What would you do to protect your family if the world stopped working?Not long from now, in a recognisable yet changed London, Signy and Matthew lead a dull, difficult life. They've only really stayed together for the sake of their six year old son, Jed. But they're surviving, just about. Until the day the technology that runs their world stops working. Unable to use their phones, pay for anything, even open the smart door to their flat, Matthew assumes that this i...

For several months Marnie, a middle-aged poet and mother, has experienced sightings of her long-dead identical twin sister, Perdita, across London. As a consequence, and due to her crippling writer's block, she has sought the help of octogenarian Harley Street shrink, Schlap, to work through her problems. Not least her repeated dreams of being a man.Schlap has problems of his own though, having recently suffered a silent stroke which has affected his memory. Or is he more aware of ...

'Brilliant. A gripping, contemporary page-turner with all the elements of classic 1970's horror. Couldn't put it down.' —Indira Varma, actorSome moves are meant to bring you closer to family. Others uncover the truth you were never meant to know.After the death of her wife Issy, grief-stricken Annie Park uproots her London life to honour her final wish: raise Issy's teenage children in the wilds of rural Cumbria, in the shadow of the imposi...

For several months Marnie, a middle-aged poet and mother, has experienced sightings of her long-dead identical twin sister, Perdita, across London. As a consequence, and due to her crippling writer's block, she has sought the help of octogenarian Harley Street shrink, Schlap, to work through her problems. Not least her repeated dreams of being a man.Schlap has problems of his own though, having recently suffered a silent stroke which has affected his memory. Or is he more aware of ...

What would you do to protect your family if the world stopped working?Not long from now, in a recognisable yet changed London, Signy and Matthew lead a dull, difficult life. They've only really stayed together for the sake of their six year old son, Jed. But they're surviving, just about. Until the day the technology that runs their world stops working. Unable to use their phones, pay for anything, even open the smart door to their flat, Matthew assumes that this i...

Annie Park’s wife, Issy, a famous author, died twelve months ago. In her Will, she left instructions that Annie relocate with Issy’s teenage children from Hackney to her childhood home in the rural village of Colthwaite, Cumbria. Despite her misgivings, Annie complies because she loved her wife so deeply.A collection of motley villagers; a dilapidated Georgian manor; a locked library; hidden diaries; a missing relative; the creepy Fell with its strange pheasant enclosures and shephe...

The Scattered Pearls Belt is a string of habitats under tight military rule . . . where the powerful have become all too comfortable in their positions, and their corruption. But change is coming, with the arrival of Quynh: the mysterious and enigmatic Alchemist of Streams and Hills.To Minh, daughter of the ruling prefect of the Belt , Quynh represents a chance for escape. To Hoà, a destitute engineer, Quynh has a mysterious link to her own past . . . and holds a deeper, more sensu...

'Electrifying' Christina Dalcher, Sunday Times Bestselling author of VOX'A cleverly woven tale' The Times*WINNER OF THE EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2020*Imagine a world where...Everything you ate was monitored by the government.Every step you took was counted.Your children were weighed every day at school.Neighbours reported on neighb...

A haunting debut novel of a young woman living on the edge in a Cornwall the tourists never see, struggling with the aftermath of family tragedy.'This unsparing debut novel portrays the unromantic side of Cornwall few visitors see and which so many novelists choose to overlook. Charlie Carroll inhabits his damaged heroine completely' Patrick GaleAway from the hotels and holiday lets, there is an unseen side of Cornwall, where the shifting u...

'Inspired by real events, and making use of a variety of narrative techniques, The Stranger's Companion is a compelling and unusual novel' The Times, A Top 10 Historical Fiction Book of 2024'A mesmerising historical mystery . . . based on a fascinating real case. Delectable' Anna Mazzola, author of The Book of SecretsOctober 1933With a population of five hundred souls, iso...

A MOTHER KNOWS HER CHILD BEST. DOESN'T SHE?'Brilliant and creepy, I wolfed it down! One of my favourite reads of 2025' LISA JEWELLCharlotte's daughter, Stella, is sensitive and brilliant - perhaps even a genius - but after the sudden death of her babysitter, Blanka, the once disruptive and anti-social child has become docile and agreeable. And what's more unsettling is that she has begun to mirror Blanka's personality, from her accent and repetitive phras...

**Brought to you by Penguin.Imperial Island** shows how empire and its ever-present aftermath have divided and defined Britain over the last seventy years.After the Second World War, Britain's overseas empire disintegrated. But the effects of empire lived on, shaping its population and politics and dominating its relationship with the world ever since. Drawing on a mass of new research, from personal letters to pop culture, Imperial Island...