The astonishing #1 bestselling story of a boy who survived the war by hiding in the Polish forestMaxwell Smart was eleven years old when his entire family was killed before his eyes. He might have died along with them, but his mother selflessly ordered him to save himself. Alone in the forest, he dug a hole in the ground for shelter and foraged for food in farmers’ fields. His clothes in rags and close to starvation, he repeatedly escaped death at the hands of Nazi...

The astonishing true story of a boy who survived the war by hiding in the Polish forestMaxwell Smart was eleven years old when his entire family was killed before his eyes. He might have died along with them, but his mother selflessly ordered him to save himself. Alone in the forest, he dug a hole in the ground for shelter and foraged for food in farmers’ fields. His clothes in rags and close to starvation, he repeatedly escaped death at the hands of Nazis and Ukra...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERShortlisted for Best Crime Novel by the Crime Writers of Canada AwardBased on a true story, this powerful novel is set in Latvia’s capital during the horrific Rumbula massacre when 30,000 Jews were slaughtered over two days in 1941When Miriam and her family are rounded up and forced to live in the Jewish ghetto in Riga, Miriam chooses to give up her children to the care of a Gentile friend who wil...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERShortlisted for Best Crime Novel by the Crime Writers of Canada AwardBased on a true story, this powerful novel is set in Latvia’s capital during the horrific Rumbula massacre when 30,000 Jews were slaughtered over two days in 1941When Miriam and her family are rounded up and forced to live in the Jewish ghetto in Riga, Miriam chooses to give up her children to the care of a Gentile friend who wil...

"I'm going to need a minute before I pick up another historical fiction novel" Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"An exceptional story" Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Inspired by true stories of WWII, don't miss this emotional and poignant historical novel debut of courage against all odds, perfect for fans of Anna Stuart and Soraya M Lane.Poland, 1942. After witnessing the destruction of her hometown in Warsaw, Anna Kowalski ...

An international bestseller!“The Hidden Child is a heart-wrenching depiction of a golden couple in the 1920s…. Shocking, emotive, and compelling, but ultimately a story of hope. I loved it.” -- Deborah Carr, USA Today bestselling authorLondoners Eleanor and Edward Hamilton have it all. But the 1929 financial crash is looming, and they’re harboring a shameful secret. How far are they willing to go to protect their c...

Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong meets Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale in this moving and powerful novel about love, loss and the resilience of the human spirit.Scarred by his experiences in World War One, German doctor, Sebastian Braun lives a quiet life tending to his patients and his beloved garden. Until Sophie Hathaway bursts into his life and challenges his dearly-held beliefs. And just at the moment Sebastian discovers love for the first time war is on the hori...

From Kirsty Manning, author of The Song of the JadeLily, comes a gripping World War II set historical novel about murder,secrets, and survival.A forgotten manuscript that threatens to unravel thepast…Fresne Prison, 1940: A former maid at a luxury villaon the Riviera, Margot Bisset finds herself in a prison cell with writer andFrench Resistance fighter Joséphine Murant. Together, they are transferred to a

**Instant New York Times Bestseller!For fans of The Girls with No Names, The Silent Patient, and Girl, Interrupted, the New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan Collector blends fact, fiction, and the urban legend of Cropsey in 1970s New York, as mistaken identities lead to a young woman’s imprisonment at Willowbrook State School, the real state-run institution that Geraldo Rivera would later expose for its horrifying abuses....

The brand new historical novel from Erin Litteken, bestselling author of The Memory Keeper of Kyiv, based on her family's heart-wrenching escape from war-torn Europe.A story of the strength of the human spirit, the personal cost of conflict and how love can be found even in the darkest times.Summer 1941. War rages in Europe. The Germans march towards Ukraine. Halya, Liliya and Vika are no strangers to sorrow. They lost family dur...

“A gripping and thrilling tale. The writing was INCREDIBLE!” Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Her letters can save the country. But can she be trusted?A double agent.As World War Two rages, MI5 agent Sarah Gillespie is faced with her toughest challenge yet: handling Adeline Vernier, a mysterious double agent from Paris.A dangerous mission.Adeline’s coded letters could help the Al...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Why did I survive when so many others did not?'Otto was just nine years old when his family was captured in Berlin. All around him, Sinti and Roma families were being torn from their homes and broken up, many of them disappearing altogether.When Otto arrived in Auschwitz, he, as so many others, suffered unimaginable humiliation and suffering, and witnessed horrific violence and dehumanisation of his fe...