Summer Reads

#1 New York Times bestselling author Renee Ahdieh returns with a sumptuous, sultry and romantic new series set in 19th century New Orleans where vampires hide in plain sight.'Incredibly ornate [and] lush . . . nail-biting and swoony and satisfying and...

STEP INTO THE LATEST EXPLOSIVE OREGON ADVENTURE FROM GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE CLIVE CUSSLERA sinister plot that will devastate the Western world.A 2,000-year-old mystery that still lurks in the depths . . .When Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon...

'This is a story about what might happen when a woman takes charge... A glorious visceral mystery' -- The TimesWhile on her daily walk with her dog in the woods near her home, Vesta comes across a chilling handwritten note. Her name was Magda. Nobody...

From the #1 global bestselling author of WHEN YOU SEE ME'I just read Before She Disappeared in a day and a half. It was that gripping. And Frankie is one of my new favourite characters. Highly recommended!' -- SHARI LAPENA, author of The End of...

New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank takes readers on a rollicking ride in this Lowcountry tale about a woman whose unconventional friends and family show her the real meaning of unconditional love.Anna Lutz Abbot considers herself...

The delightful new installment of the beloved and New York Times bestselling Miss Julia seriesMiss Julia has decided to turn over a new leaf — it’s time to stop meddling in other peoples’ lives. But her hands are full before long! Mildred is sent into a...

(Available after July 10, 2021)A Times/Sunday Times Book of the YearDISCOVER HOW LIFE REALLY WORKS - ON EARTH AND IN SPACE'A wonderfully insightful sidelong look at Earthly biology' --  Richard Dawkins'Crawls with curious facts' --  Sunday TimesWe are...

Return to the City of Sin, where the final game is about to begin... and winning will demand the ultimate sacrifice. Only days after a corrupt election and brutal street war, one last bloodthirsty game has begun. The players? The twenty-two most...

Can we give Grandma a Viking funeral?Why don't animals dig up all the graves?Will my hair keep growing in my coffin after I'm buried?Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. Here she offers her factual,...

As a practising mortician, Caitlin Doughty has long been fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies. In From Here to Eternity she sets out in search of cultures unburdened by such fears. With curiosity and morbid humour, Doughty introduces us to...

A deliciously creepy horror novel with a story line inspired by the Ripper murders and an unexpected, blood-chilling conclusion.Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before...

Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, he feels as if he is constantly swimming in whiteness. Most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbed the "Black Brother," Donte's teachers...

Four Army Rangers are accused of murdering civilians in cold blood in this scorching summer thriller from the worldwide bestseller James Patterson.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFor seven unsuspecting victims, death comes in the dark Once a luxurious getaway...

'Smart, perceptive, elegant, sad, surprising and addictive. And it's also FUNNY.' --  Nick Hornby'What We Run the Tides probes so poignantly is the volatility of female adolescence... Knowing and powerfully enigmatic.' --  ObserverTeenage Eulabee and her...

'Intriguing and very scary' --  Ken Follett Abducted at thirteen.Returned at twenty-eight.Is it time to go back into the labyrinth?A young woman named Samantha Andretti wakes up in a hospital bed.Samantha was abducted when she was thirteen.She was kept...

"Jeff Wheeler has always been one of our more dependable storytellers. Knight's Ransom adds to his reputation. A fine page-turner." --Terry Brooks, New York Times bestselling author.From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler comes an epic...

The further you run the closer you get to the truth... An instant classic for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing and We Begin at the End! 'One of the finest debut novels to emerge so far in 2021' -- Sunday Post One summer night in Wisconsin, the lives of...

From Daniel Silva, author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers The New Girl and The Other Woman, comes a stunning new action-packed thriller of high stakes international intrigue featuring the enigmatic art restorer and master spy Gabriel Allon. LOST FOR...

'Love, loss, passion and everything in between... I love Susan Wiggs' novels so much.' -- JENNY COLGAN Heartbroken Natalie Harper inherits her mother's charming, cash-strapped bookshop and finds herself the carer for her ailing grandfather Andrew. She...

FINALIST FOR THE PEN/E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2020 To be an astronomer is to journey to some of the most inaccessible parts of the globe, braving mountain passes, sub-zero temperatures, and hostile flora and fauna...