Fiction

Escape on a journey of suspense-filled, non-stop action in Saving Faith by David Baldacci, one of the world's favourite storytellers.She knows too much.In a secluded house not far from Washington, D.C., the FBI is interviewing one of the most important...

I'll show you what a woman can do . . . ‘I was swept away by lush, evocative prose. An unforgettable, moving and important story told with great skill and care' JENNIFER SAINT 'An exhilarating read. Gripping, captivating, and consistently enlightening'...

INTRODUCED BY LOUIS DE BERNIERES'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMAN'I'd sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen' PHILIP LARKINFormidable Miss Doggett fills her life by giving tea parties for young academics and acting as watchdog...

'Sometimes - not often - a book comes along that feels like Christmas. Philip Hensher's timely, but timeless, selection of the best short stories from the past 20 years is that kind of book. His introduction is as enriching as anything that has been...

A moving and uplifting festive short story from Marcia Willett, perfect for fans of Katie Fforde and Fern Britton.Nestled in the Devon countryside, the Keep has always been a refuge for the Chadwick family: forever warm and welcoming through the...

A troubled insomniac in 1890s England falls suddenly into a sleep-like trance, from which he does not awake for over two hundred years. During his centuries of slumber, however, investments are made that make him the richest and most powerful man on...

What does it mean to be human when you're part of the machine?Synners are synthesizers - not machines, but people. They take images from the brains of performers, and turn them into a form which can be packaged, sold and consumed. This book is set in a...

In her third adventure, Cookie finds mysteries everywhere - but can she solve them, and save the science show?Hurray, Cookie's Nani is coming to stay from Bangladesh! But she doesn't speak English and Cookie is the only one in the family who doesn't...

The new paperback from Sunday Times bestselling saga author, Rosie Goodwin.'Rosie Goodwin gets better and better! I read it in just two days but I didn't want it to end' You Torn apart by destiny, the sisters must learn to survive against the odds in...

A HERO TO SOME. A VILLAIN TO MANY. THE TRUTH FOREVER BURIED. The man who became known as Esrahaddon is reported to have destroyed the world's greatest empire - but there are those who believe he saved it. Few individuals are as divisive, but all agree...

'A great yarn - Shrager knows her food and she's cooked up a storm. . . Rosie can write and Prudence Bulstrode is here to stay.' Miriam Margolyes'Think bolshy Mrs Beeton meets Miss Marple, our rambunctious heroine, Prudence, hilariously stomps her way...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345467515Author Kristin HannahFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint FawcettPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 170mm * 107mm *...

For Frieda Klein the days get longer, the cases darker . . .Psychotherapist Frieda Klein thought she was done with the police. But once more DCI Karlsson is knocking at her door.A man's decomposed body has been found in the flat of Michelle Doyce, a...

The first book in the heart-warming White Giraffe series by Lauren St John, featuring the African adventures of Martine and her magical white giraffe.When tragedy strikes on a winter's night in England, Martine is sent to live with her grandmother on a...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS AN OBAMA'S BOOK OF THE YEAR'Gorgeous, sensual, addictive' SARA COLLINS 'Brightly lit' NAOMI ALDERMAN Born from a long line of female warriors and crusaders, yet too coarse for courtly...

The nascent spy-team Lamplight has successfully completed an impossible mission. Fortheir next assignment, they'll have to dispose of a cold-blooded assassin. With highstakes and an even higher level of difficulty than the last mission, Klaus selects...

Discover the daring life story and astonishing adventures of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown - Britain's greatest-ever pilotSmall in stature but immense in reputation and talent, there was more to Eric 'Winkle' Brown than met the eye.From shooting down...

IT STARTED WITH A KISS... AND ENDED WITH MURDER. The darkly addictive new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of I Looked Away, Blood Sisters and My Husband's Wife. --------------------------------------------------------In Poppy Page's...

Set in Changi, the most notorious prisoner of war camp in Asia, King Rat is an heroic story of survival told by a master story-teller who lived through those years as a young soldier. Only one man in fifteen had the strength, the luck, and the cleverness...

'You see - no, you do not, but I see - such curious faces: and the people to whom they belong flit about so oddly, often at your elbow when you least expect it, and looking close into your face, as if they were searching for someone - who may be...

Having firmly established the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in the novels A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was retained by The Strand Magazine to contribute a series of twelve short stories, which began...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800993990Author Simon ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm * 19mm

The short story is one of the most varied and exciting genres in American literature. This collection brings together many of its finest examples from the early nineteenth century to the present. It contains a richly diverse cast of characters, including...

'Oh my goodness this book is just gorgeous!!!!! I read it in an afternoon because I couldn't put it down!!... I'm so excited for other people to read this magnificent book.' NetGalley reviewer, A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250311597Author F Paul WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm)...

_________________________THE CLASSIC THRILLER BEHIND THE OSCAR-WINNING MOVIEFBI trainee Clarice Starling has an elusive serial killer to hunt.Only one man can help.Psychopathic cannibal Hannibal Lecter...The serial killer nicknamed 'Buffalo Bill' has...

'A PERFECTLY PLOTTED FESTIVE MYSTERY' SUSI HOLLIDAY, AUTHOR OF THE PARTY SEASON'A DELICIOUS LOCKED ROOM MYSTERY' VAL MCDERMIDTwelve clues. Twelve keys. Twelve days of Christmas.But who will survive until Twelfth Night?Lily Armitage never intended to...

At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely...

A mysterious boy appears in Ellmeyer and claims to be none other than...Claude's son?! Aileen has avoided many death flags and secured a future with her loving husband, but has she also changed the fate of Claude's future child? Add another sacred sword...

The author of Peter Rabbit and other tales, Beatrix Potter is still, after a century, beloved by children and adults worldwide. In this first Cottage Tale, Albert introduces Beatrix, an animal lover and Good Samaritan with a knack for solving mysteries...

THE LATEST SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB THRILLER PICK FROM THE AUTHOR OF YOU WERE GONE'THE TENTH IN THE TERRIFIC DAVID RAKER SERIES - BLISS!' LEE CHILDNine neighbours gather for a dinner party.But by the next morning, they had...

'A great yarn - Shrager knows her food and she's cooked up a storm. . . Rosie can write and Prudence Bulstrode is here to stay' Miriam Margolyes'Think bolshy Mrs Beeton meets Miss Marple, our rambunctious heroine, Prudence, hilariously stomps her way...

'This gripping psychological thriller slowly lures you in, then keeps you guessing about who's good - and who really isn't - all the way to the end' Heat 'Twisted and suspenseful, each layer of deception...

Loyalty and betrayal, hope and despair, One Moonlit Night tells the captivating story of a husband and wife separated by secrets as well as by war.'So complex and moving, with a sense of mystery as powerful as the sense of love and betrayal' Cathy Kelly...

WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 'A strange, painfully tender exploration of the brutality of desire indulged and the fatality of desire ignored... Exquisite' Eimear McBride Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people - dutiful wife and...

When a body is found in a hotel room, reporters are soon all over the case: it appears to be a missing LAPD narcotics detective, apparently gone to the bad. The rumours were that he had been selling a new drug called Black Ice that had been infiltrating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063215245Author Kate QuinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in.Business has been slow lately for Harry Dresden...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385007511Author Stephen KingFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023.In Stone Blind, the instant Sunday Times bestseller, Natalie Haynes brings the infamous Medusa to life as you have never seen her before.'Witty, gripping, ruthless' - Margaret Atwood via Twitter'Beautiful...