Fiction

Rulloff was a brilliant yet utterly amoral murderer – some have called him a ‘Victorian-era Hannibal Lecter’ – whose crimes spanned decades, but by 1871 he was captured, chained in a cell – a psychopath holding court while curious 19th-century ‘mindhunters’ got to work.
From alienists (early psychiatrists who tried to analyse the source of his madness) to neurologists (who wanted to dissect his brain) to phrenologists (who analysed the bumps on his head to determine his character), each one thought he held the key to understanding the essential question: is evil born or made?

A haunting exploration of love and loss by the Beckett of the twenty-first century (Le Monde).

“Evocative… Astonishing, strange, and wonderful” – Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

A trio of surreal, dazzlingly imaginative short stories set in contemporary Japan that explore desire and loss, talking animals, and odd disappearan

I was supposed to be having the time of my life.

When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer. But in between the cocktail parties and piles of manuscripts, Esther’s life begins to slide out of control. She finds herself spiralling into depression and eventually a suicide attempt, as she grapples with difficult relationships and a society which refuses to take women’s aspirations seriously.

Pallavi, an air hostess by profession, is a vivacious and venomous as hell girl, who lives her life out loud and on the edge. She lives by just one rule: fuck and forget. The one side that nobody knows about her is that she still hasn’t moved on from

Like some latter-day Gregor Samsa, Professor David Kepesh wakes one morning to find that he has been transformed. But where Kafka’s protagonist turned into a giant beetle, the narrator of Roth’s fantasy has become a 155-pound female breast. What foll

Gloria is smitten with her newly arrived bundle of joy, but baby Hope’s first weeks are bittersweet. Hope’s father is missing at sea, and with their future as a family so uncertain, Gloria must lean on her girls for support.

Meanwhile, head welder Rosie has turned her back on love to keep her double life secret. But her persistent beau is determined to find out the truth and if he does, it could ruin her.

From Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time and winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, Lords of Uncreation is the final high-octane instalment in the Final Architecture space opera trilogy.

He’s found a way to

Palazzo is a spellbinding story of love, family and legacy set in the cut-throat world of Italian fashion, from billion-copy bestselling author Danielle Steel.

After her parents perish in a tragic accident, Cosima Saverio must

“My rainy days are yours, Dominic. If you want them.”

Once upon a time…
There lived a man with a vengeance-filled heart that held too many secrets.

And a woman, pure of soul, intent on uncovering them.

What they failed to realize is that through the storm their love would create…
a legacy would be born.

One Last Rainy Day is a spinoff of The Ravenhood Series, and the first installment of the Ravenhood Legacy series.

From bestselling author Ruth Kelly, The Ice Retreat is a gripping thriller set in a controversial wellness retreat in the Swiss alps. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Lucy Clarke and Sarah Pearse.