Fiction

Stylish, riveting and appalling, GB84 is a shocking fictional documentation of the violence, sleaze and fraudulence that characterised Thatcher's Britain.Great Britain. 1984. The miners' strike. It is the closest Britain has come to civil war in fifty...

Whoosh! There's a Superhero in your book!Help your new Superhero friend take on the terrible Scribbler in this brilliantly interactive picture book from bestselling author Tom Fletcher. Use the power of your imagination to unlock Superhero's super powers...

'A page-turner of a crime thriller . . . This is a world conveyed with convincing, terrible clarity' - C. J. Sansom, author of Dissolution.Winner of the HWA Debut CrownWinner of the Specsavers Debut Crime Novel AwardBlood & Sugar is the thrilling debut...

'Manages to say more about love, hate, happiness, grief, immortality, greed and the disgustingly rich than most contemporary English novels three times the length' The TimesDoctor Fischer despises the human race. A millionaire with a taste for sadism, he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316539883Author John GwynneFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint OrbitPublisher OrbitWeight(grams) 553gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 152mm * 38mm

'The greatest Scottish novelist of modern times.' Ian RankinIn this first novel by Muriel Spark - author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - the only things that aren't ambiguous are Spark's matchless originality and glittering wit.With an introduction by...

'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' TESS GERRITSEN'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY_________________________________________The fifth book in Karin Slaughter's #1 bestselling GRANT COUNTY series.Deep in...

A superb novel featuring both Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch from the No. 1 bestselling author of The Lincoln Lawyer and The Gods of Guilt. Defence lawyer Mickey Haller has had some problems, but now he's put all that behind him and is ready to resume his...

The House of New Beginnings is a moving and uplifting novel from bestselling author Lucy Diamond.One life-changing summer . . . In an elegant Regency house near the Brighton seafront, three tenants have more in common than they know.A shocking revelation...

'Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird.'Lawyer Atticus Finch gives this advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the...

LRB BOOKSHOP'S AUTHOR OF THE MONTH ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY ANNE ENRIGHT, AUTHOR OF THE ACTRESS'If you haven't read Bernhard, you will not know of the most radical advance in fiction since Joyce ... My advice: dive...

Be careful who you let into your lifeArabella MacQueen had a tough start. Growing up surrounded by drugs and alcohol, getting into trouble as a teen, she's now in her late-twenties and has turned her life around.Until the fateful night that sees her...

Everything comes at a price... Hard-hitting and uncompromising, THE GOOD LIFE by the 'undisputed queen of crime writing' (Guardian) and Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Martina Cole is a chilling thriller about power and protection, and what life is really...

Look out for the next THRILLING adventure in this super bestselling series! It's night-time in the supermarket and the veggies are in for the shock of their lives! Supertato's gone BAD! And if Supertato is now EVILTATO, just what does that mean for...

A young royal from the far north, is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China. Her brothers are dead, her armies and their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders. Alone and sometimes reviled, she...

WINNER OF THE OCM BOCAS PRIZE FOR CARIBBEAN LITERATURESHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE, THE GREEN CARNATION PRIZE, and the HISTORICAL WRITERS AWARD'Miller's storytelling is superb' SUNDAY TIMESOne April day in Augustown, Jamaica. Ma Taffy, old and...

A brilliantly wide-ranging essay collection from the author of My Struggle, spanning literature, philosophy, art and how our daily and creative lives intertwine.In the Land of the Cyclops is Karl Ove Knausgaard's first collection of essays to be...

The second book in the ground-breaking Hunger Games trilogy. pre-order Sunrise On the Reaping - the fifth book in the Hunger Games series - coming March 2025 "Collins has done...

Welcome to Merrywell. Population: small. Secrets: aplenty. 'Murder in Merrywell is an entertaining and engaging cozy mystery set against a beautiful backdrop.' - Clare Chase ...

'Terrific. So funny' Zadie Smith 'Monstrously depressing but so comic and well observed that I didn't really mind .... It is great' Dolly Alderton'A dark comedy of female rage' Catherine Lacey 'Brilliant. For fans of Ottessa Moshfegh's My Year of Rest...

NOW A NETFLIX SERIES The No 1. bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once proves that you can never escape your past in this shocking thriller.A suburban wife and mother of two - with a dark and dangerous past. A promising...

One of the great Victorian novels, The Moonstone has engrossed, entertained and enraptured readers since its first publication in 1868. This edition features an introduction by the renowned historian, journalist and author, Judith Flanders.Part of the...

Henry Chinaski, an outcast, a loner and a hopeless drunk, drifts around America from one dead-end job to another, from one woman to another and from one bottle to the next. Uncompromising, gritty, hilarious and confessional in turn, his downward spiral...

Now a major film, starring Dennis Quaid.From W. Bruce Cameron, the author of A Dog's Purpose, the phenomenal New York Times Number One bestseller about the unbreakable bond between a dog and their human.Buddy is a good dog. He thought he had found and...

It was a quiet day for the funeral. Until the bomb went off...Midwinter in Poland, and Dania Gorska and her brother Marek are in Warsaw, attending the funeral of her old piano teacher, Jakub Frydman. At the graveside is rabbi Salomon Steinberg and...

Snowflakes in the Wind is a heartwarming story of triumph over adversity by Rita Bradshaw, author of the number one bestselling Dancing in the Moonlight.It's Christmas Eve 1920 when nine-year-old Abby Kirby's family is ripped apart by a terrible tragedy...

New York Times bestsellerShortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book PrizeWinner of the 2015 Michael L. Printz AwardWinner of a 2015 Stonewall Honor"This is the big one - the BLAZING story of once inseparable twins whose lives are torn apart by...

Turn the page, share the adventure in an out-of-this world story from bestselling author, Ben Miller. 'A sheer delight for all kids both big AND small' Ruth Jones 'Bubbles with warmth and mischievous humour . . . irresistible' Alexander Armstrong...

Escape to Cornwall with this beautiful page-turning novel set in Penvennan Cove - third book in the Cornish romance series by bestselling author Linn B. Halton! Kerra Shaw's happiness should be complete when the love of her life moves into her cottage...

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The brand new novel from bestselling author Holly Hepburn, perfect for anyone who loves Jenny Colgan, Veronica Henry and Lucy Diamond. A Year at Castle Court is Holly Hepburn's four Castle Court e-novellas collected together as a novel for the first time...

George Orwell's masterwork, now in the Penguin Clothbound Classics series with a cover designed by Coralie Bickford-SmithOne of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World''Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the...

A story about love, family secrets, and a little piece of heaven . . .In the beautiful village of Vernazza, the Mazzone family have transformed an old convent overlooking the glamorous Italian Riviera into the elegant Lemon Tree Hotel. For Chiara, her...

Chicago, 1931. While the Great Depression has tightened its grip on the world, there are still some who have the means to make their dreams a reality. One of these men is Hobart St John, who wants a mansion in the suburb of Oak Park. For young Welsh...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906462000Author Dorothy WhippleFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Persephone Books LtdPublisher Persephone Books LtdWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...

LONGLISTED FOR THE MCILVANNEY PRIZE 2019 When reporter Rebecca Connolly is told of Roddie Drummond's return to the island of Stoirm she senses a story. Fifteen years before he was charged with the murder of his lover, Mhairi. When he was found Not...

*Longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards* 'An astonishing debut, rich in both heartbreak and humour' Jendella Benson, author of Hope & Glory Stunningly honest and bursting with wit, Someday Maybe is the story of grief and resilience that you...

First a legendary radio series, then a bestselling book, then a blockbuster movie, the immensely successful Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams needs no introduction.A phenomenon across the galaxy, this paperback omnibus contains the...

With an introduction by Virginia Nicholson Saturday 2 February 1918. The first walk we've had for ever so long. Damp, mild vaporous day. Funeral bells tolling as we went out, & marriage as we came in. The streets lined with people waiting their meat...

The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings.This volume, with its erudite introduction by Mario Praz, presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: The...