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On October 22, 2014, Claire Throssell’s life changed forever after her ex-husband lured their two children, Jack, 12, and his nine-year-old brother, Paul, to the attic of their family home, before deliberately setting fire to the house, murdering his children and killing himself. Claire had...

The German invasion of the British Channel Islands shatters Dr. Ivy Picot's peaceful world, forcing her to shoulder the weight of her father's medical practice and hold together a family unraveling under the strain of war. As conditions worsen in Jersey with the arrival of thousands of forced laborers, Ivy's quiet allegiance to the Allies compels her to risk everything by providing medical aid to escaped workers—even as danger closes in.

One secret is deadly. The other will heal the world. But which is which? Caught stealing medication for her illegal sister, Yara is forced to participate in RePay — a terrifying TV game show that will determine her sentence. Her only hope for freedom lies in surviving a risky biotechnology trial within the sterile walls of Watch Over Me, where ruthlessly passionate head engineer, Ms Wilding, reveals an unnerving agenda.

Dunegray, commander of the undead Cursed legion, has led it in terrorizing and spilling blood throughout the kingdom of Nahmval. When Zerael, a powerful young sorcerer, lifts the curse, Dunegray and her army must learn to live among the very people they oppressed. But the Curse never forgets its servants.

He’s in her head. And he’s not leaving. Grace Harper spends her days finding dream homes for strangers—but her office is a nightmare she can’t escape. Bullied by younger colleagues and on a final warning from her boss, she hates her work but desperately needs to keep earning so she can...

From the bestselling author of She Started It comes an unsettling, propulsive thriller where home is not a sanctuary, isolation looms, and the future has evaporated. All that’s left is fear, frustration, and an anger that won’t go away. Meet Crow, Goldfinch, Starling, Wren, and Cuckoo—five...

DON'T SAY A WORD is the empowering memoir of Kate Marshall, a mother of four from Manchester. Ripped from her many brothers and sisters at the age of eight, Kate's mother uproots her to a new life in which love and safety are not priorities. With little explanation, Kate is thrown into a world of chaos and neglect, a world which her Uncle Phil exploits through a campaign of shocking abuse over many years.

After witnessing the brutal nature of the Nazi regime, Hannah, a quiet Jewish girl with a rebellious streak, escapes Germany with her traumatised young son. Leaving behind her dreams, she seeks refuge in Paris with a childhood friend, Kat, in the hopes that this tie to her past will provide a desperately needed sanctuary for them both. Though reluctant because of her own precarious situation, Kat agrees to help.

Norfolk, 990 AD. Deep in the Fens, isolated by a vast and treacherous mere, an order of holy sisters make their home. Under the steely guidance of Abbess Sigeburg they follow God’s path, looking to their infirmarian, Hilda, to provide what comfort and cures she can. But when the mere takes a...

In the summer of 1938, Sonja is lifted onto a Kindertransport train that will take her from Nazi-occupied Austria to London. She leaves behind her parents, Fania and Arnold, and her baby brother Moses. She is the only member of her family to survive. In 1966, Fania is working as a massage...

A collection of twelve spine-tingling short stories of cursed curios that bring misfortune, madness and death upon their owners, penned by modern masters of the weird and uncanny. Sometimes your possessions own you. Delve into twelve terrifying stories that reimagine a tradition that stretches...

The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Nicci French's Catch Me When I Fall is a blistering thriller from the masters of psychological suspense. You're a whirlwind. A success. You live life on the edge. But who'll catch you when you fall? Holly Krauss lives life in a cyclone - her...

1894, Washington: This is not the kind of homecoming Nellie Grant hoped for. The only daughter of former President Ulysses S. Grant, Nellie has left England after being granted a divorce from her abusive husband. She plans to hide away with her three children at the home of her mother, Julia...

'Warm and funny, this tale of a pint-size pig and the family he saves will take up a giant space in your heart' — Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink & Stars ‘What a consummate storymaker Nina Bawden is’ — Michael Morpurgo, author of Kensuke's Kingdom Winner of The...

Cyclists 'looking at each other' during a race is generally taken by commentators to be a portent of disaster. But why? Bike-racers, after all, are mostly young and easy on the eye. This epic recycling of the Orpheus myth unearths the dark legend behind the mystery of mutual admiration and shows why it is that, since the very ancient of days, riders have been encouraged, on pain of defeat (or worse), to keep their eyes modestly lowered and forwardly directed. And it does it in rhyming couplets.

When renovation workers from Yukiko Curiosity Design uncover a body in a locked bedroom at Sibson Hall, a recently purchased estate outside Royal Tunbridge Wells, the scene looks like suicide—except for a handful of odd details that refuse to fit. The victim clutches a wooden mallet, there's no key to the locked door, and questions about ghosts and yakuza ties ripple through the household. DI Pat Hound, called away from her favourite coffee spot and less than thrilled at mixing menopause symptoms with crime-scene coveralls, senses there is more to the scene than meets the eye.

Based on the book of the same name, Born Guilty is a moving and elegiac play about one man's journey into the hearts of children raised by Nazi parents. As Peter, a Jewish journalist, tries to uncover the truth, he runs into psychological barriers more daunting than the towering walls of Auschwitz. Born Guilty is based on interviews with the now-adult children of Nazis.

When Ingrid flees a violent husband to become a housekeeper in the Scottish Highlands, she discovers the family she works for has a much darker history than her own. Who haunts Strathbairn? Why are the adult McCleod children at each other’s throats? And why does the youngest sneak off at night? As Ingrid searches for answers, she grows ever more fearful that her husband will track her down. Set in late 19th century Scottish Highlands, WHAT HAPPENED AT THE ABBEY is a gothic mystery brimming with intrigue, ghostly drama, and family secrets.

Clarissa Ellison is your typical Aries: everything is a competition. So, when she makes her debut into Regency London Society, she determines that she's got to "win" the Season. Jonathan, Lord Uxbridge, has always been called "Ox" for the obvious reason —he's big. But, as a true Gemini, there are two sides to this man. The two decide to be just friends, but the stars —or is it destiny? —will ensure this is a match made in the heavens.

The movie showed you the madness. This book reveals the magic. Catherine Earnshaw has a secret. The moors of Wuthering Heights aren’t just windswept hills; they are a prison for ancient spirits, and she is their warden. To save her world, she married the human Edgar Linton, locking away her...