Fiction
Until August
Sitting alone beside the languorous blue waters of the lagoon, Ana Magdalena Bach contemplates the men at the hotel bar. She has been happily married for twenty-seven years and has no reason to escape the life she has made with her husband and children. And yet, every August, she travels by ferry here to the island where her mother is buried, and for one night takes a new lover. Across sultry C
Tell Me Everything
It’s autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigation, defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer, Lucy Barton, who lives nearby in a house next to the sea. Together, Lucy and Bob talk about their lives, their hopes and regrets, and
Girl, 1983
'A masterpiece. It pushes the fused power of memoir and story to a new dimension' Ali Smith
A heart-rending work of autofiction from one of Norway's most prominent literary writers
'By writing down what happened, by telling the story as truthfully as I can, I'm trying to bring them together into one body - the woman from 2021 and the girl from 1983. I don'
Dubliners
New to Penguin Clothbound Classics, Joyce's seminal story collection about ordinary Dublin lives
'Joyce's early short stories remain undimmed in their brilliance' Sunday Times
James Joyce's earliest major work, written when he was only twenty-five, brought his city to the world for the first time.
The stories within Dubliners are ro
Rum Punch
From America's top writer of hardboiled crime, the novel that became Tarantino's hit film JACKIE BROWN
Jackie, a flight attendant with a serious side hustle, is about to get grounded...
She's just got busted smuggling large amounts of hot money on the Caribbean-Florida run, and now the Feds are pressuring her to turn informant - but Ordell Robbie, the highly dysfunc
Swag
A rollicking tale of the 1970s Detroit criminal underworld from legendary crime writer Elmore Leonard
To get ahead in armed robbery, you just need to find the perfect business partner...
When auto thief Stick steals a maroon '73 Camaro from Frank's used car lot, Frank spies an unexpected opportunity. He 'suggests' they combine forces, and soon they're embarking on a
The Switch
A rip-roaring caper novel by bestselling crime author Elmore Leonard
Ordell and Louis have picked the wrong woman to kidnap...
They thought it would be easy money. Snatch the wife of a rich Detroit businessman and demand a nice big ransom. What they didn't reckon on was the fact that her husband has a secret mistress and doesn't want his wife back at all. Or that th
Suspicion
A biting psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Tokyo Express, now available in English for the first time
Onizuka Kumako is a fierce woman: tall, beautiful, and not afraid to speak her mind. In Tokyo bars, she seduces customers and commits petty crime, using her connections to the local yakuza to get by. When she meets Shirakawa Fukutaro, a rich widower
I Found Myself...The Last Dreams
FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR - WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HISHAM MATAR
After an assassination attempt and in waning health, Naguib Mahfouz became more cautious in his twilight years. At the same time, in nightly dreams, his imagination began to roam his beloved city, Cairo, with a rare freedom.
In this collection of vivid vignettes linked together by the author'
Cat Fight
A gripping and suspenseful debut, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Jane Fallon and Tiger King!
'Original, sharp, clever, and wonderfully observed' Andrea Mara, bestselling author of No One Saw a Thing
'Twisty, sharp (clawed) and deliciously unhinged' Catherine Ryan Howard, bestselling author of 56 Days
'FABULOUS . . . Desperate Ho
Can You Solve the Murder?
In this choose-your-own murder mystery, step into the shoes of a detective. At the end of every chapter, choose where to go next...
'A wonderfully intriguing mystery that tests your powers of investigation!'
G. T. Karber, bestselling author of Murdle
'This is just glorious! An interactive crime novel where YOU sleuth-for-the-truth!'
Janice
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Service Model
Meet Charles™, the latest in robot servant technology. Programmed to undertake the most menial household chores, Charles is loyal, efficient and logical to a fault. That is, until a rather large fault causes him to murder his owner. Understandably perplexed, Charles finds himself without a master - therefore worthless in a society utterly reliant on artificial labour and services. Fleeing the h
Never
Swept away from her life in London to a place beyond the stars, Wendy’s granddaughter Daphne is torn between the boy of legend – Peter Pan, whose fate is irrevocably intertwined with her family’s – and Jem Hook, the pirate who has captured her heart against all her better judgement. Filled with hope and heartbreak, beauty and betrayal, dreams and devastating reality, Nev
Gloves Off
In public, we act as besotted newlyweds, but in private, we’re at each other’s throats. He’s competitive, arrogant, and surly. The guy’s never cracked a smile in his life. He’s jealous of my ex, he glares at my high heels, and insists he’s not attracted to me. He’s only marrying me for citizenship. Fighting with Alexei is more fun than expected, though,
You Were Never Not Mine
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Sexy, swoony and very spicy, the international bestselling sensation, Monica Murphy, is back with an emotionally charged novel bound to set pulses racing . . .
The tables turne when the girl August Lancaster couldn't stand at Lancaster Prep shows up at the same university he attends.
I Did Warn Her
The escapist crime thriller for fans of Below Deck, Lucy Clarke and T.M. Logan
WHEN THERE'S BLOOD IN THE WATER, A FEEDING FRENZY IS SURE TO FOLLOW . . .
The Ophelia is your typical superyacht: luxurious, owned by a ruthless billionaire and staffed by crew who have just one job: keep the guests happy, whatever it takes. Sasha is the latest hire on a wee
Problematic Summer Romance
Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life. Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him. It’s such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother’s best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, th
Identity Unknown
Summoned to an unnerving, abandoned theme park to retrieve a body, Dr Kay Scarpetta is devastated to learn that the victim is a man she once loved. While teaching in Rome during the early days of her career, Scarpetta had a love affair with acclaimed astrophysicist Sal Giordano that led to a lifelong friendship. The murder scene is bizarre, with a crop circle of petals around the body, and Gior
The Last One at the Wedding
Frank Szatowski hasn’t seen his daughter Maggie in years, and it breaks his heart every day. So when she calls him out of the blue, to tell him that she’s getting married and he’s invited, Frank is overjoyed. Maggie is marrying into one of the richest families in the country, and Frank finds himself overwhelmed by the social circle she now moves in. He’ll do anything to
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