Adult & Contemporary Fiction

A thrilling tale of courage and secrets set in postwar London and Paris, in which a search for a missing husband puts investigator and former war reporter Billie Walker on a collision course with an underground network of Nazi criminals. It’s...

Walk carefully, lest you become a part of Dr. Burnett's collection. 1826. Isobel Tait finds herself, by chance, staring at a tiny human heart floating in a jar. It should be of little consequence; Dr. Burnett is renowned for his collection of oddities...

Deep in the woods, something is stirring.When Miss Catherine Symonds arrives to take up a position as governess at remote Locksley Abbey in the foothills of the Black Mountains, where England bleeds into Wales, she is apprehensive.It is not the echoing,...

A gripping story of friendship and division in the midst of warfare, set against one of the most dangerous campaigns of World War II.   They went to war as boys. Will they make it home as men? D-Day. June 6th, 1944. The trajectory of the Second...

Named a Best Mystery & Suspense Book of the Year by BookPage and CrimeReads.“A steamy, thrilling crime story” (The Washington Post) from New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon set in pre-World War II Shanghai, where glamour and...

The author of former Waterstones Thriller of the Month The Skeleton Key spins a chilling tale of dangerous relationships and deep-seated resentments, as anonymous messages sent to a vintage clothing company owner begin to unravel dark secrets from her...

Fans of Allison Saft and Margaret Rogerson will be swept away into this lush and beguiling sapphic romantasy from the bestselling author of Flowerheart, Catherine Bakewell.   Ofelia has lived her life dreaming of entering Le Château...

Going Home is a sparkling, funny, bighearted story of family and what happens when three men—all of whom are completely ill-suited for fatherhood—take charge of a toddler following an unexpected loss.Téo Erskine, now in his thirties,...

"Any new novel by Joseph Finder is a ticket to reading pleasure, and this one is hands down his best ever."—Stephen King. "This is Finder at his finest—a perfect everyman-in-peril story, first building an ominous drumbeat of menace, then...

A novel about marriage, parenthood, life and death, This Is a Love Story is a timeless exploration of family and a glittering ode to New York City.An intimate and lyrical celebration of great love, great art, and the sacrifices we make for bothFor fifty...

Marjan's magical adventures continue with her search for an elusive bird. But might the quest cost her more than she's ready to lose?In this transporting and suspenseful companion to the New York Times bestselling Once There Was that’s perfect for...

Dazzling and transportive, Gate to Kagoshima is perfect for fans of Thea Guanzon — a story of love across generations and ancestral ties that bind."Gate to Kagoshima is an action-packed adventure that opens in Scotland and makes its way to...

The Princess Bride meets Travis Baldree in Tea You at the Altar, the third cosy fantasy in Rebecca Thorne's bestselling Tomes & Tea series. Our sapphic adventurers must navigate the ultimate maelstrom – their own wedding!Kianthe and Reyna are...

Rural Cyprus, 1925. Despo is recently married, heavily pregnant and deeply afraid. The twelve days of Christmas are beginning – the time when, according to local folklore, creatures known as kalikantzari come up from Hell to wreak havoc...

The breakout stars from Oseman’s Solitaire and subsequent graphic novel icons return in a typically tender and absorbing novella which finds the couple questioning whether their seemingly-perfect relationship can survive Nick’s departure for...

A poisoned chocolate. A stolen dress. An elusive catburglar. Drag’s not just dramatic, it’s deadly.By day, Joe is a hotel accountant, invisibly sitting behind their desk and playing by the rules. By night, donned in sequins, they take to...

A totally gripping and spine-tingling psychological thriller with twists and turns that will leave you breathless. Fans of The Sanatorium, The Hunting Party and The Castaways will be completely hooked from the very first page until the final, shocking...

On this island, not only nature is murderous.A dream comes true for Maddy as she takes part in a novel television experiment in which eight strangers must survive on a deserted Scottish island for a year with minimal equipment and incommunicado. 18...

"A superior, creeping psychological thriller taut with tension and drama." —The Seattle Times. "Easily the creepiest setting for a suspense novel since the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's The Shining." —BookPage From the critically acclaimed...

A writer’s search for her missing friend becomes a real-life thriller in a twisting novel of suspense by the New York Times bestselling author of These Toxic Things. Bailey Meadows has just moved into the remote Topanga Canyon home of thriller...