Adult & Contemporary Fiction

This mystery thriller by the bestselling author of The Inheritance Games is a gripping story of high stakes, betrayal, and unpredictable twists.   Any problem can be fixed for a price . . . When Tess Kendrick is sent to stay with her older...

Two centuries of literary homages to the fascinating feline: stories by writers of every stripe—from P.G. Wodehouse to Doris Lessing, from Damon Runyon to Steven Millhauser.The essential unknowableness of cats has inspired many flights of fancy:...

The text for this edition of Notes from Underground is Michael Katz’s acclaimed translation of the 1863 novel, which is introduced and annotated specifically for English-speaking readers. "Backgrounds and Sources" includes relevant...

** The new heart-stopping emotional thriller from the Queen of the Big Reveal and author of Beach Hut 512 **Robyn 'Avril' Managa was twelve when she witnessed her controlling and abusive father murder her mother. Put into care while her...

One of Baldwin's best known novels, often the first that readers discover; a classic of gay literature. A deluxe edition of James Baldwin's groundbreaking novel, with a new introduction by Kevin Young and special cover art designed by Baldwin's...

The Virgin Suicides meets I Have Some Questions For You in a dual timeline suspense following one woman as she begins to uncover the truth of the death of her estranged best friend and the Sylvia Plath adoring sad girls they attended...

'One of the great crime novels of all time' Tony Parsons, Express 'Nobody has ever quite pulled it off the way Cain does, not Hemingway, and not even Raymond Chandler' Tom Wolfe 'It is no accident that movies based on three [of Cain's novels] helped...

Meet Mrs Blossom. . . A widower who has never left the USA grandmother with a knack for blending inA lottery winner with an unexpected fortune Determined to finally see the world, she’s starting with a cruise along the Seine. Just twenty-four hours...

Elly Parker helped a perfect stranger. She didn’t know he was the perfect killer...in another “unguessable and unputdownable” (Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author) psychological thriller from the author...

Now a USA TODAY Bestseller! Now a New York Times Bestseller!From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson comes Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians, the thrilling conclusion to the...

Is a fake boyfriend really just for Christmas? One fake romance. One magical Christmas. One chance to fall in love. Laura was all set for a quiet solo Christmas – just her, a bottle of wine, and flat-sitting for a stranger. But when the...

Set in the same world as McLachlan's bestselling Land of Roar series, this thrilling new adventure finds Rose and Arthur inventing a magical new land with an incredible Dragon Rider Academy which bursts into life. The epic and funny new magical...

Will it be a recipe for romance? Or a friendship up in flames? Lavinia has it all. A loving family (complete with adorable pet baby dragon). A place at university training to be a magical animal vet. And a part-time job at the enchanting Baby Dragon...

“Sarah Hall's writing has conquered the body and the soul and now it conquers the wind itself. She gets better with every word she writes.”–Daisy Johnson, author of Sisters and The Hotel. From the twice-Booker-nominated...

In this spellbinding warm and cozy debut novel, a burned-out witch will need to turn to her friends and trust in herself to find the magic in her own life again.Belladonna Blackthorn hasn’t lost her magical spark, precisely. . .but she hasn’t...

It is the 60s and, just out of school, Edith finds herself travelling to rural Italy. She has been sent by her mother with strict instructions: to see her sister, ballet dancer Lydia, through the final weeks of her pregnancy, help at the birth and then...

"Equal parts mischievous, moony, and tart." ― The New Yorker“Her weirdest and funniest yet — in the best way possible.” ― Los Angeles Times"Audacious, incisive and very funny." ― Daily MailA masterful story that asks:...

A delicious, intoxicating debut thriller about a young woman who is swept into a glamorous world of fascinating influencers, glittering parties—and possibly murder.   Chloe has always dreamed of becoming a bestselling writer. Then she meets...

A sophisticated and suspenseful novel about the poignant lives of two women living in different eras. On the day John F. Kennedy is inaugurated, Claire, an uncompromising young wife and mother obsessed with the glamour of Jackie O, struggles over the...

"My favorite book of the year was Tin Man. Sparsely written and achingly beautiful...The most powerful take on love, loss and vulnerability I've read in years."--A Cup of Jo.From internationally bestselling author Sarah Winman comes an unforgettable and...