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The next BRAND NEW instalment in Kate Eastham's absorbing and uplifting Diary of a Country Nurse series. Fans of Call the Midwife, Donna Douglas and All Creatures Great and Small will love this. ‘Authentic... the mixture of nursing and farming life is both warming and true. I liked this a lot...

Behind the scenes of wartime Paris, she will face an undercover mission like no other ... Stunning debut historical fiction, inspired by the true story of French Vogue during the war, for all fans of Natasha Lester, Belinda Alexandra and Kate Quinn. 'Simply magnifique!' Natasha Lester The corset...

Start a BRAND NEW wartime series, inspired by the true story of the 1st Special Service Force, from Patrick Larsimont Silent as shadows, deadly in the dark In the darkest days of World War II, a top-secret experiment unites the toughest outdoorsmen: lumberjacks, cowboys, prospectors and hunters...

A BRAND NEW story from internationally bestselling author, Glynis Peters In wartime London, Winder Street clings to survival as the Blitz tears through the East End. London, 1940. Chrissie runs a busy newsstand with grit and warmth while her husband Jim is away fighting. But everything changes...

Don't miss the second in a gripping series of post-WW1 mysteries, from international bestselling author Michael Ridpath. An absolute must-read for fans of Robert Harris, Alan Furst and Robert Goddard.'The perfect marriage of thriller and whodunit' Simon Brett In a city on the brink of ruin, a...

Discover a BRAND NEW emotional, escapist read from Patricia Wilson that will grip readers of Lucinda Riley and Emma Cowell. On the eve of her wedding, Sylvia receives a mysterious gift: a handcrafted quilt from relatives she has never met. But this is no ordinary heirloom. Each square tells the...

In the sequel to Gunner, detective Joseph Gunner is plunged into a world where no one can be trusted and nothing is what it seems. New York, December, 1941. A city preparing for war. Troop ships and trains full of young conscripts arrive every day. All of them set on one last party before being...

From one of the great storytellers of our time, an exquisite spy novel—a disarming and memorable caper, in which not everything is quite as it seems At first, I took you for a charming jewel thief. London, 1938. After attending a music hall matinee, Richard Hadley has an unexpected encounter...

Com três milhões de exemplares vendidos, 47 semanas nas listas de best-sellers do Times e vencedor do National Book Award de 1980, A escolha de Sofia mostra, em sua patética grandeza, com perfeito domínio do tempo na narrativa e um texto denso e envolvente, o drama de uma mulher corroída...

In New York City a century apart, two women's fates are bound by the dark legacy of the Midnight Diamond 2010. Jennie is working as a runner in the Diamond District when a friend's sudden death leaves her with a cryptic note: ""Not Safe."" Her search for answers leads her to an antique jewelry...

Featured on BBC Radio 4's Take Four Books Six friends. One city. The time of their lives. It’s 1988, and on the verge of a reunion with friends she hasn’t seen since graduation, Julie recalls her halcyon student days of 1984 and the strange tumultuous time they lived through. The...

'A richly textured, gorgeously written debut that I couldn't put down' - Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone Theatre Venus, Vanishing is the blisteringly passionate and page-turning debut novel from Rebecca Birrell, of desire, art, and the stories lost to the darkness of history – for...

The second novel in the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility—and "a modern masterpiece" (The Baltimore Sun)—narrated by a judge in Osaka who believes he has met the successive reincarnation of his childhood friend Kiyoaki Matsugae. In 1932, Shigekuni Honda has become a judge in Osaka...

“A novel of unusual power and poignant interest” (Northern Whig) “This is certainly the finest novel on modern Germany I have read. (John O’ London’s Weekly) “Sally Carson, who gave us such a vivid picture of Germany inside her clever book Crooked Cross has given her readers another...

Set during the darkest days of World War II, an unforgettable historical novel about love, war, and family told in the voices of two women, generations apart, connected by perfume and a mysterious journal. With her family’s perfumery in dire straits Stella Penhallam must uncover the secrets of...

'A powerful story, sweetly told' – Antonio Iturbe, author of The Librarian of Auschwitz A country torn apart by war. Two siblings divided by fate. Italy, 1938. Mussolini is in power and war is not far away . . . Clara and Pippo are just children: quiet, thoughtful Clara is the older sister...

Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award From the bestselling author of The Piano Tuner, comes Daniel Mason's The Winter Soldier, a story of love and medicine through the devastation of the First World War. Vienna, 1914. Lucius is a twenty-two-year-old medical student when World War One explodes...

London, 1952, the world is watching as a young princess takes centre stage... Eve Brown, a senior housemaid at Buckingham Palace, battles with an abusive husband and seeks a better life for her daughter and herself. Lucy Smith, young and ambitious, navigates the challenges of societal...

A Mother Forever is the moving story of one woman's journey through the hardest trials of her life and how the love of friends and family pulls her through. From the bestselling author of The Woolworths Girls Elaine Everest, this book tells the tale of Ruby and how it all began . . . 1905: Ruby...

From bestselling author Jackie French comes a compelling book about the choices we make and the chances we never dreamed we'd be given. 1931. The height of the Depression, Sydney, New South Wales They were diamonds: beautiful, sparkling and irresistible. Nice girls do not accept employment from...