranged rajah, Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew
Hervey is looking forward to a few months' respite for his
regiment, the 6th Light Dragoons, and his family. Indeed, with
his stock standing high throughout British India, he has rarely
counted himself so content.
But it is not to last.
Lord William Bentinck, the governor-general believes that
Hervey is just the man to form and lead a force of suppression
against the 'thuggee' criminals who threaten the stability of
both the East India Company's domains and a number of
friendly princely states. And so Hervey and the Sixth embark on
a campaign that will prove to be infinitely complex and very
bloody - and put Hervey's own family in very real danger.
Brilliantly researched, beautifully written and wholly engaging,
The Tigress of Mysore is set against the backdrop of an India in
transition as Allan Mallinson's series hero unwittingly takes his
first steps on the tumultuous road that will ultimately lead to
the Indian Mutiny . . .
A professional solder for thirty-five years, Allan Mallinson August 2020
began writing while still serving. 9781787632950
His first book was a history of four regiments of British light £20.00 : Hardback
dragoons, one of which he commanded. His debut novel was 368 pages
the bestselling A Close Run Thing, the first in an acclaimed B & W map
series chronicling the life of a fictitious cavalry officer before
and after Waterloo (The Tigress of Mysore is the fourteenth in
the series). His The Making of the British Army was shortlisted
for a number of prizes, while 1914: Fight the Good Fight won
the British Army’s ‘Book of the Year’ Award. Its sequel, Too
Important for the Generals, is a provocative look at leadership
during the Great War, while Fight to the Finish is a
comprehensive history of the First World War, month by month.
Allan Mallinson reviews for the Spectator and the TLS and also
writes for The Times. He lives on Salisbury Plain.
16The Whispering House
Elizabeth Brooks
A dead sister, a dark and rambling house, the mystery of a
lost painting: the spellbinding new novel from Elizabeth
Brooks, for fans of Rebecca
Freya Lyell is struggling to move on from her sister Stella’s
suicide five years ago. Visiting the bewitching Byrne Hall, only a
few miles from the scene of the tragedy, she discovers a
portrait of Stella – a portrait she had no idea existed, in a
house Stella never set foot in. Or so she thought.
Driven to find out more about her sister’s secrets, Freya is
drawn into the world of Byrne Hall and its owners: charismatic
artist Cory and his sinister, watchful mother. But as Freya’s
relationship with Cory crosses the line into obsession, the
darkness behind the locked doors of Byrne Hall threatens to
spill out.
ELIZABETH BROOKS grew up in Chester, and read Classics at
Cambridge. Her debut novel CALL OF THE CURLEW was
shortlisted for the Waverton Good Reads award. The setting
for her new novel, THE LISTENING HOUSE, is a manor house
named Byrne Hall and is inspired by the home of Agatha
Christie. It is full of dark corners and old portraits that carry
untold stories of their subjects. Elizabeth Brooks lives on the
Isle of Man with her husband and children.
August 2020
9780857525598
£14.99 : Hardback
352 pages
17The Lost Love Song
The beautiful and romantic new book from the
author of Star-Crossed
Minnie Darke
A heartfelt romance about friendship, love and the power of a catchy
melody...
A feel-good romance by the author of Star-crossed, perfect for
anyone who loves David Nicholls, Marian Keyes and Jojo Moyes.
Arie and Diana were destined to be together.
Arie falls for Diana in a heartbeat. Their love creates a life for them, a
marriage and a home. Pianist Diana wants to capture this in a song
for Arie.
But that’s not where the story ends…
After Diana debuts their song to a room full of strangers, tragedy
strikes and Arie never gets to hear it.
There’s still a verse to come.
Diana’s melody lives beyond her and the lost love song begins to find
its way back home. Can it help Arie to find new hope, and a new love?
Readers love Minnie Darke
'Witty, mischievous and intelligent... if you enjoy Marian Keyes or
Mhairi McFarlane, you'll enjoy this.
'A clever and witty comedy'
'Warm, funny, addictive, I couldn’t put it down.'
'A smart and funny novel'
August 2020
'Beautifully written with warmth and wit... a truly delightful read.'
9780552175982
'Uplifting, romantic and fabulous... I loved this charming book.'
£8.99 : Paperback
368 pages
Minnie Darke – Gemini with Virgo Rising, Scrabble cutthroat and
knitter, lover of books, freshly sharpened pencils and Russian
Caravan tea – divides her time between her kitchen table and a
rather cute writing studio in the backyard of her home in Hobart,
Tasmania.
18Escape to the French Farmhouse
The most refreshing, feel-good story of the
summer
Jo Thomas
Perfect escapism from the author of LATE SUMMER IN THE
VINEYARD and THE HONEY FARM ON THE HILL.
'You smell the lavender, you feel the sun on your face, this book is
pure joy!' Katie Fforde
'Uplifting and full of warmth, this novel is the next best thing to
jetting off to France on a relaxing break away.' My Weekly
Can Del find her recipe for happiness?
Del and her husband Ollie moved to a beautiful village in Provence
for a fresh start after years of infertility struggles. But six weeks after
they arrive, they’re packing the removal van once more. As Del
watches the van leave for England, she suddenly realises exactly what
will make her happier…a new life in France – without Ollie.
Now alone, all Del has is a crumbling farmhouse, a mortgage to pay
and a few lavender plants. What on earth is she going to do? After
discovering an old recipe book at the market run by the rather
attractive Fabian, Del starts to bake. But can her new-found passion
really help her let go of the past and lead to true happiness?
A heart-warming tale about reclaiming your life, set amongst the
lavender fields of Provence. Perfect escapism from the author of
Late Summer in the Vineyard and The Honey Farm on the Hill.
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Readers are falling in love with Escape to the French Farmhouse
9780552176842
***** ‘It’s simply amazing . . . has you hooked and makes you feel
£7.99 : Paperback
are in the sunshine in France.’
352 pages
***** ‘A refreshing, feel-good story, just perfect for sitting and
reading in the sun.’
***** ‘A love story at its best. You can smell the lavender.’
Jo Thomas worked for many years as a reporter and producer, first for
BBC Radio 5, before moving on to Radio 4's Woman's Hour and
Radio 2's The Steve Wright Show.
In 2013 Jo won the RNA Katie Fforde Bursary. Her debut novel, The
Oyster Catcher, was a runaway bestseller in ebook and was awarded
the 2014 RNA Joan Hessayon Award and the 2014 Festival of
Romance Best Ebook Award. Jo lives in the Vale of Glamorgan with
her husband and three children.
19Knife Edge
Simon Mayo
From one of our best-loved radio presenters comes a race-
against-time thriller, chillingly resonant with today's
headlines.
'The best kind of thriller - step by all-too-plausible step
we're sucked into frantic, breathless action ... Perfect." LEE
CHILD
You never know where danger may come from...
6.45am. A sweltering London rush hour. And in the last 27
minutes, seven people have been murdered.
In a series of coordinated attacks, seven men and women
across London have been targeted. For journalist Famie
Madden, the horror unfolds as she arrives for the morning
shift.
The victims have one thing in common: they make up the
investigations team at the news agency where Famie works.
The question everyone’s asking: what were they working on
that could prompt such brutal devastation?
As Famie starts to receive mysterious messages, she must find
out whether she is being warned of the next attack, or being
told that she will be the next victim...
Simon Mayo is a writer and broadcaster. He is the presenter of
the podcast Simon Mayo’s Books of the Year, a daily host on August 2020
Scala Radio and co-presenter of Kermode and Mayo’s Film 9780857526595
Review for the BBC. His previous books include Mad Blood £12.99 : Hardback
Stirring, Blame and the Itch trilogy, filmed for TV by ABC. 432 pages
Knife Edge is his debut contemporary thriller.
20Chaos
A D Swanston
For readers of C J Sansom, S J Parris and Rory Clements,
this tense historical thriller is set against the backdrop of
treason, terror and civil unrest in Elizabethan England and
marks the return of intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff . . .
February 1574. Winter holds London in its icy grasp, but the
city is also caught in a fervour of paranoia, superstition and
rumour. Mob violence is commonplace. A whispered word is all
it takes to condemn a woman to burn as a witch.
Following his success in foiling the ‘Incendium’ plot against the
queen, Dr Christopher Radcliff’s standing within court is high.
However, he has no time to reap any rewards. Counterfeit
coins are circulating on London’s streets, bearing the likeness
of his master, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. This in itself is a
treasonous offence, but slogans have also begun to appear.
Daubed on walls and doorways, they suggest that someone
close to the queen harbours treacherous intent – none other
than Leicester himself . . .
So Radcliff and his team of informants and amateur spies are
sent out into the city’s markets, drinking dens and brothels to
track down who might be behind such outrageous and
subversive acts. The investigation will lead them down a
murderous path to face an elusive foe with an extraordinary
agenda. And time is running out: for when rumour and fear
catch fire, then surely violent insurrection and bloody chaos will
follow.
August 2020
Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to 9781787633544
write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His £18.99 : Hardback
Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The 400 pages
King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English
Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration
respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man
and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller
set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in
paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the
academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff,
whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives
in Surrey.
21Strange Flowers
Donal Ryan
The extraordinary story of a family devastated by a sudden
disappearance and transformed by a miraculous return from
the award-winning author loved by David Nicholls, Kamila
Shamsie and Sebastian Barry.
In 1973, twenty-year-old Moll Gladney takes a morning bus
from her rural home and disappears.
Bewildered and distraught, Paddy and Kit must confront an
unbearable prospect: that they will never see their daughter
again.
Five years later, Moll returns. What - and who - she brings with
her will change the course of her family’s life forever.
Beautiful and devastating, this exploration of loss, alienation
and the redemptive power of love reaffirms Donal Ryan as one
of the most talented and empathetic writers at work today.
Donal Ryan is from Nenagh in County Tipperary. His first three
novels, The Spinning Heart, The Thing About December and All
We Shall Know, and his short story collection A Slanting of the
Sun, have all been published to major acclaim. The Spinning
Heart won the Guardian First Book Award, the EU Prize for
Literature (Ireland), and Book of the Year at the Irish Book
Awards; it was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin
Literary Award, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the
Desmond Elliott Prize, and was voted 'Irish Book of the August 2020
Decade'. His fourth novel, From a Low and Quiet Sea, was 9780857525222
longlisted for Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Costa £12.99 : Hardback
Novel Award 2018. 208 pages
A former civil servant, Donal lectures in Creative Writing at the
University of Limerick. He lives with his wife Anne Marie and
their two children just outside Limerick City.
22V for Victory
Lissa Evans
The sequel to bestselling Old Baggage, but able to read as a
standalone. ‘Spirited, quirky characters and a devilish wit …
Why is Lissa Evans not one of our best-known and best-
loved authors?’ Sunday Express
It's late 1944. Allied victory is on its way, but it's bloody well
dragging its feet. Hitler's rockets are slamming down on
London with vicious regularity and it's the coldest winter in
living memory.
In a large house next to Hampstead Heath, Vera Sedge is just
about scraping by, with a household of lodgers to feed, and
her young ward Noel (almost fifteen) to clothe and educate.
When she witnesses a road accident and finds herself in court,
the effects are both unexpectedly marvellous, and potentially
deadly, because Vee is not actually the person she’s
pretending to be, and neither is Noel.
The end of the war won’t just mean peace, but discovery….
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Lissa Evans' writing is:
Wise and witty - Sarah Hughes, Observer
Original and so timely. And it made me weep at the end. - JoJo
Moyes
Bittersweet and comic. - Guardian
Inspiring, moving, warm and wry...wonderful! - Marian Keyes
Beautifully written. -Sunday Mirror August 2020
Thoughtful, funny...invigoratingly fresh. - Sunday Times 9780857523617
£14.99 : Hardback
Lissa Evans has written books for both adults and children, 304 pages
including Their Finest Hour and a Half, longlisted for the Orange
Prize, Small Change for Stuart, shortlisted for many awards
including the Carnegie Medal and the Costa Book Awards and
Crooked Heart, longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for
Fiction.
23Us Three
Ruth Jones
A funny, moving and uplifting novel about life’s complications, the
power of friendship and how it defines us all, from Ruth Jones, co-
creator of Gavin & Stacey and author of the smash-hit, number one
bestselling debut, Never Greener.
'A warm, smart, uplifting tale of true friendship.' Beth O'Leary,
author of The Flatshare and The Switch
'This novel oozes warmth and honesty. A big-hearted book that
provides a cast of characters you’ll lose your heart to.’ Adele Parks,
author of Lies, Lies, Lies and Just My Luck
The new novel from Ruth Jones, author of the smash-hit, number one
bestselling debut, Never Greener.
Meet Lana, Judith and Catrin. Best friends since primary school when
they swore an oath on a Curly Wurly wrapper that they would always
be there for each other, come what may.
After the trip of a lifetime, the three girls are closer than ever. But an
unexpected turn of events shakes the foundation of their friendship
to its core, leaving their future in doubt – there’s simply too much to
forgive, let alone forget. An innocent childhood promise they once
made now seems impossible to keep . . .
Packed with all the heart and empathy that made Ruth’s name as a
screenwriter and now author, Us Three is a funny, moving and
uplifting novel about life’s complications, the power of friendship and
how it defines us all. Prepare to meet characters you’ll feel you’ve
known all your life – prepare to meet Us Three.
'I’m genuinely pissed off at how talented Ruth Jones is. She’s written September 2020
another joyous book. Fuck.' Dawn French 9781787632257
£14.99 : Hardback
'A wonderfully warm, funny, totally engrossing and unputdownable 384 pages
novel about friendship. A gorgeous treat.' Kate Eberlen, author of
Miss You and Only You
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Praise for Ruth Jones:
‘Ruth Jones is excellent on human nature and why we make the
mistakes we do. I felt for every character. Unputdownable.’
Jojo Moyes, bestselling author of ME BEFORE YOU
‘I love books about gnarly, messy relationships and this one kept me
gripped from the beginning. A great read.’
Jane Fallon, bestselling author of TELL ME A SECRET
‘Easy to read and full of laughter - and truth’
Daily Mail
‘Thought-provoking, compelling and ultimately redemptive’
Sunday Express
Ruth Jones is best known for her outstanding and award-winning
television writing, most notably BBC 1's Gavin and Stacey, which she
co-wrote with James Corden and in which she played the incorrigible
Nessa Jenkins. The most recent Christmas Day special of Gavin and
24Back to School
Jack Sheffield
Jack Sheffield's delightful new novel - a nostalgic and
humorous story set in the early 1960s.
The year is 1969 and Jack Sheffield is a young teacher in
need of a job. In a room full of twenty-nine other newly
qualified teachers, he’s overjoyed when he's appointed to
Heather View Primary. Jack is excited to start his first year
there and to begin shaping young minds in a beautiful new
location on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales.
But Heather View isn’t as idyllic as it first sounds. In fact, it
looks more like a prison than a primary school. With less than
adequate funding and a head teacher who doesn’t seem to
care, it's no easy task to give the kids the education they
deserve. But Jack’s determined to do just that.
Full of warmth and good humour, Back to School is like taking a
nostalgic walk through the past to a simpler time...
Praise for Jack Sheffield
'Wry observation and heartwarming humour in equal measure'
Alan Titchmarsh
'Overflowing with amusing anecdotes' Daily Express
'Amusing adventures at the North Yorkshire village school'
Choice
'Jack Sheffield's in a class of his own' York Press
Jack Sheffield was born in 1945 and grew up in the tough
environment of Gipton Estate, in North East Leeds. After a job September 2020
as a 'pitch boy', repairing roofs, he became a Corona Pop Man 9781787632974
before going to St John's College, York, and training to be a £12.99 : Trade Paperback
teacher. In the late 70s and 80s, he was a headteacher of two 368 pages
schools in North Yorkshire before becoming Senior Lecturer in
primary education at Bretton Hall near Wakefield. It was at this
time he began to record his many amusing stories of village
life. He lives in Buckinghamshire.
Visit his website at www.jacksheffield.com
25One Step Behind
Lauren North
The author of the bestselling The Perfect Betrayal returns with this
tense and gripping thriller that looks at what happens when a
woman's life is derailed by a total stranger . . .
'A gripping psychological thriller that pulls the reader through the
story at a terrific pace, not giving them a moment to draw breath'
Nikki Smith, author of All in Her Head
Jenna is a wife, a mother, a doctor. She’s also the victim of a stalker.
Every time she leaves her house, she sees him. Disturbing gifts are
left at her door. Cruel emails are sent to her colleagues. She has no
idea who this man is but she feels powerless against him.
Until the day he is brought into her hospital after a serious accident,
and Jenna is given the chance to find out once and for all why this
man is tormenting her. Now, the power is all hers.
But how many lines is she willing to cross to take back control of her
life?
'A really gripping rollercoaster of a read - I absolutely loved it, and
read it in one sitting' Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me
'I absolutely adored this disturbingly twisty tale of stalking, obsession
and control' Emma Curtis, author of The Night You Left
'Twisty and addictive - I loved One Step Behind' Louise Beech, author
of I Am Dust
*****
September 2020
READERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF ONE STEP BEHIND: 9780552176095
£7.99 : Paperback
'Wow oh wow! There is nothing negative I can say about this book' 356 pages
'Twisty and compelling . . . One Step Behind is actually one step
forward in psychological thrillers'
'So many twists and turns and OMG moments!'
'A thrilling read that will leave you breathless'
'Lauren North is really developing into a must-read author for me'
'This book is deserving of more than five stars'
Lauren North writes psychological suspense novels that delve into the
darker side of relationships and families. She has a lifelong passion
for writing, reading, and all things books. Lauren’s love of
psychological suspense has grown since childhood and from her dark
imagination of always wondering what’s the worst thing that could
happen in every situation.
Lauren studied psychology before moving to London where she lived
and worked for many years. She now lives with her family in the
Suffolk countryside. Readers can follow Lauren on Twitter
@Lauren_C_North and Facebook @LaurenNorthAuthor
26D (A Tale of Two Worlds)
A modern-day Dickensian fable
Michel Faber
A modern-day Dickensian fable and a celebration of friendship and
bravery, by the acclaimed author of The Crimson Petal and the
White.
'Glorious. A story that will be found and enjoyed and dreamed about
for years to come'
NEIL GAIMAN
'If ever a book like this was needed, it is now. Dhikilo is a splendid
heroine for our time: She stands for kindness, honesty and
humanity. Her triumph will have readers rejoicing' DIANE
SETTERFIELD
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A modern-day Dickensian fable and a celebration of friendship and
bravery for freethinkers everywhere, by the acclaimed author of The
Crimson Petal and the White.
It all starts on the morning the letter D disappears from the
language.
First, it vanishes from her parents’ conversation at breakfast, then
from the road signs outside. Soon the local dentist and the
neighbour’s Dalmatian are missing, and even the Donkey Derby has
been called off.
Though she doesn’t know why, Dhikilo is summoned to the home of
her old history teacher Professor Dodderfield and his faithful
Labrador, Nelly Robinson. And this is where our story begins.
Set between England and the wintry land of Liminus, a world enslaved September 2020
by the monstrous Gamp and populated by fearsome, enchanting 9780857525109
creatures, D (Tale of Two Worlds) is a mesmerising tale of friendship £16.99 : Hardback
and bravery in an uncertain world. Told with simple beauty and 304 pages
warmth, its celebration of moral courage and freethinking is a
powerful reminder of our human capacity for strength, hope and
justice.
‘Faber’s writing is so dizzyingly accomplished that he is able to
convince you that, just sometimes, the old stories are the best ones’
GUARDIAN
MICHEL FABER is an internationally bestselling and award-winning
author of critically acclaimed novels, novellas and short stories,
including The Crimson Petal and the White, The Book of Strange New
Things, Under the Skin and the poetry collection, Undying: A Love Story.
His latest work of fiction, D (A Tale of Two Worlds) is a modern-day
Dickensian fable which commemorates the 150th anniversary of
Charles Dickens’s death. As well as tipping its hat to Dickens, it
acknowledges its debt to James Thurber’s The Wonderful O, C. S.
Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia and Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland. Michel Faber was born in the Netherlands, grew up in
Australia, spent twenty-five years in the far north of Scotland, and now
lives on the south coast of England.
27Help Yourself
Three scalding stories from the bestselling
author of AMERICAN WIFE
Curtis Sittenfeld
From the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of RODHAM
comes a dazzling collection of stories that celebrates our humanity in
all its pettiness and glory.
'Nobody else writes with such precison and amusement about the
absolute inability of men and women to understand each other' RED
MAGAZINE
____________________________________
Sittenfeld’s wryly hilarious and insightful new collection, HELP
YOURSELF, illuminates human experience and gracefully upends our
assumptions about class and race, envy and disappointment, gender
dynamics and celebrity.
Suburban friends fall out after a racist encounter at a birthday party is
caught on video and posted on Facebook; an illustrious Manhattan
film crew are victims of their own snobbery when they underestimate a
pre-school teacher from the Mid-West; and a group of young writers
fight about love and narrative style as they compete for a prestigious
bursary.
Connecting each of these three stories is Sittenfeld’s truthful yet
merciless eye, as her characters stagger from awkwardness, to
humiliation and, if they're lucky, to reconciliation. Full of tenderness
and compassion, this dazzling collection celebrates our humanity in
all its pettiness and glory.
Praise for CURTIS SITTENFELD:
October 2020
9780857527479
'You won't want these stories to end' REESE WITHERSPOON
£8.99 : Hardback
'Perfect miniatures in deadpan prose' GUARDIAN
96 pages
'Clear-eyed and compulsive' MAIL ON SUNDAY
Curtis Sittenfeld pulls no punches in her scathing and hilarious
indictments of the American middle classes. Her Sunday Times
bestselling novel American Wife was longlisted for the Orange Prize, as
was her debut novel Prep. Her other books include The Man of My
Dreams, Sisterland, Eligible, the acclaimed short story collection You
Think It, I’ll Say It and her latest novel Rodham. Her stories have
appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Oprah Magazine and the New York
Times magazine. Sittenfeld is also the guest editor for the 2020 Best
American Short Stories anthology. She lives with her family in the
American Mid-West. Follow her on Twitter @CSittenfeld
28Christmas with the Spitfire Girls
A heartwarming and festive wartime story
Jenny Holmes
The exciting new Christmas novel from Jenny Holmes, for readers of
Elaine Everest and Nancy Revell.
Yorkshire 1944: All they want this year is a truly happy Christmas…
The end of the war feels tantalisingly close, but Air Transport Auxiliary
girls Bobbie, Viv and Mary have plenty more flights in their beloved
Spitfires yet – battling everything from snow to enemy fire on their
journeys.
Risking their lives doing their bit for their country, this Christmas
they’re determined to have some festive fun. But as they set about
bringing good tidings for all, a stern and mysterious new flyer in the
form of Peggy arrives. What secret is Peggy hiding?
Mary has a wedding to plan before her fiancé is sent away, then
makes a devastating discovery so shameful she can’t tell the other
girls. Bobbie’s beau issues an ultimatum, and Viv is wondering
whether she wants a man at all…
With the big day around the corner and hope of peace on the horizon,
can the girls find joy and love this Christmas after so many years of
war?
A heart-warming story of friendship, camaraderie and triumph over
adversity that fans of Elaine Everest and Nancy Revell will adore.
Readers love Jenny Holmes
'A delight to read' October 2020
'I highly recommend this book, great job Jenny!' 9780552177061
'Really enjoyed this book cant wait to read the next one' £7.99 : Paperback
'Lovely historical drama' 368 pages
'I love reading these books on life in WW2' 0
'A book you can't put down'
Jenny Holmes lives in a beautiful part of Yorkshire and sets her sagas
in the industrial heartland nearby. She enjoys horse riding, gardening
and walking her dog in the dales. She also writes children’s books as
Jenny Oldfield.
29The Sentinel
(Jack Reacher 25)
Lee Child and Andrew Child
The edge-of-your-seat, heart-in-mouth new Jack Reacher thriller for
2020 – his 25th adventure. No one's bigger than Jack Reacher.
The edge-of-your-seat, heart-in-mouth new Jack Reacher thriller for
2020 – his 25th adventure. No one's bigger than Jack Reacher.
Jack Reacher gets off a bus in Nashville, Tennessee, in a quest for
food, lodging and some good country music. But when he encounters
a band of musicians who have been cheated by an unscrupulous bar
owner, he steps in to help . . .
‘Jack Reacher is today's James Bond, a thriller hero we can't get
enough of.’ Ken Follett
‘If you haven’t read any Jack Reacher, you have a treat in store . . .
a hitchhiker without a phone, a one-man force for good.’ - The Times
‘A contemporary version of the knight in shining armour . . . Reacher
is a mythic figure.’ Literary Review
‘Jack Reacher is a wonderfully epic hero; tough, taciturn, yet
vulnerable... Irresistible.’ People
‘Jack Reacher has long since earned his prominent place in the
pantheon of cool, smart-talking American heroes.’ New York Times
Lee Child (Author)
Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. He was born in October 2020
Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York. It is said 9781787633612
one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere £20.00 : Hardback
in the world every nine seconds. His books consistently achieve the 520 pages
number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world and have sold
over one hundred million copies. Lee is the recipient of many awards,
most recently Author of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. He
was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Andrew Child (Author)
Andrew Child is the author of nine thrillers written under the name
Andrew Grant. He is the younger brother of Lee Child. Born in
Birmingham, he lives in Wyoming with his wife, the novelist Tasha
Alexander.
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