Summer Reads

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...

An intimate reflection on Japanese art and architecture from one of the country's greatest novelists.This is an enchanting essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists. Tanizaki's eye ranges over architecture, jade, food, toilets, and...

A seductive psychological thriller about obsession, jealousy and deceit, and a Japanese classic Sonoko Kakiuchi is a cultured Osaka lady in an uninspiring marriage. When she decides to take an art class in town she meets the extraordinary Mitsuko, 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...

Over the course of his life, Mr Nishino falls hopelessly in love again and again. One woman is a colleague, another a chance encounter; one is the girlfriend of a classmate, another the best friend of Nishino's latest conquest. Some are entranced by...

A haunting novella of fame and disillusionment by a Japanese literary iconAll eyes are upon Rikio. And he likes it, mostly. His fans cheer from a roped-off section, screaming and yelling to attract his attention. They would kill for a moment alone with...

Read this classic exploration of political violence, traditional samurai values and right wing nihilism.Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the...

Written when Mishima was only twentysix, Forbidden Colors is a depiction of a male homosexual relationship, in which a rich older man buys the love of a young man who is stunningly handsome but who lacks the ability to love. As in Mann's Death in Venice,...

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...