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The Pinnacle is the twisty murder mystery readers are OBSESSED with:'The very definition of a pounding, propulsive page-turner'‘Runs at breakneck speed’‘Smart and breathless. It’s huge fun’‘An outstanding thriller’‘Totally unexpected’‘The plot unfolds cleverly and at pace’YOUR WIFE HAS BEEN MURDERED. EVERYONE THINKS YOU DID IT.High up in Mumbai’s most luxurious skyscraper, the Pinnacle, George Abercrombie wakes from a drunken stupor to find his wife, Bollywood superstar Sweety Sahota, murdered in their bedroom.He knows he will be the prime suspect.Sweety’s phone has disappeared. Her laptop has vanished. And George can't remember what happened.A devoted assistant is hiding a dangerous secret.A trusted servant disappears.A neighbour knows more than she's saying.As George scrambles to piece together the night, with 1.4 billion people wanting him dead, somewhere inside the Pinnacle, someone has a killer secret . . .CAN GEORGE FIND THE KILLER BEFORE HIS TIME RUNS OUT? HIGH RISE. HIGH STAKES. THE PINNACLE IS THE THRILLER OF THE SUMMER.‘Dark, funny, shocking…easily his best book yet’ Janice Hallett 'A writer at the very top of his game’ Mark Billingham'A deliciously twisting plot’ Lucy Foley‘Fast-paced, funny, yet dark as hell’ Harriet Tyce ‘Delivers a truly satisfying ending’ Jane Casey

'Compelling, heartbreaking, and beautifully written . . . Will stay with me forever' Jennie Godfrey'A novel of secrets, love and grief, it cements Lee as a writer to follow.' RED*A RADIO 2 WINTER BOOK CLUB PICK*'A beautiful, tender story of displacement and loss which shows the resilience of the human spirit' Cecile Pin'Deeply moving and graceful, it shines light on a secret slice of Korea’s history, gradually unveiling the secrets that bind – and divide – three generations' Silvia ParkA sweeping story of three generations of women who cross continents and decades to find truth, forgiveness and compassion.Incheon, 1985. A nameless baby is born in a minbak in South Korea and vanishes nine days later.London, 2008. When tragedy strikes, Hana faces ruin. She is forced to move her family – her teenage daughter Ada and ailing mother Youngja – into a single room with her, converting the rest of their home into a minbak, in a painful echo of her past life.In the confined space of their shared room, there is nowhere to hide. As the past collides with the present, all three women are forced to face not only their family’s dark history, but that of an entire country.‘Lyrical and devastating Minbak is a flawless meditation on memory, love and misunderstanding.’ Ella King‘A poignant and precise novel by a writer of great skill’ Nicola Dinan‘Had me utterly engrossed. An incredible story of love, conflict and heartbreak.’ Rosie PriceReaders are LOVING Minbak:’Tender, heart wrenching and honest’’A masterpiece, a perfect exercise in empathy and survival’’A quietly devastating novel about three generations of Korean women whose present is, in different ways, haunted by the past . . . Beautiful and bittersweet’’Heartbreaking but utterly stunning’’Stunning – at the core of it, it feels like it’s a book about choices, memory, and ultimately, love’’All I can say is WOW!’

A gorgeously dark and magical tale of female revenge inspired by Celtic folklore and wild nature'A masterpiece... an intricate, otherworldly, complex and dramatic novel that held me spellbound.' Barbara Erskine, Sunday Times Bestselling AuthorThree figures loom from the gathering dark of Britain’s oldest story: a queen risen from slavery, a sorceress of the moon and an unwilling wife conjured from flowers. Their fates are bound together by the cruelty of a magician whose hunger scars the land.The Bloody Branch retells Goewin, Arianrhod and Blodeuwedd’s story from the inside, revealing an epic not of male conquest but of women’s transformation. They may suffer alone but they will fight back together.Brigid Lowe’s dark and sensuous reimagining of the founding epic of Wales – The Mabinogion – casts ancient light on desire, sex and nature, as her heroines blossom into fierce new life.'Rich with passion and relevance for our modern world... Stunning! Anya Bergman, author of The Witches of Vardo‘A rich, visceral fever dream’ Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong'I adored everything about The Bloody Branch... this haunting, sensual debut had me holding my breath, firmly under its spell.' Emma van Straaten, author of This Immaculate Body

'Compulsive reading. This is a master storyteller at the top of his game.' Ann Cleeves 'Historical crime fiction at its best' The Times'An utterly spellbinding triumph from a master storyteller' Joseph O'ConnorIn the Burning Ghats of Calcutta, where the dead are laid to rest, a man is found murdered, his throat cut from ear to ear.The victim is a popular patron of the arts, a man who was adored by all. So, what was the motive for his murder? Despite being out of favour with the Imperial Police Force, Detective Sam Wyndham is dragged in to investigate and finds himself thrust into the glamorous but dangerous world of Indian cinema.Meanwhile Surendranath Banerjee, recently returned from Europe after three years spent running from the fallout of his last case, is searching for a missing photographer. When the vanished woman is linked with Sam's murder investigation, the two men find themselves working together once again.But can Wyndham and Banerjee put their differences aside to solve the case?'Abir Mukherjee is doing something uniquely different in the crime genre...breathtaking' Peter May, Sunday Times bestseller, on The Shadows of MenReaders love THE BURNING GROUNDS:‘A wonderful addition to an exceptional series’‘Incredibly exciting and action-packed’‘A must-read for anyone who loves fiction at its best’‘Beautifully written and a smashing story’‘An engaging, atmospheric thriller with strong character development and a plot full of intrigue’

A deeply personal, devastating and exhilarating memoir about the re-emergence of memory after sexual violence, an exploration of the self and the body and rebuilding a life after traumaAt twenty-three, Rosie Price was making a life and a career in London, when a long-buried memory returned to her. The memory was one of rape: a night, four years ago, which leaves her entirely derailed.Feeling alienated from her body, Rosie no longer feels solid but made of pixels, like a character in a computer game - the boundaries between the world and the self suddenly amorphous, vulnerable to breach. As the great gaping holes of missing memories disruptively return, they also call into question the life she has lived in the intervening years.What followed was a crisis. In time, it becomes Rosie’s project to repair this great rupture: to reassemble herself, sometimes with tenderness, other times with brutality, using story as a mode of recovery. She reads, she writes, she begins to practice yoga and boxing - and to interrogate the idea that the body and the self can be securely contained. A question takes shape: Where do I end, and where does the world begin?Where the World Begins seeks answers to that question. Not only in Rosie’s own history, but also in the work of writers and thinkers who have wrestled with it for decades, charting a worldview transformed and the porous boundaries between us all.

A landmark exploration of women-led communities worldwide and what they can teach us about new ways to live, think and govern, from BBC global correspondent Megha Mohan.'An inspiration for the future' GLORIA STEINEM'Thoroughly researched and intelligently reported' THE TIMES'The best of journalism' LYSE DOUCET'Much-needed and compassionate' MARY ROBINSON'A must-read' MARCUS RYDERSociety isn’t working for women - or any of us.But what if the rules were different?Imagine a world in which women have all the power. A world in which they work together to shape their societies and their futures.In reality, women's communities have always existed, and continue to thrive. In this vital and ground-breaking book, Megha Mohan goes in search of their roots, discovering a vibrant global history, brought together here for the first time. She also takes us into today's women-led spaces, where women live on their own terms, showing us how we can rethink society for new ways of living, working and collaborating.Through extensive research and exclusive first-hand reporting and inspired by her great-grandmother’s own matrilineal community in South India, Mohan introduces us to fascinating and diverse groups of women. From the controversial feminist online trolls of South Korea to older women co-housing in Paris and North London and the Rain Queens of South Africa, this is a truly global look at women's community.Essential reading for anyone interested in our collective histories, cultures, economics and governance, Herlands shows the power and possibility of new ways of living - and leading - for us all.

They are just two girls sitting on a bench on a windy pier but this summer will change them both forever. A captivating story of love, betrayal and family secrets set in a Victorian seaside holiday town.Martha’s life has been turned upside down. Her father, her home, her prospects – all gone. Thanks to her mother’s recklessness she has been forced take a job at the Grand Hotel in the seaside town of Cove and warned never talk about her former life.When Martha first meets Lizzy, her neighbour’s housemaid, she considers her beneath her notice. But Lizzy has a charm about her that is hard to resist. She also has keen eyes. And she knows that Martha is hiding something.As the girls sneak down to the beach at night, their bond grows into something special. But the sun can’t shine forever, and someone is looking for Martha. Someone she doesn’t want to find her.Painted Horses is a moving story about yearning, betrayal and difference, but most of all, about who we really are trying to save when we rescue someone else.PRAISE FOR JULIA KELLY:'A beautifully written story of loss and love' Florence Knapp, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE NAMES'Tender, moving' Daily Mail'A beautiful story of grief, hope and love' Lucy Diamond, Sunday Times bestselling author of ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY'Superbly crafted and tender' Woman & Home‘Spectacular... a gift to readers everywhere’ Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of THE VIEW FROM LAKE COMO

A mouthwatering and uplifting story about honouring tradition and finding your own way in life, set in family-run restaurants between Malaysia and Hong Kong‘Deeply comforting and nourishing' SAMUEL BURR, author of The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers‘A delicious read with lots of heart' SHANNA TAN, translator of Welcome to the Hyunam-dong BookshopA STRAITS TIMES BESTSELLEREvery morning before sunrise, Lim Ah Hock opens the shutters of his small kitchen on Carpenter Street, lights an incense stick and prepares the best laksa soup in all of Kuching. According to Lim family legend, the laksa’s secret ingredient – their ancestral broth – was gifted to them by a deity, who promised the family prosperity as long as the broth is passed down through the generations.But Ah Hock is aging, and the broth’s quality is fading. His only son, Wei Ming, has no interest in the family business, having spent eight years in Hong Kong trying to prove himself as a chef. Now, he's struggling with gambling debts, embroiled in a love triangle, and the restaurant he's been left to run has lost its Global Restaurants Guild star.Invited home to Malaysia for his father's 60th birthday, Wei Ming sees a chance to escape his troubles. But when old conflicts resurface and a local businessman threatens to destroy the family legacy, father and son are forced to ask themselves what truly matters.Readers love Early Mornings at the Laksa Cafe'A delicious read''Warm and emotionally honest...a very comforting book''A delightful read for anyone who loves food-centred narratives, stories about family dynamics’‘Beautifully captures the idea that love doesn’t always need to be spoken – sometimes, it’s served in a bowl of food''This book truly stands out''Addictive, thoughtful, and beautifully written... It lingers long after the final page, much like the memory of a meal shared at dawn'

'With spectacular twists, don’t start The Arrival if you have things to do because it stops you in your tracks. Google NOTHING. Just read it. Thank me later.' Alessandra Ranelli The rules are clear. Find out where you are. Try not to die.Leo and Viv's weekend starts like any other: a takeaway, a movie and an early night. But when Leo wakes up, he's not in their London flat. He’s naked and alone in an unfamiliar bed, in an anonymous hotel, on the other side of the world.Viv wakes up to a phone ringing. It's Leo and he claims to be in Australia, despite the impossibility of it. An emergency passport is arranged, a return flight to London booked. But before Leo can make it out, there's a flicker in the corner of his vision, and he wakes up in another bed, in another hotel room, in another country.Disoriented, Leo soon discovers he's not alone. Someone with access to groundbreaking technology, and an axe to grind, is beaming a group of people around the globe – stalking them one by one, committing perfect, untraceable murders. As Leo fights to survive, Viv unearths dark secrets from her husband’s past. And the more she learns about Leo, the less she seems to know about him . . .The Arrival is an unmissable world-hopping high-stakes thriller for fans of Dark Matter and Wrong Place, Wrong Time.**The Arrival is currently in development as a feature film in Hollywood.**READERS LOVE THE ARRIVAL: 'Sharp, cinematic ... kind of thriller you tear through in one sitting' 5 STAR REVIEW'Jaw-dropping and left me speechless' 5 STAR REVIEW'This is an outstanding novel' 5 STAR REVIEW

Modern dating’s a mess.‘Raw, funny and sexy. When Harry Met Sally for the club smoking area' RÓISÍN LANIGAN‘Delicious’ VOGUE'Annie Lord is a breath of fresh air' YOMI ADEGOKE‘A romcom for messy girls everywhere’ STYLISTDaisy and Maya bounce around the city like they own it, from all-night house parties to sticky-floored smoking areas, drinks in hand.But after a particularly regrettable one-night stand with her annoying friend James, Daisy starts to look around and wonder why, in a sea of intelligent, gorgeous women, all their prospects seem so hopeless. It’s time for The Project, a radical reinvention of dating, and who better to start with than James?James may be raw material, but he’s quite happy to go along with Daisy and Maya if it means a little more time alone with Daisy. But falling for James was never part of Daisy's Project - can she bring down her walls enough to let someone in? Because she might not find someone perfect, but she might find something real.A fun, sexy romcom perfect for fans of Dolly Alderton, Yomi Adegoke and Taylor Jenkins Reid'Captures the texture of contemporary dating with anthropological precision, in the way that Dolly Alderton, Helen Fielding or Nora Ephron did for previous generations of women' GUARDIANReaders are falling in love with THE PROJECT‘It felt like I was on FaceTime to my best friend and she was filling me in on all the dating gossip’ *****‘Captures all the feelings of love, fun, and life in that exciting period where everything seems possible’ *****‘The perfect book to recommend to all my fellow romance fiction book lovers!’ *****

When Aisha’s husband vanishes in plain sight, she is pulled into a nightmare to find him in this race-against-time tech thriller...'A clever, timely and thrilling page turner' Jo Callaghan 'Outstanding' Abir Mukherjee'A first-rate thriller' William Shaw'Pulsating' Vaseem KhanAfter the murder of his best friend, newlyweds Adam and Aisha cut their honeymoon short. But just as they are about to board a flight home from Delhi, Adam disappears at the airport – seemingly kidnapped – leaving Aisha stranded without her passport, her phone, or answers.When the FBI and India’s intelligence agency begin interrogating her, it becomes chillingly clear they know far more about Adam than she ever did. Her only clue is his final, haunting message: I’m sorry.Thousands of miles away, Sara Wolf, a scientist stuck on a dead-end project at Princeton, receives a message she never expected from her former lover. It contains two words: Help her.Bound together by suspicion, rivalry, and a man they both love, Aisha and Sara are forced into an uneasy alliance. Decoding Adam’s clues, they follow a trail that leads them across the United States - into a shadow world of weaponised AI, tech billionaires, and a secret no one is meant to find.Eden Falls is a gripping, high-stakes thriller that spans continents and asks how far we will go - and who we will trust - when the truth can destroy everything.

How far are you willing to go to get what you truly desire?It’s the summer of 1957 and Max, a piano prodigy, is on a sold-out concert tour.'Unputdownable' THE TIMES'An enthralling literary symphony of ambition, desire and obsession' LAYNE FARGO'I couldn’t tear myself away' ERIN KELLYHis beautiful twin sister, Natasha, serves as his manager and minder. But despite Natasha’s careful planning, he begins, for the first time in his career, to make mistakes on stage. Upending his schedule to seek a cure in Paris, Max sets up the pair in the sprawling mansion of a handsome and wealthy count. But Henri is more than just a patron of the arts; he has also been – unknown to Max – Natasha’s lover.Freed from the familiar dynamic of manager and talent, Natasha’s simmering resentment and Max’s deep insecurity turn into a rivalry, as the two vie for Henri’s attention. While Henri woos Natasha in galleries and cafés during the day, it is Max’s playing that draws him from bed each night.As the twins compete, the fractures in their already vulnerable relationship start to show, with devastating consequences for both.'Thrilling, claustrophobic, passionate' BRIDGET COLLINS'A riveting study in pressure - artistic, romantic and familial' LARA PRESCOTT'I devoured it' ANNA BAILEY'Sumptuous and intoxicating. . . a perfect summer read' RACHEL BLACKMORE‘Heady and intoxicating' KAT DUNN

Every school has its scandals. At St Cordula’s, the next one could be fatal.‘Had me hooked from page one’ JENNIE GODFREY‘Deliciously dark’ JANE FALLON‘Relentlessly gripping… Original, atmospheric’ LUCY CLARKESt Cordula’s Catholic boarding school has survived for centuries on tradition, discipline and silence. Now its future is under threat, and Deputy Head Fiona Fox is preparing to lead the controversial change that could save it from ruin.But St Cordula’s has always had rules of its own.Legend has it that the ghost of fifteenth-century nun, Sister Matilda, will keep the school safe. But only as long as the words ‘GOD FORGIVE ME’, scrawled by Matilda on a chapel staircase wall before she fell to her death, remain.Every year, the words are repainted.The only time they were allowed to fade, in 2002, a terrifying outbreak of vertigo swept through the pupils. One girl died on the night stairs. And only three people know what really happened.Now the vertigo is back, and as panic sweeps the school, Fiona must confront a dark secret from her past.Or face the deadly consequences…‘A complex and beautifully written gothic thriller… I raced through it’ CLARE MACKINTOSH‘A stylish and utterly compulsive read from one of my favourite storytellers’ RUTH WARE‘Hysteria, secrets, faith… and murder? This gothic boarding school mystery… gripped me until the very last twist’ JUNO DAWSON

‘Original, audacious. . . A must-read for lovers of history, magic and revenge’ Erin KellyDISGRACED. BEHEADED. REVIVED . . .When Anne Boleyn wakes up after her execution she finds she is not yet ready for death. She has unfinished business with the king who had her murdered and is determined to secure her daughter, Elizabeth’s, future. She escapes the tower, sews her head back on, and sets out on a quest for justice.But Anne’s path will not run smoothly as she encounters the dangers of London and the countryside, and rumours start to swirl about sightings of her ghost. Luckily for her, she will find help from a chance meeting with fenlander Alice, who offers her the possibility of a different future.The Beheading Game takes you into the heart and mind of one of the most talked-about women of all time and finally gives her the chance to tell her side of the story.‘Magic, romance, revenge, and an utterly irresistible heroine – this book is an instant classic’ Lev Grossman, author of The Bright Sword'Vulnerable, furious, triumphant and moving, I never wanted to let go of the deeply human Anne that Lehmann conjures’ Kat Dunn, author of Hungerstone'Fabulous! A marvelously inventive and mythic reworking of the story of Anne Boleyn. I loved it' Kelly Link, author of The Book of Love

'A delight. . . a finely-tuned murder mystery' COLM TÓIBÍN'A wily, energetic Parisian-American gay adventure. Read this book!' GUS VAN SANTArt. Sex. Murder. Paris. One hot June. Fin Vollmer, a 23-year-old American expat turned sex worker is living on his wits and his beauty. He’s overstayed his visa, and he has no plans to leave. There’s nothing for him back home but the haunting tragedy he fled. But when Fin arrives one early morning to find a freshly divorced client murdered in his palatial apartment, he fears what it might look like. He runs.Jamie Hayes, an ex-model turned personal assistant at the sharp end of middle age, is in over his head and desperately trying to arrange an exit strategy. He creeps into his employer Damien’s apartment and commits a brutal murder.And then he realizes there’s one living witness, the beautiful boy who showed up unexpectedly but didn’t call the police. Thus begins a city-spanning game of cat and mouse, from its seedy gay saunas to the glamorous auction houses of the art world – a game where only one of them can make it out of alive.'Thrilling, deliciously sordid, full of beauty and heartbreak. A deeply propulsive novel. . . Ravishing in every way' KATIE KITAMURA'A beautiful nightmare from which I did not want to wake up' HERNAN DIAZPraise for Christopher Bollen‘Patricia Highsmith by way of Alan Hollinghurst’ ALEXANDER CHEE'Deeply atmospheric. . . vivid and gripping' EMMA CLINE'Atmospheric, diabolical fun' LUCY FOLEY'Disturbingly enjoyable' EMMA HEALEY'A taut, wicked masterpiece' MONA AWAD‘A thriller master’ LA Times'Extraordinary' A. J. FINN