Some Games Can Kill You.A young girl is missing. Snatched from her home during a game of hide and seek. Left behind in her place is a doll crudely twisted from stalks of corn.Psychotherapist Annie O’Malley thought she’d left the police force forever. The trouble is she thinks she knows the identity of the killer, and she’s the only one who can hunt him down before it’s too late.O’Malley is drawn back to a world she thought she’d escaped, to a case where every turn r...

One of Us Is Lying meets The Inheritance Games with the vibes of Saltburn - a seductively commercial thriller tapping into the trend dark academia and decadence from stand up comedian Kate Weston."Gripping, compelling, and full razor-sharp wit" — Beth ReeklesIt’s the party you’d KILL to be invited to…As Evie and her friends – dubbed the ‘coterie’ in homage to her grandmother’s legendary group of artists – ...

Her scandal. His revenge. T****he unforgettable new historical novel from award-winning author, Kate Foster.St Monans, Fife, Scotland 1790. Two women are forced to publicly repent in church, one for adultery the other for breaching the sabbath. Wealthy housewife, Florrie, and salt serf, Eliza, form a quick and unusual bond over their mutual humiliation. So when Florrie's husband decides she must accompany him on a trade venture to Iceland, she insi...

The glamorous and twisty new thriller from the author of The Palazzo for all fans of Lucy Foley and White Lotus.A man on the edge.A woman hell-bent on revenge.A cheating husband.A desperate wife.A property empire on the brink of collapse.A family at loggerheads.A predator hiding in plain sight.Who will sink and who will swim?Praise for The Palazzo:'It seems there's little [Nunn] can't...

'An electric biography' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Thrilling' MAIL ON SUNDAY'A masterclass in the possibilities of biography' FINANCIAL TIMESVera Gedroits was a towering, sweet-faced lesbian princess, an ardent supporter of workers’ rights who regularly performed true medical miracles of surgery. On one occasion, she even frogmarched an inquisitive Rasputin out of a ward for wounded officers.While work...

Death whispers through Stockholm once more...When two dead bodies appear in a park in Stockholm - a policeman and an unidentified young woman - the police focus solely on the murder of the officer, believing the woman to be nothing more than collateral damage.But Detective Vanessa Frank senses something lurking beneath the surface and as she delves deeper, her investigation becomes alarmingly personal, leading her toward a real terror threat...Treading carefully, Va...

The brand-new World War 2 historical novel from the bestselling author of The German MessengerCharlotte Weber is against the Nazi regime and what it stands for, but as she attends Hamburg University, she struggles to make sense of the war she finds herself a part of. Practising her violin for the university orchestra with her friend, Greta, gets her through the days, until Greta fails to meet her one day, and Charlotte goes to her friend’s apartment to find her bod...

In the darkness of war, light shines from the pages of a book…For as long as Alice Carmichael can remember, the only thing she’s been able to count on is the written word. The war may have taken everything from her, but the stories she cherishes provide solace and escape into a world that is more hopeful than 1942 England.So when Alice finds herself at the mercy and kindness of strangers, miles from everything she’s ever known, it’s little surprise that boo...

‘Compulsively readable’**OLIVIE BLAKE, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six and Masters of DeathFull of heartbreak, revulsion and black humour, a scientist desperately searches for a cure to a zombie virus while also hiding a monumental secret – her undead husband.**Kesta’s husband Tim was the last person to be bitten in a zombie pandemic. The country is now in a period of respite, the government seemingly hav...

'A beautifully written love story that travels beyond epic' ANSTEY HARRIS, author of THE HOUSE OF LOST SECRETS 'A cosmically thwarted romance' DAILY MAIL From the critically acclaimed author of THE RULES OF SEEING and WHEN THE MUSIC STOPSFor Mika and Jem, love is love; wherever, whenever and whoever they are…When they meet by chance, perfect strangers, they recognise each...

'This is a story about culture and identity and about fighting to keep your memories while being robbed of your history, but it's written with a warmth and humor that never leaves the reader alone on the journey' Fredrik Backman, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove'A must-read. Balancing humour and darkness with remarkable grace, this story and its characters found their way into my heart' Lisa Ridzén, bestselling author of...

Bloomsbury presents The Kitchen Shrink by Andrea Oskis, read by Sofia Engstrand.There is no better way to understand ourselves and our relationships with others than through what we eat.Me: ‘When did you know he didn’t love you anymore?’My patient: ‘It wasn’t when we stopped having sex. No, it was when he stopped eating dinner with me.’That was the lightbulb moment. That was whe...