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DCI Alison McCoist is up to the oxters in Glasgows shadiest police unit, with a list of guilty secrets growing longer by the day.Fran Forbes has just bolted from the scene of a gangland massacre with only a shite-stained tracksuit and a memory stick full of crypto-currency to his name.Ally is tasked with looking into this latest underworld rammy and ends up working with some bampots even dodgier than her polis pals.Can she keep Fran from being turned into mince by a Russian OCG and finally free herself from the fankle of police corruption shes caught in? An enemy from Allys past is determined her story wont have such a happy ending...

Penniless and newly orphaned Briar Monroe finds shelter at Thornby Manor, a brooding estate above a mist-shrouded lake. But whispers of a dead wife, an estranged son and locked-away secrets haunt its corridors Atmospheric, intoxicating and laced with peril a spellbinding historical mystery of love, betrayal, obsession and a house that will not release its pastWarwickshire, 1891. Recently orphaned and left destitute, Briar Monroe accepts the protection of Lord Danville and the shadowed sanctuary of Thornby Manor. The great house looms above a mist-shrouded lake, its corridors heavy with secrets not least the mysterious death of Lady Elizabeth Danville, and the unspoken tensions between her formidable widower and his magnetic son, Gabriel.As Briar navigates the undercurrents of a household ruled by watchful servants and locked doors, she is drawn ever deeper into a web of suspicion, desire and fear. Whispers in the night, figures at windows, and a constant sense of being watched leave her questioning not only the truth about Thornby, but her own safety within its walls.Atmospheric, intoxicating and laced with peril, Thornby Manor is a gothic tale of betrayal, obsession and a house that never forgets.A simmering, haunting debut for readers who loved Jane Eyre, Rebecca, The Woman in White and The Silent Companions

Leonie is one of twelve jurors. Chosen to decide the fate of a nurse accused of murdering his patients with lethal doses of adrenaline. But just as deliberations begin, an usher bursts in with news that will change everything. Britain is under chemical attack, and the courthouse is locked down. Instructed not to leave for their own safety, the jurors quickly realise that the real threat lies inside the building. The accused has escaped his cell and is on the loose. Hes playing twisted games with the group. And Leonie is his next target. Because he knows something about her. A secret shes kept hidden from the others - about just how far shell go to tip the scales of justice in her favour.

AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOWPoignant and tender. FERDIA LENNONA dynamic voice. IRENOSEN OKOJIELushly written and formally audacious . . . moving. NICOLAS PADAMSEEThis is the story of one mans weekend, a weekend in which everything could changeThese lines could change everything /He sips more of his tinny / Imagines a new lifeAidys just punched a co-worker, but he hasnt got time to deal with the fallout. With a deadline fast looming he must get home, knuckle down and finish the story hes been working on, a story he hasnt been able to stop thinking about. Its the story of a falling plane and of a grieving mother.Set across one weekend, About to Fall Apart is the exhilarating story of a man of mixed heritage - living on the Irish border - as he tries to stay positive, reconnect with his children and maybe, even, find his own birth mother.

A courageous story about a mother in crisis from one of Norways most exciting writers, for readers of Boulder and Detransition, BabySilje Marie has been keeping a secret from her wife. She loves one of her sons more than the other.In their sleepy suburb of Oslo, shes given Henry and Olav the childhood she never had: organic cotton clothing, a house by the forest, apple pies baked with Grandma on summer afternoons.But when Silje Marie stays behind to clear the house for an upcoming renovation, buried thoughts resurface. She is haunted by the sense that only one of her children truly feels like her own-an admission that would destroy her wife, Helene. Worse still, there is the other mother. A woman befriended in secret, whose sons resemblance to Henry is impossible to ignore.Spiky, daring and feverishly intense, this is a story about the complex confinement and joy of family life, and a mother drawn towards dismantling the home she has fought so hard to buildRaises impressive ruminations on the nature of this ownership we call love Kenan Orhan, author of The RenovationBrave, well-written, distinctive MorgenbladetExceptionally powerful Vrt LandDigs deep into the gnarly emotions hidden behind domesticity Szilvia Molnar, author of The Nursery

From rising horror star and award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke comes a nightmarish, haunting, tech-Gothic thrill ride about sorrow, memory, and the unabashed complexity of love as a transgressive act.After his husband dies, Simeon Link finds himself overcome by grief and seeking comfort in an unusual support group called The Wretches, who offer an addictive and dangerous source of relief. They introduce Simeon to a curious figure known as Porcelain Khawa man with the ability to let those who are grieving have one last intimate moment with their beloved...for a price.Hallucinatory, fiendish, and destructively beautiful, Wretch transports us to a world where not everything is as it seems, and those we love may be the ones who haunt us most.

In this brilliant sequel to The Clockwork Boys, old foes resurface, and Slate and Caliban are forced to deal with the echoes of their past choices.Slate and her crew have arrived in Anuket City, the city of artificial marvels where Clockwork Boys are created. But the secret of their existence is as mysterious as ever.Slate has a history in Anuket City, history which just wont leave her alone. And her increasing attraction to Caliban is driving her up the wall. Caliban is, of course, too noble to do anything about it.As Slates history in the city grows more entangled with their mission, the groups chances of survival seem to be getting ever slimmer. If theyre to stand a chance of destroying the Clockwork Boys, Slate must confront her past, and find a way to stop it from killing them all.

In 50,000 acres of remote Scottish mountains and moor sits Dorcha Hall: a former hunting lodge nestling amongst ancient forests, on the shores of the enigmatic Black Loch. At night, lights glow from within, smoke curls from its chimneys, and in the forgiving murk of the gloaming, it looks magical. In daylight, its mouldering plasterwork and failing plumbing present a less romantic reality.Dr Ava Dickens has come to Dorcha to visit her godson, Alastair a young man whose parents sudden death has taken him from a quiet life in academia to owning Loch Dorcha. He and his very new wife are convinced the only way to make the estate work is to run the Hall as a hotel. But Ava is a rigorous scientist, her specialty animal behaviour, and she is by no means certain that the evidence is indicative of a successful outcome.When one of the hotel guests is found dead in his bed, having gulped down poisonous insect repellant rather than the whisky sitting next to it, Avas knowledge of the female Culicoides impunctatus aka the Highland midge leads her to doubt that it was an accident. And worse is to come

I have a voice in the University, Im in the House of Lords, I have this lovely permanent home. Everythings hunky-dory. I just need a bit of help.Jim Hacker is back - older, but perhaps not wiser, utterly bewildered by the world today. Hoping for a quiet retirement as Master of Hacker College, Oxford, instead Jim finds himself facing a very modern crisis: cancelled by the college committee.Enter the delightfully devious Sir Humphrey Appleby, who has lost none of his love for Latin phrases and obstructive bureaucracy. But when faced with meddling students, faculty Fellows and the reality of old age itself, it might at last be time for him to say, Im Sorry, Prime Minister . . . Im Sorry, Prime Minister is the final chapter of the BAFTA-winning political comedy first seen in the 1980s television series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.The play was first performed at the Barn Theatre, Cirencester, in September 2023, and transferred to the Apollo Theatre, London, in February 2026.Enjoyable and touching . . . honours a magnificent comic project.GuardianDeliciously rueful.Daily Telegraph

Books to look out for in the first half of 2026 Lucy Popescu, Camden New JournalThe Tribe is the epic tale of a family and its history and a family in history.The Carraches are a powerful Sephardic dynasty in the cosmopolitan city of Salonica during the dying days of the Ottoman Empire. After the Greek annexation of the city, they settle in France until, in 1940, the Nazi Occupation sends some into hiding, some into flight and others into camps. In the early 1960s, the survivors and their children confront the familys past, with long hidden secrets uncovered and deep-seated conflicts exposed, even as the Eichmann trial forces the world at large to confront the full enormity of the Holocaust.The Tribe crosses cultures and continents in its exploration of family, race, nation and empire. As the central characters journey from adolescence through early adulthood to late middle age, they experience first loves, political and sexual awakenings, artistic triumphs, religious pressures, marital struggles, dynastic rivalries, brutal persecution, resilience and liberation, before, helped by their children, they finally achieve a degree of reconciliation both with one another and the city of their birth.

A riveting Latin American dark horror-fantasy about two survivors finding one another amidst monstrous creatures and a brutal political regime, perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia and T. KingfisherGuls can be brutal. Few people know this better than Ariadne, who lost half her body to their appetites, but she finds their brutality a predictable constant amid the political chaos of Brazil. Now she treats them in the specialized clinic she inherited from Erik Yurkovthe mentor who rescued her from captivity as a child, trained her in medicine, built her prostheses, and then disappeared without a trace.Ariadnes routine is disturbed when a dapper gul covered in tattoos knocks on her door, introducing himself as Quaint and claiming to be Eriks oldest friend. As unsettling as the presence of a healthy adult gul can be, there is something familiaralmost intimateabout him. Quaint suspects foul play in Eriks disappearance, and his suspicion proves real when they discover Erik sought asylum at Cabare, an infamous club in Rio de Janeiro frequented by the gul elite.Together, Ariadne and Quaint will unravel the conspiracy behind their friends disappearance, navigate the labyrinthine world of Ariadnes memories, and discover what Erik means to themand what they are starting to mean to each other.

The addictive mystery taking the world by storm, from the author of The Times Bestseller Strange PicturesEleven strange buildings. One terrible secret.A lonely hut in the woods.A hidden chamber.A mysterious shrine.A home in flames.A nightmarish prison...Each of the buildings in this book tells a chilling story. Each one is part of a puzzle.Look closely... and youll see that everything is connected.All leading to a revelation so horrifying you wont want to believe it.Millions of readers have become addicted to solving Uketsus dark mysteries.Strange Buildings is the strangest, and darkest, so far.

A pure action horror movie set-up, a life-or-death moral dilemma and a terrific, devious twist... I could hardly look away GILLY MACMILLAN, AUTHOR OF THE BURNING LIBRARYOne week to escapeHigh in the mountains, a sudden rockslide traps ten hikers in an abandoned bunker, nicknamed The Ark. Then it starts to flood.One person will be sacrificedThere is only one chance of survival - in order for the rest of them to escape, someone must be left behind.But one of them has other plansAs they struggle to decide who to abandon, the group is torn apart by a brutal murder. And it wont be the last.Can they unmask the murderer and reach safety before the water rises? Or will The Ark become their tomb?

A brutally funny fever dream about teenagers, desire and female friendship from Miriam Battye (Strategic Love Play, Succession).We go in, pick one boy each to pull, do that pulling, then come home and eat the chicken dippers Ive put in the fridge for us. At what part of that is dying occurring.Friday night. Four girls. Two boys. Alone in a house. Some of them are in love. Most of them are virgins. Everyone is pretending to know what theyre doing.Tonight, thats all going to change.The Virgins opened at Soho Theatre, London, in January 2026.

Daniel Wiles connects us viscerally to the past we have buried the history we choose to ignore Hilary MantelIf his wife hadnt changed, then maybe Bernardo wouldnt have left, with his son in tow, to try and tame the wilderness of his childhood.If the land hadnt changed, turning grey and collapsing in their hands each time they grasped for survival, then maybe Bernardo and the boy could have built a life here.If the Puma hadnt changed everything, then maybe Bernardo wouldnt have to stalk the beast, searching for some measure of revenge, wishing hed pulled the trigger when he had the chance.The Puma is a novel that asks what a father would do to ensure his familys survival and what he might become when that is no longer an option.

The greatest tragic love story ever told but this time, Catherine tells it herself. In Catherine, Essie Fox breathes new life into Wuthering Heights, transforming a gothic masterpiece into a haunting confession of obsession, madness and love that even death cannot end.With a nature as wild as the moors she loves to roam, Catherine Earnshaw grows up alongside Heathcliff, a foundling her father rescued from the streets of Liverpool. Their fierce, untamed bond deepens as they grow until Mr Earnshaws death leaves Hindley, Catherines brutal brother, in control and Heathcliff reduced to servitude.Desperate to protect him, Catherine turns to Edgar Linton, the handsome heir to Thrushcross Grange. She believes his wealth might free Heathcliff from cruelty but her choice is fatally misunderstood, and their lives spiral into a storm of passion, jealousy and revenge.Now, eighteen years later, Catherine rises from her grave to tell her story and seek redemption.Essie Foxs Catherine reimagines Wuthering Heights with beauty and intensity a haunting, atmospheric retelling that brings new life to a timeless classic and lays bare the dark heart of an immortal love.

“Ser rotulado é começar a morrer artisticamente” — essa afirmação do poeta Sebastião Nunes, em entrevista a Fabrício Marques em 2008, é uma ótima divisa para a obra de uma vida inteira que se mostra

Un libro total, una construcción narrativa deslumbrante, donde confluyen la historia de una familia y la historia de los siglos XX y XXI. Koljós es el libro más íntimo de Emmanuel Carrère: un apasion

Una meditación sobre el duelo ecológico, la violencia, la finitud, el arte como resistencia y la posibilidad de una esperanza.¿Qué puede hacer la literatura en un mundo fracturado por la crisis ecológica, la descomposicion de la democracia y la perdida de sentido?En una Nueva York oscura, todavia conmocionada por la pandemia y bajo el espectro del nuevo autoritarismo de Trump, un escritor recibe el encargo de emprender la biografia de Benjamin Fondane, poeta y cineasta frances de origen rumano, testigo del surrealismo parisino, autor de una pelicula maldita en Buenos Aires y asesinado en Auschwitz. Pero el proyecto se interrumpe. Una enfermedad, un duelo y un acontecimiento devastador abren una grieta por la que se cuelan el pasado familiar, la desaparicion de un paisaje, las ruinas del siglo y el recuerdo de un zorro cuya mirada revelo un don extraordinario a su abuelo inmigrante en Argentina.En todo hay una grieta y por ella entra la luz es una novela mutante, a medio camino entre el ensayo, la autobiografia, la biografia apocrifa y el tratado filosofico; un texto atravesado por notas que lo expanden, un texto que se pregunta como vivir hoy, y como escribir, en medio del colapso. Es, tambien, una elegia por un mundo que se desmorona, el mundo fisico, pero tambien el simbolico y el moral. Y es un intento ambicioso, desesperado, necesario, de devolverle un sentido, a traves de la imaginacion, la creacion artistica y la atencion por la que abogaba Simone Weil.Una meditacion sobre la finitud, el duelo ecologico, la violencia visible e invisible, el arte como resistencia y la posibilidad de una esperanza. Con ecos de W. G. Sebald, Sigrid Nunez, Zadie Smith, Annie Dillard o Rachel Cusk, este libro confirma a Patricio Pron como uno de los narradores mas singulares y arriesgados de su generacion: radical, elegante, feroz y melancolico. Un escritor que trasforma la desolacion en pensamiento vivo y la narracion en una emocion luminosamente memorable.