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For CIA operative John Wells, the underworld has become more real than the real world. He's spent years in the close company of evil men. And he's paid the price in every possible way. Now, he's on the ragged edge of burnout. His nights are plagued by twisted dreams. He's beginning to doubt if he can ...

When Scarlett Smith's mother dies of a heart attack on Coronation day, Scarlett and her father have to move out of their country pub to a seafront pub in South end. There Scarlett meets Jonathan Blane, son of the landlord. They enjoy an innocent romance, but when Jonathan's father makes a pass at Scarlett and she reacts violently.

A richly drawn collection of stories that brings contemporary Botswana to life

An intimate, stirring portrait of a country at war and a family's battle to survive

Elikem married me in absentia; he did not come to our wedding' Afi Tekple is a young seamstress living in a small town in Ghana with her widowed mother. Even Afi does' t believe her future holds much excitement. Until one day she is offered a life-changing opportunity - a proposal of marriage from the ...

The only edition in print of the classic book at the center of Hugo Hamilton's highly anticipated novel, The Pages Joseph Roth's 1924 tale of a one-legged street musician defying his fate in postwar Vienna.
Andreas Pum, having lost his leg in World War I, is rewarded with a medal and a permit to support ...

A captivating saga set on the eve of WWII in Liverpool, where life for one girl is about to change forever.

In the thick of the Cold War, a betrayal at the highest level risks the lives of two courageous female spies: MI6's best Soviet agent and the CIA's newest Moscow recruit.

Combining the sticky sexual politics of Luster with the dizzying, perceptive intimacy of Cleanness, Little Rabbit is a wholly new kind of coming-of-age story about lust, punishment, artistic drive and desires that defy the hard-won boundaries of the self.

First published in 1960, Penelope Mortimer's only collection of short stories lays bare the fury and despair that lurk beneath the surface of everyday domestic life.

A mother and her young son arrive at a rental house in rural France only to find themselves locked out; a fractious family of five try ...

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

A rich and powerful exploration of desire, sin and redemption, by one of our best chroniclers of faith in the 21st century

In her perceptive and affecting new novel, Daniela Krien explores a marriage where everything hangs in the balance.

From the author of Love at First Set, a new irresistible enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine queer romcom for fans of Delilah Green Doesn't Care, about a wedding-obsessed city girl who inherits a horse farm from her estranged late aunt, and clashes with the cocky, unfairly hot farrier who thinks she's ...

The divine Spark is shining at her brightest . . . Pure delight' Claire Tomalin, INDEPENDENT

'Brown Girls flows like a late night FM-radio dedication to the crew, the block, and the mission. This book's a gift' Paul Beatty, author of The Sellout
'An ode to girlhood' Raven Leilani, author of Luster

A fiercely poetic coming-of-age novel following a group of young ...

After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man's death, he begins his own investigation, meeting with Fennan's widow to find out what could have led him to such desperation. ...

This heart wrenching novella honours all the wonders of life through the lens of one woman's journey towards death

An ingenious thriller about a father who has to adopt his nephew, despite fearing he is a psychopath

Beloved author Lucy Mangan's uproariously funny debut novel.