Dark family secrets come to light in this novel of "nearly Dickensian proportions" set in Paris, New York, and St. Petersburg ( The New Yorker).Thirty-two-year-old Gabriel Glover arrives in St. Petersburg from London to find his Russian mother dead in her apartment. Reeling from grief, Gabriel and his twin sister, Isabella, arrange the funeral—without contacting their manipulative and self-indulgent father, who is off living his own decadent life ...

'A humane, humorous and ultimately extremely moving novel' Guardian'A darkly comic, deeply moving and thoroughly modern father-son love story' Mail on Sunday'Funny, moving, disturbing and beautifully written' Adam Kay'Tremendously moving, fiercely intelligent and very, very funny' Paul MurrayLouis Lasker loves his family dearly – apart from when he doesn’t. There’s a lot of history. His father...

A gripping story of modern-day love and old-fashioned revenge. He is not quite as clever as he thinks he is. She is smarter than she seems.Jasper thinks that he has found the perfect life. A world-class calligrapher and a serial seducer, he is happily transcribing the immortal songs and sonnets of John Donne for his wealthy patron. But when a shameless infidelity catches up with him, things begin to unravel. Worse still, one afternoon the perfect woman turns up beneath his studio w...

There is only one way in and there is only one way out: the river.One stifling afternoon, a mysterious supply boat docks at a research station deep in the jungle. To Dr Forle and his team of naturalists, its passengers are unwelcome. Ruthless, uninvited, and bringing corruption to the life of the forest, they force Forle, already a fugitive from his past, to confront his darkest impulses . . .‘An unusually intelligent thriller that refuses to take sides’

Alone in her native St Petersburg, Maria Glover sends an urgent summons to London and New York. Her son and daughter arrive too late to see her, but the end of their mother’s life marks the beginning of their own story: one of secrets, strangers, and the ultimate retelling of everything they thought they knew.‘Docx knows that what we want most from a novel are stories into which we can sink our teeth and our hearts. His ability to evoke the atmosphere of a city is almost Dickensian...

'A humane, humorous and ultimately extremely moving novel' Guardian'A darkly comic, deeply moving and thoroughly modern father-son love story' Mail on Sunday'Tremendously moving, fiercely intelligent and very, very funny' Paul MurrayLouis Lasker loves his family dearly – apart from when he doesn’t. There’s a lot of history. His father’s marriages, his mother’s death; one brother in exile, another in denial; everything said, everythin...

This volume collects together four of celebrated poet and preacher John Donne's most passionate sermons on death. Dean of St Paul's, John Donne was fêted in his day not just as a poet but also as an inspired and energetic preacher, and these four extended meditations on death are amongst his most powerful and dramatic writings. The magnificent 'Death's Duel' is published here alongside his Lent sermons for the two previous years (1629 and 1630), along with his Easter Day sermon of 1619, pr...

**2023 National Indie Excellence Awards Winner in Literary Fiction2023 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist in Contemporary Novel2023 IPPY Awards Gold Medalist Winner2023 NIEA Winner in Literary Fiction2023 Eric Hoffer Book Awards Winner2022 CIBA Somerset Book Awards First Place Winner“...superb descriptions of Spain, its cities and museums, and seventeenth century art—as well as the often cut-throat world of graduate school. The ensuing intr...

A modern retelling of The Golden Bowl by Henry James for fans of Sally Rooney and Kate Atkinson.From their grand mansion on the Upper East Side to their magical private island in Long Island Sound, everything points to the Woodford family as being perfect and idyllic. Why, then, is there such tension in the air?Enter Federico, a penniless Italian prince who is about to marry Emily Woodford, the only child of the family’s widowed patriarch, Henry. W...

From acclaimed author Daniel H. Turtel, winner of the Faulkner Society Award for Best Novel, comes The Family Morfawitz, a gripping Jewish family saga inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses.When Hadassah Morfawitz flees Nazi Germany with her siblings and arrives in New York, she is determined to turn the city into her own Mount Olympus—at any cost. In choosing orphaned concentration camp survivor Zev Kretinberg as her husband and accomplice—ensuring his...

From the acclaimed author of The Last Checkmate comes a brilliant novel spanning from the Russian Revolution to the Nazi occupation of the Soviet Union and following two unforgettable women…their fates intertwined by ties of family and interrupted by the tragedy of war. Perfect for readers of Kate Quinn, Pam Jenoff, and Elena Gorokhova.Russia 1917: Beautiful, educated Svetlana Petrova defied her stifling aristocratic family to join a revol...

Four friends. One night. A secret that changed everything.They grew up believing their friendship would last forever.They were wrong.One choice fractured everything, leaving wounds none of them could name.Twenty years later, they are drawn back into one another’s lives.Old loyalties resurface. Buried truths come to light.And this time, the past refuses to stay quiet.As they confront what was lost, and what was never s...