Adult & Contemporary Fiction

What if you said the worst thing a mother could say?What if your husband found out about it in the national press?And what if after all that, you didn’t regret it…? ‘My life is a tight knot I would like to undo. And, yes, there’s...

Set amidst the birth pangs of the cinema, this entrancing period novel from the author of The Gifts pitches a trio of unforgettable characters into a dangerous world of magic and spectacle. At a time of extraordinary change, two women must...

What if you had real magic within you?The utterly spellbinding new novel from the celebrated author of THE GIFTS1896. As a group of illusionists prepare for a grand spectacle, one young woman, Cecily Marsden, harbours a secret. For she possesses...

With a full cast of characters telling their stories, all orbiting the devastation wrought on a family caught up in war, this is a sweeping narrative, gorgeously written and emotionally resonant. Altogether, a resounding debut.A spellbinding, sweeping...

To find a murderer, you need a motive . . .THE CASEDS George Cross is called to investigate when the body of a monk is found savagely beaten in a woodland near Bristol.THE QUESTIONNothing is known about Brother Dominic’s past. How can Cross unpick...

Filled with nerve-shredding suspense in a remote island setting, Notes on a Murder is another gripping mystery from the bestselling author of the former Waterstones Thriller of the Month The Dinner Guest. Every year I visit the island...

She knows her. But can she trust her? When Rose’s old friend Elise suddenly arrives on her doorstep having just escaped a controlling marriage, she offers her a place to stay. But Elise wants more than a safe refuge, she wants Rose to help her get...

"I was gripped"—Louise Jensen, author of The Fall Teenage girls can do some pretty awful things... Lexie and Amber used to share everything, especially their dream of getting out of their small-town home. Born only ten months apart, they once...

A mother in mourningTwo years ago, Sarah’s husband was jailed for her murder; her body was never found. Now, her mother, Claire, spends her sleepless nights running a helpline for vulnerable women.A woman with a secretClaire takes many calls, but...

JUST ANOTHER DEAD-END JOB.DEATH. IT'S A DIRTY BUSINESS.When Diya Burman's best friend Angie dies, it feels like her own life is falling apart. Wanting a fresh start, she joins Slough & Sons - a family firm that cleans up after the recently deceased...

As if selling a house weren’t stressful enough! And dealing with your family on top of it. If you don’t have chills yet, wait until you find out about the house that goes on the market. Spoiler alert: IT’S HAUNTED!AN INSTANT NEW...

Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this collection of three chilling stories that will haunt even the bravest player...   How do you know what's imagined and what is not? . . . After spending most of his life trying to become an...

A shocking act of sabotage draws a retired spy into a deadly conspiracy in an explosive thriller by an Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author.   After three decades in counterintelligence, Brad Trasker is retired,...

Ninth House meets The Dead and the Dark in this gothic dark academia novel that delves into the human capacity for great love, great art, and great evil.    Magni animi numquam moriuntur. Great minds never die.  The students...

A quiet English village is plagued by a fiendish serial killer in Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie’s classic thriller, Murder is Easy. Luke Fitzwilliam does not believe Miss Pinkerton’s wild allegation that a multiple murderer is at work...

It’s all fun and gameshows until a body is discovered, a DEAD BODY that is…and everyone is a suspect in this debut by Jessa Maxwell. As with one of our Monthly Pick’s for Mystery/Thriller, The Appeal, the victim is as unknown as...

Ann Cleeves has created several distinctive police procedural series from Inspector Ramsay to Detective Jimmy Perez and Vera Stanhope. Now add Detective Matthew Venn to your mystery library. The past haunts Venn as he dives into a community he was once...

An eerie, striking debut by an award-winning author for fans of Emma Stonex, Francine Toon and Megan HunterNot all that is hidden is lostFor twelve years Aina and Whitney have been in exile on an island for a crime they committed together, tethered to a...

After all, there are only a few things truly worth fighting for: freedom, of course, and all that it brings with it. Poetry, perhaps, and a good glass of wine. A nice meal. Nature. Love, if you're lucky.One summer following the Second World War, Robert...

Between this book and Riley Sager’s The House Across the Lake , we're thinking the book is better than the movie even though there is no movie. If Sager nods to Hitchcock, this debut novel reads like a film noir movie with double lives,...