Roket is sixteen – bored, lonely, horny and pissed off.His mother is hopeless and his dad is gone. Roket loves graffiti, his mum and McDonalds and when the girl with the ultramarine eyes gives him a free Big Mac, it must be love.He joins a graff crew and drops out of school. But rivalries in his new world threaten to be fatal. By the end of the week Roket has been pushed to his limits.One night it all goes horribly wrong and Roket suddenly finds his...

A gripping serial killer thriller with a twist – from No. 1 bestseller Stuart MacBrideThis time the serial killer picked the wrong family…‘MacBride is a damned fine writer’ Peter JamesThey call him Sawbones: a serial killer touring America kidnapping young women.The FBI’s investigating – but getting nowhere.The latest victim is Laura Jones. Sixteen years old. Pretty. Blonde. And the daughter of one o...

As featured on Loose Women's Loose Books as their November book club pick.The Liar's Chair is Rebecca Whitney's stunning psychological thriller debut set in Brighton.Who can she trustIf she can't trust herself?Rachel Teller and her husband David appear happy, prosperous and fulfilled. The big house, the successful business . . . They have everything.However, control, not love, fuels their rel...

A young woman is forced to question everything she thought she knew, when a family tragedy leads to a series of startling revelations … and dark secrets. A stunning and emotive psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Cliff House and The Storm.'Beautiful, seamless writing, Jennings has a magic warmth and addictive quality that keeps you reading on and on' Lucy Atkins'Hauntingly beautiful' Clare Mac...

***WINNER OF THE 2018 SPECULATIVE ROMANTIC NOVEL AWARD*** ‘This is a pure joy’ HeatIf you could turn back time, would you choose a different life?Forty-something Maggie is facing some hard truths. Her only child has flown the nest for university and, without her daughter in the house, she’s realising that her life, and her marriage to Dan, is more than a little stale.When she spots an announcement on Facebook about a uni re...

This mesmerising debut novel is part love story, part mystery, telling the captivating story of two lovers torn apart by tragedy and the secrets they kept of one devastating night.I’m the most authentic version of myself when I’m around Jack. We’ve known each other since we were kids, and our relationship was always one of mudpies and mocking.Then everything changed.Beautiful Kate, my best friend, disappeared on a moonlit beach after Jack dumped her...

For fans of I MAY DESTROY YOU and FLEABAG and for readers who want to laugh and cry: the brave, beautiful, sometimes brutal story of a young misfit and her rocky road to womanhood, stopping at each year along the way.'I loved Tennis Lessons so much. Susannah is a phenomenally talented writer' ELIZABETH DAY'A raw, fierce, shockingly honest coming-of-age story' LOUISE O'NEILL'Incredibly funny...

Perfect for readers of George Saunders, Jennifer Egan and Heather O'Neill, a rich and inventive collection of exquisite short stories by a major newcomer to Canadian literature.In this deeply felt, compulsive and edgy work, Sarah Meehan Sirk shines a distinctive light on love and death in their many incarnations, pushing against the limits of the absurd while exposing piercing emotional truths about what it means to be gloriously, maddeningly alive.In "The D...

'How about we toss a coin? Heads, it's west and a lift. Tails, it's still west, but no lift.'James is heading into the country on his first teacher-training round when a mysterious girl asks him for a ride. Sophie has him all worked out: 'You live with your parents and they bought you this car, and a very nice car it is too.' At first James can't see past her wild hair and attitude, but then Sophie trusts him with a secret she's been keeping too long.Steven Herrick...

Reader beware--you choose the scare! GIVE YOURSELF GOOSEBUMPS!Top secret and dangerous. That's what your mom, a famous scientist calls, the research she's been doing at the labs of Dr. Eeek. You're dying to know what it's all about.Then one day you get lost in the labs. Before you know it you've become a human guinea pig in Dr. Eeeks deadly experiments!If you choose one lab, you meet a dog wearing sneakers. He's half dog, half kid. And now he's after you!If you choose another lab, ...

"Fans of Griffiths, Gleitzman and Jennings will be thrilled to have this in their collection." Kids Book ReviewI'm Tom Weekly. If you want to know what went wrong, read this and laugh.You'll learn the secret of my strangest body part. You'll meet my super-angry grandpa, and hear about my best non-human friend, Rarnald the rat. You'll find out why I've been banned from KidsWorld. But that won't freak you out as much as the story of how Stella Holling trick...

**Shortlisted for the University Of Queensland Fiction Book Award‘The real deal.’ – Favel Parrett, author of Past the Shallows and There Was Still Love'Kassab creates an eerie sense of place as the reader is drawn into myriad perspectives and geographies. Without doubt Australiana is an unnerving contribution to contemporary novel writing in this continent.' - Books + Publishing‘poetic, wise and peppered with black humour.’ - ...