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Brought to you by Penguin. The No. 1 Bestseller 'My husband did not mean to kill Annie Doyle, but the lying tramp deserved it.' Lydia Fitzsimons lives in the perfect house with her adoring husband and beloved son. There is just one thing Lydia yearns for to make her perfect life complete, though...

It's 1952 and with a new Monarch about to ascend the thrown, The Woolworths Girls will face fresh new challenges . . . At The Erith Store there is a new temporary manager and Sarah is getting more than a little concerned by problems he seems to be creating. The whole mess is enough to make her...

‘Probably the greatest storyteller of our age’ – The Mail on Sunday Detective Sergeant William Warwick is tasked with a dangerous new line of work: to go undercover and expose corruption at the heart of the Metropolitan Police Force. His team focuses on Detective Sergeant Jerry Summers, a...

When Tansy Poole inherits a run-down shoe shop tucked away in the village of Sticklepond, ‘Cinderella’s Slippers’ is born - providing the footwear to make any fairy-tale wedding come true…Carrying everything a bride would want to walk down the aisle in, Tansy’s shop soon expands to carry shoe-themed wedding favours, bridesmaid gifts and even delicious chocolate shoes. It’s the dream destination for any shoe-lover!

Selected by Daily Express in 2025 as 'one of the best Christmas books to read this December'! Don't miss this festive, small-town rom-com from million copy bestseller Portia MacIntosh. 'Easily my favourite Christmas book of the season so far.' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A warm, witty, feel...

It’s the hottest day of the 1976 heatwave and there’s not a breath of fresh air in the labour ward at Lincoln County Hospital. Michelle is having her fourth child, a girl, while beloved husband Dean is sipping a cold pint in the pub. Their little house is already bursting at the seams, but Michelle is sure they’ll find a way to stretch their budget and continue life as a blissfully chaotic happy family. They name their new baby Donna.

Winner of the 1997 Booker Prize. The richly exotic story of the childhood the twins Esthappen and Rahel craft for themselves amongst India’s vats of banana jam and mountains of peppercorns. Here, perhaps, is the greatest Indian novel by a woman. Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things’...

The Adams family were poor, cheerful and, above all, respectable. There was Mrs Adams, a widow having lost her husband in the Boer War; Boots, the bright one; Tommy, the quiet one; Sammy, a wheeler dealer in the making; and Lizzy. Lizzy was a real pearl - one of the prettiest girls in Walworth. Then Lizzy falls in love it is 1914. War is coming, and everyone is going to be affected. Will the Adams family - gutsy, tough and cheeky - pull through? Down Lambeth Way is the first in Mary Jane Staples' Adams Family series. Their story continues in Our Emily.

The Sunday Times No.1 Bestseller Nothing Ventured is the first novel in the incredible and thrilling William Warwick series by Jeffrey Archer, the master storyteller and bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel. This is not a detective story, this is a story about a...

Frederick Fife has borrowed someone else’s life – but it might just save his own… A funny, tender and uplifting story about second chances, human connection and the families we find along the way. The feel-good runaway bestseller about forgiveness, redemption, and finding family. Frederick...

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a married couple who met in the Summer of Love and have stayed together ever since. Children of the '60s, they are still free spirits, drawn together by their love for music and one another. We follow their conversations from the café to the kitchen table, taking in everyday chores, dealing with problems with long-held friendships and tackling their frustrations with each other.

No.1 bestselling author Gill Sims is back with her eagerly awaited sixth Why Mummy novel. When family life gives you lemons, trade them for grapes! Mummy Ellen has a Vision. She will cherish every moment this holiday with her Moppets Peter and Jane, alongside her ride-or-die best pal, Hannah...

When seventeen-year-old Isla Richardson is killed in a hit-and-run incident, a community’s lives are thrown into disarray. For Isla’s mum, Abby, it is her second devastating bereavement, having lost her husband five years ago. As Abby begins to uncover secrets about Isla’s life, she’s forced to rethink everything she thought she knew about her family.

The Image of You is the utterly gripping new novel from Adele Parks, author of the No. 1 bestselling ebook, The Stranger In My Home. This compelling novel of families, love, deception and secrets is perfect for fans of TV's Doctor Foster, The Replacement, Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies and...

INSPIRED BY TRUTH, THE STORY THAT HAS CAPTIVATED THE WORLD. This was not the start of a short trip to deliver supplies. It was the beginning of a one-way journey to start a new life. Life on a leper colony. Life on Spinalonga. Fifty years later, making a life-changing journey of her own, Alexis...

**EARLY BIRD SPECIAL FESTIVE EDITION** Available while stocks last. Contains a special Christmas gift from Dilly. Don't miss it! As snowflakes carpet London’s cobbled streets, can Kitty protect her loved ones? When her family falls on hard times, Kitty refuses to give in to despair. With a...

Behind closed doors, everyone has something to hide… The fifth book in the gripping DS Malkie McCulloch crime thriller series. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, JM Dalgliesh and JD Kirk. Sebastian Beauchamp is found savagely attacked in his own home – the assault is intimate and deeply...

Romance novelist Helena Ross once had everything—success, a family, a future. Then tragedy hit, leaving her isolated in a silent house. Now she spends her days alone, still churning out blockbuster love stories while avoiding the memories that destroyed her happily ever after. When Helena is diagnosed with an aggressive illness, she realizes that the only story left to tell is her own.

One Last Secret … would you kill to keep it? ‘Absolutely gripping’ Lisa Jewell ‘I’ll drop anything for a new Adele Parks’ Lucy Foley ‘Whip-smart protagonist, immensely satisfying’ Karin Slaughter ***** One last client A week at a beautiful French chateau should be an easy final...

Be swept away by the enchanting and devastatingly romantic new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Veronica Henry - available now! 'A rich, compelling story of love, family and forgiveness. I loved it' SARAH MORGAN 'Romance, heartbreak and secrets, I loved it!' FERN BRITTON 'Warm, wise...