A Sainsbury's Magazine Book Club pick 2020'Tense, dark and so real as to be almost unbearable, this novel is utterly compelling' Rosamund LuptonVeronica and her wealthy husband George are unpacking boxes, hoping a fresh start in their newly refurbished Victorian terrace will help them heal from a recent trauma. Next door, Simone returns to her neglected council flat. Miserable and trapped, she struggles to take care of her children under the watch of her controlling husband...

As war looms, a Londoner decides to move to Israel, as an Israeli at the same time yearns to leave: "Moving, absorbing…a great read."— The TimesIn the heat of an Israeli summer, amid fresh attempts to restart peace talks with the Palestinians, Udi struggles to fill a UK immigration form. At twenty-six, Udi is a veteran of the Israel Defense Forces and has killed five men. He wants a new life, in a new country, and dreams of moving to London.Daniel ...

‘Gripping’ Independent‘Chilling’ Daily Mail‘I honestly didn’t see that ending coming’ Emma Curtis‘Holds you tight and blows you away’ Rachael Blok‘Richly layered’ Naomi Gryn‘This book kept me up until 2am’ Louis de Bernières‘I lost track of time’ Rena Olsen‘Full of sensitively realised emotion’ Literary Revi...

A Sainsbury's Magazine Book Club pick 2020'Tense, dark and so real as to be almost unbearable, this novel is utterly compelling' Rosamund LuptonVeronica and her wealthy husband George are unpacking boxes, hoping a fresh start in their newly refurbished Victorian terrace will help them heal from a recent trauma.Next door, Simone returns to her neglected council flat. Miserable and trapped, she struggles to take care of her children under the watch of ...

Three women, beset by trauma, temptation, and regret, find each other in this "rich, haunted, gripping" novel (Ruth Padel, award-winning author of Beethoven Variations).That was the day that Mama made the rules: If they come, run. Be quiet and run. But not together. Never together. If one is found, at least the other survives…During a cold British winter, three women, each suffering her own demons, reach a crisis point. Emily, an immigrant ...

Veronica and her wealthy husband George are unpacking boxes, hoping a fresh start in their newly refurbished Victorian terrace will help them heal from a recent trauma. Next door, Simone returns to her neglected council flat. Miserable and trapped, she struggles to take care of her children under the watch of her controlling husband Terry. When childhood friend Sarah re-enters Veronica’s life, things are thrown even further off balance. As tensions in their own lives rise, the painful memo...

During a cold, British winter, three women reach crisis point. Emily, an immigrant survivor of the Rwandan genocide is existing but not living. Vera, a Christian Londoner is striving to live a moral life, undermined by secrets from her past. Lynn, battling a disease, is consumed by resentment of what she hasn't achieved. Each suffers their own demons. But as their paths interweave, they begin to unravel their pasts, and change each other's futures.

Inspired by the Bhagavad Gita, this exciting adventure brings one of the world's greatest spiritual stories to life for today's children. When young Dev finds himself caught in a battle between courage and fear, kindness and anger, he is swept into a hidden world where heroes, villains and ancient wisdom collide. Guided by the mysterious Sanjay and the warrior Arjun, Dev discovers that the greatest battle of all takes place within ourselves.When eleven-year-old Dev's father dies, h...

When eleven-year-old Dev's father dies, he can't stop lashing out at those he loves. Until he meets Sanjay, a sprite-like being who claims there is a battle raging inside Dev's own body. Sanjay embarks on a perilous journey beginning in the darkest realm at the bottom of Dev's spine. As he searches for the noble warrior Prince Arjun, the only hope to defeat wicked Prince Ego, Sanjay encounters starving mobs, thieving gangs, water worlds and lands of fire, until at last he finds Arjun on th...

Saltburn meets Agatha Christie in the party of the year.‘If you aren’t reading B P Walter yet, now’s the time’ A. J. Finn'Accomplished, dark and stylish: I will read anything B P Walter writes’ Gillian McAllister'Dark and devilishly clever! Characters that get under your skin and keep you racing through the story’ L. C. North'The king of complex characters is back… A compelling tale of money, power a...

It has been six months since Tess Müller stopped speaking. Her silence is baffling to her parents, her teachers and her younger sister, but the more urgent mystery for both girls is where their mother, Evangeline, goes each day, pushing an empty pram and returning home wet, muddy and dishevelled. Their father, struggling with his own losses, tends to his apiary and tries to understand why his bees are disappearing. But after he discovers a car wreck and human remains on their farm, old sec...

Maeve Maloney may be nearing eighty, but she keeps Sea View Lodge as shipshape as her parents did during Morecambe’s heyday. But now, only her employees recognise the heartbreak hidden beneath her spikiness. Until, that is, Vincent shows up. He is the only man alive to have known her twin sister, Edie. If only Maeve could confront the secret past she shares with Vincent, she might finally see what it means to love and be loved – a lesson that her twin may have been trying to teach her all ...