Look, you won't know me. But you will. I want you to know me, you see. I want you to know me in the way I know these roads around us, the roundabouts in surround sound, the bridges, the cut-throughs, the one-way systems, the water.Supermarket driver John and property manager Anita spend their working days in Hull's endless traffic, trying to keep ahead of targets and ticking clocks. Driven to distraction by substitute groceries and dodgy plumbing, tensions flare when they ...

Their story transcends time. But can it be rewritten?The instant Sunday Times bestseller from Alix E. Harrow, the author of Starling House, comes a time-travelling, genre-defying, utterly fantastical quest – a work of romantic fantasy unlike any other.Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion’s greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, then died for queen and country. Her legend lives on, but her life as it truly ha...

The incredible eight-part full-cast audio drama written and created by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and directed by Jessica Dromgoole.It’s just a message, right?Daubed on walls, trending on socials, appearing in every language in every country all over the world and always reading the same. Nobody knows where it originated only that it can’t be ignored. And then – in the blink of an eye - everything changes. Activated alien DNA, long buried within each and every one of us, transfo...

Lights, camera, murderIn the Lake District, someone’s laying on a deadly welcome…The cast and crew of a popular TV crime drama are shooting in the Lake District – but behind the scenes, relationships are as tense as on-screen. The director’s reputation proceeds him, the two lead stars are feuding and rumours swirl.Meanwhile the locals are enjoying the filming – Amita Kahtri and her friends from Penrith Bingo Club are becoming social media stars with...

There’s a fine art to murder…Hal Mulberry has long dreamt of owning the iconic painting, Buttermere at Dawn. And now the entrepreneur has got his hands on it, he’s determined to bring it back to the Lakes where it belongs and put it on show, turning Penrith Village Hall into a cultural hotspot – with the painting at its heart.Journalist Jason Brazel is delighted to get the exclusive. Even if his mother in law, Amita, thinks he’s making a fuss about...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026A GUARDIAN ‘BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026’OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICKTIME MUST-READ BOOKWINNER OF THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONFINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE

Growing, growing, gone…Penrith, in the heart of the Lake District, is not the kind of place you can easily vanish.Certainly not when the members of the Penrith Bingo Club are trying to track you down. But even stalwart sleuth, Amita Khatri, and her son in law, Jason, are foxed this time when a local woman tells them her husband, a mild-mannered academic has gone missing.And he’s not the only person to disappear. Soon Amita, Jason, and irascible reti...

Magical mob rivalry, star-crossed ambition and the pursuit of perfection at any cost – set in a glittering, alternate, present-day Los Angeles. Red City is the dark and deadly adult debut from the bestselling author of the iconic Legend series - and perfect for fans of V. E. Schwab.Alchemy is the hidden art of transformation, an exclusive power wielded by crime syndicates who market it to the world’s elite in the form of sand – a drug that enhances those w...

Winner of The Gilpin Hotel Prize for Fiction 2023Eyes down to find a killer who’s playing to win…An irresistible slice of murder and mystery – there’s a killer on the loose in the Lake District, and the members of the Penrith Bingo Club have decided they’re the ones to catch the culprit…Jason Brazel is an out of work journalist who lives in Penrith with his family and mother-in-law, Amita. She knows everyone and everything ...

**The Sunday Times Top 5 bestseller**Longlisted for the CWA New Blood AwardFour friends. One luxury getaway. The perfect murder.‘Pure adrenaline’ ERIN KELLY‘An intense thriller’ HEAT‘Agatha Christie meets the glamour of après-ski’ SUNDAY TIMESFrench Alps, 1998Two young men ski into a blizzard… but only one re...

A timely and timeless reimagining of the story of Dionysus, Greek God of ecstasy and madness, revelry and ruin, for readers of The Song of Achilles and Elektra.Raised in a Greek legion, Phaidros has been taught to fight for the homeland he's never seen and to follow his commander's orders at all costs. But when he rescues a baby from a fire at Thebes's palace, his commander's orders cease to make sense: Phaidros is forced to abandon the blue-eyed boy at a temple, and to keep the ba...

Five new short plays developed and supported by The Mono Box.THE INTERVIEWby Graeme BrookesA panel of three interviewers are meeting with one of many applicants to see if they're 'working class enough' to obtain support from their elite organisation. In trying to offer their support, the expert panel slowly lose control with their own reality. What starts with honest intentions turns into a grotesque grilling.THE INTERVIEW is an abs...