Fiction

The daughter of an American millionaire dies on a train en route for Nice... When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again - for a heavy blow has...

*The hilarious new novel from Abbi Waxman - I WAS TOLD IT WOULD GET EASIER - is available now*Abbi Waxman's charming novel follows introvert and bookworm Nina Hill as she discovers if real life can ever live up to fiction... Shortlisted for the Comedy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250782694Author Joe PeraFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint ForgePublisher ForgeWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 193mm * 130mm * 15mm

'Life affirming, triumphant and tragic . . . masterfully told. . . but also a wonderful page-turner' Guardian'Brilliant and hugely ambitious' New York Times'Extraordinary' Telegraph___HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE1939. Nazi Germany. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250860958Author Jeff VanderMeerFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 191mm * 130mm * 23mm

'One of the finest historical fiction writers in the world' Ben KanePisa, May 1364.Sir William Gold is looking forward to a lucrative career as a hired sword in the endless warring between Italy's city states. But when a message comes from the Grand...

'Wonderfully funny and sharp as knives' Sunday TimesIn the third instalment of the hilarious Adrian Mole series, 16-year-old Adrian navigates his way into adulthood . . . Monday June 13th I had a good, proper look at myself in the mirror tonight. I've...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593334911Author Christi CaldwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

London, 1728. A young, well-dressed man is driven through streets of jeering onlookers to the gallows at Tyburn. They call him a murderer. But Tom Hawkins is innocent and somehow he has to prove it, before the rope squeezes the life out of him. It is,...

'Joe Goldberg is my guilty pleasure, my strange addiction. If loving him is wrong, I don't want to be right' Erin KellyJOE GOLDBERG IS BACK, AND THIS TIME HE'S WRITING HIS OWN HAPPILY EVER AFTER . . . Joe Goldberg is ready for a change. Instead of...

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes is perfect for singalong fun, with a sound button to press and bright illustrationsBook InformationISBN 9781839034732Author Igloo BooksPage Count 8Imprint Igloo Books LtdPublisher Bonnier Books LtdWeight(grams)...

The Gruffalo Jigsaw Book is in a special novelty board book format, including six twelve-piece jigsaw puzzles which every Gruffalo fan will enjoy! Children will have hours of fun assembling six favourite scenes from the book, while they read the original...

A funny, romantic read from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Sunny Days and Sea BreezesAli Kingston is happily married with three children. She isn't the type to have her head turned - but then it isn't every day that a gorgeous younger man falls...

Ian McEwan's celebrated novel, now an unmissable film starring Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan (Atonement, Brooklyn) It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their...

A family rocked by tragedy, a love that lives through time, a story that will stay in your heart... The stunning new novel of love and secrets from the number one bestselling author Santa Montefiore.Dorset, 1933:Grace Hamblin is growing up on a beautiful...

The fourth book in the multi-million copy bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency seriesThe one with the rival detectiveMma Ramotswe faces the unexpected and unwelcome appearance in town of a new private detective, Mr Cephas Buthelezi. To ensure she...

Join the world of Artemis Fowl, the number one bestseller by Eoin Colfer.AT JUST TWELVE YEARS OLD, ARTEMIS FOWL IS A CRIMINAL GENIUS.No scheme is too dastardly, no plot too devious. And he's just discovered that fairies are real.Poor fairies.But these...

The crescendo of war, a crushing blow, a path to redemption...Peacetime political machinations threaten Kelly Maguire's ambitions to be a Captain. But then war breaks out, and the world needs men who are willing to risk everything.As World War II...

A magical adventure about a girl, a bear and some very special shoes from the bestselling creators of What the Ladybird Heard and Sugarlump and the Unicorn.When Josephine leaves the shoe shop after buying some new running shoes, she hears an unusual...

A weekly dinner party Ten amateur sleuths The Tuesday Night Club murders On a quiet Tuesday in St Mary Mead, a group of friends gather for dinner. A policeman, a clergyman, a solicitor, an author, an artist,...

Winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year. Selected by Sunday Times Books of the Year and The Guardian as Best Thriller of the Year. Perfect for fans of John le Carre, a gripping and suspenseful spy thriller...

From award-winning and national bestselling author, Robin McKinley, comes this dark, sensual vampire fairy tale. "A gripping, funny, page-turning, pretty much perfect work of magical literature."--Neil Gaiman"Sunshine" is what everyone calls her. ...

'A sheer delight from start to finish' Sophie Kinsella ___________________________________On a tiny island of the coast of Scotland, a nugget of opportunity awaits . . . ***WINNER OF THE RNA ROMANTIC COMEDY NOVEL AWARD 2018*** 'An evocative, sweet...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Miles Franklin Literary Award 2022 (Australia). Short-listed for Fiction, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2022 (Australia) and Stella Prize 2022 (Australia)...

So who put the body in with the spring bulbs?The merest hint of spring has arrived in Cheshire, and so has young reporter Daisy Dalrymple. The feisty flapper's visit is a breath of fresh air for gloomy Occles Hall. But while photographing the rather...

Developed from an early oral storytelling tradition dating back to the dawn of European culture, this is one of the oldest and most vibrant of Europe's mythologies. From all six Celtic cultures - Irish, Scots, Welsh, Cornish, Manx andBreton - Peter...

The modern classic from double Booker Prize winner J.M. Coetzee - soon to be a major film starring Mark Rylance, Robert Pattinson and Johnny DeppFor decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593438060Author Lynn CullenFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

When Dorothy came back from the dead, it seemed to Aaron that some people simply didn't notice.The accident that killed Dorothy - involving an oak tree, a sun porch and some elusive biscuits - leaves Aaron bereft and the house a wreck. As those around...

'It's Mona's ballsy, kickass voice that makes this novel tick. Unreliable, sharply observant and funny, she recounts her journey of self-discovery in a way that is immediate and intriguing.' Daily Mail Mary Karr meets Miranda July in this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250343178Author Carissa BroadbentFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm * 52mm

Play with the soft, cuddly Gruffalo hand puppet as you read the fun story, based on the bestselling picture book The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.Who's afraid of the Gruffalo? With this fantastic addition to the My First Gruffalo range,...

The SECOND title in this number one, bestselling spin-off series from Percy Jackson creator, Rick Riordan.This crazy messed up world of gods and monsters is Percy Jackson's reality, which pretty much sucks for him.Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, God of...

The latest gripping thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes, now a Netflix sensation! 'Gloriously glamorous, and brilliantly plotted: Dead to Her is everything I love in a novel' Clare Mackintosh, bestselling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566895484Author Brian EvensonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Coffee House PressPublisher Coffee House Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912905058Author Caryl LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Honno Welsh Women's PressPublisher Honno Welsh Women's Press

`She had believed that my wild poet's passion for her would make me her slave; and that, being her slave, I should execute her will in all things.' The Lifted Veil was first published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1859. A dark fantasy woven from...

NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017: 'masterly'GUARDIAN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: 'An absolute tour de force'Fran may be old but she's not going without a fight. So she dyes her hair, enjoys every glass of red wine, drives restlessly around the...

The bestselling novel behind the iconic movie Christmas with the KranksImagine a year without Christmas. No crowded shops, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes and no unwanted presents.That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they...

In this spellbinding tale from Danielle Steel, a princess is sent away to safety during World War II, where she falls in love, and is lost forever.As the war rages on in the summer of 1943, causing massive destruction and widespread fear, the King and...