Tressa Buckland is perfectly content with her quiet life in the seaside village of Port Lowdy, where colourful cottages overlook the sea and her only constant companion is her cat, Ginger Pickles. Working at the local newspaper leaves plenty of time for her art—until her boss is called away and Tressa is left to run the paper. Her first challenge: hiring a new part-time journalist.Dan Byrne, once a fiery Dublin columnist, needs a fresh start after his career implodes. With his Gold...

Bloomsbury presents Monstrous Tales read by Kimberley Nixon, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Ian Hanmore, Oscar Kennedy, Janice Hallett, Catrin Walker-Booth, Dan Jones, Abir Mukherjee, Arthur Darvill and Ralph Ineson.This isle is full of noises...From the beaches of Orkney to the Welsh mountains, and the Derbyshire peaks to the Cornish moors, Britain is home to many strange creatures of folklore. Some are ancient, as enduring as the forests and mounta...

The Netgalley Historical Fiction Book of the Year 2025!! Every book tells a story. Every heart hides a secret.'What's not to love?! Nineteenth century York, bookshops and brilliant characters!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐In the shadowy aisles of the Lamplighter's Bookshop, secrets lie as thick as the dust…When Evelyn Seaton answers an advertisement for an assistant at a forgotten bookshop in York, she is not the only one with so...

The instant Sunday Times and Kindle #1 bestseller!Book 1 in the Cristy Ward seriesA triple murder.A mother, her daughter and a family friend, are brutally killed at Kellon Manse one quiet summer’s day.A young girl disappears and has not been seen since.One suspect.All fingers point to the husband of one of the victims. Yet he still walks free.

Bloomsbury presents Honeysuckle by Bar Fridman-Tell, read by Catrin Walker-Booth and Geraint Rhys.The Bear and the Nightingale meets Weyward in this enchanting, deeply compelling debut about love and power, autonomy and consent.Named a Best Book of March 2026 by Barnes & Noble and Apple.Once upon a time, on the edge between meadow and forest, there was a lonely child with only his older sister for company....

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZEA FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR‘The bothy embrace is addictive’ ADAM NICOLSON'Will have you reaching for your boots’ CAL FLYN……………………………………………………………..A bothy is a remote hut in the wilderness that you can’t reserve, with no electricity, mod-cons or running water. The doors are always unlocked, you just need to s...

From an absolutely unmissable voice in cozy fantasy, this tale shares the story of fae, folklore, and found family, told by a charismatic lake-dwelling monster with a voice unlike any other.Beneath the still surface of a lake lurks a monster with needle sharp teeth.Hungry and ready to pounce. Jenny Greenteeth has never spoken to a human before, but when a witch is thrown into her lake, something makes Jenny decide she's worth saving. Temperance doesn't know...

This spooky season curl up with the perfect witchy romcom for fans of Gilmore Girls, Hocus Pocus and Charmed. An absolute must-read if you love Erin Sterling’s The Ex Hex and Lana Harper’s Payback’s a Witch!It’s just a bunch of hocus pocus…Essie Winterscale lives in a huge and ever-changing house in the village of Good Winter, in deepest, darkest Essex. She lives with various witches of various ages, one...

HE'S A KIDNAPPER. BUT SHE'S THE REAL MONSTER . . .Dark Is When the Devil Comes is the utterly gripping and chilling new novel from acclaimed horror author Daisy Pearce.Reader reviews:'I couldn't turn the pages fast enough''Phenomenal . . . a wild ride from start to finish''Completely gripping until the final page!''Haunting and propulsive, it had me reading late...

And so, I am mad after all...The shackles gouge my wrists, disturbing the scars of Strangeways Prison's fetters. But no matter; if I bleed, I will not die: I am already dead.Named after the funeral flower, Lily has walked hand-in-hand with death for as long as she can remember.But the fact that death has chosen to follow her through life can hardly be conceived as her fault.Certainly she cannot be expected to take...

Don’t miss the instant Sunday Times bestseller starring true crime podcast host Cristy Ward from the author of Nothing to See Here!Book 2 in the Cristy Ward seriesThey raised her. Nurtured her. And lied about everything.They told Sadie she was adopted.They gave her a home and showered her with love.But they lied.Sadie was stolen.They say Sadie’s making it all up.But ...

Bloomsbury presents Jungle Commandos: The Battle for Arakan, Burma 1945 by Lucy Betteridge-Dyson, read by Catrin Walker-Booth.Drawing on unpublished first-hand accounts, this is a gripping history of the experiences of the Commandos and their unsung allies in one of the bloodiest battles of the Burma Campaign.Following the battles of Kohima and Imphal in mid-1944, the tide was turning against the Imperial Japanese Army. By the end of that fateful y...