'A stark depiction of the alligator pond of prison life Rage tempered with compassion [its] emotional core continues to smoulder The New York Times Book ReviewThrill-seeking teenager Jimmy Monroe is serving a twenty-year sentence for robbery in the state penitentiary, where terror and chaos reign, corrupt guards inflict casual violence, and men try to preserve their dignity amid isolation and inhumanity.
Now on Channel 5: COOPER AND FRY, starring Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Mandip Gill (Doctor Who)A death in the family-from-hell bring Detectives Fry and Cooper to a remote and unfriendly rural community in their fourth psychological thriller.
A powerful, singular collection of short stories depicting the evolving role of fatherhood in contemporary societyperfect for readers of Jamel Brinkleys A Lucky Man and Phil Klays Redeployment.
An aspiring chef finds she has bitten off more than she can chew when her gig as a private cook to a bestselling author turns deadly in this propulsive, whip-smart suspense novel.
For fans of The Women and The Tattooist of Auschwitz comes a compelling WWII historical love story about the young Black men and women history refused to call heroes.
DS Glyn Capaldi, half Welsh, half Italian, all maverick, returns in the CWA shortlisted series blowing fresh life into crime fictionDS Glyn Capaldi, exiled to the big empty middle of Wales to atone for past sins in Cardiff, is called in to investigate a human skeleton that has been uncovered during the excavations for a wind farm in a remote valley.
'My comfort read: anything by Jonathan Coe' Bob Mortimer'Coe channels his anger and frustration at the direction his country has taken, as well as his abiding love for it, into prose of enduring beauty' Guardian---Post-university life doesn t suit Phyl.
Gorgeous, immersive both epic and intimate, funny and wise Roisn O'Donnell'Moving, thought-provoking, and utterly delightful Elif Batuman Took me back to the way I felt when reading Normal People StylistA sexy, sprawling epic GlamourA BBC Culture Pick for 2026You could probably run cities on the energy generated between directors like him and actresses like herWhen Frida Slattery and John Reddan meet in a Dublin pub in 2005, neither can imagine how they will come to shape and define each others lives.
'breathtaking poetry' - Donna Ashworth'this book made me gayer' - Michaela Angemeer'a powerful reminder that we're not alone' - Courtney Peppernell'To every woman I have ever loved, and to those I was afraid to.
The book of the summer The instant bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less'If you're looking for the ultimate dose of escapism, it doesn't get better than Villa Coco' COSMOPOLITAN'An enchantment threaded through with hope'GUARDIAN'A gorgeous, sun-soaked novel that feels tailor-made for holiday reading' I NEWSPAPER'I was totally charmed by this joyful novel.
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of While Justice Sleeps returns with another riveting and intricately plotted thriller, in which a blackmailed federal judge, a secret court, and a brazen murder may lead to an unprecedented national crisis.
Bestselling and much loved author Belinda Jones will sweep you away in this riotous page-turner, full of witty observations on life and love - and plenty of full on laugh-out-loud moments.
Lose yourself in the tender, sexy, utterly real second chance love story, which shows love in all its complexity - chosen as a Reese's Book Club Pick and an instant New York Times bestseller.
A hugely significant political novel for the late twentieth century from one of the outstanding writers of the modern era and winner of the Nobel Prize for Fiction.
An impeccable rendering of modern queer life, Hard Place is a closely-held mirror to the tenderness and brutality of what it means to be young, gay and trying today in all its unflinching, and sometimes unflattering, glory.
