The Age of Miracles Karen Thompson Walker
May 2013 Debut of the Month.
This stunning debut has a fascinating premise that 'the earth is slowing down' and it provides a unique framework... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
The Burial Courtney Collins
May 2013 Debut of the Month.
A breathtakingly brilliant debut novel in the tradition of Cormac McCarthy, inspired by the life of legendary female... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
Golden Boy Abigail Tarttelin
May 2013 Debut of the Month.
This controversial book dealing with issues of identity, gender and sexuality and freedom of the press is set to... Format: Hardback - Released: 09/05/2013
Appetite Philip Kazan
May 2013 Debut of the Month.
14th Century Florence is vibrantly and sensually brought to life in this captivating story of a chef with an... Format: Hardback - Released: 09/05/2013
The Abomination Jonathan Holt
May 2013 Debut of the Month.
With a gripping plot and complex characters this is the first of a dazzling, multi-layered trilogy set in modern-day... Format: Hardback - Released: 01/05/2013
Sketcher Roland Watson Grant
May 2013 Debut of the Month.
This atmospheric, uplifting and deeply moving debut, set in the 1980s in an impoverished area of Louisiana, is a... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
The River of No Return Bee Ridgway
What an original and engaging debut. Who would have thought you could have put romance, science fiction, magic historical fiction and time travel into such an unforgettable story. If you loved The Time Traveler's Wife or The Night... Format: Hardback - Released: 23/05/2013
The Deception Artist Fayette Fox
In this sharp and funny literary debut set in Northern California during the 1980s recession, Fayette Fox delves deep into the dark heart of an ordinary American family - and finds out that make-believe isn't just for kids.
A Piece of... Format: Paperback - Released: 16/05/2013
The Son Michel Rostain
Winner of the Prix Goncourt for Debut Fiction in 2011.
An award-winning bestseller first published in France with a truly unique perspective. Follow a grief-stricken father, after the sudden death of his son - through the son's eyes. This witty, wisdom-laden... Format: Hardback - Released: 23/05/2013
Going Back Rachael English
A warm and appealing debut about family, friendships and love, of difficult decisions and lifelong consequences from one of Ireland’s best known radio presenters. Going Back follows Elizabeth Kelly and her friends, young economic migrants from Dublin, as they escape... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
Miss Garnet's Angel Salley Vickers
Salley Vicker's sensational debut novel, 'Miss Garnet's Angel' is a voyage of discovery; a novel about Venice but also the rich story of the explosive possibilities of change in all of us at any time.
Her new book, The... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/01/2001
The Light Between Oceans M. L. Stedman
Isolated at the tip of Australia as a lighthouse keeper, emotionally traumatised World War I veteran Tom fears for his wife's sanity after her third miscarriage. Then a boat turns up carrying a dead man and a newborn baby. They... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
The Universe Versus Alex Woods Gavin Extence
We meet a 17-year old Alex as he is stopped by customs at Dover with a glove compartment full of marijuana and Mr Peterson's urn of ashes on the passenger seat beside him. I'm hooked. [We then go back to... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
Billy and Me Giovanna Fletcher
A potentially predictable 'girl meets boy' chick-lit standard is pulled up by its bootstraps into a highly enjoyable, bitter sweet, romantic story. Working in a local tea shop Sophie May is happy with her lot and the support she has... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
Wife 22 Melanie Gideon
A witty and wise story about a woman amidst a midlife crisis who agrees to anonymously participate in a survey about marital happiness, only to experience a reawakening through the power of confession. Satirising our obsession with the internet the... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/05/2013
Looking For Trouble Cath Staincliffe
Complex, satisfying and very human crime stories set in Manchester with struggling single mother Sal Kilkenny, private eye, at the physical and emotional heart of the plot. In her first case she is asked by a mother to find her... Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
The Knife of Never Letting Go Patrick Ness
A 2013 World Book Night selection.
The electrifying and unflinching debut novel about the impossible choices of growing up by award-winning fiction writer Patrick Ness.
Shortlisted for the 2009 Branford Boase Best Debut Novel Award.
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Award 2009. Winner of... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/05/2013
The Last Lawsons Jason Hinojosa
A subtle and compelling debut novel about a suburban American family coming to terms with its tragic and shameful past. Exploring themes like sexuality, voyeurism and death, there is a constant mood of suspense that leaves readers breathtakingly waiting for... Format: Hardback - Released: 24/04/2012
The Woman Who Dived into the Heart of the World Sabina Berman
In the wake of her sister's death, Isabelle moves from her home in California to her birthplace in Mexico to take over the running of the family tuna company. There, she discovers a wild child - a thing with no... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
The Dog Stars Peter Heller
Hig, bereaved and traumatised after global disaster, has three things to live for - his dog Jasper, his aggressive but helpful neighbour, and his Cessna aeroplane. He's just about surviving, so long as he only takes his beloved plane for... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
Idiopathy Sam Byers
This bitterly humorous debut is a novel of love, narcissism, and ailing cattle. Katherine has given up trying to be happy. Her cynical wit repels the people she wants to attract, and attracts the people she knows she should repel.... Format: Hardback - Released: 25/04/2013
This is How it Ends Kathleen MacMahon
This is when it begins Autumn, 2008. This is where it begins The coast of Dublin. This is why it begins Bruno, an American, has come to Ireland to search for his roots. Addie, an out-of-work architect, is recovering from... Format: Paperback - Released: 09/05/2013
Goodbye for Now Laurie Frankel
Imagine a world in which you never have to say goodbye. A world in which you can talk to your loved ones after they've gone - About the trivial things you used to share About the things you wish you'd... Format: Paperback - Released: 25/04/2013
The Prophet of Bones Ted Kosmatka
If Carlsson discovers the truth too many powerful interests have far too much to lose. But not every prophet is without honour. And Carlsson, alone and on the run, is determined to reveal the discovery to a world in which... Format: Paperback - Released: 25/04/2013
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You Had Me at Hello Mhairi McFarlane
Winner of the Romantic Novelists' Association Contemporay Romantic Novel Award 2013.
This witty, funny book is a story about second chances; can they work or should you let sleeping dogs lie?...
Absolution Patrick Flanery
Shortlisted for the 2013 RSL Ondaatje Prize.
A sharp, clever, violent novel spanning the transition of South Africa from apartheid through Truth and Reconciliation to the present as seen by three...
The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul Deborah Rodriguez
In a little coffee shop in one of the most dangerous places on earth, five very different women come together. SUNNY, the proud proprietor, who needs an ingenious plan -...
The Cornish House Liz Fenwick
A gorgeously sprawling, emotional debut, about starting a new life in a beautiful, crumbling old house in Cornwall. Perfect for fans of Rosamunde Pilcher. Artist Maddie loses her husband...
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Up Close Henriette Gyland
December 2012 Debut of the Month.
Lots of drama in this exciting Norfolk-based romance with possible murder, damaged people and family secrets to...
The Beauty of Murder A. K. Benedict
March 2013 Debut of the Month.
A compelling, genre-bending crime debut packed full of atmospheric detail that brings a dark and macabre Cambridge...
No Such Thing as Immortality Sarah Tranter
January 2013 Debut of the Month.
A promising start from debut author Sarah Tranter and a new departure for romantic publisher Choc Lit....
Queen's Gambit Elizabeth Fremantle
March 2013 MEGA Debut of the Month.
Rich in atmosphere and period detail, and told through the eyes of Katherine and her young...
The Crown Nancy Bilyeau
March 2013 Debut of the Month.
Shortlisted for the 2012 CWA Ellis Peters Award.
Who would have thought a murder mystery set in 1537...
Fade to Black Julia Knight, Francis Knight
FROM THE DEPTHS OF A VALLEY RISES THE CITY OF MAHALA It's a city built upwards - where streets are built upon streets, buildings upon buildings. A city that the...
The Fine Colour of Rust P. A. O'Reilly
March 2013 Debut of the Month.
With humour, vivid writing and wry observations about the very different approach and pace of life in...
Lost and Found Tom Winter
March 2013 Debut of the Month.
A charming and poignant debut that draws you into...
Jellybird Lezanne Clannachan
March 2013 eBook of the Month.
This intriguing mystery, come romance, come ghost story will have you hooked and trying to guess what...
Flesh and Blood Mark Peterson
March 2013 Debut of the Month.
A fresh, gritty and compelling Brighton-based crime fiction debut - the first in a series starring DS...
Never Google Heartbreak Emma Garcia
March 2013 Debut of the Month.
A bittersweet, refreshingly honest and achingly funny romantic comedy. After her boyfriend calls off their engagement, for...
Grace Grows Shelle Sumners
A charming, romantic, engaging and funny debut of mismatched people finding happiness. Grace, 27, happy and settled - or so she thinks until she (literally) bumps into wanna be rock...
A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar Suzanne Joinson
It is 1923 and Evangeline English, keen lady cyclist, arrives with her sister Lizzie and their zealous leader Millicent at the ancient city of Kashgar to establish a mission. As...
Pretty Girl Thirteen Liz Coley
March 2013 Debut of the Month.
Inspired by the bestselling memoir of life with multiple-personality disorder, Sybil, this is a creepy, sinister and...
Rage Against the Dying Becky Masterman
March 2013 Debut of the Month.
An emotionally powerful debut mystery thriller with a radically different central character in the shape...
Crossbones Yard Kate Rhodes
Atmospheric, perfectly paced, compelling plot with a great central character in the agoraphobic psychologist Alice Quentin. A highly recommended and very accomplished London-based crime debut – we look forward to...
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