Penguin Random House USA

'A tragicomic triumph. You won't read a sadder, truer, funnier novel this year' Guardian

'Generous, immersive, sharp-witted and devastating; the sort of novel that becomes a friend for life' Financial Times

The Barnes family are in trouble. Until recently they ran the biggest business in town, now they're teetering on the brink of bankruptcy - a

Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow Centre, the office has one more job for him. Nat is to take over The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a rag-tag band of spies. The only bright light on the

Meet Yinka. And Yinka's mum. And Yinka's aunties. Who are all asking . . . YINKA, WHERE IS YOUR HUZBAND?

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'Your bookself needs this . . . full of heart' Jendella Benson, Hope and Glory
'Love story? Nah, more of a self-love story!' Reader *****

Yinka wants to find love. Her problem? Her mum wants to find it for her

It is an ordinary Thursday and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club is concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill...or be killed. As the cold case turns white hot, Elizabeth wrestles with her conscien

'Vivid as fireworks ... Both terrifying and exhilarating' Doireann Ni Ghriofa, author of A Ghost in the Throat

'Funny and sharp ... A hungry book, looking everywhere and seeing everything' Observer

In a time more turbulent than any of us could have ever imagined, a woman is attempting to write a book about prophecy in the ancient world.