Narrative theme: Social issues

For former private investigator Dana Miller, there can be no peace of mind until she finds the person who killed her husband.

The Barrani would be happy to see her die.

In a tragic accident, Emile Labresque's research ship went down, killing a wealthy philanthropist and four crew members.

A merry-go-round horse and an armed guard in his front yard-along with half the town-is not what Bobby Spencer expects to wake up to.

Closing the door doesn't always keep you safe.

When Liz Talbot's husband left her for a woman half her age, Liz put all her passions into her bakery.

Everyone assumes Rosa Lee Altman lived a life without passion.

A dangerous cult has recently taken over the desert ghost town of Paradise, Arizona.

Twelve people have been shot at point-blank range and left to rot in the desert sun.

The dead of night.

Love lives in the most dangerous places of the heart The real world.

Too much of a good thing.

Victorian society already believes she's a scarlet woman.

Hidden in the heart of the Home Valley, a secret danger takes root.

SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC DRAMA, The Dream Lands,starring Anna Friel, Connor Swindells, Clara Ruggard, Katerine Parkinson and Golda RosheuvelFor fans of Children of Men, Years and Years & Station Eleven, a postcard from a future Britain that's closer than we think.

Utterly addictive Victoria SelmanFunny, engrossing, and brilliantly written Claire McGowan';One of the best books we've read in a long time' BellaSometimes all it takes to bring a family together is the possible end of the world Meet the Altman family.

Dark, gripping .

';Crazy, sexy, cool: Caroline Kepnes gets better and Joe Goldberg gets worse with every book' ERIN KELLYCaroline Kepnes writes with such malevolent energy, such dark grace and such ink-black humour.

There is nothing as powerful as a mother's love.

';He did kill.

A GRIPPING READ FROM THE DAGGER-AWARD WINNING AUTHOR Apowerful, thought-provoking story.

';Will suck you in from the first page'Stephen Booth, author ofFall Down DeadIn a small northern town, girls are disappearing.

How much is the smile from the person you love worth to you?

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES STARRING DIANE KRUGER AND JO JOYNERTaut, clever, compelling and guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the TrainYou think you know herBut look a little closer She is a stay-at-home mother of three with boundless reserves of patience, energy and love.

*** THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR *** Luxurious, expensive Apartment 3B is for sale.

They're back and stronger than ever!

Published in the UK asA Family Reunion*** THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ***One explosive family reunion.

*** The epic and long-awaited newromance from the author of Lettersto the Lost, winner of the RNA Award *** ';An epic story of joyous hedonism and desperate heartache.

'Kate Foster can pluck a dark story from the depths of history and bring it to vivid life before your eyes .

*** The Sunday Times bestseller ***'A read-it-in-one-sitting thriller' Erin Kelly'Intriguing .

The brand-new heartwarming instalment in the Cornish Girls saga series from the RNA Romantic Saga of the Year nominee, perfect for fans of Ginny Bell and Elaine EverestThe world is at peace at last, is it time for the Cornish Girls to love again?

Now we make you ugly, my mother said.

'A response - finally - to the new norms of femininity' Rachel CuskHaving reached an age when most of her peers are asking themselves when they will become mothers, Heti's narrator considers, with the same urgency, whether she will do so at all.

In this challenging novel, where striking workers march among dreaming spires, the worlds of industry and learning collide as the Owen family are caught in a web of conflicts: of politics and sex, loyalty and independence, English lives and Welsh memories .

*PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW*A mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the internationally bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and 1Q84Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZETHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA fearless and heartbreaking novel about love, friendship and incarceration, from the author of the internationally acclaimed The Flamethrowers.

This is a novel of small-town life.

'A devastating social parable brimming with humanity and heart.

Many of the Londoners in this novel are outcasts - some are criminals in society s eyes.

Opening in 1939, this novel spans 50 years and depicts the central character's life as a political emigre in a run down part of London.

'Each of the novels in Alms for Oblivion is an elegant morality tale, beautifully composed, sparkling with appreciation of the sheer limitless variety of human wickedness' TLSSimon Raven's sequence of colourful and funny novels about the English upper-class misbehaving continues against a backdrop of intrigue in Athens, radicalism in Cambridge, turmoil in India and movie-making in Corfu.

'Cracking entertainment.

Discover John Cheever s quirky psychological novel that is the perfect book club read.

It is the summer of 1936, the early months of the agonising civil war that engulfs Spain and shakes the rest of the world.

All she has is her reputation When Emma Robinson discovers she is carrying Paul Greenslade s child, there are harsh consequences after he disappears rather than marry a common shop-girl.

Winner of the McKitterick PrizeTwo women in a room.

Seventeen years after fleeing the revolutionary Ethiopia that claimed his father's life, Sepha Stephanos is a man still caught between two existences: the one he left behind, aged nineteen, and the new life he has forged in Washington D.

**WINNER OF THE 2020 WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD**'A magnificently gifted writer' Irvine WelshA Welsh community witnesses a strange vision: the huge spectre of a woman floating over a ridge.

As every woman knows, matchmaking is no easy job.