Adult & Contemporary Fiction

"Akutagawa displays an insightful and keenly creative intelligence in prose so lucid its sophistication is hardly visible." —Chris Power, The Guardian.Japan's master storyteller Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892 - 1927) wrote more than 150 short...

Outside Vallorgana, a tiny, isolated village high in the foothills of the Dolomites, the ‘Duke’ lives in the villa of his aristocratic ancestors. The last in the centuries’ old line of the Cimamontes, he spends his days on his land and...

In a gripping, atmospheric new novel by acclaimed Mexican writer Daniel Saldaña París, three friends forever bound by erotic flames of the past reunite in a city engulfed by wildfires and an ecstatic dancing plagueAfter years apart, three...

From Glen Cook, the godfather of Grimdark, comes Chronicles of the Black Company, an omnibus comprising of The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose—the first omnibus volume of the bestselling fantasy series, with...

Growing, growing, gone… Penrith, in the heart of the Lake District, is not the kind of place you can easily vanish. Certainly not when the members of the Penrith Bingo Club are trying to track you down. But even stalwart sleuth, Amita Khatri, and...

Murder is the only paw-sible explanationDuring a routine welfare check, the police find local shop owner Mr Fitzgerald at the foot of his stairs, dead. There is broken glass over the floor of his shop, his dog has been locked in the kitchenette cupboard,...

Cloaked strangers and danger abound... Margery and Clementine Butcher-Baker are coming to the end of another busy half term as dinner ladies at Summerview Secondary school. The school is abuzz with chatter about the upcoming break, the local harvest...

This winter, fear comes gift-wrapped. *FROM THE KINDLE TOP 20 BESTSELLING AUTHOR* In the dead of winter, the Pennine Way is treacherous. As snowstorms hit, hikers have been told to stay away. But not everyone has heeded the warning: a lone walker finds a...

The most chilling read of the Christmas season. As the snow begins to fall, the body count begins to climb. DI James Walker is ready for a quiet family Christmas in the sleepy village of Kirkby Abbey. But when he opens an early Christmas...

Amelia Winslow and Silas Finley are rival scholars who have spent years trying to outsmart one another, until a fateful discovery binds them together in a way neither is able to escape. When they are cut by a pair of ancient daggers, they become bonded...

Chloe Webster is supposed to be dead.She vanished twenty five years ago—the night her two friends were brutally murdered at an isolated hot springs. At least, that’s what everyone believes.Everyone except her cousin, Frankie, who never lost...

Who but the Marquis de Sade would write not of the pain, tragedy, and joy of love but of its crimes? Murder, seduction, and incest are among the cruel rewards for selfless love in his stories—tragedy, despair, and death the inevitable outcome...

The name of the Marquis de Sade is synonymous with the blackest corners of the human soul, a byword for all that is most foul in human conduct. In his bleak, claustrophobic universe, there is no God, no human affection, and no hope. This selection of his...

Don't miss out on the stunning CRIMSON COLLECTABLE edition of Chasing the Wild. This breathtaking sprayed edge edition is available on a limited first print run only. Layla Birch always followed the rules, until she fell for Colton...

Four artists are drawn into a web of rivalry and desire at an elite art school and on the streets of New York in this “gripping, provocative, and supremely entertaining” (BuzzFeed) debutNational Book Foundation 5 Under 35...

Two ballerinas. Two fates. One stage. It's the carefree '80s and Juliette Lucian-Sorel has it all. She’s the greatest dancer to ever grace the floorboards of Palais Garnier, she's royalty to her adoring fans, and Paris is at her feet. Or so it...

Experience a deeply passionate and intimate love story. Two strong women, each burdened by tragedy, confront their traumatic pasts and find solace in one another.   In The Depth of You, elite escort Jennifer Dupont and author and cult survivor...

A deliciously intense erotic romance. Two resilient women, both juggling the weight of heavy pasts, find healing and hope in one another.Jennifer Dupont lives a successful solitary life as crème de la crème of San Francisco's most elite...

A big-hearted tale from an award-winning author, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny follows the sweeping story of a novelist and a journalist grappling with love, home and culture. This is perfect for fans of Real Americans. BOOKER PRIZE...

One of the great mavericks of French literature, Georges Bernanos combined raw realism with a spiritual focus of visionary intensity. Mouchette stands with his celebrated Diary of a Country Priest as the perfection of his singular art...