Adult & Contemporary Fiction

A family reunion, a gothic mansion, and a remote island all add up to a delicious mystery that Agatha Christie would certainly approve. We know you will, too. A perfect summer beach read, just don’t get too close to the shoreline...

“A luminous fairy tale, sharp as teeth and full of heart. I devoured every word of this magical tale.” —Rebecca Ross, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals and Ruthless Vows. In the dark heart of the Forest Grimm, lurks...

Rumi and his family are Odu, stricken with poverty and disparaged by the other tribes. When ruthless agents of the Palmaine - the colonising nation that dominates the continent of Basmine - threaten to destroy the village market, Rumi takes it upon...

In this thrilling sequel and conclusion to the City of Nightmares duology, which has been praised as "so much fun readers will stay up all night to finish it" (Kirkus, starred review), Ness is forced to make a twisted deal with the Nightmare...

Gotham meets Strange the Dreamer in this thrilling young adult fantasy about a cowardly girl who finds herself at the center of a criminal syndicate conspiracy, in a city where crooked politicians and sinister cults reign and dreaming means waking up as...

Pitching the reader into the heady milieu of eighteenth-century Paris, Mazzola's haunting narrative of vanished children and sinister mechanical experiments is an irresistible read perfect for fans of The Binding and The Essex Serpent. Paris, 1750. In...

Months after the plague ravaged Rome, men are still dying in unnatural numbers, and rumour has it that their corpses do not decay. The Papal authorities commission lieutenant governor Stefano Bracchi to investigate as subtly as he can.Meanwhile, to the...

Who tells her story? In 1890, Vincent Van Gogh dies penniless, unknown, a man tortured by his own mind. Eleven years later his work is exhibited in Paris and his unparalleled talent finally recognised. The tireless efforts of one woman gave the world one...

A nineteenth-century utopia becomes a powder keg of political intrigue and betrayal in an enthralling historical novel—inspired by actual events—by the author of Flight Risk. Key West, 1886. The booming cigar industry makes it the most...

Some secrets can only stay buried for so long. . . .Anna Lakeman has spent her life working alongside her paleontologist father, drawing intricate sketches at every dig. When they find dinosaur bones near their home in Wyoming Territory, they're given...

In this exquisitely dark debut, Kate Howard delivers a stirring tale on the cost of beauty, packed with suspense and period detail worthy of Kate Mosse, Jessie Burton, and Tracy Chevalier.Cursed from birth by the bird-shaped blemish across her face,...

A LIBRARYREADS PICK AND BEST BOOK CLUB PICK OF 2023. “A writer of astonishing grace, delicacy, and feeling.”—Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. “A beautiful, haunting book...

Jemma knows who the murderer is. She knows because he told her. An intense young adult suspense book! He thought his secret was safe because Jemma can't speak or move. But Jemma observes all kinds of things about everyone around her. His secret is just...

"Gentlemen!" William McAdam addressed the room, a knife in each hand. "Your watches, please! I guarantee you the fastest amputation ever performed anywhere in the world..."Sixteen-year-old Ezra McAdam has much to be thankful for: trained up as an...

Meet Garvie Smith. Highest IQ ever recorded at Marsh Academy. Lowest ever grades. What's the point? Life sucks. Nothing surprising ever happens. Until Chloe Dow's body is pulled from a pond. His ex-girlfriend. DI Singh is already on the case. Ambitious,...

The much-anticipated prequel to the bestselling FROZEN CHARLOTTE, a Zoella Book Club title in Autumn 2016. Following the death of her mother in a terrible fire, Jemima flees to the remote Isle of Skye, to take up a job at a school for girls. There she...

An evocative and stunningly wrought meditation on affection, family and lost innocence, this mesmerising novella from the acclaimed author of Small Things Like These follows a young girl sent to live with foster parents on an Irish farm. It is a hot...

AS SEEN ON THE TODAY SHOW!"This is a witty, charming, character-driven story that is honestly one of the best historical romances I’ve read in years." —Julia Quinn, bestselling author of the Bridgerton novels on the TODAY ShowThe Washington...

In a sizzling romance that sparkles with wit and depth, two wounded souls meet by chance in the desert and agree to get married, and their lives will never be the same. On a normal day, Emmaline Darling isn’t a car thief. She’s just a simple...

Tall and thin, twenty-eight-year-old Bronwyn Palmer has become positively gaunt, a ghost of her former self. That self was—and still is—the wife of a rich, handsome executive with an ocean-view house and his own security staff. It was in that...