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Sea swims, sleuthing and a very badly behaved seagull. Welcome to Lyme Regis.Annie Abbott and her friends from the Lyme Regis Women's Swimming Club can't seem to go for a swim without stumbling into a crime. Her daughter, DC Tina Abbott of Dorset Police, would much rather they left it to the...

Let the MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING author Jo Bartlett sweep you away with her BRAND NEW heartwarming and absorbing read Thirteen years ago, Iris’s life was shattered when her father’s sudden death revealed a devastating secret, making her doubt everything she believed to be true. Now working...

DI Zoe Finch has a new job. New house, new boss, and new team too. She's been persuaded to move from Birmingham to Cumbria, to head up a team investigating some of the county's most complex crimes. But it isn't easy. Adjusting to rural life, not to mention navigating the politics of Cumbria Police, will be a challenge. And she's not sure who she can trust. And then, her work becomes linked to that of her partner Carl, whose job it is to chase down bent coppers. Zoe's been here before.

A brand-new, haunting thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid! Some secrets don't die―they wait. When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her family's sprawling seventeenth-century estate in rural...

Fourteen years ago, someone stole one of my twin babies. Now, she’s back. But there’s something off. The guilt never stopped, waking me up at four in the morning. Somehow, I built a new life – a stunning Cotswolds home, my remaining daughter, a marriage held together by the thinnest thread of hope. But there was always a hole. Until now... Except something is wrong. The way my new-found daughter studies me, unblinking. The way she plays with my husband’s attention. The way she whispers behind my back. I don’t think I want this girl in my house. But she wants us.

The new novel from #1 international bestseller Liane Moriarty, and the sequel to the worldwide phenomenon and inspiration for the award-winning TV series, Big Little Lies . . . A Reese's Book Club Pick What’s worse than a big little lie? An even bigger little truth . . . Ten years ago, at the...

When the self-effacing 10-year-old Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relations at Mansfield Park she seems shy and withdrawn beside her witty and vivacious cousins. Growing up in the Bertram household, she is always treated as an inferior, only finding an ally in her cousin Edmund. But Fanny's steadfast and purposeful character eventually makes her an indispensable part of the household. During the absence of Fanny's uncle, the others become entangled in a maze of flirtation and intrigue upon the arrival of Mary Crawford and her brother Henry.

The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads even wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to battle against the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring. The devastating conclusion of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic tale of adventure, begun in The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers.

Narrated by Hugh Skinner (The Windsors), Jack Holden (Marriage), and Tuppence Middleton (Downton Abbey). Step back into the world of Lucinda Riley’s internationally bestselling Seven Sisters series. This is Orlando’s story. You thought the story was complete. But the stars still have secrets...

Audiobook of the Year winner at the Australian Book Industry Awards The Instant New York Times Bestseller ‘Believe all the hype’ Fabulous Magazine, The Sun ‘Funny, twisty and suspenseful’ Harlan Coben ‘A twisty page-turning triumph, packed with wit, warmth, nuance and mystery' Jane...

From the author of The Help. “You give a girl a taste of fresh air and then you take it away—she’ll grow fierce and wild to get it back.” Oxford, Mississippi, 1933. Eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Ever since her beloved mother failed to come home...

Brought to you by Penguin. *WINNER OF THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026* In her letters to family and friends we come to know the life of Sybil Van Antwerp: stubborn, cantankerous, opinionated, always steadfast in her belief in the power of the written word. But as the clock begins to tick...

The highly anticipated sequel to the instant New York Times, Sunday Times and global bestselling phenomenon, The Love Hypothesis. Olive Smith finally has her PhD, and she's living her happy ever after. Well, not quite her ever after, since postdoctoral fellowships are temporary by nature, but...

THE SUNDAY TIMES, NEW YORK TIMES AND TIKTOK SENSATION, AND NOW A PRIME ORIGINAL FILM STARRING LILI REINHART AND TOM BATEMAN! Read it before you see it with Ali Hazelwood's original swoony STEM romance novel - featuring a bonus chapter from Adam's perspective! A fake relationship between...

THE MULTI-MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'NIGHTMARISH, SHOCKING, BRILLIANT’ – STYLIST 'MADDENING, MESMERISING, INGENIOUS’ – NEW YORK TIMES 'FUNNY, SHARP ENOUGH TO DRAW BLOOD’ – STEPHEN KING 'DERANGED, DARING...

He promised me forever. But I might not make it to "I do." I'm marrying Stephen at Shadowmoor Lodge. His family's luxurious estate deep in the frozen Surrey Hills. Inside is the exact outfit a woman called Charlotte Walker was wearing when she vanished a week ago. Six days until my wedding. And already I want to run.

My husband Matt and I are an ordinary married couple in every way but one. At the end of each day, we return to our own homes and our own spaces. But beyond the fairy lights I string at my window, darkness is pressing in. Two local women have gone missing, and I don't want to be alone. Sipping our coffees, looking out of my kitchen window, I soon notice how observant Brenda is. When she tells me that perhaps my husband isn't simply working late, something cold takes root.

The instant No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller! ‘I always see the twists coming – but not this time’ LEE CHILD 'Madly twisty and super pacy and so so clever' LISA JEWELL 'So addictive it should come with a warning’ ALICE FEENEY...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026** FROM THE PULITZER-WINNING, BOOKER-SHORTLISTED ELIZABETH STROUT COMES A STUNNING STANDALONE NOVEL OF LOVE, LONELINESS AND NEW BEGINNINGS Artie Dam is a man with a secret. He spends his days teaching history to high schoolers, expanding their young minds...

INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE AUTHOR INTERVIEW WITH PANDORA SYKES Meet Elizabeth Zott. Scientist. Trailblazer. Rule-breaker. The multi-award-winning international bestseller, now a major Apple TV+ series starring Brie Larson. There is no such thing as an average woman. Especially not Elizabeth Zott...