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In this page-turning psychological thriller, a young woman’s engagement unearths a twisted conspiracy from her college days—and a killer who will do anything to keep the truth buried Freshly engaged to a prominent senator’s son, Adriana should feel happy. Instead, the engagement reopens...

A visceral and darkly comic historical debut about faith, female repression, and the bloody, humiliating extremes to which a young woman will go for absolution, perfect for fans of Lauren Groff, Jen Beagin, and Ottessa Moshfegh. During the suffocating heat wave of 1778, Louise-Hélène arrives...

Sometimes a secret is just a story we haven't told yet. This is what I will tell you about myself, before anyone else gets the chance. I am a social worker. I have two young children and a still-handsome lawyer husband, Will. My job is usually keeping families together, but I’ve never been...

From the author of Motherthing—When a teenage girl disappears from a supposedly haunted wood, everyone has a theory. Their stories are strange, but the truth is even stranger. When Janie Yearling disappears from the small town of Gold River, her parents, Calvin and Annette, immediately make...

One man. Five ex-wives. They’re all sharpening their knives . . . but only one of them will finish the job. Robert West has had five wives, but they’ve never all been in a room together—until now. Summoned to the aging movie star’s house in the Highlands, they expect a weekend of...

A comic thriller following Claire, a hammer-wielding serial killer, who takes a job in a pub—a place where people are literally lining up to get hammered—only to learn another murderer is encroaching on her turf, from the author of You'd Look Better as a Ghost What use is a part-time serial...

Sina Jakobsen durchlebt einen Albtraum. Ihre beste Freundin Natalie kam unter mysteriösen Umständen ums Leben, und Sina geriet in Verdacht, deren Tod verursacht zu haben. Fünf Jahre sind seither vergangen. Dann stirbt eine weitere Frau in Sinas Umfeld. Manches erinnert an Natalies Tod. Doch es gibt auch eine Verbindung zu einem weit zurückliegenden Cold Case auf Sylt.

He has the key to hundreds of houses. Maybe even to yours. William Heming is an estate agent. He’s kept a copy of every key to every house he’s ever sold. Sometimes he visits them. He lets himself in when the owners are out. But what will happen if he gets caught? What will he do next?...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS - NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 'So brilliant ... I highly recommend it' Dolly Alderton 'I loved it. The writing is whipsmart and so witty' Marian Keyes Jane Peters is an adrift twenty-something by day, and a world-weary agony aunt by night. But when an office party...

This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us is a brilliantly subversive and comic thriller celebrating noir detectives, Die Hard, Fast & Furious, and the worst case of sibling rivalry, that can only come from the mind of Edgar Cantero. An office door bears the names of A. Kimrean and Z. Kimrean...

One day a fakir leaves his small village in India and lands in Paris. A professional con artist, the fakir is on a pilgrimage to IKEA, where he intends to obtain an object he covets above all others: a brand new bed of nails. Without adequate Euros in the pockets of his silk trousers, the fakir...

On Strong Beach, an awkward teen with a terrible haircut has a reversal of fortune when he finds artefacts from the future lining a seagulls’ nest. By the Hox River in Nebraska, a window fuels both family pride and deadly revenge. In a godforsaken barn in what they suspect is Kentucky...

Charles O’Brien, Irish bard and giant. The cynical are moved by his flights of romance; the craven stirred by his tales of epic deeds. The Surprising Irish Giant may be the sensation of the season but only his compatriots seem to attend to his mythic powers of invention. John Hunter...

A brand new novel from one of the world's most popular authors. When his loving wife Betty plans a trip to Ireland for Fatty O’Leary’s 40th birthday things go wrong almost immediately: the seats in economy class on the plane are too small; Irish bathroom furniture is not as commodious as...

From Emmy-Award winning author David Quantick, Night Train is a science-fiction horror story like no other. A woman wakes up, frightened and alone – with no idea where she is. She's in a room but it's shaking and jumping like it’s alive. Stumbling through a door, she realizes she is in a...

Brought to you by Penguin Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025 ‘Without mud, the lotus could not survive.’ Born with a congenital muscle disorder, Shaka Isawa has severe spine curvature and uses an electric wheelchair and ventilator. Within the limits of her care home, her life...

A joyfully unhinged story of money, marriage, sex, and revenge unspools when a billionaire crashes his hot-air balloon into the middle of a post-pandemic first date. Joannie hadn’t been on a date in seven years when Johnny invites Joannie and her daughter to dinner. His house is beautiful, his...

How to Kill Your Family meets The Husbands in a darkly funny, wickedly original novel about friendship, revenge and the dangers of playing God. Thea has a gift. Or possibly a serious ethical problem. With a single touch, she can see how long someone has left to live – and transfer that time to...

The late Gregory Patterson was a stalwart of the Roman Catholic Parishioners. With his passing, how will Mrs Patterson cope with her headstrong daughter, Barbara? And can young Robert step into his father’s shoes and face up to new responsibilities? The man with the answers would appear to be football-crazy priest Father Benedict who tries to help the grief stricken family as best he can…

The Nobody Show is an accident waiting to happen... Old Castle (population 666 ... 665 ... 664) is a town ravaged by unemployment. The magic is gone and the economy is in the gutter, but newest dole statistic, Arthur Lawless, has a dream... Arthur wants to chase down his childhood dream to build his own circus. He makes it his mission to put on The Greatest Show on Earth - Old Castle's slice of Earth, at least...