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A thrilling maritime action and adventure story set against a dramatic backdrop of conspiracy, mayhem and sabotage.

It is May 1964. Devastated by the recent death of his small son, James Butland joins a tour of the 1940 battlefields in France where he served as an 18-year-old in the defence of Calais. There he reviews his own life, the conflicts of growing up in the interwar years and the approach of war in 1939.

Michael is John and Margaret's eldest son. He's a precocious kid, smart and funny, obsessed with books and music. His sister Celia is the sensible one in the family: tougher than the boys, unshakeably certain about how the world works. And then there's Alec, the youngest, the most ambitious and also the most sensitive.

Medieval historic fiction gets the 'Sharpe' makeover, gripping, visceral and accessible, devoid of sentiment, laced with dark humour.

`A wise debut' Observer


`A hugely impressive debut' Stella Duffy


`Beautifully written' Hannah Beckerman


`A really accomplished debut' Red Magazine

This is a breath taking suspense based on historical evidence and disturbing economic reality...Tibetan holy relics of Greek heritage; spurious Egyptian oil sites; ransacked Vatican secret archives; corrupt licences in Beijing; cruel corporate acquisitions - all intricate parts in a sinister enigma that ...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes contains four of Conan Doyle’s own all-time favorite Holmes mysteries, "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," "The Red-Headed League," "A Scandal in Bohemia," and "The Five Orange Pips." The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes has another three of Conan Doyle’s favorites in ...

Newlyweds Ruby and Jimmy Hawkins are sure their love will survive the trauma and tragedy of war. Amid the desperate battles raging in Gallipoli, Jimmy dreams of the future they planned together. In Sydney, Ruby reads his romantic letters full of love and longing. But as weeks slip into months Ruby must ...

Anne Tyler meets Raymond Carver . . . a witty domestic novel set in small-town Texas.

'Blood and Bone' is the tale of a man haunted by the violent truths of his ancestry. Through his attempt to document the remarkable child-hood of his great-aunt Abigail, we are thrown into life at the Whangie, an austere outpost at the colonial frontier. With the death of her mother, eleven-year-old ...

Nicholas Anderton is a highly respected neurosurgeon at the top of his field. But behind the successful facade all is not well. Tormented by a toxic marriage and haunted by past mistakes, Anderton has been eating to forget. But when mistakes are made and his old adversary Nash steps in to take advantage, Anderton knows things are coming to a head.

With his wife suffering from Alzheimer's, Stephen reluctantly edits her final book, a study of Beethoven's sonatas, even as he still grieves the loss of their son. Each day he escapes into his own work: a novel about an experimental treatment that reverses ageing. But when he discovers in his wife's ...

Tracy Farr's acclaimed debut novel is the heartfelt story of one Lena Gaunt: musician, octogenarian, junkie.

The fictionalised story of Marion 'Crawfie' Crawford, the progressive young working-class woman who, as royal governess for seventeen years, lived on the most intimate terms with Princess Margaret and the future Queen Elizabeth II.

A rediscovered classic of Dutch literature that was hailed as "the Dutch Stoner" and compared to The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank when it topped bestseller lists and critics' choices upon reissue in 2014

A mash up of Max Porter, Kafka's METAMORPHOSES and IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, NOTHING is a short, strange unforgettable novel and a deeply humane portrait of a disintegrating mind

Henry Chinaski is a low life loser with a hand-to-mouth existence. His menial Post Office day job supports a life of beer, one-night stands and racetracks. Lurid, uncompromising and hilarious, Post Office is a landmark in American literature.

London, 1955. Tony lives an uncomplicated life. He's discreet and efficient. When a glamorous star turns to him for help when her younger brother disappears, events take a murderous turn-- and now his life is no longer simple.