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Nestling on India's southern coast lies the town of Kittur. Ranging through the city's streets and schoolyards, bedrooms and businesses, its inner workings and its outer limits, through the myriad and distinctive voices of its inhabitants, Aravind Adiga...

In a merciless summer of biblical heat and destructive winds, Gabrielle Fox's main concern is a personal one: to rebuild her career as a psychologist after a shattering car accident. But when she is assigned Bethany Krall, one of the most dangerous...

A LIFETIME OF SECRETS. A SUMMER OF NEW BEGINNINGS._____________________"So tender and thoughtful. I loved it" MARIAN KEYES"A gorgeous, rich treat" JANE FALLON"Warm, intriguing, brimming with tenderness... A joyous book" RUTH...

'Christianity is like a Cornish pastie. There's something in it, but sometimes it's difficult to find out what it is.' Award-winning comedian Milton Jones dissects the great pastie of faith with some short, sharp one-liners about God, the Church and...

A jam-fuelled week of disaster is set in motion by a single doughnut!Roman Garstang is obsessed with food - particularly Squidgy Splodge raspberry-jam doughnuts - but he is about to learn that things are not always as sugar-coated as they might seem...

A heart-warming story about a hen with as much pluck as she has cluck from the author of The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark. Hilda is a small, speckled hen. And when Hilda makes up her mind, nothing can stop her. Hilda's auntie has just had a...

'In an ancient city by the sea, three sisters - a maiden, a mother, and a crone - are drawing maps by candlelight. Sombre, with piercing grey eyes, they are the three Fates, and every map is a human life . . .'Stepsister takes up where Cinderella's tale...

Guardians of Magic is an exciting, magical adventure from the Costa Award-winning creator of Goth Girl and Ottoline, Chris Riddell. This fantastic quest is fully illustrated in black and white in Chris's trademark intricate style.Meet the Guardians of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Purple Dragonfly Book Awards 2018.Book InformationISBN 9780993276941Author Kerrine BryanFormat PaperbackPage Count 28Imprint Butterfly Books UKPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956239846Author Martin BaxendaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Silent But Deadly PublicationsPublisher Silent But Deadly Publications

Archie's back! And he's finding waiting a little bit hard. There are SO many fun things to do - from filling his paddling pool to going on holiday. The problem is, he just can't wait! Archie wants to do everything . . . NOW! This hilarious picture...

Dear reader, There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read. But if you insist on discovering the...

'I absolutely adored every page... Hilarious! There were moments that made me laugh out loud, they were just so funny!... Wonderful... Smiles and laughs are guaranteed... Trust me, it's a wonderful story!' Goodreads review ...

An old house. A fire. Two corpses... DI Charley Mann returns in this gripping crime thriller.West Yorkshire DI Charley Mann is called for what seems a routine job. Prior to demolition a deserted manor house appears to have been the target of an arson...

An impossible mission, for a man who barely existsThe mysterious assassin known only as Victor is locked in an uneasy alliance with the CIA. And he has a list: three names, three victims. Worst of all, Victor is given just two days to take down his...

Grieving widow, Kay Partridge and her daughter Evie, unable to face the oncoming Christmas festivities, move into a cottage at majestic Wintergill Farm in the Yorkshire Dales. Kay wants to shut the door and forget about everything. Evie, struggling to...

Agnes and Attie - AGENTS OF THE WILD - are bound for the Antarctic on their second creature-crazy wildlife-rescue adventure. When SPEARS receives an emergency distress call from its marine outpost in Antarctica, there is only one team they can send...

Inspired by the swashbuckling travelogues of Victorian diplomat Lord Dufferin, frail surburbanite Tim Moore sets out to prove his physical and spiritual worth before his sceptical Nordic in-laws by retracing Dufferin's epic voyage to Iceland and...

'A sheer delight for all kids both big AND small' Ruth Jones 'Bubbles with warmth and mischievous humour . . . irresistible' Alexander Armstrong'Wonderful, funny, magical' Chris Evans on How I Became a Dog Called MidnightEnter a world of wonder with this...

This touching new title details the special relationship between a grandad and grandchild and would make a perfect giftBook InformationISBN 9781781974643Author Igloo BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Igloo Books LtdPublisher Bonnier Books...

From the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller comes a timeless love story, lost in letters of the past . . . Secrets from the past, unravelling in the present... Uncovering secrets that span generations, Rachel delivers intriguing, involving and emotive...

Badgers have always lived under the old oak tree. But one day, a terrible storm arrives. Big-hearted Badger works hard to keep his friends safe from the bad weather - protecting burrows and rescuing nests. But who will look after Badger's home in the old...

"Castles" is based on the classic work by historian and medieval expert Plantaganet Somerset Fry. Original maps, plans and archive illustrations are presented alongside hundreds of beautiful contemporary photographs, showing ruins and surviving castles...

A startlingly original, stunningly-illustrated modern classic about learning to face your fears from the multi award-winning partnership of Nick Lake and Emily Gravett. Lily just wants things to go back to the way they were: before she got sick, before...

OASIS, an Amazon Original Series, coming in 2017'I am with you always, even unto the end of the world . . .' Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, Peter sets out on a quest to take...

Have you ever seen a mermaid? Eliza has! And this is the bewitching tale of how she and a little mermaid became the most inseparable of friends . . . Eliza lives next to the sea, with her father, a fisherman. Eliza doesn't know why, but she's always felt...

Discover the addictive and uplifting story of reinvention, self-discovery and the meaning of true love from the bestselling author of Life Swap and The Friends We Keep'Inspirational, uplifting, made me laugh and left me feeling very happy' 5***** Reader...

Peter Diamond investigates a mystery of the past in the seventeenth case for the brilliant Bath detective.A wrecking ball crashes through the roof of a terraced cottage in Bath and exposes a skeleton in eighteenth-century clothes. Can these possibly be...

Jack Mattingly is a genius. He has an IQ of 170. He speaks fluent Mandarin and Latin. And he can calculate the square root of 1,673,549 in his head. But when Jack's parents' car is hi-jacked, with him inside it, for once he's as clueless as the rest...

Captivating, complex and compellingly intense, this psychological thriller from international multi-million copy seller Joanne Harris is perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, Susan Hill, Nicci French and Val McDermid. Brilliantly written, expertly plotted and...

From Costa-shortlisted superstar, a highly anticipated standalone adventure about what happens when you find a tiny, living, breathing civilization on the floor of your school dorm room.Max is used to spending time alone - it's difficult to make friends...

Kazu Kibuishi's thrilling, New York Times bestselling series continues in this fifth graphic novel. "a must for all fantasy fans" Kirkus Reviews The enemy grows stronger. Emily survived the chaos of the...

'An enthralling page-turner' DILLY COURT'A heart-warming WW2 love story' ROSIE GOODWIN'The queen of East End sagas' ELAINE EVEREST Jean Fullerton, the RNA-shortlisted queen of the East End, returns with the final nostalgic and heart-warming story of the...

A gripping adventure story from Bear Grylls, packed with real survival details and dangers at every turn!When Beck Granger is ship-wrecked in the open seas, he needs all of his survival skills to save a small group of passengers.But the sinking was no...

'An extraordinary book - bursting with rage, humming with ideas, full of dazzling sleights of hand'- Sunday TelegraphPhilip Roth's brilliant conclusion to his eloquent trilogy of post-war America - a magnificent successor to American Pastoral and I...

Mrs Scrooge is a delightful Christmas poem from Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. Published as a small hardback and filled with bright illustrations by Posy Simmonds, this modern take on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens makes a perfect Christmas gift...

Have you ever collected coupons from a cereal box? Maybe you were saving them up for a book or a toy. Well, when Dan and his brother decide to collect 100 coupons so that they can have their very own lion, they assume the task will be easy enough. ...

Doesn't every marriage have a dark side? 'Beautifully written, chilling and absorbing' Adele Parks, Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of Lies Lies Lies and Just My Luck 'Her best novel yet...

Winnie-the-Pooh meets The Blair Witch Project in this very grown-up tale of a camping trip gone horribly awry. Twelve six-year-olds and their three adult chaperones head into the woods on a camping trip. None of them make it out alive. The Laws of the...

'A hilarious, heart-warming read' Daisy Buchanan'A charming, uplifting read... Delightful' Roxie CooperThe hilarious, uplifting novel from bestselling author Olivia Beirne is perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Beth O'Leary and Marian Keyes...