The lives of two close-knit couples are irrevocably changed by an untimely death in this Sunday Times bestselling novel.Alex and Christine and Zach and Lydia have been inseparable since their twenties. From student house-shares and grubby pubs to proper homes and grown-up careers, the two couples' lives have been interlinked for decades. Then one evening, Alex and Christine receive a call from a distraught Lydia. Zach is dead.Inconsolable, Lydia mo...

Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by Abigail Thaw, best known for her role as Dorothea Frazil in Endeavour. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Kate Lilley, also read by Abigail Thaw.Flamboyant, theatrical and ambitious, Margaret Cavendish was one of the seventeenth century's most striking figures: a woman who ventured into the male spheres of politics, science, philosophy and literature....

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of My Husband's Wife by Jane Corry, read by Lily Bevan and Abigail Thaw.FIRST COMES LOVE. THEN COMES MARRIAGE. THEN COMES MURDER.**The addictive psychological thriller everyone's talking about!*'My head's still spinning from all the twists!'***Mark EdwardsWhat if your life was built on a lie?When lawyer Lily marries Ed, she's determined to make a fresh start. To leave th...

Brought to you by Penguin.From the incomparable Tessa Hadley, a masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationshipsIn each of the twelve stories in After the Funeral, small events have huge consequences*.* Heloise's father died in a car crash when she was a little girl; at a dinner party in her forties, she meets someone connected to ...

Devastating, brilliant and heralding an outstanding new talent in crime fiction, SOMEONE ELSE'S SKIN is the crime debut of the year.Some secrets keep you safe, others will destroy you...Detective Inspector Marnie Rome. Dependable; fierce; brilliant at her job; a rising star in the ranks. Everyone knows how Marnie fought to come back from the murder of her parents, but very few know what is going on below the surface. Because Marnie has secr...

Brought to you by Penguin.From Tessa Hadley, bestselling author of Late in the Day and The Past, comes a compulsive new novel about one woman's sexual and intellectual awakening in 1960s LondonWhile London comes alive with the new youth revolution, the suburban Fischer family seems to belong to an older world of conventional stability: pretty, dutiful homemaker Phyllis is married to Roger, a devoted fath...

The lives of two close-knit couples are irrevocably changed by an untimely death in the latest from Tessa Hadley, the acclaimed novelist and short story master who “recruits admirers with each book” (Hilary Mantel).Alexandr and Christine and Zachary and Lydia have been friends since they first met in their twenties. Thirty years later, Alex and Christine are spending a leisurely summer’s evening at home when they receive a call from a distraught Lydia: she is at the hospital. Zach ...

**A masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships—Tessa Hadley is "one of the greatest stylists alive" (Ron Charles, Washington Post).A Best Book of the Year: TIME, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Vogue“Hadley is pure magic and After the Funeral is a triumph.”—Lily King, New York Times best-selling author of Writers &...

Brought to you by Penguin.READ THE TENSE TWIST-FILLED RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK FOR SPRING 2020 FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE OUTCAST**‘**Superbly written, each sentence punctuated by a drumbeat of menace ... A thrillingly good read’ Elizabeth DayFamily secrets can be deadly…Newly-weds Dan and Bea decide to escape London. Driving through France in thei...

Full-cast dramatisations of three of Noel Streatfeild's classic children's booksRising to fame with her 1936 novel Ballet Shoes, Noel Streatfeild soon became one of the most popular authors of her day. She was one of the first winners of the Carnegie Medal and was awarded an OBE in 1983. She died in 1986, but her stories continue to captivate children today. Included here are three of her very best - Ballet Shoes, The Growing Summer and When t...