Literature & Fiction
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A Letter to Keep You Safe
The new novel from Rachaele Hambleton, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Different Kind of Happy.
A story of heartbreak, love and hope.
Lou has had more than her fair share of heartbreak but she has always managed to keep going…until now.
When her friend Martha ends up in hospital after a brutal attack at the hands of her ex-partner, Lou is struggling to see a way through.
Lou has been a good friend to Martha but she has been keeping secrets. Secrets she has kept to herself for a long time. If Lou had shared more of her story maybe Martha wouldn’t be in hospital now.
Wracked with guilt, Lou decides she must write a letter. A letter to tell her truth once and for all. A letter to show Martha that with friends, family and people you love around you there is a way through the darkness. A letter to keep Martha safe.
Praise for A Different Kind of Happy:
‘A powerful story of family, hope, growth and second chances’ Anna MathurRead more
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Arborescence: ‘Extraordinary’ Sophie Ward
‘A wry tale, deftly told… transforms the anguish of our moment into a fable of hope’ RICHARD FLANAGAN, TLS, BOOKS OF THE YEAR
‘Laugh-out-loud funny, disarmingly wise and very, very readable’ NATHAN FILER
‘You will not be able to stop thinking about this extraordinary book’ SOPHIE WARD
‘A great and beautiful book that is profound and profoundly moving’ JENNIFER CROFT
‘Thrilling, thought-provoking and incredibly tender’ CHIOMA OKEREKE
‘Reads like a thriller but has the tenderness and insight of poetry’ BEN RAWLENCE
‘A dazzling blend of cosmic eco-horror and arthouse sci-fi’ CHRIS FLYNN
‘Brilliant… a book about us, a book about now’ SHAUN TANWhat makes a person want to be a tree?
Bren and his partner Caelyn are feeling at a standstill in their lives. One day they come across a video of people in the forest who believe that if they stand still for long enough they will transform into trees. The idea is absurd. But it’s spreading. Soon, people start to go missing and trees appear in unlikely places.
As cities decay and the world becomes greener, Caelyn becomes more and more convinced that arborescence is exactly what will save the planet from human destruction. Bren isn’t so sure. Drifting apart, Bren and Caelyn are forced to question what it really means to be human – and if they are ready to stand still.
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Half His Age: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of I’m Glad My Mom Died
The highly anticipated, funny, sad, thrilling novel about sex, class, desire, and power – and the (often misguided) lengths we’ll go to to get what we want, from Jennette McCurdy, the three-million copy, Sunday Times bestselling author of I’m Glad My Mom Died.
Waldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Hurting. Endlessly wanting. And the thing she wants most of all? Mr. Korgy, her creative writing teacher.
Mr Korgy, with the wife and the kid and the mortgage and the bills, with the dead dreams and the atrophied looks and the growing paunch. She doesn’t know why she wants him. Is it his passion? His life experience? The fact that he knows books and films that she doesn’t? Or are they actually kindred spirits, sharing the same filter with which they each take in the world around them? Or, perhaps, it’s just enough that he sees her when no one else does.
Startlingly perceptive, mordantly funny, and keenly poignant, Half His Age is an incisive study of a yearning seventeen-year-old who disregards all obstacles in her effort to be seen, to be desired and to be loved.
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Mrs Sidhu’s Just Desserts: A charming cosy culinary crime mystery whodunnit… The proof is in the pudding!
In this twisting and richly sauced mystery, will the proof be in the pudding?
‘Perfect for fans of Richard Osman’ Guardian
‘Slough’s answer to Miss Marple’ S.J. Bennett
‘A dollop of cosy crime goodness’ Vaseem Khan
It’s the most glamorous event of the year
Mrs Sidhu has snagged the contract of her life: the chance to cater the grand opening of Berkshire’s new art gallery.
But there’s horror among the hors d’oeuvres
Then the gallery’s star painting is stolen, and Mrs Sidhu’s favourite waitress is left dead on the floor.
Mrs Sidhu is back for a second helping
Can a widowed, Slough-based caterer take down a ruthless, murderous art thief? She’s determined to crack the strangest case of her career and serve up her signature dish: just desserts.
An exceptional cosy crime mystery from Suk Pannu, creator of BBC Radio 4’s Mrs Sidhu Investigates
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So, I Met This Guy . . .: The perfect laugh-out-loud read for women who have had ENOUGH!
So, I Met This Guy . . .
Well, isn’t that how every love story starts? But how does it end – a happily ever after? Or with the discovery that the supposed love-of-your-life has stolen your life savings and your home, trashed your heart and demolished your self-esteem?
Maggie is barely fifty years-old, and she’s not one to give up on herself. So when she meets Flick, a young reporter who realizes this story could be the big break she’s been looking for, they set off to catch him as he goes on the run across Europe. After all, she’s got nothing left to lose, right?
But as the pair embark on the road trip of their lives, unexpected twists, hidden secrets and hard truths are revealed. And as an unlikely friendship begins to blossom, they realize it’s not just about finding the guy, it’s about finding themselves . . .
From the author of the mega bestseller Confessions of a Fortysomething F##k Up comes another laugh-out-loud novel full of wit, wisdom . . . and women who have had ENOUGH.
‘The Bridget Jones for our times’ – Daily Telegraph
‘A rip-roaring plot and some of the best twists I’ve ever read – THE mega hit of 2026!’ – Matt Cain
‘A thrilling, witty, twisty, turny wonderful adventure with a grand splosh of self-discovery’ – Milly Johnson
‘Warm, witty and wise . . . An absolute triumph!’ – Mike Gayle
‘The perfect blockbuster read’ – Alex Brown
‘Heartwarming, joyful and uplifting’ – Laura Price
‘A moving tribute to the transformative power of female friendship’ – Freya North
‘I could not love this book more’ – Lindsey Kelk
‘Like having a catch-up with good friends’ – C. J. Wray
‘Potter’s writing sparkles with energy, with humour . . . and a wonderful human heart’ – Peter James
‘A story of hope, redemption and the magical energy of female friendship’ – Lucy Dillon
‘This book was superb’ – Prima
‘All the ingredients of the perfect holiday read’ – Daily Express
What readers love about Alexandra Potter:
‘Full of humour, optimism, love, loss, friendship, reality and a little magic. Really lifted my spirits’
‘So relatable’
‘Laugh-out-loud moments with such thoughtful insights into real life’
‘Inspiring, funny, emotional – I could not put it down’
‘Obsessed’
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The Boleyn Secret: the spellbinding new Tudor novel by the Sunday Times bestselling author (Audio Download): Alison Weir, Review: Amazon.co.uk: Audible Books & Originals
From the bestselling author of SIX TUDOR QUEENS, a captivating new novel about two Boleyn cousins, close as sisters – and the truth that will change everything.‘Nobody brings historical characters to life like Alison Weir’ TRACY BORMAN
A BOLEYN WOMAN IS NO STRANGER TO SECRETS…
At twelve years old, Kate Carey attends her aunt, Queen Anne Boleyn, to the scaffold. Horrified by what she witnesses, Kate is convinced that King Henry VIII has sent an innocent woman to a terrible death.
As the Boleyns fall from favour, Kate serves her now motherless cousin, the young Lady Elizabeth. Bound by Boleyn blood, the two girls are like sisters, until Kate marries for love – and leaves a jealous Elizabeth behind.
At court, Kate cannot ignore the sly looks thrown her way, nor the whispers behind her back. Only when her mother, Mary, lies dying, does she learn the life-shattering truth that the Boleyns have been hiding for years.
It is a secret that will haunt Kate throughout her life, as her family flee into exile, only returning home when Elizabeth becomes queen. But the bond between the Boleyn cousins will never be the same again…
PRAISE FOR ALISON WEIR’S TUDOR FICTION
‘History has the best stories and they should all be told like this’ CONN IGGULDEN
‘As always, Alison Weir is ahead of the curve – and at the top of her game’ SARAH GRISTWOOD
‘Alison Weir makes history come alive as no one else’ BARBARA ERSKINE
‘Weir is excellent on the little details that bring a world to life’ GUARDIAN
‘Profoundly moving… lingers long after the last page’ ELIZABETH FREMANTLE
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The Distinctly Competent District Councillor: The new, heart-warming novel from the multi-million copy bestselling phenomenon
The charming and original story of a small, declining community’s struggle to survive in the shadow of an all-consuming metropolis, from from the multi-million copy bestselling author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.
All over the world, people sleep blissfully in Traumbett beds. These marvellous feats of German engineering have successfully cornered the mattress market everywhere. Everywhere, except Sweden and owner Konrad Kaltenbacher Jr is desperate to expand there.
With Konrad Jr’s sights set firmly on stylish Stockholm, Julia Bäck, district councillor of the small, decaying town of Halstaholm, has plans of her own. Seeing an opportunity to attract 800 new jobs, Julia jumps into spearheading a persuasive campaign to win the contract. A roundabout is hastily renamed in honour of Angela Merkel; a German school is quickly established under the leadership of a ten-year-old boy and three elderly pensioners; and the town swimming pool is rapidly transformed into a beerhouse – it had been empty for years anyway!
Julia’s get-up-and-go impresses the German boss … but has she made herself a tricky bed to lie in?
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The Wild Rose: From the No.1 Sunday Times best selling author comes her brand-new romantic historical page-turner for spring 2026
Be swept up in the unforgettable new historical novel from the reader’s favourite.
Can Rosina discover the hidden secrets of Moonshadow Manor?
When spirited Rosina Wills is driven from her London home by a conniving stepmother, she seeks refuge in the wild heart of Dartmoor. But Moonshadow Manor is a house of secrets―and her ailing Aunt Jane is not the only one in need.
As Rosina settles into her new life, she soon realises Moonshadow Manor holds secrets of its own. With every passing day, she uncovers more about her family. But as long-buried truths begin to surface, will Rosina find the answers she’s looking for … or something she never dreamed of?
A sweeping, emotional tale of love, loyalty and the strength of a fearless heart.
Dilly Court’s book ‘The Snow Angel’ was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2024-10-14.
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