Fiction

A Poetry Book Society Spring Recommendation 2024. 'Trees crawling with babies, babies darting through the sky or buoyed by thermal vents, babies painted with false eyes' ('Fable') In Isabel Galleymore's second collection, the adorable other is...

Laine Tavish is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life in the small town of Angel's Gap, Maryland, as the proprietor of Remember When, an antique treasures and gift shop. At least, that's what everyone in Angel's Gap thinks. They have no idea that she...

HUSTLERS meets BIG LITTLE LIES in the heist of the summer... A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Propulsive and captivating' Vogue 'Darkly comedic' Daily Mail ...

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...

Return to the world of the Invisible Library for Irene's most perilous mission yet . . . Librarian Spy Irene is heading into danger. Not for the first time, but could this be her last? She's tasked with a terrifyingly dangerous solo mission to eliminate...

Ancient stories that challenge modern notions of what it means to be a hero. The ancient gods of Ireland were once worshipped throughout the land. Powerful and brave, they were unafraid to show their vulnerability, reject violence, or lean on...

The hilarious tale of a family coming to terms with its ghosts - literally.Greta Woebegone did not believe in ghosts until the day she was knocked over by a car and almost died. Then everything changed...Now Greta can not only see the spirits that haunt...

Ghost Fleet is a page-turning imagining of a war set in the not-too-distant future. Navy captains battle through a modern-day Pearl Harbour; fighter pilots duel with stealthy drones; teenage hackers fight in digital playgrounds; Silicon Valley...

The One State is the perfect society, ruled over by the enlightened Benefactor. It is a city made almost entirely of glass, where surveillance is universal and life runs according to algorithmic rules to ensure perfect happiness. And D-503, the Builder,...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.' Arguably the greatest love story ever told,...

The first novel in the acclaimed VAN DER VALK series - now a major new ITV series starring Marc Warren'Masterful' SUNDAY TIMES'Freeling's Inspector Van der Valk is less rugged than Rebus, less parsonical than Dalgliesh, more Morse than Frost, and more...

I wasn't in any particular hurry to kill him. What was important was to make sure that the deed was done without suspicion settling on me.Follow P D James, 'Queen of Crime', as she takes us into the mind of a man who has waited decades to enact his...

'I am truly dazzled' TRACY CHEVALIER'A rich tapestry of African mythology and magic' CHERIE JONES'Bursting with magic, bright and visceral' JENNIFER SAINT'One of the brightest stars in the literary world' KIRSTY LOGAN'A feast of shimmering, beautiful...

WINNER OF THE 2016 INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARDWINNER OF THE FOLIO PRIZE 2015For eight-year-old Ajay and his older brother Birju, life in Dehli in the late 1970s follows a comfortable, predictable routine: bathing on the roof, queuing for milk,...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2008. An epic chronicle of the last twenty years of British life from the Booker shortlisted and Granta Best of Young British novelist, Philip Hensher. Beginning in 1974 and ending with the...

Spring has arrived at The Potting Shed and things seem to finally be going Maddie's way. Her relationship with lovable lawyer Ed is going well and the business is thriving with the help of her new friend Jo and his bright orange coffee van. But...

"Tremendous and enjoyable" - La Libre Belgique"A great success" - La CroixApril, 1940. Louise Belmont runs naked down the boulevard du Montparnasse. To understand the traumatic scene she has just witnessed, she will have to plunge headlong into the ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780953478071Author Mollie Panter-DownesFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Persephone Books LtdPublisher Persephone Books LtdDimensions(mm) 190mm * 142mm...

A gripping and unputdownable read that will make you question just how far you would go to protect your family. Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Clare Mackintosh . . . 'An emotional read' BELLA MAGAZINE, MUST READS'A thrilling twist' PEOPLE'S...

'Sensational storytelling' - AF Steadman, author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief.The breathtakingly imaginative new fantasy novel from Branford Boase winner Struan Murray.Domino is an eleven-year-old girl with a strange affliction: if she goes anywhere...

As a teenager Jane Bell had dreamt of playing in the casinos of Monte Carlo in the company of James Bond, but in her punk phase she'd got herself pregnant and by the time she reaches forty-six she's a grandmother, her dreams as dry as the dust her Dyson...

"I had read enough mystery stories to know that girls who went out to meet strangers at night never came to a good end..." Stirling, 1877. Lillias Gilfillan, a recently orphaned girl of sixteen, falls in love and elopes with a man who sees her as...

From the Top 10 Sunday Times bestselling author and winner of the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year. Perfect for fans of John le Carre, Charles Cumming is 'the master of the modern spy thriller' (Mail on Sunday) ...

The uplifting, unforgettable new novel from the acclaimed author of The Reading List 'It was a complete joy to spend time in The Twilight Garden' Sally Page, bestselling author of The Keeper of...

Two 19th century stage illusionists, the aristocratic Rupert Angier and the working-class Alfred Borden, engage in a bitter and deadly feud; the effects are still being felt by their respective families a hundred years later. Working in the...

Welcome one and all-to the fabulous life and times of Sasaki, Miyano, and their closest companions! Ever wondered how Kuresawa met his girlfriend? Want to find out if Miyano and Kuresawa were always friends? Or contemplated just why Miyano and Hirano are...

No one feels safe when there's a murderer in their midst...Ann Granger returns to her fan favourite series with the gripping sixteenth Mitchell and Markby novel, featuring her trademark strong and appealing characters, gentle wit and engrossing intrigue...

Discover one of the most admired, best loved and influential novels in the history of English literature. The perfect long read to lose yourself in.'If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life...'Dorothea is bright, beautiful and...

A funny and enchanting romcom from the author of CONFESSIONS OF A FORTY-SOMETHING F##K UP!If only you knew then what you know now . . .***Imagine if you could go back ten years and meet your younger self. What advice would you give . . . wear sun cream?...

Friendship, food and romance await on this magical Italian island. It's the perfect summer read. 'A true feast for the senses' Jenny Ashcroft, author of Beneath a Burning Sky'A bit of sunshine and romance and a whiff of ethereal mystery. What's not to...

The Secrets of the Lake is a gripping wartime novel, by the author of The Silk Weaver, Liz Trenow.'Masterful storytelling, immersive locations, and characters that inhabit your heart from the first page' - Gill Paul, author of The Secret Wife.The war may...

Judy Elliot, meeting an old friend, Detective Sergeant Abbott tells him that, having been left the custody of her motherless little niece, she is taking a domestic job in the country with a family named Pilgrim. Frank is appalled, mysterious deaths have...

For the first time ever, a beautiful slipcased edition of the enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout with over 50 sketches, drawings, paintings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, with the complete text printed...

She smelled it, fresh death. Both metallic and fruity. Easing the door all the way open, she found it . . .It's Christmas-time in New York City, but homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas struggles to get into the holiday spirit. Finding a woman strangled to...

Sweet Mediterranean escapism by the much-loved Rosamunde Pilcher.Selina Bruce has impulsively left behind her lawyer fiance in London and flown alone to a tiny island off the Spanish coast. She is searching for the father she has never known, but what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781667201368Author AesopFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Canterbury ClassicsPublisher Canterbury ClassicsWeight(grams) 694gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 159mm...

A super sweet count-to-twenty picture book filled with cute and cuddly bunnies! Once upon a bouncy bed . . . What's the best way to help little ones fall asleep? By counting super fluffy bunnies, of course! ...

The Easter story charmingly retold in very simple language. Colourfully illustrated throughout by Norman Young. Perfect for beginner readers - valuable at home, school, or Sunday school.About the AuthorHeather Amery was born and brought up in Bath,...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World'Jean Rhys's spell-binding novel Wide Sargasso Sea, inspired by Jane Eyre and winner the Royal Society of Literature Award is beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range.'There is no...

The world is at war, but on the gilded streets of Fifth Avenue, New York, a battle of a different kind is brewing... New York, 1915.Elizabeth Arden has been New York's golden girl since her beauty salon opened its...