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  • The Secret Barrister

    Stories of the Law and How It's Broken

    by The Secret Barrister ...
    **Writing as S. J. Fleet, The Secret Barrister's first novel, The Cut Throat Trial, is available for pre-order now.____An anonymous barrister offers a shocking, darkly comic and very moving journey through the legal system – and explains how it's failing all of us.The Sunday Times number one bestseller.Winner of the Books are My Bag Non-Fiction AwardShortlisted for Waterstones Book of the ... Read more

    Was £5.99 Now £0.99

  • The Prosecutor

    One Man’s Battle to Bring Nazis to Justice

    by Jack Fairweather ...
    **THE NEW BOOK FROM THE BESTSELLING, COSTA PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE VOLUNTEERThe true story of a Jewish lawyer who returned to Germany after WWII to prosecute war crimes, only to find himself pitted against a nation determined to bury the past.**At the end of the Nuremberg trial in 1946, some of the greatest war criminals in history were sentenced to death, but hundreds of thousands of Nazi ... Read more

    £11.99

  • Shared Remains

    An unputdownable must-read crime thriller

    by Rachel Lynch ...
    Series Book 12 - Detective Kelly Porter
    A criminal that preys on the vulnerable. A detective who will fight for the truth.A broken and bloodied body is found dumped at the bottom of a quarry in Cumbria. There are markers of a suicide at the scene but forensic examinations prove it was all an elaborate staging. DI Kelly Porter soon digs up a bitter history between the two brothers who own the farmland the quarry sits on: Arthur and ... Read more

    Was £3.99 Now £0.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How Infrastructure Works

    Transforming our shared systems for a changing world

    by Deb Chachra ...
    'Pulsing with wisdom and humanity... a masterpiece' ED YONG'A hopeful, lyrical - even beautiful - hymn to the systems of mutual aid we embed in our material world' CORY DOCTOROW'An extraordinary book' MARK MIODOWNIK'You won't see the world the same after reading this book!' AUSTIN KLEONEvery day, we are granted the power to travel at high speeds, fly, see in the dark, summon water from ... ... Read more

    £0.99

  • 101 Facts You Didn't Know About Space

    by Mark S. Thompson ...
    The author of A Space Traveller’s Guide to the Solar System shares 101 fascinatingly fun facts sure to change how you see outer space—and Earth.Did you know a compost heap generates as much energy as the Sun? Or that dung beetles use the Milky Way to navigate? Maybe you have not been into space but if you have then you will know that astronauts have feet as soft as babies! 101 Facts You Didn't ... Read more

    Was £4.99 Now £1.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Why We Eat (Too Much)

    The New Science of Appetite

    by Dr Andrew Jenkinson ...
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA PRACTICAL, ACCESSIBLE GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE SECRET TO LASTING WEIGHT LOSS AND HOW YOU CAN GET IN SHAPE WITHOUT COUNTING CALORIES'A compelling look at the science of appetite and metabolism' Vogue'Fascinating science' ITV_______________What we've been told about our diet has been all wrong. In fact, diet cult... ... Read more

    Was £5.99 Now £0.99

  • Maurice and Maralyn

    Winner of the Nero Book Awards Gold Prize Book of the Year 2024

    by Sophie Elmhirst ...
    **THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER****WINNER OF THE NERO AWARDS GOLD PRIZE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024****WINNER OF THE NERO AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024****An extraordinary true story of shipwreck, survival and love'An enthralling, engrossing story of survival' Bill Bryson‘An absolute jewel of a book’ India Knight‘A gripping tale of adventure’ Elizabeth Day‘An extraordinary survival ... Read more

    Was £5.99 Now £0.99

  • Midnight and Blue

    The Instant Number One Sunday Times Bestseller

    by Ian Rankin ...
    Series Book 1 - A Rebus Novel
    The brand new John Rebus thriller from the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin: one of the must-read books of the year.'Rebus in jail and better than ever ... Surprising, gripping and witty. Rankin has taken the police procedural and transformed into an epic character study of a man and his city ... Nobody does it better.'THE TIMES* * * * *JOHN REBUS SPENT HIS LIFE AS A DETECTIVE PUTTIN... ... Read more

    Was £11.99 Now £5.49

  • The Waiting

    The Brand New Ballard & Bosch Thriller

    by Michael Connelly ...
    Series series Ballard and Bosch
    'Michael Connelly is a powerhouse, an unstoppable force in crime fiction. The Waiting is proof he is at the top of his game."MICK HERRON, #1 bestselling author of SLOW HORSES****IN COLD CASES,IT'S NOT THE HOPE THAT KILLS YOU.IT'S THE WAITING.LAPD Detective Renée Ballard gets a DNA hit in a case that has gone unsolved for twenty years. A recentl... ... Read more

    Was £12.99 Now £5.49

  • When the Guilty Cry

    by M J Lee ...
    Series Book 7 - DI Ridpath Crime Thriller
    Three severed hands. No clues. A race against time.Three embalmed hands are discovered in a disused Victorian house. Is it a gangland ritual? The work of a cult? Or just a prank played by Medical Students? And what happened to the bodies?Meanwhile the Coroner needs to issue a Presumption of Death certificate on a teenage girl who vanished eleven years ago in mysterious circumstances.As hints ... Read more

    £1.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Reader Over Your Shoulder

    A Handbook for Writers of English Prose

    by Robert Graves, Alan Hodge ...
    “The best book on writing ever published” (Patricia T. O’Conner, author of Woe Is I).When Robert Graves and Alan Hodge decided to collaborate on this manual for writers, the world was in total upheaval. Graves had fled Majorca three years earlier at the start of the Spanish Civil War, and as they labored over their new project, they witnessed the fall of France and the evacuation of Allied forces ... Read more

    Was £11.99 Now £1.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Write Romantasy

    Blending Fantasy and Romance Into One Heart-Stopping Adventure

    by Jenna Moreci ...
    Learn the craft of creating a page-turning romantasy novel in this easy-to-follow guide from writing expert and renowned author of The Savior’s Series, Jenna Moreci.In How to Write Romantasy, Moreci takes you from your first kernel of inspiration through the resolution of your novel, ensuring you hit all the key elements along the way. Chapters are organized around specific plot points, necessary ... Read more

    £8.99

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  • The Wager

    by David Grann ...
    **THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*'The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail... one of the finest nonfiction books I’ve ever read'** Guardian‘The greatest sea story ever told’ Spectator'I cannot think of anyone who would not love this book . . . It is an extraordinary true story, beautifully written' Richard Osman... ... Read more

    £6.99

  • Ticket to Ride

    Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys

    by Tom Chesshyre ...
    Experience the world by train alongside best-selling travel writer Tom Chesshyre, as he takes a whistle-stop tour around the globe in 49 unique journeysWhy do people love trains so much?Tom Chesshyre is on a mission to find the answer by experiencing the world through train travel – on both epic and everyday rail routes, aboard every type of ride, from steam locomotives to bullet trains, meeting a ... Read more

    Was £4.99 Now £0.99

  • The Teacher

    A case full of twists for the unforgettable must-read detective in 2025

    by Tim Sullivan ...
    Series series A DS Cross Thriller
    Don't miss THE BOOKSELLER, the brand new DS Cross Thriller - available now.'Every generation has its iconic detective - Holmes, Poirot and Morse - but Cross is emerging as the one for now. Treasure him.' DAILY MAIL'George Cross is becoming one of my favourite detectives.' ELLY GRIFFITHSHe's a victim. But is he innocent?THE BODYIn a village in South We... ... Read more

    £3.99

  • Great-Uncle Harry

    A Tale of War and Empire

    by Michael Palin ...
    'I cannot remember the last time I read a book so immediately absorbing and affecting. Michael Palin has never been better – which is, of course, saying a great deal.' BILL BRYSON__________________________________From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, he was determined to find out more about him.The quest that followed involved ... Read more

    £5.99

  • Identity Unknown

    The gripping new Kay Scarpetta thriller for 2024

    by Patricia Cornwell ...
    Series Book 30 - Kay Scarpetta
    THE THRILLING NEW KAY SCARPETTA MYSTERY FROM THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER'Iconic. Bold. Brilliant. Identity Unknown is hauntingly original, impossibly clever and devilishly daring. Scalpel-sharp storytelling, trademark twists and characters that feel like family, this series is one of the all-time greats' CHRIS WHITAKER, author of Sunday Times bestseller All the Colours of the DarkSummoned to an ... Read more

    Was £9.99 Now £0.99

  • Fred & Rose

    The Full Story of Fred and Rose West and the Gloucester House of Horrors, from the Senior Producer of 'Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story' - now on NETFLIX

    by Howard Sounes ...
    FRED & ROSE IS THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF THIS INFAMOUS TRUE CRIME CASE - NOW UPDATED WITH A POSTSCRIPT FROM THE AUTHOR. FROM THE MIND BEHIND 'FRED AND ROSE WEST: A BRITISH HORROR STORY' - NOW ON NETFLIX.Fred and Rose West are virtually unique in British criminal history: a husband and wife who loved and killed together.During their long relationship, the Wests murd... ... Read more

    Was £4.99 Now £0.99

  • The Walnut Tree: Women, Violence and the Law – A Hidden History

    by Kate Morgan ...
    A Waterstones Best History Book 2024'Compulsively readable' – Times Literary Supplement'An outstanding work' – Philippa Gregory'A powerful narrative told with frankness and sensitivity' Helen Fry, historian and author of Women In Intelligence'A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more they are beaten, the better they’ll be.'So went the proverb quoted by a p... ... Read more

    £0.99

  • The Unaccountability Machine

    Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind

    by Dan Davies ...
    LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024'A great book ... a wonderful way of talking about our current world' Rory Stewart'Mischievous and fiercely intelligent' Ed Smith, New Statesman'One of the most insightful books I've read in a long time' Sam Freedman'The kind o... ... Read more

    £6.99

  • Tuesdays With Morrie

    The most uplifting book ever written about the importance of human connection

    by Mitch Albom ...
    THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON THAT HAS TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF OVER 9 MILLION READERSPre-order Mitch Albom's new novel, Twice, now - a beautiful and heartbreaking exploration of lost loves and second chances. Coming October 2025'Mitch Albom sees the magical in the ordinary' Cecelia Ahern__________Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague? Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you... ... Read more

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  • The Red Hotel

    The Untold Story of Stalin’s Disinformation War

    by Alan Philps ...
    'A riveting trip down the corridors of Soviet deception' Sunday Telegraph (Five-Star Review)'Philps' book vindicates the value of truth' Washington Post'Philps has an eye for detail and a heart for those left behind' The Times'A tale of intrigue and suppression' New York Times*'*A compelling and often horrifying tale of moral degradation and occasional her... ... Read more

    Was £6.99 Now £0.99

  • What We Fear Most

    A Psychiatrist’s Journey to the Heart of Madness / BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

    by Dr Ben Cave ...
    * BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK * LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA'S ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION AWARD *---'Impressive at every level' - Jeremy Vine'Poignant, funny, engrossing' - Jo Brand'A sensitive and immersive voyage through the career of a forensic psychiatrist' - Kerry Daynes'A beautifully balanced and compassionately written memoir... This ... ... Read more

    £0.99

  • The Woman in White

    by Wilkie Collins ...
    Wilkie Collins's classic thriller took the world by storm on its first appearance in 1859, with everything from dances to perfumes to dresses named in honor of the "woman in white." The novel's continuing fascination stems in part from a distinctive blend of melodrama, comedy, and realism; and in part from the power of its story. ... Read more

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