He's the perfect man. He says he loves you. You think he might even be made for you. Before long he's moved into your house - and into your heart. And then he leaves for days at a time. You don't know where he's gone or who he's with. And you realise - if you...

"Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld. Grad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic magick. But the only person who can make her dream come true is dead and...

"Britt Helsing is a dragul keeper, desperate to rescue her missing brother and save her fragile race of butterfly-sized dragons. Henrik is a loyal soldat of Stenberg, trained from childhood to obey the tyrannical rule of His Glory. Hidden on a ship, Britt...

Connie can't wait to have all her daughters back home for Christmas. It's not just the excitement of the girls being together under one roof; uni student Fran is bringing a new boyfriend to stay. The empty nest will once again be full of friends, family and...

"The closer you get, the further you have to fall. Munich, 1936. All eyes are on the Bavarian capital for the upcoming Olympic games. As athletes fight for gold and the Nazis fight for power, Detective Sebastian Wolff faces a battle of his own. A famous...

"A young woman is left for dead while walking the Yorkshire moors. A local man is found murdered at a landfill site. But what do these seemingly unconnected crimes have in common? Forensic profiler Jo McCready is brought in by DCI Callum Ferguson to find out....

As the last petal falls, the final page is turned ... Welcome to The Cherry Blossom Bookshop, a haven for book lovers that only appears during the fleeting cherry blossom season. Nestled amidst the bloom of delicate petals, you'll find a sanctuary for those...

"A young woman is missing, but has she run away - or been captured? A dying cop asks DCI Christine Caplan to investigate a cold case that's still preying on her mind. The naked body of a man found in a remote wood, dismissed as a down-and-out by her superiors....

"By the spring of 2024, it will be four and a half years since the publication of Chinn's Sunday Times #1 bestselling Peaky Blinders: The Real Story. Adopting a chronological approach, it covered the origins of Birmingham's backstreet gangs in the late 1860s...

"Welcome to Renaissance France, a place of poison and plots, of beauties and beasts, of mice and ... queens? Mary is the queen of Scotland and the jewel of the French court. Except when she's a mouse. Yes, reader, Mary is an Eðian (shapeshifter) in a kingdom...

When a toxic hospital consultant dies of a heart attack, fellow doctor Eitan Rose smells foul play. Nobody else does though, including some quite crucial players like the police and the coroner. So when another senior doctor dies in similar circumstances,...

"In Fires Which Burned Brightly, Faulks, a reluctant memoirist, offers listeners a series of detailed snapshots from a life in progress. They include a post-war rural childhood - 'cold mutton and wet washing on a rack over the range' - the booze-sodden heyday...

It is one of the biggest trials of the year. Three 17-year-old boys are accused of the brutal murder of an elderly teacher on New Year's Eve. Each boy denies it. Each points the finger at the other two. But they can't all be innocent. The three defence...

"Frankie Elkin usually prefers her cases cold. Until she finds herself in the broiling streets of Tucson, Arizona, where an Afghan refugee has been missing for three weeks. The woman she is looking for, Sabera Ahmadi, is a wife and young mother, haunted by...

Forty-something Molly is starting to realise – with growing horror – that life isn’t just passing her by, it has completely gone without her. Her husband, four children and large collection of animals are chaotic and demanding, and her job as a playgroup...

Cordelia Franks never finishes anything and has spent a lifetime hiding in the shadows. So, when she decides to train to swim the English Channel, she understands why no one believes she can do it. She doesn't really believe she can either, but she's...

Sinfully sexy venture capitalist, Noah King - a man with a haunted past and dark cravings - is a short fuse away from being consumed by his needs. When his desires propel him to the Indigo Lounge, there's only one course of action - unleash his innermost...

Who said romance was easy? Assistant literary agent Freya Harrison never thought her chance at a big break would look like this: at a swanky romance conference in New York, managing the agency's most insufferable client. Sure, Jake Richards is a global...

She knows what she saw. But can she prove it? After my relationship breaks down, I agree to house-sit my brother Dexter's posh apartment whilst he's out of the country. It will give me some much needed head space. Sitting on the balcony one sweltering summer's...

A new start by the sea...For Jo Jenkins, life has always been about putting others first. But with her children grown and her ex-husband as rotten as ever, she knows it's time to put herself at the heart of the story. So, when she inherits a beautiful...

Sunshine, Sisterhood, and Second Chances. At the ripe (and fabulous) age of 64, Joanna Dawson finds herself feeling ever so slightly? meh. Her husband, Greg, has run off with a TBT (thin, blonde, trollop, obviously), her kids have flown the nest, and her...

When Bee loses her job, home and boyfriend - all on the same day that a man accidentally spills coffee all over her; she decides life can't get any worse. So when her mother finally tells Bee the name of the father she's never met - a musician named Luke...

"Gabriel Allon has been awarded a commission to restore one of the most important paintings in Venice. But when he discovers the body of a mysterious woman floating in the waters of the Venetian Lagoon, he finds himself in a desperate race to recover a lost...

"Silk Silver Opium not only tells the fascinating stories of silk and tea, porcelain, silver and opium, missionaries, mercenaries and trade, but also what became inevitable - war and humiliation. Much about China's modern relationship with the West is the...

"This is what no one tells you, in the songs sung about Jason and the Argo. This part of his quest has been forgotten, by everyone but me ... Jason and his Argonauts set sail to find the Golden Fleece. The journey is filled with danger, for Jason and everyone...

"An emergency call comes in the middle of the night, reporting an ongoing burglary at a winter-closed camping site in Bredäng outside Stockholm. The nearest police car responds to the call. There is a light on in one of the fartherst caravans in the otherwise...

"The husband of a prominent and infamously ruthless barrister is found in horrific condition after a robbery and brutal assault. Now in a coma, a major investigation is launched using the newly formed, experimental Metropolitan Police Serious Crime Analysis...

'It's like ice cream, Mr Flynn,' Bertie continued. 'When you have ice cream, you need to eat it straight away, otherwise it melts. If there are people who haven't got any, you should share it, if you can.' When despair for the world grows, Bertie's theory of...

"When Julia's first-love-turned-best-friend Gabe, a musician with a cultish following, dies unexpectedly aged 29, Julia launches herself into an intercontinental quest to recover the possessions he left with friends and acquaintances across the world. Along...

"Saffy Huntley-Oliver's life is going great. Even better than usual! She's got a fabulous new boyfriend, Jonathan, and they are crazy in love; she has literally got away with (lots of) murder; her favourite hairstylist has got out of jail so she can finally...

"On the dark streets of Edinburgh, a killer is waiting. When a body is found, it is only the beginning. Soon there will be seven more. In the city's hospital, renowned surgeon Beth Waterfall is grieving. Her beloved only daughter fell prey to a vicious stalker...

"A newly unveiled Picasso, hidden for a century in a dusty French attic, is set to be auctioned at the prestigious House of Echelon. And Halston has a cunning plan. One that could secure millions for her future, and freedom for her wrongly imprisoned father....

"Freddie Gellar didn't mean to get half the rival high school arrested. She'd simply heard shrieks coming from the woods, so she'd called the cops like any good human would do. How was she supposed to know it was just kids partying? Except the next day, a...

"Two lonely people. One song to change their lives ... Merryn Rowe adores her life in St Ives. The café she owns and the community she serves are her much-needed second chance after a heart-breaking divorce. But as she gazes out at the Cornish Sea, she begins...

"Recovering from a gunshot wound that nearly cost him his life, Tom Douglas isn't focused on himself - his concern is for his brother Jack, who seems to have vanished without a trace. Jack's past is as dangerous as it is complicated. Years ago, he faked his...

Have you ever felt like you were meant for more? Or wanted to make your dreams a reality but felt like something was holding you back? In Your Soul Purpose, certified life and success coach Aubrey Daquinag guides you through the process of navigating your...

Why do we feel stress? And how can we change things? Stress Tested is a pioneering collaboration between leading researcher Richard Mackenzie and journalist Peter Walker. Investigating the science of stress hormones, real-life case studies, the history of...

"Philomena McCarthy has defied the odds of becoming a young officer with the Metropolitan Police despite her father and her uncles being notorious London gangsters. On patrol one night, Philomena finds a barefoot child, covered in blood, who says she can't...

"One afternoon many years ago, James Rebanks met an old woman on a remote Norwegian island. She lived and worked alone on a tiny rocky outcrop, caring for wild Eider ducks and gathering their down. Hers was a centuries-old trade that had once made men and...

In Regency England, Cascabel Gray disguises herself as her twin brother Pom to attend Oxford University, where she wishes to study medicine. Her plans are upended, however, when she receives a letter from Charles Lafleur, a member of infamous secret society...

Set sail on the Diamond Star for sunshine, romance and just a little bit of mischief ... Cosy crime writer Carmen Cunningham is in trouble. Her inspiration has vanished, her deadline is looming and her meddling elderly mother Betty consumes her every waking...

One woman's secret is another's scandal ... It's rare for a room in beautiful, iconic Columbia Mansions to be up for grabs, and retiree Gwen is thrilled when its new occupant Pixie turns out to be the most delightful neighbour she could have wished for. Before...

Giving them back their names is one thing; giving them justice is quite another. A visit to Glasgow for a job interview in 1931 unexpectedly places Cuthbert at the centre of a devastating crime. Unwittingly, he finds himself working at the intersection between...

Your Head is a Houseboat: The only truth we really know is that we're going to spend the rest of our lives in our own houseboat (our head) so it makes sense to make that houseboat as good as possible. The houseboat needs cleaning and maintenance, and it...

"In this important and timely audiobook, scientists from a broad range of disciplines detail their personal responses to climate change and the ecological crises that led them to form Scientists for XR and work tirelessly within it. Whether their inspiration...

Welcome to 1876 America, a place bursting with gunslingers, outlaws and garou – better known as werewolves. And where there are garou, there're hunters – the one and only Calamity Jane, to be precise, along with her fellow stars of Wild Bill's...

'We saw a sign on the freeway. It said, "Once Perilous Now Safe," something like that, about a bridge or something, and I said - she was looking at Tim - 'that's me!' Trying to avoid the loneliness that's come in the wake of his mother's recent passing, Phil...

In a busy maternity ward, first-time father Dan meets Jada, a dad welcoming his fifth - no, sixth? - child into the world. Dan and Jada come from very different places - both called Glasgow. Dan is a successful TV writer with a townhouse in the West End and a...

With a newborn and two children, Molly Murphy Sullivan is tackling motherhood. Her husband, Daniel, is off to work in Washington as Easter break begins in New York. Her dear friend and writer, Ryan O'Hara, is shooting a movie, one of the first to involve a...

June, 1975. The Taylor family shatters in a single night when two teenage siblings are found dead in their own home. The only surviving sibling, Vincent, never shakes the whispers and accusations that he was the one who killed them. Decades later, the legend...

In 2050s London, fear grips like a vice as a deadly virus sweeps the globe. The British prime minister tells her people to remain calm. A vaccine will be available soon, and as a precautionary measure children will be whisked away to undisclosed locations,...

In 1930, the killing of a Soho prostitute is hardly a priority for Scotland Yard. But when a second, similar murder comes to light, and then a third, everything changes. Cuthbert and his team find themselves in a nightmarish world of people-trafficking,...

'No one likes death. It just happens to be our business.' Nobody who meets Dr Jack Cuthbert forgets him. Tall, urbane, brilliant but damaged, this Scottish pathologist who works with Scotland Yard is the best the new DCI has seen. But Cuthbert is a man who...

"Two years after the events of Pride and Prejudice, Miss Caroline Bingley is staying at her brother's country estate within an easy ride of Mr and Mrs Darcy's home, Pemberley, and wondering if there's more to life than playing cribbage and paying calls on...

"Mollie Hughes has explored some of the wildest environments on earth, from the top of Mount Everest to the vast frozen wastes of Antarctica, where at the age of 29 she skied solo from the edge of the continent to the South Pole in a journey of more than 700...

"Noticed that you're dragging yourself to work lately? Feeling cynical all the time? Exhausted throughout the day? Productivity reduced? Ready to quit? Passion you once had all but disappeared? You might be suffering from burnout. Written by psychologist and...

"Each phase of life brings with it its own set of challenges, and the average middle-aged person is busier than ever. Whether it's career changes, raising children, caring for elderly parents, dealing with loss, loneliness, navigating divorce, tempering hot...

Dermot Whelan is here to tell you that you are okay, and it's not your fault! Everything in our world is set up for busyness and distraction. But there is another way! If you're feeling frayed around the edges, like there's just not enough space in the day for...

"London, July 1944. Journalist Emmy Lake's career is soaring: Woman's Friend magazine is a huge success, and she is finally realising her dream of becoming a Lady War Correspondent. On the personal front, Emmy's husband Charles has been posted closer to home,...

"Paprick is a common butcher, carving slabs of meat from gargantuan monsters so elite chefs can prepare magic-granting meals for the rich. But Paprick's true passion is cooking, and if he can learn the secret art, his dreams of liberating his people and...

That's the trouble with stories, especially the ones you write for yourself. Sometimes you think they've ended, when they've barely begun ... London, 1749. Following the murder of her husband in what looks like a violent street robbery, Hannah Cole is...

At 83 years old, Valerie Taylor has lived a big, bold, adventurous life. Born in Australia, Valerie spent a great deal of her childhood in New Zealand. A talented artist, she dropped out of school when she contracted polio and was saved by Sister Elizabeth...

A dangerous chase. A sadistic killer. DS Lucas Walker is on assignment for the AFP, and it couldn't be more personal. This is his last chance to take down Stefan Markovich - the Vandals leader who tried to have him killed after Walker uncovered his drug...

"Sword Beach was the north-easternmost of the five areas assaulted by the Anglo-American and Canadian armies on 6 June 1944. The battle zone on and behind Sword witnessed on 6 June some of the most dramatic and tumultuous scenes, the greatest human stories, of...

An itchy feeling. A wrinkle in the forest. A cracking twig. A coming sound. Myma, do you hear it? Myma, do you hear? Myma? Maya and Daughter live in complete isolation in a secluded woodland, their days aligned with the light and changing seasons, a complex...

Eliza's playwright husband Richard Sheridan has accepted the career opportunity of a lifetime - running a prestigious theatre in Dublin. Eliza plays the role of the supportive wife - uprooting their daughter Mara, relocating from England to Dublin, running the...

The Japanese novel comes of age in this gripping story of love, art and life as a group of architects competes to design the new National Library of Modern Literature in Tokyo. In 1980s Japan, newly-graduated Tōru Sakanishi joins a small, prestigious...

Can you imagine it? I'd say to them. Can you imagine me there in the front row in Saint Peter's Square? The lesbian sister of a literal saint. Brought up in a devout household in Ireland, Jay is now living in London with her girlfriend, determined to live day...

For over 150 years, Lamont Cranston has been The Shadow. Possessed with an array of mental and physical powers, Cranston - a New York society-man turned crusader - uses his abilities in pursuit of justice. When a series of deadly natural disasters strike the...

With unparalleled ambition, instinctual physicality, keen business intelligence and a remarkable sense of humour, Marilyn Monroe achieved sensational celebrity. Yet, she insisted, 'I never really felt like a star. Not really, not in my heart'. In the months...

"Jack Jr woke up from a two-year coma with a sore neck, a brand-new ex-fiancée and the distinct feeling he'd missed something big. Like, global pandemic big. Reluctantly returning to New Jersey, and a kitchen job at the sushi restaurant his family runs, he...

In November 1999, Joan Didion began seeing a psychiatrist because, as she wrote to a friend, her family had had 'a rough few years'. She described the sessions in a journal she created for her husband, John Gregory Dunne. For several months, Didion recorded...

On the wedding night of her first arranged marriage, 15-year-old Jaha learned that she had undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as an infant. That painful discovery, coupled with her experiences with a second arranged marriage, set Jaha on her path as an...

"Jessamyn St. Germain is meant to be a star. Not an actor who occasionally books yogurt commercials and certainly not a lowly usher at one of Vancouver's smallest regional theatres. No, she is bound for greatness, and that's why the part of Maria in the...

"Celebrated children's author and illustrator Annie Blunt has had a dreadful year. Her husband was killed in a tragic accident, then one of her children's books ignited a major scandal. Desperate for a fresh start, she moves with her young son Charlie to a...

In this million-copy bestseller from Korea, the owner of a corner store takes in a homeless man who does a good deed - a kind soul whose presence will transform the whole neighbourhood. Seoul Station is home to Dokgo, a man with no memories of his past. Until...

Dr Eleanor Spencer is a respected forensic psychologist with a seemingly perfect life. But when a series of women start to vanish, she's haunted by the memory of her sister's disappearance and she finds herself drawn into the chilling investigation. As the...

The bigger the star, the harder they fall. Johnny Klein, fallen '80s pop icon, thinks life is finally on the up. He's basking in the luxury of the French Riviera - hoping his worst days are behind him. But when a man falls from a window to his death in London,...

Dawn Decker is an American everywoman and the salt to her husband Wyatt's sweet, media-friendly charm on their Tennessee-based home renovation reality TV show, The Perfect Home. While Dawn bristles at the trappings of their D-list celebrity status, Wyatt...

The Mistress of the Ritual has been chosen. Centuries ago, a kingdom was torn apart by old magik long forgotten. It caused a rift separating the lands into one of peace and one of torment. Now, as the latest in the line of guardians, Tábalainthe has been...

In the quaint town of Hoslewit, the biggest names in crime writing have congregated to celebrate all things bookish and murderous. With a programme packed with seminars and signings, egos and alcohol, it's sure to be a thrilling weekend. Author Jane Hepburn is...

Where there's a will, there's a war. Thayer Wren, brilliant CEO of Wrenfare Magitech, is dead. As the 'father of modern technology', he leaves an incredible legacy. But which of his three telepathically and electrokinetically gifted children could inherit the...

The threat of nuclear war is no longer scary. This is much worse. It's invisible. It works quickly. And it's coming. The scourge has already infected and killed half the population in China and it is heading towards the UK. There is no time to escape. The...

Cairo, 1980s. Tarek's whole life is laid out for him. A doctor like his father, he has taken over the family medical practice, married his childhood sweetheart and is well respected in society. When he opens a clinic in a disadvantaged area of the city, he...

From death to danger and malice to mystery, Samson and Delilah have weathered many storms. Finally, things should be going smoothly. Except life's never that simple in Bruncliffe, is it? As the couple are beset with worries about their upcoming wedding, a...

Sami Kierce, a young college grad backpacking in Spain with friends, wakes up one morning, covered in blood. There's a knife in his hand. Beside him, the body of his girlfriend. Anna. Dead. He begins to scream - and then he runs. Twenty-two years later,...

Jenny sits in the same seat on the same train every week, seeing familiar faces come and go. Until a chance encounter shatters her world. Sixteen years ago, Jenny survived a traumatic ordeal that left her best friend, Susie, missing and presumed dead. The...

Your daughter falls in love with your best friend's husband. Whose side are you on? As I walk through the front door of my daughter Scarlett's house, looking forward to the birthday lunch we have planned, nothing can prepare me what I see. Andrew is here too,...

Mary may have inherited the brilliant mind of her late mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, but she lives a drab life above her father's bookstore, waiting for an extraordinary idea that'll inspire a work worthy of her parentage - and impress her rakishly handsome...

When a body is found in a bus stop, fresh from the sea, the case smells fishy from the off. Something may be stirring beyond the bay - but there's something far stranger in the sky.

Olivia Finn is a memory expert at Charing Cross Hospital in London. One night, she receives an urgent call from the police at the Hotel Lutetia on Paris's famous Left Bank. Olivia's French grandmother, Josephine Benoit, has appeared at the Lutetia in a...

Don't stoke the flames unless you want to get burned ... It's not going well for Aberdeen's NE Division - half the force is off sick, all leave has been cancelled, someone has firebombed a hotel full of migrants and there's a massive protest march happening...

Gordon and Sarah Rutherford are normal, happy people with successful, fulfilling lives. They have a son they adore, a house on the beach and a safe, friendly and honest community in a picture-postcard town on the Ayrshire coast. Until one day, when Bonnie the...

Agatha Christie is recognised throughout the world as the writer of remarkable country-house mysteries and ingenious murders set in faraway countries. Yet many of her books and stories were set in the city she knew best and for many years called home: London....

When Jen Miller entrusts her youngest child to the care of her beloved sisters, she has no idea of the devastating tragedy that is about to unfold. To celebrate her sister's wedding, global superstar Winter Kellaway throws the party of the decade at her...

A small town in Northern California is at risk of being destroyed by a failing levee, and Coltor Shaw has been hired to locate a family swept away by the raging water, with just mere hours to survive. But is the levee at risk of failing from natural causes or...

Born in 1958, the only child of a dinner lady and a sheet-metal worker, Geoff Dyer grew up in a world shaped by memories of shortages and the Second World War. But far from being a story of hardship overcome, Homework is a celebration of opportunities afforded...