Summer Reads

At the wedding of the century, a brazen kidnapper steals the star of the show...Erin Easton's wedding in one of New York's biggest venues may have a TV crew documenting every extravagant detail, but when the bride disappears from the reception, it's no...

From bestselling author James Patterson comes the next middle grade hit with this ghostly adventure story.I'm Finn McAllister, I'm a normal middle schooler, and on June sixth I died.I know, I know - you weren't expecting me to die so soon. Me neither...

Maximum Ride lost her fight to save the world. But from the ashes of the old world, a phoenix has risen... she calls herself Hawk.Hawk doesn't know her real name. She doesn't know who her parents were, or where they went. The only thing she remembers is...

'An unmissable, breakneck ride into Moscow's dark underworld'  -- James Swallow, bestselling author of Nomad'Great action sequences . . . breathtaking twists and turns' --  Anthony Horowitz, bestselling author of Magpie Murders'The first Private outing...

A missing patient is a hospital ward's worst nightmare - until even more people disappear . . .Senior Midwife Lucy Ryuan is used to guiding expectant mothers through pregnancy. But when two kidnappings and a vicious stabbing happen on her watch, her...

From the world's bestselling thriller writer comes an international thriller going from the Bayou in Louisiana to Tokyo, Japan as justice is served.Cain Lemaire, a Secret Service agent from New Orleans, has the job he's always wanted - until a single...

'Incredibly tense and thriller-like . . . I totally recommend it' -- LEE CHILD'The dialogue is punchy, cinematic . . . we get inside the mind of Patterson's villain, the delusional Chapman, through periodic chapters from his point of view as he works up...

THE SEQUEL TO INSTINCT, A SUNDAY TIMESBESTSELLERDr Dylan Reinhart is no stranger to solving crimes.When an Ivy League professor is murdered, Reinhart reunites with his old partner Detective Elizabeth Needham. With his unrivalled mind for criminal...

THE THRILLING SEQUEL TO TEXAS RANGERRory Yates of the Texas Rangers doesn't seek out hero status, but it's unavoidable once his girlfriend, country singer Willow Dawes, writes a song about his bravery.Rory escapes his new-found fame when he's sent to the...

From the hit TV series come two true-crime stories where the bonds of matrimony and love can tear you brutally apartTILL MURDER DO US PART(with Andrew Bourelle)Kathi Spiars can't believe she's found such a good man to marry as Steven Marcum. Twelve years...

From the bestselling author of A Woman of Substance, a page-turning epic Victorian historical family saga. London 1889: Victorian London is a place of wealth, privilege and poverty, a city of extremes. For James Falconer, who grew up as a barrow boy on a...

A sweeping saga set around the aristocratic Ingham family of Cavendon Hall and the Swanns who serve them, set on the eve of World War 1. Two entwined families: the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them. One stately home: Cavendon Hall, a...

One of Japan's greatest modern female writers Ibuki loves widow Yasuko who is young, charming and sparkling with intelligence as well as beauty. His friend, Mikame, desires her too but that is not the difficulty. What troubles Ibuki is the curious bond...

Danielle Steel proves she is the world's favourite storyteller with Against All Odds, a powerful story of a mother's unconditional love.Style. Success. Secrets.Kate Madison's stylish boutique has been a big success in New York, supporting her and her...

'If you're thinking about trying mindfulness, this is the perfect introduction....I'm grateful to Andy for helping me on this journey.' - Bill Gates Feeling stressed about Christmas/Brexit/everything? Try this... Demystifying meditation for the modern...

Confrontational and, at times, harrowing, Feldman’s unflinching memoir of her youth in an ultra-strict Haisidic sect is thoroughly compelling from start to finish. Now an acclaimed Netflix series, Unorthodox conveys the suffocating conformism of...

A haunting, evocative and highly unusual romantic debut and now a Netflix Mandarin original drama premiering January 2020! Seventeen-year-old Li Lan lives in 1890s Malaya with her quietly-ruined father, who returns one evening with a proposition - the...

A pulsating thriller from the award-winning author of A Loyal Spy, The Stranger thrusts the reader deep into a world of international espionage, dark diplomacy, terrorism, and evil at its most ingenious. The new novel from the CWA Ian Fleming Steel...

Anything is possible. From We Need Diverse Books fifteen award-winning and celebrated diverse authors deliver stories about a princess without need of a prince, a monster long misunderstood, memories that vanish with a spell, and voices that refuse to...

'The modern master of the hook and twist' -- DAN BROWN Adam Price has a lot to lose: a beautiful family, a big house, a good job - a perfect life.But then he meets a stranger in a bar and learns a devastating secret about his wife.With the mirage of...