Adult & Contemporary Fiction

THE NEW NOVEL BY THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE WEEKEND, NOW SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024.A Guardian Book of the Summer 2024.A book of the year for the Sydney Morning Herald and ABC. Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award...

The fate of Ankh-Morpork rests on the unlikely shoulders of newly promoted Corporal Carrot and his hapless charges in the City Watch in this wildly wacky Discworld novel from the legendary New York Times bestselling author Terry Pratchett. Corporal...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie comes a haunting tale of love and mystery, as the date of a lifetime becomes a maddening exploration of the depths of the heart.“Malerman expertly...

Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, The Hole is by turns reminiscent of Lewis Carroll, David Lynch, and My Neighbor Totoro, but is singularly unsettling. Asa’s husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family’s home in...

Diana speaks. Gods answer.Aedlynn strikes. Enemies fall.In the realm where gods dance with mortals, Diana's prayers wield unimaginable power. But when a deadly sickness threatens to consume her, she strikes a desperate bargain with an unlikely ally,...

A witty, witchy fantasy murder mystery packed with ancient magic and fiendish puzzles. Mallory, Diana, Cornelia and Theodore are hired to solve a murder on a TV shoot by the victim herself. Perfect for fans of supernatural mysteries and cosy crime by...

At its core, An Education in Malice will appeal to fans of dark academia and dark romances. This Dracula retelling is dizzying and seductive, offset by genuine human emotion. It’s perfect for fans of The Atlas Six or House of Hunger.Sumptuous and...

The charming international bestseller about an unlikely friendship between an elderly door-to-door bookseller and a nine-year-old girl that changes his life.Small-town German bookseller Carl Kollhoff delivers his books to special customers in the evening...

Trapped in a manor stalked by monsters, two sisters have their work cut out for them. Straight-up eerie from start to finish, this is a terrifying story with tension always looming just out of sight.An atmospheric, haunting, romantasy inspired by Jane...

Adapted by the BBC in a lavish new television series for Christmas 2018, Les Misérables is a timeless story; a plot-driven epic of one man’s search for redemption and of lives swept up, made and broken in the tumultuous social and political...

It’s hard to beat a modern mystery that gives a nod to the Golden Age of Mystery. Just like Richard Osman, Dann McDorman delivers on the classic whodunit that will leave you guessing your way through heaps of suspense en route to an ending you...

A brand new series from James Patterson! Three detectives, three famous names, three mysterious pasts — and they’re here to solve crimes. It’s puzzles within puzzles and it’s a certified page-turner with so much more to come. In...

Everyone is lying.But the dead know the truth.A week-long grief retreat on a beautiful country estate with no phones and no wifi isn't ex-tarot reader Blue's usual getaway. But ever since her mother's death she's been carrying a secret. Could this...

Obsession. Intrigue. Revenge. Whose secrets are you keeping? And why? A woman falls to her death from a London bank’s twenty-fifth-floor roof terrace. You're arrested for her murder. You tell the police that you had only met the victim the previous...

What if the trip of a lifetime ends in murder?Nineteen-year old Maisie leaves behind her demanding family to hike the West Coast Trail. One day, she meets Ric and Sera, but what begins as a fun-filled adventure, quickly turns sour, with devastating...

The stunning conclusion to The Joubert Family Chronicles has arrived. 'Mosse is a master storyteller' – Madeleine Miller, bestselling author of Circe. Their journey is over. But their story has just begun. A sweeping and epic story of adventure and...

PRE-ORDER THE CLEVER AND INTRIGUING CRIME MYSTERY FROM THE AUTHOR OFTHE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, THE TURNGLASS.A new Sherlock Holmes novel, endorsed by the Conan Doyle Estate. 'A wonderfully entertaining, high-speed, high-stakes...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, which brilliantly satirizes a doomed and glamorous marriage, anticipated the master stroke—The Great Gatsby—that would follow, and marks a key moment in the writer’s career. Would-be Jazz Age...

A romantic standalone fantasy set in the world of Raybearer, from New York Times bestselling author Jordan Ifueko. The smallest spark can bind two hearts . . . or start a revolution.In the magic-soaked capital city of Oluwan, Small Sade needs a...

Everline Blackthorn has devoted her life to the wardens—a sect of holy warriors who guard against monsters known as the vespertine. When a series of strange omens occur, Everline disobeys orders to investigate, and uncovers a startling truth in the...