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The Fire Sermon
Francesca Haig
Shortlisted for the Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy
Newcomer at the David Gemmell Awards 2016. A futuristic
tale set some 400 years after a global nuclear war where conditions
have...
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 Hearts of Stone
Simon Scarrow
With a foray into more recent history than Simon Scarrow’s
previous novels, the Greek Resistance in World War Two is brought
vividly and violently to life in ‘Hearts of Stone’....
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The Cavendon Women
Barbara Taylor Bradford
This follows on from Cavendon Hall and is a projected series of
novels set around a stately home in Yorkshire and its occupants,
upstairs and down. The present earl,...
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40 Sonnets
Don Paterson
Winner of the Costa Poetry Award 2015. In 40
Sonnets Paterson returns to some of his central themes -
contradiction and strangeness, tension and transformation, the
dream world, and the...
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Rain Dogs
Adrian McKinty
Shortlisted for the Old Peculier Crime Novel of the
Year 2016. Shortlisted for the CWA Ian
Fleming Steel Dagger 2016. An involved, complex Irish-set
murder mystery with two deaths to...
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Stallo
Stefan Spjut
Following the disappearance of a young boy from a remote cabin in a
Swedish forest, his mother claims he was abducted by a giant to
credulous reaction. He is never...
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Freedom's Child
Jax Miller
Shortlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award
2016. A woman sheltered in the Witness Protection
Programme for the almost justified murder of her cop husband twenty
years ago...
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Missing, Presumed
Susie Steiner
If you're looking for a fresh, addictive police procedural with
characters who spring into vivid life, then look no further than
Susie Steiner's Missing, Presumed. It's Steiner's first venture
into...
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The Teacher
Katerina Diamond
Longlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award
2016. A couple of Exeter cops attempt to solve the mystery
of a hanged teacher which was locally followed by a...
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Reader, I Married Him
Tracy Chevalier
A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Bronte,
published in the year of her bicentenary and stemming from the now
immortal words from her great work Jane Eyre. Edited by...
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My Name is Lucy Barton
Elizabeth Strout
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016. Chair of
the 2016 judges Amanda Foreman commented: "This is a very exciting
year. The range of books is broad and the...
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Dodgers
Bill Beverly
Shortlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) and Goldsboro
Gold Dagger Awards 2016. Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer go rap!
A striking literary thriller which follows the reluctant journey
of...
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Make Me
Lee Child
Shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
2016. Jack Reacher has no place to go, and all the time in
the world to get there, so a remote rail...
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The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins
In the footsteps of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl and S.J. Watson's
Before I Go to Sleep, the unreliable narrator domestic drama of
untruths is the new 'hot' genre....
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The Pier Falls
Mark Haddon
In this first collection of stories by the author of The Curious
Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon demonstrates two
things: first that he is a master...
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Lie of the Land
Michael F. Russell
A fascinating and disturbing premise that has the ability to swing
a profound sledgehammer into your consciousness. Set in what feels
like a very possible future, Carl is isolated in...
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The Invitation
Lucy Foley
A sophisticated, expressive, and emotional story set in the
glamorous Italian film promotion world of the 1950’s. Hal and
Stella meet at a party, an immediate connection flares into
life,...
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The Last One
Alexandra Oliva
The Post-Apocalyptic setting is so popular today that it is
becoming annoying, so it is great to get a book like this one; not
only well written but offering a...
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Sleeper's Castle
Barbara Erskine
A sweeping saga of a tale, linking the past and the present through
two women’s dreams and a house that straddles time. This is
the first Barbara Erskine novel I’ve...
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Nadiya's Kitchen
Nadiya Hussain
From breakfasts to dinners to a cake fit for the Queen. Having
fallen in love with Nadiya and her outstanding bakes on last year's
Great British Bake Off, readers can...
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Eileen
Ottessa Moshfegh
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
2016. Shortlisted for the John Creasey
(New Blood) Dagger Award 2016. A young woman relentlessly
drives through the darkness of the American roads....
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The Dark Inside
Rod Reynolds
Longlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award
2016. When a disgraced New York crime journalist is
despatched to the rural wilderness of Texarkana, on the Texas and
Arkansas...
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Dancing to the End of Love
Adrian White
Early on we accept that Robert is running away from something. He
likes women and travel. He is lonely. He misses his daughter. On an
impulse while changing planes to...
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How Not to Disappear
Clare Furniss
August 2016 NewGen Book of the Month. Hattie’s life changes
forever when she meets the great aunt she never knew she had.
Gloria by name, and...
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Local Girl Missing
Claire Douglas
A twisty, multiple layered thriller where the past and present
clash in a maze of suspense. Best friends Francesca and Sophie tell
their tales with nearly 20 years separating them....
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The Name I Call Myself
Beth Moran
A lovely warm and hope-filled read, this is a romance with heart,
soul and compassion. Faith is engaged, however she has a
pain-filled secret, will it remain buried, or will...
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The Santiago Sisters
Victoria Fox
A hot, edgy and hugely entertaining novel, with an inner molten
core of provocative tension. Set between 1994 and 2014, separated
twins, Calida and Teresita Santiago, find themselves on a...
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The Singles Game
Lauren Weisberger
An entertaining and terrifically readable foray into the ultra
competitive world of professional tennis. Likeable and friendly
Charlie needs to gain a competitive edge to break into the top
ten,...
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Sunset in Central Park
Sarah Morgan
Sarah Morgan has done it again, she has delivered another
gorgeously warm (and occasionally steamy) romance. This is part of
the ‘From Manhattan With Love’ series, while Paige
was...
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Bad Blood
Julie Shaw
Another provocative, edgy and at times unbelievably sad story from
the author of ‘The Tales of the Notorious Hudson
Family’ series. Julie Shaw really has hit on a winner...
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Dead to Me
Lesley Pearse
Another dramatic and engagingly expressive historical novel by
Lesley Pearse. Set before and during the Second World War, we
follow Ruby and Verity during the ups and downs of their...
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The Bookshop on Rosemary Lane
Ellen Berry
An enjoyable and captivating relationship tale, where an enchanting
bookshop takes centre stage, what more could you ask for! Della has
a special relationship with her mother’s cookbooks, she is...
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Watching Edie
Camilla Way
August 2016 Book of the Month. In alternating chapters headed
“Before” and “After” and narrated by both
Heather and Edie, this is one truly compulsive read....
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Nina is Not Ok
Shappi Khorsandi
August 2016 Debut of the Month. With a fierce, biting sense of
reality, this is a provocative, yet beautifully worthwhile, must
read. Nina is 17 years...
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Dirt Road
James Kelman
Dirt Road is a major novel exploring the brevity of life, the
agonising demands of love and the lure of the open road. It is also
a beautiful book about...
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Tanya Bakes
Tanya Burr
A cookbook that features the author's favourite recipes such as
cakes and bakes, delicious and simple puddings, loaves and
pastries. From everyday staple bakes to sweet treats for special
occasions,...
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I Found You
Lisa Jewell
August 2016 Book of the Month. A tale of lost memories and hidden
secrets but will the truth destroy or heal? Lisa Jewell returns
with yet...
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No Turning Back
Tracy Buchanan
August 2016 Book of the Month. A tension filled, dramatically
striking tale, where there is far more to discover than you may at
first think. Anna...
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All is Not Forgotten
Wendy Walker
A finely-etched tale of domestic terror and a debut novel with a
nod to girls gone and on a train, and unsurprisingly already
snapped up by Hollywood. After a serious...
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The Swimming Pool
Louise Candlish
August 2016 Book of the Month. Tense and full of intrigue, this is
a novel that sinks into the depths of obsession and discovers a
very...
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The Goodbye Gift
Amanda Brooke
Early on we meet Lucy, twenty-four, who needs a heart transplant.
She is a plucky girl trying to live a normal life greatly hampered
by her sad ill health. For...
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The Stylist
Rosie Nixon
Absolutely perfect if you are a lover of fashion, red carpet
stories and a witty delicious romance. Amber, a sweet, endearing
shop assistant, unexpectedly finds herself working for a high...
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Purity
Jonathan Franzen
One of the year's major new literary offerings, Jonathan Franzen's
PURITY doesn't disappoint, if alone by sheer weight of pages and
buzzing ideas. And with a palette of suspense twists...
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The Help
Kathryn Stockett
The Help is a deeply moving, timeless and universal story about the
lines we abide by, and the ones we won't. It is about how women,
whether mothers or daughters,...
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What's a Girl Gotta Do?
Holly Bourne
August 2016 NewGen Book of the Month. In a Nutshell:
Feminism * Friendship * Fighting back Inspirational and
insanely funny, this third and final book in...
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What a Carve Up!
Jonathan Coe
It is the 1980s and the Winshaw family are getting richer and
crueller by the year. But once their hapless biographer Michael
Owen starts investigating the family's trail of greed,...
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Heart of Granite
James Barclay
Fantasy readers will likely be familiar with Barclay’s
engaging bunch of bickering heroes The Raven. Rightly praised by
David Gemmell, The Raven novels brought a welcome humour to the...
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Down Station
Simon Morden
When a terrifying fire seems to envelop London, a group of
maintenance workers on the Underground make their escape through an
access tunnel and find themselves in a seemingly uninhabited,...
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The Body Under the Bridge
Paul McCusker
A former Scotland Yard detective, Father Gilbert knows about death.
But, as priest of a modest Anglican church in in a small Sussex
town, he didn't expect it to show...
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Three Sisters, Three Queens
Philippa Gregory
A riveting new Tudor story featuring Katherine of Aragon, and King
Henry VIII's sisters Margaret and Mary, chronicling the pivotal
roles the three queens played in King Henry VIII's kingdom. As...
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Front Runner
Felix Francis
The latest addition to the ‘Francis Thriller’ series is
an action-packed journey through the horse racing world. Jefferson
Hinkley from ‘Damage’ has returned for another case,
yet this can...
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Tainted Love
Kimberley Chambers
An audacious, fast moving, dark but oh so entertaining tale.
Prepare yourself… the Butler Family are back, and we observe
as they battle their way through life from 1986 to...
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The Primrose Path
Rebecca Griffiths
For fans of I Let You Go and Black-Eyed Susans, The Primrose Path
is a tense, atmospheric suspense thriller that will make sure you
leave all your lights...
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The Good Liar
Nicholas Searle
Shortlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award
2016. This witty and twisty tale of an elderly con man
intent on a final hurrah when he initially goes on...
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Truly Madly Guilty
Liane Moriarty
August 2016 eBook of the Month. Simply fabulous, this is a truly
beautiful, mind-popping story. I must admit to jigging up and down
with excitement when...
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The Traitor
Seth Dickinson
Shortlisted for the Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy
Newcomer at the David Gemmell Awards 2016. When the Empire
of Masks conquers her island home, criminalizes her customs, and
murders one...
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The Vagrant
Peter Newman
Shortlisted for the Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy
Newcomer at the David Gemmell Awards 2016. The Vagrant is
his name. He has no other. His purpose is to reach the...
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The Liar's Key
Mark Lawrence
Shortlisted for the Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel at
the David Gemmell Awards 2016. As all wait for the ice to
unlock its jaws, the Dead King plots to...
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Ruin
John Gwynne
Shortlisted for the Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel at
the David Gemmell Awards 2016. The Banished Lands are
engulfed in war and chaos. The cunning Queen Rhin has conquered...
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The English Spy
Daniel Silva
Shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award
2016. No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva
delivers another stunning thriller in his latest action-packed tale
of high stakes...
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Break in Case of Emergency
Jessica Winter
August 2016 Debut of the Month. A wryly amusing, observational
story, brushing compassionately against the pitfalls of modern
life. Jen is in her early 30’s, she...
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The Mare
Mary Gaitskill
This is a heartbreakingly honest and profoundly moving portrait of
the nearly unbridgeable gaps between people, and the way we long
for fairytale endings despite knowing that they don't exist.
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All the Little Pieces
Jilliane Hoffman
All the Little Pieces should come with a warning label: this is not
a light easy read, it’s disturbing, sad, unsettling
and… addictive. You are launched straight into the
terrified...
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Broken Heart
Tim Weaver
A truly captivating and bold story that stings and provokes with
fierce intensity. David Raker is back in his seventh missing person
enquiry, a woman has apparently vanished into thin...
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Dread Wyrm
Miles Cameron
Shortlisted for the Legend Award for Best Fantasy Novel at
the David Gemmell Awards 2016. The Red Knight's adventures
have become one of the most gripping martial fantasy adventures
-...
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Whispers Through a Megaphone
Rachel Elliott
A gentle, yet astute, edgy and absolutely delightful debut novel.
Miriam fears her own emotions, Ralph runs away from his family and
while Sadie shouts about her life all over...
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The North Water
Ian McGuire
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016. Chair of
the 2016 judges Amanda Foreman commented: "This is a very exciting
year. The range of books is broad and the...
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Blood, Salt, Water
Denise Mina
Shortlisted for the Goldsboro Gold Dagger Award
2016. BLOOD, SALT, WATER is a gripping tale of greed,
power and misconception from acclaimed two-time winner of the
Theakston's Crime Award, Denise...
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After the First Death
Robert Cormier
In a Nutshell: Psycho-political thriller * Terrorist
hijacking * Extremes of patriotism Unreservedly
uncompromising, this gripping, thought-provoking novel raises
pertinent questions about trust, sacrifice and the extremes people
will go...
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I Capture the Castle
Dodie Smith
In a nutshell: Iconic | Outspoken | Big Issues | Difficult
Truths A story about writing, this is also a wonderfully
romantic story told by a young narrator trying to...
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Buddy
Nigel Hinton
In a nutshell: Iconic | Outspoken | Big Issues | Difficult
Truths Buddy is a moving and totally convincing account of
a boy's faltering relationship with his father, with an...
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Dear Nobody
Berlie Doherty
In a nutshell: Iconic | Outspoken | Big Issues | Difficult
Truths The moving and very real story of two teenagers and
an unplanned pregnancy. It is told from two...
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No Turning Back
Beverley Naidoo
In a nutshell: Iconic | Outspoken | Big Issues | Difficult
Truths Set in South Africa in the 1990s, a time when an
increasing number of young black South Africans...
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The Pearl
John Steinbeck
In a nutshell: Iconic | Outspoken | Big Issues | Difficult
Truths The Pearl is a haunting and timeless tale of the
dangers of unexpected wealth by Nobel prizewinner John...
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Postcards from No Man's Land
Aidan Chambers
In a nutshell: Iconic | Outspoken | Big Issues | Difficult
Truths This winner of the 2003 Michael Printz Award and
the Carnegie Medal, told in dual narratives, takes the...
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The Red Pony
John Steinbeck
In a nutshell: Iconic | Outspoken | Big Issues | Difficult
Truths Masterful linked short stories by Nobel prizewinner
John Steinbeck, author of The Grapes of Wrath. The Red Pony...
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Stone Cold
Robert Swindells
In a nutshell: Iconic | Outspoken | Big Issues | Difficult
TruthsStone Cold is a Carnegie Medal-winning thriller by
Robert Swindells. It is one of The Originals from...
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Playing with Fire
Tess Gerritsen
What if your child wanted you dead? Julia is terrified by her
daughter's aggressive behaviour. Lily has changed from an angelic
little girl into someone she is afraid to be...
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Cometh the Hour
Jeffrey Archer
Cometh the Hour is the penultimate book in the Clifton Chronicles
and, like the five previous novels - all of which went to number
one on the Sunday Times bestseller...
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