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Living in a small dwelling at the bottom of the lane, the Wyatts never had cause to associate with the family in the big house—until their cat is attacked by the family's dog. This precipitates an unlikely friendship between the two sets of children; yet the vast gulf between the families is too much ...

The funny, disturbing and deeply affecting new book by the acclaimed author of Terms & Conditions

Charlie, a curious boy with a dangerous dictaphone habit, eavesdrops on the eccentric guests of the Mirage Hotel, as the African nation of Bwalo prepares for the annual appearance of its Glorious Leader ...

Ursule in 1864 lives the life of a kitchen skivvy in Paris. Dexter in 1965 is an American GI in Vietnam. Dante in 2015 is a Catholic priest in Palermo, Sicily. For Ursule the Prussians are closing in. For Dexter it's the Vietcong. For Dante it is the mafia. How can they escape, how can misery be turned into rapture?

It's Supernatural meets Men in Black in a darkly humorous urban fantasy from the author of Nekropolis.

A love story for the VICE generation

One spring, five retirees embark on a flatshare. So begins a new chapter in friendship, love and all the joys and challenges that life has to offer . . .

A major ITV series based on Phil Rickman's much-loved character Reverend Merrily Watkins is due on air in autumn 2015, featuring a BAFTA award-winning cast.

Rome, AD 51: Vespasian brings Rome's greatest enemy before the Emperor. After 8 years of resistance, the British warrior Caratacus has been caught. But even Vespasian's victory cannot remove the newly-made consul from Roman politics: Agrippina, Emperor Claudius's wife, pardons Caratacus. Claudius is ...

Six farmers are murdered and their land forcibly acquired for Indrajeet's Special Economic Zone venture. Indrajeet, the head of Pride Group, takes his company to soaring heights, assisted by devious politician, Ramesh Salunke, and his Public Relations chief, Dil Bhojani, a wheelerdealer plotting to set ...

The debut novel of the most prestigious short-story writer in Spain. A ruthless reflection about life and the human condition.

A fiercely compelling debut about a sixteen-year old girl trying to save a baby from a gang of criminals

White Crocodile is just that. When emotionally damaged mine-clearer Tess Hardy travels to Cambodia to find out the truth behind her ex-husband's death, she doesn't know much about the country or its beliefs.

It is the 1970s and henpecked family man Tom Ripple is happy to wryly watch the world from his perfectly ordinary life in a perfectly ordinary suburb.

When Jeremy Harding was a child, his mother Maureen told him he was adopted. It was only later, as Harding set out to look for traces of his birth mother, that he began to understand who his adoptive mother really was - and the benign make-believe world she'd built for herself and her little boy.

Kate McCall's husband has been killed by her teenage son, Luke, in a tragic bow-hunting accident. In the aftermath, Jack, a charismatic but troubled ex-con from Kate's past, shows up. When Luke takes off on his own for their rural Michigan cabin, Kate and Jack follow, but they're not the only ones hot on his heels.

They could be forgiven for thinking they are living in paradise - until they find themselves embroiled in a desperate terrorist conspiracy.

Giles Foden's gripping third novel draws on recent history to create a contemporary thriller of dazzling virtuosity.

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Fresh out of college and uncertain how to proceed with life, the narrator of Ben Markovits' Playing Days finds himself drifting towards a career that once obsessed his father - professional basketball. It's an odd, isolated existence, punctuated by the intense excitement - and often intense disappointment - of the game.