Fiction

An electric Argentinian literary noir that is 'an essential read' AGUSTINA BAZTERRICA, author of Tender is the Flesh A devastating train crash in the suburbs of Buenos Aires leaves forty-three people dead, but not Hugo Lamadrid, a criminal wanted for murder. He seizes his chance to disappear, abandoning his possessions - and, he hopes, his identity - among bodies mangled beyond all recognition. As

These remarkable short stories from the 1940s and 50s depict women and men caught between the pull of personal desires and profound social change. From a remote peninsula in Cornwall to the drawing rooms of the British Raj, domestic arrangements are rewritten, social customs are revoked and new freedoms are embraced. Selected and introduced by writer and critic Lucy Scholes, this collection places

An old friend of Kosuke Kindaichi's invites the scruffy detective to visit the remote mountain village of Onikobe in order to look into a twenty-year-old murder case. But no sooner has Kindaichi arrived than a new series of murders strikes the village - several bodies are discovered staged in bizarre poses, and it soon becomes clear that the victims are being killed using methods that match the ly

An astonishing and moving novella about a misunderstood young girl, from the author of The Woman in the Purple Skirt - part of Pushkin's second Japanese Novella series Other people don't seem to understand Amiko. Whether eating curry rice with her hands at school or peeking through the sliding doors at her mother's calligraphy class, her curious, exuberant nature often results in confusion. When h

All legends begin somewhere, and the two novels here are where one of the world's best-loved legends began. In 'A Study in Scarlet', Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson first meet and investigate a seemingly impossible mystery that begins with a corpse in a deserted house.

***OUT NOW - PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS*** THE POWER OF GOD. THE AMBITION OF MEN. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, 118 cardinals are meeting in conclave to cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men. But they are ambitious. And they have rivals. Over the next 72 hours, one of them will become

Boy Parts meets My Sister, the Serial Killer in this feminist psychological horror about the making of a female serial killer from a Korean-American perspective.

For fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD, the contemporary fantasy set in a cat-run, astrology-themed Kyoto coffee shop which has been translated into 17 languages

At the elite Catenan Academy, where students are prepared as the future leaders of the Hierarchy empire, the curriculum reveals a layered set of mysteries which turn murderous in this new fantasy by bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington

Featuring sprayed edges and beautifully designed endpapers! This highly anticipated follow-up to The Will of the Many—one of 2023’s most lauded and bestselling fantasy novels—follows Vis as he grapples with a dangerous secret that could unravel history across alternate dimensions.

Two months have passed since the fight against the Goddess in Akihabara. The members of Charon are in training, still attempting to recover, when a young woman named Haru Takanashi is sent to join their ranks. Haru has clearly been dispatched by the higher-ups to “observe” Charon, but Kaguya remembers her own early days in the unit and decides to extend a friendly hand. Unfortunately, it looks l

Arise, Solo Leveling fans! Experience all eight novels chronicling the tale of Jinwoo Sung in a deluxe omnibus fit for the strongest S-rank hunter. Featuring stunning art from the hit webcomic, this edition is sure to level up your collection!