Postal worker Jenny’s life is in the doldrums. Her daughter is all grown up and ready to face the world, her marriage is falling apart, and now her best friend and colleague tells her he plans to retire. So, when a postcard from Australia, begging the recipient for forgiveness but marked ‘insufficient address’, lands on her sorting table, she does the unthinkable – she slips it up her sleeve, with the intention of delivering it herself.Jenny sets off on a journey around the Isle of...

From the writer Anthony Doerr calls 'a massive talent', The Alternatives is the story of four brilliant sisters, orphaned in childhood, who scramble to reconnect when the eldest disappears into the Irish countryside*A Book of the Year according to The Irish Times, Irish Independent, Good Housekeeping, Readings Australia and Libreria'Surprising and delightful... The Alt...

The sun-soaked summer getaway you didn’t know you needed: your paradise awaits…‘A perfect holiday read’ RED‘Deeply satisfying, engrossing, and utterly charming’ INDIA KNIGHT**READERS ADORE WELCOME TO GLORIOUS TUGA**:‘A glorious escape from reality’‘You can feel the sand and taste the coconut water’‘Full of romance, intrigue and friendships’‘Blue sea; small island; paradise. Sign me up!’

A GOOD HOUSEKEEPING GOOD BOOKS SPRING PICK 2025'Vividly conjures the excitement of Paris' RUTH HOGAN, bestselling author of THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS'Beguiling' The TimesCan she escape the darkness of her past in the City of Light?It's 1959 and time for eighteen-year-old Sophie's real life to start. Her existence in the village of Poynsdean, Sussex, with her ...

‘Utterly compelling’ Heidi Swain‘Evocatively written, poignant and compulsive' Emma Curtis‘Brilliant, twisty’ Sara SheridanThree women. A long-buried secret. One voice will free them all…London, 1915: Amid the wartime chaos, Katerina is hailed as a beacon of hope for her bakery, which offers divination alongside sweet treats. But the dark truth she’s hiding could cost her ever...

DARKLY HILARIOUS AND SEARINGLY RELEVANT, THE RABBIT HUTCH IS A POWERFUL PORTRAIT OF 21st CENTURY AMERICA, SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE UNFORGETTABLE BLANDINEWinner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2022 * Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction 2022'Inventive, heartbreaking and acutely funny' ObserverVacca Vale, Indiana: recently voted number 1 on Ne...

A Times, Guardian, and Good Housekeeping Book of the Year'Utterly compelling' - Marian Keyes**'I adored it' - Meg Mason, bestselling author of Sorrow & Bliss'One of the funniest writers in Britain' - The Guardian**The extraordinary fifth novel from Charlotte Mendelson, The Exhibitionist is a dazzling exploration of art, sacrifice, toxic family politics, queer desi...

Head to the blissful tropical island of Tuga in this funny, moving, uplifting summer read'Absolutely blissful... Get both books in the series: I’ll eat my hat if you don’t love them' India Knight, Sunday TimesREADERS LOVE ISLAND CALLING:‘A dream island escape’‘An uplifting, original story with such wonderful characters. Packed with humour…The perfect holiday read’‘Perfect for the summer holidays – I lo...

1994, the summer of the ceasefire. In the Northern Irish border town of Cross, after decades of violent protest against British rule, a community plays out its end game.Francie, a principled elder of the cause, has authorised the murder of a policeman; his teenage henchmen are triumphant at pulling it off. In the town square, the Widow Donnelly protests because her son has gone missing. Young Cathy Murphy, the daughter of a Protestant, is trying to find her place among a people who...

A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'Viscerally vivid . . . a sucker-punch of a novel, edged with knife-sharp black humour and shot through with moments of startling beauty . . . half Tarantino and half pitch-black northern realism' Guardian'A tremendously exciting novel . . . A brilliantly realized voice: Steve's every utterance is the product of where he comes from . . . as blunt and brutal as the fells h...

In one night, Nayan lost everything. Years later, his world is at risk again.Nayan has fought hard to move on, losing himself in his political work, trying to make a better world. A fresh challenge arrives with newcomer Megha, who threatens not just his career ambitions, but his ideals.Meanwhile the enigmatic Helen Fletcher returns to Chesterfield and Nayan finds himself growing close to her. But Helen carries secrets which connect her to Nayan in ways he d...

**An Irish Sunday Independent Book of the Year Pick for 2025!**Shortlisted for The New Adult Book Prize 2026!'Caragh Maxwell is a writer to watch.' Irish Examiner'Unsparing and affectionate.' Anne Enright, author of The Wren, The Wren'Utterly compelling, authentic and raw.' Una Mannion, author of A Crooked TreeFor fans of Sally Rooney and Megan Nolan comes a remarkable new Irish debut about growing ...