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'The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Daily TelegraphTwo young children hold the key to a secret stash of money - and a relentless psychopath is on their trail...Harry 'Preacher' Powell, his...

When a bomb devastates the office of London's most unusual police unit and claims the life of its oldest detective, Arthur Bryant, his surviving partner John May searches for clues to the bomber's identity. His search takes him back to the day the...

Malta, 1943. The war in the air above Malta is over, but the battle for Europe is about to begin.Margarita, a young singer in a Valletta nightclub, has seen her former lover Henry Dunn only once since breaking off their affair. His wife Vera, an...

THE QUEEN OF THE REVENGE COMEDY'S HILARIOUSLY SHARP AND REFRESHING TALE OF ENVY AND DECEIT'It's a joy - a smart, sharp revenge comedy, with plenty of lols too' DAILY MAIL'Jane Fallon's razor-sharp wit runs through this novel...another laugh-out-loud...

Virginia Woolf wanted to write about the vast unknown uncertain continent that is the world and us in it' Jeanette Winterson, from her introduction to The Waves The Waves is an astonishingly beautiful and poetic novel. It begins with six...

Another sweeping novel from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author... A traveller in a time of discovery, the greatest gardening pioneer of his day, yet a man of humble birth: John Tradescant's story is a mirror to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312550677Author Dan SimmonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 463gDimensions(mm) 210mm...

A masterpiece of transgressive, surrealist erotica, George Bataille's Story of the Eye was the Fifty Shades of Grey of its era. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is translated by Joachim Neugroschal, and published with essays by Susan Sontag and...

**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2023****SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022**An exhilarating Animal Farm-inspired novel about power and corruption set in an animal nation trapped in a cycle as old as time, by one of the most exciting voices writing...

An unexpected hike to the Other Side . . . After time away, Agatha Raisin returns to her beloved Cotswold village of Carsely - and to her handsome neighbour, James Lacey. True, James seems less than thrilled to see her, but Agatha is soon distracted by a...

'Compelling, heartbreaking and beautifully written. This superb thriller will stay in my mind for a very long time' B P Walter, Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Dinner Guest on The Girl Upstairs He...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906462048Author Monica DickensFormat PaperbackPage Count 377Imprint Persephone Books LtdPublisher Persephone Books LtdWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

'One of the most enjoyable travel books I've read' The Times Acclaimed novelist Sarah Moss's compelling account of living in Iceland with two small children in the year the volcano erupted At the height of the financial crisis in 2009, Sarah Moss...

'A wonderful book; rich, evocative, original. I loved it' Joanne Harris "One in ten trees comes up sweet..." In the inhospitable Black Swamp of Ohio, the Goodenough family are barely scratching out a living...

AN EXHILARATING TREASURE-HUNT THRILLER FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR AN ANCIENT FORTUNE LIES HIDDEN.LOST FOR THUSANDS OF YEARS, UNTIL NOW. An ancient fortune has lain hidden for thousands of years, one so powerful that men will...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375760389Author James A. MichenerFormat PaperbackPage Count 1104Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

'Thrill seekers will be absorbed by this exciting story' Kirkus'Nobody does it better.' Jeffery Deaver'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' Ian Rankin____________________________ My Name is Hannah Dory and I need you to believe meNow: Hannah is brought...

***Discover your next reading obsession with Alex Gray's bestselling Scottish detective series******Don't miss the latest from Alex Gray. Book 20 in the Lorimer series, QUESTIONS FOR A DEAD MAN, is out now and Book 21, OUT OF DARKNESS, is available to...

Natasha Leonova's beauty saved her life. Discovered on a freezing Moscow street by a Russian billionaire, she has lived for seven years under his protection. Believing his generosity will always keep her safe, Natasha is careful not to dwell on...

Agnes Grey is a trenchant expose of the frequently isolated, intellectually stagnant and emotionally starved conditions under which many governesses worked in the mid-nineteenth century. This is a deeply personal novel written from the author's own...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250267177Author Brandon SandersonImprint Tor BooksPublisher Tor BooksWeight(grams) 1043gDimensions(mm) 175mm * 112mm * 97mm

'Couldn't put this down. Read it in two days' Five Star Reader Review'A deliciously addictive thriller' - TM Logan, author of The Holiday and The MotherDeath and mayhem erupt on an exclusive island as it plays host to a reality television show like no...

'The Joy Luck Club is an ambitious saga that's impossible to read without wanting to call your Mum' StylistDiscover Amy Tan's moving and poignant tale of immigrant Chinese mothers and their American-born daughters.In 1949 four Chinese women, recent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639730957Author Sarah J. MaasFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams)...

Epic multi-generational family saga from household name Prue Leith, perfect for fans of Penny Vincenzi and Barbara Taylor Bradford.A proud family. Snubbed by aristocratic neighbour Lord Frampton at a coming-of-age ball, Donald Oliver dreams of the day...

Cornwall is steeped in poetry, legend and storytelling. Join Luke Thompson on a literary tour around its dramatic coastline, its cliffs and coves, across the moor and down the mines.Meet Cornish poets such as Jack Clemo and Charles Causley, enjoy...

"It's all here: the grade school Walt Disney and Dr. Seuss; the adolescent acid trips; the fondness for Post-it notes and flying saucers; the long tails of Dubuffet and Burroughs; the encounters with Madonna, Warhol, and one game-changer of a subway...

Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black is the only story collection from the legendary writer, actress, ex-biker and columnist Cookie Mueller, published in the UK for the first time.Mueller chronicles her high-risk, high-reward life in...

The accomplished and evocative first novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Confederacy of Dunces.John Kennedy Toole wrote The Neon Bible for a literary contest at the age of sixteen. The manuscript was finally published twenty years after...

It's playing more and more like it was for the thrill. Just for the rush. And if that's the way it is, he's already looking for the next thrill.'First it was a limo driver shot through the neck with a crossbow. Then it was a high-priced escort found...

Everyone deserves a Christmas treat...The annual Wheaton gingerbread exhibit (a model village made of gingerbread) and grotto has been an important part of the sleepy Cotswold hamlet's Christmas celebrations for decades.For years the gingerbread...

**Shortlisted for The Goldsmiths Prize 2021****Shortlisted for The Desmond Elliott Prize 2021****An Observer 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2021**'An extremely perceptive depiction of power and agency.' Guardian'Startlingly original.' VOGUE'Extraordinary.'...

The eighth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin's best-selling San Francisco saga.'Perhaps the most sublime piece of popular literature America has ever produced' Salon____________________A touching portrait of friendship,...

The second in a smart, witty duet of Dukes by Julia Quinn, the bestselling author of Bridgerton, now a series created for Netflix by ShondalandAbout the AuthorJulia Quinn started writing her first book one month after finishing university and has been...

A man at his desk is interrupted by the appearance of a woodland elf in his room; the piano maestro Bachmann ends his career; a barber shaves the face of a man who once tortured him; a shy dreamer makes a deal with the Devil. In these sixty-five stories...

'Wow, what a read! Great plot and characters. Everything you want in a mystery. This series gets better with every book' NetGalley reviewer, When a body is found at the Merrywell Book Festival,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398817272Author William ScarboroughFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939941695Author J G LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Stoneheart PressPublisher Stoneheart PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

The first novel in the bestselling Thrush Green series.It's the May Day holiday, and a fair has come to the village of Thrush Green.The residents of Thrush Green all have their own views about the fair. For young Paul, just recovered from an illness, it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345487674Author Jane NelsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm)...