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October – December 2014

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INDEX • October 2014 Large Print titles 4-10 • November 2014 Large Print titles 10-20 • December 2014 Large Print titles 20-26

Dear Librarian,

Welcome to our autumn collection crammed with chart-toppers, including some of the biggest names in fiction today!

Celebrated by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers, Donna Leon brings Venice to life in The Golden Egg, the latest Commissario Brunetti Investigation. Four timesCWA International Dagger winner, Fred Vargas, returns with Dog Will Have His Day and we celebrate 10 years of Detective Roy Grace with Want You Dead, the tenth investigationin the multi-million copy selling series. Not to mention Harlan Coben and David Baldacci.

David Nicholls brings to bear all the wit and intelligence that graced One Day in Us. This brilliant, bittersweet new book, which will delight his fans and bring him many new readers,has also been nominated for the Man Booker Prize 2014!

When it comes to women’s fiction, we’re delighted to welcome bestselling Susan Lewis with Never Let Me Go, a deeply moving tale of friendship, family and the power of love.Plus unforgettable stories from Freya North, Jessie Burton and Valerie Mendes.

In our non-fiction titles, London Mayor Boris Johnson brings the legacy of Sir Winston Churchill back to life in The Churchill Factor, published to mark the 50th anniversary of thegreat leader’s death. And from October, Sir Alex Ferguson’s extraordinary memoir, My Autobiography, the UK’s biggest selling biography, is available.

We are proud to present one of our strongest ever large print ranges.

Best wishes,

The Editor

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Where I Found You – Amanda Brooke978 1 47127 227 1 – 480pp

Want You Dead Peter James978 1 47127 152 6 – 608pp

The Target David Baldacci978 147127 153 3 – 560pp

A touching and emotional novel from the author ofRichard and Judy Book Club pick Yesterday’s Sun

Maggie Carter is blind; the park is her safe place but newlymarried and expecting her first baby, she isn’t sure if she

will cope. Elsa is also expecting her first child and without anyoneto support her, she is terrified that her child will be taken away.But when Maggie meets Elsie, all is not as it seems. Elsa, nowknown as Elsie, lost her baby sixty years ago, and suffering fromAlzheimer’s, she keeps re-living the trauma. Struggling under theexpectations and intentions of others, Maggie and Elsa’s chancemeeting on the park bench offers them each a lifeline and a friend.

‘Haunting and heart-breaking’ FERN BRITTON

‘Magical and unputdownable’ KATIE FFORDE

Want You Dead is Peter James’ tenth book in his multi-million-copy selling crime series featuring the definitivedetective, Roy Grace

When 29 year old Red Westwood meets Bryce Laurent, arich, handsome man, through an online dating agency,

there is an instant attraction. But as their love blossoms, the truthabout his past begins to emerge. Everything he has told Red abouthimself turns out to be lies, and her infatuation with him graduallyturns to terror. Within a year, Red has kicked him out of her flat,and she hopes her life too. But Bryce is obsessed, and he intendsto destroy everything and everyone she has ever known - andthen her too…

Praise for the author: ‘Peter James is one of the bestcrime writers in the business’ KARIN SLAUGHTER

‘James just gets better and better and deserves thesuccess he has achieved with this first-class series’

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

When revenge gets personal, the stakes get higher…

Government operatives Will Robie and Jessica Reel are facedwith a lethal mission. An attack from North Korea looks

likely as US involvement in an attempted coup is revealed. Chung-cha is a young woman who was raised in the infamous YodokCamp. It’s a place where honour, emotion and compassion don’texist. Cold, calculating and highly skilled, Chung-cha has beentrained to kill. And the task she has been given is to destroy theenemy at all costs. But who will fall prey at the ultimateshowdown when the true quarry is finally revealed?

‘Brilliant plotting, heart-grabbing action and charactersto die for’ DAILY MAIL

‘Baldacci inhabits the skin of his creations - tripping usup with unexpected empathy and subtle identification’

SUNDAY EXPRESS

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The Killing Club Paul Finch978 1 47127 159 5 – 544pp

The Memory Book Rowan Coleman978 1 47127 226 4 – 400pp

The Queen’s Man Rory Clements978 1 47127 160 1 – 512pp

From the author of Dearest Rose and Lessons inLaughing Out Loud, The Memory Book is an original,heartwarming and uplifting novel.

The name of your first-born. The face of your lover. Your age.Your address... What would happen if your memory of these

began to fade? Is it possible to rebuild your life? Raise a family? Fallin love again? When Claire starts to write her Memory Book, shealready knows that this scrapbook of mementoes will soon be allher daughters and husband have of her. But how can she holdonto the past when her future is slipping through her fingers...?

‘I can’t tell you how much I loved this book. It didmake me cry but it also made me laugh… I couldn’tput it down. A tender testament to maternal love.’

KATIE FFORDE

‘Written with great tenderness, The Memory Bookmanages to be heartbreakingly sad yet uplifting too…I absolutely loved it!’

LUCY DIAMOND, author of Me and Mr Jones

1582, and the conflict between Protestant and Catholicthreatens to tear the country in two

While Queen Elizabeth I holds the reins of power, there arethose whose loyalty lies with her imprisoned cousin, Mary

Queen of Scots. On his first major mission for Sir FrancisWalsingham, the young John Shakespeare is ordered to discovera conspiracy to free the Stuart queen. All too soon, he realisesthat the uncovering of the plot threaten his own friends and family.His duty lies with Elizabeth - but how far will he go to protectthose he loves?

‘Rory Clements again brings to life the dark side ofElizabethan England’ DAILY MAIL

‘Does for Elizabeth’s reign what C. J. Sansom does forHenry VIII’s’ SUNDAY TIMES

Get hooked on Heck: the maverick detective who knowsno boundaries

DS Mark ‘Heck’ Heckenburg is used to bloodbaths. Butnothing can prepare him for this. Two years ago, he put the

ringleader of The Nice Guys Club - a vicious rape and murdergang with countless victims- behind bars. But Heck knows thatthis depraved organisation stretches far beyond UK shores. Whenbrutal murders start happening across the country, it’s clear thatthe Nice Guys are at work again. In cold blood, broad daylightand by any means necessary, the Nice Guys have no boundaries.And Heck knows it won’t be long before they come for him.

Brace yourself as you turn the pages of a livingnightmare. Welcome to The Killing Club.

‘Really terrific, compulsive stuff which was given topmarks…definitely a talent to watch.’

THE BOOKSELLER on Stalkers

‘A very dark premise… it’ll have you by the throat untilyou get to the end.’ BOOKS AND WRITERS on Stalkers

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Everland Rebecca Hunt978 1 47127 161 8 – 416pp

Return to Fourwinds Elisabeth Gifford978 1 47127 158 8 – 432pp

We Are All Completely Beside OurselvesKaren Joy Fowler 978 1 47127 154 0 – 384pp

One house. Two families. A lifetime of secrets.

At Fourwinds they gather: Alice and Ralph, Patricia and Peter,to celebrate the marriage of their children. But the bride,

Sarah, is nowhere to be seen. As both families are drawntogether, the past floods through the corridors of the old house.What secret has Ralph been keeping from his wife? What is itabout Alice’s wartime encounter with Peter that has haunted herever since? And what caused Sarah to vanish without a word toany of the people she loves?

Praise for the author: ‘Gifford moves nimbly betweenthe centuries and voices of her intriguing tale. She is asingular and poetic writer.’ RHIDIAN BROOK

‘Fans of historical fiction, folklore and Scotland will allenjoy this.’ WE LOVE THIS BOOK

Nominated for the Man Booker Prize 2014

Rosemary’s just started college, and she’s decided not to tellanyone about her family. Rosemary is now an only child, but

she used to have a sister the same age as her, and an olderbrother. Both are now gone - vanished from her life. There wassomething unique about Rosemary’s sister, Fern. This is her story;it begins towards the end, and then loops back to the beginning,twice over. You’ll have to find out for yourself what it is that makesher unhappy family unlike any other.But when you do find out, you’ll find it really hard to keep a secret.

‘A novel so readably juicy and surreptitiously smart, itdeserves all the attention it can get.’

BARBARA KINGSOLVER

‘A dark cautionary tale hanging out, incognito-style, inwhat at first seems a traditional family narrative. It isanything but.’ ALICE SEBOLD

Two groups, almost a hundred years apart, findthemselves on the same desolate Antarctic island in thistense and compelling novel by Rebecca Hunt

1913: Dinners, Millet-Bass, and Napps - three men bound byan intense dependence founded on survival - will beimmortalised by their decision to volunteer to scout out a seriesof uncharted and unknown islands in the Antarctic.

2013: Brix, Jess, and Decker - three researchers with their ownreasons for being far from home - set out on a field trip to thesame ancient lumps of rock and snow. Under the harsh ultravioletlight, the world of simple everyday pleasures recedes and theyunknowingly begin to mirror the expedition of 100 years ago.

‘Nothing short of stunning… something very powerfuland unusual indeed’ GUARDIAN

‘Part-thriller, part adventure story, part social dramaand utterly absorbing’ DAILY MAIL


Dog Will Have His Day Fred Vargas978 1 47127 157 1 – 320pp

An Open Marriage Tess Stimson978 1 47127 156 4 – 320pp

Fall From Grace Richard North Patterson978 1 47127 155 7 – 416pp

When you abandon the rules, can you ever go back?

Mia Allen has never quite adjusted to living in England. Shemisses her friends in the States and feels restrained by small-

town family life. Her husband Kit, on the other hand, loves thesense of community here. Like Mia, Kit’s boss Charlie is alsolooking for more excitement in her life. So when she and herhusband are invited to dinner with Mia and Kit, she jumps at thechance to make new friends. As the increasing attraction betweenall of them moves up a notch, can any of their relationships survivethis unconventional arrangement?

‘A truly compelling story of family ties and secrets’DAILY EXPRESS on The Lying Game

‘This is a high-profile death with several possibleexplanations. Which can be summarised as jumped, fellor pushed.’

Adam Blaine returns to Martha’s Vineyard out of duty ratherthan grief, after his father - bestselling author and celebrated

human rights activist Benjamin Blaine - falls to his death. Havingbeen estranged from his father for ten years, Adam is surprisedto discover himself appointed the executor of his estate; especiallyas the will disinherits Adam’s family, leaving their wealth and hometo Ben’s recent lover, young actress Carla Pacelli. Adam’s mission- to undo the will and protect his blood - forces him to confronthis own past, and pulls him into a labyrinth of lies, deception andbetrayal...

‘A stunning tale of betrayal and love... secrets andscandals... thrilling suspense’ LINDA FAIRSTEIN

How do you solve a murder without a body?

Keeping watch under the windows of the Paris flat belongingto a politician’s nephew, ex-special investigator Louis

Kehlweiler catches sight of something odd on the pavement. Atiny piece of bone. Human bone, in fact. When Kehlweiler takeshis find to the nearest police station, he faces ridicule. Obsessedby the fragment, he follows the trail to the tiny Breton fishingvillage of Port-Nicolas - in search of a dog. But when he recruits‘evangelists’ Marc and Mathias to help, they find themselves facingeven bigger game.

Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger

‘Move over Scandi crime, the new foreign thrillerfavourites are the French. And no one is better thanFred Vargas’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘Vargas is an addictive writer whose surreal touchescreate a curiously solid world. Her occasional whimsysomehow turns into comment both trenchant andfunny’ INDEPENDENT

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My Autobiography Alex Ferguson978 1 47126 651 5 – 464pp

After the Wedding Roisin Meaney978 1 47127 165 6 – 432pp

What A Girl Wants Lindsey Kelk978 1 47127 164 9 – 464pp

Will happiness be restored before autumn comes?

It’s the beginning of May, and Nell Mulcahy, having called off herwedding to the handsome Tim Baker, has finally admitted herlove for his brother James. When James and Nell return fromtheir own wedding, they find the island rocked by thedisappearance of a young girl holidaying there. As the summerprogresses, and Nell and James navigate life as a married couple,the search for the girl continues. And the island residents discoverthat everything can change in a single moment.

‘This is supreme chick-lit. Plot-driven, sometimesfunny, and crammed with faulty, erring, ornery humanbeans.’ IRISH INDEPENDENT

A summer bestseller from the immensely popular LindseyKelk

Being arrested in your own bedroom is never a good start tothe day. Tess Brookes really needs to sort out her back-

stabbing flatmate – and her life. Tess Brookes was the girl with aplan. Now she’s the girl with a choice. For the first time, Tess hasto choose between the life she always dreamed of and a futureshe never imagined possible. Should she gamble all on the newphotography job she’s landed, or snap up the offer from bestfriend Charlie to start up on their own?

Praise for the author: ‘Outrageous, witty, exciting andromantic, we simply adored this sparkling read’

CLOSER

‘Kelk has a hilarious turn of phrase and a sparklingwriting style’ DAILY EXPRESS

Sir Alex Ferguson’s compelling story reflects on his epicjourney, and a managerial career that embracedunprecedented success for Aberdeen and 26 triumphantyears with Manchester United.

Over the last quarter of a century there have been seismicchanges at Manchester United. The only constant elements

have been the manager, the quality of his squad and the club’samazing run of success. It was directly due to Sir Alex’s vision,energy and ability that he was able to build teams both on and offthe pitch. Both the psychology of management and the detail offootball strategy at the top level can be complex matters, but noone has explained them in a more interesting and accessible wayfor the general reader than Sir Alex does.

My Autobiography is revealing, endlessly entertainingand above all inspirational.

Alex Ferguson was born in 1941 in Govan, Scotland.Arriving at Manchester United in 1986, his overall haulof 49 trophies made him the most successful Britishmanager of all time.


Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe978 1 47127 167 0 – 768pp

Last Days of the Bus Club Chris Stewart978 1 47127 162 5 – 320pp

A Short History of England Simon Jenkins978 1 47127 163 2 – 400pp

From the British and Spanish bestselling author, ChrisStewart, comes another hilarious account of life in Andalucía

It’s two decades since Chris Stewart moved to his farm on thewrong side of a river in southern Spain and his daughter Chlöeis preparing to leave for university. In this latest, typically hilariousdispatch from El Valero we find Chris, now a local literary celebrity,using his fame to help his old sheep-shearing partner find workon a raucous road trip; cooking a TV lunch for visiting British chef,Rick Stein; discovering the pitfalls of Spanish public speaking; and,most movingly, visiting famine-stricken Niger for Oxfam. Yet it’sat El Valero, his beloved sheep farm, that Chris remains in hiselement.

‘When an author is as modest and humorous as this,his story cannot be told too often’ THE TIMES

The definitive concise account of England’s remarkablepast

Which battle was fought ‘For England, Harry and St George’?Who demanded to be painted ‘warts and all’? What - and

when - was the Battle of the Bulge? In A Short History of England,bestselling author Simon Jenkins answers all these questions - andmany more - as he tells the tumultuous story of a fascinatingnation. From the invaders of the dark ages to today’s politicalparties, via the Tudors, the Stuarts and two world wars, Jenkinsweaves together a gripping narrative in his own inimitable style.

‘Full of stand-out facts... Absolutely fascinating...I’ve learnt an awful lot’ RICHARD BACON

Stowe’s rich, panoramic novel passionately dramatiseswhy the whole of America is implicated in and responsiblefor the sin of slavery.

In debt, Kentucky farmer Arthur Shelby reluctantly decides totrade two of his slaves. The two, middle-aged Uncle Tom andyoung Harry, are to be sold to Mr. Haley, a detestable slave trader.Eliza, Harry’s mother, overhears the details of the arrangement,warns Uncle Tom, and flees with Harry to the north. Eliza andHarry barely make it across the Ohio River before slave huntersstart to catch up with them. On the run, Eliza and her family seekshelter and safety. Meanwhile, Uncle Tom, who refused to runaway, is separated from his family and sold down river.

‘One of the greatest productions of the human mind’LEO TOLSTOY

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Us David Nicholls978 1 47127 607 1 – 480pp

The Golden Egg Donna Leon978 1 47127 491 6 – 416pp

The Law and the Lady Wilkie Collins978 1 47127 166 3 – 592pp

A classic from the author of The Woman in White andThe Moonstone, one of the first novels with a femaledetective as its heroine

Despite the grave misgivings of both their families, ValeriaBrinton and Eustace Woodville marry. Before long the new

bride begins to suspect a dark secret in her husband’s past andwhen she discovers that he has been living under a false name,she determines to find out why he is concealing his true identity.Soon she must endure an even greater shock: the revelation thather husband has been on trial for poisoning his first wife.Convinced of his innocence, Valeria is prepared to do anything toclear her husband’s name, and in so doing upturns theconventions of polite nineteenth century society.

First published in 1875, The Law and the Lady adds asignificant dimension to the history of detective fiction.

‘Probably the very finest detective story ever written’DOROTHY L. SAYERS on The Moonstone

The much-anticipated and Man Booker longlisted newnovel from David Nicholls, author of One Day

Douglas Petersen’s family is on the brink of dissolution. Hismarriage of twenty-one years to Connie is almost over.

When autumn comes around, their son Albie will leave forcollege. Connie has decided to leave soon after. But beforeeverything falls apart, there’s still the summer holidays to getthrough - a Grand Tour of Europe’s major cities - and over thecourse of the journey, Douglas devises a plan to win back the loveof his wife and repair his troubled relationship with his son.

‘I loved this book. Funny, sad, tender: for anyone whowants to know what happens after the Happy EverAfter.’ JOJO MOYES

‘Wonderful. A novel that manages to be both trulyhilarious and deeply affecting. I loved it.’ S J WATSON

Donna Leon brings Venice to life in the twenty-secondBrunetti novel of this bestselling series

When making enquiries into a possible bribery case,Commissario Brunetti receives a call from his wife. The

middle-aged deaf mute with the mental age of a child who helpedout at the Brunetti’s dry cleaners has been found dead - an‘accidental’ overdose of his mother’s sleeping pills - and Paola isdistraught. To the neighbourhood he was just the ‘boy’ whohelped out, but nobody knew much about him. The man’smother is angry when questioned, and Brunetti senses that thereis much more to the story. With the help of Inspector Vianelloand the ever-resourceful Signorina Elettra, perhaps Brunetti canget to the truth.

‘The familiar characters and Venetian location aredescribed with remarkable freshness and, as always,the edifying result is both amusing and thought-provoking’

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH


The Dead Wife’s Handbook Hannah Beckerman978 1 47127 496 1 – 416pp

Pop Goes the Weasel M. J. Arlidge978 1 47127 500 5 – 416pp

Breaking Light Karin Altenberg978 1 47127 497 8 – 432pp

DI Helen Grace returns in Pop Goes the Weasel, theelectrifying new thriller from M. J. Arlidge

The body of a middle-aged man is discovered inSouthampton’s red light district - horrifically mutilated, with

his heart removed. Hours later - and barely cold - the heartarrives with his wife and children by courier. A pattern emergeswhen another male victim is found dead and eviscerated, his heartdelivered soon afterwards. The media call it Jack the Ripper inreverse; revenge against the men who lead sordid double livesvisiting prostitutes. For Grace, only one thing is certain: there’s avicious serial-killer at large who must be halted at all costs…

Praise for the author: ‘M. J. Arlidge has created agenuinely fresh heroine in DI Helen Grace... he sparesus none of the dark details, weaving them togetherinto a tapestry that chills to the bone’ DAILY MAIL

‘[G]oing to be as big as Jo Nesbo’ JUDY FINNIGAN

A mesmerising tale set in a haunted landscape, of theways in which something once broken in two may, finally,be made whole

Steeped in its bleak and beautiful landscape, Mortford is a placeof secrets and memories: of bitter divisions and shattereddreams. Returning to this Dartmoor village where he grew up,Gabriel attempts to come to terms with what he lost as a boy solong ago. Slowly the mysteries hidden in this small communitybegin to unravel. But one of Gabriel’s memories remains sharperthan all the others: that of his boyhood friend Michael, thetenderness of their first summers and the violent betrayal thatdestroyed it.

Karin Altenberg’s first novel Island of Wings wasnominated for the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year

‘I was enchanted by the magic of her storytelling.This is a novelist with a future’ MICHAEL HOLROYD

‘Today is my death anniversary. A year ago today I was stillalive.’

Rachel, Max and their daughter Ellie had the perfect life - untilthe night Rachel’s heart stopped beating. Now Max and Ellie

are doing their best to adapt to life without Rachel, and just as herfamily can’t forget her, Rachel can’t quite let go of them either.Caught in a place between worlds, Rachel watches helplessly asshe begins to fade from their lives. And when Max is persuadedby family and friends to start dating again, Rachel starts tounderstand that dying was just the beginning of her problems.

The Dead Wife’s Handbook is a stunning emotionaldebut from author Hannah Beckerman.

‘Beautifully written and full of love’ FERN BRITTON

‘A moving and intriguing debut novel’FABULOUS MAGAZINE

‘This is a locked-room murder, worthy of Agatha Christie’INDEPENDENT

Bernie Gunther returns to his desk from the horrors of theEastern Front to find Berlin changed for the worse. He begins

to investigate the death of a railway worker, but is obliged to dropeverything when his old boss, Reinhard Heydrich, orders him toPrague to stay at his country house. When a body is found in aroom locked from the inside, the spotlight falls on Bernie to solvethe mystery. So begins the most diplomatically sensitive case ofBernie Gunther’s police career.

‘Rich, compelling, beautifully written, and with acentral character that it’s impossible not to admire’DAILY MAIL

‘Bernie Gunther is an iconic creation and each newbook a treat to look forward to’ THE TIMES

Think you want to know the secret? Think again…

Stuck in a traffic jam, Nicki Clements sees a face she hopednever to see again. It’s definitely him, the same police officer,stopping each car on Elmhirst Road. Keen to avoid him, Nickidoes a U-turn and makes her escape. The next day, Nicki is pulledin for questioning in connection with the murder of DamonBlundy, controversial newspaper columnist and resident ofElmhirst Road. Nicki can’t answer any of their questions. And shecan’t explain why she avoided Elmhirst Road. Because althoughNicki is not guilty of murder, she is far from innocent…

‘Sophie Hannah keeps coming up with superb newpsychological thrillers, and this one has perhaps herbest twist and solutions yet.’ HEAT

‘The pitfalls of the internet and social media are neverfar from the surface of this intricately plotted andcomplex psychological thriller.’ CHOICE

The Telling Error Sophie Hannah978 1 47127 495 4 – 496pp

An edge-of-your-seat original prequel novel based onShowtime’s hit series, Homeland

Beirut, 2006. CIA operations officer Carrie Mathison barelyescapes an ambush while attempting a meeting with a newcontact: code-named Nightingale. Suspicious that security hasbeen compromised, she challenges the station chief in a heatedconfrontation that gets her booted back to Langley. An expert inrecognizing behavioural patterns, Carrie is increasingly certain thata terrorist plot has been set in motion. Carrie risks a shocking actof insubordination that helps her uncover evidence connectingNightingale with Abu Nazir, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq.Determined to stop the terrorist mastermind, she embarks on anobsessive quest that will nearly destroy her.

Praise for Homeland Series 1: ‘The big new US TVdrama you won’t want to miss’ THE GUARDIAN

Homeland: Carrie’s Run Andrew Kaplan978 1 47127 492 3 – 384pp

Prague Fatale Philip Kerr978 1 47127 493 0 – 528pp


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Another Night, Another Day Sarah Rayner978 1 47127 501 2 – 560pp

The Way Back Home Freya North978 1 47127 499 2 – 400pp

Never Say Goodbye Susan Lewis978 1 47127 498 5 – 592pp

A compelling and deeply moving novel of friendship, familyand the power of love, from the Sunday Times top tenbestseller

Josie Clark is a loving wife and mother. She and her husband Jeffdon’t have much and it’s often difficult to make ends meet. ButJosie will do anything to protect her family and keep them safe.Bel Monkton is a successful property developer, living in a beautifulhouse by the sea. She seems to have everything going for her,but she’s lonely. Josie’s life couldn’t be more different to Bel’s. Butthree years ago, tragedy tore Bel’s life in two. Now it’s happeningto Josie. And faced with uncertainty and heartbreak, they cometo treasure their growing friendship.

‘Never Say Goodbye is a compelling story of friendship,love and heartbreak - but you’ll need your tissues atthe ready for this one as Susan Lewis delivers theultimate tearjerker.’ OK MAGAZINE

‘A master storyteller’ DIANA CHAMBERLAIN

‘Delicious, big hearted, utterly addictive... irresistible’MARIE CLAIRE

Three people, each crying out for help. There’s Karen,worried about her dying father; Abby, whose son has autism

and needs constant care; and Michael, a family man on the vergeof bankruptcy. As each sinks under the strain, they’re broughttogether at Moreland’s Clinic. Here, behind closed doors, theyreveal their deepest secrets, confront and console one anotherand share plenty of laughs. But how will they cope when a newcrisis strikes?

‘A real page-turner… You’ll want to inhale it in onebreath’ EASY LIVING

‘Delves deep into the importance of love andfriendship’ MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS

The gripping and poignant new bestseller from Freya North.

One summer, something happened that changed everythingforever. Born and brought up in an artists’ commune in

Derbyshire, Oriana Taylor had freedom at her fingertips in a homefull of extraordinary people. The Bedwell brothers, Malachy andJed, shared their childhood and adolescence with Oriana. In therambling old house and tangled grounds, their dreams and desirescould take wing unchecked. But too much freedom comes at aprice. Something happened the summer they were fifteen. Andnow, having been gone eighteen years, Oriana is back. This istheir story.

‘An addictive read that encompasses the stuff life ismade of: love, sex, fidelity and, above all, friendship’

GLAMOUR on Rumours

‘The novel is peopled by rich and rare characters… adelicious creation’ DAILY EXPRESS on Rumours

The new novel from the bestselling author of You Had MeAt Hello.

Despite the oddballs that keep turning up on her dates, Annacouldn’t be happier. As a 30-something with a job she loves,

life has turned out better than she dared dream. However, thingsweren’t always this way, and her years spent as the ‘Italian Galleon’of an East London comprehensive are ones she’d rather forget.So when James Fraser – the architect of Anna’s final humiliationat school – walks back into her life, her world is turned upsidedown. But James seems a changed man. Polite. Mature. Funny,even. People can change, right? So why does Anna feel like she’sa fool to trust him?

‘A romantic and charming read guaranteed to deliverplenty of laugh-out-loud moments.’ OK!

‘Mhairi McFarlane’s characters shine with wit andinsight.’ THE IRISH TIMES

This gripping thriller sees missing persons investigatorDavid Raker pitted against a seemingly unsolvable case

An hour after leaving home, on a normal December day, SamWren gets onto a tube train - and never gets off again. No

eyewitnesses. No trace of him on security cameras. Six monthslater, he’s still missing. Out of options and desperate for answers,Sam’s wife Julia hires David Raker to track him down. But in thiscase the secrets go deeper than anyone imagined. For, as Rakerstarts to suspect that the police are lying to him, someone iswatching. Someone who knows what happened that day. Andhe’ll do anything to keep Sam’s secrets to himself.

‘Tense, complex, sometimes horrific, written with flairas well as care’ GUARDIAN

‘Weaver has delivered another cracking crime thriller’DAILY MAIL

Vanished Tim Weaver978 1 47127 494 7 – 512pp

Is happiness on the menu at this table for two?

As Peter Braga prepares for the grand re-opening of hisrestaurant The Pink Pepper Tree, June Cusack finds her

boyfriend increasingly distracted. So when Danielle suggests a tripto Monte Carlo, she jumps at the chance. However, on holidaythe events of one terrible night change her forever and when Junereturns home, the life she and Peter had built together slowlystarts to disintegrate. Heartbroken, June forges ahead with herprofessional life. But she is about to discover that happiness andlove come when you least expect it, and from the most unlikelyplaces.

Praise for the author: ‘Engaging and perceptive… agreat read’ PATRICIA SCANLAN

Muriel Bolger is a well-known Irish journalist andaward-winning travel writer.

The Pink Pepper Tree Muriel Bolger978 1 47127 506 7 – 448pp

Here’s Looking at You Mhairi McFarlane978 1 47127 505 0 – 416pp


A 3,162km race. A 48-year-old man. A 100-year-old bike.Made mostly of wood. That he built himself.

History’s most appalling bike race was an ordeal of 400-kilometre stages, cataclysmic night storms and relentless

sabotage. Of the 81 who rolled out of Milan, only eight made itback. Committed to total authenticity, Tim acquires the ruinedhusk of a gearless, wooden-wheeled 1914 road bike, some mapsand an alarming period outfit. What unfolds is the tale of a decrepitcrock trying to ride another up a thousand lonely hills, then downthem with only wine corks for brakes. From the Alps to theAdriatic, the pair steadily fall to bits, on an adventure that is byturns bold, beautiful and recklessly incompetent.

‘Gironimo! is partly a story of adversity, despair, andtenacity - and partly a funny, and often sweary,travelogue. I was hooked from the start’ CYCLE

What really goes on in the long grass?

Meadowland gives a unique and intimate account of an Englishmeadow’s life from January to December, together with

its biography. In exquisite prose, John Lewis-Stempel records thepassage of the seasons from cowslips in spring to the hay-cuttingof summer and grazing in autumn, and includes the biographiesof the animals that inhabit the grass and the soil beneath: thebadger clan, the fox family, the rabbit warren, the skylark broodand the curlew pair, among others. Their births, lives, and deathsare stories that thread through the book from first page to last.

‘Engaging, closely-observed and beautiful ... thisauthor’s deep love of the world around him is asinspiring as it is entertaining.’ DAILY MAIL

‘This is a rich, interesting book, generously studdedwith raisins of curious information.’ THE TIMES

Meadowland John Lewis-Stempel978 1 47127 503 6 – 300pp

Operation Jericho remains one of the most audacious andinnovative missions ever flown

In February 1944, the French Resistance in the Amiens area wasin turmoil. Its strength had been decimated by Germanaggression. Hundreds of its members languished in the city’s jail,awaiting an almost certain death. When two Allied intelligenceofficers were incarcerated alongside them it became clear thatimmediate action was imperative. What followed was a precisionair attack on the prison, of hitherto unrivalled daring, carried outby the RAF’s elite 2nd Tactical Air Force. These pilots’ bravery andskill created a breach in the prison’s walls that allowed the Nazi’scaptives to break free.

Praise for the author: ‘Unbearably tense... will makeyou feel proud to be British’ DAILY EXPRESS

‘This comprehensive retelling of the story has not lostany of its firepower’ DAILY MAIL

Jail Busters Robert Lyman978 1 47127 502 9 – 432pp

Gironimo! Tim Moore978 1 47127 504 3 – 400pp


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Missing You Harlan Coben978 1 47127 632 3 – 544pp

The Secret Agent Joseph Conrad978 1 47127 508 1 – 368pp

The Pilgrim’s Progress John Bunyan978 1 47127 507 4 – 432pp

‘We can never cease to be ourselves.’

Asavagely witty picture of human absurdity, The SecretAgent communicates a profoundly ironic view of human

affairs. The novel follows Mr. Adolf Verloc, husband, anarchist andspy, through his life of espionage and counter-espionage,anarchists and embassies. When his masters instruct him todiscredit the anarchists in a humiliating fashion, and his evil plangoes horribly awry, Verloc must deal with the repercussions ofhis actions. The Secret Agent provides one of the most disturbingvisions of aspiration and futility in twentieth century literature.

‘A brilliant book, one of the greatest works of modernirony’ MALCOLM BRADBURY

‘Elevated the spy story into literature in a way thatwould inspire Greene and le Carré’ OBSERVER

One of the best-loved and most widely read books inEnglish literature

In this classic story, devout everyman Christian abandons hisfamily and the City of Destruction as he attempts to navigatethe trials and tribulations on the path towards paradise, theCelestial City. Though weighed down by the burden of originalsin and beset by trials, Christian overcomes the distractions of theworld, while simultaneously resisting the temptations of theWorldy Wise, the Vain and the Ignorant.

The product of a lifetime of religious work andthought, Bunyan’s narrative remains one of the mostimportant and influential works in the English language.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, a heart-pounding new thriller about the ties we have to our past...and the lies that bind us together

It’s a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPDDetective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, shefeels her whole world explode. Staring back at her is her ex-fiancéJeff, the man who shattered her heart eighteen years ago.As Kat’s hope for a second chance with Jeff grows more and moreelusive, she is consumed by an investigation that brings backmemories of her father, whose cruel murder so long ago has neverbeen fully explained. With lives on the line, including her own, Katmust venture deeper into the darkness than she ever has before.

‘The absolute master of tense and punchy has pulledoff another tightly-plotted treat for crimefans... Superb stuff.’ SUNDAY MIRROR

‘Coben’s accomplished plotting shows why he tops thebestseller lists, and his supporting characters are asmemorable as ever.’ SUNDAY TIMES

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The Sea of Innocence Kishwar Desai978 1 47127 637 8 – 368pp

The Miniaturist Jessie Burton978 1 47127 633 0 – 448pp

Wars Of The Roses: Trinity Conn Iggulden978 1 47127 631 6 – 576pp

Conn Iggulden’s Wars of the Roses continues withTrinity, the second gripping novel, following Stormbird

1454: King Henry VI has remained struck down by his illnessfor over a year, his eyes vacant, his mind a blank. His fiercelyloyal wife and Queen, Margaret of Anjou, safeguards herhusband’s interests whilst he slumbers. Richard, Duke of York,and the Earls of Salisbury and Warwick make up a formidabletrinity; together they seek to break support for the King. But whenHenry unexpectedly recovers, the balance of power is once againthrown into turmoil. The clash of the Houses of Lancaster andYork will surely mean a war to tear England apart.

‘Pacey and juicy, and packed with action’SUNDAY TIMES on Stormbird

‘A novel that seamlessly combines narrative, historicalcredence and great knowledge of the period’

DAILY EXPRESS

‘The next big thing... Incredibly well-written, beautifullyplotted’ EVENING STANDARD

1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman knocks at the door ofa grand house in Amsterdam. She has come from the countryto begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant traderJohannes Brandt, but instead she is met by his sharp-tonguedsister, Marin. Only later does Johannes appear and present herwith an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of theirhome. It is to be furnished by an elusive miniaturist. As Nellauncovers the closed world of the Brandt household, she realisesthe escalating dangers that await them all. Does the miniaturisthold their fate in her hands?

‘The Miniaturist is that rarest of things - beautifullywritten, yet also a compelling page-turner… the kindof book that reminds you why you fell in love withreading’ S. J. WATSON, author of Before I Go To Sleep‘A fabulously gripping read that will appeal to fans ofGirl With a Pearl Earring and The Goldfinch, but Burtonis a genuinely new voice… great complex femalecharacters’ OBSERVER

The thrilling new adventure starring Kishwar Desai’senthralling heroine, Simran Singh

Simran Singh is desperate for a break and some time away fromher busy job as a social worker-come-crime investigator. Theunspoilt idyll of Goa seems just the place - white beaches, blueseas and no crime. But when a video appears on her phone,featuring a girl being attacked by a group of men, she realises thatdarkness festers in this supposed paradise. And when shediscovers that the girl is Liza Kay, a British teenager who has gonemissing, she knows she must act in order to save her.

‘Desai’s Simran Singh novels are endowed withsomething else: the sense that she is delving not justinto mysteries but into subjects that matter deeply. Icannot wait for her next adventure’

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY on Origins of Love

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Dregs Jørn Lier Horst978 1 47127 640 8 – 368pp

The Dead Beat Doug Johnstone978 1 47127 641 5 – 336pp

Apple Tree Yard Louise Doughty978 1 47127 638 5 – 480pp

If you’re so special, why aren’t you dead?

Meet Martha. It’s the first day of her new job as intern atEdinburgh’s The Standard. But all’s not well at the ailing

newspaper, and Martha is carrying some serious baggage of herown. Put straight onto the obituary page, she takes a call from aformer employee who seems to commit suicide while on thephone, something which echoes with her own troubled past.Setting in motion a frantic race around modern-day Edinburgh,The Dead Beat traces Martha’s desperate search for answers tothe dark mystery of her parents’ past.

‘Riveting. Fearless. Twisted.’ DAILY RECORD

‘Just when you think an author can’t possibly get anybetter - he does.’ EUROCRIME

Part psychological thriller and part courtroom drama,Apple Tree Yard is a dark, smart page-turner

Yvonne Carmichael has worked hard to achieve the life shealways wanted: a high-flying career in genetics, a beautiful

home, a good relationship with her husband and their twogrown-up children.Then one day she meets a stranger at the Houses of Parliamentand, in the dark, secret corners of London, begins an impulsiveand passionate affair with him - a decision that will put everythingshe values at risk. At first she believes she can keep the relationshipseparate from the rest of her life, but a life-changing act of violencesends Yvonne’s carefully crafted plans into a downward spiral ofdeceit, betrayal, and murder.

‘Brilliant and bruising. Obsession, betrayal and blood-letting’ IAN RANKIN

‘Doughty is a brilliant storyteller who knows how tobuild the suspense to breaking point’ THE TIMES

Four feet… from four different victims?

Meet Chief Inspector William Wisting, Head of CID in Larvik,Norway. An experienced policeman who is familiar with

the dark side of human nature, he lives in challenging times forthe Norwegian police force. In Stavern around midsummer asevered left foot in a training shoe is washed up on the shore.Soon a second is washed up, but it is another left. Then another,and yet another. Altogether four left feet in the course of oneweek. Police Inspector William Wisting has many years of murderexperience behind him, but he has never examined evidence likethis. Four feet… from four different victims?

‘Jørn Lier Horst has once more written a well-foundedand tense crime novel, with space for both theexpected and the downright surprising.’

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Orfeo Richard Powers978 1 47127 643 9 – 464pp

Larkswood Valerie Mendes978 1 47127 639 2 – 416pp

All That is Solid Melts into Air Darragh McKeon978 1 47127 635 4 – 448pp

A sweeping historical novel that spans three generations,telling the dark secrets of a family torn apart

Larkswood House is home to the Hamilton children, Edward,Cynthia and Harriet. But in the glorious summer of 1896, withabsent parents and a departed governess, disaster strikes thefamily, leaving it cruelly divided.

More than forty years later, on the eve of the Second World War,Louisa Hamilton, struck down with glandular fever, is sent toLarkswood to recuperate. As Louisa begins to fall under the spellof Larkswood, she realises it holds the key to the mystery thatshattered her family two generations before. Will she find thecourage to unravel the dark secrets of the past? Can Larkswoodbecome home to happiness again?

‘This impressive debut captures the period beautifully,but also delivers a gripping mystery that’ll keep youhooked to the end.’ CANDIS MAGAZINE

An exceptionally moving novel of interwoven lives, setamidst one of the most iconic disasters in living memory

Russia, 1986. In a run-down apartment block in Moscow, anine-year-old piano prodigy practices silently for fear of

disturbing the neighbours. In a factory on the outskirts of the city,his aunt makes car parts, trying to hide her dissident past. In thehospital, a surgeon immerses himself in his work to avoid facinghis failed marriage. And in a rural village in Belarus, a teenage boywakes up to a sky of the deepest crimson. Outside, the ears ofhis neighbour’s cattle are dripping blood. Ten miles away, at theChernobyl Power Plant, something unimaginable has happened.Now their lives will change forever.

‘Daring, ambitious, epic, moving’ COLM TÓIBÍN

‘Exhilarating, thrilling, brilliantly imagined, beautifullywritten’ COLUM MCCANN

Nominated for the Man Booker Prize 2014

Seventy-year old avant-garde composer Peter Els opens thedoor one evening to find the police outside. His DIYmicrobiology lab has come to the attention of Homeland Security.Panicked by the raid on his house, Els flees and turns fugitive,waiting for the evidence to clear him and for the alarmsurrounding his activities to blow over. But alarm turns to nationalhysteria. As Els feels the noose around him tighten, he embarkson a cross-country trip to visit, one last time, the people in hispast who have most shaped his failed musical journey.

‘A magnificent and moving novel.’LOS ANGELES TIMES

‘Once again, Richard Powers proves himself to be oneof our finest novelists.’ NEWSDAY


The Captain’s Table Muriel Bolger978 1 47127 647 7 – 480pp

Cold as Ice Lee Weeks978 1 47127 634 7 – 560pp

Children of War Martin Walker978 1 47127 636 1 – 400pp

One by one they’ll pay the price…

On a freezing cold winter’s day, the body of a young womanis pulled from an icy canal in London. D.I. Dan Carter think

it is a tragic accident, but D.C. Ebony Willis is not so sure. Whyhas the woman’s face been painted with garish make-up andwrapped in a plastic bag?It’s been twenty years since Tracy Collins gave up her daughterfor adoption, so when Danielle gets in touch, she hesitantly beginsto kindle a relationship with her. But when Danielle suddenlydisappears, Tracy is plunged into the middle of a living nightmare.

Ebony Willis must take on the most challengingassignment of her career - to play the role of thekiller’s next victim.

Cold as Ice is a page-turning new thriller that will haveyou hooked from start to finish.

Bruno, chief of police, serves up another nail-bitingthriller…

Bruno, chef de police in the French town of St Denis, is alreadybusy with a case when the body of an undercover FrenchMuslim cop is found in the woods, a man who called Bruno forhelp only hours before. Meanwhile, a Muslim youth named Samiturns up at a French army base in Afghanistan hoping to get hometo St Denis. One of Bruno’s old army comrades helps to smuggleSami back to France, but the FBI aren’t far behind. Bruno mustunravel these multiple mysteries, amidst pressure from his bosses,and find his own way to protect his town and its people.

‘A satisfyingly intriguing, wish-you-were-there read’GUARDIAN on The Resistance Man

Two weeks on a luxury Mediterranean cruise. What couldgo wrong?

When a group of solo travellers meet for dinner on the firstnight of a luxury cruise, alliances are quickly formed.

There’s the glamorous London heiress looking for love; thewealthy businessman trying to decide between the life he has,and the life he really wants; the shrewd Scotsman looking for hisnext opportunity – in business and romance; and the newlyseparated Dubliner on the run from the media glare - and hercontrolling ex. Will they find what they’re looking for on the opensea? One thing’s for sure, it’s a holiday they’ll never forget.

‘This first-class read cruises along at a rate of knots’IRISH INDEPENDENT

‘A perfect, escapist beach read with a serious edge’IRISH EXAMINER


The Churchill Factor Boris Johnson978 1 47127 644 6 – 560pp

A Man Most Driven Peter Firstbrook978 1 47127 642 2 – 480pp

Three Little Words Jessica Thompson978 1 47127 646 0 – 464pp

The true story of Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and thefounding of America

He fought and beheaded three Turkish adversaries in duels.He was sold into slavery, then murdered his master to

escape. He was captured by pirates – twice – and marched tothe gallows to be hanged, only to be reprieved seconds beforethe noose dropped over his head. And all this happened beforehe was thirty years old. This is Captain John Smith’s life.Everyone knows the story of Pocahontas, and how she savedJohn Smith. Now, in this major new biography of Smith, PeterFirstbrook traces the adventurer’s own astonishing exploits acrossthree continents.

A riveting, enlightening dissection of this mythology-making man, England’s arrival on the world stage andthe invention of America.

Romantic, quirky and moving, Three Little Words willbreak your heart and make you laugh

They are just words but they mean so much. As a dark eveningdraws in, the lives of three women are changed forever. The

worlds they have been living in, the people they thought theyknew - in an instant it all changes. But when everything seems toshatter around them, could three little words be enough to helpput the pieces back together again?

‘I promise you’ll giggle, you may well cry and you’lldefinitely be surprised. Then you’ll want to tell all yourfriends about it.’ FABULOUS

‘Reminiscent of One Day, this moving, quirky love storyis sob-inducingly romantic.’

CLOSER on This is a Love Story

‘The point of the Churchill Factor is that one man canmake all the difference.’

On the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of Winston Churchill’sdeath, Boris Johnson explores what makes up the ‘Churchill

Factor’ - the singular brilliance of one of the most importantleaders of the twentieth century. Taking on the myths andmisconceptions along with the outsized reality, he portrays - withcharacteristic wit and passion - a man of multiple contradictions,contagious bravery, breath-taking eloquence, matchlessstrategising, and deep humanity.

The Churchill Factor is a book to be enjoyed not only byanyone interested in history: it is essential reading foranyone who wants to know what makes a greatleader.


The Voyage Out Virginia Woolf978 1 47127 648 4 – 544pp

Tender is the Night F. Scott Fitzgerald978 1 47127 649 1 – 432pp

Last Man Off Matt Lewis978 1 47127 645 3 – 368pp

From the author of The Great Gatsby comes afascinating semi-autobiographical novel in which amarriage unravels

Set on the French Riviera in the 1920s, American Dick Diverand his wife Nicole are the epitome of chic, living a glamorouslifestyle and entertaining friends at their villa. Young film starRosemary Hoyt arrives in France and becomes entranced by thecouple. It is not long before she is attracted to the enigmatic Dick,but he and his wife hold dark secrets and as their marriagebecomes more fractured, Fitzgerald laments the failure of idealismand the carefully constructed trappings of high society in theRoaring Twenties.

‘A tragedy backlit by beauty’ DAILY EXPRESS

A first-hand account of an unbelievable ocean tragedy

The waters of Antarctica, June 6th 1998. 23-year-old MattLewis has just started his dream job. An observer aboard a

deep sea fishing boat, he is mesmerised by his new surroundings:glistening icebergs, killer whales and majestic albatross. As thecrew haul in their lines for the day, the waves seem bigger thanusual - they are casting shadows on the deck. A storm is brewing.What follows is an astonishing story of human courage, folly andtragedy. With the captain missing, and the crew forced to abandonship, Lewis leads the escape onto three life rafts, where the battlefor survival begins.

‘A story that reminds us of the unforgiving nature ofthe sea and the courage that lies within the everydayheroes that have found themselves in hell.’

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The story of a rite of passage, The Voyage Out is amodern version of the mythic heroic voyage

The young Rachel Vinrance leaves England on her father’sship, on a voyage to South America. Despite being

accompanied by her father and her aunt and uncle, the passageleads to Rachel’s awakening, both as a woman and as an individualwhen she finds herself romantically entangled with RichardDalloway, an encounter that leaves her troubled and confused.Upon arrival, Rachel strikes off alone to contemplate her identity,and finds herself with the aspiring novelist Terence Hewet. As theemerging romance between the two is complicated by theirdisagreements about gender and art, a storm, and a tragedy,appear on the horizon.

The Voyage Out was Virginia Woolf’s first novel, butcontains many of her writing’s distinctive qualities:innovative narrative style and a focus on femaleconsciousness.

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