Summer Reads 2019

Stay With Me Ayobami Adebayo (Author) Series:

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Main

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Canongate Books Ltd

Publisher:

Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

01 Mar 2018

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 304pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 205g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781782119609 ISBN13: 978-1-78211-960-9 ISBN10: 1782119604 EAN: 9781782119609 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE Yejide is hoping for a miracle, for a child. It is all her husband wants, all her mother-in-law wants, and she has tried everything. But when her relatives insist upon a new wife, it is too much for Yejide to bear.

Unravelling against the social and political turbulence of 1980s Nigeria, Stay With Me is a story of the fragility of married love, the undoing of family, the power of grief, and the all-consuming bonds of motherhood. It is a tale about the desperate attempts we make to save ourselves, and those we love, from heartbreak. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sex & Rage: Advice to Young Ladies Eager for a Good Time Eve Babitz (Author) Series:

Canons

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Main - Canons

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Canongate Canons

Publisher:

Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

05 Jul 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 191g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781786892744 ISBN13: 978-1-78689-274-4 ISBN10: 178689274X EAN: 9781786892744 x Description: It is the 1970s in LA, and Jacaranda Leven - child of sun and surf - is swept into the dazzling cultural milieu of the beautiful people.

Floating on a cloud of drink, drugs and men, she finds herself adrift, before her talent for writing, and a determined literary agent, set her on a course for New York and a new life.

Sex & Rage is a recently re-discovered classic from author Eve Babitz, herself a muse to many an artist, writer and musician in the 1970s. A semiautobiographical novel, it charts the highs and lows of a life lived at the limits, and transports the reader to a sunnier, dreamier, more reckless time and place. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Half Sister Catherine Chanter (Author) Series:

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Main

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Canongate Books Ltd

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Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

07 Mar 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s24mm 267g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781786891266 ISBN13: 978-1-78689-126-6 ISBN10: 1786891263 EAN: 9781786891266

x Description: When Diana's mother dies, she impulsively invites estranged half-sister Valerie and her nine-year-old son to stay at her grand country home. On the night of the funeral, fueled by wine and years of resentment, the sisters argue and a terrible accident occurs.

The foundations of a well-ordered life begin to crack and the lies begin to surface, one dangerous secret after another. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I'm Not Scared Niccolo Ammaniti (Author) Jonathan Hunt (Translated by) Series:

Canons

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Main - Canons Edition

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Canongate Canons

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Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

16 Jun 2016

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Active

Language: English Translated From: Italian Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 191g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781782117155 ISBN13: 978-1-78211-715-5 ISBN10: 1782117156 EAN: 9781782117155 This Product Replaces: 9781841954424 x Description: One relentlessly hot summer, six children explore the scorched wheat fields that enclose their tiny Italian village. When the gang find a dilapidated farmhouse, nine-year-old Michele Amitrano makes a discovery so momentous that he dare not tell a soul. It is a secret that will force Michele to question everything and everyone around him, and will bring his innocent world toppling down.

An unputdownable thriller, I'm Not Scared has become a contemporary classic in Italian literature, read and celebrated the world over. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Academy Street Mary Costello (Author) Series:

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Main

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Canongate Books Ltd

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Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

02 Mar 2015

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 192pp h198mm x w129mm x s12mm 133g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781782114208 ISBN13: 978-1-78211-420-8 ISBN10: 1782114203 EAN: 9781782114208 x Description: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME WINNER OF THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2014 SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2014 Tess Lohan appears to be a quiet child. But within lies a heart of fire. A fire that will propel her from her native Ireland into the hurly-burly of 1960s New York. In this city she will face the twists of a life graced with great beauty, but forever floating close to hazard. Joyous and heartbreaking, Academy Street journeys through six decades and one incredible story. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Dark Flood Rises Margaret Drabble (Author) Series:

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Main

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Canongate Books Ltd

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Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

01 Jun 2017

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 226g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781782118336 ISBN13: 978-1-78211-833-6 ISBN10: 1782118330 EAN: 9781782118336 x Description: NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017: 'masterly' GUARDIAN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: 'An absolute tour de force' Fran may be old but she's not going without a fight. So she dyes her hair, enjoys every glass of red wine, drives restlessly around the country and lives in an insalubrious tower block that her loved ones disapprove of. And as each of them - her pampered ex Claude, old friend Jo, flamboyant son Christopher and earnest daughter Poppet - seeks happiness in their own way, what will the last reckoning be? Will they be waving or drowning when the end comes? By turns joyous and profound, darkly sardonic and moving, The Dark Flood Rises questions what makes a good life, and a good death. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Secret River Kate Grenville (Author) Diana Athill (Introduction by) Series:

Canons

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Main - Canons

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Canongate Canons

Publisher:

Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

24 Jul 2018

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 246g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781782118879 ISBN13: 978-1-78211-887-9 ISBN10: 178211887X EAN: 9781782118879 This Product Replaces: 9780857860842 x Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2006 COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE IMPAC DUBLIN PRIZE London, 1806. William Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart Sal, is a waterman on the River Thames. Life is tough but bearable until William makes a mistake, a bad mistake for which he and his family are made to pay dearly.

His sentence: to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. Soon Thornhill, a man no better or worse than most, has to make the most difficult decision of his life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How to Stop Time Matt Haig (Author) Series:

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Main

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Canongate Books Ltd

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Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

14 Dec 2017

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 226g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781782118640 ISBN13: 978-1-78211-864-0 ISBN10: 1782118640 EAN: 9781782118640 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK

WINNER OF THE 2017 BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR POPULAR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR HOW MANY LIFETIMES DOES IT TAKE TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE? Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old history teacher, but he's been alive for centuries. From Elizabethan England to Jazz-Age Paris, from New York to the South Seas, Tom has seen it all. As long as he keeps changing his identity he can keep one step ahead of his past - and stay alive. The only thing he must not do is fall in love . . . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The First Bad Man Miranda July (Author) Series:

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Canongate Books Ltd

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Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

02 Jul 2015

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 288pp h198mm x w129mm x s18mm 195g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781782115076 ISBN13: 978-1-78211-507-6 ISBN10: 1782115072 EAN: 9781782115076 x Description: THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A Guardian literary highlight for 2015 A Huffington Post 'One to Watch' in 2015 'Astounding' LENA DUNHAM, creator of Girls and author of Not That Kind of Girl 'The First Bad Man brings together all of July's talents - it's a book that must be read, a book that must be purchased - in duplicate - one for you, one for a friend. Don't think you can loan this book - you'll never get it back' A. M. HOMES, author of This Book Will Save Your Life and May We Be Forgiven The first novel by the filmmaker, artist and bestselling author Miranda July confirms her as a spectacularly original, iconic, and important voice today, and a writer for all time. The First Bad Man is dazzling and unforgettable. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Himself Jess Kidd (Author) Series:

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Main

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Canongate Books Ltd

Publisher:

Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

01 Jun 2017

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 368pp h198mm x w129mm x s22mm 246g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781782118480 ISBN13: 978-1-78211-848-0 ISBN10: 1782118489 EAN: 9781782118480 x Description: A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Choice Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2016 Shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2017 Longlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017 1950. A teenage girl is brutally murdered in a forest. But, somehow, her baby survives.

1976. A mysterious and charming young man returns to the remote coastal village of Mulderrig, seeking answers about the mother who, it was said, had abandoned him on the steps of a Dublin orphanage.

With the help of its oldest and most eccentric inhabitant, he will force the village to give up its ghosts. Nothing, not even the dead, can stay buried forever.

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Sal Mick Kitson (Author) Series:

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Main

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Canongate Books Ltd

Publisher:

Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

03 Jan 2019

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Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 240pp h198mm x w129mm x s15mm 164g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781786891914 ISBN13: 978-1-78689-191-4 ISBN10: 1786891913 EAN: 9781786891914 x Description: WINNER OF THE SALTIRE SOCIETY FIRST BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD AN OBSERVER 'NEW FACE OF FICTION 2018' This is a story of something like survival.

Sal planned it for almost a year before they ran. And now Sal knows a lot of stuff. Like how to build a shelter and start a fire. How to estimate distances, snare rabbits and shoot an airgun. And how to protect her sister, Peppa. Because Peppa is ten, which is how old Sal was when Robert started on her.

Told in Sal's distinctive voice, and filled with the silent, dizzying beauty of rural Scotland, Sal is a disturbing, uplifting story of survival, of the kindness of strangers, and the irrepressible power of sisterly love; a love that can lead us to do extraordinary and unimaginable things. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Life Of Pi Yann Martel (Author) Series:

Canons

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Main - Canons

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Canongate Canons

Publisher:

Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

05 Jul 2018

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 336pp h198mm x w129mm x s20mm 226g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781786891686 ISBN13: 978-1-78689-168-6 ISBN10: 1786891689 EAN: 9781786891686 This Product Replaces: 9781782118695 x Description: One boy, one boat, one tiger . . .

After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteenyear-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan - and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction in recent years. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Seed Collectors Scarlett Thomas (Author) Series:

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Main

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Canongate Books Ltd

Publisher:

Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

21 Apr 2016

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 384pp h198mm x w129mm x s23mm 258g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781847679222 ISBN13: 978-1-84767-922-2 ISBN10: 1847679226 EAN: 9781847679222 x Description: What secrets are hiding in your family tree?

Great Aunt Oleander is dead. To each of her nearest and dearest she has left a seed pod. The seed pods might be deadly, but then again they might

also contain the secret of enlightenment . . .

A complex and fiercely contemporary tale of inheritance, enlightenment, life, death, desire and family trees, The Seed Collectors is the most important novel yet from one of the world's most daring and brilliant writers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Animals Emma Jane Unsworth (Author) Series:

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Main

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Canongate Books Ltd

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Canongate Books Ltd

Pub Date:

04 Jun 2015

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Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback 256pp h198mm x w129mm x s16mm 174g Print PDF ISBN13: 9781782112136 ISBN13: 978-1-78211-213-6 ISBN10: 1782112138 EAN: 9781782112136 x Description: Winner of the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize 2015 'There's no ceremony for friendship, is there? If you go ahead with this wedding then you realise that what you're actually saying is that your friendship with me is not meaningful and durable. That,' she sipped her wine victoriously, 'is the logical conclusion.'

'Believe me, if I could marry you too, Tyler, I would.'

Laura and Tyler are best friends and drinking buddies. But things are set to change. Can their friendship survive? Or will growing up mean growing apart? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Reckoning: the electrifying new novel from bestseller John Grisham John Grisham (Author) Series:

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Hodder Paperback

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Pub Date:

18 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 512pp h178mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9781473684591 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8459-1 ISBN10: 1473684595 EAN: 9781473684591 x Description: 'I couldn't help thinking of Harper Lee's great American novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" while reading The Reckoning . . . [Grisham] knows how to spin a yarn' - Chicago Sun-Times 'May be his greatest work yet' - David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon Pete Banning was Clanton's favourite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family; a farmer, father, and a faithful member of the Methodist Church. Then one cool October morning in 1946, he rose early, drove into town, walked into the Church, and calmly shot and killed the Reverend Dexter Bell.

As if the murder wasn't shocking enough, it was even more baffling that Pete's only statement about it - to the sheriff, to his defense attorney, to the judge, to his family and friends, and to the people of Clanton - was 'I have nothing to say'.

What turned Pete from a pillar of the community into cold-hearted killer? And why won't he confide in anyone? All his closest family knows is that it must have been something devastating - and that the fallout will haunt them, and the town, for decades to come . . .

Further praise for The Reckoning 'Beautifully constructed . . . weaves a truly magical spell' - Daily Mail

'In this saga of love and war, John Grisham has given us a sprawling and engrossing story about a southern family, a global conflict, and the kinds of secrets that can shape all of us. From the courtrooms and jails of rural Mississippi to the war-torn Pacific, Grisham spins a tale that is at once entertaining and illuminating' - Jon Meacham, New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of America 'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction, and his latest starts with a literal bang - and then travels backward through the horrors of war to explore what makes a hero, what makes a villain, and how thin the line between the two might be' - Jodi Picoult, internationally bestselling author of A Spark of Light and Small Great Things 'When a master of storytelling and suspense takes on one of the most wrenching stories in history, the result is a book that will break your heart, set your blood pumping and your mind racing, and leave you gasping for breath by the final page. I'm still trying to recover from The Reckoning' - Candice Millard, New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Reckoning: the electrifying new novel from bestseller John Grisham John Grisham (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Hodder Paperback

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Pub Date:

25 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 512pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781473684423 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8442-3 ISBN10: 1473684420 EAN: 9781473684423 x Description: 'I couldn't help thinking of Harper Lee's great American novel To Kill a Mockingbird while reading The Reckoning . . . [Grisham] knows how to spin a yarn' - Chicago Sun-Times 'May be his greatest work yet' - David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon?

Pete Banning was Clanton's favourite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family; a farmer, father, and a faithful member of the Methodist Church. Then one cool October morning in 1946, he rose early, drove into town, walked into the Church, and calmly shot and killed the Reverend Dexter Bell.

As if the murder wasn't shocking enough, it was even more baffling that Pete's only statement about it - to the sheriff, to his defense attorney, to the judge, to his family and friends, and to the people of Clanton - was 'I have nothing to say'.

What turned Pete from a pillar of the community into cold-hearted killer? And why won't he confide in anyone? All his closest family knows is that it must have been something devastating - and that the fallout will haunt them, and the town, for decades to come . . .

Further praise for The Reckoning 'Beautifully constructed . . . weaves a truly magical spell' - Daily Mail 'In this saga of love and war, John Grisham has given us a sprawling and engrossing story about a southern family, a global conflict, and the kinds of secrets that can shape all of us. From the courtrooms and jails of rural Mississippi to the war-torn Pacific, Grisham spins a tale that is at once entertaining and illuminating' - Jon Meacham, New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of America 'John Grisham is the master of legal fiction, and his latest starts with a literal bang - and then travels backward through the horrors of war to explore what makes a hero, what makes a villain, and how thin the line between the two might be' - Jodi Picoult, internationally bestselling author of A Spark of Light and Small Great Things 'When a master of storytelling and suspense takes on one of the most wrenching stories in history, the result is a book that will break your heart, set your blood pumping and your mind racing, and leave you gasping for breath by the final page. I'm still trying to recover from The Reckoning' - Candice Millard, New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic ************ THE INNOCENT MAN by John Grisham is now a major six-part documentary series on Netflix

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A Spark of Light: from the author everyone should be reading Jodi Picoult (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Hodder Paperback

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 368pp h178mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9781444788112 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8811-2 ISBN10: 1444788116 EAN: 9781444788112 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A writer the world needs to be reading right now' The Independent 'An apposite and nuanced novel... Picoult writes about an emotive, controversial issue with unflinching precision.' Red 'Incredibly compelling and page turning' Dolly Alderton 'A very special novel about a very difficult subject.' Grazia 'Her intelligent, meticulously researched novels explore ethical dilemmas through heartrending, headline-grabbing scenarios' The Sunday Times A lone gunman takes the women and doctors at a controversial abortion clinic hostage. Nobody has ended up there by choice.

As the tense negotiation for their release unfolds, hour by crucial hour, back in time through the day that brought the hostages and their captor to this moment, every certainty is questioned, every judgement thrown into sharp relief.

Because matters of life and death look very different when you, or the ones you love, are staring down the barrel of a gun . . .

Powerful, thought-provoking and deeply involving, Jodi Picoult's new novel is told in reverse, propelling the reader through intertwining characters and uncovering motives in this unflinching exploration of what makes a life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A Spark of Light: from the author everyone should be reading Jodi Picoult (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Hodder Paperback

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Pub Date:

22 Aug 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 368pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781444788167 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8816-7 ISBN10: 1444788167 EAN: 9781444788167 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A writer the world needs to be reading right now' The Independent 'An apposite and nuanced novel... Picoult writes about an emotive, controversial issue with unflinching precision.' Red

'Incredibly compelling and page turning' Dolly Alderton 'A very special novel about a very difficult subject.' Grazia 'Her intelligent, meticulously researched novels explore ethical dilemmas through heartrending, headline-grabbing scenarios' The Sunday Times A lone gunman takes the women and doctors at a controversial abortion clinic hostage. Nobody has ended up there by choice.

As the tense negotiation for their release unfolds, hour by crucial hour, back in time through the day that brought the hostages and their captor to this moment, every certainty is questioned, every judgement thrown into sharp relief.

Because matters of life and death look very different when you, or the ones you love, are staring down the barrel of a gun . . .

Powerful, thought-provoking and deeply involving, Jodi Picoult's new novel is told in reverse, propelling the reader through intertwining characters and uncovering motives in this unflinching exploration of what makes a life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Careless Love: DCI Banks 25 Peter Robinson (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Hodder Paperback

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Pub Date:

13 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 352pp h178mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9781444786965 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8696-5 ISBN10: 1444786962 EAN: 9781444786965 x Description: The twenty-fifth instalment of the Number One Bestselling DCI Banks series 'The master of the police procedural.' Mail on Sunday 'Robinson is prolific, but with each book he manages to ring the changes.' Guardian ***** The body of a young local student is found on a lonely country road. Initially the evidence points to suicide, yet she didn't own a car and she didn't even drive. So how did she get there, where did she die and who moved her?

Meanwhile, a man in his sixties is found dead in a gully up on the nearby wild moorland. He is carrying no identification. The post-mortem indicates that he died from injuries sustained during the fall, but what was he doing up there? And why are there no signs of a car in the vicinity?

As the trail gets colder, Annie's father's new partner, Zelda, alerts Banks and Annie to the return of an old and dangerous enemy in a new guise. This is someone who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to get what he wants. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Careless Love: DCI Banks 25 Peter Robinson (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Hodder Paperback

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 352pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781444786958 ISBN13: 978-1-4447-8695-8 ISBN10: 1444786954 EAN: 9781444786958

x Description: The twenty-fifth instalment of the Number One Bestselling DCI Banks series 'The master of the police procedural.' Mail on Sunday 'Robinson is prolific, but with each book he manages to ring the changes.' Guardian ***** The body of a young local student is found on a lonely country road. Initially the evidence points to suicide, yet she didn't own a car and she didn't even drive. So how did she get there, where did she die and who moved her?

Meanwhile, a man in his sixties is found dead in a gully up on the nearby wild moorland. He is carrying no identification. The post-mortem indicates that he died from injuries sustained during the fall, but what was he doing up there? And why are there no signs of a car in the vicinity?

As the trail gets colder, Annie's father's new partner, Zelda, alerts Banks and Annie to the return of an old and dangerous enemy in a new guise. This is someone who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to get what he wants. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Maybe This Time: The heart-warming new novel of love and friendship from the bestselling author Jill Mansell (Author) Series:

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Headline Review

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Headline Publishing Group

Pub Date:

04 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 432pp h178mm x w111mm ISBN13: 9781472252005 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-5200-5 ISBN10: 1472252004 EAN: 9781472252005 x Description: The deliciously uplifting new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of THIS COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING. Not to be missed by readers of Lucy Diamond and Katie Fforde.

Mimi isn't looking for love when she spends a weekend in Goosebrook, the Cotswolds village her dad has moved to. And her first encounter with Cal, who lives there too, is nothing like a scene in a romantic movie - although she can't help noticing how charismatic he is. But Cal's in no position to be any more than a friend, and Mimi heads back to her busy London life.

When they meet again four years later, it's still not to be. Cal is focusing on his family, and Mimi on her career. Then Cal dives into a potentially perfect new romance whilst Mimi's busy fixing other people's relationships.

It seems as if something, or someone else, always gets in their way. Will it ever be the right time for both of them?

'The queen of witty, heart-warming, feel-good love stories' Red _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Maybe This Time: The heart-warming new novel of love and friendship from the bestselling author Jill Mansell (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Headline Review

Publisher:

Headline Publishing Group

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 432pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472248466 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-4846-6 ISBN10: 1472248465 EAN: 9781472248466

x Description: The enchanting and heart-warming new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of THIS COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING. Not to be missed by readers of Lucy Diamond and Katie Fforde.

Mimi isn't looking for love when she spends a weekend in Goosebrook, the Cotswolds village her dad has moved to. And her first encounter with Cal, who lives there too, is nothing like a scene in a romantic movie - although she can't help noticing how charismatic he is. But Cal's in no position to be any more than a friend, and Mimi heads back to her busy London life.

When they meet again four years later, it's still not to be. Cal is focusing on his family, and Mimi on her career. Then Cal dives into a potentially perfect new romance whilst Mimi's busy fixing other people's relationships.

It seems as if something, or someone else, always gets in their way. Will it ever be the right time for both of them?

'The queen of witty, heart-warming, feel-good love stories' Red _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Time's Convert Deborah Harkness (Author) Series:

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Imprint:

Headline Book Publishing Publisher:

Headline Publishing Group

Pub Date:

25 Jun 2019

Forthcoming

Publishing Status:

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 480pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472237354 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-3735-4 ISBN10: 1472237358 EAN: 9781472237354 x Description: Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Deborah Harkness returns to the spellbinding world she created in A Discovery of Witches with an unconventional love story.

From human to vampire...

Marcus Whitmore was made a vampire in the eighteenth century. Over two hundred years later, he finds himself in love with Phoebe Taylor, a human who decides to become a vampire herself.

And with tradition enforcing separation from Marcus, Phoebe's transformation will prove as challenging now as it was for Marcus when he first encountered Matthew de Clermont, his sire.

Time's Convert moves with epic sweep from the battlefields of the American Revolutionary War, through the treachery of the French Revolution to a bloody finale in New Orleans.

'Gripping and impossible to put down, this is Twilight for grown-ups - a wonderful read!' Katie Fforde on A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES 'Thrilling . . . A captivating and romantic ripping yarn' E L James on SHADOW OF NIGHT 'Rich in arcane detail, fans will relish this exotic cauldron of romantic fantasy' Sunday Mirror on THE BOOK OF LIFE

In Deborah Harkness's world of witches, daemons and vampires, watch as history comes to life. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Vernon Subutex Two Virginie Despentes (Author) Frank Wynne (Translated by) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

MacLehose Press

Publisher:

Quercus Publishing

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 320pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780857055835 ISBN13: 978-0-85705-583-5 ISBN10: 0857055836 EAN: 9780857055835 x Description: Rock star Alexandre Bleach might be dead, but he has a secret.

It's a secret that concerns several people, but the only person who can unlock it is Vernon Subutex, former record shop proprietor turned homeless messiah and guru, last seen hallucinating and feverish on a bench in the parc des Buttes Chaumont.

Aicha wants to know the truth behind the death of her mother, Vodka Satana. And if she finds the bastards responsible, she wants to make them pay, whatever Celeste thinks of her plan.

Celeste wants Aicha to get a grip and stop hanging around with Subutex's gang of disciples.

The Hyena wants to find the Bleach tapes. She wants to untangle her complicated feelings about Anais, her boss' assistant. And speaking of her boss, she does not want Laurent Dopalet to discover how badly she has double-crossed him.

Laurent Dopalet wants the Hyena to find and destroy the Bleach tapes. He wants to forget he ever knew Vodka Satana. He wants people to stop graffitiing his apartment with ludicrous allegations. Above all, he wants people to understand: NONE OF THIS IS HIS FAULT. THE SEQUEL TO VERNON SUBUTEX 1, SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2018.

Translated from the French by Frank Wynne _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Testament: Longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize Kim Sherwood (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

riverrun

Publisher:

Quercus Publishing

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 464pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781786488688 ISBN13: 978-1-78648-868-8 ISBN10: 178648868X EAN: 9781786488688 x Description: 'Captivating' Heather Morris 'Beautiful' Andrew Miller 'Hugely poignant' Independent 'Moving' Sunday Times Longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize * Winner of the Bath Novel Award * Shortlisted for the Best First Novel Award * Of everyone in her complicated family, Eva was always closest to her grandfather. She is making a film about his life. She is with him when he dies.

It is only when she finds the letter from the Jewish Museum in Berlin, hidden in his painting studio, that she realises how many secrets he kept.

As she uncovers everything he endured in the Holocaust - and what it took to learn to live again - Eva is confronted by the lies that haunt her family, and a truth that changes her own identity.

Kim Sherwood's hope-filled first novel is a powerful portrait of survival echoing through the generations; a testament of love, legacy, and all the important questions we leave unasked.

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The 80 Minute MBA: Everything You'll Never Learn at Business School Richard Reeves (Author) John Knell (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Nicholas Brealey Publishing

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 176pp h198mm x w128mm x s12mm 126g ISBN13: 9781473696099 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-9609-9 ISBN10: 1473696097 EAN: 9781473696099 x Description: The fully revised new edition of the international bestseller THE 80 MINUTE MBA is your short-cut to business brilliance. A traditional MBA is for either the time-rich, very wealthy or lucky few with a generous corporate sponsor. So what happens if you want to get a hit of high-quality business inspiration without spending two years back at school?

THE 80 MINUTE MBA is the gateway to fresh thinking, in less time than it takes a standard meeting to get past coffee and donuts. The MBA-in-a-box book is old hat. Managers need the encouragement to think differently, not in the same straight lines.

THE 80 MINUTE MBA is an injection of inspiration, creative thinking and dynamic approaches which will help you see the world of business differently.

Stimulating new material brings this edition right up to date with critical business thinking. Including a new chapter on the platform economy and fresh technology and social media examples this book will energize and inspire you in equal measure. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Reading Between the Lines: What your handwriting says about you Emma Bache (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Quercus Publishing

Publisher:

Quercus Publishing

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781787470569 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-056-9 ISBN10: 1787470563 EAN: 9781787470569 x Description: Handwriting is something of a dying art nowadays, as we tap messages to each other day after day. But handwriting analysis can divulge everything from a person's timidity to their ambition, from their desire to please to their need to control. In fact, so revealing is your writing that in Japan all CVs are still written by hand.

Written by the UK's leading handwriting expert, Reading Between the Lines will show you how to judge someone's handwriting as a whole and how to examine it in detail. Because every aspect of penmanship - the height of an 'h', the curliness of a 'g', the pressure of the pen on the paper - is a collection of signals that we are giving out without meaning to. The way we write can tell the world a huge amount; sometimes more than the things we write about.

Our handwriting exposes how we interact with the world and the people around us, and also how we cope with stress and express emotions. It can help us make choices for our future, showing us what our desires are, and even what jobs and partners may suit us best.

Using real-life examples, including celebrity samples, you will be challenged to put your new-found knowledge to the test. By the end of the book you will have amassed a wealth of knowledge that will help you understand human nature - including your own - in all its colours. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Half a World Away: The stunningly heartfelt new novel from the bestselling author of The Man I Think I Know Mike Gayle (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 352pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473687349 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8734-9 ISBN10: 1473687349 EAN: 9781473687349 x Description: The incredibly moving and uplifting new novel from the author of The Man I Think I Know.

Strangers living worlds apart.

Strangers with nothing in common.

But it wasn't always that way...

Kerry Hayes is single mum, living on a tough south London estate. She provides for her son by cleaning houses she could never hope to afford. Taken into care as a child, Kerry cannot ever forget her past.

Noah Martineau is a successful barrister with a beautiful wife, daughter and home in fashionable Primrose Hill. Adopted as a child, Noah always looks forward, never back.

When Kerry reaches out to the sibling she lost on the day they were torn apart as children, she sets in motion a chain of events that will have lifechanging consequences for them both.

By turns funny and moving, Half a World Away is a story that will stay with you long after you read its powerfully emotional, heartbreaking final page. *** 'Mike Gayle has such a talent for delving into hearts, minds and contemporary issues. Half a World Away is supremely poignant, uplifting and heartwarming in equal measure - as well as being a real page-turner.' Sophie Kinsella, author of Surprise Me 'Mike has a prodigious talent for writing completely relatable characters who draw you into their world and tug at your heart strings. Half a World Away is an absolute triumph and a joy to read. Once again Mike tackles complex and thorny issues with a confident and compassionate hand.' Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things 'Half a World Away is heartbreaking and beautiful, full of poignant moments and characters you fall for from page one. I couldn't put it down.' Libby Page, author of The Lido _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Gun Island Amitav Ghosh (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

John Murray Publishers Ltd

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Pub Date:

06 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 320pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473686670 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8667-0 ISBN10: 1473686679 EAN: 9781473686670 x Description: Bundook. Gun. A common word, but one which turns Deen Datta's world upside down.

A dealer of rare books, Deen is used to a quiet life spent indoors, but as his once-solid beliefs begin to shift, he is forced to set out on an extraordinary journey; one that takes him from India to Los Angeles and Venice via a tangled route through the memories and experiences of those he meets along the way. There is Piya, a fellow Bengali-American who sets his journey in motion; Tipu, an entrepreneurial young man who opens Deen's eyes to the realities of growing up in today's world; Rafi, with his desperate attempt to help someone in need; and Cinta, an old friend who provides the missing link in the story they are all a part of. It is a journey which will upend everything he thought he knew about himself, about the Bengali legends of his childhood and about the world around him.

Gun Island is a beautifully realised novel which effortlessly spans space and time. It is the story of a world on the brink, of increasing displacement and unstoppable transition. But it is also a story of hope, of a man whose faith in the world and the future is restored by two remarkable women. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Tell Me Your Secret Dorothy Koomson (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Headline Review

Publisher:

Headline Publishing Group

Pub Date:

25 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 480pp h197mm x w129mm x s35mm 438g ISBN13: 9781472260383 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-6038-3 ISBN10: 1472260384 EAN: 9781472260383 x Description: The gripping new emotional thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE ICE CREAM GIRL, MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL and THE BRIGHTON MERMAID. Dorothy Koomson, 'Queen of the big reveal' (Sun), is back with a page-turner full of twists and turns that asks the question: what would you sacrifice in order to survive?

Pieta has a secret Ten years ago, Pieta was kidnapped from outside a London nightclub by a man who said he wouldn't kill her if she kept her eyes closed for 48 hours.

Pieta survived the weekend but was left emotionally and physically scarred by the experience. Now living in Brighton, she is a mother and journalist with a good life - until she is tasked with interviewing Callie, a woman who has the same story and scars as she does. Pieta has never told anyone what she did to escape with her life but now she may have to...

Jody has a secret Fifteen years ago, policewoman Jody made a terrible mistake that resulted in a prolific serial killer known as The Blindfolder escaping justice. Only his newest victim, Callie, is willing to talk publicly about her ordeal. When Jody finds out journalist Pieta was also once kidnapped by him, she realises how she can catch him. But that would mean endangering at least two innocent people...

Callie has a secret As the newest victim of the man known as the Blindfolder, Callie knows all eyes are on her to tell her story and give the police the information they need to catch this man. But does Callie know more than she is willing to tell?

They kept quiet to protect themselves.

Will they tell all to save or sacrifice each other? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Joe Country: Jackson Lamb Thriller 6 Mick Herron (Author) Series:

Jackson Lamb Thriller

Edition:

Imprint:

John Murray Publishers Ltd

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Pub Date:

20 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 352pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473657458 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-5745-8 ISBN10: 1473657458 EAN: 9781473657458 x Description: 'We're spies,' said Lamb. 'All kinds of outlandish shit goes on.'

Like the ringing of a dead man's phone, or an unwelcome guest at a funeral . . .

In Slough House memories are stirring, all of them bad. Catherine Standish is buying booze again, Louisa Guy is raking over the ashes of lost love, and new recruit Lech Wicinski, whose sins make him outcast even among the slow horses, is determined to discover who destroyed his career, even if he tears his life apart in the process.

Meanwhile, in Regent's Park, Diana Taverner's tenure as First Desk is running into difficulties. If she's going to make the Service fit for purpose, she might have to make deals with a familiar old devil . . .

And with winter taking its grip Jackson Lamb would sooner be left brooding in peace, but even he can't ignore the dried blood on his carpets. So when the man responsible breaks cover at last, Lamb sends the slow horses out to even the score.

This time, they're heading into joe country.

And they're not all coming home. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

White Hot Silence: an unputdownable race against time thriller Henry Porter (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Quercus Publishing

Publisher:

Quercus Publishing

Pub Date:

25 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 448pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781787470811 ISBN13: 978-1-78747-081-1 ISBN10: 1787470814 EAN: 9781787470811 x Description: The blistering sequel to Firefly from 'the proud carrier of the flag first unfurled by John le Carre' (LEE CHILD) 'An espionage master' CHARLES CUMMING 'Timely and terrific' MICK HERRON On a deserted road in Calabria, Greek aid worker Anastasia Cristakos is driving alone to visit one of the new refugee centres funded by billionaire Denis Hisami whom she has recently married. She slows down to greet two African migrants she recognises. Too late she realises they are not her friends. This is an ambush.

She manages a desperate phone call to Hisami before her Mafia kidnappers silence her with a powerful drug. Hours later she wakes up in the pitch dark on a container ship, powering eastwards across the Mediterranean.

Anastasia has been abducted and held hostage because Hisami has explosive information that his enemies have killed for and will kill for again. But Hisami can do nothing to save his wife. His time as a commander with the Kurdish Peshmerga has caught up with him. The US authorities have seized

his passport and jailed him for possible terrorist activities in the past. For all his wealth, he is powerless.

Only one man can help him. Paul Samson, former MI6 agent and a genius at tracking missing persons. He's the obvious choice. There's only one snag. Samson was, and probably still is, in love with Anastasia. If he manages to locate and save her, will it be for Hisami - or himself? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Spider (The UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY Series, Book 2) Leo Carew (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Wildfire

Publisher:

Headline Publishing Group

Pub Date:

25 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 512pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781472247063 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-4706-3 ISBN10: 147224706X EAN: 9781472247063 x Description: After the critically acclaimed epic fantasy THE WOLF comes THE SPIDER, book two in Leo Carew's UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY series A battle has been won, but the war still wages on . . .

Roper, the Black Lord of the northern people, may have vanquished the Suthern army at the Battle of Harstathur. But the greatest threat to his people lies in the hands of more shadowy forces.

In the south, the disgraced Bellamus bides his time. Learning that the young Lord Roper is planning to invade the southern lands, Bellamus conspires with his Queen to unleash a weapon so deadly it could wipe out Roper's people altogether.

And at a time when Roper needs his friends more than ever, treachery from within puts the lives of those he loves in mortal danger . . .

WHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BREATHTAKING WORK OF LEO CAREW: 'The next George RR Martin' - Mail on Sunday 'Imagine Game of Thrones rewritten by John le Carre . . . A marvellously accomplished debut' - Guardian 'A work of extraordinary imagination and perhaps the most captivating first novel I've ever read' - Michael Dobbs, author of House of Cards _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Incredible Journeys: Discovery, Adventure, Danger, Endurance Levison Wood (Author) Sam Brewster (Illustrated by) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Wren & Rook

Publisher:

Hachette Children's Group

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback (Text (eye-readable)) 64pp h319mm x w248mm ISBN13: 9781526360434 ISBN13: 978-1-5263-6043-4 ISBN10: 1526360438 EAN: 9781526360434 x Description: Alongside real-life explorer Levison Wood, travel around the world, meet some of history's most daring pioneers, and be inspired to go on your very own adventures!

Embark on 20 epic expeditions alongside Levison Wood, from the Silk Road and medieval pilgrimages to the Holy Land to Nellie Bly's trip around the

world, and recent missions to the Moon and the Mariana Trench. Along the way, Levison Wood shares his own insights into adventuring, telling you what it's REALLY like to follow in the footsteps of Alexander the Great.

Beautifully illustrated with maps showing the routes and filled with detail bringing the cultures of each region to life, this is a lavish gift book to treasure from one of our greatest living explorers. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Forced to Flee: Refugee Children Drawing on their Experiences UNHCR (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Franklin Watts Ltd

Publisher:

Hachette Children's Group

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback (Text (eye-readable)) 80pp h246mm x w278mm ISBN13: 9781445166285 ISBN13: 978-1-4451-6628-5 ISBN10: 1445166283 EAN: 9781445166285 x Description: Refugee children explain in their own words and pictures their thoughts, feelings and experiences about having to flee from their home countries.

Produced in association with UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) and with a foreword from Cate Blanchett, Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, this highly emotive title focuses on three current refugee crises in Syria, South Sudan and Central America. Aimed at readers age 14+, the book gives background information about how each crisis came about, why families had to flee and what life is like for them now is given in a clear and easy-to-understand way.

Children from refugee camps were asked to draw about their experiences of having to flee their home countries. The children's artwork is incredibly powerful and harrowing, and vividly highlights the impact that conflict, war and atrocities has on people's lives. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What is Masculinity? Why Does it Matter? And Other Big Questions Jeffrey Boakye (Author) Darren Chetty (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Wayland

Publisher:

Hachette Children's Group

Pub Date:

27 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback (Text (eye-readable)) 48pp h250mm x w175mm ISBN13: 9781526308146 ISBN13: 978-1-5263-0814-6 ISBN10: 1526308142 EAN: 9781526308146 x Description: Masculinity is being discussed more than ever before, in a range of contexts. People talk about 'toxic masculinity', claim that there is a crisis in masculinity or argue that we need to 'reclaim masculinity'. There have always been many ways of being a man, and many people who have claimed that there are correct and incorrect ways of being a man. This important and timely book looks at the big questions surrounding definitions of masculinity, and discusses where ideas of masculinity have come from and the effects of gender stereotyping. The authors and contributors share their experiences of and perspectives on masculinity and invite readers to think for themselves about the issues involved. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Christopher Pumpkin Sue Hendra (Author) Paul Linnet (Author) Nick East (Illustrated by) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Hodder Children's Books

Publisher:

Hachette Children's Group

Pub Date:

13 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback (Text (eye-readable)) 32pp h266mm x w265mm x s10mm 418g ISBN13: 9781444937824 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-3782-4 ISBN10: 1444937820 EAN: 9781444937824 x Description: Meet Christopher Pumpkin - the Halloween pumpkin who doesn't want to be scary! A funny rhyming story from the authors of Supertato and the creators of Simon Sock.

Christopher Pumpkin is delighted to be magicked to life by a witch - until he discovers she wants him and the other pumpkins to get her creepy castle ready for the spookiest party ever! Chris just can't bring himself to hang cobwebs and cook curried slugs - he's much more into bunting and fairy cakes!

A delightful story about blazing your own trail, perfect for reading aloud!

Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet's hilarious books have sold over 1 million copies! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Oi Get Stuck In! Sticker Activity Book Kes Gray (Author) Jim Field (Illustrated by) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Hodder Children's Books

Publisher:

Hachette Children's Group

Pub Date:

29 Apr 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback (Text (eye-readable)) 32pp h296mm x w211mm x s4mm 208g ISBN13: 9781444951202 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-5120-2 ISBN10: 1444951203 EAN: 9781444951202 x Description: A fun-packed rhyming sticker activity book, featuring all your favourite characters from the bestselling Oi Frog and Friends series.

Oi! Are you ready for some rhyming fun? Then jump right in and join Oi Frog and Friends in their very first sticker activity book! Jam-packed with animals and silliness, this colourful activity book is perfect for helping young children practise their rhyming skills. Stick gophers on sofas, lambs on jam, and puffins on muffins, come up with your own brilliantly silly rhymes ... and lots more!

The laughter never ends with Oi Frog and Friends! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Wizards of Once: Twice Magic: Book 2 Cressida Cowell (Author) Series:

The Wizards of Once

Edition:

Imprint:

Hodder Children's Books

Publisher:

Hachette Children's Group

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 384pp h199mm x w129mm x s38mm 428g ISBN13: 9781444941432 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-4143-2 ISBN10: 1444941437 EAN: 9781444941432 x Description: The No.1 Bestselling Series Enter a land of wizards, warriors, mythical creatures and powerful magic in an exciting fantasy adventure from the author of How To Train Your Dragon.

Witches are creating havoc in the Wildwoods and danger lurks behind every tree trunk.

Wish is in possession of a powerful, Magic Spelling Book; Xar has a dangerous Witchstain on his hand. Together they can save the Wildwoods from the curse of the Witches but they are separated by the highest wall imaginable, and time is running out ...

It was unlikely that these heroes should meet in the first place. Is it possible they are destined to meet TWICE? 'The detail of Cowell's world is a delight ...This one will run and run' The Observer Discover the magic of Cressida Cowell. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Embassy of the Dead: Hangman's Crossing: Book 2 Will Mabbitt (Author) Series:

Embassy of the Dead

Edition:

Imprint:

Orion Children's Books

Publisher:

Hachette Children's Group

Pub Date:

28 Mar 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 240pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781510104570 ISBN13: 978-1-5101-0457-0 ISBN10: 1510104577 EAN: 9781510104570 x Description: The second book in a spookily funny new series, where the living meet the dead and survival is a race against time. Perfect for fans of Skulduggery Pleasant and Who Let the Gods Out. Welcome to the Embassy of the Dead. Leave your life at the door. (Thanks.)

Jake may have already outrun and outwitted a grim reaper - saving his own life, as well as the soul of an innocent ghost - but his spooky adventure has only just begun . . .

In return for helping ghost, Stiffkey, resolve his unfinished business and travel to the Afterworld, Jake has now been awarded an official position working for the Embassy of the Dead, protecting ghosts in need. He didn't ask for it and, to be honest, he doesn't necessarily want it, but saying 'no' to the Embassy isn't an option. Now Jake must journey even deeper into the mysterious world of ghosts where, on a rowdy night undercover at the Hangman's Social Club, he overhears a plot to destroy the very fabric between the world of the living and the dead.

With his ghostly gang at his side - hockey stick-wielding Cora and Zorro the fox - Jake must do the impossible. He has to be a hero. Again. His life and ultimately his death - depends on it.

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Contender: The Chosen: Book 1 Taran Matharu (Author) Series:

Contender

Edition:

Imprint:

Hodder Children's Books

Publisher:

Hachette Children's Group

Pub Date:

04 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback (Text (eye-readable)) 400pp h240mm x w156mm ISBN13: 9781444938937 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-3893-7 ISBN10: 1444938932 EAN: 9781444938937 x Description: In a world far from our own, where enemies come in many forms, the ultimate battle for survival is about to begin ... An epic new trilogy from the bestselling author of the Summoner series.

CADE CARTER IS LOST Convicted of a crime he didn't commit, Cade is facing a year in reform school when he finds himself suddenly transported to another realm.

BUT THIS NEW WORLD IS NO ESCAPE Populated by bloodthirsty prehistoric creatures and fierce warriors, Cade's surroundings are full of danger. Along with his fellow students, Cade is forced to become a contender in a deadly game of the highest stakes, controlled by invisible overlords.

Who are these brutal rulers, and why did they choose Cade? Before he can find answers, Cade must get ready to fight ...

BECAUSE IN THIS GAME, FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Contender: The Chosen: Book 1 Taran Matharu (Author) Series:

Contender

Edition:

Imprint:

Hodder Children's Books

Publisher:

Hachette Children's Group

Pub Date:

04 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 400pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781444938975 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-3897-5 ISBN10: 1444938975 EAN: 9781444938975 x Description: From the author of the New York Times bestselling SUMMONER series, comes a brand new EPIC world.

Cade, a misunderstood juvenile delinquent, and Harriet, a Victorian cat-burglar, live in two different eras - until they're both transported to another world.

Abandoned in a realm populated with lost remnants from the past, prehistoric animals and monstrous creatures, they are forced to become contenders in an endless, brutal tournament.

It's time to get ready for battle . . . because hiding is not an option. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Boxer Nikesh Shukla (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Hodder Children's Books

Publisher:

Hachette Children's Group

Pub Date:

25 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 288pp h198mm x w128mm x s19mm 206g ISBN13: 9781444940695 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-4069-5 ISBN10: 1444940694 EAN: 9781444940695 x Description: Told over the course of the ten rounds of his first fight, this is the story of amateur boxer Sunny. A seventeen year old feeling isolated and disconnected in the city he's just moved to, Sunny joins a boxing club to learn to protect himself after a racist attack. He finds the community he's been desperately seeking at the club, and a mentor in trainer Shobu, who helps him find his place in the world. But racial tensions are rising in the city, and when a Far Right march through Bristol turns violent, Sunny is faced with losing his new best friend Keir to radicalisation.

A gripping, life-affirming YA novel about friendship, radicalisation and finding where you belong. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Paper & Hearts Society: Book 1 Lucy Powrie (Author) Series:

The Paper & Hearts Society

Edition:

Imprint:

Hodder Children's Books

Publisher:

Hachette Children's Group

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 400pp h198mm x w129mm x s25mm 296g ISBN13: 9781444949230 ISBN13: 978-1-4449-4923-0 ISBN10: 1444949233 EAN: 9781444949230 x Description: A brand new series from Booktuber Lucy Powrie - about what happens when you give up on trying to fit in in and let your weird out! It's time to join The Paper & Hearts Society ...

Tabby Brown is tired of trying to fit in. She doesn't want to go to parties - in fact, she would much rather snuggle up on the sofa with her favourite book.

It's like she hasn't found her people ...

Then Tabby joins a club that promises to celebrate books. What could go wrong? EVERYTHING - especially when making new friends brings out an AWKWARD BUZZING feeling all over her body.

But Olivia, Cassie, Henry and Ed have something that makes Tabby come back. Maybe it's the Austen-themed fancy-dress parties, or Ed's fluffy cat Mrs Simpkins, or could it be Henry himself ...

Can Tabby let her weird out AND live THE BEST BOOKISH LIFE POSSIBLE? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America Eliza Griswold (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Wildfire

Publisher:

Headline Publishing Group

Pub Date:

04 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 336pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781472268723 ISBN13: 978-1-4722-6872-3 ISBN10: 1472268725 EAN: 9781472268723 x Description: Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction Seven years in the making, Amity and Prosperity tells the story of the energy boom's impact on a small town at the edge of Appalachia and of one woman's transformation from a struggling single parent to an unlikely activist.

Stacey Haney is a local nurse working hard to raise two kids and keep up her small farm when the fracking boom comes to her hometown of Amity, Pennsylvania. Intrigued by reports of lucrative natural gas leases in her neighbours' mailboxes, she strikes a deal with a Texas-based energy company.

Soon trucks begin rumbling past her small farm, a fenced-off drill site rises on an adjacent hilltop, and domestic animals and pets start to die. When mysterious sicknesses begin to afflict her children, she appeals to the company for help. Its representatives insist that nothing is wrong.

Alarmed by her children's illnesses, Haney joins with neighbours and a committed husband-and-wife legal team to investigate what's really in the water and air. Against local opposition, Haney and her allies doggedly pursue their case in court and begin to expose the damage that's being done to the land her family has lived on for centuries.

Drawing on seven years of immersive reporting, prizewinning poet and journalist Eliza Griswold reveals what happens when an imperilled town faces a crisis of values, and a family wagers everything on an improbable quest for justice. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

My Past Is a Foreign Country: A Muslim feminist finds herself Zeba Talkhani (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Sceptre

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Pub Date:

27 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 208pp h216mm x w135mm ISBN13: 9781473684072 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-8407-2 ISBN10: 1473684072 EAN: 9781473684072 x Description: 'A brave new voice that reaches out to us all' Miranda Doyle, author of A Book of Untruths 27-year-old Zeba Talkhani charts her experiences growing up in Saudi Arabia amid patriarchal customs reminiscent of The Handmaid's Tale, and her journey to find freedom abroad in India, Germany and the UK as a young woman.

Talkhani offers a fresh perspective on living as an outsider and examines her relationship with her mother and the challenges she faced when she experienced hair loss at a young age. Rejecting the traditional path her culture had chosen for her, Talkhani became financially independent and married on her own terms in the UK. Drawing on her personal experiences Talkhani shows how she fought for the right to her individuality as a feminist Muslim and refused to let negative experiences define her. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Rockonomics: What the Music Industry Can Teach Us About Economics (and Our Future) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

John Murray Publishers Ltd

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Pub Date:

04 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 336pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9781473667891 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-6789-1 ISBN10: 1473667895 EAN: 9781473667891 x Description: Alan Krueger, the former chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, uses the music industry, from rock artists to music executives, from managers to promoters, as a way in to explain the principles of economics, and the forces shaping our economic lives.

As economists recognize, the music industry is often a leading indicator of today's economy; it is among the first to be disrupted by the latest wave of technology, and examining the ins and outs of how musicians create and sell new songs and plan concert tours offers valuable lessons for what is in store for businesses and employees in other industries that are struggling to adapt.

Drawing on interviews with leading band members, music executives, managers, promoters, and using the latest data on revenues, royalties, tour dates, and merchandise, Rockonomicstakes readers backstage to show how the music industry really works--who makes money and how much, and how the economics of the music industry has undergone a radical transformation during the last twenty years.

Before digitalization and the ability to stream music over the Internet, rock musicians made the bulk of their income from record sales. Today, income from selling songs has plummeted, even for superstars like Taylor Swift; the real money nowadays is derived from concert sales. In 2016, for example, Billy Joel earned $212.4 million from his live performances, and less than $1 million from record sales and streaming. Even Paul McCartney, who has written and recorded more number one songs than anyone in music history, today, earns 93 percent of his income from live concerts. Krueger tackles common questions: How does a song become popular? And how does a new artist break out in today's winner-take-all economy? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Empire of Democracy: The Remaking of the West since the Cold War, 19712017 Simon Reid-Henry (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

John Murray Publishers Ltd

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Pub Date:

25 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 880pp h229mm x w153mm x s24mm 378g ISBN13: 9781473670563 ISBN13: 978-1-4736-7056-3 ISBN10: 147367056X EAN: 9781473670563 x Description: Half a century ago, at the height of the Cold War and amidst a world economic crisis, the Western democracies were forced to undergo a profound transformation. Against what some saw as a full-scale 'crisis of democracy' - with race riots, anti-Vietnam marches and a wave of worker discontent - a new political-economic order was devised and the post-war social contract written anew.

In this epic narrative of the events that have shaped our own times, Simon Reid-Henry shows how liberal democracy, and Western history with it, was profoundly re-imagined when the post-war Golden Age ended. As the institutions of liberal rule were reinvented, a new generation of politicians emerged: Thatcher, Reagan, Mitterrand, Kohl. The late twentieth-century heyday they oversaw carried the Western democracies triumphantly to victory in the Cold War, ushering in an economic boom and a new spirit of optimism by the millennium. But the war on terror and the high drama of the financial crisis in 2007/8 shone a different light upon the decisions taken to secure capitalist democracy in the 1970s, laying the basis for the anti-liberal surge of recent times: from Viktor Orban and Marine le Pen, to Brexit and Donald Trump.

The present crisis of liberalism demands us to revisit these unscripted decades. The era we have lived through is closing out; democracy is turning on its axis once again. As this gripping history reminds us, the choices we make going forward require us first to understand where we have been.

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Every Breath Nicholas Sparks (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Sphere

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

13 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 320pp h176mm x w108mm x s24mm 197g ISBN13: 9780751575637 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-7563-7 ISBN10: 0751575631 EAN: 9780751575637 x Description: There are times when destiny and love collide. This story is one of them.

From the number one bestselling author of The Notebook and Two by Two comes an unforgettable tale of enduring love . . .

Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. After six years with her boyfriend, she is no longer sure what she wants, and when her father becomes ill she heads to her family's cottage at Sunset Beach in North Carolina to make some difficult decisions.

Tru Walls has been summoned across an ocean from where he was born and raised in Zimbabwe by a letter from a man claiming to be his father. In journeying to Sunset Beach, Tru hopes to unravel the mystery surrounding his mother's life, but the letter will lead him in an unexpected direction.

When these two strangers' paths cross, their chance encounter sets in motion a heart-breaking story - one that will transcend decades, continents and the workings of fate.

'A new Nicholas Sparks novel is a major event . . . [Every Breath] is deeply moving and I was captivated . . . fans are going to adore this latest, beautifully written tale' Daily Mail '[Every Breath is a] powerful read that tugs at the heartstrings' OK! Magazine Praise for multi-million-copy bestseller phenomenon, Nicholas Sparks: 'When it comes to tales about love, Nicholas Sparks is one of the undisputed kings' Heat 'An absorbing page-turner' Daily Mail 'A fiercely romantic and touching tale' Heat on The Longest Ride 'An A-grade romantic read' OK! on Safe Haven 'This one won't leave a dry eye' Daily Mirror on The Lucky One _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Lost Man Jane Harper (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Abacus

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

27 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 432pp h174mm x w108mm x s12mm 222g ISBN13: 9780349143774 ISBN13: 978-0-349-14377-4 ISBN10: 0349143773 EAN: 9780349143774 x

Description: 'I read it in 24 hours. It's gripping, atmospheric and ultimately deeply satisfying' Val McDermid The gripping new novel from the author of the Sunday Times top ten bestsellers, The Dry and Force of Nature.

He had started to remove his clothes as logic had deserted him, and his skin was cracked. Whatever had been going through Cameron's mind when he was alive, he didn't look peaceful in death.

Two brothers meet at the remote border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of the outback. In an isolated part of Australia, they are each other's nearest neighbour, their homes hours apart.

They are at the stockman's grave, a landmark so old that no one can remember who is buried there. But today, the scant shadow it casts was the last hope for their middle brother, Cameron. The Bright family's quiet existence is thrown into grief and anguish.

Something had been troubling Cameron. Did he choose to walk to his death? Because if he didn't, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Labyrinth of the Spirits: From the bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Author) Lucia Graves (Translated by) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Pub Date:

13 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 832pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781474606219 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0621-9 ISBN10: 1474606210 EAN: 9781474606219 x Description: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Magnificent: a dizzying tale of drama, intrigue and passion' MAIL ON SUNDAY As a child, Daniel Sempere discovered among the passageways of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books an extraordinary novel that would change the course of his life. Now a young man in the Barcelona of the late 1950s, Daniel runs the Sempere & Sons bookshop and enjoys a seemingly fulfilling life with his loving wife and son. Yet the mystery surrounding the death of his mother continues to plague his soul.

Just when Daniel believes he is close to solving this enigma, a conspiracy more sinister than he could have imagined spreads its tentacles from the hellish Franco regime. That is when Alicia Gris appears, a soul born out of the nightmare of the war. She is the one who will lead Daniel to the edge of the abyss and reveal the secret history of his family, although at a terrifying price.

'This is a novel to lose oneself in, and it promotes the sort of reading experience we remember from childhood - of complete absorption into a fantasy world' IRISH TIMES _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Kingdom of the Blind Louise Penny (Author) Series:

Chief Inspector Gamache Edition:

Imprint:

Sphere

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

25 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback A-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 480pp h178mm x w108mm ISBN13: 9780751575644 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-7564-4 ISBN10: 075157564X EAN: 9780751575644 x Description: The entrancing new crime thriller featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, from number one New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny

When Armand Gamache receives a letter inviting him to an abandoned farmhouse outside of Three Pines, the former head of the Surete du Quebec discovers that a complete stranger has named him as executor of her will. Armand never knew the elderly woman, and the bequests are so wildly unlikely that he suspects she must have been delusional - until a body is found, and the terms of the bizarre document suddenly seem far more menacing.

Armand sets about investigating, but meanwhile he is taking increasingly desperate measures to rectify the recent events that led to his suspension. As he does, he begins to see his own blind spots - and the terrible things hiding there . . .

Praise for the award-winning Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series: 'One of the most interesting detectives in crime fiction' The Times 'Fascinating characters, a twisty plot and wonderful surprise endings' Ann Cleeves 'Wonderfully satisfying' Kate Mosse _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Kingdom of the Blind Louise Penny (Author) Series:

Chief Inspector Gamache Edition:

Imprint:

Sphere

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

25 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 480pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9780751566604 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-6660-4 ISBN10: 0751566608 EAN: 9780751566604 x Description: The entrancing new crime thriller featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, from number one New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny When Armand Gamache receives a letter inviting him to an abandoned farmhouse outside of Three Pines, the former head of the Surete du Quebec discovers that a complete stranger has named him as executor of her will. Armand never knew the elderly woman, and the bequests are so wildly unlikely that he suspects she must have been delusional - until a body is found, and the terms of the bizarre document suddenly seem far more menacing.

Armand sets about investigating, but meanwhile he is taking increasingly desperate measures to rectify the recent events that led to his suspension. As he does, he begins to see his own blind spots - and the terrible things hiding there . . .

Praise for the award-winning Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series: 'One of the most interesting detectives in crime fiction' The Times 'Fascinating characters, a twisty plot and wonderful surprise endings' Ann Cleeves 'Wonderfully satisfying' Kate Mosse _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Sisters of the Winter Wood Rena Rossner (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Orbit

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

20 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 480pp h198mm x w126mm ISBN13: 9780356511450 ISBN13: 978-0-356-51145-0 ISBN10: 0356511456 EAN: 9780356511450

x Description: 'LUSCIOUS AND HYPNOTIC . . . A gripping, powerful story of family, sisterhood. I gulped it down! - Madeline Miller, author of Song of Achilles and Circe 'An incredible achievement - a rich literary fairy tale' Robert Dinsdale, author of The Toymakers Every family has a secret . . . and every secret tells a story.

In a remote village surrounded by forests on the border of Moldova and Ukraine, sisters Liba and Laya have been raised on the honeyed scent of their Mami's babka and the low rumble of their Tati's prayers. But when a troupe of mysterious men arrives, Laya falls under their spell - despite their mother's warning to be wary of strangers. And this is not the only danger lurking in the woods.

As dark forces close in on their small village, Liba and Laya discover a family secret passed down through generations. Faced with a magical heritage they never knew existed, the sisters realise the old fairy tales are true . . . and could save them all.

Captivating and boldly imaginative, Rena Rossner's debut invites you to enter a magical world of secrets, family ties and fairy tales weaving through history. Perfect for fans of The Bear and the Nightingale, Uprooted and The Night Circus.

'A graceful, poetic, deeply moving novel . . . a simply gorgeous book in every sense' Louisa Morgan 'The kind of book that Neil Gaiman and Naomi Novik might have cooked up together' Robert Dinsdale 'A stunning tapestry of a story unlike anything I've ever read. Laya and Liba are going to stick with me for a long, long time' Sara Holland, author of Everless 'An elegant tapestry of the love between sisters, the value of faith and family, and knowing one's true friends in times of peril' J. Kathleen Cheney 'Full of heart, history and enchantment' Publishers Weekly (starred review) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Great Believers Rebecca Makkai (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Fleet

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

23 Apr 2019

Publishing Status:

Active

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 528pp h196mm x w126mm x s40mm 400g ISBN13: 9780708899120 ISBN13: 978-0-7088-9912-0 ISBN10: 0708899129 EAN: 9780708899120 x Description: WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS WINNER OF THE STONEWALL BOOK AWARD - BARBARA GITTINGS LITERATURE AWARD FINALIST FOR THE LA TIMES FICTION AWARD 'Stirring, spellbinding and full of life' Tea Obreht, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Wife In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup: bringing an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDs epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's funeral, he finds his partner is infected, and that he might even have the virus himself. The only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister.

Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend, a famous

photographer who documented the Chicago epidemic, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways the AIDS crisis affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. Yale and Fiona's stories unfold in incredibly moving and sometimes surprising ways, as both struggle to find goodness in the face of disaster. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Brief Cases: The Dresden Files Jim Butcher (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Orbit

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

06 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 448pp h198mm x w126mm x s38mm 300g ISBN13: 9780356511719 ISBN13: 978-0-356-51171-9 ISBN10: 0356511715 EAN: 9780356511719 x Description: Magic. It can get a guy killed.

Return to the world of the Dresden Files with Harry Dresden (the only wizard in the Chicago phone book) and friends as they solve supernatural mysteries, protect the helpless, and fight evil.

Brief Cases is a new collection of Dresden Files stories which will include an original novella, from international bestseller Jim Butcher.

Stories included in this collection: 'Curses', 'AAAA Wizardry', 'Even Hand', 'B is for Bigfoot', 'I was a Teenage Bigfoot', 'Bigfoot on Campus', 'Bombshells', 'Jury Duty', 'Cold Case', 'Day One', 'A Fistful of Warlocks', 'Zoo Day' (original novella taking place between Skin Game and Peace Talks) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Love and Ruin Paula McLain (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Fleet

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 432pp h196mm x w124mm x s40mm 320g ISBN13: 9780708898932 ISBN13: 978-0-7088-9893-2 ISBN10: 0708898939 EAN: 9780708898932 x Description: In 1937, courageous and independent Martha Gellhorn travels to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War, and finds herself drawn to the stories of ordinary people caught in devastating conflict. She also finds herself unexpectedly - and uncontrollably - falling in love with Ernest Hemingway, a man already on his way to being a legend. In the shadow of the impending Second World War, and set against the tumultuous backdrops of Madrid, Finland, China, and especially Cuba, where Martha and Hemingway made their home, their relationship and professional careers ignite.

But when Hemingway publishes the biggest literary success of his career, they are no longer equals, and Martha must make a choice: surrender to the suffocating demands of a domestic lifestyle, or risk losing her husband by forging her way as her own woman and writer. It is a dilemma that will force her to break his heart, and her own.

Based on a true story Martha Gellhorn was one of the greatest war correspondents of the 20th century FOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLLS was dedicated to Martha, and inspired by the time they were together in Spain. It was Hemingway's most successful book to date, it sold half a million copies within months, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and triumphantly reestablished his literary reputation

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A Double Life: 'A thrilling page-turner' (Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train) Flynn Berry (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 288pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9781474607032 ISBN13: 978-1-4746-0703-2 ISBN10: 1474607039 EAN: 9781474607032 x Description: WHO IS CLAIRE'S FATHER? A privileged man, surrounded by devoted friends and a family he adores?

Or the deranged killer who attacked Claire's mother and then vanished in thin air?

For thirty years Claire has been obsessed with uncovering the mystery at the heart of her life, and she knows her father's friends - wealthy, powerful, ruthless - hold the key to the truth.

They know where Claire's father is. And it's time their perfect lives met her fury.

'A thrilling page-turner' Paula Hawkins 'Shocking' New York Times 'What a book!' Clare Mackintosh 'Satisfyingly ominous' Observer 'It left me heartbroken' Fiona Barton 'Psychological suspense has a new reigning queen' New York Journal of Books _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thin Air: From the author of Netflix's Altered Carbon Richard Morgan (Author) Series:

Gollancz S.F.

Edition:

Imprint:

Gollancz

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 544pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780575088573 ISBN13: 978-0-575-08857-3 ISBN10: 0575088575 EAN: 9780575088573 x Description: Richard Morgan has always been one of our most successful SF authors with his fast-moving and brutal storylines, blistering plots and a powerful social conscience behind his work.

And now he's back, with his first SF novel for eight years . . . and it promises to be a publication to remember.

An ex-corporate enforcer, Hakan Veil, is forced to bodyguard Madison Madekwe, part of a colonial audit team investigating a disappeared lottery winner on Mars. But when Madekwe is abducted, and Hakan nearly killed, the investigation takes him farther and deeper than he had ever expected.

And soon Hakan discovers the heavy price he may have to pay to learn the truth. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Calypso David Sedaris (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Abacus

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

28 May 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback B-format paperback (Text (eye-readable)) 272pp h196mm x w126mm x s20mm 220g ISBN13: 9780349141893 ISBN13: 978-0-349-14189-3 ISBN10: 0349141894 EAN: 9780349141893 x Description: 'Sedaris is the premier observer of our world and its weirdnesses' Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt 'He's like an American Alan Bennett' Guardian A New York Times Notable Book of 2018

'Entrancing . . . This book allows us to observed not just the nimble-mouthed elf of his previous work, but a man in his seventh decade expunging his darker secrets and contemplating mortality . . . The brilliance of David Sedaris's writing is that his very essence, his aura, seeps through the pages of his books like an intoxicating cloud, mesmerising us so that his logic becomes ours' Alan Cumming, Scotsman If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso.

You'd be wrong.

When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a vacation from yourself.

With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality. Make no mistake: these stories are very, very funny - it's a book that can make you laugh 'til you snort, the way only family can. Sedaris's writing has never been sharper, and his ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled. But much of the comedy here is born out of that vertiginous moment when your own body betrays you and you realize that the story of your life is made up of more past than future.

This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk and love a good tumour joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet - and it just might be his very best. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Across the Void S.K. Vaughn (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Sphere

Publisher:

Little, Brown Book Group

Pub Date:

06 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback Trade paperback (UK) (Text (eye-readable)) 480pp h234mm x w153mm ISBN13: 9780751570724 ISBN13: 978-0-7515-7072-4 ISBN10: 0751570729 EAN: 9780751570724 x Description: 'The best survival thriller since The Martian' -- JOHN MARRS May Knox floats in space, the only survivor of a catastrophic accident. There is just one person who can save her: a man whose heart she broke, millions of miles away.

It's Christmas Day, 2067.

Silent Night drifts across the ruins of a wrecked spaceship, listing helplessly in the black. A sole woman, May, stirs within - the last person left alive of a

disastrous first manned mission to Europa, a moon of Jupiter.

There is only one person who can help her - her ex-husband Stephen, a NASA scientist who was heading up the mission back on Earth. Until, that is, she broke his heart and he left both her and the mission.

Now May clings to life and it is only his voice travelling across the fathomless miles that can bring her home.

In this twisty, gasp-inducing thriller, when each breath is a fight for survival, their relationship is the difference between life and death. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The October Man: A Rivers of London Novella Ben Aaronovitch (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Gollancz

Publisher:

Orion Publishing Co

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback (Text (eye-readable)) 192pp h204mm x w132mm ISBN13: 9781473224315 ISBN13: 978-1-4732-2431-5 ISBN10: 1473224314 EAN: 9781473224315 x Description: Trier is famous for wine, Romans and for being Germany's oldest city. So when a man is found dead with, his body impossibly covered in a fungal rot, the local authorities know they are out of their depth.

Fortunately this is Germany, where there are procedures for everything.

Enter Investigator Tobias Winter, whose aim is to get in, deal with the problem, and get out with the minimum of fuss, personal danger and paperwork.

With the help of frighteningly enthusiastic local cop, Vanessa Sommer, he's quick to link the first victim to a group of ordinary middle aged men - and to realise they may have accidentally reawakened a bloody conflict from a previous century. But the rot is still spreading, literally and with the suspect list extending to people born before Frederick the Great solving the case may mean unearthing the city's secret magical history. . . . so long as that history doesn't kill them first.

'The Rivers of London series is an ever-evolving delight' CRIME REVIEW 'Ben Aaronovitch is a master of metropolitan magical mayhem' STARBURST 'Aaronovitch deftly balances urban fantasy with the police procedural' CRIME SCENE 'Once you start, you'll find a London that's just dying to be explored' DEN OF GEEK _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

fforest Sian Tucker (Author) Series:

Edition:

Imprint:

Kyle Books

Publisher:

Octopus Publishing Group

Pub Date:

11 Jun 2019

Publishing Status:

Forthcoming

Published in: United Kingdom Hardback (Text (eye-readable)) 192pp h241mm x w193mm ISBN13: 9780857835918 ISBN13: 978-0-85783-591-8 ISBN10: 0857835912 EAN: 9780857835918 x Description: We all know that being outdoors is beneficial to our health - both mental and physical. From stargazing and foraging at the river's edge to simply walking in the dark with only the light of the moon and the stars to guide you. fforest shows you how to re-connect with nature. Learn age-old tricks such as lighting a fire and which wood burns best, tree identification and how to catch a spider crab.

Discover adventurous and exciting pursuits, such as canoeing and wild swimming, as well as activities such as cloud gazing, building a den, pressing flowers and forest bathing.

Full of tips and inspiration, fforest not only teaches you how to 'be' in nature, but how to create and explore in it, too, with plenty of activities such as cloud gazing and building a den.

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