Fiction

'[T]his promising, poignant debut concludes with that vital ingredient: a well-crafted twist' -- THE OBSERVER   Can Henrietta find out what happened to Annie’s sister—before it’s too late? Haunted by the past, Henrietta throws herself into a new job...

Graffiti is a dying art in this thriller from the bestselling DI Nick Dixon crime series.   A routine missing person enquiry takes a grisly turn when a young couple drag a box containing human remains out of a Somerset river. The victim was a...

Their neighbours welcomed them with open arms. Now they’ve vanished without a trace.   Anna and Peter desperately need to escape London for a fresh start. And they’ve found just the place: a perfect house on a perfect street in a perfect new development...

All’s fair in love and revenge in this taut thriller from bestselling author Lisa Gray.   Ex–crime reporter Leonard Blaylock spends his days on an unusual hobby, developing strangers’ forgotten and discarded rolls of film. He loves the small mysteries...

From the bestselling author of If Only I Could Tell You comes the story of two women determined to uncover the truth. But how can you trust the present if you can't remember the past?   “Left me gasping. Brilliant.” —Alex Michaelides “Has one of the best...

Featuring an all-new cover, New York Times bestseller Bill Bryson's irrevent and hilarious journey through the beloved island nation he called home for two decades. From Downing Street to Loch Ness, this is a delightful look at the United Kingdom...

Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. This time in Australia.His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. In A Sunburned...

The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat"terrorism"in the Taliban’s backyardAnyone who despairs of the individual’s power to change lives has to read the story of Greg...

Karen Blixen's Out of Africa is the lyrical and luminous memoir of Kenya that launched a million tourist trails, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. 'I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills . . . Up in this high...

Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma  Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi—navigates...

You’ve done a bad thing. She has you in her sights. Now you’re going to pay.   Meet Camilla Black: an affluent, respected, influential fashion magazine editor, who lives it up in her beautiful Mayfair apartment. But Camilla’s glamorous life is a lie...

A fantastic collection of much-loved, classic stories for all the family! Mrs Pepperpot can't choose when she will shrink to the size of a pepperpot - it just happens! But whatever she encounters, whether it be a monstrous mousetrap, a crafty fox or a...

The “superb” time travel adventure of one lonely young girl, a remarkable family, and an impossible task, set between modern and Elizabethan England (The Washington Post)"A beautiful book . . . a form of enchanting ghost story, with the ghosts drawn in...

Black Beauty is a perennial children's favourite, one which has never been out of print since its publication in 1877. It is a moralistic tale of the life of the horse related in the form of an autobiography, describing the world through the eyes of the...

A stunningly beautiful hardback edition of the most famous animal stories in the world.Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered colt with a strong spirit. As a young colt he is free to gallop in the fresh green meadows with his beloved mother, Duchess,...

For the Walker children, sailing the boat Swallow to an island for a camping trip is a fantastic 3adventure. But soon they find themselves under attack from the fierce pirates of the Amazon, Nancy and Peggy. And so begins the battles, alliances and...

Long ago, France wasterrorized by The Beast of Gevaudan, who indiscriminately murderedhundreds. Before the creature could be stopped, the Beast vanished into thinair. Now, on the streets of nineteenth century Paris, news breaks of the Beast'sgruesome...

Killer 2-for-1 value on hit thriller Death Note!Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name...

Killer 2-for-1 value on hit thriller Death Note!Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name...

Killer 2-for-1 value on hit thriller Death Note!Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name...