Fiction

How far would you go for love: a white lie, a small deceit, full-scale fraud...?When Charlotte Briggs' husband Ed is sent down for fraud, she cannot find it in her heart to forgive him for what he has done. Ostracised from their social circle, she flees...

Sapphire is the hot-headed leader of the Red Roses in an area where gang loyalty is all that matters. But after a tragic event, Sapphire vows to leave her old life, friends and her gang behind. Life without the Red Roses and the violence that always...

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...

'Read, read, read, read, my unlearned reader! read...' Sterne's great comic novel is the fictional autobiography of Tristram Shandy, a hero who fails even to get born in the first two volumes. It contains some of the best-known and best-loved...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648998112Author Kylie KentFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint Kylie KentPublisher Kylie KentWeight(grams) 127g

Take his hand and follow him into the darkness . . .John Connolly, bestselling author of seven brilliantly scary mystery novels, now turns his pen to the short story to give us a volume of chilling tales of the supernatural. In this macabre collection,...

'It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life'Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach ... Everybody who is anybody is seen...

A classic novel of post-war Europe, haunting and timelessly beautiful'The greatest writer of our time' Peter CareyIn 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed with foster parents. This childless couple...

A USA Today Bestseller! 'Wow! What an enthralling and emotional read! I was literally in tears... Captivating.' Goodreads reviewer, A world at war. One woman...

No sooner has Batman's former sidekick, Jason Todd, put his past as the Red Hood behind him than he finds himself cornered by a pair of modern day outlaws: Green Arrow's rejected sidekick Arsenal, the damaged soldier of fortune, and the alien...

A wonderful Christmas gift full of nostalgia and charm, perfect for fans of Coronation Street and readers who love Fiction set in Wartime. Elsie Grimshaw lives in one of the worst streets in Weatherfield and is desperate to escape...

'A gorgeous will they/won't they love story, with depth and surprising twists' Sun 'A lovely, heart-warming read' Closer 'A proper winter heart-warmer' Heat 'If you're a fan of Jojo Moyes, you'll love Emma...

'If you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man' Nick Hornby'I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Five Total Strangers and "master of suspense" (BCCB), Natalie D. Richards, comes a pulse-pounding YA thriller about a girl who goes on a mysterious scavenger hunt, only to discover that someone knows her...

Perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom. A short story featuring Giordano Bruno: heretic, philosopher and spy, from Parris's Sunday Times bestselling series. Even the dead have a story to tell... Naples,...

The SUNDAY TIMES bestseller "Amazing! One of the twistiest time-tales I've ever read." -Diana Gabaldon "Crichtonesque thrillers don't come much better than this... Readers won't be able to turn the pages fast enough." -Publishers Weekly...

In the war against Hitler every secret counts... 'Shines a light on a part of the British war effort I'd previously not been aware of...a fascinating, informative and heartwarming novel, and I loved it' The New York...

Get ready for an exciting fairy adventure with the no. 1 bestselling series for girls.The perfect Christmas gift for children aged 5 and up!Jack Frost has promised not to trouble the Rainbow Fairies again, but he didn't say anything about the Weather...

Based on personal memories of his life in Ireland and Scotland in the early 1900s, this was Patrick MacGill's first novel. It tells the story of Dermod Flynn an independent and feisty youth who earns a meagre living as an itinerant farm hand in Donegal...

A landscape of frozen darkness. The scrape of bone on bone.'Malfi is a modern-day Algernon Blackwood. I'm gonna be talking about this book for years' Josh Malerman, author of Bird BoxPaul Gallo saw the report on the news: a mass murderer leading police...

From the author of 'Little Children' and now a major new TV series, 'The Leftovers' asks what if one day some of us simply vanished? And some were left behind? Following the sudden disappearance of thousands of citizens, Kevin Garvey,...

FROM THE CREATOR OF DOWNTON ABBEY and THE GILDED AGE A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A gloriously funny ride through modern times' Evening Standard Damian Baxter is very, very rich. But he has but one concern, which is becoming more urgent at the weeks go by:...

For fans of Mexican Gothic, a harrowing, sultry horror novel about the forgotten women in Dracula and Jane Eyre as they combat the toxic men intent on destroying their lives. Los Angeles, 1967. Lucy Westenra and Bertha Mason - the forgotten women in...

Twenty years after her brother Callum mysteriously vanished, Orla Payne is still haunted by his disappearance. The case was closed after her uncle's suicide - the police believed he killed himself in the Hanging Wood out of guilt over murdering the boy,...

'THE HOTTEST ACTION WRITER AROUND' EVENING TELEGRAPHDISCOVER THE WILDLY ENTERTAINING, ACTION-PACKED JACK WEST SERIESFormer SAS soldier Jack West is on a mission to save the world, no matter what - or who - it might cost him.Still reeling from the loss of...

The truth lies in the walls of Ambletye Manor . . .'Expertly researched, vividly drawn, and so much fun! Absolute delight of a book, with a quirky supernatural twist. Five fabulous stars from me' JENNI KEERA thrilling regency tale - filled with mystery,...

Meet the Young Men in Spats - all members of the Drones Club, all crossed in love and all busy betting their sometimes nonexistent fortunes on unlikely outcomes - that's when they're not recovering from driving their sports cars through rather than round...

Where have the Smeds and Smoos gone? Can you find them? Lift the colourful felt flaps in this fun chunky board book, perfect for small hands, until you find the Smeds and Smoos! This board book will keep your...

Denzil Meyrick's three Tales from Kinloch are collected here in one paperback volume. From ghostly Vikings, to adventurous voyages, to old scores being settled, these stories are guaranteed to provide a fun-filled escape. From the author of the global...

An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages! Also includes a QR code for the free audiobook! Be at the third pillar from the left outside the Lyceum Theatre...

Stories do not have to be long. In the space of a couple of sentences - or even a page or two - we can see the human heart exposed in a way that is more powerful than in a novel. In Tiny Tales Alexander McCall Smith explores romance, ambition,...

'Feisty and fabulous. Love it. Love Tracy Bloom!' Milly Johnson 'Pure Joy!' Katie Fforde 'Love this - just the pick me up I needed!' Jo Thomas ...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SHOW, FROM THE NETWORK BEHIND THE WALKING DEAD'[W]hen I found Rice's work I absolutely loved how she took that genre and (...) made [it] feel so contemporary and relevant' Sarah Pinborough, bestselling author of Behind Her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635575576Author Sarah J. MaasFormat HardbackPage Count 640Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 909g

After saving the Empire's richest province from a foreign army, Marcus and the men who protect him have been in hiding. Their lives will be forfeit if they are seen in Rome. But times have changed. Marcus's protector, the patrician legion commander...

Margriet grew up as a lonely child in the old town of Hull. Her adored father often travelled by sea to the Netherlands, leaving her with an unaffectionate mother and only her imagination of a little Dutch girl, Anneliese, to keep her company. When...

When you've spent your life trying to be perfect, how easy is it to let go?Marion Marksharp is the undisputed queen of Penmenna and has the perfect life - ask anyone. Doting husband? Hmm, maybe not... Well-behaved, angelic children? Definitely not. A...

Reissue of the highly acclaimed thriller by the world's most outstanding dark fantasist. WEAVEWORLD is an epic adventure of the imagination. It begins with a carpet in which a world of rapture and enchantment is hiding; a world which comes to...

'These are some of the wildest, arresting, just plain brilliant short stories I've read in a long time.' - Roddy Doyle, author of The Woman Who Walked Into DoorsAfter a Dance is the compiled collection of short stories from acclaimed writer Bridget...

'An utterly gorgeous novel. It will forever hold my heart in its pages' Pandora Sykes, co-host of The High-Low podcastGrace loves a woman. Annie loves a man. Violet isn't quite sure. But you'll love them all...Grace has what one might call a 'full and...