Brought to you by Penguin."We all have trapdoors in our lives. Sometimes we jump off just in time: we defuse an argument with a joke; we swerve to prevent a traffic accident. But sometimes we are unlucky enough to be on the trapdoor when the lever is pulled. My own trapdoor was hidden in the consulting room of an Oxford neurologist."When the trapdoor opened for Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, he plummeted into a world of MRI scans, a disobedient ...

Brought to you by Penguin.From the bestselling, award-winning author of Middle England comes a profoundly moving, brutally funny and brilliantly true portrait of Britain told through four generations of one family'A wickedly funny, clever, but also tender and lyrical novel about Britain and Britishness and what we have become' Rachel Joyce__________________In Bournville, a placid sub...

'Hausmann is a force to be reckoned with' DAVID BALDACCIShe went missing decades ago.He is still looking for her . . .Julie Nowak has been missing since 7th September 2003. It broke her family. Only her father, Theo, doesn't give up on her. On the 20th anniversary of her disappearance, Theo is contacted by podcaster Liv. She's come across a new lead. But if Theo wants to find out the truth he must be quick before his...

One of the family is dead.One of the family is missing.And one of the family might just be the killer...The outstanding psychological thriller from the 5 million copy-bestselling author of Here to Stay and The MagpiesPatrick couldn’t believe his luck when Holly fell for him. She’s wickedly funny, beautiful, and with an intimidatingly successful father, Charles.So when she invites him to Charles’ mansion for a New Year’...

A holiday in the Highlands turns into a hostile trap in this vicious thriller about a family who will stop at nothing to keep their dark past buried.In this family, some secrets are worth killing for.When Patrick accompanies his girlfriend, Holly Grant, to a remote village in the Scottish Highlands for the holidays, he’s braced for an awkward first meeting with her enigmatic family—not a fight for survival.But tensions are high among the Gr...

Bloomsbury presents Coronation by Paul Gallico, read by Peter Caulfield.A heartwarming and tender story of a family’s winding journey to witness Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 coronationCoronation Day, 2 June 1953The Claggs, a humble, working class family from Sheffield, are offered tickets to a once-in-a-lifetime-event – the Queen’s coronation. Forsaking their annual seaside holiday for the promise of a prime viewing spot of the procession route and luxurious champagne,...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Touch of Love by Jonathan Coe, read by Peter Caulfield.Robin, a postgrad student in Coventry, has spent four and a half years not writing his thesis. He and his academic colleagues, united by pallor, social ineptitude and sexual inexperience, once spent hours discussing their theories, but they somehow never made it into print.Now his unfinished thesis languishes in a drawer, and Robin hi...

THE NEW DI STRATTON THRILLER FROM THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF BELIEVEIt’s every mother’s worst nightmare.Your son is gone.And everyone’s a suspect…Laura is ready to start a new chapter.Between her messy divorce with her ex-husband, and moving in with her new fiancé, her son Benjy and her successful writing career have been her only constants.Until that fateful day. The afternoon starts like any othe...

3 Best Friends. 1 Deadly Secret.With Ali's wedding fast approaching, her friendship with Erin and Sophie threatens to implode with deathly consequences when a twisted teenage game comes back to haunt them.As teenagers, Ali, Erin and Sophie are bonded by a secret, and a promise to protect each other. Years later, Ali’s wedding is looming when the three women set off for their annual couples’ trip, unaware that one final drunken game and a weekend of...

**Brought to you by Penguin.If home is where the heart is, why do we neglect our domestic lives?**Amid unattainable interiors trends and a growing housing crisis, it's unsurprising that one in three people don't feel at home where they live, and only 56% experience joy there. Worse still, our feelings about home have a significant bearing on how we feel about ourselves.The good news? Nothing has to change in our homes for them to feel like a completely diffe...

**'A deliciously tense, edge-of-your-seat reading experience that will have you turning the pages well into the night' LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN'A fun twist on the classic slasher trope' HEATNever turn your back on a friend.Jade, Stef and Zoe are hiking Washington's Bones Hollow Trail, braving cougars, snakes and the storms that roll in without warning. The friends' paranoia isn't helped by listening...

Brought to you by Penguin.You invited her in. Now she wants your life.‘It will be all right,’ Nellie assured her with startling confidence.‘I’m here to make things better. You’ll see.’Elena and Stu are barely holding it together. Their newborn screams through the night, their nerves are frayed, and their marriage is hanging by a thread.Then comes More You: a company offering an impossible solution — ...