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Mrs Jekyll, the third novel from Emma Glass, reframes Stevenson's classic story of human duality in the present day, as one woman contends with a terminal diagnosis - and unearths the effervescence of a life suppressed.

The story of a young woman's brief life, her brutal murder, and the world that moves on without her

A raw and striking debut novel about redemption and recovery

'Suberb . . . vivid' TELEGRAPH

'Michael Deagler is the real deal . . . a truly intelligent work from a clearly intelligent writer' PERCIVAL EVERETT

'Illuminating and moving' AIMEE BENDER

Dennis Monk is about to spend his first summer sober. ...

Louis L’Amour’s long-lost first novel, faithfully completed by his son, takes readers on a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas. Fate is a ship. As the shadows of World War II gather, the SS Lichenfield is westbound across the Pacific carrying eighty thousand barrels of highly explosive ...

Stories of a young man finding his place among family and community in Houston, from a powerful, emerging American voice.

A heart-warming, feel-good festive romance to settle down with this Christmas, for fans of Heidi Swain, Cressida McLaughlin and Phillipa Ashley

Two women. Two eggs. One switch. It'll take a custody battle like no other to decide who really deserves to be the baby's mother - a battle that will push both women to the brink.

The second fun-filled comedy from Luci Adams, author of the sensational 'anti-romantic' rom-com, NOT THAT KIND OF EVER AFTER.

Both wry and poignant, Peace Breaks Out was written in the tumultuous year that it was set. It is an unforgettable portrait of the joy and misgivings felt in the final days of the Second World War.

The bestselling second novel from the author of GOLD and INCENDIARY.

From Alexander McCall Smith, one of the world's most beloved and bestselling authors, comes a marvellous collection of stories about intrigue and espionage, told in his inimitable style.

A brilliant, evocative novel about two women, Eliza and Jean, who try to find out what happened to the young women murdered in their town, in 1850s California.

From the bestselling author of The Incendiaries, a powerful, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between her desires and her life.

Originally published in 1948, Love Among the Ruins is a clever and quintessentially British classic in Angela Thirkell's beloved Barsetshire series. Now available as a Virago Modern Classic.

A lyrical and modern exploration of loneliness and failure-as well as a love letter to Homer and James Joyce-by one of our most celebrated writers.

An exploration into the recent civil conflicts of Algeria and Bosnia-Herzegovina through Salim, a journalist, and Ivana, a young Bosnian woman, both having fled the destruction, hatred and atrocities of their countries to try to build a new life in Slovenia. A fictional memorial to the thousands of dead and 'disappeared', and to the survivors.

A barbed, funny, painfully well observed study of contemporary relationships, centring on the love triangle between a wife, her husband, and his mobile phone.

A dazzling, panoramic epic of love and survival set in late 19th century Paris in the vein of Hilary Mantel and Susanna Clarke from an award-winning author.

Farah moves into Liberty House at the tender age of thirteen, with her family. The commune's spiritual leader, Arcady, preaches equality, non-violence, anti-speciesism, free love and uninhibited desire for all, regardless of gender, age, looks or ability. In this utopian 'quiet zone,' far from access ...

Stories and characters flow from these molten moments in a series of fictions that touch on ecstasy, excess and the elemental.