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FICTION
Billionaire, Peter James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rebound, Aga Lesiewicz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Holding out for a Hero, Victoria Van Tiem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
The Walking Dead: Invasion, Jay Bonansinga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
The Secrets of Happiness, Lucy Diamond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
What Became Of You My Love?, Maeve Haran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Misspent Youth, Peter F. Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Fallen Dragon, Peter F. Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
The Tiger and the Wolf, Adrian Tchaikovsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
For Richer, For Poorer, Kerry Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
The Hills is Lonely, Lillian Beckwith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Red Sky in the Morning, Margaret Dickinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
The Buffer Girls, Margaret Dickinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
The Grove of Eagles, Winston Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
The House at Baker Weet: A Mary Watson and Mrs Hudson investigation, Michelle Birkby . . . . . . 68
Cometh the Hour, Jeffrey Archer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Trust No One, Clare Donoghue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Secrets of the Sewing Bee, Kate Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Where Earth Meets Sky, Annie Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Gone Astray, Michelle Davies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Now The War Is Over, Annie Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Stay Dead, Jessie KEANE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Leviathan’s Blood, Ben Peek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Untitled David Baldacci Book 17, David Baldacci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
The Constant Queen, Joanna Courtney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Dirty, Kylie Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Little Sister, David Hewson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
The Returned book 2, Seth Patrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
The Woolworths Girls, Elaine Everest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Resurgence, Kerry Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Wicked Heart, Leisa Rayven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
A Little Local Murder, Robert Barnard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
The Case of the Missing Bronte, Robert Barnard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
The Last Rose of Summer, Di Morrissey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Luckiest Girl Alive, Jessica Knoll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
An Unbreakable Bond, Mary Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Untitled Grace 12, Peter James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
The Vintage Guide to Getting Hitched, Kirsty Greenwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
False Hearts - MISSING, Laura Lam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
The Lavender Ladies Detective Agency: Death in Sunset Grove, Minna Lindgren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
The Salon by The Sea, Rachael Lucas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Midnight on Lime Street, Ruth Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
BILLIONAIRE
Peter James
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Billionaire was originally published in 1983. Now reissued for the first time, it
features a brand-new foreword by the author.
From Peter James, the award-winning author of the Roy Grace series, comes
Billionaire, an exhilarating financial thriller.
City stockbroker Alex Rocq leads a comfortable life - with a luxury flat in London,
a country cottage, a very expensive car, and a lucrative job that still leaves time for
leisure. But all this isn't enough. After receiving a tip-off, Alex decides to play the
commodities market for himself. He soon learns the hard way that fortune doesn't
always favour the brave, and his luck comes to an abrupt end.
When he is offered the chance to write off his debts - in exchange for special
services and silence - Rocq can't believe his luck. But how far will a desperate man
go to harness the power players around him?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Peter James was educated at Charterhouse, then at film school. He lived in North
America for a number of years, working as a screenwriter and film producer before
returning to England. His novels, including the Sunday Times number one
bestselling Roy Grace series, have been translated into thirty-six languages, with
worldwide sales of sixteen million copies. Three books have been filmed.
FORMAT: B Format Paperback
Pub Date: 31/12/2015
Pages: 400
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
In addition to his popular Roy Grace series, Peter has also written several
standalone titles, including The House on Cold Hill, The Perfect Murder, Atom Bomb
Angel and Dead Letter Drop. All his novels reflect his deep interest in the world of
the police, with whom he does in-depth research, as well as his fascination with
science, medicine and the paranormal. He has also produced numerous films,
including The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph
Fiennes. He divides his time between his homes in Notting Hill, London, and near
Brighton in Sussex.
ISBN: 9781447256014
Price: £7.99
Publisher: Macmillan
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Thrillers
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REBOUND
Aga Lesiewicz
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I'm not a bad person, but maybe I did a bad thing . . .
Anna Wright is a thirty-something successful media executive working for one of
the biggest TV corporations in London. She has a house in Highgate, a rich
boyfriend and a chocolate Labrador. Her highly organized and prosperous life
begins to crumble when, out jogging on the Heath one day, she meets an attractive
man with whom she has a passionate sexual encounter.
The atmosphere in Highgate becomes unsettled as a series of attacks on women
occur on the heath. And as her professional life becomes increasingly pressured and
poisonous, Anna finds her obsession with the handsome stranger grows.
Anna has to ask herself whether it was her own recklessness that had unleashed the
violence on the heath. And is her own life in danger?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Aga Lesiewicz is a former TV producer and director. She came to England to study
English literature but, having received her degree, abandoned the academic world
and spent years working in radio and television. Rebound is her first novel and she
is currently working on her second, Exposure.
FORMAT: Hardcover
Pub Date: 14/1/2016
Pages: 352
Trim: 153 x 234 mm
ISBN: 9781447283102
Price: £12.99
Imprint: Macmillan
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Mystery & Detective
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HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO
Victoria Van Tiem
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A hilarious, bitter-sweet and romantic comedy set to an 80s soundtrack.
Holding out for a Hero is the sparkling new novel from fresh new voice
Victoria Van Tiem.
The problem with first love is that it never truly dies . . .
Libby London fell in love with the eighties, came of age in the nineties, and now
the twenty-first century is baffling her. Her New-York-City style is more, erm,
vintage tragedy than retro babe and her penchant for All Things Eighties might just
be what's holding her back in matters of life and love . . .
At least that's what her well-meaning friends think. They've staged a
#80sIntervention in an effort to bring Libby bang up to date. What with her dreaded
birthday party, friends' madcap ambush, and being forced to relocate her vintage
shop, Libby's nearing breaking point!
Will she ever be able to move on when the one she loves keeps her in the past?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Victoria Van Tiem is an artist, gallery owner and a former creative director, with a
background in marketing and brand development. Just like Libby in Holding out for
a Hero, she is obsessed with the 1980s.
Pub Date: 14/1/2016
Pages: 300
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781447269748
Price: £7.99
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: General
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THE WALKING DEAD: INVASION
Robert Kirkman
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The sixth book in the New York Times bestselling series, set in the world of
Robert Kirkman's hugely successful The Walking Dead.
From the ashes of a devastated Woodbury, Georgia, come two opposing camps of
ragtag survivors.
Underground, in the labyrinth of ancient tunnels and mine shafts, Lilly Caul and her
motley crew of senior citizens, misfits, and children struggle to build a new life. But
a secret ambition still burns inside her: she wants her beloved town of Woodbury
back from the plague of walkers, and now the only thing that stands in her way
currently roams the wasted backwaters of Georgia . . .
Way out in the hinterlands, amidst the rising tide of walkers pushing in from all
directions, the psychotic Reverend Jeremiah Garlitz rebuilds his army of followers
with a diabolical secret weapon. Intending to destroy Lilly and her crew - the very
people who vanquished his cultish church - he now has the means to bring a special
brand of hell down upon the tunnel dwellers.
The final confrontation between these two human factions unleashes an unthinkable
weapon - forged from the monstrous hordes of undead, perfected by a madman,
and soaked in the blood of innocents.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pub Date: 28/1/2016
Pages: 352
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
Series: The Walking Dead
Robert Kirkman is an American comic book writer. His first creation was Battle
Pope, which he co-wrote with Tony Moore, and in 2003 they began the comic book
series The Walking Dead, set in a George A. Romero zombie movie-inspired world.
Jay Bonansinga is a thriller writer and screenwriter, whose novels have been
translated into nine languages. His debut novel, The Black Mariah, was a finalist for
a Bram Stoker award.
ISBN: 9781447275763
Price: £7.99
Imprint: Pan
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THE SECRETS OF HAPPINESS
Lucy Diamond
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From the bestselling author of Summer at Shell Cottage and The Beach Café, a
tale of what it means to be protected and saved by those you love.
Your sister's perfect life is not what it seems . . .
Rachel and Becca aren't real sisters, or so they say. They are step-sisters, with little
in common, living far apart. Rachel is nine years older and the successful one:
happily married with three children, a big house and an impressive career. Artistic
Becca, meanwhile, lurches from one dead-end job to another, shares a titchy flat
and has given up on love.
But when Rachel doesn't come home one night, it's Becca who's called in to help and she soon discovers that her step-sister's life is not as perfect as she imagined.
Rachel's handsome husband has moved out, her children are rebelling, and her
glamorous career has taken a nosedive. Worst of all, nobody seems to have a clue
where she might be.
Becca does her best to get some answers but finds herself becoming tangled up in
Rachel's life, with nosey neighbours, a lovestruck niece and demanding clients to
contend with. There's one in particular who gets her hot under the collar in all the
wrong ways. Uncertain and floundering, Becca begins to unpick her sister's secrets but in doing so is forced to confront some uncomfortable truths of her own . . .
FORMAT: Hardcover
Pub Date: 28/1/2016
Pages: 352
Trim: 153 x 234 mm
ISBN: 9781447299097
Price: £12.99
Imprint: Macmillan
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lucy Diamond lives in Bath with her husband and their three children. She is the
author of the bestselling Summer at Shell Cottage, The Beach Café, The Year of
Taking Chances, Me and Mr Jones and Summer With My Sister.
REVIEWS
'Stuffed with guilty secrets and characters you'll root for from the start, this warm
and emotional summer novel about a family in crisis makes for delicious summer
reading' Sunday Express on Summer at Shell Cottage
'A great summer read from Lucy Diamond' Hello on Summer at Shell Cottage
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WHAT BECAME OF YOU MY LOVE?
Maeve Haran
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Imagine the song the world fell in love with was written about you.
Stella Ainsworth has settled for a suburban life with a pedantic husband, a
dissatisfied daughter who lives round the corner and a clutch of beloved
grandchildren - who all take for granted her presence in their lives.
Until Cameron Keene, Stella's boyfriend at eighteen who left for America and
became a rock icon of the Sixties, announces that his most famous song was written
about her and that he has come back to England to find her.
While her family laugh at the idea of their grandmother as a Sixties inspiration, and
Stella worries about how much she's altered from the lovely young girl Cameron
remembers, she's also transported back to the heady time when the world around
her was changing and life was full of possibilities. She wonders if Cameron could
really mean it and what effect it will have on her life if he does.
What Became of You My Love? explores the power of music to take us back to
when we were young, and wonders if it's ever too late to start again.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pub Date: 28/1/2016
Pages: 352
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781447291893
Price: £7.99
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
Maeve Haran is an Oxford law graduate, former television producer and mother of
three grown-up children. She started her writing career with the international
bestseller, Having It All, which explored the dilemmas of balancing career and
motherhood. Her recent novel, The Time of Their Lives, is a must-read for anyone
who wasn't born yesterday and isn't ready to grow old.
Her books have been translated into twenty-six languages, and two have been
shortlisted for Romantic Novel of the Year. She lives in North London with her
husband and a very scruffy Tibetan terrier.
REVIEWS
'Anyone who thinks 60 is the age at which you swap stillettos for flats and designer
gear for elasticated waistbands needs to read this funny and feisty novel' Caroline
Jowett, Daily Express
'Warm, clever, wise and extremely funny. Among its many virtues are lovable
characters' Wendy Holden, Daily Mail
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MISSPENT YOUTH
Peter F. Hamilton
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A gripping near-future novel by bestselling author Peter F. Hamilton.
It is 2040 and, after decades of research, the gift of eternal youth has finally been
mastered. Even better, seventy-eight-year-old, internationally-renowned inventor
Jeff Baker is going to be the recipient of it.
At first, rejuvenation feels like a miracle. Until the glow starts to fade, and Jeff
becomes increasingly aware that great gifts come with even greater costs . . .
Set in our near-future, over three hundred years before Pandora's Star and Judas
Unchained, Peter F. Hamilton's Misspent Youth is a gripping introduction to the
world of the Commonwealth Saga.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960 and still lives in that county. He
began writing in 1987, and sold his first short story to Fear magazine in 1988. He
has written many bestselling novels, including the Greg Mandel series, the Night's
Dawn trilogy, the Commonwealth Saga, the Void trilogy, short story collections and
several standalone novels.
REVIEWS
'Peter F. Hamilton peoples his story with strong characters . . . clever and sharply
observant' SFSite.com
'Incredibly real . . . highly recommended' SFBook.com
Pub Date: 28/1/2016
Pages: 500
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781447284390
Price: £9.99
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Science Fiction
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FALLEN DRAGON
Peter F. Hamilton
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A space adventure on a galactic scale, from one of the world's bestselling
science fiction writers.
A gorgeous reissue of Fallen Dragon, the classic standalone novel by sciencefiction star, Peter F. Hamilton.
Born in a colony world in 2310, Lawrence Newton hankered after the golden era of
starships exploring the galaxy. But the age of human starflight was drawing to a
close, so this hot-headed teenager ran away from home in search of adventure.
Twenty years later, he's the sergeant of a washed-out platoon taking part in the
bungled invasion of another world. The giant corporations call such campaigns
'asset realization', but in practice it's simple piracy.
While he's on the ground, being shot at and firebombed by local resistance forces,
Lawrence hears stories about the Temple of the Fallen Dragon - and a sect devoted
to the worship of a mythical creature that fell to the ground millennia ago. More
importantly, its priests are said to guard a hoard of treasure large enough to buy
lifelong happiness - which information prompts him to mount a private-enterprise
operation of his own.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pub Date: 28/1/2016
Pages: 700
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781447285991
Price: £9.99
Imprint: Pan
Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960 and still lives in that county. He
began writing in 1987, and sold his first short story to Fear magazine in 1988. He
has written many bestselling novels, including the Greg Mandel series, the Night's
Dawn trilogy, the Commonwealth Saga, the Void trilogy, short story collections and
several standalone novels.
REVIEWS
'Absolutely vintage science fiction. Hamilton puts British sci-fi back into
interstellar overdrive' The Times
'One of Hamilton's best . . . the book is undeniably a page-turner and should
provide many absorbing hours for the author's existing readers as well as a salutary
introduction to a major SF author for a new audience' Publishers Weekly
Category: Fiction
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THE TIGER AND THE WOLF
Adrian Tchaikovsky
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The first book in a brand new fantasy series - a coming-of-age tale as a young
girl must find her place in a dangerous world on the brink of war.
This is an epic beginning to a sweeping fantasy, featuring warfare, tribal loyalty,
twisted politics and invasion.
A young girl is estranged from her tribe, as her mother was from a despised rival
clan. This is despite the fact that her father is chieftain. And her greatest secret is
that she's gained powers from both factions. A child of two worlds, she must escape
to survive.
But even as her actions trigger war, a greater threat appears on the horizon - and
this will signal a battle to the death for all the tribes.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, before heading off to
Reading to study psychology and zoology. For reasons unclear even to himself he
subsequently ended up in law and has worked as a legal executive in both Reading
and Leeds, where he now lives. Married, he is a keen live role-player and
occasional amateur actor, has trained in stage-fighting, and keeps no exotic or
dangerous pets of any kind, possibly excepting his son. He's the author of the
critically acclaimed Shadows of the Apt series.
FORMAT: Hardcover
Pub Date: 11/2/2016
Pages: 550
Trim: 153 x 234 mm
ISBN: 9780230770065
Price: £16.99
Imprint: Macmillan
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Fantasy
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FOR RICHER, FOR POORER
Kerry Wilkinson
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In good times . . . and bad.
The tenth novel from the million-copy bestselling author.
Three houses have been burgled in five weeks. The robbers barge in through the
back, disable any way to contact the outside world, and then ransack everything before distributing the stolen cash to local charities.
It might be robbing from the rich to give to the poor - but Detective Inspector
Jessica Daniel is not a happy bunny. The new DCI has a whiteboard with far too
many things on the 'unsolved' side and he wants the burglars found. Doesn't he
know she has other things to do?
There's a lottery winner who's gone bankrupt, the homeless teenager she's taken in,
the botched drugs raid, a trip to London with DC Archie Davey, and a manmountain Serbian with a missing wife who's been pimping out young women.
All the while, someone's watching from the wings and waiting for Jessica to mess
up. Officers are being pensioned off and booted out - with a certain DI Daniel
firmly in their sights.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kerry Wilkinson has been busy since turning thirty.
Pub Date: 11/2/2016
Pages: 352
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781447280927
Price: £7.99
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
His first Jessica Daniel novel, Locked In, is a number one ebook bestseller, while
the series as a whole has sold one million copies.
He has written a fantasy-adventure trilogy for young adults, a second crime series
featuring private investigator Andrew Hunter, plus the standalone thriller, Down
Among the Dead Men.
Originally from the county of Somerset, Kerry has spent far too long living in the
north of England, picking up words like 'barm' and 'ginnel'.
When he's short of ideas, he rides his bike or bakes cakes. When he's not, he writes
it all down.
Find out more at kerrywilkinson.com, twitter.com/kerrywk or
facebook.com/JessicaDanielBooks
REVIEWS
'Plotting, high drama and characterisation are becoming the hallmarks of his
thrillers' Lancashire Evening Post on Playing With Fire
'A crime-writing colossus' Sun
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THE HILLS IS LONELY
Tales from the Hebrides
Lillian Beckwith
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Lillian Beckwith's classic tales of crofting life.
'I got the impression that they could imagine only two reasons why a woman should
choose to settle down in Bruach: either that she was running away from the police, or
escaping from a lurid past.'
Neither reason applies to Lillian Beckwith, in these classic stories based on her
convalescence on an isolated Hebridean island where 'even the sheeps on the hills is
lonely'. On the island of Bruach she observes, muses at and joins the native crofters
in their unique rhythm of life; where friends fistfight in the evening and discuss
bruises the next morning; where the taxi driver is also the lorry driver, coal
merchant and undertaker; where the locals don't remove their hats during a funeral
so their heads won't get cold; and where the post office's 'opening hours' fit around
the daily milking of cows and not the other way round.
In a series of vividly drawn sketches, taking in birth, death, marriage and the
seasons of life, Lillian Beckwith's writing is shot through with warm, cosy affection
and droll wit.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pub Date: 11/2/2016
Pages: 232
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
Series: Lillian Beckwith's Hebridean Tales
ISBN: 9781509815395
Price: £8.99
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
Lillian Comber (1916-2004) wrote fiction and non-fiction for both adults and
children under the pseudonym Lillian Beckwith. She is best known for her series of
comic novels based on her time living on a croft in the Scottish Hebrides.
Beckwith was born in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, in 1916, where her father ran a
grocery shop. The shop provided the background for her memoir About My Father's
Business, a child's eye view of a 1920s family. She moved to the Isle of Skye with
her husband in 1942, and began writing fiction after moving to the Isle of Man with
her family twenty years later. She also completed a cookery book, Lilllian
Beckwith's Hebridean Kitchen.
REVIEWS
'For an unsentimental, lively, apparently photographically accurate picture of a
Hebridean island, Miss Beckwith's essays or memoirs or stories would be hard to
beat' The Times
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RED SKY IN THE MORNING
Margaret Dickinson
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A richly evocative story of wartime Lincolnshire
A young girl stands alone in the cobbled marketplace of a small Lincolnshire town,
bedraggled, soaked through and very afraid. Who is she? Where has she come from
and from whom is she running away? No one knows or cares. Only kindly farmer
Eddie Appleyard recognizes something in the girl that touches his heart. In a
drunken haze and scarcely realizing what he is doing, Eddie takes her home, even
though his wife is a tyrant, who will believe the worst. 'Is this your fancy piece?'
Bertha accuses and turns Anna out into the cold, wet night.
Eddie hides the girl in the hayloft and, later, in a tumbledown shepherd's cottage
that becomes her new home. Anna's arrival will change their lives; Eddie's, Bertha's
and even that of their young son, Tony, torn between his warring parents and the
mysterious stranger. It will take years for the secrets of Anna's former life to be
revealed, but Bertha bides her time and awaits her moment, little realizing the
tragedy her vengeance will unleash.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Margaret Dickinson moved to the coast at the
age of seven and so began her love for the sea and the Lincolnshire landscape. Her
ambition to be a writer began early and she had her first novel published at the age
of twenty-five. This was followed by many further titles including Plough the
Furrow,Sow the Seed and Reap the Harvest, which make up her Lincolnshire
Fleethaven trilogy.
Pub Date: 11/2/2016
Pages: 464
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781509809097
Price: £7.99
Many of her novels are set in the heart of her home county but in Tangled
Threads and Twisted Strands, the stories include not only Lincolnshire but also the
framework knitting and lace industries of Nottingham.
Her 2012 and 2013 novels, Jenny's War and The Clippie Girls, were both top twenty
bestsellers and her 2014 novel, Fairfield Hall, went to number nine on the Sunday
Times bestseller list.
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
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THE BUFFER GIRLS
Margaret Dickinson
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The new saga from the Sunday Times top ten bestseller Margaret Dickinson.
1919 in Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire. The Ryan family are adjusting to life in
the aftermath of the First World War. Walter has returned home a broken man and
so it falls to his son Josh and daughter Emily to do their best to keep their family
business as the village candle makers going.
Josh and Emily are great friends with Thomas 'Trip' Trippet, whose father owns a
cutlery manufacturing company in Sheffield, and Amy Clark, daughter of the local
blacksmith. Together the foursome roams the hills and dales together. Romance
blossoms for Josh and Amy while Emily falls in love with Trip but is unsure if the
feeling is mutual.
Their lives are changed when Trip goes to learn the family trade in Sheffield.
Martha Ryan, determined that her son Josh will go up in the world, uproots her
husband and children and moves them to live in Sheffield too. All Josh wants to do
is to continue making candles and marry Amy. Moving into a back street court in
the city is very different lifestyle for all of the Ryan family. But things start to look
up when their new neighbour, Louise, helps to find Emily employment as a buffer
girl.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pub Date: 11/2/2016
Pages: 352
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781447290896
Price: £7.99
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Sagas
Born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Margaret Dickinson moved to the coast at the
age of seven and so began her love for the sea and the Lincolnshire landscape. Her
ambition to be a writer began early and she had her first novel published at the age
of twenty-five. This was followed by many further titles including Plough the
Furrow, Sow the Seed and Reap the Harvest, which make up her Lincolnshire
Fleethaven trilogy.
Many of her novels are set in the heart of her home county but in Tangled
Threads and Twisted Strands, the stories include not only Lincolnshire but also the
framework knitting and lace industries of Nottingham.
Her 2012 and 2013 novels, Jenny's War and The Clippie Girls, were both top twenty
bestsellers and her 2014 novel, Fairfield Hall, went to number nine on the Sunday
Times bestseller list.
REVIEWS
'The Queen of Saga' Daily Express
'A gripping saga full of heart-rendering drama' Yours
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THE GROVE OF EAGLES
A novel of Elizabethan England
Winston Graham
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A classic novel of Elizabethan England from the author of the Poldark series.
Set in the last years of Elizabeth I's reign, Winston Graham's The Grove of Eagles
seamlessly blends historical fact and fiction in a rich tale full of unforgettable
characters.
In 1588 the Spanish Armada had been defeated in the English Channel and the
whole of Elizabethan England was alert for the revenge that surely had to follow.
On the Cornish coast, men like John Killigrew - in charge of the castle at Pendennis
- were vital to the survival of the country, and on their backs rested the trust of
those defending the nation.
His eldest but base-born son, Maugan, emerges in the novel, through his loneliness
and his love, as a touchingly honest and believable character who is, above all
things, a man of his word.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pub Date: 11/2/2016
Pages: 656
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781509818617
Price: £8.99
Winston Graham was the author of more than forty novels, including The Walking
Stick, Angel, Pearl and Little God, Stephanie and Tremor. His novels have been
widely translated and his famous Poldark series has been developed into two
television series shown in twenty-four countries. Six of Winston Graham's books
have been filmed for the big screen, the most notable being Marnie, directed by
Alfred Hitchcock. Winston Graham was a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Literature and in 1983 was awarded the OBE. He died in July 2003.
REVIEWS
'Absorbing . . . written with sure skill, a nice feeling for character and a vast
knowledge of the sixteenth century' New York Times
'Lusty and rewarding - all the excitement of a nation at war with Spain' Daily
Express
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Historical
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THE HOUSE AT BAKER STREET
Michelle Birkby
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A cosy crime mystery perfect for fans of Arthur Conan Doyle and Anthony
Horowitz.
When Sherlock Holmes turns away the case of persecuted Laura Shirley, Mrs
Hudson, the landlady of Baker Street, and Mary Watson resolve to take on the
investigation themselves. From the kitchen of Baker Street, the two women begin
their enquiries and enlist the assistance of the Baker Street Irregulars and the
infamous Irene Adler.
A trail of clues leads them to the darkest corners of Whitechapel, where the feared
Ripper supposedly still stalks. They discover Laura Shirley is not the only woman at
risk and it rapidly becomes apparent that the lives of many other women are in
danger too.
As they put together the pieces of an increasingly complicated puzzle, the
investigation becomes bigger than either of them could ever have imagined. Can
Mrs Hudson and Mary Watson solve the case or are they just pawns in a much
larger game?
It is time for Mrs Hudson and Mary Watson to emerge from the shadows and stand
in the spotlight. Readers will discover they are resourceful, intelligent and fearless
women, with a determination to help those in need . . .
Pub Date: 18/2/2016
Pages: 352
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
Series: A Mrs Hudson and Mary Watson Investigation
ISBN: 9781509807222
Price: £7.99
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michelle Birkby has always loved crime stories, and read her first Sherlock Holmes
book when she was thirteen. She was given a beautiful collection of all the short
stories and has been hooked with the wonderful, gas-lit, atmospheric world of
crime and adventure ever since. A few years ago Michelle was re-reading The
Empty House and a blurred figure in the background suddenly came into focus. It
became clear to her that Mrs Hudson was much more than a housekeeper to 221b
and she'd always been fascinated by Mary Watson's character. So she set about
giving the women of Baker Street a voice and adventures of their own . . . The
House at Baker Street is the first book in a new series.
Imprint: Pan
68
COMETH THE HOUR
Jeffrey Archer
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The sixth and penultimate book in the spellbinding, number-one bestselling
Clifton Chronicles.
Cometh the Hour opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating
consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia.
Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the
woman he loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. But is Karin truly in love with him,
or is she a spy?
Lady Virginia is facing bankruptcy, and can see no way out of her financial
problems, until she is introduced to the hapless Cyrus T. Grant III from Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, who's in England to see his horse run at Royal Ascot.
Sebastian Clifton is now the Chief Executive of Farthings Bank and a workaholic,
whose personal life is thrown into disarray when he falls for Nadira, a beautiful
Indian girl. But her parents have already chosen the man she is going to marry.
Meanwhile, Sebastian's rivals Adrian Sloane and Desmond Mellor are still plotting
to bring him and his chairman Hakim Bishara down, so they can take over
Farthings.
FORMAT: Hardcover
Pub Date: 25/2/2016
Pages: 400
Trim: 153 x 234 mm
Series: The Clifton Chronicles
ISBN: 9781447252191
Price: £20.00
Imprint: Macmillan
Category: Fiction
Harry Clifton remains determined to get Anatoly Babakov released from a gulag in
Siberia, following the international success of his acclaimed book, Uncle Joe.
Harry's wife Emma convinces her new friend Margaret Thatcher to raise the
subject with the Russian President when she visits Moscow. But then something
unexpected happens that none of them could have anticipated.
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
list - showcases Jeffrey Archer's extraordinary storytelling with his trademark
twists.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jeffrey Archer, whose novels and short stories include Kane and Abel, A Prisoner
of Birth and Cat O' Nine Tales, has topped the bestseller lists around the world, with
sales of over 270 million copies.
He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction (eighteen
times), short stories (four times) and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries).
The author is married to Dame Mary Archer, and they have two sons and two
grandsons.
www.jeffreyarcher.com
69
TRUST NO ONE
Clare Donoghue
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You always hurt the ones you love . . .
The third crime novel from Clare Donoghue in the DS Jane Bennett and DI Mike
Lockyer series.
Set in south London, a father dies in mysterious circumstances, leaving Jane
Bennett to untangle the events leading up to his death, discovering hidden family
secrets as she investigates . . .
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
After ten years in London, working for a City law firm, Clare Donoghue moved
back to her home town in Somerset to undertake an MA in creative writing at Bath
Spa University. Never Look Back was her first novel and in 2011 she was longlisted
for the CWA Debut Dagger.
REVIEWS
'An atmospheric, authentic police story . . . a cracker of a book' Elizabeth Haynes
'An assured and shocking debut from a talent to watch' David Hewson, author of
The Killing
Pub Date: 10/3/2016
Pages: 352
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
Series: Detective Jane Bennett and Mike Lockyer series
ISBN: 9781447284291
Price: £7.99
Imprint: Pan
70
SECRETS OF THE SEWING BEE
Kate Thompson
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Secrets of the Sewing Bee tells the story of the uncrushable defiance and
courage of the women on the home front.
Orphan Flossy Brown arrives at Trout's garment factory in Bethnal Green amidst
the uncertainty of the Second World War. In 1940s London, each cobbled street is
strewn with ghosts of soldiers past, all struggling to make ends meet. For the
women of the East End, their battles are on the home front.
Flossy is quickly embraced by the colourful mix of characters working at Trout's,
who have turned their sewing expertise to vital war work. They fast become the
family that Flossy has always longed for. Dolly Doolaney, darling of the East End,
and infamous tea lady, gives her a particularly warm welcome and helps Flossy
settle into wartime life.
Things aren't so easy for Peggy Piper, another new recruit at the factory. She's used
to the high life working as a nippie in the West End, and is not best pleased to find
herself bent over a sewing machine. But war has the ability to break down all sorts
of class barriers and soon Peggy finds the generosity and spirit of her fellow
workers difficult to resist.
Pub Date: 10/3/2016
Pages: 352
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
Dolly sets up a sewing circle and the ladies at Trout's play their part in defending
the frontline as they arm themselves with their needles and set about stitching their
way to victory. But as the full force of the Blitz hits London, the sewing bee are
forced to shelter in the underground tube stations on a nightly basis. In such close
quarters, can Dolly manage to contain the secret that binds them all? And how will
Peggy and Flossy cope as their lives are shaped and moved by forces outside of
their control?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ISBN: 9781447280880
Price: £7.99
Kate Thompson is a journalist with over fifteen years' experience as a writer for the
broadsheets and women's weekly magazines. She is now freelance and, as well as
writing for newspapers, she's a seasoned ghostwriter. Secrets of the Sewing Bee is
her second novel, following Secrets of the Singer Girls.
Imprint: Pan
REVIEWS
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Sagas
'Marvellous, full of gutsy characters I immediately empathised with.' Margaret
Pemberton on Secrets of the Singer Girls
'The way Kate Thompson writes ... made me feel that I was reading about old
friends. I just had to keep the pages turning. I am sure that before long her readers
will be clambering for more.' Pam Weaver on Secrets of the Singer Girls
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WHERE EARTH MEETS SKY
Annie Murray
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A sweeping love story . . .
Beautiful, dark-haired Lily was abandoned in a Birmingham slum as a tiny child.
With few clues as to her identity, she endured a childhood of loneliness and loss.
Now, at eighteen, she applies for a post as nanny with the family of a Captain
Fairford, a soldier in Ambala in northern India, and his highly strung wife Susan.
Lily is drawn into the emotional life of the Fairford family and adores her charge,
two-year-old Cosmo.
When, in 1907, Captain Fairford orders a new Daimler car, it is brought out by a
young motor mechanic, Sam Ironside. Sam and Lily fall deeply in love, but it is
only later that Lily learns that Sam is married and she feels utterly betrayed. When
Cosmo is then sent back to Birmingham for school, Lily finds another post with a
Dr McBride and his invalid wife in a beautiful Himalayan hill station. The place is
idyllic, and Lily settles in for a quiet life. However, she is unprepared for the pain
and misunderstandings that follow and force her to run from everything she has
known . . .
Where Earth Meets Sky takes us from Edwardian England and the British Raj,
through the darkness of the Great War to the glamour of Brooklands Race Track in
the 1920s. Spanning two continents, it is a story of enduring friendships and two
hearts which cannot be kept apart.
Pub Date: 24/3/2016
Pages: 352
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781509805389
Price: £6.99
Imprint: Pan
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Annie Murray was born in Berkshire and read English at St John's College, Oxford.
Her first 'Birmingham' novel, Birmingham Rose, hit The Times bestseller list when it
was published in 1995. She has subsequently written many other successful novels,
including A Hopscotch Summer, Soldier Girl and the bestselling novels Chocolate
Girls and War Babies. Annie has four children and lives near Reading.
REVIEWS
'Annie Murray puts the heart into heart-warming' Mature Times
'This epic saga will have you gripped from start to finish' Birmingham Evening Mail
Category: Fiction
72
GONE ASTRAY
Michelle Davies
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A compelling debut crime novel featuring FLO Maggie Neville.
What if someone thinks they deserve your life more than you?
When Lesley Kinnock buys a lottery ticket on a whim, it changes her life more than
she could have known . . .
Lesley and her husband Mack are the sudden winners of a £15 million EuroMillions
jackpot. They move with their fifteen-year-old daughter Rosie to an exclusive gated
estate in Buckinghamshire, leaving their ordinary lives - and friends - behind, as
they are catapulted into wealth beyond their wildest dreams.
But it soon turns into their darkest nightmare when, one beautiful summer
afternoon, Lesley returns to their house to find it empty: her daughter Rosie is
gone.
DC Maggie Neville is assigned to be Family Liaison Officer to Lesley and Mack,
supporting them while quietly trying to investigate the family. And she has a crisis
threatening her own life - a secret from the past that could shatter everything she's
worked so hard to build.
FORMAT: Hardcover
Pub Date: 24/3/2016
Pages: 400
Trim: 153 x 234 mm
ISBN: 9781447284178
Price: £12.99
Imprint: Macmillan
Category: Fiction
As Lesley and Maggie desperately try to find Rosie, their fates hurtle together on a
collision course that threatens to end in tragedy, as they realize how true the old
sayings are . . .
Money can't buy you happiness.
The truth could hurt more than a lie.
One moment really can change your life forever.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michelle Davies has been writing for magazines for twenty years, including on the
production desk at Elle, and as Features Editor of Heat. Her last staff position
before going freelance was Editor-at-Large at Grazia magazine and she currently
writes for a number of women's magazines and newspaper supplements. Michelle is
also crime fiction reviewer for the Sunday Express books section.
Michelle lives in London and juggles writing crime fiction with her freelance
journalism and motherhood. Gone Astray is her first novel.
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NOW THE WAR IS OVER
Annie Murray
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Featuring characters from the top ten bestselling novel War Babies.
The Second World War has finally come to a close. Birmingham is welcoming
home its men-folk and a new chapter is beginning in Rachel Booker's life. Her
husband has returned home and the family that struggled for survival throughout
the uncertain war years are now together again. But family life settles into an
unsatisfying routine for Rachel and she starts to yearn for more.
Melly, Rachel's eldest daughter, is a child of the war. She grew up in the bombed
out streets of Birmingham and has never known anything other than the hungry
ration years, supporting her mother and younger brother Tommy. But times are
changing and Melly now has a fresh future ahead of her. She's determined to make
the most of life and her greatest wish is to become a nurse.
As the gloom of the 1940s passes by and the promise of the 1950s dawns, a whole
new world of opportunity opens up to Rachel and Melly, but with this comes new
challenges and tough choices. They will each have to decide whether their loyalties
still lie with the family and friends they clung to throughout the war years or if it's
time to move on . . .
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pub Date: 7/4/2016
Pages: 352
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781447286301
Price: £6.99
Annie Murray was born in Berkshire and read English at St John's College, Oxford.
Her first 'Birmingham' novel, Birmingham Rose, hit The Times bestseller list when it
was published in 1995. She has subsequently written many other successful novels,
including A Hopscotch Summer, Soldier Girl and the bestselling novels Chocolate
Girls and War Babies. Now The War Is Over is Annie's twentieth book. Annie has
four children and lives near Reading.
REVIEWS
Imprint: Pan
74
STAY DEAD
Jessie Keane
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The new Annie Carter thriller from top ten bestseller Jessie Keane.
Annie Carter finally believes that life is good.
She and Max are back together and she has a new and uncomplicated life sunning
herself in Barbados. It's what she's always dreamed of.
Then she gets the news that her old friend Dolly Farrell is dead, and suddenly she
finds herself back in London and hunting down a murderer with only one thing on
her mind . . . revenge.
But the hunter can so quickly become the hunted, and Annie has been keeping too
many secrets. She's crossed and bettered a lot of people over the years, but this time
the enemy is a lot closer to home and she may just have met her match . . .
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jessie Keane is a Sunday Times top ten bestselling author. She's lived both ends of
the spectrum, and her fascination with London's underworld led her to write Dirty
Game, followed by best sellers Black Widow, Scarlet Women, Jail Bird, The Make,
Playing Dead, Nameless, Ruthless (the fourth book to feature Annie Carter),
Lawless and Dangerous. Jessie's books have sold more than 100,000 copies. She
now lives in Hampshire.
FORMAT: Hardcover
Pub Date: 7/4/2016
Pages: 400
Trim: 153 x 234 mm
ISBN: 9781447254300
Price: £12.99
Imprint: Macmillan
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Thrillers
75
LEVIATHAN'S BLOOD
Ben Peek
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The second novel in the Children trilogy, continuing from The Godless.
In the aftermath of Mireea's destruction, Zaifyr and other survivors arrive at the
gates of the Keeper's city of Yeflam seeking asylum.
But there is a greater threat still facing them. A new child god has emerged and will
do anything to destroy those she feels threaten her power. Zaifyr has warned the
head of the Keeper's conclave about the danger she poses. But while the survivor's
argue about the risks ahead, priests of the new god have already begun to enter
Yeflam . . .
Meanwhile, Ayae finds herself entangled in the plots of Muriel Wagan. The newly
titled Lady of the Ghosts has important goals. She wants to gain enough leverage to
both keep her people safe and prepare for the war she knows is coming. Ayae finds
that politics can be even more dangerous than the sword.
Then, on the other side of the world, Baron Bueralan Le returns home. Around his
neck he carries a terrible cargo: the soul of a dead man.
In the company of the duplicitous cartographer - Samuel Orlan - the two are forced
to confront the truth about the path the new god has set them upon. For they are not
the only newcomers on the continent of Ooila. The man of innocence has arrived and this will change everything.
FORMAT: Hardcover
Pub Date: 21/4/2016
Pages: 438
Trim: 153 x 234 mm
Series: Children
ISBN: 9781447251316
Price: £18.99
Imprint: Macmillan
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Fantasy
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ben Peek is the critically acclaimed author of The Godless and three previous
novels: Black Sheep, Twenty-Six Lies/One Truth, and Above/Below, co-written with
Stephanie Campisi. He has also written a short story collection, Dead Americans. In
addition to this, Peek is the creator of the psychogeography pamphlet, The Urban
Sprawl Project. With the artist Anna Brown, he created the autobiographical comic
Nowhere Near Savannah. He lives in Sydney with his partner, the photographer
Nikilyn Nevins, and their cat, Lily.
REVIEWS
'An enthralling story . . . thrills, blood, intrigue, excitement and an original world
populated with compelling characters' TheBookBag on The Godless
'A fast-paced page turner set in an enthralling new world' SpeculativeBookReview on
The Godless
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UNTITLED DAVID BALDACCI BOOK 17
David Baldacci
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From one of the world's favourite thriller writers, this is the second title in
the new Amos Decker crime series, following Memory Man.
Ex-detective Decker suffered a life changing head injury when he played
professional football as a young man. His accident resulted in a condition known as
Savant syndrome, where the sufferer demonstrates extraordinary abilities far in
excess of what is considered normal. In Decker's case, he has gained a phenomenal
memory.
Decker is still suffering from the devastating loss of his wife and only daughter.
They were murdered in his home two years previously. Overwhelmed with grief,
his life spiralled out of control and he lost his job, his home, and his self-respect.
It is only when teenagers are gunned down in a shooting at a local school, and
Decker's special skills can help to find the killer, that he goes back to work with the
help of his former partner, detective Mary Lancaster. As the investigation deepens,
new evidence reveals that one of the weapons used in the shooting was the same as
that used to kill Decker's wife and daughter. The case turns even more personal as
he attempts to track down the killer. This sequel takes Decker to a new case where
he will be required to test his special skills to the very limit of his endurance.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
FORMAT: Hardcover
Pub Date: 21/4/2016
Pages: 368
Trim: 153 x 234 mm
ISBN: 9781447277521
Price: £16.99
Imprint: Macmillan
Category: Fiction
David Baldacci is a worldwide bestselling novelist. With his books published in
over 45 different languages and in more than 80 countries, and with over 110
million copies in print, he is one of the world's favourite storytellers. David is also
the co-founder, along with his wife, of the Wish You Well Foundation, a non-profit
organization dedicated to eliminating illiteracy across America. Still a resident of
his native Virginia, he invites you to visit him at www.DavidBaldacci.com.
REVIEWS
'It's big, bold and almost impossible to put down...Decker is one of the most
unusual detectives any novelist has dreamed up...I called this novel a master class
on the bestseller because of its fast-moving narrative, the originality of its hero and
its irresistible plot....Highly entertaining' Washington Post
'David Baldacci has written another thriller that will have readers engaged from the
first page....Baldacci is a master storyteller...MEMORY MAN works because Amos
Decker is an amazing character. Reading how Decker journeys from hitting rock
bottom to finding ultimate redemption is nothing short of rewarding' Associated
Press
77
THE CONSTANT QUEEN
Joanna Courtney
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A daring queen. A Viking warrior. An epic love story.
'You need not take England without me, Hari, because I will be your constant queen there with you; there for you.'
Elizaveta is princess of Kiev, but that doesn't stop her chasing adventure. Defying
conventions, she rides the rapids of the Dneiper alongside her royal brothers and
longs to rule in her own right as a queen.
Elizaveta meets her match when the fearsome Viking warrior Harald Hardrada
arrives at her father's court seeking fame and fortune. He entrusts Elizaveta to be
his treasure keeper, holding the keys to his ever-growing wealth - and eventually to
his heart.
Theirs is a fierce romance and the strength of their love binds them together as they
travel across the vast seas to Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland. In 1066, their
ambition carries them to Orkney as they plan to invade England and claim the
crown . . .
The Constant Queen is a powerful, absorbing novel which tells the story of a daring
Viking warrior, his forgotten queen and a love that almost changed the course of
history.
FORMAT: Hardcover
Pub Date: 21/4/2016
Pages: 352
Trim: 153 x 234 mm
Series: Queens of Conquest
ISBN: 9781447281962
Price: £12.99
Imprint: Macmillan
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Historical
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Joanna Courtney has wanted to be a writer ever since she could read. After
spending endless hours entertaining her siblings with made-up stories, it was no
surprise when Joanna pursued her passion for books during her time at Cambridge
University - where she combined her love of English and History by specializing in
Medieval Literature.
Joanna continued to write through her first years of work and then, married and
living in Derbyshire, in the sparse hours available between raising four children.
She teaches creative writing across the country and for the Open University.
Joanna is fascinated by defining moments in history, of which the Battle of
Hastings is certainly one. The outcome of that momentous day is one of the big
'what-ifs?' of England's past and she has loved being able to immerse herself in the
world of the Anglo-Saxons, Normans and Vikings whilst writing The Queens of the
Conquest trilogy.
REVIEWS
'Gripping, intriguing, romantic' Tracy Bloom
'A glorious, rich, epic story of love, friendship and sacrifice which will sweep you
up and transport you to another time. I absolutely loved this and can't wait for the
next book in the series' Rachael Lucas, author of Sealed With A Kiss and Coming
Up Roses
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DIRTY
Kylie Scott
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The start of the Dive Bar series from the author of the New York
Times bestselling Stage Dive books.
When Vaughan returned to his childhood home, the last thing he expected was to
find a broken-hearted bride in his shower. Or the complete drama and chaos that
came with her.
Lydia doesn't know what to do. Finding out on your wedding day that the love of
your life is having an affair is bad enough. Finding out it's with his best man is
another thing altogether. Trying to escape it all, she runs . . . and finds herself in the
arms of a handsome musician-turned-bartender. But can a broke musician with a
dubious future really be the Mr Perfect she is looking for?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kylie is a long-time fan of erotic love stories and B-grade horror films. She
demands a happy ending and if blood and carnage occur along the way then all the
better. Based in Queensland, Australia, with her two children and one delightful
husband, she reads, writes and never dithers around on the internet.
www.kylie-scott.com
@KylieScottbooks
Pub Date: 21/4/2016
Pages: 400
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781509806294
Price: £6.99
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Romance
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LITTLE SISTER
David Hewson
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She had a voice which would come back to haunt them . . .
Kim and Mia Timmers were ten years old when they were accused of murdering
the rest of their family and the lead singer of the world famous band, The Cupids.
The evidence seemed irrefutable at the time, and the sisters, who have been in a
Marken institution for ten years, are now due for release.
Pieter Vos, DI in the Amsterdam police, is given cause to re-open the case when the
girls disappear along with a nurse who was supposed to escort them to a half-way
house in Amsterdam. As the police investigation continues, it soon becomes evident
that there is more than meets the eye at Marken, and senior staff at the institution
are beginning to panic as they fear certain secrets might come to light. Even Vos's
boss, De Groot, seems to have something to hide which is relevant to this case.
When the dead body of the nurse washes up on the beach at Marken, and the case
takes a different turn as the various band members are implicated in the murders, it
becomes clear that someone is posing as the third sister, Little Jo, who died ten
years ago. Who is it, and is there a cover-up at a higher level to protect those in
power?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
FORMAT: Hardcover
Pub Date: 5/5/2016
Pages: 352
Trim: 153 x 234 mm
Series: Detective Pieter Vos
ISBN: 9781447293392
Price: £14.99
Imprint: Macmillan
David Hewson is the author of ten novels in the highly acclaimed Detective Nic
Costa series set mostly in Rome, which are currently being adapted for TV. He has
also written thrillers set in Seville, the US and Venice, and he is the author to bring
the highly acclaimed Danish TV crime drama The Killing to the literary
marketplace. David's new detective crime series is set in Amsterdam and includes
The House of Dolls and The Wrong Girl. Formerly a journalist working for the
Sunday Times, The Times and the Independent, he lives in Kent.
REVIEWS
'Dark and atmospheric with breathless pacing' Linwood Barclay
'When Hewson hits his stride it feels like you're being treated to a masterclass in
crime writing. If you have a penchant for Euro-crime procedurals, The House of
Dolls is an essential new series' Crime Fiction Lover
Category: Fiction
80
THE RETURNED BOOK 2
Seth Patrick
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Pub Date: 5/5/2016
FORMAT:
B Format Paperback
Pages: 352
Yet while the authorities look for answers to even older mysteries, the leaders
among the dead are preparing for something they believe will free them all.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Something that could carry a terrible price . . .
Seth Patrick was born in Northern Ireland. An Oxford mathematics graduate, he
spent thirteen years working as a games programmer on the award-winning Total
War
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spent thirteen years working as a games programmer on the award-winning Total
War series before becoming a full-time author. He lives in England with his wife
and two children.
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ISBN: 9781447267294
Price: £7.99
Imprint: Pan
81
THE WOOLWORTHS GIRLS
Elaine Everest
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Hard times don't last forever but true friendships do . . .
1939. On her first day at Woolworths, Sarah Caselton meets glamorous Maisie and
shy Freda. The trio couldn't be more different but they soon form a tight-knit
friendship, sharing their hopes and dreams for the future.
Sarah falls into the warmth and rhythm of her new job, enjoying the social events
hosted by Woolies and her blossoming romance with the young assistant manager,
Alan.
But history waits for no one, and with the threat of war clouding the horizon, the
young men and women of Woolworths soon realize they may not have the luxury of
a carefree youth or the time to fall in love . . .
The Woolworths Girls is a heart-warming tale of friendship, family and hope in the
face of war.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Elaine Everest was born and brought up in north west Kent, where The Woolworths
Girls is set, and was once a Woolworths girl herself.
Elaine has written widely for women's magazines, with both short stories and
features. A canine journalist, her experience has led to her writing columns for
canine publications, as well as non-fiction books for dog owners, and being in
demand for radio. When she isn't writing, Elaine runs The Write Place creative
writing school in Dartford, Kent, and the blog for the Romantic Novelists'
Association.
Pub Date: 5/5/2016
Pages: 352
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
Elaine lives with her husband, Michael, and their Polish Lowland Sheepdog, Henry,
in Swanley, Kent.
ISBN: 9781447295488
Price: £6.99
You can say hello to Elaine on Twitter @ElaineEverest or Facebook
www.facebook.com/elaine.everest
Imprint: Pan
82
RESURGENCE
Kerry Wilkinson
.......................................................................................................................
The third book in The Silver Blackthorn Trilogy.
An entire country has been lied to.
Silver Blackthorn was supposed to be one of the privileged few, chosen to serve and
help rebuild a shattered nation.
Instead she is a rebel.
Tales of her defiance have spread across the land: King Victor and the Minister
Prime want her dead, the resistance groups are desperate for her help. But Silver's
friends and family are in dire jeopardy, so hiding is no longer an option.
As her travels take her into the far reaches of an unknown land, she is forced to
make new friends and hunt for new allegiances.
Final battle lines are being drawn. The time has come.
Then there's the hardest choice of all: Opie or Imrin.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kerry Wilkinson has been busy since turning thirty.
Pub Date: 5/5/2016
Pages: 400
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
Series: Silver Blackthorn Trilogy
ISBN: 9781447235323
Price: £7.99
Imprint: Pan
Category: Juvenile Fiction
His first Jessica Daniel novel, Locked In, is a number one ebook bestseller, while
the series as a whole has sold one million copies.
He has written a fantasy-adventure trilogy for young adults, a second crime series
featuring private investigator Andrew Hunter, plus the standalone thriller, Down
Among the Dead Men.
Originally from the county of Somerset, Kerry has spent far too long living in the
north of England, picking up words like 'barm' and 'ginnel'.
When he's short of ideas, he rides his bike or bakes cakes. When he's not, he writes
it all down.
Find out more at kerrywilkinson.com, twitter.com/kerrywk or
facebook.com/JessicaDanielBooks
83
WICKED HEART
Leisa Rayven
.......................................................................................................................
The steamy follow-up to New Adult romance novels Bad Romeo and Broken
Juliet.
Liam Sinclair is talented, gorgeous and intense - and the one person to whom Elissa
Holt can absolutely not allow herself to be attracted. For a start, he's the star of one
of the hottest musicals on Broadway and Elissa is his stage manager, which means
dating is forbidden. Also, he's going out with Angel Bell, the leading lady from hell
who puts all other divas to shame.
Falling for Liam would be a tragedy in the making. But as any true romantic will
tell you, love doesn't always follow the script . . .
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Leisa Rayven is a freelance actor and producer in Brisbane, Australia, who makes
frequent trips to LA and NYC. She is the author of Bad Romeo and Broken Juliet.
Pub Date: 5/5/2016
Pages: 400
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781447283010
Price: £7.99
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
84
A LITTLE LOCAL MURDER
Robert Barnard
.......................................................................................................................
Robert Barnard's classic murder mystery.
Radio Broadwich decides to do a documentary on the small village of Twytching
for international broadcast, and the townspeople divide between those who seek the
patronage of Mrs Deborah Withins, arbiter of taste and morals, and those
determined to displace her in the cut-throat contest for media recognition.
When a rash of poison-pen letters and a murder coincide, quiet inspector George
Parrish begins to uncover secrets the leading citizens of Twytching had thought, and
fervently hoped, were buried. A Little Local Murder skilfully demonstrates that no
one is more cunning than Robert Barnard in preparing the reader to expect the
totally unexpected. And the incisive character portrayals in this early gem impart a
dimension rarely found in English detective fiction.
'Barnard's sharp and funny style and cast of eccentric characters make a clever
mystery of small-town backbiting' Kirkus Reviews
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pub Date: 19/5/2016
Pages: 170
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781509813216
Price: £8.99
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
Robert Barnard (1936-2013) lived in Leeds, was born in Essex and educated at
Balliol. He had a distinguished career as an academic before he became a full-time
writer. His first crime novel, Death of an Old Goat, was written while he was
Professor of English at the University of Tromso in Norway, the world's most
northerly university. He was a writer of great versatility, from the light and satirical
tone of his earlier books to the more psychological preoccupations of recent ones,
such as A Fatal Attachment.
Under the name of Bernard Bastable he also wrote novels featuring Mozart as a
detective, and is the author of many short stories. He created several detectives,
including Perry Trethowan and Charlie Peace. Robert Barnard said he wrote only to
entertain. He regarded Agatha Christie as his ideal crime writer and published an
appreciation of her work, A Talent to Deceive, as well as books on Dickens, a
history of English Literature and nearly thirty mysteries. Robert Barnard was the
winner of the 2003 CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for a lifetime of
achievement.
REVIEWS
'You can count on a Barnard mystery being witty, intelligent and a joy to read'
Publishers Weekly
'One of our most original and versatile bloodspillers' The Times
85
THE CASE OF THE MISSING BRONTË
Robert Barnard
.......................................................................................................................
A classic murder mystery from author Robert Barnard.
Superintendent Perry Trethowan is enjoying a peaceful motoring holiday in North
Yorkshire when he and his wife Jan have a strange encounter in a country pub. The
seemingly unremarkable elderly spinster who introduces herself as Miss Edith
Wing, a retired schoolmistress, proceeds to produce from her capacious blue
handbag a yellowing manuscript - and claims that it is part of an undiscovered novel
by one of the Brontë sisters. Is it a clever forgery, or the literary sensation of the
century?
What starts out as a harmless holiday diversion for the superintendent turns into a
hunt for a vicious attacker as both Miss Wing and Perry find themselves in deadly
danger.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Robert Barnard (1936-2013) lived in Leeds, was born in Essex and educated at
Balliol. He had a distinguished career as an academic before he became a full-time
writer. His first crime novel, Death of an Old Goat, was written while he was
professor of English at the University of Tromso in Norway, the world's most
northerly university. He was a writer of great versatility, from the light and satirical
tone of his earlier books to the more psychological preoccupations of recent ones,
such as A Fatal Attachment.
Pub Date: 19/5/2016
Pages: 186
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781509813209
Price: £8.99
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
Under the name of Bernard Bastable he also wrote novels featuring Mozart as a
detective, and is the author of many short stories. He created several detectives,
including Perry Trethowan and Charlie Peace. Robert Barnard said he wrote only to
entertain. He regarded Agatha Christie as his ideal crime writer and published an
appreciation of her work, A Talent to Deceive, as well as books on Dickens, a
history of English literature and nearly thirty mysteries. Robert Barnard was the
winner of the 2003 CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for a lifetime of
achievement.
REVIEWS
'You can count on a Barnard mystery being witty, intelligent and a joy to read'
Publishers Weekly
'One of our most original and versatile bloodspillers' The Times
86
THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER
Di Morrissey
.......................................................................................................................
An epic story of love, possession and intrigue.
Kate, a strong-willed heiress determined to defy Edwardian convention must pay
the ultimate price; and Odette, an independent and idealistic young journalist, is
caught in a battle with developers.
Years apart yet inextricably linked by Zanana, the magnificent mansion they both
love, these two striking women prove they are not afraid to fight for what they
believe in.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Di Morrissey is one of Australia's most successful authors. She trained as a
journalist, working in the media around the world. Her fascination with different
countries; their landscape, their cultural, political and environmental issues, forms
the inspiration for her novels. She is a tireless activist for many causes and also
established The Golden Land Education Foundation in Myanmar. Di lives in the
Manning Valley, in New South Wales.
Pub Date: 19/5/2016
Pages: 400
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781447283218
Price: £7.99
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
87
LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE
Jessica Knoll
.......................................................................................................................
You can run from your past, but the truth will always find you. Luckiest Girl
Alive is an intense, compulsive debut thriller, described by Reese
Witherspoon as 'the kind of book that grabs you and doesn't let go'.
Now a New York Times bestseller, and optioned for film by Reese Witherspoon and
her production partner Bruna Papandrea - in conjunction with Lionsgate films.
Her perfect life is a perfect lie . . . Ani FaNelli is the woman who has it all: the
glamorous job, the designer wardrobe, the handsome and rich fiancé. But behind
her sharp edges and meticulously crafted facade lies the darkest of pasts . . .
When a documentary producer invites Ani to tell her side of the chilling and violent
incident that took place when she was a teenager at the prestigious Bradley school,
she hopes it will be an opportunity to prove how far she's turned her life around
since then. She'll even let the production company film her lavish wedding, the
final step in her transformation.
But as the wedding and filming converge, Ani's past threatens to come back and
haunt her. And as her immaculate veneer starts to crack, she is forced to question:
will breaking her silence destroy all that she has worked for - or, will it at long last,
set Ani free?
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll is an audacious, page-turning debut thriller that
will appeal to fans of Gillian Flynn, Paula Hawkins and Jodi Picoult.
Pub Date: 19/5/2016
Pages: 400
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781447286219
Price: £7.99
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jessica Knoll has been a senior editor at Cosmopolitan and the articles editor at
SELF. She grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia and graduated from The Shipley
School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and from Hobart and William Smith Colleges
in Geneva, New York. She lives in New York City with her husband. Luckiest Girl
Alive is her first book.
REVIEWS
'Luckiest Girl Alive is a brilliant character study wrapped up in a can't-put-it-down
thriller. Ani FaNelli, the luckiest girl of the title, will infuriate you with her sharp
edges, intrigue you with her unexpected fragility and ultimately win your heart. I
lost myself in this intelligently crafted novel and can't wait to read more from
Jessica Knoll' DIANE CHAMBERLAIN
'[A] huge summer read . . . one of those great stories that you can't put down!'
REESE WITHERSPOON, InStyle
88
AN UNBREAKABLE BOND
Mary Wood
.......................................................................................................................
Together, their friendship could survive anything.
It is 1913 and for best friends Megan and Hattie, born at the turn of the century and
brought up in a convent orphanage in Leeds, the time has come to make their way
in the world. Megan is to become an apprentice seamstress and Hattie is to work as
a scullery maid at Lord Marley's country residence.
Once separated, Megan begins to excel at dress-making, but Hattie is less fortunate.
After a devastating encounter with Lord Marley, she is forced to earn a living
working the streets, where she uncovers horrors greater than any she could have
imagined.
As the two grow up, both Megan and Hattie's paths are beset with danger at every
turn, with the heinous Lord Marley never far away. Can their unbreakable bond
carry them through their suffering and allow them to make way for true love that
may be just around the corner?
An Unbreakable Bond is a gripping novel in the Breckton series, from bestselling
saga author Mary Wood.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pub Date: 19/5/2016
Pages: 548
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
Born the thirteenth child of fifteen to a middle-class mother and an East End
barrow boy, Mary Wood's childhood was a mixture of love and poverty. This
encouraged her to develop a natural empathy with the less fortunate and a
fascination with social history. Throughout her life Mary has held various posts in
office roles, working in the Probation services and bringing up her four children
and numerous grandchildren, step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren. An avid
reader, she first put pen to paper in 1989 whilst nursing her mother through her last
months, but didn't become successful until she began self-publishing her novels in
2011.
ISBN: 9781447267409
Price: £6.99
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Sagas
89
UNTITLED GRACE 12
Peter James
.......................................................................................................................
The new Roy Grace novel from the highly acclaimed number one bestselling
author, Peter James.
Jodie Danforth had two dreams in life - to be beautiful and rich. She's achieved the
first, with a little help from a plastic surgeon, and now she's working hard on the
second. Her philosophy about money is simple. You can either earn it or marry it.
Marrying is easy, it's getting rid of the husband afterwards that's harder, that takes
real skill. But hey, practice makes perfect . . .
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Peter James was educated at Charterhouse, then at film school. He lived in North
America for a number of years, working as a screenwriter and film producer before
returning to England. His films include The Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino,
Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes. His novels, including the Sunday
Times number-one bestselling Roy Grace series, have been translated into thirty-six
languages, with worldwide sales of sixteen million copies.
Three novels have been filmed and two, The Perfect Murder and Dead Simple, have
been adapted into highly successful stage plays. All his books reflect his deep
interest in the world of the police, with whom he does in-depth research, as well as
his fascination with science, medicine and the paranormal. He divides his time
between his homes in Notting Hill, London, and near Brighton in Sussex.
FORMAT: Hardcover
Pub Date: 19/5/2016
Pages: 400
Trim: 153 x 234 mm
Series: Roy Grace
ISBN: 9781447255819
Price: £20.00
Imprint: Macmillan
Category: Fiction
90
THE VINTAGE GUIDE TO GETTING HITCHED
Kirsty Greenwood
.......................................................................................................................
A wedding is just a massive party. It doesn't have to change everything . . . does it?
Jessica Beam is pretty happy. Her blog is a success, she's got an exciting life in
London, and her boyfriend - Leo Frost - has just proposed.
Jess isn't one for weddings, but when Leo proposes she says yes. She loves Leo and
there's no reason they can't do something low-key and easy . . . But Leo's ambitious
sister Cecily - the new editor of Blushing Brides magazine - has other plans. She
wants Leo and Jess to have a huge vintage wedding!
Railroaded into creating Cecily's vision, Jess takes matters into her own hands.
With the help of her best friend Peach, and her good pal pear cider, Jess sets about
planning her perfect wedding. But when she awakes with the hangover from hell,
she has booked a heavy metal band, chip shop van and a dubious magician . . .
Can Jess salvage her Big Day or will Cecily win through? Before the wedding can
even go ahead, Jess must figure out why Leo is so distracted and if it has something
to do with his new artist friend, Kitty.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kirsty Greenwood was born in 1982 in Oldham, Greater Manchester. A graduate of
North Trafford College and Salford University, she is the founding editor of the
popular female fiction and chick lit website Novelicious.com.
Pub Date: 16/6/2016
Pages: 300
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781447269526
Price: £7.99
You can find her on Twitter @KirstyBooks or at www.kirstygreenwood.com and
www.facebook.com/kirstygreenwoodbooks
REVIEWS
'Laugh-out-loud hilarious with a sprinkling of charm and romance, this is a fantastic
feel-good read' Sunday Express on The Vintage Guide to Love and Romance
'Funny and fun, this is a perfect summer read' Sun on The Vintage Guide to Love
and Romance
Imprint: Pan
91
FALSE HEARTS
Laura Lam
.......................................................................................................................
This is an adrenaline-fuelled page turner, packed full of twists and turns with
a compelling heroine at its heart . . .
False Hearts is a thrilling, addictive and action-packed story featuring twins and the
ultimate crime.
When one twin is accused of murder, the other will do anything to get her released
from prison. She'll even take on her sister's identity to plunge into a threatening,
underground world of gang politics and mind-altering drugs, in a slick version of
San Francisco in the near-future.
She'll encounter matters best left buried, as she loses herself in her new identity.
And she'll discover a world of dangerous secrets that could prove fatal.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Laura Lam was raised near San Francisco, California, by two former HaightAshbury hippies. Both of them encouraged her to finger-paint to her heart's desire,
colour outside of the lines, and consider the library a second home. This led to an
overabundance of daydreams. She relocated to Scotland to be with her husband,
whom she met on the internet when he insulted her taste in books. She almost
blocked him but is glad she didn't. At times she misses the sunshine.
FORMAT: Hardcover
Pub Date: 16/6/2016
Pages: 400
Trim: 153 x 234 mm
REVIEWS
'A smart debut from someone who's clearly got what it takes' Peter F. Hamilton
'Pantomime by Laura Lam took me to an exotic and detailed world, peopled by
characters that I'd love to be friends with . . . and some I'd never want to cross paths
with' Robin Hobb on Pantomime
ISBN: 9781447286424
Price: £12.99
Imprint: Macmillan
Category: Fiction
92
THE LAVENDER LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY:
DEATH IN SUNSET GROVE
Minna Lindgren
.......................................................................................................................
Perfect for fans of Miss Marple and Alexander McCall Smith.
Meet Siri and Irma, best friends and the queen bees of Sunset Grove, a retirement
community for those still young at heart. With a combined age of nearly 180, Siri
and Irma are still just as inquisitive and quirky as when they first met decades and
decades ago.
So when their comfortable world is suddenly upturned by a suspicious death at
Sunset Grove, Siri and Irma are shocked into doing something about it. Determined
to find out exactly what happened and why, they begin their own private
investigations and form The Lavender Ladies Detective Agency.
The trouble is, beneath the calm surface at Sunset Grove there is more going on
than meets the eye, and Siri and Irma begin to discover more than they bargained
for . . .
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Minna Lindgren is a well-known journalist and an expert of classical music. She is
the also the author of several non-fiction books. Minna was inspired to write The
Lavender Ladies Detective Agency after researching the treatment of the elderly in
Finland for a magazine article. The article won the 2009 Bonnier Journalism Prize,
considered the highest journalism honour in Finland. The Lavender Ladies Detective
Agency: Death in Sunset Grove is her first novel.
Pub Date: 16/6/2016
Pages: 352
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781447289326
Price: £7.99
Imprint: Pan
93
THE SALON BY THE SEA
Rachael Lucas
.......................................................................................................................
A hair-raising and hilarious romantic comedy from a fresh new voice in
women's fiction. Isla's life might not be perfect, but her hair is.
Isla's got the designer clothes and dream job as head stylist at the most exclusive
salon in Edinburgh. The fact that she's been so single-minded in this quest that she's
forgotten to have a life, a relationship, or any proper friendships, has passed her by.
When it all goes horribly wrong, there's nobody willing to support her in her hour of
need. Even her friends have washed their hair of her. So she heads to the remote
island of Auchenmor to help out her cousin's hairdresser, who is in need of an extra
pair of hands.
Finn is thirty-five and reality has just hit him hard. Now his best friends are about
to have a baby and everything is changing. When into his life walks Isla . . .
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rachael juggles working as an author, coach and freelance writer with the aid of
quite a lot of tea. She and her partner (also a writer) live by the seaside in the North
West of England with their six children.
For more from Rachael, visit her websites at rachaellucas.com and writeforjoy.net
Pub Date: 16/6/2016
Pages: 300
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781447265757
Price: £7.99
You can find her on Twitter @Karamina and at
Facebook.com/RachaelLucasWriter
REVIEWS
'A warm and entertaining story of village life. I loved it.' Katie Fforde on Coming
Up Roses
'The perfect summer read, brimming with fun, flowers and beautifully drawn
characters. I adored it!' Cathy Bramley on Coming Up Roses
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
94
MIDNIGHT ON LIME STREET
Ruth Hamilton
.......................................................................................................................
The next novel by the bestselling Ruth Hamilton.
What possible connections might exist between an aged man who used to sell shoes,
some ladies of the night, three abused schoolboys, two nuns, two police officers, a
philanthropist, a serial killer, a drugs cartel, Lime Street Station and a mansion in
Southport in whose grounds donkeys and horses are kept?
The answer lies in love, friendship and the determination to endure all the way to
the winning post.
Eve, owner and madam at Meadowbank Farm, is keen to secure a deal that keeps
her in pocket and her clients happy. But is she a match for Babs, a 'Baby Girl' in
this house of ill repute? Babs has her own agenda, and in order to fulfil her dream
of a decent life, she must first overcome Madam Eve.
Meanwhile, a deranged killer walks the Dock Road. 'Inspired' by a vision, he seeks
to clean up Liverpool. When he finds Eve's farm, he plans to cast his net on what
promises to be a great catch.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ruth Hamilton is the bestselling author of numerous novels, including Mulligan's
Yard, The Reading Room, Mersey View, That Liverpool Girl, Lights of Liverpool, A
Liverpool Song and A Mersey Mile. She has become one of the north-west of
England's most popular writers. She was born in Bolton, which is the setting for
many of her novels, and has spent most of her life in Lancashire. She now lives in
Liverpool.
Pub Date: 30/6/2016
Pages: 400
Trim: 130 x 197 mm
ISBN: 9781447230472
Price: £6.99
Imprint: Pan
Category: Fiction
Subcategory: Sagas
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