The Times top ten bestseller'As tightly tuned as a thriller' Telegraph'A marvel' Kiran Millwood Hargrave'Compelling, vividly described magic' Observer'Historical fiction as it should be written' Mail on Sunday'Remarkable' New York TimesAnna Maria may have no name, no fortune, no family. But she has her...

Bloomsbury presents The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable, read by the Emmy nominated actor and Games of Thrones star Emilia Clarke.Nominated for Best Performance: Narrator at The Speakies (The British Audio Awards).The Times top ten bestseller‘As tightly tuned as a thriller’ Telegraph‘A marvel’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave‘Compelling, vividly described magic’ Obser...

'In Blackmore's striking fictional retelling of this true history, Costanza refuses to accept a fate as nothing more than a victim of male exploitation' SUNDAY TIMES, BEST HISTORICAL FICTION'Emotionally intense' DAILY MAIL'A stunning, visceral portrait of a woman and her life and a story as relevant now as it was then. I was gripped' JENNIE GODFREY'Wonderful... This novel took over my life for the tim...

Paris, Christmas 1933. The Strasbourg express crashes into a local train outside Paris, leaving wreckage and broken bodies strewn on the tracks. On board is Gilles Malroux. In the chaos and confusion, he swaps his identity papers with a stranger, steals a suitcase and vanishes.Gilles' sister Camille, notified of the accident, rushes to the hospital to find a stranger wrapped in bandages in her brother's place. In her desperate search to find Gilles, she must now un...

'In Blackmore's striking fictional retelling of this true history, Costanza refuses to accept a fate as nothing more than a victim of male exploitation' SUNDAY TIMESRome, 1636: In the scorched city of Rome, the cobbled streets hum with gossip and sin... Costanza Piccolomini is a respectable young wife - until she meets Gianlorenzo Bernini, the famed sculptor and star of Roman society, whose jet-black gaze matches his dark temper. From the second they set e...

Paris, Christmas 1933. The Strasbourg express crashes into a local train outside Paris, leaving wreckage and broken bodies strewn on the tracks. On board is Gilles Malroux. In the chaos and confusion, he swaps his identity papers with a stranger, steals a suitcase and vanishes.Gilles' sister Camille, notified of the accident, rushes to the hospital to find a stranger wrapped in bandages in her brother's place. In her desperate search to find Gilles, she must now un...

Katherine lives by the rules, ticks all the boxes and prepares for the worst, even while she hopes for the best.Then the worst actually happens and, as she tries to navigate life as a young widow, it turns out she was not prepared at all.Nothing scares Katherine more than stopping, but everyone insists she needs to take some time for herself. Head to a wellness retreat, they said. Enjoy some me-time, they said...Except this retreat isn't the pity p...

London is under attack. Secrets and spies hide in the shadows. Who can you trust when every night could be your last?'Like watching a film... SO realistic! The attention to detail to historical fact is wonderful... Unputdownable page turner!' Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️**'**Read the book in three days, couldn't put it down. If you like wartime stories then this is a must read' Reader review⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️London, 194...

Two American sisters risk their lives helping Allied soldiers escape occupied France in this World War II thriller by a New York Times –bestselling author—"If you watched The Bletchley Circle , try this" (The Poisoned Pen)."Hart has a way of immersing readers seamlessly into each moment of action so that their hearts will be pounding full force by the end of this story o...

A BRAND NEW wartime novel of bravery, hope, and the power of a mother's love in the darkest of times Inspired by an incredible untold story.Perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Nightingale and Mandy Robotham It is 1943 in Nazi-occupied Paris, and nobody is safe. Nobody, except perhaps one small group of people, who’ve always existed outside the law…At Le Cirque Casini, the trapeze artists still fly. ...

A BRAND-NEW gripping World War II saga of defiance, danger, and daring women who refused to be silenced. Inspired by the true-life stories of The Women's Secret Army. Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn, Mandy Robotham and Suzanne Kelman. They said women were a liability in war. They were wrong...March 1940A woman desperate for escape…A skilled mechanic, Fliss Makepeace chafes under the suffocating expectat...

Gunpowder, treason and a plot like no other…**AN OBSERVER TOP 10 DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2024****WINNER OF THE UNICORNS CULTURE AWARD 2024****SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND’S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD – FIRST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024**'Ignites a fire in your heart'ANYA BERGMAN'An explosive re-imagining …'STACEY THOMAS'Ch...