Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

What if The One was actually the one that got away?

**A dream of a thriller from the No.

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FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ADULTS AND ANIMALS'Compulsive and hilarious, like a brilliant gossip with your best friend.

Welcome to Lone Rock.

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'Haunting' Sara Sheridan'Intriguing, atmospheric, thought-provoking' Alexandra Bell'Beautifully crafted, thrilling and atmospheric' Rebecca NetleyIn the midst of the woods stands a house called Lichen Hall.

New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson, now on audio.

He doesn't remember their night.

An evocative and charming novel full of secrets and mystery, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost BookshopIn a quiet village in Ireland, a mysterious local myth is about to change everything.

They ended their marriagebut they never fell out of love.

THE INSTANT TOP 5 IRISH BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN McGAHERN BOOK PRIZE 2025'Wild, singular.

The brand new summer rom com from Bella Osborne full of love, sunshine and life's twists and turns!

The Number One Global Sensation*Foyle's Fiction Book of the Year**Amazon Book of the Year**Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year**Fiction Book of the Year 2024 - British Book Awards*'Addictive' Grazia'Hugely entertaining' Observer'Provocative' Mail on SundayTHIS IS ONE HELL OF A STORY.

2 best friends.

'A moving exploration of family, migration, class, queerness and belonging.

To-do list of a billionaire playboy's secretary:1.

This is an Apple Books audiobook narrated by a digital voice based on a human narrator.

This is an Apple Books audiobook narrated by a digital voice based on a human narrator.

The first in the Dirty Diana trilogy - a story of desire within marriage from the stars of the hit feminist erotic podcast, Dirty Diana .

*THE #2 BESTSELLING HOLIDAY ROMANCE*Sparks will fly, even without firewood.

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Family secrets never stay buried.

Saltburn meets Agatha Christie in the party of the year.

'Oates's imagination is as unique, dystopian and vivid as Lewis Carroll's' ROSE TREMAIN'A master storyteller' THE TIMES'Electric' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWZero-sum games are played for lethal stakes in these arresting stories by one of America's most acclaimed writers.

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'Darkly glamorous.

This is an Apple Books audiobook narrated by a digital voice based on a human narrator.

The gripping new thriller with a difference for 2024 from internationally bestselling author Lisa StoneWhat do you do when your home becomes a living nightmare?

After all these years of wanting,will one night be enough?

'Atmospheric and intoxicating' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS'A joyous, lyrical read' YOMI ADEGOKE'Hypnotic and freewheeling' GUARDIANA GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF THE SKY ARTS POETRY AWARD 2025Caleb Femi returns with a landmark, life-affirming new poetry collection, The Wickedest.

'An intricate story, full of tension' The SunFrom the author of Little White Lies 'Masterful, clever, surprising at ever turn; a proper page-turner and a one-sitting read.

He taught her every step.

Everyone knows Gatsby.

*The Sunday Times top ten bestseller**A Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month*Get hooked on this year's most addictive thrillerIs revenge the most lethal dose of all?

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Hating her was my end game, loving her was just the beginning .

'Outstandingly weird and memorable' GUARDIAN'Deliciously creepy' NEW SCIENTISTFear never dies.

'Brilliantly audacious' GUARDIAN'Stunning'DAZED'Her prose sparkles' ELIZA CLARK'Hauntingly good' iNEWS'A must read' GLAMOUR'One of my favourite novels' JEFF VANDERMEERFrom the bestselling author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a haunting, heart wrenching novel of three sisters navigating queer love and faith at the end of the world.

'A page-turner.

'Funny, uplifting and warm' Sunday Times bestselling author PHILLIPA ASHLEY'Beautifully written, the characters leap from the page' Million-copy bestselling author SUE MOORCROFTThe Unretirement is an uplifting story about the joy of pursuing dreams at any age, full of warmth, heart and community spirit.

Charles Cumming's gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88*Icarus 17, the fourth book in the gripping Lachlan Kite thriller series is available to pre-order now!

Read the Sunday Times bestseller, The Summer Swap, the heart-warming new novel from Sarah Morgan, out now.

'Simply the most consistently inventive, brilliant, curious and creative writer going' GILLIAN FLYNN'Gripping .

'Devastating, deceptive and darkly funny' SARAH WINMAN'It had me holding my breath!

Formula One meets The Hating Game in this rivals-to-lovers romance between a legacy driver and F1's first woman driver?

**Don't miss MAKING A KILLING, the new DI Adam Fawley thriller, OUT NOW**-THE *INSTANT* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*THE FIRST EVER STAND-ALONE FROM AUTHOR OF THE DI ADAM FAWLEY MILLION-COPIES-SOLD SERIES***A Financial Times Best Book of 2023****A Guardian Best Crime and Thriller book of 2023**'This devilishly clever, ground-breaking novel will keep you guessing' IAN RANKIN'This book had me riveted to the page.

With their city under fire, can they find hope in each other?

A profound and absorbing saga from the Internationally Bestselling and Man Booker Prize shortlisted author'Amitav Ghosh is such a fascinating and seductive writer.