Cornerstone Catalogue July - December 2019

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CONTENTS

Contacts | 4

Century | 5

Hutchinson | 17

Preface | 23

Random House Books | 25

William Heinemann | 29

#Merky | 33

Windmill | 35

Arrow | 37

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CENTURY

5 Other James Patterson Minecraft: The Lost Journals Hush Hush (Harriet Blue 4)

The third official Minecraft novel, by John W. Campbell The fourth novel in the no. 1 bestselling series Award for Best New Writer winner, Mur Lafferty featuring Detective Harriet Blue

July 2019 July 2019 Hardback Hardback £12.99 £20.00 272 pages Royal Octavo 9781780897783 400 pages 9781780899695

The brand-new official Minecraft novel is a journey into the Harriet Blue used to be a detective. Now she's inmate 3329. unknown! When a young girl teams up with her friend to find the boy’s missing uncle, they must leave the safety of the Overworld Prison is a dangerous place for a former cop – as Harriet Blue is learning on behind. a daily basis.

Alison and Max must team up to find his missing uncle Nicholas. Using the So, following a fight for her life and a prison-wide lockdown, the last person journal his beloved uncle left as a guide, the duo hurtle headlong into a she wants to see is Deputy Police Commissioner Joe Woods. The man who treacherous and unknown landscape called the Nether. There, they meet a put her inside. strange girl named Freya and her woefully unheroic dog, Bunny Biter, who agree to help them in their quest. The group must take on dangerous new But Woods is not there to gloat. His daughter Tonya and her two-year-old foes and unravel the cryptic journal to find Nicholas and reunite this child have gone missing. fractured family. He's ready to offer Harriet a deal: find his family to buy her freedom... Mur Lafferty is a writer, podcast producer, gamer, geek, and martial artist. She is the host of the award-winning podcast I Should Be Writing and the James Patterson (Author) Angry Robot Book podcast. She is the winner of the 2013 John W. Campbell JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of Award for Best New Writer. She loves to run, practice kung fu (Northern all time. His books have sold in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He Shaolin Five Animals Style), play Skyrim and Fallout 3, and hang out with is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – her fabulously geeky husband and their eleven-year-old daughter. the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers.

James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, Dog Diaries and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of adult fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in Florida with his wife and son.

Candice Fox (Author) Candice Fox is the middle child of a large, eccentric family from Sydney’s western suburbs. The daughter of a parole officer and an enthusiastic foster- carer, Candice spent her childhood listening around corners to tales of violence, madness and evil as her father relayed his work stories to her mother and older brothers.

Candice won back-to-back Ned Kelly awards for her first two novels – Hades and Eden. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed Fall, Crimson Lake, Redemption and Gone by Midnight. Candice’s first collaboration with James Patterson, Never Never, was a Sunday Times and New York Times no. 1 bestseller. They have co-authored three further novels featuring Harriet Blue – Fifty Fifty, Liar Liar and Hush Hush.

6 James Patterson Heidi Perks Sophia, Princess Among Beasts Come Back For Me Your next obsession from the author of Richard

In a kingdom besieged by poverty, war and despair, You can bury the body, but the truth will still surface. Princess Sophia must do whatever it takes to restore The gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of peace, and protect the people she loves NOW YOU SEE HER.

July 2019 July 2019 Hardback Hardback £12.99 £12.99 320 pages 432 pages 9781780899817 9781780898858

A princess who has lost her mother and father finds herself in a YOUR NEXT SUMMER READING OBSESSION terrifying world that urgently needs a queen. The breathtaking new thriller from the author of the Richard and Judy bestseller NOW YOU SEE HER Sophia is smart, beautiful, accomplished, a beloved princess devoted to the ______people and to reading books. The kingdom is hers, until a series of tragedies ends with her imprisonment in a nightmarish realm populated by the awful A SHOCKING DISCOVERY. beasts she read about as a child. A COMMUNITY WRAPPED IN SECRETS.

The beasts are real. And so is the great army marching on her castle. The A tiny island community is stunned by the discovery of a long-buried body. people look to Sophia for protection. They will all perish unless she can unlock an ancient secret as profound as life and death itself. For Stella Harvey the news is doubly shocking. The body has been found in the garden of her childhood home - the home her family fled without JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of explanation twenty-five years ago. all time. His books have sold in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – Now, questioning her past and desperate to unearth the truth, Stella returns the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and to the isolated island. But she quickly finds that the community she left isn’t Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers as welcoming as she remembers – and that people in it will go to any length including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. to protect their secrets.

James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own One thing rings true… son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young You can’t bury the truth forever. readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, Dog Diaries ______and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to 'A highly addictive and thrilling read.' HEAT independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of adult 'Subtly, elegantly told, and with enough twists to satisfy any detective fan, fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in Florida it is razor sharp and impossible to put down.' DAILY MAIL with his wife and son. ______Early readers love Heidi's latest five-star thriller:

'This is a read not to be missed!!!' 'Family secrets, mystery and intrigue. This is the perfect book that won't disappoint' 'A surprising plot and lots of twists with interesting characters. I loved the writing style and the setting of the story' 'Come Back For Me is easily the best thriller I've read in a long time' 'Lots of twists and turns, guaranteed page-turner that keeps you guessing until the end' 'Come Back For Me was a really engaging and addictive read, about family secrets, a tight-knit community and family ties' 'Fascinating family drama with more than a hint of psychological thriller' 'A fantastic thriller that grabbed me from the start' 'Full of twists and turns, this book will have you riveted to every surprise event' 'I literally finished this book in a few hours - I couldn't tell myself to put it down.' 'Perks has a real knack for throwing red herrings at the readers - I had a long list of suspects and theories, but she still managed to pull it out of

7 Timothy Zahn Delilah S. Dawson Thrawn: Treason Galaxy’s Edge Black Spire

Grand Admiral Thrawn faces the ultimate test of his loyalty to the Empire in this epic Star Wars novel from bestselling author Timothy Zahn.

July 2019 August 2019 Hardback Hardback £20.00 £20.00 352 pages 400 pages 9781529124019 9781780899909

Grand Admiral Thrawn faces the ultimate test of his loyalty to the Walk the ancient streets, meet the colorful characters, and uncover Empire in this epic Star Wars novel from bestselling author the secret history of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the upcoming Timothy Zahn. expansion to the Disney Parks experience!

After devastating losses at the hands of the First Order, General Leia Organa “If I were to serve the Empire, you would command my allegiance.” has dispatched her agents across the galaxy in search of allies, sanctuary, and firepower—and her top spy, Vi Moradi, may have just found all three, on a secluded world at the galaxy’s edge.

Such was the promise Grand Admiral Thrawn made to Emperor Palpatine at A planet of lush forests, precarious mountains, and towering, petrified trees, their first meeting. Since then, Thrawn has been one of the Empire’s most Batuu is on the furthest possible frontier of the galactic map, the last settled effective instruments, pursuing its enemies to the very edges of the known world before the mysterious expanse of Wild Space. The rogues, smugglers, galaxy. But as keen a weapon as Thrawn has become, the Emperor dreams and adventurers who eke out a living on the largest settlement on the of something far more destructive. planet, Black Spire Outpost, are here to avoid prying eyes and unnecessary complications. Vi, a Resistance spy on the run from the First Order, is hardly a welcome guest. And when a shuttle full of stormtroopers lands in her Now, as Thrawn’s TIE defender program is halted in favor of Director wake, determined to root her out, she has no idea where to find help. Krennic’s secret Death Star project, he realizes that the balance of power in the Empire is measured by more than just military acumen or tactical To survive, Vi will have to seek out the good-hearted heroes hiding in a efficiency. Even the greatest intellect can hardly compete with the power to world that redefines scum and villainy. With the help of a traitorous trooper annihilate entire planets. and her acerbic droid, she begins to gather a colorful band of outcasts and misfits, and embarks on a mission to spark the fire of resistance on Batuu— before the First Order snuffs it out entirely.

As Thrawn works to secure his place in the Imperial hierarchy, his former DELILAH S. DAWSON is the writer of the Blud protégé Eli Vanto returns with a dire warning about Thrawn’s homeworld. series, the Shadow series (as Lila Bowen), Servants of the Storm, Hit, Thrawn’s mastery of strategy must guide him through an impossible choice: Strike, and a variety of short stories and comics. Dawson teaches writing duty to the Chiss Ascendancy, or fealty to the Empire he has sworn to courses online for LitReactor and lives in Florida with her family. serve. Even if the right choice means committing treason.

Timothy Zahn is the author of more than forty novels, nearly ninety short stories and novellas, and four short-fiction collections. In 1984, he won the Hugo Award for Best Novella. Zahn is best known for his Star Wars novels (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command, Specter of the Past, Vision for the Future, Survivor's Quest, Outbound Flight, Allegiance, Choices of One, and Scoundrels), with more than four million copies of his books in print. Other books inlcude the Cobra series, the Quadrail series, and the young adult Dragonback series. Zahn has a B.S. in physics from Michigan State University and an M.S. from the University of Illinois. He lives with his family on the Oregon coast.

8 Lisa Jewell James Patterson The Family Upstairs The Inn The Number One bestseller from the author of

***FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF An ex-detective is starting over in a small town, but THEN SHE WAS GONE*** his past won't let him go in this captivating new stand- alone from the world's bestselling thriller writer.

August 2019 August 2019 Hardback Hardback £12.99 £20.00 464 pages 384 pages 9781780899206 9781780899961

______A gripping stand-alone novel from the world's bestselling thriller ‘A twisty and engrossing story of betrayal and redemption.’ IAN writer RANKIN Ex-Boston homicide detective Billy Robinson has retreated to a quiet life on the New England coast. Struggling to cope following the death of his FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THEN SHE WAS GONE beloved wife, he must now run the inn that Siobhan took care of so well.

In a large house in London’s fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her The inn's quirky residents help keep Billy on solid ground as he grieves, and cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her the group soon become an unconventional family. But this small town is in up. the grips of a growing opioid epidemic, and when a young resident gets hooked into the crisis, Billy knows he must act to save the people in the inn In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily that he has grown to care so much about. scrawled note. With his secretive past in Boston catching up to him, can Billy survive long They’ve been dead for several days. enough to save the town - and its beloved inn - from ruin?

Who has been looking after the baby? James Patterson (Author) JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of And where did they go? all time. His books have sold in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – Two entangled families. the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and A house with the darkest of secrets. Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers A compulsive new thriller from Lisa Jewell. including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. ______'Rich, dark and intricately twisted, this enthralling whodunnit James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own mixes family saga with domestic noir to brilliantly chilling effect.' son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young RUTH WARE readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, Dog Diaries and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to ‘Creepy, intricate and utterly immersive: an excellent holiday read.' independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of adult GUARDIAN fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in Florida with his wife and son. ‘You don't read a Lisa Jewell book, you fall into it. It takes huge talent to establish a whole world in the turn of two pages.' ERIN Candice Fox (Author) KELLY Candice Fox is the middle child of a large, eccentric family from Sydney’s western suburbs. The daughter of a parole officer and an enthusiastic foster- 'I had an unrelentingly pleasurable and thrilling for-God’s-sake-tell carer, Candice spent her childhood listening around corners to tales of -me-what-happened sensation in my stomach for the entire read ... violence, madness and evil as her father relayed his work stories to her Stupendous!' RUTH JONES mother and older brothers.

'Absolutely brilliant. Great characterisation, a fascinating and dark Candice won back-to-back Ned Kelly awards for her first two novels – set up and a great conclusion. She’s always great but this is next Hades and Eden. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed Fall, level stuff.' SARAH PINBOROUGH Crimson Lake, Redemption and Gone by Midnight. Candice’s first collaboration with James Patterson, Never Never, was a Sunday Times and 'Few writers of psychological suspense devise such swift, slippery New York Times no. 1 bestseller. They have co-authored three further plots; fewer still people their stories with characters so human novels featuring Harriet Blue – Fifty Fifty, Liar Liar and Hush Hush. and complex. Lisa’s Jewell’s The Family Upstairs glitters like a

9 Emma Kennedy Gary Lineker and Danny Baker The Things We Left Unsaid Behind Closed Doors An unforgettable story of love and family Life, Laughs and Football

Imbued with warmth, All of Us is a life-affirming read The ultimate insider’s guide to the beautiful game, which explores the ways in which it is the people we written by two of Britain’s most popular sporting love the most who truly shape us. Fans of Ruth Hogan, figures. Inspired by the N1 podcast.

August 2019 September 2019 Hardback Hardback £12.99 £20.00 416 pages 368 pages 9781529124057 9781529124361

______PRE-ORDER NOW "A beautiful novel... So tender and thoughtful. I loved it" MARIAN KEYES ‘Football is a simple game. 22 players chase a ball for 90 minutes, and at the end the Germans always win.’ "A gorgeous, rich treat" JANE FALLON This book is inspired by the stories Danny and I have shared with each other "This book is incredibly special… I cared so deeply for all of the about what life in football is really like: in the dressing room, in the characters" GABY ROSLIN commentary box, on the pitch and – with the appropriate pixellation – in the ______showers afterwards.

Rachel’s relationship with her mother, Eleanor, has always been far from What’s it really like to play with Messi? I wouldn’t know, but I have starred perfect. Eleanor is a renowned artist born from the swinging sixties, and alongside him in an advert for Walkers crisps. And, well, his performance Rachel has forever lived in the shadow of her success. was world-class.

When Rachel is left by her fiancé on the morning of their wedding she has And what is a life in football really like? You won’t learn much from the dull- no choice but to move back into her family home and spend an unbearably as-dishwater post-match interviews – it’s a world of secrets, superstitions, hot summer with a mother she feels distant from – in the presence of many laughs and personalities, and let me tell you, half of it you won’t believe. painful memories. I’ve looked back at my playing days, from England to Leicester, Everton to It will take another turn of events before Rachel realises that sometimes the Barcelona, Tottenham to, er, Nagoya Grampus Eight, and shared the chaotic past holds exactly the comfort we need. And that behind the words left behind-the-scenes secrets of Match of the Day – and Danny has chipped in unsaid are untold stories that have the power to define us. with stories from a lifetime following the game as a fan.

Imbued with warmth and full of characters who will steal your From Italia ’90 to Leicester’s Premier League fairytale, from yellow cards to heart, THE THINGS WE LEFT UNSAID is a radiant novel in which World Cup trophies (I’ve never been awarded either), you’ll find it all here – past and present collide with life-affirming consequences. everything you always wanted to know about football, but didn’t realise that ______you did. Early readers absolutely love The Things We Left Unsaid: Inspired by the No.1 podcast Behind Closed Doors ‘A really enjoyable book.’ ‘Truly beautiful. I adored this book. I cried and know that when I read Gary Lineker (Author) this again and again I’ll cry each time.’ Gary Lineker OBE is a broadcaster and a former professional footballer. He ‘A real and full story that was completely relatable.’ holds England's record for goals in FIFA World Cup finals, with 10 scored. He ‘An excellent read and I would certainly recommend it.’ has presented the flagship BBC football programme Match of the Day since ‘The sense of time and place was very authentic.’ the late 1990s. He also hosts BT Sport's coverage of the UEFA Champions ‘I loved the characters and both them and London felt so alive. The story League. Follow Gary on Twitter @GaryLineker and on Instagram. unfolded at a good pace with lots of treasured moments and the story felt new.’ Danny Baker (Author) ‘The little details portraying the different time periods really make this Danny Baker is an author, comedy writer, journalist and Radio DJ. He book special. This is definitely one I’ll be recommending.’ currently presents his Saturday morning show on BBC Radio 5 Live and is a ‘A beautiful story of relationships and their complications.’ regular face on TV. He is the author of the bestselling memoirs Going to Sea ‘Would recommend without hesitation.’ in a Sieve, Going Off Alarming and, most recently, Going on the Turn. He ‘I absolutely loved it.’ still lives in south-east London. Follow Danny on Twitter @prodnose ‘Set in two time periods, present day and the sixties, this is a compelling tale of two women coming of age and coming to terms with themselves. I loved this book.’

10 James Patterson Amy Lawrence Killer Instinct 89 Arsenal’s Greatest Moment, Told in Our Own

The brilliant Professor Dylan Reinhart is back, in this The closest title decider in footballing history. A goal sensational sequel to Instinct that changed everything.

September 2019 October 2019 Hardback Hardback £20.00 £20.00 400 pages 304 pages 9781780899404 9781780898278

THE SEQUEL TO INSTINCT, A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FOREWORD BY THIERRY HENRY ______Dr Dylan Reinhart is no stranger to solving crimes. Anfield, May 26th 1989. When an Ivy League professor is murdered, Reinhart reunites with his old partner Detective Elizabeth Needham. With his unrivalled mind for criminal The final day of the Division One season. The rest of football stopped to psychology and Needham's investigative experience, Reinhart is confident watch as perennial champions Liverpool took on rank outsiders Arsenal in a that together they can find the killer, and close the case. head-to-head contest for the title. With the Gunners leading 1-0 but desperately needing another goal to take the title, it was, in the immortal But as the investigation proceeds, a terrifying attack on New York sends the words of commentator Brian Moore, ‘up for grabs now…’ city into chaos. In the aftermath, a name from Reinhart's past emerges on the list of victims – a name he thought he'd left behind. Set against the backdrop of Hillsborough disaster, and during an emotional era in football long before the Premier League as we now know it, 89 is an As long-buried secrets threaten to derail everything he's worked for, can he oral history of a sporting moment so unusual it felt instantly historic. keep his life together long enough to outsmart the killer? Drawing on years of research, writer Amy Lawrence brings together Or has Reinhart finally met his match? fascinating and never-before seen testimony from the voices who were there, on the pitch, off it, and beyond.

JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of 89 creates a definitive and kaleidoscopic portrait of a match, and an iconic all time. His books have sold in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He moment in English football that changed the sport forever. is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Drawing on years of research and interviews, writer Amy Lawrence Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers brings together fascinating and never-before heard testimonies including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. from the voices who were there on the pitch, including Captain Tony Adams, winning goal scorers Alan Smith and Mickey Thomas, James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own Manager George Graham and many more. son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, Dog Diaries Also featured are accounts from those off the pitch, including and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to Arsenal legend Ian Wright, super fans Nick Hornby, Alan Davies independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of adult and Dermot O’Leary, and Gunners from across the globe fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in Florida recounting where and how they watched, and the lasting effect with his wife and son. this seminal games has had on their lives.

Amy Lawrence has been writing about football ever since she faced the dilemma of going to the 1994 World Cup or forsaking the trip to take her first job on the editorial team of Four Four Two magazine. She has mostly covered the beautiful game for the Guardian and the Observer, and broadcasts for BBC on Radio 5 Live and Match of the Day 2 Extra. Her books include three works on Arsenal, whose beat she has followed for many years - Proud To Say That Name, Invincible, and The Wenger Revolution. She has ghostwritten autobiographies for David Ginola (From St Tropez to St James's) and Ray Parlour (The Romford Pele), and composed the text for the photographic work David Beckham VII. Amy was voted the FSA Football Writer of the Year in 2014, and the Words By Women Sports Journalist of the Year and Women In Football Journalist of the Year in 2016.

11 James Patterson Ripley 19th Christmas Ripley’s Believe It or Not! 2020 (Women’s Murder Club 19)

This Christmas season, the Women's Murder Club unite An all-new compendium of the world’s weirdest stories to protect the streets of San Francisco once more in James Patterson's latest instalment to the bestselling

October 2019 October 2019 Hardback Hardback £20.00 £20.00 384 pages 256 pages 9781780899428 9781529124385

The highly-anticipated follow-up to Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING GUIDE TO THE WORLD OF 18th Abduction WEIRD

Ripley’s is back! This year’s blockbuster annual contains over Christmas is coming, but crime never stops for the Women's 1,200 of the scariest, weirdest and funniest stories from around Murder Club. the world, including:

Sergeant Lindsay Boxer is looking forward to spending time with her family - The man who lived in a sand castle for twenty years over the holidays. But when she receives a tip-off that the biggest heist - The cat who was born with twenty-eight toes ever to hit San Francisco is being planned for Christmas Day, everything - The restaurant that served a burger made out of worms changes. . . . and much, much more. The architect of the ambitious attack unleashes chaos across the city, laying traps and false alarms to distract Lindsay and the SFPD from his ultimate Brimming with mind-boggling stories and eye-popping photographs, Ripley’s goal. Believe It or Not! 2019 is the perfect gift for anyone who is fascinated by the stranger side of life on earth. As time runs out, will Lindsay be able to save the people of San Francisco from a Christmas they'd never forget? Robert Leroy Ripley was an American cartoonist who created and developed the world-famous Ripley’s Believe It or Not! cartoon strip in the JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of years after the First World War. He travelled the globe in search of unusual all time. His books have sold in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He objects and stories, and built up an extraordinary collection of everything is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – from shrunken heads to dinosaur eggs and iron maidens. These are now the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and exhibited in Ripley museums around the world. The Ripley’s Believe It or Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers Not! is an annual international top-ten bestseller. including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers.

12 Iain Banks Prince Raw Spirit The Beautiful Ones In Search of the Perfect Dram

A personal journey through the highlands and islands THE BEAUTIFUL ONES is the official story of Prince's exploring the history, personalities and mystery of the life, told through his own words, work, and personal water of life. effects, illustrated in beautiful colour full-colour . It

October 2019 October 2019 Hardback Hardback £12.99 £25.00 384 pages 288 pages 9781529124781 9781780899176

As a native of Scotland, bestselling author Iain Banks decided to undertake a From Prince himself comes the brilliant coming-of-age-and-into- tour of the distilleries of his homeland in a bid to uncover the unique spirit of superstardom story of one of the greatest artists of all time— the single malt. Visiting some of the world's most famous distilleries and also featuring never-before-seen photos, original scrapbooks and lyric some of its smallest and most obscure ones, Banks embarked on a journey sheets, and the exquisite memoir he began writing before his of discovery which educated him about the places, people and products tragic death. surrounding the centuries-old tradition of whisky production. Prince was a musical genius, one of the most talented, beloved, Using various modes of transport - ferries to the islands, cars across the accomplished, popular, and acclaimed musicians in pop history. But he highlands, even bicycles between bus-stops - Banks's tour of Scotland wasn't only a musician—he was also a startlingly original visionary with an combines history, literature and landscape in an entertaining and informative imagination deep enough to whip up whole worlds, from the sexy, gritty account of an exploration in which the arrival is by no means the most funk paradise of his early records to the mythical landscape of Purple Rain important part of the journey. to the psychedelia of Paisley Park. But his greatest creative act was turning Prince Rogers Nelson, born in Minnesota, into Prince, the greatest pop star Iain Banks was born in Scotland in 1954. He came to widespread public of his era. notice in 1984 with the publication of his first novel, The Wasp Factory. He went on to gain enormous and popular critical acclaim with further works of The Beautiful Ones is the story of how Prince became Prince—a first-person fiction and science fiction. In 1993 he was acknowledged as one of the Best account of a kid absorbing the world around him and then creating a of Young British Writers. Iain Banks died in 2013 at the age of fifty-nine. persona, an artistic vision, and a life, before the hits and fame that would come to define him. The book is told in four parts. The first is composed of the memoir he was writing before his tragic death, pages that brings us into Prince's childhood world through his own lyrical prose. The second part takes us into Prince's early years as a musician, before his first album released, through a scrapbook of Prince's writing and photos. The third section shows us Prince's evolution through candid images that take us up to the cusp of his greatest achievement, which we see in the book's fourth section: his original handwritten treatment for Purple Rain—the final stage in Prince's self -creation, as he retells the autobiography we've seen in the first three parts as a heroic journey.

The book is framed by editor Dan Piepenbring’s riveting and moving introduction about his short but profound collaboration with Prince in his final days—a time when Prince was thinking deeply about how to reveal more of himself and his ideas to the world, while retaining the mystery and mystique he’d so carefully cultivated—and annotations that provide context to each of the book’s images.

This work is not just a tribute to Prince, but an original and energizing literary work, full of Prince’s ideas and vision, his voice and image, his undying gift to the world.

Prince Rogers Nelson is one of the most popular and influential musical acts of all time. Known for his style and range, Prince’s prolific music career included an ever-evolving sound that blended pop, R&B, hip-hop, jazz and soul. Prince sold over 100 million albums worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. He won seven GRAMMY® Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award® for the film “Purple Rain.” He was

13 Lorraine Kelly Rebecca Roanhorse Shine Star Wars: Resistance Reborn Discover a Brighter You

An illustrated guide to making every day a brighter The Official Prequel to Star Wars: The Rise of one, from national treasure Lorraine Kelly Skywalker

October 2019 November 2019 Hardback Hardback £20.00 £20.00 288 pages 400 pages 9781529124477 9781780899923

'This is an utter tonic. Lorraine at her most honest; a genuinely In this Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker novel, Poe Dameron, helpful book' DAWN FRENCH General Leia Organa, Rey, and Finn must struggle to rebuild the Resistance ______after their defeat at the hands of the First Order in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Lorraine has been a fixture on our TV screens for 35 years and is beloved by thousands for her warmth and down-to-earth interviewing style. Whatever life throws at her, she always manages to keep that signature twinkle in her eye. Now, she’s ready to share her life lessons.

There’s a lot to keep up with nowadays: family, home, work, social media, the news... It’s all too easy for days go by in a blur and before you know it, you’re exhausted and the year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Despite her hectic schedule, Lorraine has learned how important it is to listen to your body and your heart, and to take control of your life. Whether making small changes to your daily routine or overhauling your lifestyle and achieving those bucket-list goals, Shine will show you how to live every day to the fullest. Let Lorraine guide you on the journey to your best self with candid anecdotes from her own life, tips from the experts and practical exercises. You’ll learn how to:

- Spark: how to stay positive, confident and calm whatever life throws at you - Glow: encouragement and strategies for keeping your body healthy and your look fresh, whatever your age - Dazzle: how to get the best out of your relationships, family and work and make a difference to the world, even if it's just your patch

Uplifting, warm, and with beautiful hand-painted illustrations, Shine is a self- help book told from the heart.

Lorraine Kelly, OBE is a Scottish television presenter, journalist and author. She has been on our TV screens for thirty-five years and is best known as a presenter for TV-am, GMTV and, of course, her own show, Lorraine. In addition to her television work, Lorraine continues to write weekly columns for The Sun and writes travel pieces for magazines and newspapers.

She is a keen marathon runner and has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for breast cancer charities and hospices. She is a patron of Help for Heroes and was awarded an OBE for services to charity and the armed forces in 2012.

Lorraine lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband Steve and dog Angus. She is an avid Dundee United supporter.

14 Other James Patterson Minecraft: The End Criss Cross (Alex Cross 27)

A thrilling new adventure in the world of MINECRAFT, Alex Cross must confront a criminal from his past featuring the iconic Ender Dragon. before his master plan to frame him succeeds, in the latest instalment to the bestselling series by James

November 2019 November 2019 Hardback Hardback £12.99 £20.00 286 pages 400 pages 9781780897806 9781780899442

Lurking in the realm known as "The End", Ender Dragon is one of the most 'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - thrilling and dangerous antagonists in the world of MINECRAFT. She can spit which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.' - purple fireballs and fly with ease. Lee Child, international bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series

In "The End", follow our heroes as they encounter this most formidable of From the author of Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller The President is beasts. Discover the secrets and the backstory of the first "boss" in the Missing Minecraft game, and the second largest mob. Could a ghost from his past take everything away from Alex Cross?

Mere hours after witnessing the execution of a killer he helped put behind bars, Alex Cross is called to the scene of a copycat murder. A note signed 'M' rests on the corpse: 'You messed up big time, Dr. Cross.'

Was an innocent man just put to death? As the executed convict's family launch a vicious campaign against Cross, his abilities as a detective are called into question.

The enigmatic 'M' lures Cross out of Washington, DC to the sites of multiple homicides, all marked with distressingly familiar details that conjure up decades-old cases and Cross family secrets.

Details that make it clear M is after a prize so dear that – were the killer to attain it – Cross's life would be destroyed.

'Alex Cross is a legend.' Harlan Coben

JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers.

15 Simon Kernick James Patterson Die Alone Lost

The new high-octane thriller from Sunday Times Detective Tom Moon and his multi-talented team face bestselling author Simon Kernick off against an international crime ring looking to seize control over America's most opulent city, Miami.

November 2019 December 2019 Hardback Hardback £12.99 £20.00 400 pages 400 pages 9781780894515 9781780899527

______America's most exciting city is under threat.

"Simon Kernick is an absolute master of the adrenaline-fuelled Miami is Detective Tom Moon's home and heartland. When he's asked to ride" - PETER JAMES lead a new FBI task force tackling international crime, he's proud to represent his beloved city. The new high-octane thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick But his arrest of a man trafficking children from Amsterdam into Miami ______International airport opens an investigation that will lead Moon into the depths of a vast crime syndicate. An underground network that is bigger and Alastair Sheridan has it all. Wealth, good looks, a beautiful wife and children more powerful than he could possibly imagine. and, in the chaotic world of British politics, a real chance of becoming Prime Minister. Moon is devoted to his city and its citizens – but will that be enough to save them? But Alastair also has a secret. He’s a serial killer with a taste for young women. JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He Only a handful of people know what kind of monster he is, and disgraced is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – detective Ray Mason is one of them. the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers Awaiting trial for murder, Ray is unexpectedly broken free by armed men including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. and given an offer: assassinate Alastair Sheridan and begin a new life abroad with a new identity. The men claim to be from MI6. They say that James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own Sheridan is a threat to national security and needs to be neutralised. Ray son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young knows they are not who they say they are, and that their real motives are readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, Dog Diaries far darker. and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of adult The only person Ray trusts is ex-cop and former lover Tina Boyd, who’s fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in Florida keen to settle her own scores with Sheridan. with his wife and son.

With enemies on every side, only one thing is certain.

No one wants them to get out alive. ______"Simon Kernick is one of the most reliable purveyors of the edge-of -your-seat thriller... a more powerful adrenaline rush than an EpiPen" - JAKE KERRIDGE, SUNDAY EXPRESS

"An emotionally punchy domestic noir blended with the pace and action of a high-octane thriller, WE CAN SEE YOU will keep you breathlessly on the edge of your seat, wondering which character you can trust, if any at all, until the final brilliant twist! A #WTFthatending indeed!" - SARAH PINBOROUGH, author of BEHIND HER EYES and CROSS HER HEART

"A pacy thriller, with a body count that rises along with the tension levels" – SUNDAY MIRROR

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17 Robert Harris Euny Hong The Second Sleep The Power of Nunchi A Times best read for autumn 2019 The Korean Secret to Happiness and Success

The gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of The book on the power of nunchi - the Korean secret Munich, An Officer and A Spy and Fatherland to happiness and success.

September 2019 September 2019 Hardback Hardback £20.00 £12.99 336 pages 240 pages 9781786331373 9781786331809

Pre-order the new novel from Robert Harris now: named as one of 'A must-read for anyone interested in the art of intuitively knowing what The Times's best reads for autumn others feel.' Haemin Sunim, author of The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down and Love for Imperfect Things 'A truly surprising future-history thriller. Fabulous, really.' David ______Sexton, Evening Standard Nunchi (noon-chee): eye measure. The subtle art of gauging other All civilisations think they are invulnerable. History warns us none people's thoughts, and feelings in order to build trust, harmony and is. connection. ______1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn Why did she get promoted? Why does the party only start when he with ancient artefacts – coins, fragments of glass, human bones – which the walks in? And why do they always catch the bartender’s eye? It old parson used to collect. Did his obsession with the past lead to his death? sounds like they’re all experts in the art of nunchi, even if they don’t know it. As Fairfax is drawn more deeply into the isolated community, everything he believes – about himself, his faith and the history of his world – is tested to Nunchi is the guiding principle of Korean life, but anyone can use destruction. it: it’s the art of reading a room, your way of understanding what other people are thinking and feeling, and using that to get ahead. Robert Harris is the author of twelve bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, Korean parents believe that teaching their children nunchi is as important as The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes teaching them to cross the road safely. With great nunchi, it feels like the including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave and most world is on your side. Without it, you might get hit by something you never recently, Munich. Several of his books have been filmed, including The saw coming. Ghost, which was directed by Roman Polanski. His work has been translated into forty languages and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He If you’re thinking ‘not another Eastern fad, Marie Kondo already made me lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby. throw half my clothes away’, don’t worry: it’s not a fad. Koreans have been using nunchi to overcome slings and arrows for over 5000 years.

The great news is that anyone can hone their nunchi, immediately: all you need are your eyes and ears. In everything, from finding love to excelling at work, improving your nunchi will help you to open doors you never knew existed.

Improve your nunchi, improve your life. ______

'Whip-smart, hilarious, and filled with eye-opening insights on every page.' Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

'Beautifully written and filled with actionable advice . . . It really feels like having a superpower!' Héctor García, co-author of Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

‘Nunchi is the Korean superpower you need now’ Evening Standard

18 Michael Palin Lara Prescott North Korea Journal The Secrets We Kept

A glimpse of life inside the world’s most secretive Sold in twenty-five countries and poised to become a country, as told by Britain’s best-loved travel writer. global literary sensation, Lara Prescott's dazzling first novel about the women in the CIA's typing pool and

September 2019 September 2019 Hardback Hardback £14.99 £12.99 176 pages 480 pages 9781786331908 9781786331663

THE BOOK BEHIND THE HIT DOCUMENTARY 'A thrilling, seductive and utterly compelling novel. I absolutely loved it!' SARAH WINMAN A glimpse of life inside the world’s most secretive country, as told ______by Britain’s best-loved travel writer. TWO FEMALE SPIES. A BANNED MASTERPIECE. A BOOK THAT In May 2018, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael CHANGED HISTORY. Palin spent two weeks in the notoriously secretive Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, a cut-off land without internet or phone signal, where the 1956. A celebrated Russian author is writing a book, Doctor Zhivago, which countryside has barely moved beyond a centuries-old peasant economy but could spark dissent in the Soviet Union. The Soviets, afraid of its subversive where the cities have gleaming skyscrapers and luxurious underground train power, ban it. stations. His resulting documentary for Channel 5 was widely acclaimed. But in the rest of the world it’s fast becoming a sensation. Now he shares his day-by-day diary of his visit, in which he describes not only what he saw – and his fleeting views of what the authorities didn’t In Washington DC, the CIA is planning to use the book to tip the Cold War in want him to see – but recounts the conversations he had with the country’s its favour. inhabitants, talks candidly about his encounters with officialdom, and records his musings about a land wholly unlike any other he has ever visited – one Their agents are not the usual spies, however. Two typists – the charming, that inspires fascination and fear in equal measure. experienced Sally and the talented novice Irina – are charged with the mission of a lifetime: to smuggle Doctor Zhivago back into Russia by any Written with Palin’s trademark warmth and wit, and illustrated with beautiful means necessary. colour photographs throughout, the journal offers a rare insight into the North Korea behind the headlines. It will not be easy. There are people prepared to die for this book – and agents willing to kill for it. But they cannot fail – as this book has the power Michael Palin has written and starred in numerous TV programmes and films, to change history. from Monty Python and Ripping Yarns to The Missionary and The Death of Stalin. He has also made several much-acclaimed travel documentaries, his Sold in twenty-five countries and poised to become a global journeys taking him to the North and South Poles, the Sahara Desert, the literary sensation, Lara Prescott's dazzling first novel is a Himalayas, Eastern Europe and Brazil. His books include accounts of his sweeping page turner and the most hotly anticipated debut of the journeys, novels (Hemingway’s Chair and The Truth) and several volumes year. of diaries. From 2009 to 2012 he was president of the Royal Geographical ______Society, and in 2013 he was made a BAFTA fellow. He lives in London. ‘A riveting story of secrets, forbidden passions and the dark arts of espionage. I couldn’t put it down!’ LISA JEWELL

'Enthralling... This is a rare page-turner with prose that's as wily as its plot.' VOGUE

'A proto-feminist Mad Men transposed to the world of international espionage – mid-century style and intrigue set against real, indelible history.' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

‘I loved this book. So vivid and engaging. A joy to read a story about spies that has lots of women in active roles.’ CATHY RENTZENBRINK

‘A fascinating story, so cleverly told, of the long chain of people

19 No Such Thing as a Fish Tim Benson The Book of the Year 2019 Britain’s Best Political Cartoons 2019

The team behind hit podcast No Such Thing as a Fish A hilarious companion to the year’s political turmoil, return with another eye-opening tour of the incredible featuring the work of Martin Rowson, Steve Bell, Peter year you didn't know you'd lived through. Brookes, Nicola Jennings and many more . . .

October 2019 October 2019 Hardback Trade Paperback £12.99 £12.99 352 pages 208 pages 9781786332011 9781786331977

'My favourite geeks. Hilarious. Sideways. Brilliant.' Tim Minchin A hilarious companion to the year’s political turmoil, featuring the work of Martin Rowson, Steve Bell, Peter Brookes, Nicola Jennings In a year when South Korea announced that its new robotics and many more . . . museum will be built by robots, and French cheese terrorists put a camembert through every French MP's letterbox, The Book of the If you thought that last year was a bit much, then just wait until you hear Year returns with another dose of barely believable yet bona fide what politics is in store for 2019: Brexit (obviously!), general elections facts and stories from the past twelve months. (possibly?), Kremlin bots (allegedly), border walls (supposedly), and much (perhaps too much) more. In Britain’s Best Political Cartoons 2019, Each week for the past five years, Dan, James, Anna and Andy – the our finest satirists offer their takes on everything from Brexit confusion to creators of the award-winning, chart-topping comedy podcast No Such Thing Russian collusion, offering a hilarious tour through a tumultuous twelve as a Fish – have wowed each other and millions of listeners with the most months. astonishing trivia they have learned over the previous seven days. Now, once again, they have scoured the newspapers for hidden gems, and Dr Tim Benson is Britain’s leading authority on political cartoons. He runs the transformed another year's worth of weird and wonderful happenings into Political Cartoon Gallery and Café which is located near the River Thames in one uplifting book that you won't be able to put down. Putney. He has produced numerous books on the history of cartoons, including Giles’s War, Churchill in Caricature, Low and the Dictators, The Discover how TV channel Hallmark has so many new Christmas movies Cartoon Century: Modern Britain through the Eyes of Its Cartoonists, that it will now start airing them from July. Drawing the Curtain: The Cold War in Cartoons and Over the Top: A Cartoon History of Australia at War. Be amused to learn that a thousand people were hired to attend a rally in Kiev to protest against the practice of hiring people to attend rallies.

Share the excitement of the scientists who discovered that more attractive monkeys have smaller testicles.

Revel in the news that Carlsberg launched a new advertising campaign admitting it is 'probably not the best beer in the world'.

Feel a little sympathy for Ariana Grande, who got a Japanese tattoo she intended to say 'Seven Rings' but that actually ended up reading 'small charcoal grill'.

From ecologically minded Birmingham drug dealers to dodgy Belgian petanque players, The Book of the Year 2019 is an eye-opening tour of yet another incredible year you didn't know you'd lived through. And the authors have promised not to mention Brexit. Much.

No Such Thing as a Fish is a team of researchers who work on the BBC TV show QI. Each week they gather together in their Covent Garden office and record a podcast discussing the most interesting facts they’ve discovered over the previous seven days.

In the five years since it launched, the show has been downloaded more than 200 million times, won multiple awards, been transformed into the spin -off topical BBC Two TV series No Such Thing as the News, performed national and international tours (including selling out the Hammersmith

20 Tim Benson P.G. Wodehouse How to be British Above Average at Games A cartoon guide The Very Best of P.G. Wodehouse on Sport

Brexit getting you down? Dip into this hilarious cartoon A beautifully produced collection of Wodehouse's golf, guide to life in Britain . . . cricket, rugby, baseball and boxing stories: some of the funniest stories from one the the world's funniest

October 2019 October 2019 Hardback Hardback £9.99 £25.00 160 pages 560 pages 9781786332332 9781786332004

Not sure why everyone keeps talking about the weather? As Wodehouse’s biographer Frances Donaldson observed, it was vitally Can’t tell your Earl Grey from your English breakfast? important to the boy Plum that he was ‘above average at games’. Luckily, Feeling a wobble in your stiff upper lip? he was known at school as ‘a noted athlete, a fine footballer and cricketer [and] a boxer’, and sport inspired much of his earliest writings, as well as It sounds like you need a crash course in How to be British. This handy some of his very finest and laugh-out-loud funniest. pocket guide brings together 150 classic cartoons covering all the crucial elements of life on our sceptred isle: from queuing under absolutely any Wodehouse wrote with trademark wit on a rich range of games – and on circumstances, to avoiding eye contact on the bus, to tutting and saying cricket and golf, in particular – as well as anyone ever has, bringing a ‘Honestly’ when it starts raining. knowledge and a passion born of practice.

Whether you’re a born-and-bred Brit or the most transient of tourists, How English cricket inspired in Wodehouse what he himself long considered to be to be British is your one-stop remedy to Brexit blues. At least it’s better his favourite work; and yet America (which he first visited keenly and then than chatting about the weather again. came to call home) led him to the love of baseball, and golf – enthusiasms that drew him to new tales for new audiences, including the celebrated golf Dr Tim Benson is Britain’s leading authority on political cartoons. He runs the stories which John Updike described as ‘the best fiction ever done about the Political Cartoon Gallery and Café which is located near the River Thames in sport.’ Putney. He has produced numerous books on the history of cartoons, including Giles’s War, Churchill in Caricature, Low and the Dictators, The This rollicking anthology, selected, edited and introduced by the novelist Cartoon Century: Modern Britain through the Eyes of Its Cartoonists, Richard T. Kelly, offers a vivid picture of Wodehouse at play – in the ring, at Drawing the Curtain: The Cold War in Cartoons and Over the Top: A the crease, on the tee – which is guaranteed to please any sporting crowd. Cartoon History of Australia at War. Beginning with early journalism, taking in extracts from novels and short stories in their entirety, it all adds up to a medal-winning collection.

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (always known as ‘Plum’) wrote about seventy novels and some three hundred short stories over seventy-three years. He is widely recognised as the greatest 20th-century writer of humour in the English language.

Perhaps best known for the escapades of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, Wodehouse also created the world of Blandings Castle, home to Lord Emsworth and his cherished pig, the Empress of Blandings. His stories include gems concerning the irrepressible and disreputable Ukridge; Psmith, the elegant socialist; the ever-so-slightly-unscrupulous Fifth Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred; and those related by Mr Mulliner, the charming raconteur of The Angler’s Rest, and the Oldest Member at the Golf Club.

In 1936 he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for ‘having made an outstanding and lasting contribution to the happiness of the world’. He was made a Doctor of Letters by Oxford University in 1939 and in 1975, aged ninety-three, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He died shortly afterwards, on St Valentine’s Day.

21 Shelby Lorman Awards for Good Boys

A wickedly funny illustrated look at a culture that celebrates men for being 'Good Boys' and doing the absolute least.

November 2019 Hardback £9.99 208 pages 9781786332264

______We all know a Good Boy.

He puts ‘Feminist’ in his Tinder bio, and then speaks over you on a date. He ghosts you. But he feels bad. (Only for a moment.) He doesn’t mansplain. Just aggressively clarifies. And he's open to being wrong. Theoretically.

Ready to call time on rewarding those who clear the low bar of not being outwardly awful?

Through clever illustrations and witty vignettes, Awards for Good Boys breaks down our obsession with celebrating men simply for being ‘Good Boys’ and doing the absolute least. It will make you laugh, feel vindicated and may even help the men in your life be better humans. ______'Shelby and her art are extremely my shit. You need this book.' Samantha Irby, author of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life

‘Full of great jokes about men who are nothing like me. Turns out women can be funny!’ Ben from Twitter

SHELBY LORMAN is a writer, illustrator, and comedian from Los Angeles. She thinks and writes about modern dating, technological mishaps, and our dystopian present, and created the Instagram account @awardsforgoodboys. She lives in New York with her dog Clem.

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23 The Countess of Carnarvon Christmas at Highclere Recipes and traditions from the real Downton

A fully-illustrated and covetable gift book that goes behind the scenes at the festive season of the real Downton Abbey

September 2019 Hardback £30.00 304 pages 9781848095229

Highclere Castle, known as 'the real Downton Abbey', bustles with activity at the best of times, but it is never more alive than at Christmas. Christmas at Highclere is a look behind the scenes at the routines and rituals that make the castle the most magical place to be throughout the festive season.

Lady Carnarvon will guide you through Advent, Christmas preparations and Christmas Eve all the way through to the day itself, and beyond. Learn how the castle and grounds are transformed by decorations, including the raising of a twenty-foot tree in the saloon, the gathering of holly and mistletoe from the grounds. All the intricacies of the perfect traditional Christmas are here: from crackers and carol singers. The festive feeling is carried through to Highclere's Boxing Day traditions, the restorative middle days and the New Year's Eve celebrations.

This book also tells the story of historic Christmases at Highclere – of distinguished guests warming themselves by the fire after a long journeys home through the snow, unexpected knocks on the door, and, always, the joy of bringing family – and staff – together after a busy year.

As well as telling the stories of Highclere Christmases past and present, Lady Carnarvon provides recipes, tips and inspiration from her kitchen so that readers can bring a quintessentially British festive spirit to their own home. Lady Carnarvon divulges the secret to perfectly flakey mince pies, the proper way to wrap presents so that you and your guests are guaranteed a Christmas to remember.

Lavish, celebratory and utterly enchanting, Christmas at Highclere is celebration of one of the UK's most beloved historic houses and is the perfect gift for any Downton Abbey fan.

Fiona, 8th Countess of Carnarvon, is the wife of Geordie, 8th Earl of Carnarvon.

She is an alumna of St Andrews University, a former auditor for Coopers & Lybrand accountants and created her own clothes brand in the 1990s. She and her husband and son live ‘quietly’ with seven dogs, too many horses, a brood of chickens, a pet rabbit as well as a pet sheep, a number of bee hives amongst the community of Highclere Castle today. Together, they manage a range of businesses at Highclere Castle, home of the worldwide television drama Downton Abbey.

Fascinated by the history of the people as well as the Castle at Highclere, Lady Carnarvon has written two New York Times Bestsellers: Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere (2011) and Lady Catherine and the Real Downton Abbey (2013).

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25 Paul Talling Simon Heffer Derelict London: All New Edition Staring at God Britain in the Great War

An evocative tour through the London that tourists The latest volume in Simon Heffer's critically don’t see . . . acclaimed history of modern Britain

July 2019 September 2019 Trade Paperback Hardback £14.99 £30.00 178 x 147mm 928 pages 224 pages 9781847948311 9781847948380

______The Great War evokes images of barbed wire and mud-filled trenches, and The huge word-of-mouth bestseller – completely updated for 2019 of the carnage of the Somme and Passchendaele, but it also involved change on the home front on an almost revolutionary scale. In his hugely THE LONDON THAT TOURISTS DON’T SEE ambitious and deeply researched new book, Simon Heffer explores how Britain was drawn into this slaughter, and was then transformed to fight a Look beyond Big Ben and past the skyscrapers of the Square Mile, and you war in which, at times, its very future seemed in question. will find another London. This is the land of long-forgotten tube stations, burnt-out mansions and gently decaying factories. Welcome to DERELICT After a vivid account of the fraught conversations between Whitehall and LONDON: a realm whose secrets are all around us, visible to anyone who Britain’s embassies across Europe as disaster loomed in July 1914, Heffer cares to look . . . explains why a government so desperate to avoid conflict found itself championing it. He describes the high politics and low skulduggery that saw Paul Talling – our best-loved investigator of London’s underbelly – has spent the principled but passive Asquith replaced as prime minister by the over fifteen years uncovering the stories of this hidden world. Now, he unscrupulous but energetic Lloyd George; and he unpicks the arguments brings together 100 of his favourite abandoned places from across the between politicians and generals about how to prosecute the war, which capital: many of them more magnificent, more beautiful and more raged until the final offensive. He looks at the impact of four years of evocative than you can imagine. struggle on everyday life as people sought to cope with dwindling stocks of food and essential supplies, with conscription into the Army or wartime Covering everything from the overgrown stands of Leyton Stadium to the industries, with air-raids and with the ever-present threat of bereavement; windswept alleys of the Aylesbury Estate, DERELICT LONDON reveals a and, in Ireland, with the political upheaval that followed the Easter Rising. side of the city you never knew existed. And he shows how, in the spring of 1918, political obstinacy and incompetence saw all this sacrifice almost thrown away. It will change the way you see London. Throughout, he complements his analysis with vivid portraits of the men and ______women who shaped British life during the war – soldiers such as Lord Kitchener, politicians such as Churchill, pacifists such as Lady Ottoline PRAISE FOR THE DERELICT LONDON PROJECT Morrell, and overmighty subjects such as the press magnate Lord Northcliffe. The result is a richly nuanced picture of an era that endured suffering and ‘Fascinating images showing some of London’s eeriest derelict sites show loss on an appalling scale but that also advanced the emancipation of another side to the busy, built-up capital.’ Daily Mail women, notions of better health care and education, and pointed the way to a less deferential, more egalitarian future. ‘Talling has managed to show another side to the capital, one of abandoned buildings that somehow retain a sense of beauty.’ Metro Simon Heffer was born in 1960. He read English at Cambridge and took a PhD in modern history at that university. His previous books include: Moral ‘Excellent . . . As much as it is an inadvertent vision of how London might Desperado: A Life of Thomas Carlyle, Like the Roman: The Life of Enoch look after a catastrophe, DERELICT LONDON is valuable as a document of Powell, Power and Place: The Political Consequences of King Edward VII, the one going on right in front of us.’ New Statesman Nor Shall My Sword: The Reinvention of England, Vaughan Williams, Strictly English, A Short History of Power, Simply English and High Minds: The ‘From the iconic empty shell of Battersea Power Station to the buried ‘ghost’ Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain. In a thirty-year career in Fleet stations of the London Underground, the city is peppered with decaying Street, he has held senior editorial positions on The Daily Telegraph and The buildings. Paul Talling knows these places better than anyone in the Spectator, and is now a columnist for The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday capital.’ Daily Express Telegraph.

‘[London has an] unusual (and deplorable) number of abandoned buildings. Paul Talling’s surprise bestseller, DERELICT LONDON, is their shabby Pevsner.’ Daily Telegraph

26 Stephen Martin & Joseph Marks Paul Tough Messengers The Years That Matter Most Who We Listen To, Who We Don't, And Why

A ground-breaking and forensic study of how people The author of the New York Times and international get their message across bestseller How Children Succeed reveals the growing social crisis in universities

September 2019 September 2019 Hardback Trade Paperback £20.00 £14.99 336 pages Royal Octavo 9781847942357 400 pages 9781847947970

Why are self-confident ignoramuses so often believed? What has gone wrong in our universities? And how do we make it Why are thoughtful experts so often given the cold shoulder? right? And why do apparently irrelevant details such as a person’s height, their relative wealth, or their Facebook photo influence When Amy applied to university, she thought she’d be judged purely on her whether or not we trust what they are saying? merits. But she never thought that her family background would have as much impact on her future as her grades.

When deciding whether or not someone is worth listening to, we think we When KiKi arrived at university, she knew she could be the only black carefully weigh their words and arguments. But those are far from being the woman in her class. But she didn’t know how out of place she would feel, only factors that hold sway with us. nor how unwelcoming her peers would be.

In this ground-breaking new book behavioural experts Stephen Martin and When Orry graduated from university, he was told he’d probably land a six- Joseph Marks pinpoint the eight powerful traits that determine who gets figure salary. But he wasn’t told he’d end up barely scraping a living wage, heard and who gets ignored. They show how such apparently irrelevant struggling to feed his children. details as a person’s appearance or their financial status influence our response to what they have to say, regardless of its wisdom or foolishness. Drawing on the stories of hundreds of American students, The They explain how trust is won, even when it may not be deserved. They Years That Matters Most is a revelatory account of a university analyse the nature of the charismatic speaker and the verbal and physical system in crisis. cues they employ. And they demonstrate how the tiniest of signals – from the shoes we wear, to the pitch of our voice and the warmth of our smile – Paul Tough, bestselling author of How Children Succeed, exposes a world can transform how others perceive us and so determine whether they are where small-town colleges go bust, while the most prestigious raise billions prepared to pay heed to what we have to say. every year; where overstretched admissions officers are forced to pick rich candidates over smart ones; where black and working-class students are Above all, Martin and Marks show how looking and sounding right is often left to sink or swim on uncaring campuses. Along the way, he uncovers far more persuasive than actually being right. cutting-edge research from the academics leading the way to a new kind of university – one where students succeed not because of their background, In a world of ambiguity, uncertainty and fake news they compellingly but because of the quality of their minds. demonstrate how, increasingly, the Messenger is the Message. The result is a call-to-arms for universities that work for everyone, Stephen Martin (Author) and a manual for how we can make it happen. Steve Martin is the CEO of INFLUENCE AT WORK (UK). Together with Dr Noah Goldstein and Dr Robert Cialdini he is co-author of the New York Paul Tough’s previous book, How Children Succeed, spent more than a year Times, Wall Street Journal and Business Week International bestseller Yes! on the New York Times hardcover and paperback bestseller lists and was 50 Secrets from the Science of Persuasion, which to date has sold a million translated into 27 languages. He is a contributing writer to the New York copies and has been translated into 26 languages. Yes! was long-listed for Times Magazine and a regular contributor to the public-radio programme the Royal Society’s annual prize for science writing and featured in Harvard This American Life. You can learn more about his work at paultough.com Business Review’s prestigious ‘Breakthrough Ideas for Business’ list. and follow him on Twitter: @paultough.

Steve’s work has featured in broadcast and print media across the world, including BBC TV and Radio, MSNBC, The Times, Sunday Telegraph, Guardian, New York Times and Wired. Over 2 million people read his regular business columns, including his ‘Persuasion’ page in the British Airways inflight magazine and his features for the Harvard Business Review. He is a guest lecturer on executive education programmes at the London School of Economics, the Judge Business School, Cambridge, and Harvard Business School.

27 Dan Cruickshank Cruickshank’s London: A Portrait of a City in 20 Walks

An idiosyncratic and beautifully illustrated guide to walking the city, by the nation’s favourite architectural historian

November 2019 Hardback £30.00 560 pages 9781847948229

An idiosyncratic and beautifully illustrated guide to walking the city, by the nation’s favourite architectural historian

Cobbled medieval alleyways and ornate Georgian boulevards. Decadent marble mansions and sprawling Victorian slums. Heaths, churches, squares and railways that, between them, hold two thousand years of secrets: London’s history is written into the very fabric of its streets.

In Cruickshank’s London, one of Britain’s best-loved historians vividly describes twenty historic walks that span North, East, South and West London. As he tours the city, Dan Cruickshank uncovers the forgotten stories that shaped the districts we all thought we knew: from the mysterious Celtic origins of Hampstead Heath, via the West Ham churches inscribed with the occult symbols of the Knights Templar, to the features of Tower Bridge that were included to appease Queen Victoria’s infamous temper. Throughout, Cruickshank peppers the book with colourful photos and easy-to-follow maps that make his wanderings immediately useful for anyone who wants to follow his footsteps through the capital.

Passionately written and deeply researched, Cruickshank’s London is not just a walking guide: it is a love letter to a city whose history immerses and inspires anyone who passes through.

Dan Cruickshank is an architectural historian and television presenter. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a member of the Executive Committee of the Georgian Group, and on the Architectural Panel of the National Trust. His recent work includes the BBC television programmes Civilisation Under Attack (2015) and At Home with the British (2016), and the books A History of Architecture in 100 Buildings (2015) and Spitalfields (2016). He lives in London.

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29 Nicola Barker Thomas Harding I Am Sovereign Legacy One Family, a Cup of Tea and the Company that

A bold and hilarious hand grenade of a book that A panoramic new history of modern Britain, as told twists the novel into new shapes as the characters through the story of one extraordinary family, and seemingly sabotage the fictional world they inhabit, I one groundbreaking company.

July 2019 August 2019 Hardback Hardback £12.99 £25.00 224 pages 592 pages 9781785152269 9781785150883

______'I was riveted: this is a fascinating social history.' NIGELLA LAWSON 'One of the funniest, most finely achieved comic novels, even by her own standard … I think it’s a masterpiece.' ALI SMITH 'Five stars... history on a scale at once intimate and grand.' TELEGRAPH ‘I think Nicola Barker is incapable of a dull page. [Her work] is unified by its spirit of adventure.’ KEVIN BARRY 'A magnificent book... endlessly fascinating.' JEWISH CHRONICLE

Charles, a forty-year-old boutique teddy bear maker and wearer of ironic t- 'How the Lyons company took on the world... a satisfying slab of shirts, is trying – and failing – to sell his small, characterless house in dynastic history.' GUARDIAN, 'Book of the Day' Llandudno. His estate agent Avigail, whose name is definitely not Abigail, is trying – in vain – to rein in Charles’s most unhelpful eccentricities, especially 'Written with love and imagination... a masterclass in historical his repeated recounting to prospective buyers of a failed burglary that took empathy.' TLS place twelve years ago. 'An affectionate and colourful family history.' FINANCIAL TIMES When Wang Shu and her daughter Ying Yue view the house, Wang Shu is mysteriously struck by a falling oyster shell – the first in a series of 'Endlessly fascinating and hard to put down... this is a tour de seemingly innocuous events distort the reality of the characters’ lives and force.' JULIA NEUBERGER cause them to question their very existence. A panoramic new history of modern Britain, as told through the As religious epiphanies bump up against declarations of love, the characters story of one extraordinary family, and one groundbreaking begin to sabotage the fictional world they inhabit, causing our entire company. understanding of the book – and of the boundaries between fiction and real life – to be radically upended. In the early 1800s, Lehmann Gluckstein and his family escaped the pogroms of Eastern Europe and made their way to Whitechapel in London’s East End. A tour de force that twists the novel into new shapes, I Am Sovereign sees There, starting with nothing, they worked tirelessly to pull themselves out of Nicola Barker at her most joyful, provocative and riotous. poverty, creating a small tobacco factory that grew to become the largest ______catering company in the world: J. Lyons. 'She really is a genius.’ GUARDIAN For over a century, Lyons was on every high street, in every home, in every ‘Life-affirming hilarity – Evelyn Waugh on ecstasy.’ NELL ZINK coffee and teacup. It was an ascent from rags to riches in the face of many obstacles: poverty, hatred and anti-Semitism stood between this poor 'A madly brilliant little book that asks who at any point is in immigrant family and the British Dream. control of what. I loved it.' DAILY MAIL Legacy charts the rise and fall of one of the most influential dynasties in ‘Nicola Barker’s wildness and capacity for the absurd often delight British history through the lives of five astonishing generations. Both me.’ SARAH MOSS sweeping and intimate, it is a story of sacrifice and selflessness, betrayal and personal tragedy, and Empire and its cost. It is also an illuminating new ‘What an audacious writer Nicola Barker is … In an era when plot is exploration of Britain and its place in the world, from the bestselling author king, Barker has typically, joyously, dispensed with one … Barker’s of Hanns and Rudolf and The House by the Lake. pleasure in the novella feels defiant.’ EVENING STANDARD Thomas Harding is an author and journalist who has written for the Financial ‘I Am Sovereign is bursting with energy, compassion and humour.’ Times, the Sunday Times, the Washington Post and the Guardian, among LITERARY REVIEW other publications. He co-founded a television station in Oxford, England, and for many years was an award-winning documentary maker. He also ran ‘Barker is a writer in a class of her own … A work of coruscating a local newspaper in West Virginia, winning the West Virginia Association of intelligence, of deep humanity.’ OBSERVER Justice’s Journalist of the Year Award, before moving back to England in

30 Michel Houellebecq Wretch 32 Serotonin Rapthology Lessons in Lyrics and Life

Written by one of the most provocative and prophetic A revelatory work of non-fiction from one of the most novelists of his generation, Serotonin is at once a popular and influential musicians of today: part devastating story of solitude, longing and individual autobiography, part guide to creativity and part

September 2019 November 2019 Hardback Hardback £20.00 £12.99 320 pages Royal Octavo 9781785152238 400 pages 9781785152009

THE MOST IMPORTANT FRENCH BOOK OF THE YEAR A revelatory work of non-fiction from one of the most popular and ______influential musicians of today: part autobiography, part guide to 'One cannot be said to be keeping abreast of contemporary creativity and part cultural history. literature without reading Houellebecq's work.' Karl Ove Knausgaard, New York Times What makes a song work? What element causes us to stop, to listen, to listen again? Is it a melody? Is it a beat? Is it the words that are sung, or Dissatisfied and discontent, Florent-Claude Labrouste feels he is dying of spoken? Is it what they speak to in us? Is it a combination of all of the sadness. His young girlfriend hates him and his career as an engineer at the above? Ministry of Agriculture is pretty much over. His only relief comes in the form of a pill – white, oval, small. Recently released for public consumption, Wretch 32 is one of the most influential musicians at work in Britain today. Captorix is a new brand of anti-depressant which works by altering the He is also a lyricist of unparalleled ability, and an advocate of music as a brain’s release of serotonin. tool to educate as well as to entertain. In an age of unprecedented social and political change, Wretch’s music stands as a medium of protest and of Armed with this new drug, Labrouste decides to abandon his life in Paris and progress, helping to explain and shape a new era. return to the Normandy countryside where he used to work promoting regional cheeses, and where he had once been in love. But instead of Rapthology is an anthology of the songs that have shaped Wretch, and our happiness, he finds a rural community devastated by globalisation and society, over the last thirty years, from gospel music to dancehall anthems European agricultural policies, and local farmers longing, like Labrouste to the most innovative emerging young voices. Step by step, Wretch himself, for an impossible return to what they remember as the golden age. explains what each song means to him, why it matters and how it has become so popular, and so powerful. Written by one of the most provocative and prophetic novelists of his generation, Serotonin is at once a devastating story of solitude, longing and In Rapthology, Wretch also provides a lesson in lyric writing, taking us individual suffering, and a powerful criticism of modern life. through his own creative process, from the first flashes of inspiration to final edits and improvisation. The result is a groundbreaking autobiography, a Michel Houellebecq is a poet, essayist and novelist. He is the author of guidebook to the music that matters, and an insight into the artistic practises several novels including The Map and the Territory (winner of the Prix of one of the most inspiring artists of a generation. Goncourt), Atomised, Platform, Whatever and Submission. He was awarded the Legion d’Honneur in 2019. Jermaine Scott Sinclair, aka Wretch 32, is a musician and songwriter from Tottenham, north London.

31 Dan Gretton I You We Them Journeys Beyond Evil: The Desk Killer in History

A landmark historical investigation into crimes against humanity and the nature of evil that is over two decades in the making.

November 2019 Hardback £25.00 Demy Octavo 1,040 pages 9780434023479

A landmark historical investigation into crimes against humanity and the nature of evil that is over two decades in the making.

'The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.' Hannah Arendt

I You We Them is a study of the psychology of some of the least visible perpetrators of crimes against humanity, the ‘desk killers’ who ordered and directed some of the worst atrocities of the last two hundred years. It is also an exploration of corporate responsibility and personal culpability today, connecting the bureaucratic blindness that created desk killing to the same moral myopia that exists now in the calm, clean offices of global capitalism.

It is a journal of discovery, based on decades of research, interviews with hundreds of participants, and extensive first-hand experience. It encompasses extended investigations into a number of specific cases, moving from the brutalities of Empire to the scorched gas fields of the Niger Delta, from the industrial complex of Auschwitz to the empty sites of the Bosnian genocide; bearing witness, recording, and attempting to understand.

It is a synthesis of history, reportage and memoir, a sustained meditation on the nature of responsibility and injustice, and a book that will change the way we think about our past, present and future.

Dan Gretton is a writer, activist and teacher. In 1983 he co-founded the pioneering political arts organisation Platform, in Cambridge, where he studied English literature. As well as working with Platform over many years on the human rights and environmental impacts of corporations, he has also developed radical initiatives in adult education and has lectured internationally on the subject of the ‘desk killer’. After more than a decade of research, aided by a major award from the Lannan Foundation, he embarked on the writing of I You We Them. He currently divides his time between north-west Wales and east London, where he shares his garden with a family of foxes.

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33 Derek Owusu That Reminds Me

A beautiful, brutal and breathtaking novel-in-verse from one of the brightest young British writers of today.

November 2019 Hardback £12.99 208 pages 9781529118599

______‘Heartbreaking, important and original.’ Christie Watson, author of THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS

‘Derek Owusu’s writing is honest, moving, delicate, but tough. Once you lock on to his words, it is hard to break eye contact. A beautiful meditation on childhood, coming of age, the now, and the media. This work is heartfelt.’ Benjamin Zephaniah

‘Honest and beautiful.’ Guy Gunaratne, author of IN OUR MAD AND FURIOUS CITY

‘When writing is this honest, it soars. What an incredible use of language and truth.’ Yrsa Daley-Ward ______Anansi, your four gifts raised to nyame granted you no power over the stories I tell...

This is the story of K.

K is born in London, but is sent away until the city is ready for him. So he grows up in fields and woods, with a second family. He is happy, he thinks. When K is eleven, the city reclaims him. He returns to an unknown mother and a part-time father. He finds friends. He finds love. He finds family. He learns how to navigate the city. But as he grows, he begins to realise that he needs more than the city can provide. He is a man made of pieces. Pieces that are slowly breaking apart.

That Reminds Me is the story of one young man, from birth to adulthood, told in fragments of memory. It explores questions of identity, belonging, addiction, sexuality, violence, family and religion. It is a deeply moving and completely original work of literature from one of the brightest British writers of today.

Derek Owusu is a writer, poet and podcaster from north London. He discovered his passion for literature at the age of twenty-three while studying exercise science at university. Unable to afford a change of degree, Derek began reading voraciously and sneaking into English Literature lectures at the University of Manchester. Derek edited and contributed to Safe: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space. That Reminds Me is his first solo work.

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35 T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong Unbelievable

She said she was raped. Detectives said she lied.

September 2019 Paperback £8.99 B format 304 pages 9781786090072

Previously published as 'A False Report'

The real-life investigation behind the forthcoming NETFLIX series: two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists uncover the story of Marie, an eighteen-year-old girl who was branded a liar after reporting her brutal rape, and the detectives who followed a twisting path to arrive at the truth.

One of Stylist Magazine's 20 Must-Read Books of 2018

***SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLD DAGGER AWARD***

She said she was raped. Police said she lied.

On 11 August 2008, eighteen-year-old Marie reported that a masked man had broken into her home and raped her. Within days, police – and even those closest to Marie – became suspicious of her story. Confronted by inconsistencies and doubt, Marie broke down and said her story was a lie. The police convicted her of making a false report.

More than two years later, Colorado detective Stacy Galbraith was assigned to a case of sexual assault. It bore an eerie resemblance to a rape that had taken place months earlier in a nearby town. Joining forces with the detective on that case, Edna Hendershot, the two soon discovered they were dealing with a serial rapist, and yet another victim.

Unbelievable is a chilling tale of doubt, lies, and the hunt for justice, unveiling the disturbing reality of how sexual assault is investigated and the long history of scepticism toward its victims.

T. Christian Miller (Author) T. Christian Miller joined ProPublica, the non-profit newsroom for investigative journalism, as a senior reporter in 2008. Before that, he worked for the Los Angeles Times, where he covered politics, wars, and was once kidnapped by leftist guerrillas in Colombia. His first book, Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq, was called one of the “indispensable” books on the war. He teaches data journalism at the University of California at Berkeley and was a Knight Fellow at Stanford University.

Ken Armstrong (Author) Ken Armstrong, joined ProPublica in 2017. He previously worked at the Marshall Project and Chicago Tribune, where his work helped prompt the Illinois governor to suspend executions and empty death row. His first book, Scoreboard, Baby, with Nick Perry, won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Non-

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37 Georgette Heyer Georgette Heyer Arabella Black Sheep Georgette Heyer Classic Heroines

A dashing tale of heroes, heroines and Regency A dashing Regency romance by one of our best-known romance by one of our best-known and most beloved and most beloved historical novelists. historical novelists.

July 2019 July 2019 Paperback Paperback £8.99 £8.99 288 pages 256 pages 9780099465621 9780099468035

______A BELOVED CLASSIC FROM THE QUEEN OF THE REGENCY ROMANCE Abigail Wendover has no time for love. ______A fiery debutante. An ill-tempered bachelor. A romance for the She is far too busy protecting her niece, who has fallen madly in love with a ages. suspected fortune-hunter.

Arabella, the daughter of an impoverished country parson, dreams of a But her efforts become vastly more complicated with the arrival of Miles new life in London. But her beauty and charm will only get her so far – and Calverleigh, the black sheep of his family – a reckless bachelor with a when Arabella embarks on her first London season armed with nothing but a scandalous past. benevolent godmother and her own notoriously short temper, she quickly runs afoul of Robert Beaumaris. Abby soon discovers that, despite successfully managing her niece’s love life, she has far less control over her own unruly heart. He’s the most eligible bachelor of the day, with a personality as strong and ______combative as hers – and Arabella cannot abide him thinking of her as just 'Elegant, witty and rapturously romantic’ Katie Fforde another pretty girl after his wealth. So she allows herself to be provoked into a game of deception – one that could have unexpected consequences... ‘Utterly delightful’ The Guardian

Arabella is a rich, dashing romance from Georgette Heyer, the Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best- legendary creator of the beloved Regency romance genre. loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Her ______first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of 'Wonderful characters . . . rapturously romantic' seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. KATIE FFORDE Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one. 'A wonderful wit . . . I’ve read her over and over and over again' STEPHEN FRY

'Triumphantly good . . . Georgette Heyer is unbeatable' INDIA KNIGHT

Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best- loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one.

38 Georgette Heyer Georgette Heyer Bath Tangle Venetia Georgette Heyer Classic Heroines

Dashing, funny, romantic - a novel by one of our best- A wonderfully witty and entertaining Regency known and most beloved historical novelists who has romance by one of the best-known and most beloved captured a whole new generation's heart. historical novelists of all time.

July 2019 July 2019 Paperback Paperback £8.99 £8.99 320 pages 336 pages 9780099468097 9780099465652

Serena Carlow’s former love now controls her future happiness. In all her twenty-five years, Venetia Lanyon has never been further than Harrogate. After her father’s unexpected death, Serena’s jilted ex-fiancé – the marquis of Rotherham – is made the sole trustee of her wealth and marriage Nor has she enjoyed the attentions of any man aside from her two prospects. wearisomely persistent suitors.

Eager for an escape, she moves to Bath and encounters her childhood Then, in one extraordinary encounter, she meets a neighbour she only knew sweetheart, the dashing Hector Kirkby – but will Rotherham approve the by reputation – the infamous Jasper Damerel. match? Before she realises it, Venetia is encouraging a man whose way of life has Before long, they are all entangled in a confusion of marriage and manners scandalised the North Riding for years. the likes of which Regency Bath has rarely seen. ‘Rapturously romantic’ Katie Fforde

‘I've read her over and over and over again’ Stephen Fry ‘Georgette Heyer is second to none’ Sunday Times

‘Utterly delightful’ The Guardian Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best- Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best- loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Her loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one. detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one.

39 Georgette Heyer Georgette Heyer Frederica Friday's Child Georgette Heyer Classic Heroines

A dashing tale of heroes, heroines and Regency A dashing tale of heroes, heroines and Regency romance by one of our best-known and most beloved romance by one of our best-known and most beloved historical novelists. historical novelists.

July 2019 July 2019 Paperback Paperback £8.99 £8.99 384 pages 384 pages 9780099465645 9780099468042

Vernon Alverstoke sees no reason to put himself out for anyone. Hero Wantage is desperate to change her fate.

But when a distant connection asks for help, he is quickly plunged into one When the dashing Lord Sherry proposes out of the blue, Hero is overjoyed – drama after another by the disorderly Merriville family. she’ll escape a life as a governess and, once they wed, he can finally claim his inheritance. Surprisingly, he finds himself far from bored – especially when he encounters their strong-minded daughter, Frederica. But as Hero attempts to social climb in glamorous London society, Sherry is concerned that her naivety will ruin them both and takes drastic action. However, she seems far more concerned with her family’s welfare than his romantic advances... The chaos that follows will push friendships – and hearts – to breaking point.

‘Triumphantly good’ India Knight ‘Sparkling’ Independent on Sunday ‘Heart-stoppingly gorgeous' Harriet Evans

Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best- ‘Georgette Heyer is second to none’ Sunday Times loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best- seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Her Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one. seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one.

40 Georgette Heyer Anthony Powell Lady Of Quality A Question of Upbringing

A wonderful, thrilling tale of Regency romance by one Anthony Powell's universally acclaimed epic creates a of the most successful and beloved historical novelist rich panorama of twentieth-century London. of all time.

July 2019 July 2019 Paperback Paperback £8.99 £8.99 272 pages 272 pages 9780099474463 9780099472384

Annis Wychwood delights in her independence. ______'He is, as Proust was before him, the great literary chronicler of his Beautiful, rich and far too busy for love, she has turned down the advances culture in his time.' GUARDIAN of many a hopeful suitor. 'A Dance to the Music of Time' is universally acknowledged as one of the But when she becomes entangled in the affairs of a runaway heiress, she great works of English literature. Reissued now in this definitive edition, it encounters the girl’s guardian, the notorious Oliver Carleton. stands ready to delight and entrance a new generation of readers.

While Oliver may be a reckless and uncivil rogue, Annis can’t help but be In this first volume, Nick Jenkins is introduced to the ebbs and flows of life drawn towards his wild ways . . . at boarding school in the 1920s, spent in the company of his friends: Peter Templer, Charles Stringham, and Kenneth Widmerpool.

‘Rapturously romantic’ Katie Fforde Though their days are filled with visits from relatives and boyish pranks, usually at the expense of their housemaster Le Bas, a disastrous trip in ‘Georgette Heyer is second to none’ Sunday Times Templer’s car threatens their new friendship. As the school year comes to a close, the young men are faced with the prospects of adulthood, and with Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best- finding their place in the world. loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Her ______first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of These titles are currently being reissued. There is a chance that you may seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. receive the edition with the classic cover instead of the cover displayed Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven here. detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one. Anthony Powell was an only child, born in 1905. As a young man he worked for a crumbling publishing business whilst trying to find time to write novels. He moved in a bohemian world of struggling writers and artists, which was to provide the raw material for much of his fiction. During the Second World War he served in Military Intelligence Liaison. He subsequently became a fiction reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement and for five years he was the literary editor of the now-defunct magazine Punch. Meanwhile he continued to work on the twelve-novel sequence ‘A Dance to the Music of Time’. He was the author of seven other novels, and four volumes of memoirs. His many reviews for the Daily Telegraph are also published in collected volumes. Anthony Powell died in March 2000.

41 Anthony Powell Anthony Powell A Buyer's Market The Acceptance World

Anthony Powell's universally acclaimed epic creates a Anthony Powell's universally acclaimed epic creates a rich panorama of twentieth-century London. rich panorama of twentieth-century London.

January 2005 July 2019 Paperback Paperback £8.99 £8.99 320 pages 256 pages 9780099472391 9780099472421

______'He is, as Proust was before him, the great literary chronicler of his 'He is, as Proust was before him, the great literary chronicler of his culture in his time.' GUARDIAN culture in his time.' GUARDIAN

A Dance to the Music of Time is universally acknowledged as one of the A Dance to the Music of Time is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. Reissued now in this definitive edition, it great works of English literature. Reissued now in this definitive edition, it stands ready to delight and entrance a new generation of readers. stands ready to delight and entrance a new generation of readers.

In this second volume, Nick Jenkins is struggling to establish himself in In this third volume, determined to make a name for himself, Nick Jenkins London after graduating from university. As old friends come and go – starts working for a publisher, establishing connections across the London Stringham takes the leap into marriage, Templer heads into the world of literary scene. But whilst Nick is ready to move forwards with his new life, business and Widmerpool, confident in his own importance, begins a career the past is never far behind. in law – Nick starts to make new acquaintances, and throws himself into society life. In this new world of glamorous Debutante balls and leisurely A weekend away with his friend Templer sees a surprise reunion quickly country visits, Nick has his first encounter with love and its disappointments. blossom into an affair, while an Old Boys dinner at the Ritz, in honour of ______their old housemaster Le Bas, reunites Nick with his schoolmates Stringham These titles are currently being reissued. There is a chance that you may and Widmerpool. Set against the backdrop of thirties London, The receive the edition with the classic cover instead of the cover displayed Acceptance World provides a snapshot of the complicated nature of young here. love. ______Anthony Powell was an only child, born in 1905. As a young man he worked These titles are currently being reissued. There is a chance that you may for a crumbling publishing business whilst trying to find time to write novels. receive the edition with the classic cover instead of the cover displayed He moved in a bohemian world of struggling writers and artists, which was here. to provide the raw material for much of his fiction. During the Second World War he served in Military Intelligence Liaison. He subsequently became a Anthony Powell was an only child, born in 1905. As a young man he worked fiction reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement and for five years he was for a crumbling publishing business whilst trying to find time to write novels. the literary editor of the now-defunct magazine Punch. Meanwhile he He moved in a bohemian world of struggling writers and artists, which was continued to work on the twelve-novel sequence ‘A Dance to the Music of to provide the raw material for much of his fiction. During the Second World Time’. He was the author of seven other novels, and four volumes of War he served in Military Intelligence Liaison. He subsequently became a memoirs. His many reviews for the Daily Telegraph are also published in fiction reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement and for five years he was collected volumes. Anthony Powell died in March 2000. the literary editor of the now-defunct magazine Punch. Meanwhile he continued to work on the twelve-novel sequence ‘A Dance to the Music of Time’. He was the author of seven other novels, and four volumes of memoirs. His many reviews for the Daily Telegraph are also published in collected volumes. Anthony Powell died in March 2000.

42 Anthony Powell Anthony Powell At Lady Molly's Casanova's Chinese Restaurant

Anthony Powell's universally acclaimed epic creates a Anthony Powell's universally acclaimed epic creates a rich panorama of twentieth-century London. rich panorama of twentieth-century London.

July 2019 July 2019 Paperback Paperback £8.99 £8.99 272 pages 272 pages 9780099472438 9780099472445

In this fourth volume, Nick Jenkins has settled comfortably into the world of In this fifth volume, Nick Jenkins finally seems to be settling down and art, culture and society as a London scriptwriter. When invited by a friend to enjoying the life he has made for himself in London. However, the same spend the weekend in the country, he becomes acquainted with Isobel cannot be said of his friends, who are each dealing with their own drama Tolland, the youngest sister of a large aristocratic family, and immediately and heartache. The composer Hugh Moreland is risking his marriage for a decides they are destined to marry. pointless affair, while, Nick’s old school pal Stringham has nearly destroyed himself with drink. But with the rumblings of war getting louder and nearer, Meanwhile, rumours are circulating around Nick’s old friend Widmerpool’s the future is starting to look uncertain for all of them. engagement during a gathering at Lady Molly’s. As the roaring twenties fade ______into the austerity of the thirties, Nick and his friends face love and These titles are currently being reissued. There is a chance that you may heartbreak as life’s dance continues to play out. receive the edition with the classic cover instead of the cover displayed ______here. These titles are currently being reissued. There is a chance that you may receive the edition with the classic cover instead of the cover displayed Anthony Powell was an only child, born in 1905. As a young man he worked here. for a crumbling publishing business whilst trying to find time to write novels. He moved in a bohemian world of struggling writers and artists, which was Anthony Powell was an only child, born in 1905. As a young man he worked to provide the raw material for much of his fiction. During the Second World for a crumbling publishing business whilst trying to find time to write novels. War he served in Military Intelligence Liaison. He subsequently became a He moved in a bohemian world of struggling writers and artists, which was fiction reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement and for five years he was to provide the raw material for much of his fiction. During the Second World the literary editor of the now-defunct magazine Punch. Meanwhile he War he served in Military Intelligence Liaison. He subsequently became a continued to work on the twelve-novel sequence ‘A Dance to the Music of fiction reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement and for five years he was Time’. He was the author of seven other novels, and four volumes of the literary editor of the now-defunct magazine Punch. Meanwhile he memoirs. His many reviews for the Daily Telegraph are also published in continued to work on the twelve-novel sequence ‘A Dance to the Music of collected volumes. Anthony Powell died in March 2000. Time’. He was the author of seven other novels, and four volumes of memoirs. His many reviews for the Daily Telegraph are also published in collected volumes. Anthony Powell died in March 2000.

43 Anthony Powell Evie Grace The Kindly Ones The Seaside Angel

Anthony Powell's universally acclaimed epic creates a A heart-warming tale of courage and sisterly love rich panorama of twentieth-century London. from the author of the Maids of Kent Trilogy. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin.

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______***ORDER NOW*** A heart-warming tale of courage and sisterly 'He is, as Proust was before him, the great literary chronicler of his love. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin. culture in his time.' GUARDIAN ‘Grace’s skill is in bringing her characters vividly to life while maintaining an A Dance to the Music of Time is universally acknowledged as one of the authentic historical background... It’s warmhearted and moving.’ great works of English literature. Reissued now in this definitive edition, it Peterborough Evening Telegraph stands ready to delight and entrance a new generation of readers. ‘Evie Grace brings to life the hardships experienced by 17-year-old In this sixth volume, with Britain on the brink of war yet again, Nick Jenkins Hannah Bentley.’ Woman reflects back on his childhood growing up in the shadow of World War I. Wanting to follow in his father’s footsteps, Nick sets his sights on becoming ‘Delivering wonderfully vivid characters alongside expertly crafted an officer in the Army, and asks his old school friend Widmerpool, who is detail…A heart-warming, relatable and redemptive read.’ Woman’s gaining prominence in the business world, if he will help him. But reserves Own lists are quickly filling up with names, and it’s not long until the threat of war ______is the one thing on everyone’s mind. Margate, 1884: When seventeen-year-old Hannah Bentley fled the family ______home, she never dreamed she’d find her feet working as a nurse on the These titles are currently being reissued. There is a chance that you may children’s ward at the Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary. She adores her patients receive the edition with the classic cover instead of the cover displayed and the sea air, and looks forward to a time when she’ll have put away here. enough money so her younger sister can join her.

Anthony Powell was an only child, born in 1905. As a young man he worked But when her sister suddenly turns up unannounced, she brings more trouble for a crumbling publishing business whilst trying to find time to write novels. than Hannah bargained for. As Hannah is forced to risk everything to keep He moved in a bohemian world of struggling writers and artists, which was her sister out of trouble, she must somehow find the strength to save to provide the raw material for much of his fiction. During the Second World herself too… War he served in Military Intelligence Liaison. He subsequently became a fiction reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement and for five years he was Evie Grace was born in Kent, and one of her earliest memories is of picking the literary editor of the now-defunct magazine Punch. Meanwhile he cherries with her grandfather who managed a fruit farm near Selling. continued to work on the twelve-novel sequence ‘A Dance to the Music of Holidays spent with her family in the Kent countryside and daytrips to the Time’. He was the author of seven other novels, and four volumes of seaside town of Margate, inspired her to write Hannah’s story. memoirs. His many reviews for the Daily Telegraph are also published in collected volumes. Anthony Powell died in March 2000. She loves reading about the Victorian era, and her research for The Seaside Angel included the history of using leeches in medicine and the invention of the bathing machine.

Evie now lives in deepest, darkest Devon with her partner. She has a son and daughter.

44 James Patterson Stephen Clarke Target: Alex Cross The French Revolution and What (Alex Cross 26) Went Wrong

A series of assassinations leaves the country in An entertaining and eye-opening look at the French turmoil, and Alex Cross faces his biggest challenge yet Revolution and how it could have been avoided, by in the latest instalment to the bestselling series by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the

July 2019 July 2019 Paperback Paperback £8.99 £9.99 UK C/Wealth + EU UK C/Wealth + EU ex Can ex Can 448 pages 592 pages 9781784753658 9781784754365

From the author of Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller The President is An entertaining and eye-opening look at the French Revolution, by Stephen Missing. Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde. TARGET: HEAD OF STATE The French Revolution and What Went Wrong looks back at the French Alex Cross and his family join men and women from across the nation lining Revolution and how it’s surrounded in a myth. In 1789, almost no one in the streets of Washington, DC to mourn the unexpected death of the France wanted to oust the king, let alone guillotine him. But things quickly President. escalated until there was no turning back.

TARGET: UNITED STATES CABINET The French Revolution and What Went Wrong looks at what went wrong and why France would be better off if they had kept their monarchy. With the country still in shock, the assassination of a prominent Senator strikes another devastating blow to the heart of the nation's capital. As Chief Stephen Clarke lives in Paris, where he divides his time between writing of Detectives, Alex's wife Bree Stone faces an ultimatum: solve the case, or and not writing. lose her job. His Merde novels have been bestsellers all over the world, including France. TARGET: ALEX CROSS His non-fiction books include Talk to the Snail, an insider's guide to understanding the French; How the French Won Waterloo (or Think They The new President calls on Cross to lead an unparalleled FBI investigation to Did), an amused look at France's continuing obsession with Napoleon; Dirty help capture America's most wanted criminal. But what follows will plunge Bertie: An English King Made in France, a biography of Edward VII; and the country into chaos, and draw Cross into the most important case of his 1000 Years of Annoying the French, which was a number one bestseller in life. Britain. ______Research for The French Revolution and What Went Wrong took him deep THE BEST ALEX CROSS YET? into French archives in search of the actual words, thoughts and deeds of Here's what the fans say: the revolutionaries and royalists of 1789. He has now re-emerged to ask modern Parisians why they have forgotten some of the true democratic 'It's been a while since I last read a James Patterson Alex Cross novel and I heroes of the period, and opted to idolize certain maniacs. had forgotten what a good series this is. A fabulous read' Follow Stephen on @SClarkeWriter and www.stephenclarkewriter.com 'Another winner for Alex Cross and the great J. P.!'

'Once again, the author produces a very readable book. It is fast moving and the plot develops at a real pace. I thoroughly enjoyed this and recommend it to all.'

'Target: Alex Cross is from page 1 till the last one a warm bed for every thriller lover. Snuggling down, on a rainy day, and this book in your hands, you'll forget the rest of the world.'

'Multiple story lines woven into one keeps you interested and will make you hate yourself for finishing this book in one go. Where's number 27??? I want it now.'

'I've been following Alex Cross since Along Came A Spider and I'm not ready for his story to end yet! This was a fast, fun ride and it did not

45 Catherine Kirwan Katie Flynn Darkest Truth A Kiss And A Promise She refused to be silenced

A #MeToo thriller about a suspicious suicide, a A post-war tale of love and loss from the UK's predatory film director, and the woman who'll risk bestselling saga author, Katie Flynn. anything to bring him to justice.

July 2019 July 2019 Paperback Paperback £7.99 £7.99 Wrld All Lan(US+CA 464 pages Pend) 9781787463622 416 pages 9781787460287

______He'll do anything to protect his secrets. She'll stop at nothing to Sometimes hope is all you need... expose the truth.

It only takes one person to break the silence. Liverpool, 1917: When Irish seaman Michael Gallagher docks in Liverpool after years of fighting with the British Navy, he never expects to fall in love. When solicitor Finn Fitzpatrick is approached by a man to investigate the But the moment he glimpses Stella Bennett standing on the quayside, all death of his daughter, her first instinct is to refuse. thoughts of returning to his homeland vanish.

The father is grieving, and unable to accept that his daughter committed Determined to be together, the young couple defy Stella’s parents’ wishes. suicide. And yet something about the man’s story chimes with Finn. But their plans to marry are soon derailed by the arrival of baby Ginny. Her crop of fiery red hair plants a seed of doubt in her father’s mind and it’s not Why did a bright, confident, beautiful young girl suddenly drop out of long before their world begins to fall apart. As Michael returns to Ireland, school? Could the answer lie in her relationship with Ireland's most famous Stella dies unexpectedly, leaving Ginny to be brought up in the slums at the film director? mercy of her grandmother.

The deeper Finn goes into the case, the more dark, twisted and dangerous Will she escape the shackles of her new life and find a way back to the picture becomes. her father?

Because these are powerful people she is trying to expose. And they're Katie Flynn is the pen name of the much-loved writer, Judy Turner, who willing to do anything to keep the truth hidden. published over ninety novels in her lifetime. Judy’s unique stories were ______inspired by hearing family recollections of life in Liverpool during the early twentieth century, and her books went on to sell more than eight million 'Just finished Darkest Truth by Catherine Kirwan. It's brilliant! A copies. Judy passed away in January 2019, aged 82. heroine flawed but not in the normal whisky-soaked-my-wife-has- left me way - that takes you on an evocative crime journey through The legacy of Katie Flynn lives on through her daughter, Holly Flynn, who the cut-throughs and cobbles of Cork City. A febulous sleep theif continues to write under the Katie Flynn name. Holly worked as an assistant and great read.' - Owen McDonnell, of Killing Eve fame to her mother for many years and together they co-authored a number of Katie Flynn novels, including Christmas at Tuppenny Corner. 'A clever twist on the genre.' ARAMINTA HALL, author of Our Kind of Cruelty Holly lives in the north east of Wales with her husband Simon and their two children. When she’s not writing she enjoys walking her two lurchers, Sparky 'A gripping, twisting novel of mounting suspense. It couldn't be and Snoopy, in the surrounding countryside, and cooking forbidden foods more relevant.' AMY LLOYD, author of The Innocent Wife such as pies, cakes and puddings! She looks forward to sharing many more Katie Flynn stories, which she and her mother devised together, with 'A fast-paced and twisty thriller, with a gutsy protagonist you readers in the years to come. can't help but root for. It left me breathless.' CLAIRE ASKEW, author of All The Hidden Truths

'The story is told at a propulsive rate, the legal details are persuasive and the dialogue is excellent.' Irish Times

'This is a wonderfully assured debut. While the plot of Darkest Truth may have been suggested by the recent worldwide #MeToo movement, there is little of the 'me too' in its writing because Kirwan delivers her cracking tale in her own distinctive voice. In

46 Lizzy Barber Douglas Kennedy My Name is Anna The Great Wide Open

From the winner of the Daily Mail crime writing The latest epic from international bestseller Douglas competition comes an enthralling debut thriller about Kennedy a young woman's quest to uncover her identity.

July 2019 July 2019 Paperback Paperback £7.99 £8.99 World All Lang ex UK C/Wealth + EU US,CAN ex Can 400 pages 592 pages 9781787460768 9780099585213

ONE OF THE BEST NEW CRIME NOVELS FOR 2019 (Spectator) ‘Accomplished…a strangely mesmerising effect…absolutely excellent’ ______New Statesman Two women – desperate to unlock the truth. How far will they go to lay the past to rest? New York, 1980s

ANNA has been taught that virtue is the path to God. But on her eighteenth Alice Burns – a young book editor – is deep into a manuscript about the birthday she defies her Mamma’s rules and visits Florida’s biggest theme morass of family life. The observations within resonate, perhaps, because park. she has just watched her own family implode.

She has never been allowed to go – so why, when she arrives, does As she reads she wonders: When did the sadness start? And could it be that everything seem so familiar? And is there a connection to the mysterious unhappiness is a choice? letter she receives on the same day? Thus begins a great American epic which follows Alice as she navigates high ROSIE has grown up in the shadow of the missing sister she barely school, first love and sexism at an elite college, a spell in 1970s Ireland, and remembers, her family fractured by years of searching without leads. Now, a tragedy that sends her stateside as the US embraces a cowboy actor on the fifteenth anniversary of her sister’s disappearance, the media circus named Reagan. resumes in full flow, and Rosie vows to uncover the truth. But it is also the tale of her endlessly complex parents and brothers – how But will she find the answer before it tears her family apart? their destinies are written by the lies they tell themselves and others. ______'A dark, addictive read, with a real heart at its core. I loved it' – Amy The Great Wide Open is an immensely ambitious and compulsive Lloyd, bestselling author of The Innocent Wife saga; a novel which will speak volumes to anyone who has marvelled at that pain that can only be caused by family itself. ‘A compelling read that’s itching to be made into a TV two-parter’ RED Douglas Kennedy's previous twelve novels include the critically acclaimed ‘Provides a clever, unexpected solution, by way of some fine writing’ The bestsellers The Big Picture, The Pursuit of Happiness, A Special Relationship Times and The Moment. He is also the author of three highly-praised travel books. The Big Picture was filmed with Romain Duris and Catherine Deneuve; The ‘Enthralling and deeply moving’ DAILY MAIL Woman in the Fifth with Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas.

‘Dark, disturbing and powerful, the gripping plot is full of twists, turns and His work has been translated into twenty-two languages. In 2007 he was suspense. You will not want to put it down’ Candis awarded the French decoration of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and in 2009 the inaugural Grand Prix de Figaro. Born in Manhattan ‘One of those thrillers in which it is almost impossible not to flick ahead’ in 1955, he has two children and currently divides his time between London, Alison Flood, Observer Paris, Berlin, Maine and New York.

‘Skillfully-plotted…the journey to the truth is one of high tension’ Sunday Times Crime Club

‘It’s the big emotions this book evokes that make you keep reading’ Good Housekeeping

‘Barber has created characters with sufficient appeal to fuel real suspense’ Guardian

‘With well-judged interweaving narratives and plenty of rich description, this

47 Debbie Macomber Harlan Coben Window on the Bay Run Away The Sunday Times Number One bestseller

When single mother Jenna Boltz becomes an 'empty The brilliant new thriller from the international nester', she begins to rediscover herself and her bestselling author described by Dan Brown as 'the passions in this heartwarming new novel from modern master of the hook and twist'.

July 2019 August 2019 Paperback Paperback £7.99 £8.99 UK C/Wealth ex Can UK C/Wealth ex Can 384 pages 384 pages 9781784758769 9781784751173

ESCAPIST ROMANCE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING "Run Away confirms one of the world’s finest thriller writers is at AUTHOR, DEBBIE MACOMBER the very top of his game." PETER JAMES

‘Warm-hearted fiction … Debbie Macomber knows how to write an "Coben never, ever lets you down - but this one is really special." absorbing novel.' People’s Friend LEE CHILD ______YOUR DAUGHTER IS MISSING. Jenna Boltz is at a crossroads. YOU'LL RISK ANYTHING TO FIND HER.

She's spent the last twenty years raising two children on her own. But now And then you see her, frightened and clearly in trouble. as they start to embark on their own lives, Jenna can't help but wonder what her future holds. Will she find the kind of love she's always yearned You approach her, beg her to come home. for? SHE RUNS. Enter Dr Rowan Lancaster, who saves the day when Jenna's elderly mother suffers an accident. Though he keeps to himself, he is immediately smitten You follow her into a dark, dangerous world where no-one is safe and with Jenna. Jenna on the other hand, is determined to remain friends. Until murder is commonplace. her children approach her with shocking news that makes her question everything. NOW IT'S YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE... ______If Jenna can learn to put herself first again, she might just discover a love that takes her beyond her wildest dreams. "The modern master of the hook and twist" DAN BROWN

Debbie Macomber is a no. 1 New York Times bestselling author and one of "A twisty thriller that’ll keep you up way past any sensible lights today’s most popular writers with more than 170 million copies of her books out time" HEAT in print worldwide. In addition to fiction, Debbie has also published two bestselling cookbooks; numerous inspirational and non-fiction works; and "Wonderful ... yet another winner" RICHARD OSMAN two acclaimed children’s books. The beloved and bestselling Cedar Cove series became Hallmark Channel’s first dramatic scripted television series, "The king of twisty thrillers returns. This is worth turning off your Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove, which was ranked as the top programme phone for!" CLOSER on US cable TV when it debuted in summer 2013. Hallmark has also produced many successful films based on Debbie’s bestselling Christmas "[Coben's] writing and storytelling are firing on all cylinders and novels. Debbie Macomber owns her own tea room, and a yarn store, A the seemingly straightforward tale takes a sharp turn when it's Good Yarn, named after the shop featured in her popular Blossom Street least expected" DAILY MAIL novels. She and her husband, Wayne, serve on the Guideposts National Advisory Cabinet, and she is World Vision’s international spokesperson for "Run Away is Harlan Coben at the height of his narrative mastery... their Knit for Kids charity initiative. A devoted grandmother, Debbie and her as a thriller it's a narcotic... unmissable." SHOTS MAGAZINE husband live in Port Orchard, Washington (the town on which her Cedar Cove novels are based) and winter in Florida. "The award-winning Coben once again gets his hook into you and twists to keep you snared." RTE GUIDE

"Few of Harlan Coben’s thrillers are anything less than gripping, but every now and again he writes one that exceeds his own high standards. Run Away is one." THE TIMES ONLINE

"A twisty, disturbing and poignant thriller" WOMAN

48 James Patterson Karin Slaughter 13-Minute Murder Fractured (Will Trent Series Book 2)

From an assassin on the run to a family rife with The second Will Trent novel, from the No. 1 Bestseller. scandal, this short story collection is packed with murder, revenge, and shocking twists.

August 2019 August 2019 Paperback Paperback £7.99 £8.99 448 pages 528 pages 9781787462199 9780099538592

A thrilling new collection from the bestselling author of The The second Will Trent novel, from the No. 1 Bestseller. President is Missing. A broken window. 13-MINUTE MURDER WITH SHAN SERAFIN: A bloody footprint. Michael Ryan can kill anybody in just minutes – from the first approach to A murder hunt begins ... the clean escape. An anonymous client offers Ryan a rich payout to assassinate a target in Harvard Yard. It’s exactly the last big job he needs to When Atlanta housewife Abigail Campano comes home unexpectedly one walk away from his life as a hit-man. But the hit goes horribly wrong, and afternoon, she walks into a nightmare. A broken window, a bloody footprint now his beloved wife Maria is missing. Now the world’s fastest hit-man sets on the stairs and, most devastating of all, the horrifying sight of her teenage out for one last score: revenge. And every minute counts. daughter lying dead on the landing, a man standing over her with a bloody knife. The struggle which follows changes Abigail's life forever. DEAD MAN RUNNING WITH CHRISTOPHER FARNSWORTH: Dr Randall Beck is an eccentric psychiatrist with a terminal disease. This When the local police make a misjudgement which not only threatens the makes him fearless, which comes in handy when a patient is murdered investigation but places a young girl's life in danger, the case is handed over before his eyes – a patient with an unspeakable secret. to Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Apprehension Team - paired with detective Faith Mitchell, a woman who resents him from their first meeting. KILL AND TELL WITH SCOTT SLAVEN: Famous film director Wayne Tennet stands accused by his stepdaughter of But in the relentless heat of a Georgia summer, Will and Faith realise that crossing the line. Falsely, he swears. Now his life and career hang in the they must work together to find the brutal killer who has targeted one of balance. But why would she lie? Atlanta's wealthiest, most privileged communities - before it's too late...

JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of Karin Slaughter grew up in a small south Georgia town and has been writing all time. His books have sold in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He short stories and novels since she was a child. She is the author of the is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – international bestselling Grant County and Will Trent novels and the novella the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Martin Misunderstood. She is also the editor of and contributor to Like A Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers Charm, a collaboration of British and American crime fiction writers. She lives including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. in Atlanta.

James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own To find out more visit www.karinslaughter.com son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, Dog Diaries and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of adult fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in Florida with his wife and son.

49 James Patterson Merilyn Davies The Warning When I Lost You Searing police drama that will have you hooked

In the wake of disaster, nothing in Mount Hope is the A heart-stopping thriller from an authentic new voice same. And it's up to a young man and woman to put a in crime writing – When I Lost You will enthral fans of stop to the strange happenings in their town before Helen Fields and Cara Hunter.

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Two roads lead to Mount Hope. None leads out. ______Former Crime Analyst Merilyn Davies brings to life a gritty, heart- Following a freak nuclear power-plant explosion, the small southern town stopping crime thriller that will have you utterly obsessed. was evacuated. Now, after a year in isolation, some residents are finally allowed to return home. 'Assured, fresh, engrossing' MEL SHERRATT 'Taut, authentic and sensitively told' CHRIS EWAN Best friends Maggie and Jordan quickly discover that Mount Hope is not as it ‘Compassionately, confidently and beautifully written’ STEVE MOSBY was before. The roads leading out of town are blocked, phone networks and ‘A breath-taking, page-turning read’ CLARE MACKINTOSH the Internet are cut off, and the power plant remains on military lockdown. 'Fast-paced, authentic ... you’ll be desperate to get to the bottom of the case' CRIME MONTHLY MAGAZINE Something is horribly wrong, and their determination to uncover the truth ______soon has Maggie and Jordan in the crosshairs of a force more sinister than When a young couple are the lead suspects for the murder of their any they could have imagined. only child, Crime Analyst Carla Brown and DS Nell Jackson are assigned to investigate. JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He The evidence seems conclusive, but something just doesn’t feel right. is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and The case is quickly cast into doubt when the lead forensic pathologist starts Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers receiving threatening letters – containing details only the police should including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. know.

James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own Who’s sending them? What do they want? And how did they get hold of the son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young information? readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, Dog Diaries and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to As Carla and Nell dig deeper, it soon becomes clear that this case isn’t the independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of adult first of its kind. fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in Florida with his wife and son. They must stop at nothing to find the truth – even if it hits close to home. ______Readers can't stop talking about When I Lost You:

‘An exciting and twisty police thriller’ ‘A very unusual but gripping storyline’ ‘I read this almost in one sitting as I was so gripped’ ‘A first class debut, a mix of psychological thriller meets police procedural’ ‘All the twists and turns kept me reading into the early hours’ ‘I love the two main characters - I really hope we see more of them.’ ‘Once I started, I couldn’t put it down.’

Merilyn Davies is a former Crime Analyst for the Metropolitan Police and she is married to a serving officer with the Met. She was co-founder of the Chipping Norton Literary Festival and now works for Oxford City Council. She lives in Oxfordshire with her family.

50 Ellie Dean James Patterson With Hope and Love Revenge

THE SEVENTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY A former SAS soldier is entangled in a gripping tale of TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN murder, betrayal and revenge in this action-packed stand-alone from the world's bestselling thriller writer.

August 2019 September 2019 Paperback Paperback £6.99 £7.99 Wrld Eng Lan(US+CA UK C/Wealth + EU Pend) ex Can 480 pages 384 pages 9781787462786 9781787461352

************** From the author of Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller, The President is THE SEVENTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING Missing. AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN MURDER Cliffehaven, 1945 Former SAS soldier David Shelley has plans for a safer and more stable The war in Europe is over, but for Peggy Reilly and the residents of Beach existence, settling down to civilian life in London. But the shocking death of View Boarding House the effects of the conflict are still far-reaching. a young woman Shelley once helped protect puts those plans on hold.

Cockney evacuee, Ivy, and her sweetheart, Andy, are saving to get married BETRAYAL and fulfil their dream of returning to the East End. But when tragedy strikes, Ivy is faced with a life-changing dilemma that only she can resolve. The police rule the death a suicide but the grieving parents can't accept their beloved Emma would take her own life. They need to find out what really Rita also faces an impossible choice when her sweetheart Peter proposes happened, and they turn to their former bodyguard, Shelley, for help. and asks her to live with him in Australia – just as her widowed father returns from the fighting in Europe. REVENGE

Meanwhile Peggy must say goodbye to several of her evacuee chicks whilst When they discover that Emma had fallen into a dark and seedy world of she awaits the return of her family from Somerset and the news that her drugs and online pornography, the father's need for retribution will take husband, Jim, can finally come home. them into a war from which there may be no escape.

It’s a dream she’s held onto for six long years, but fate has one JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of more twist in store. all time. His books have sold in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – Ellie Dean lives in a tiny hamlet set deep in the heart of the South Downs the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and in Sussex, which has been her home for many years and where she raised Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers her three children. She is the author of the The Cliffehaven Series. including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers.

To find out more visit www.ellie-dean.co.uk James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, Dog Diaries and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of adult fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in Florida with his wife and son.

51 Candice Fox Amy Lloyd Gone by Midnight One More Lie This chilling psychological thriller will hook you

The third novel, in the CRIMSON LAKE SERIES, A thrilling new novel of psychological suspense from featuring former detective Ted Conkaffey and Private the award-winning, internationally bestselling author Investigator Amanda Pharrell of The Innocent Wife.

September 2019 September 2019 Paperback Paperback £7.99 £7.99 UKCW+EUexUS&CA&MY&SG&ANZ 400 pages 384 pages 9781787460829 9781787462052

Perfectly paced, super addictive action/thriller/mystery filled with highly ______original, ridiculously likeable characters. ... Pretty much perfect in every How do you live with yourself as an adult when you were way imaginable' – BOOKTOPIA convicted of murder as a child? ______They left four children safe upstairs. And when you can't remember the crime... They came back to three. HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE GUILTY? ______Charlotte wants a fresh start. She wants to forget her past, forget her crime On the fifth floor of the White Caps Hotel, four young boys are left alone – and, most of all, forget that one terrible moment. while their parents dine downstairs. It’s the reason she’s been given a new name, a new life. The reason she But when one of the parents checks on the children at midnight, they spent years in prison. discover one of them is missing. But even on the outside, with an ankle monitor and court-mandated The boys swear they stayed in their room. CCTV confirms that none of them therapy, she can’t escape the devastating memory of the night that turned left the building. No trace of the child is found. her and her only friend into national hate figures.

Now the hunt is on to find him, before it’s too late – and before the search But now her friend has found her. for a boy becomes a search for a body... ______And despite the lies she tells to survive, she soon finds herself being dragged deeper and deeper into a past she cannot confront. 'Fresh, lively writing that's not afraid to deliver shocks' – SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB Even if it’s going to cost Charlotte her life... ______'It's hard to put it down, and I was genuinely flummoxed... until the very ‘Written with experience and style… a thriller, a chilling one an' end. Highly recommended.' – THE BOOKBAG all’ ANNIE CLARKE, FROST MAGAZINE Candice Fox is the middle child of a large, eccentric family from Sydney’s western suburbs. The daughter of a parole officer and an enthusiastic foster- 'I'm a huge fan of Amy's writing and I read One More Lie pretty carer, Candice spent her childhood listening around corners to tales of much overnight. This is another incredible book from Amy, which I violence, madness and evil as her father relayed his work stories to her know will do really well. I found it gripping, intriguing, sinister mother and older brothers. and it really had me hooked from the first page! I will definitely be recommending it to everyone!'KAREN HAMILTON, author of THE Candice won back-to-back Ned Kelly awards for her first two novels – PERFECT GIRLFRIEND Hades and Eden. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed Fall, Crimson Lake, Redemption and Gone by Midnight. Candice’s first 'I read it in a day. Superb. I’ll be thinking of this for ages to come. collaboration with James Patterson, Never Never, was a Sunday Times and An absolute masterclass in suspenseful storytelling.' New York Times no. 1 bestseller. They have co-authored three further JO SPAIN, author of THE CONFESSION novels featuring Harriet Blue – Fifty Fifty, Liar Liar and Hush Hush. ‘A chilling, tragic story that feels like you’re reading behind the scenes in a real criminal case.’ ARAMINTA HALL, author of OUR KIND OF CRUELTY

Amy Lloyd studied English and Creative Writing at Cardiff Metropolitan University. In 2016 she won the Daily Mail Bestseller Competition for her debut novel The Innocent Wife which, when it was published, became a

52 Anthony Horowitz Annie Clarke The Sentence is Death Heroes on the Home Front A wonderfully uplifting wartime story

Passion, deception, an unexplained death and a The second novel in the wonderfully uplifting Factory detective with quite a lot to hide lie at the heart of Girls series. Perfect for fans of Nancy Revell, Daisy Anthony Horowitz's brilliant new murder mystery, the Styles and Donna Douglas.

September 2019 September 2019 Paperback Paperback £8.99 £6.99 B format UK C/Wealth + Can, 400 pages EU 9781784757533 400 pages 9781787462588

______The second novel in the wonderfully uplifting Factory Girls series. Death, deception, and a detective with quite a lot to hide: the Perfect for fans of Nancy Revell, Daisy Styles and Donna Douglas. second novel in the bestselling series starring Private Investigator ______Daniel Hawthorne. December 1941, North East England: It takes courage to risk your ______life every day. ‘You shouldn’t be here. It’s too late…’ Despite the recent loss of her father, Sarah is settling well into her new role These were Richard Pryce's last words, overheard moments before the celeb at the munitions factory. Her blossoming romance with pitman Stan is a divorce lawyer was bludgeoned to death with a £3,000 bottle of wine. welcome distraction from the dangerous working conditions. But a shocking revelation is about to put everything on the line. Strange circumstances pile up. Pryce was teetotal, so why this bottle? Why those words? Why did the killer paint a number on his wall? And, most Meanwhile Fran is desperately missing her sweetheart Davey, who has importantly, which of the man’s many, many enemies did the deed? been conscripted to work at Bletchley Park. Beth is longing for someone too – and it’s not her husband on the front line… Baffled, the police are forced to bring in Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, the author Anthony, who’s really getting As the factory girls face hardship on the home front, they will rather good at this murder investigation business. discover that the heroes they need are already by their side.

But as Hawthorne takes on the case with characteristic relish, it becomes Annie Clarke’s roots are dug deep into the North East. She draws inspiration clear that he, too, has secrets to hide. Anthony knows they must be from her mother, who was born in a County Durham pit village during the exposed – even at the risk of death… First World War, and went on to became a military nurse during World War ______Two. Annie and her husband now live a stone’s throw from the pit village where her mother was born. She has written frequently about the North "Anthony Horowitz gets away with murder in all sorts of ways and emerges East in novels which she hopes reflect her love and respect for the region’s triumphant" – THE TIMES, Books of the Year lost mining communities.

"Pure pleasure for readers … A must-read delight." – WALL STREET Annie has four adult children and four granddaughters, who fill her and her JOURNAL husband’s days with laughter, endlessly leading these two elders astray.

"This is crime fiction as dazzling entertainment, sustained by writing as skilfully light-footed as Fred Astaire" – SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB (STAR PICK)

"A crime story that keeps you up into the small hours… a page-turning mystery" – METRO

"Sheer genius ... The narrative is hilarious and full of Holmesian clues and deliberate errors which will leave the eagle-eyed reader feeling just a bit smug. A joy from start to finish" – INDEPENDENT

"Fans of traditional puzzle mysteries will be enthralled" – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"One of the most creative writers in the country today" – JEREMY VINE

"Huge fun… It’s hard to know why anyone who loves a good mystery

53 Donna Leon Hollie Overton Unto Us a Son Is Given The Runaway Shortlisted for the Gold Dagger

In the twenty-eigth novel in Donna Leon’s bestselling The electrifying new thriller from the bestselling crime series, Commissario Guido Brunetti is drawn author of Richard and Judy pick, Baby Doll. reluctantly into an old friend's long-hidden mystery. A teenage runaway roams the backstreets of LA -

September 2019 October 2019 Paperback Paperback £8.99 £7.99 272 pages B format 9781787463196 432 pages 9781787460744

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLD DAGGER AWARD The search for a teenage runaway sends her foster mother, a psychologist working for the LAPD, on a dangerous journey The latest bestselling Venice crime novel from celebrated author through Los Angeles' criminal underworld, in this gripping new Donna Leon thriller by the author of the international bestseller Baby Doll.

As a favour to his wealthy father-in-law, the Count Falier, Commissario You'll do anything to protect her. Guido Brunetti agrees to investigate the seemingly innocent wish of the Count’s best friend, the elderly and childless Gonzalo, to adopt a younger But you'll have to find her first. man as his son. Under Italian inheritance laws, this man would become the sole heir to Gonzalo’s substantial fortune, something which Gonzalo’s friends, When LAPD forensic psychologist Becca Ortiz agrees to foster teenage including the Count, find appalling. For his part, Brunetti wonders why runaway Ash, she knows she will love and protect her as her own daughter. they're so intent on meddling in the old man's business. Ash may have turned her back on her old life on the streets, but there is still Not long after Brunetti meets with Gonzalo, the elderly man unexpectedly one person who she can't bear to lose. Now he is about to drag her back passes away from natural causes. Old and frail, Gonzalo’s death goes into a dark world where nothing and no one is safe. unquestioned, and a few of his oldest friends gather in Venice to plan the memorial service. How far will Becca go to save her daughter?

But when Berta, a striking woman and one of Gonzalo’s closest confidantes, And can she find her before it's too late? is strangled in her hotel room, Brunetti is drawn into long-buried secrets from Gonzalo’s past. What did Berta know? And who would go to such For more from Hollie Overton, check out these books: lengths to ensure it would remain hidden? Baby Doll The Walls Once again, Donna Leon brilliantly follows the twists and turns of the human condition, set against the ebb and flow of Venetian life. Praise for Hollie Overton’s heart-racing thrillers:

Donna Leon was named by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime ‘Stunning . . . Dark tale’ Heat Writers. She is an award-winning crime novelist, celebrated for the bestselling Brunetti series. Donna has lived in Venice for thirty years and ‘Moves at breakneck speed’ Stylist previously lived in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Iran and China, where she worked as a teacher. Donna’s books have been translated into 35 languages ‘Incredibly powerful’ Sunday Mirror and have been published around the world. ‘Kept me transfixed and entertained until the very last page’ Tess Gerritsen Her previous novels featuring Commissario Brunetti have all been highly acclaimed; including Friends in High Places, which won the CWA Macallan Bestselling author Hollie Overton is a television writer who has written for Silver Dagger for Fiction, Fatal Remedies, Doctored Evidence, A Sea of ABC Family, CBS and Lifetime. Troubles and Beastly Things. Overton's father was a member of the notorious Overton gang in Austin, Texas, and spent several years in prison for manslaughter.

Raised by her single mother, Hollie an identical twin herself, draws on her unique childhood experiences to lend realism and compassion to her depictions of violence and complicated family dynamics.

54 Anne Rice James Patterson Blood Communion 18th Abduction A Tale of Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles (Women’s Murder Club 18)

The bestselling Vampire Chronicles continue with an Detective Lindsay Boxer fights to protect the streets exhilarating tale of ruin and redemption of San Francisco from an international war criminal in the latest Women's Murder Club thriller

October 2019 October 2019 Paperback Paperback £8.99 £8.99 UK C/Wealth ex Can UK C/Wealth + EU 272 pages ex Can 9781784758813 416 pages 9781787461734

FROM INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND 'QUEEN OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER THE UNDEAD', ANNE RICE The Vampire Chronicles continue with a riveting, rich saga – part 'Everything you love about Patterson and the Women's Murder Club – adventure, part fairy tale – of Prince Lestat and the story of how he smart characters, shocking twists, and a villain so evil you count down came to rule the vampire world to the very last page to discover what will happen next.' LISA GARDNER, the international no. 1 bestselling author From his ancestral chateau high up in the mountains of France, Prince Lestat grapples to instil a new ideology of peace and harmony among the blood- 'I couldn't turn the pages quick enough. Great plot, fantastic drinking community. storytelling and characters that spring off the page – all the right ingredients for a thriller!' HEIDI PERKS, Sunday Times bestselling author of Accustomed to welcoming the Undead from far and wide, one night he NOW YOU SEE HER awakes to news of a ruthless attack by a group of maverick vampires. 'Terrific, high octane, really pacy ... this book delivers everything we've After fleeing to investigate the terror, Lestat learns of several new enemies come to love in a Patterson novel. Every scene is a film, every character who are intent on disrupting the harmony he tries so hard to maintain. But is real and every plot point leaves us breathless.' JO SPAIN, no. 1 bestselling Lestat strong enough to take on such evil alone or will sacrifices have to be author of THE CONFESSION made? ______

Will his cry for peace be heard in a world riddled with violence? Three missing women

Anne Rice is the author of more than thirty internationally bestselling books When three teachers disappear without a trace, Sergeant Lindsay Boxer including the Mayfair Witches sequence, Songs of the Seraphim and the Wolf takes the lead in the investigation. But with no clues and no suspects, the Gift Chronicles. The phenomenon that became the Vampire Chronicles odds of finding the women alive are getting slimmer by the second. began with Interview with the Vampire in 1976, later made into a film starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, and culminated with Blood Canticle in Two impossible cases 2003. Prince Lestat, published in 2014, and Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, published in 2016, were the first new Vampire Chronicle novels for Under pressure at work, Lindsay needs support at home. But her husband over a decade. Anne Rice lives in California. Joe is drawn into an encounter with a woman who's seen a ghost – a notorious war criminal from her Eastern European home country, walking the streets of San Francisco.

One determined detective

When Joe's informant disappears, the two investigations collide. It will take the combined skills of Lindsay, Joe and the entire Women's Murder Club to protect their city, and themselves, from a monster.

James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young

55 Georgette Heyer Lisa Jewell Footsteps in the Dark The House We Grew Up In

Georgette Heyer's brilliant and highly acclaimed series The unforgettable story about a family with a secret at of detective novels, now in a handsome new package its core, from Top Ten bestseller Lisa Jewell, author of Ralph's Party, The Making of Us and Before I Met You.

October 2019 October 2019 Paperback Paperback £8.99 £8.99 336 pages UK C/Wealth + EU 9780099493693 ex Can 448 pages 9780099559559

The Priory may be ramshackled in appearance, but The unforgettable story about a family with a secret at Peter, Margaret and Celia, who have inherited it from its core, from Top Ten bestseller Lisa Jewell, author of their uncle, love it for its rambling charm. But there's Ralph's Party, The Making of Us and Before I Met You. more to this house than is at first apparent: for years hardly a single person has set foot in the place, and even their uncle chose to live in a different house, far When a tragedy breaks a family apart, what can bring it away from this particular property. back together?

Local wisdom says that the house is haunted. And when The Birds seem to be the perfect family: mother, things start going bump in the night, it certainly seems father, four children, a picture-book cottage in the as if something ghostly is walking the Priory's halls. country. Then a murder is committed. Does the key to solving the crime lie in the realm of the supernatural? Or is the But when something happens one Easter weekend, it is explanation much more down to earth? so unexpected, so devastating, that no one can talk Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best- about it. known and best-loved of all historical novelists, making the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black The family shatters, seemingly for ever. Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of fifteen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was Until they are forced to return to the house they grew My Lord John. She wrote twelve detective stories, which up in. And to confront what really took place all those earned her much critical acclaim and the title 'Queen of years ago. Crime.' Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of Lisa Jewell was born in London. Her first novel, Ralph’s seventy-one. Party, was published in 1999. It was the best-selling debut novel of the year. Since then she has published Georgette Heyer's mystery novels: another sixteen novels, most recently a number of April 2006 dark psychological thrillers, including The Girls and Then Death in the Stocks - 0099493624; Behold, Here's Poison She Was Gone (both of which were Richard & Judy Book - 0099493640; They Found Him Dead - 0099493632; A Club picks). Lisa is a top ten New York Times and Blunt Instrument - 0099493659 number one Sunday Times author who has been September 2006 published worldwide in over twenty-five languages. She Envious Casca - 0099493667; Detection Unlimited - lives in north London with her husband, two daughters, 0099493748; Duplicate Death - 0099493756; No Wind of two cats, two guinea pigs and the best dog in the world. Blame - 0099493675 January 2007 Penhallow - 0099493683; Footsteps in the Dark - 0099493691; Why Shoot a Butler? - 0099493721; The Unfinished Clue - 009949373X

56 Donna Douglas Katie Flynn Nightingale Wedding Bells A Christmas Gift (Steeple Street 3)

October 2019 October 2019 Paperback Paperback £7.99 £7.99 World English 400 pages Language 9781787463011 350 pages 9781784757168

***PRE-ORDER NOW***THE ELEVENTH BOOK IN THE Cosy up with the gorgeous novel from Sunday Times NIGHTINGALE SERIES Number One Bestselling author, Katie Flynn BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR DONNA DOUGLAS Liverpool, 1939: Sixteen-year-old Lizzy Atherton is forced to flee her violent step-father in the middle of East London, 1917. War rages on, but for the the night, and finds herself stranded on a station Nightingale nurses, wedding bells are ringing… platform completely alone.

Anna is over the moon when her sweetheart Edward Desperate to know what has become of her beloved returns from the front line. As he recovers from injuries mother, who she had no choice but to leave behind, sustained in war, they make plans to be married. But Lizzy returns the next day only to find her home the horrors of the trenches cast a long shadow. deserted. Devastated, Lizzy joins forces with her old school friend Dolly and Clara, an escaped evacuee, and Caring for shell-shocked soldiers brings untold vows to find her mother whatever it takes. challenges for Grace, and her parents have very different dreams for her future. Will she have the But the war rages on and demands on the home front strength to forge her own path? take Lizzy’s life in a host of unexpected directions, and hopes of finding her mother gradually start to fade. Meanwhile Dulcie has her sights firmly set on her own happy ending. Yet sometimes we find love where we If Lizzy can muster the strength to keep searching, she least expect to. might just get her Christmas wish after all.

Each nurse has her own battle to fight but they must pull together to find true happiness. Praise for Katie Flynn Donna Douglas lives in York with her husband and two 'One of the country's most popular storytellers' Scottish cats. They have a grown-up daughter. When she is not Daily Record busy writing, she is generally reading, watching Netflix or drinking cocktails. Sometimes all at the same time. 'A poignant war-time romance' Daily Express

‘A heartwarming story of love and loss’ Woman's Weekly

‘One of the best Liverpool writers’ Liverpool Echo

'If you pick up a Katie Flynn book it's going to be a wrench to put it down again' Holyhead and Anglesey Mail Katie Flynn is the pen name of the much-loved writer, Judy Turner, who published over ninety novels in her lifetime. Judy’s unique stories were inspired by hearing family recollections of life in Liverpool during the early twentieth century, and her books went on to sell more than eight million copies. Judy passed away in January 2019, aged 82.

The legacy of Katie Flynn lives on through her daughter, Holly Flynn, who continues to write under the Katie Flynn name. Holly worked as an assistant to her

57 James Patterson Nancy Revell Out of Sight Christmas with the Shipyard Girls Shipyard Girls 7

A war-hardened veteran returns home to discover her THE SEVENTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING SHIPYARD worst nightmare come to life, in this gripping tale of GIRLS SERIES. fear, family, and the lengths we go to to protect the ones we love.

October 2019 October 2019 Paperback Paperback £7.99 £7.99 UK C/Wealth + EU Wrld Eng Lan(US+CA ex Can Pend) 368 pages 496 pages 9781787462212 9781787460850

The Sunday Times bestsesller. Also published as The THE SEVENTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING SHIPYARD Cornwalls Are Gone in the US. GIRLS SERIES.

After a harrowing tour in Afghanistan, intelligence ‘Nancy Revell knows how to stir the passions and officer Amy Cornwall is eager to return home to her soothe the heart!’ Northern Echo husband and their young daughter. But as soon as she ______steps into the house, she knows that something is Sunderland, 1942: Christmas is fast approaching and terribly wrong. with it comes a flurry of snow and surprises…

HER FAMILY IS MISSING Against all odds, Polly’s fiancé has finally returned home from the front line. If they can keep things on an The kidnappers leave a message: if she wants to see even keel, she might get the winter wedding she’s her husband and daughter alive again, Amy must always dreamed of. complete a near impossible task...and she has 48 hours to do it. Meanwhile shipyard manager Helen is determined to move on after a turbulent year. Her sights are set on SHE'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO BRING THEM HOME breaking the yard’s production record and no one, not even the handsome Dr Parker, is going to get in her Alone, afraid and officially AWOL, Amy will sacrifice way. everything to find her family – her career, her reputation, maybe even her own life... And head welder Rosie’s little sister Charlotte has JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and turned up unannounced. Why is she back and so set biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold on staying? in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past Join the shipyard girls as they navigate through life, two decades – the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, love and war this Christmas. Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers Praise for the Shipyard Girls series: including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. 'the author is one to watch' Sun James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant ‘A brilliant read’ Take a Break reader, he also writes a range of books for young readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure ‘Well-drawn, believable characters combined with a Hunters, Dog Diaries and Max Einstein series. James storyline to keep you turning the pages’ Woman has donated millions in grants to independent Nancy Revell is the author of the Shipyard Girls series, bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of which is set in the north-east of England during World adult fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in War II. a row. He lives in Florida with his wife and son. She is a former journalist who worked for all the national newspapers, providing them with hard-hitting news stories and in-depth features. Nancy also wrote amazing and inspirational true life stories for just about every woman’s magazine in the country.

When she first started writing the Shipyard Girls series, Nancy relocated back to her hometown of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, along with her husband, Paul, and

58 Susan Lewis Katie Fforde Missing Highland Fling

THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER. A fine romance? A wonderfully romantic novel from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Recipe for Love, A French Affair and The Perfect Match.

November 2019 November 2019 Paperback Paperback £9.99 £8.99 576 pages 384 pages 9780099492344 9780099415558

It's an early autumn day like any other as Miles Avery A fine romance? A wonderfully romantic novel from drives his wife, Jacqueline, to the station. Nothing the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Recipe for remarkable crops up in conversation, nor do either of Love, A French Affair and The Perfect Match. them appear anything other than their normal selves. At the station, Jacqueline gets out, takes an overnight When 'Virtual Assistant' Jenny Porter's boyfriend bag from the back seat, then turns towards the accuses her of being impulsive, soft-hearted and platforms. This is the last anyone sees of her. unbusinesslike, dashing off to Scotland to sort out a failing mill for one of her clients may not be the best Three weeks later, Miles calls the police. Enquiries are way of proving him wrong. And promising to help run a made, but there is no evidence of her boarding a train, mobile burger bar before she's even found her feet or even entering the station. Very soon the finger of doesn't help matters. When she finds herself suspicion starts to turn towards Miles, and as dark determined to save the mill - whatever her client's secrets from the past begin to merge with those of the wishes - it seems that Henry's accusations may have present, the great love he has been trying to protect is contained more than a grain of truth. not only revealed but thrown into terrible jeopardy... Susan Lewis is the bestselling author of thirty-eight So when Jenny's awkward encounters with the abrasive novels. She is also the author of Just One More Day and but disconcertingly attractive Ross Grant develop into One Day at a Time, the moving memoirs of her something more complicated - just as Henry arrives in childhood in Bristol. She lives in Gloucestershire. Scotland to reclaim her - it's time for Jenny to make some decisions. Should she do the sensible thing and To find out more about Susan Lewis, visit her website follow Henry back to London? Or is her Highland www.susanlewis.com, or join in on adventure more than just a fling...? www.facebook.com/SusanLewisBooks. Katie Fforde lives in the beautiful Cotswold countryside with her family, and is a true country girl at heart. Each Susan is a supporter of the breast cancer charity Breast of her books explores a different profession or Cancer Care: www.breastcancercare.org.uk and of the background and her research has helped her bring childhood bereavement charity Winston's Wish: these to life. She’s been a porter in an auction house, www.winstonswish.org.uk tried her hand at pottery, refurbished furniture, delved behind the scenes of a dating website, and she's even been on a Ray Mears survival course. She loves being a writer; to her there isn’t a more satisfying and pleasing thing to do. She particularly enjoys writing love stories. She believes falling in love is the best thing in the world, and she wants all her characters to experience it, and her readers to share their stories. To find out more about Katie Fforde step into her world at www.katiefforde.com, visit her on Facebook and follow her on Twitter @KatieFforde.

59 Glenice Crossland Debbie Macomber Where the Heart Is A Mrs Miracle Christmas A Christmas Novel

November 2019 November 2019 Paperback Paperback £7.99 £7.99 400 pages UK C/Wealth ex Can 9781787463219 272 pages 9781784758783

Previously published as The Ever Open Door, this is a An uplifting festive novel from the Number One New story told with warmth and humour, about a hard York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. working, down-to-earth community in a small Yorkshire town during the Second World War and its Laurel McCullough is in desperate need of help. aftermath. Her beloved grandmother has just been diagnosed with Yorkshire, 1940: Kind Sally Butler and her husband Jim Alzheimer's and the baby she and her husband Zach are content in their little house on Potters Row. Jim's have longed for now seems like an impossible dream. only complaint is that Sally is too soft hearted, always at the beck and call of any neighbour, friend or even So when Mrs Miracle appears at the door, Laurel stranger. Sally, on the other hand, accuses Jim of couldn’t be more relieved. She invites the nurse into being a soft touch for anyone after a drink or two at the her life and it’s not long before they become firm Rising Sun. Both accept that neither will ever change friends. and they love each other and their daughter Daisy deeply. When her grandmother’s condition begins to improve, and as Laurel and Zach continue their desperate quest Theirs is a close-knit family in a close-knit community for a child, Laurel soon realises that there is more to where gossip – both good and bad – abounds and Mrs Miracle than meets the eye… neighbour looks out for neighbour. And when Sally's Debbie Macomber is a no. 1 New York Times bestselling generosity leads to an inheritance it should mean a author and one of today’s most popular writers with change of life for the better, instead it brings danger more than 170 million copies of her books in print and difficult choices for them all... worldwide. In addition to fiction, Debbie has also Glenice Crossland lives in Sheffield. She has loved published two bestselling cookbooks; numerous writing from an early age, only taking it seriously after inspirational and non-fiction works; and two acclaimed early retirement from her job in a leisure centre. She children’s books. The beloved and bestselling Cedar has read one of her poems on BBC2, had several read Cove series became Hallmark Channel’s first dramatic on Radio Sheffield and more published in various scripted television series, Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove, anthologies. She is well known locally for her which was ranked as the top programme on US cable watercolours of churches and local traditions. Married TV when it debuted in summer 2013. Hallmark has also with one son and grandchildren she still lives a few produced many successful films based on Debbie’s hundred yards from the house in which she was born. bestselling Christmas novels. Debbie Macomber owns She is also the author of The Stanford Lasses and her own tea room, and a yarn store, A Good Yarn, Christmas Past. named after the shop featured in her popular Blossom Street novels. She and her husband, Wayne, serve on the Guideposts National Advisory Cabinet, and she is World Vision’s international spokesperson for their Knit for Kids charity initiative. A devoted grandmother, Debbie and her husband live in Port Orchard, Washington (the town on which her Cedar Cove novels are based) and winter in Florida.

60 Jonathan Kellerman James Patterson The Wedding Guest The First Lady (Alex Delaware 34)

A gripping new thriller from the Number One New York A President's affair to remember soon becomes a Times bestselling master of suspense. nightmare he wishes he could forget in James Patterson's gripping new stand-alone thriller.

November 2019 November 2019 Paperback Paperback £7.99 £7.99 UK C/Wealth ex Can UK C/Wealth + EU 384 pages ex Can 9781787461192 384 pages 9781787462236

An uninvited guest. A missing identity. A trail of "Sir, the First Lady ... has gone rogue." deadly secrets. President Tucker is caught up in a media firestorm. The When a horrified bridesmaid finds the body of a young scandal of his affair has sent shockwaves through his woman at a wedding reception, it makes the bride and re-election campaign, and threatens to derail groom’s choice of a Saints and Sinners theme all the everything he has worked for. To win the vote, he more macabre. needs the First Lady to stand by his side.

There are no means of identification and nobody knows But Grace Tucker has a mind of her own. the victim. After years of compromise, unfulfilled promises, The bride is convinced someone is trying to sabotage deception and betrayal, Grace refuses to give in to her her big day. The groom is sure it’s a dreadful mistake. husband's deamnds. Escaping the city and her Secret Service agents, she is officially off the radar. It’s up to brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis to uncover the truth. They have But did the First Lady run away? Or is she in far a hundred guests to question, and a strong suspicion greater danger than anyone could have imagined? that the motive for murder is personal… JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold The party’s over – and the hunt for the killer is on. in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He is the Jonathan Kellerman is the Number One New York Times author of some of the most popular series of the past bestselling author of more than forty crime novels, two decades – the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, including the Alex Delaware series, The Butcher's Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels – and he Theater, Billy Straight, The Conspiracy Club, Twisted, True has written many other number one bestsellers Detectives, and The Murderer's Daughter. including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers.

With his wife, bestselling novelist Faye Kellerman, he James is passionate about encouraging children to co-authored Double Homicide and Capital Crimes. With read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant his son, bestselling novelist Jesse Kellerman, he co- reader, he also writes a range of books for young authored Crime Scene, The Golem of Hollywood, and The readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Golem of Paris. Hunters, Dog Diaries and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to independent He is also the author of two children's books and bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of numerous nonfiction works, including Savage Spawn: adult fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in Reflections on Violent Children and With Strings Attached: a row. He lives in Florida with his wife and son. The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars. He has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association, and has been nominated for a Shamus Award.

Jonathan and Faye Kellerman live in California and New Mexico.

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61 Ben H. Winters James Patterson Golden State The Chef

Golden State by Ben Winters is an ambitious and The astonishing multimedia thriller – first seen on frighteningly timely novel set in a world where Facebook – now in print for the first time. everything is recorded and no one can be trusted. For anyone who loved The Handmaid's Tale, The Power and

December 2019 December 2019 Paperback Paperback £7.99 £7.99 UK C/Wealth ex Can 400 pages 336 pages 9781787463158 9781784757687

______The astonishing multimedia thriller – first seen on Facebook – now in print for the first time. 'A prescient, devastating commentary on humanity’s disintegrating attachment to reality and truth... Police detective by day, celebrity food truck chef by Winters has written a 1984 for the 21st century. Not night, now Caleb Rooney has a new title: Most Wanted. just a thrilling book, but an important one' Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter and TV series In the Carnival days leading up Mardi Gras, Detective Wayward Pines Caleb Rooney comes under investigation for a murder he is accused of committing in the line of duty – as a 'A dystopia for our times' Financial Times Major Crimes detective for the New Orleans Police Department. Has his sideline at the Killer Chef food ‘A wry commentary on our current era’ Guardian truck given him a taste for murder? While fighting the ______charges against him, Rooney makes a pair of unthinkable discoveries. His beloved city is under threat Welcome to Golden State, where the worst crime you of attack. And these would-be terrorists may be local. can commit is to lie. JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold Laz Ratesic is a veteran of the State’s special police. in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He is the Those in power rely on Laz to discover the full and final author of some of the most popular series of the past truth. two decades – the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels – and he But when a man falls from a roof in suspicious has written many other number one bestsellers circumstances, it sets in motion a terrifying series of including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. events which will shatter Laz’s world for ever. James is passionate about encouraging children to Because when those in control of the truth decide to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant twist it, only those with the power to ask questions can reader, he also writes a range of books for young fight back. readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure ______Hunters, Dog Diaries and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to independent Golden State is an ambitious and frighteningly timely bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of novel set in a world where everything is recorded and adult fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in no one can be trusted. For anyone who loved The a row. He lives in Florida with his wife and son. Handmaid's Tale, The Power and Station Eleven.

'Pacy and compelling' SFX

'Golden State is fascinating, cutting and ultimately inspiring' SciFiNow Ben H. Winters is the author of nine novels, including most recently the New York Times bestselling Underground Airlines. His novel Countdown City was an NPR Best Book of 2013 and the winner of the Philip K. Dick Award for Distinguished Science Fiction, and The Last Policeman was the recipient of the 2012 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America; it was also named one of the Best Booksof 2012 by Amazon.com and Slate.

62 Anthony Powell Anthony Powell The Valley Of Bones Soldier's Art

The seventh novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve- The eighth novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve- novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time

December 2019 December 2019 Paperback Paperback £10.99 £10.99 256 pages 240 pages 9780099472469 9780099472476

The seventh novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve- The eighth novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve- novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time. novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time.

Discover the extraordinary life of Anthony Powell – Discover the extraordinary life of Anthony Powell – captured by acclaimed biographer Hilary Spurling in captured by acclaimed biographer Hilary Spurling in Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time – available Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time – available now in hardback and ebook from Hamish Hamilton. now in hardback and ebook from Hamish Hamilton. Anthony Powell was an only child, born in 1905. As a Anthony Powell was an only child, born in 1905. As a young man he worked for a crumbling publishing young man he worked for a crumbling publishing business whilst trying to find time to write novels. He business whilst trying to find time to write novels. He moved in a bohemian world of struggling writers and moved in a bohemian world of struggling writers and artists, which was to provide the raw material for much artists, which was to provide the raw material for much of his fiction. During the Second World War he served of his fiction. During the Second World War he served in Military Intelligence Liaison. He subsequently in Military Intelligence Liaison. He subsequently became a fiction reviewer for the Times Literary became a fiction reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement and for five years he was the literary editor Supplement and for five years he was the literary editor of the now-defunct magazine Punch. Meanwhile he of the now-defunct magazine Punch. Meanwhile he continued to work on the twelve-novel sequence ‘A continued to work on the twelve-novel sequence ‘A Dance to the Music of Time’. He was the author of Dance to the Music of Time’. He was the author of seven other novels, and four volumes of memoirs. His seven other novels, and four volumes of memoirs. His many reviews for the Daily Telegraph are also published many reviews for the Daily Telegraph are also published in collected volumes. Anthony Powell died in March in collected volumes. Anthony Powell died in March 2000. 2000.

63 Anthony Powell Anthony Powell The Military Philosophers Books Do Furnish A Room

The ninth novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve- The tenth novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve- novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time

December 2019 December 2019 Paperback Paperback £10.99 £10.99 256 pages 256 pages 9780099472483 9780099472490

The ninth novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve- The tenth novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve- novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time. novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time.

64 Anthony Powell Anthony Powell Temporary Kings Hearing Secret Harmonies

The eleventh novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve The final novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve- -novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time

December 2019 December 2019 Paperback Paperback £10.99 £10.99 288 pages 288 pages 9780099472520 9780099472537

The eleventh novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve- The final novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve-novel novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time. sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time.