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Dear Librarian,

This autumn’s collection will delight fans of crime fiction! New titles include exciting thrillers from heavyweights Jeffery Deaver, Mark Billingham, Philip Kerr and the latestDCI Banks investigation from Peter Robinson.

Ali Smith returns with her new novel How to Be Both. Already a winner of the Costa Novel of the Year and Goldsmiths Prize for original fiction; it is now also nominated forthe prestigious Folio Prize. You’ll also find International Dylan Thomas prize winner To Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris, a dazzling comedy about the meaningof life, the certainty of death, and the importance of good oral hygiene.

Travelling to Infinity by Jane Hawking, the true story behind BAFTA Award winning film The Theory of Everything can be found in our non-fiction plan. Alongside it is CharlieChaplin by Peter Ackroyd, a fresh look at the very first icon of the silver screen.

We’re thrilled to welcome bestselling authors Rachel Joyce and Cathy Kelly. The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy is the parallel story to the worldwide bestseller, TheUnlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Cathy Kelly’s sparkling new novel, It Started With Paris, is full of her trademark warmth and insight, a delightful tale spinning out from aonce-in-a-lifetime moment.

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Moon Over Soho Ben Aaronovitch978 1 47129 481 5 – 432pp – $60.50

Research Philip Kerr978 1 47129 475 4 – 432pp – $60.50

The Skin Collector Jeffery Deaver978 1 47129 476 1 – 512pp – $60.50

Peter Grant is not just a lowly detective Constable, he’salso apprenticed to the last wizard in Britain: policing willnever be the same again!

Iwas my dad’s vinyl-wallah: I changed his records while helounged around drinking tea, and that’s how I know my Argo

from my Tempo. And it’s why, when Dr Walid called me to themorgue to listen to a corpse, I recognised the tune it was playing.Cyrus Wilkinson, part-time jazz saxophonist and full-timeaccountant, had apparently dropped dead of a heart attack justafter finishing a gig in Soho. He wasn’t the first. No one was goingto let me exhume corpses to see if they were playing my tune,so it was back to old-fashioned legwork, starting in Soho.

‘Told in a narrative voice that seasons laconic humourwith a dash of cynicism, the novel is fascinated with thegeography and history of London.’

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

Bestselling novelist John Houston’s wife found murderedin their luxury apartment in Monaco…”

Houston is the richest writer in the world, publishing manybestsellers a year - so many that he can’t possibly write them

himself. He has a team that feeds off his talent – ghost writers,agents, publishers. So when he decides to take a year out to writesomething of quality, a novel that will win prizes and criticalacclaim, a lot of people stand to lose their livelihoods. NowHouston, the prime suspect in his wife’s murder, has disappeared.The scenario reads like the plot of one of Houston’s million-copy-selling thrillers...

Philip Kerr is the author of nine acclaimed BernieGunther novels. If The Dead Rise Not won the 2009CWA Ellis Peters Award for Best Historical CrimeNovel.

Master of suspense and number one bestselling authorJeffery Deaver returns with the eleventh exhilarating novelin the Lincoln Rhyme series…

Copycat, or revenge? They have never seen a murder like it.A talented tattoo artist is using poison instead of ink. His

victim is a young woman. And on her skin he’s left a message:‘the second.’ Drafted in to investigate, NYPD detective LincolnRhyme and his associate Amelia Sachs find the scene has beenscrubbed of evidence. All except for one trace - a scrap of paperthat connects this case with one they will never forget. And likethe ‘Bone Collector’ before him, Rhyme and Sachs findthemselves pitted against a twisted serial killer…

‘The most creative, skilled and intriguing thriller writerin the world.’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

‘The pace is terrific, the suspense inexorable, andthere is an excellent climax. If you want thrills, Deaveris your man.’ GUARDIAN


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Summer of the Dead Julia Keller978 1 47129 484 6 – 512pp – $60.50

The Blazing World Siri Hustvedt978 1 47129 483 9 – 544pp – $60.50

Half a King Joe Abercrombie 978 1 47129 478 5 – 320pp – $60.50

A polyphonic tour de force from the internationally acclaimedauthor that was nominated for the Man Booker Prize.

Artist Harriet Burden, furious at the lack of recognition she hasreceived from the New York art establishment, embarks on

an experiment: she hides her identity behind three male frontswho exhibit her work as their own. And yet, even after she hasunmasked herself, there are those who refuse to believe she isthe woman behind the men. The story unfolds through extractsfrom Burden’s notebooks, as well as testimonies and one thing isclear: Burden’s involvement with the last of her ‘masks’ turnedinto a dangerous psychological game that ended with his bizarredeath.

‘This novel is a puzzle, a mystery, a dance, filled withintrigue, a truly wonderful intellectual work that makesyou think and laugh and tickles the brain.’ DAILY MAIL

‘The Blazing World is a dazzling novel, the kind thatmakes you cry (or nearly cry) as well as think.’

SUNDAY TIMES

A classic coming-of-age tale set in a vivid and richly-imagined world from Sunday Times bestselling author JoeAbercrombie.

Prince Yarvi has vowed to regain a throne he never wanted.But first he must survive cruelty, chains and the bitter waters

of the shattered sea itself. Born a weakling in the eyes of his father,Yarvi is alone. He cannot grip a shield or swing an axe, so he mustsharpen his mind to a deadly edge. Gathering a strange fellowshipof the outcast and the lost, he finds they can do more to help himbecome the man he needs to be than any court of nobles could.Even with loyal friends at his side, Yarvi’s path may end as it began– in twists, traps and tragedy…

‘Abercrombie writes fantasy like no one else.’ GUARDIAN

‘A fast-paced tale of betrayal and revenge that grabbedme from page one and refused to let go.’

GEORGE R.R. MARTIN

The third in Julia Keller’s brilliant Bell Elkins series.

The first death came unexpectedly. An old man attackedoutside his home, his murder a shock to the town. Then the

second death came and with it - fear. For Raythune County’sprosecuting attorney Bell Elkins, the killings in Acker’s Gap are allshe can think about. Everything - the oppressive summer heat,her absent daughter, her troublesome sister - fade into thebackground as she tries to work out who could be responsible.As the tension escalates and suspects begin to emerge, Bell comeshead-to-head with a killer bent on destroying all those who standin their way...

‘A rare talent and a must read.’ KARIN SLAUGHTER

‘Be careful opening this book because once you do youwon’t be able to close it. A killer novel.’

TOM FRANKLIN

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The Awakening of Miss Prim Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera978 1 47129 486 0 – 384pp – $60.50

The Final Testimony of Raphael Ignatius PhoenixPaul Sussman 978 1 47129 479 2 – 496pp – $60.50

The Two Week Wait Sarah Rayner 978 1 47129 477 8 – 448pp – $60.50

‘My name is Raphael Ignatius Phoenix and I am a hundredyears old – or will be in ten days’ time, when I kill myself…’

Raphael Ignatius Phoenix has had enough. Born at thebeginning of the 20th century, he is determined to take his

own life as the old millennium ends and the new one begins. Butbefore he ends it all, he wants to put the record straight, and thatincludes making sense of his own long life. He decides to write itall down and, eschewing the more usual method of pen andpaper, begins to record his story on the walls of the isolated castlethat is his final home. Raphael remembers the multitude ofexperiences, the myriad encounters and of course, the tenmurders he committed along the way…

‘The things that made (Sussman) such a distinctivewriter - his boundless imagination (and) his love of thebizarre.’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

‘Sussman’s first written and last published novel hasshades of Vonnegut, Donleavy and Golding’s PincherMartin. Loved it.’ JONATHAN GRIMWOOD, authorof The Last Banquet.

What if the thing you most longed for was resting on a twoweek wait?

After a health scare, Brighton-based Lou is forced to confrontthe fact that her time to have a baby is running out. She can’t

imagine a future without children, but her partner doesn’t seemto feel the same way, and she’s not sure whether she could go italone. Meanwhile, up in Yorkshire, Cath is longing to start a familywith her husband, Rich. No one would be happier to have a childthan Rich, but Cath is infertile. Could these strangers help oneanother out? The Two Week Wait is a memorable, moving page-turner about two very different women, each yearning to createa family of her own.

‘Sarah Rayner explores an emotive subject with greatsensitivity.’ SUNDAY EXPRESS

‘A topical subject treated with insightfulness and carethat makes for a wholly absorbing story with atouching ending that’ll prompt a tear or two.’

EASY LIVING

A delightful tale of literature, philosophy and the searchfor happiness.

Prudencia Prim is a young woman of intelligence andachievement, with a deep knowledge of literature and several

letters after her name. But when she accepts the post of privatelibrarian in the village of San Ireneo de Arnois, she is unpreparedfor what she encounters there. Her employer, a book-lovingintellectual, is dashing yet contrarian, always ready with a critiqueof her cherished Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott. Prudenciahoped for friendship in San Ireneo but she didn’t suspect that shemight find love - nor that the course of her new life would offerchallenge and heartache as well as joy, discovery and fireside debate.

‘A book that gives you a warm glow and lets youescape. […] A thought-provoking read full of beautyand the simplicity of everyday life.’

THE LADY MAGAZINE

‘An exquisitely delicate, distinctive and inspiring storythat will leave your heart undone, open to the beautyof the little things in life.’ ELLE MAGAZINE



Quiet Dell Jayne Anne Phillips978 1 47129 480 8 – 576p – $60.50

Suspicion Joseph Finder978 1 47129 485 3 – 448pp – $60.50

Some Veil Did Fall Kirsty Ferry978 1 47129 482 2 – 416pp – $60.50

His nightmare began with a quick handshake and afriendly smile...

Danny Goodman would do anything for his teenage daughterAbby. But Danny is broke, and he can no longer afford the

school she adores. The only person he can borrow money fromis Thomas Galvin, Abby’s best friend’s father and a well-knownmillionaire. But on the day he takes the loan, the authorities turnup at his door. Galvin is a wanted criminal - and this is their chanceto bring him down. Now Danny has a choice. Face prison foraccepting dirty money, or go undercover in a dangerous stingoperation to betray his new best friend...

‘I’m looking forward to reading Suspicion by JosephFinder, a thriller writer of the highest caliber.’

JACKIE COLLINS

‘The narrative is light, the observation acute and theplot is jaw-clenching. A great summer read.’

THE TIMES

What if you recalled memories from a life that wasn’tyours, from a life before?

When Becky steps into Jonathon’s atmospheric photographystudio in Whitby, she is simply a freelance journalist in

search of a story. But as soon as she puts on the beautiful Victoriandress and poses for a photograph, she becomes somebody quitedifferent… Becky is overcome with visions and flashbacks from alife that isn’t her own - disturbing and filled with fear. As she andJon begin to unravel the mystery behind her strange experiences,the natural affinity that they have for each other continues to growand leads them to question - have they met somewhere before?Perhaps not just in this life but in another?

Kirsty Ferry won the English Heritage/Belsay HallNational Creative Writing competition in 2009 and hashad articles and short stories published.

A chilling novel based on a real life multiple murder by acon-man who preyed on widows – a story that hashaunted Jayne Anne Phillips since childhood.

In Chicago in 1931, Asta Eicher, a widow with three children, islonely and pressed for money after the sudden death of her

husband. She begins to receive seductive letters from a elegantman named Harry Powers, who promises to marry and care forher and her children. Asta agrees to go with him to West Virginiato see his house there, and then to bring her children. Weekslater, all are dead. Emily Thornhill, a journalist, covers the caseand becomes deeply invested in understanding what happenedto this beautiful family, and determined to make sure that Powersis convicted.

‘Phillips offers […] a heroine who lights up the darkplaces and gives us hope in our humanity.’

STEPHEN KING

‘An extraordinary book – the best she has written.’OBSERVER


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Killers of the King Charles Spencer 978 1 47129 487 7 – 448pp – $60.50

Disobeying Hitler Randall Hansen 978 1 47129 488 4 – 496pp – $60.50

Charlie Chaplin Peter Ackroyd 978 1 47129 489 1 – 368pp – $60.50

An intriguing account of German resistance in the lastyear of WWII.

In the last months of the war, Hitler ordered the poisoning,blocking and wrecking of all ports across Europe. He ordered

the destruction of all industries, railroads, bridges, utilities supplies,archives and museums in Europe and the destruction of the mostbeautiful city in the world – Paris. Thanks to the determinationand bravery of a few, including those who paid with their lives,Hitler’s orders were often disobeyed. The result was a profoundand lasting effect on the war and its aftermath. In this fascinatingand gripping book, Randall Hansen explores the extraordinaryphenomenon of disobedience and its consequences.

Randall Hansen is a political scientist and historian atthe University of Toronto. His fields of research aremigration and citizenship, eugenics and populationpolicy and the effect of war on civilian populations.

A fresh look at Chaplin from the masterful Peter Ackroyd.

He was the very first icon of the silver screen and is one ofthe most recognisable faces in Hollywood, even a hundred

years after his first film. But what of the man behind themoustache? The director holding the camera as well as acting infront of it? Peter Ackroyd’s new biography turns the spotlight onChaplin’s life as well as his work, from his humble theatricalbeginnings in music halls to winning an honorary Academy Award.Everything is here, from the glamour of his golden age to themurky scandals of the 1940s and eventual exile to Switzerland.

‘Ackroyd brings a novelist’s as well as a biographer’seye to the story of a man who “seemed to epitomisethe human condition itself, flawed and frail and funny.”‘

INDEPENDENT

‘Compact, engrossing, intelligent.’ SUNDAY TIMES

Charles Spencer tells the shocking stories and fascinatingfates of the men who signed Charles I’s death warrant.

January, 1649: After seven years of fighting in the bloodiest war inBritain’s history, Parliament now faced a problem: what to do with

a defeated king, a king who refused to surrender? Parliamentariansresolved to do the unthinkable, to disregard the Divine Right ofKings and hold Charles I to account for the appalling slaughterendured by his people… On an icy winter’s day on a scaffoldoutside Whitehall, the King of England was executed. CharlesSpencer explores this violent clash of ideals through the individualswhose fates were determined by that one, momentous decision.These are the shocking stories of the men who dared to kill a king.

‘The virtues of a thriller and of scholarship are potentlycombined.’ TOM HOLLAND

‘Very good. Dense and well-researched […] thestories are extraordinary. Spine-tingling detail.’

THE TIMES



Hard Times Charles Dickens978 1 40749 991 8 – 448pp – $49.50

The Collector Nora Roberts978 1 47129 490 7 – 592pp – $60.50

The English Girl Margaret Leroy978 1 47129 492 1 – 320pp – $60.50

The thrilling new novel of love, murder and suspense fromNora Roberts - the world’s greatest storyteller.

Lila Emerson is fascinated by other people’s lives. As a house-sitter, she loves looking after the glamorous, sophisticated

homes she could never afford herself. And as a writer, she enjoyswatching the world go by, dreaming up stories for the people shesees from her window. But then one day she witnessessomething only too real - the brutal and shocking murder of ayoung woman living across the street in New York. And now,because of what she saw, Lila’s own life is in immediate dangerfrom an audacious, single-minded assassin who kills for profit andfor pleasure.

Praise for the author: ‘I love Nora Roberts.’STEPHEN KING

‘The most successful novelist on planet Earth.’WASHINGTON POST

A breath-taking historical novel set in 1930s Vienna,about an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times.

When seventeen-year-old Stella Whittaker is offered thechance to study at the Academy of Music in Vienna it’s a

dream-come-true. Seduced by the elegant beauty of the city,Stella explores the magnificent palaces, gardens and fashionablecoffee houses, and after a chance meeting in an art gallery, falls inlove with Harri Reznik, a young Jewish doctor. But as the threatof war casts a dark shadow over Europe, Stella soon discoversthat both the household where she lives and the city she hascome to call home are not as welcoming as they once seemed…

‘Gripping and heart-warming; you won’t want to put itdown.’ IRISH TATLER

‘Margaret Leroy writes with candour and intelligence,capturing the menace of suddenly finding that theworld may not be at all as you’ve thought it.’

HELEN DUNMORE

First published in 1854, Hard Times is the tenth novel byCharles Dickens.

Arguably Dickens’ greatest triumph, Hard Times is set, not inLondon, but in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern

industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories,downtrodden workers and polluted environment. This is thesoulless domain of the strict utilitarian Thomas Gradgrind and theheartless factory owner Josiah Bounderby. However human joyis not excluded thanks to ‘Mr Sleary’s Horse-Riding’ circus and agin-soaked and hilarious troupe of open-hearted and affectionatepeople who act as an antidote to all the drudgery and miseryendured by the ordinary citizens of Coketown.

Charles Dickens was a political reporter and journalistas well as a novelist. His novels have captured and heldthe public’s imagination.


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It Started With Paris Cathy Kelly978 1 47129 446 4 – 560pp – $60.50

The Bones Beneath Mark Billingham978 1 47129 445 7 – 480pp – $60.50

Dubliners James Joyce978 1 40749 910 9 – 288pp – $49.50

Joyce’s first major work, written when he was onlytwenty-five, brought his city to the world for the firsttime.

Dubliners is a sequence of stories depicting middle-classCatholic life in Dublin. His stories are rooted in the rich detail

of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often defeated lives withunflinching realism. He writes of social decline, sexual desire andexploitation, corruption and personal failure, yet creates abrilliantly compelling, unique vision of the world and of humanexperience.

Although he spent most of his adult life outside Ireland,James Joyce’s psychological and fictional universe isfirmly rooted in his native Dublin, the city whichprovides the settings and much of the subject matterfor all his fiction.

Sunday Times bestseller Cathy Kelly returns with a funny,emotional, heart-warming new novel.

At the top of the Eiffel Tower, a young man proposes to hisgirlfriend. In that second, everything changes, not just for the

happy couple, but for the family and friends awaiting their returnin Ireland... Leila’s been nursing a broken heart since her husbandupped and left her, but she’s determined to put on a brave facefor the bride. Vonnie, a widow and exceptional cake-maker, is justdaring to let love back into her life, although someone seemsdetermined to stop it. Grace finds the impending wedding of herson means that she’s spending more time with her ex-husband.

‘By the end of Kelly’s novels, I always feel I’ve madenew friends. As warm-hearted and wise as ever.’

WOMAN & HOME

Tom Thorne returns in this utterly gripping, brilliantlyplotted thriller…

Tom Thorne is back in charge - but there’s a terrifying priceto pay. Stuart Nicklin, the most dangerous psychopath he has

ever put behind bars, promises to reveal the whereabouts of abody he buried twenty-five years before - but only if Thorneagrees to escort him. Unable to refuse, Thorne gathers a teamand travels to a remote Welsh island. Thorne is determined toget the job done and return home before Nicklin can outwitthem. Nicklin knows this island well and has had time to planahead. New bodies are added to the old, and Thorne findshimself facing the toughest decision he has ever had to make...

‘Brilliantly evoking the spooky island atmosphere, thetension of this macabre thriller is lightened by humourand believable characters.’ SUNDAY MIRROR

‘Strong plotting and an all-too-plausible villain revealjust how good Billingham is, and confirm Thorne as amemorable, flawed hero.’ DAILY MAIL



First Impressions Charlie Lovett 978 1 47129 447 1 – 512pp – $60.50

Five Days Left Julie Lawson Timmer978 1 47129 455 6 – 448pp – $60.50

The Well Catherine Chanter978 1 47129 454 9 – 512pp – $60.50

A heart-breaking and uplifting read about the ultimate life choice.

Mara is a successful lawyer and a devoted wife and mother.Struggling with a devastating illness, she has set herself five

days to make the hardest decision, for the sake of her family. Scottlives a thousand miles away and is a foster parent to a troubledeight-year-old. Scott is facing his own five day countdown until hisbeloved foster son is returned to his biological mother. Mara andScott connect through an online forum and find a friendship tohelp guide them through the most difficult and momentous weekof their lives.

‘Combines tension, humour and a life-affirmingpoignancy.’ SUNDAY MIRROR

‘Unique, gripping, and viscerally moving.’JODI PICOULT

‘One night is enough to swallow a lifetime of lives.’

When Ruth Ardingly and her family first drive up fromLondon in their grime-encrusted car and view The Well,

they are enchanted by a jewel of a place, a farm that appears tooffer everything the family are searching for. But The Well’s uniqueglory comes at a terrible price. The locals suspect foul play in itsverdant fields and drooping fruit trees, and Ruth becomesincreasingly isolated as she struggles to explain why her landflourishes whilst her neighbours’ produce withers and dies. AsThe Well envelops them, Ruth’s paradise becomes a prison,Mark’s dream becomes a recurring nightmare and Lucien’splayground, a grave.

‘The Well has the pulse of a thriller combined with afuturistic evocation of a Big Brother society.’

ALLISON PEARSON

A novel about old books, young love and Jane Austen.

Book lover and Jane Austen enthusiast Sophie Collingwoodhas barely started her new job at an antiquarian bookshop in

London when two different customers request a copy of thesame obscure publication: the second edition of Little Book ofAllegories by Richard Mansfield. Their enquiry draws Sophie intoa web of mystery surrounding the true authorship of Pride andPrejudice, with ultimately dangerous consequences... Sophie’squest, which also sees her dealing with several love interests onthe way, explores love in all its forms – as well as the joys of a lifelived in books.

‘An inventive tale with elements of romance andsuspense, wrapped around a bookish mystery that willplease lovers of old libraries and Austen fans.’

DEBORAH HARKNESS


Shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2014 - passionate,compassionate, vitally inventive and scrupulously playful, AliSmith’s novels are like nothing else.

How to be both is a novel all about art’s versatility. Borrowingfrom painting’s fresco technique to make an original literary

double-take, it’s a fast-moving genre-bending conversationbetween forms, times, truths and fictions. There’s a renaissanceartist of the 1460s. There’s the child of a child of the 1960s. Twotales of love and injustice twist into a singular yarn where timegets timeless, structural gets playful, knowing gets mysterious,fictional gets real - and all life’s givens get given a second chance.

‘Smith can make anything happen, which is why she isone of our most exciting writers today.’

DAILY TELEGRAPH

‘I take my hat off to Ali Smith. Her writing lifts thesoul.’ EVENING STANDARD

One woman’s fear is another woman’s weapon...

‘’When I look back on my relationship with Kathy I marvel at hownaive she was; how little she knew. But then, she always thoughtshe had everything - the job, the baby, the friends… and him.She thought she was safe. She thought that nothing could touchher perfect world… She should never have trusted me.’’ Awoman sets out to destroy a female colleague in this chillingpsychological thriller.

‘Pumps up suspense like Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl. […]Delivered in a sharp, pragmatic style that is grippingand readable, but behind the adventure the plot hintsat a bigger, more complex questions about oursociety.’ THE SCOTSMAN

‘Fascinating (and) clever, […] the author’s real skill isher ability to invent memorable original characters. Athrilling read.’ DAILY MAIL

The Lie Of You Jane Lythell978 1 47129 450 1 – 368pp – $60.50

Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks turns her laser-sharpperception and empathy to a forgotten generation of women.

The 1920’s: A time of hope, promise and parties, but not allthe men came home after the war. Meet the spare brides -

young, gorgeous and unexpectedly alone. Ava relishes thefreedom of being single whilst Sarah fears no one can replace herhero husband. Beatrice finds it hard to shine next to her dazzlingfriends and Lydia is married, rich and privileged - so isn’t she oneof the lucky ones? Then a chance encounter changes everything– the angry, damaged and dangerously attractive, Edgar Trent isan irresistible temptation, and the old rules no longer apply...

‘Here are some seriously fab frocks in Adele Parks’latest novel. Dramatic and swooningly romantic, this ishistorical fiction with real heart.’ MARIE CLAIRE

‘You’ll love the drama, the gorgeous dresses, grandhouses and, in particular, the handsome but damagedlove interest.’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

Spare Brides Adele Parks978 1 47129 449 5 – 560pp – $60.50

How To Be Both Ali Smith978 1 47128 793 0 – 352p – $60.50



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White Fire Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child978 1 47129 448 8 – 544pp – $60.50

Follow Me Follow You Laura E. James978 1 47129 451 8 – 400pp – $60.50

Doctor January Rhoda Baxter978 1 47129 452 5 – 304p – $60.50

If you keep looking back, you might miss what’s standingright in front of you…

Six months after a painful break-up from Gordon, Beth’s gettingher life back on track. She’s even beginning to see Hibs, her

lab partner, as more than just a lousy lothario in a lab-coat andgoggles. So when Gordon arrives back from America withoutwarning, expecting to be welcomed back into Beth’s arms, she’stotally thrown. She quickly begins to see that Gordon isn’t theman she thought he was… Hibs has always held a candle forBeth, but he can only wait so long for her to realise there’s moreto life than being patronised and bullied by the one who’s meantto love and protect her.

From the authors of internationally bestselling thrillerscomes another spine-tingling tale…

Colorado, 1876: At a remote mining camp high in the RockyMountains, eleven silver miners are killed, their bodies

horribly mutilated, flesh devoured. Bear attack? Not everyonethinks so. 136 years later, the cemetery where the miners wereburied is being cleared for new development. Forensic pathologistCorrie Swanson has arranged to study the bones. What shediscovers will expose a conspiracy that’s as lethal today as it wasa century ago. As the winter snows fall, Corrie’s life depends onunravelling a dark secret, the key to which may just lie in a lostSherlock Holmes story, a tale allegedly so horrifying that its authornever dared publish it…

‘A collision between past and present that will leaveyou breathless.’ LEE CHILD

‘White hot bestselling suspense. Simply brilliant!’LISA GARDNER

You save me and I’ll save you…

Victoria Noble has pulled the plug on romance. As director ofthe number one social networking site, EweSpeak, and being

single mother to four-year-old Seth, she wrestles with the work-life balance. Enter Chris Frampton, Hollywood action hero andVictoria’s first love. His return from LA has sparked mediaattention and with secrets threatening to fuel the fire, he’sdesperate to escape. But finding a way forward is never simple.Although his connection with Victoria has lasted the test of time,has he been adrift too long to know how to move on? With therisk of them breaking, will either follow their heart?

Laura E. James is a graduate of the Romantic Novelists’Association’s New Writers’ Scheme, a member of herlocal writing group, Off The Cuff, and one eighth ofThe Romaniacs.


A major motion picture, The Theory of Everything,starring Eddie Redmayne as Hawking and Felicity Jones ashis wife, Jane.

In this compelling memoir from Stephen Hawking’s first wife,Jane Hawking, relates the inside story of their extraordinary

marriage. As Stephen’s academic renown soared, his body wascollapsing under the assaults of motor neurone disease, and Jane’scandid account of trying to balance his 24-hour care with theneeds of their growing family will be inspirational to anyonedealing with family illness. The inner-strength of the author, andthe self-evident character and achievements of her husband, makefor an incredible tale that is always presented with unflinchinghonesty… In this exceptionally open, moving and often funnymemoir, Jane Hawking confronts the acutely complicated andpainful dilemmas of her first marriage.

‘Jane writes about her former husband withtenderness, respect and protectiveness.’

SUNDAY EXPRESS

The epic first instalment in a sequence of novels set atthe end of the Roman Empire, during the reign of theEmperor Constantine.

Centurion Aurelius Castus - once a soldier in the elite legionsof the Danuge - believes his glory days are over, as he finds

himself in Britain, battling to protect an empire in decline. Whenthe king of the Picts dies, Castus is selected to lead the Romanenvoy sent to negotiate with the barbarians beyond Hadrian’sWall. Here he will face a supreme challenge in a mission that willtest his honour. As he struggles to avert disaster and keep hispromise to a woman he has sworn to help, Castus discovers thatnothings about this doomed enterprise was ever what it seemed.

Ian Ross has been researching and writing about the laterRoman world and its army for over a decade.

War at the Edge of the World Ian Ross 978 1 47129 453 2 – 448pp – $60.50

The enthralling story of an extraordinary woman and herpart in the defining moments of recent British Indian history.

In 1876 Sophia Duleep Singh was born into royalty. Her father,Maharajah Duleep Singh, was heir to the Kingdom of the Sikhs,

a realm that stretched from the Kashmir to the cities of Lahoreand Peshawar. It was a territory irresistible to the British, whoplundered everything. Exiled to England, the dispossessedMaharajah transformed his estate at Elveden in Suffolk into aMoghul palace. Sophia, god-daughter of Queen Victoria, wasraised a genteel aristocratic Englishwoman. Sophia transcendedher heritage to devote herself to battling injustice and inequality.Her causes were the struggle for Indian independence, the fateof the Lascars, the welfare of Indian soldiers in the First WorldWar – and the fight for female suffrage.

‘A wonderful debut, written with real spirit and gusto.Anita Anand has produced a winner.’

WILLIAM DALRYMPLE

Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, RevolutionaryAnita Anand 978 1 47129 456 3 – 544pp – $60.50

Travelling to Infinity Jane Hawking978 1 47129 457 0 – 560pp – $60.50



Love – is it worth its weight in gold?

It’s 1866 and the gold rush is on. Left to fend for herself in thewilds of New Zealand’s west coast, Lady Guinevere Stanhope

is determined to do whatever it takes to rescue her ancestralhome and restore her father’s good name. Forced out of hisnative Ireland, Quinn O’Donnell dreams of striking gold. Hisfiercely held prejudices make him loath to help any English person,let alone a lady as haughty and obstinate as Guinevere. But whena flash flood hits, Quinn is compelled to rescue her, and their pathsbecome entwined in this unchartered new world.

Zana Bell grew up in Harare, Zimbabwe and studiedEnglish Literature at the University of Cape Town. Shebegan writing, just for the fun of seeing whether shecould actually complete a novel and immediatelybecame hooked.

The remarkable story of one of the most iconic clashes insports and world history.

In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and stormtroopers goose-stepping, an African-American athlete won a

staggering four Olympic gold medals. Jesse Owens, the son ofsharecroppers, had single-handedly crushed Hitler’s myth ofAryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the 1936 gamesis that of a high-profile athlete giving a performance that transcendssports. But it is also the intimate and complex tale of the courageof one remarkable man. This is the incredible true story of themoment a black athlete beat Hitler at his own games.

‘Schaap leaves readers with a vivid portrait not just ofOwens but of ‘30s Germany and America.’

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

Triumph: Jesse Owens and Hitler’s OlympicsJeremy Schaap 978 1 47129 458 7 – 320pp – $60.50

Step into Alliott country with the fabulously funny andwonderfully heart-warming story.

When Ella married the handsome, celebrated artist SebastianMontclair at just nineteen she was madly in love. Now,

those blissful years of marriage have turned into the very definitionof an unconventional set-up. Sebastian resides in an outhouseacross the lawn from Ella’s ramshackle farmhouse. With a homecrowded by hostile teenage children, gender-confused chickensand an ex-husband living under her nose, Ella finds comfort in thecompany of the very charming gardener, Ludo. Then out of theblue Sebastian decides to move on, catching Ella horriblyunawares. How much longer can she hide from what reallydestroyed her marriage… and the secret she continues to keep?

‘Another huge treat from Catherine Alliott. It’shilarious yet poignant, with wonderful characters,including all the animals! I lapped up every page.’

SOPHIE KINSELLA ‘An entertaining read that’s as light as the summerbreeze.’ DAILY EXPRESS

My Husband Next Door Catherine Alliott978 1 47129 462 4 – 544pp – $60.50

Fool’s Gold Zana Bell 978 1 47129 460 0 – 368pp – $60.50



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The Love Song of Miss Queenie HennessyRachel Joyce 978 1 47129 595 9 – 384pp – $60.50

Little Women Louisa May Alcott9781471201752 – 368pp – $49.50

Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen9781471201738 – 544pp – $49.50

The charming story of the March sisters, Little Womenhas been adored by generations.

Little Women is the much-loved story of the March sisters; Meg,Jo, Beth and Amy. The girls grow up amidst the turmoil and

hardships of the American Civil War. There is Meg, the eldest; Jo,the tomboy who longs to be a writer; Beth, shy, timid, anddelicate, who brings out the protective instinct in others and Amy,the youngest and brightest and in her own estimation, the mostimportant. The household is presided over by Mrs March,‘Marmess,’ who tries to rule with kindness and to create harmonyamongst her four little women.

Life in the March household is full of adventures andaccidents as the four very different sisters follow theirvarying paths to adulthood.

One of the most cherished love stories in English literature.

When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelorFitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited;

he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she laterdiscovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubledrelationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane,she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparklingcomedy of manners that follows Jane Austen shows the folly ofjudging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships,gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life. Jane Austen’s1813 masterpiece has a lasting effect on everyone who reads it.

‘I read all of Jane Austen’s novels very early on andlearnt to love her economy of style and precision. Shestill seems to me the finest writer in the Englishlanguage’ PHILIPPA GREGORY

‘Jane Austen is one of my favourite writers... veryacute, very perceptive, and writing in close and honestdetail about the tiny preoccupations of women’s lives.’

HELEN FIELDING

From the author of the worldwide bestseller, The UnlikelyPilgrimage of Harold Fry, comes an exquisite, funny andheartrending parallel story.

When Queenie Hennessy discovers that Harold Fry iswalking the length of England to save her and all she has

to do is wait, she is shocked. Her note had explained she wasdying. How can she wait? A new volunteer at the hospice suggeststhat Queenie should write again, only this time she must tellHarold everything. In confessing to secrets she has hidden fortwenty years, she will find atonement for the past. Queeniethought her first letter would be the end of the story. She waswrong. It was the beginning.

‘Touching […] a quiet, gentle, moving novel. Joyce’swriting has a simplicity that sings and she captureshope best of all.’ THE OBSERVER

‘If you loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, you’llbe thrilled with this sequel.’ THE SUN


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To Rise Again at a Decent Hour Joshua Ferris978 1 47129 597 3 – 512pp – $60.50

The Dolls House M. J. Arlidge978 1 47129 602 4 – 384pp – $60.50

Abattoir Blues Peter Robinson978 1 47129 594 2 –512pp – $60.50

Bank is back – and the hunt is on.

When two boys vanish under mysterious circumstances, thelocal community is filled with unease. Then a bloodstain

is discovered in a disused World War Two hangar nearby, and acaravan belonging to one of the boys is burned to the ground.Assigned to the case, DCI Banks and his team are baffled by themystery laid out before them. But when a motor accident throwsup a gruesome discovery, the investigation spins into a higher gear.As Banks and his team struggle desperately to find the missing keyto the puzzle, they find themselves in a race against time whereit’s their turn to become the prey.

‘Peter Robinson deserves a place near, perhaps even atthe top of the British crime writers’ league.’

THE TIMES

‘It’s neither the setting nor even the characters thatmakes Robinson’s work so satisfying, but the plottingof Swiss-watch precision.’ INDEPENDENT

The Doll’s House is the new twisting and terrifyingthriller in the Detective Inspector Helen Grace seriesfrom M.J. Arlidge.

Awoman wakes up and opens her eyes. She knowsimmediately that she’s not in the bed she went to sleep in.

It’s just the beginning of her nightmare. Across town, a childdiscovers a woman’s body buried on the beach. Then anotherfemale victim is found. Yet neither friends nor family had evenreported either woman missing. How could their killer be gettingaway with murder? For Detective Inspector Helen Grace, she’ssearching for a monster who’s not just twisted, but also cleverand careful. Helen begins to realise that time might be runningout for someone who is still alive...

‘DI Helen Grace is a genuinely fresh heroine […] Arlidgeweaves together a tapestry that chills to the bone.’

DAILY MAIL‘Helen Grace. […] Determined, tough and damaged,she must unravel a terrifying riddle of a killer kidnappingvictims in pairs. Mesmerizing!’ LISA GARDNER

Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2014 and Shortlistedfor the Man Booker Prize 2014.

Paul O’Rourke - dentist extraordinaire, reluctant New Yorker,avowed atheist, disaffected Red Sox fan, and a connoisseur

of the afternoon mochaccino - is a man out of touch with modernlife. While his dental practice occupies his days, his nights are filledwith darker thoughts, as he alternately marvels at and rails againstthe optimism of the rest of humanity. So it goes, until someonebegins to impersonate Paul online. What began as an outrageousviolation of privacy soon becomes something far more soul-frightening: the possibility that the virtual ‘Paul’ might be a betterversion of the man in the flesh…

‘Joshua Ferris has proved his astonishing ability to spingold from ordinary air. […] As brave and adept as anywriter out there.’ NEW YORK TIMES

‘Enormously impressive: profoundly and humanelyengaged with the mysteries of belief and disbelief […]dismayingly funny in the way that only really seriousbooks can be.’ GUARDIAN


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The Secrets Sisters Keep Sinead Moriarty978 1 47129 601 7 – 448pp – $60.50

Taken For Dead Graham Masterton978 1 47129 598 0 – 576pp – $60.50

Not Quite Nice Celia Imrie978 1 47129 599 7 – 464pp – $60.50

It is a sunny Saturday in county Cork…

An Irish wedding is in full swing. Drunk uncles are toasting thebride. The Ceilidh band have played for hours. But the

cutting of the cake will bring the wedding to a horrifying end. Forthere, grinning gruesomely up from the bottom tier, is the severedhead of the local baker. Katie Maguire, of the Irish Garda, doesnot have any leads - until another local businessman goes missingin horrific circumstances. The murders appear to link to The Kingsof Erin, a terrifying gang of torturers and extortionists. But theseare dangerous men. And they will stop at nothing to throw Katieoff the trail.

‘One of the most original and frightening storytellers ofour time.’ PETER JAMES

A gloriously funny and charming debut novel about thejoys and challenges of living abroad from one of thenation’s best-loved actresses.

Theresa is desperate for a change. Forced into early retirement,she sells her house and moves to the picture-perfect town of

Bellevue-sur-Mer. The village sparkles like a diamond on theFrench Mediterranean coast. It is also home to the odd rock iconand Hollywood movie star and as Theresa soon discovers; a close-knit set of foreigners. As Theresa settles into seaside life sheembraces her new-found friendships and freedom. However, lifeis never quite as simple as it seems and as skeletons start to fall outof several closets, Theresa begins to wonder if life on the FrenchRiviera is quite as nice as it first appeared!

‘Utterly delicious in every way.’ JOANNA LUMLEY

‘A warm, light-hearted, fast-paced tale that fans ofPeter Mayle will enjoy.’ JOANNE HARRIS

The Secrets Sisters Keep is the story of three sisters,three life-altering problems and one eternal truth.Nobody knows you quite like a sister!

The Devlin sisters rely on each other - but some things arejust too painful to share, even when your sisters are your

best friends. Mum-of-four Julie thought that if her family had moremoney, life would be easier. Lawyer Louise is used to having lifego exactly as she wants it to. So accepting that she cannot controleverything in her world is beyond her. Former model Sophie canjust about cope with getting older - that’s until her ex-husbandfinds a younger model. All three women think that some battlesare best fought alone. Maybe they need to think again...

Praise for the author: ‘Sinead Moriarty can bringreaders from hilarity to heartbreak with greatdeftness.’ SUNDAY INDEPENDENT

‘One of the brightest voices in modern women’sfiction.’ BELLA



Your Beautiful Lies Louise Douglas978 1 47129 618 5 – 384pp – $60.50

The Honours Tim Clare978 1 47129 596 6 – 512pp – $60.50

The Age of Magic Ben Okri97 81 47129 603 1 – 176pp – $60.50

Northern Lightsmeets Neil Gaiman in this box of delights…

It is 1935 and war is looming in Great Britain. Alderberen Hall isa sprawling country estate shadowed by suspicion and paranoia.

Thirteen-year-old Delphine Venner is determined to uncover thesecrets of the elite society that has taken in her mother andunstable father. As she explores the house and discovers the secretnetwork of hidden passages that thread through the estate,Delphine uncovers a world more dark and dangerous than sheever imagined. With the help of head gamekeeper Mr Garforth,Delphine must learn the bloody lessons of war and find the soldierin herself in time to battle the deadly forces amassing in the woods.

Praise for the author: ‘Tim Clare writes with a poet’seye and a thriller writer’s pace that held me spellbound till the last page.’ CHRIS RIDDELL

‘Astutely brilliant. It is rare to find such a riveting,fantastical, adventure matched by such poetic flair.A rich, gripping delight.’ MATT HAIG

The Age of Magic has begun. Unveil your eyes.

Eight weary film-makers, travelling from Paris to Basel, arriveat a small Swiss hotel on the shores of a luminous lake. Above

them, strewn with lights that twinkle in the darkness, looms thetowering Rigi mountain. Over the course of three days and twonights, the travelers will find themselves drawn in to the mysteryof the mountain reflected in the lake. One by one, they will bedisturbed, enlightened, and transformed, each in a differentway. An intoxicating and dreamlike tale unfolds. Allow yourself tobe transformed.

‘Okri is incapable of writing a boring sentence.’INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

‘This novel offers the reader not just a story, but aseries of intriguing revelations on the mysteriousblurring of the lines between life and death, illusion andreality, good and evil.’ DAILY MAIL

A stunning novel about the scars betrayal can leavebehind, and the lengths we’ll go to conceal them...

Annie Howarth is living a restless life in a restless town. It’s1984 and for a mining community in South Yorkshire, the

strikes mean tensions are high. Then a murdered girl is found onthe moors and anxiety levels are pushed to breaking point.Married to the Chief of Police, Annie should feel safe. But Annieis keeping her own secrets. Ten years ago the man she loved wasripped from her life in a scandal and now his return will put herfamily, her marriage, even her life, at risk.

An atmospheric and suspenseful novel you’ll findimpossible to put down - perfect for fans of C.L. Taylorand Lucie Whitehouse.

‘Your Beautiful Lies […] kept me guessing until the lastfew pages and the explosive ending took my breathaway.’ C.L. TAYLOR, author of The Accident



Walking Home: My Family and Other RamblesClare Balding 978 1 47129 607 9 – 368pp – $60.50

Frozen Grave Lee Weeks978 1 47129 624 6 – 496pp – $60.50

Master of War – Defiant Unto DeathDavid Gilman 978 1 47129 600 0 – 448pp – $60.50

A serial killer with a cold heart. A race against time tosave the next victim…

The first body is found in London’s East End - a middle-agedwoman, brutally murdered. The second body turns up in a

disused quarry, attracting the attention of DI Carter and DC Willis.They had just interviewed the dead man about his links to the firstcrime - somebody wanted to stop him talking. Then the thirdbody is found and it becomes clear a serial killer is on the loose.

From the author of the bestselling Dead of Winter andCold As Ice comes a page-turning new thriller that willhave you hooked from start to finish.

The field of battle is not only arena in which Blackstonewill have to fight for his life...

The Black Prince has launched a devastating raid deep intoFrance, laying waste to everything in his path. In response, the

French have mustered an army that outnumbers the English forces10 to 1 and are determined to drive their hated foe from the landafter years of bloody conquest. Sir Thomas Blackstone, the Britisharcher knighted on the field of Crecy, has used the interveningyears to forge his own war band and has hacked out his ownfiefdom in central France. He knows the English are outnumbered,outmaneuvered and exhausted... but that will not stop him fromfighting his way to one of history’s greatest military victories.

David Gilman had a varied career including firefighter,soldier and marketing manager, before turning towriting full time. He is an award-winning author andscreenwriter.

Clare Balding’s brilliant new book of very Britishadventures.

In the Balding family, walking just took too long - Clare gallopedthrough the countryside and she galloped through life. Then,

starting out in her broadcasting career, she was asked to presenta series of walks with interesting people. Some fifteen hundredmiles of footpaths later, she’s discovered the true glories of Britainand caught the walking bug. Now she wants to get her wholefamily hooked, by taking them on the 71-mile footpath that runspast their home on the Hampshire Downs. Along the way thereare charming diversions and life-changing rambles, including hertake on the 2012 Olympics. This is Clare’s story of walking home.

‘Who needs politicians agonising about national andregional identities? Clare Balding has effortlesslyencapsulated all we love best about Britain.’ TELEGRAPH

‘Even the most reluctant of walkers will be tempted todon wellies after reading Clare’s wonderful descriptions.’

EXPRESS



That Summer in Ischia Penny Feeny978 1 47129 608 6 – 416pp – $60.50

Harry’s Last Stand Harry Leslie Smith978 1 47129 605 5 – 176pp – $60.50

The Italians John Hooper978 1 47129 606 2 – 416pp – $60.50

A lyrical invective that shows what the past can teach usand how the future is ours for the taking.

In November 2013, 91-year-old Yorkshireman, RAF veteran andex-carpet salesman Harry Leslie Smith’s Guardian article, ‘This

year, I will wear a poppy for the last time’ – was shared over 80,000times on Facebook, starting a huge debate about the state of society.Now he brings his unique perspective to bear on NHS cutbacks,benefits policy, political corruption, food poverty, the cost ofeducation and much more. From the deprivation of 1930s Barnsleyand the terror of war to the creation of our welfare state, Harryhas experienced how a great civilisation can rise from the rubble.But at the end of his life, he fears how easily it is being eroded.

‘A kind of epic poem, one that […] should be requiredreading for every MP, peer, councillor, civil servant andcommentator.’ GUARDIAN

Italy is a country of endless paradox and seeminglyunanswerable riddles.

John Hooper’s marvellously entertaining and perceptive newbook is the ideal companion for anyone seeking to understand

contemporary Italy and the unique character of the Italians.Looking at the facts that lie behind - and often belie - thestereotypes, his revealing book sheds new light on many aspectsof Italian life: football and Freemasonry, sex, symbolism and thereason why Italian has twelve words for a coat hanger, yet nonefor a hangover.

‘What’s not to love? A thoroughly researched, well-written, ageless narrative of a fascinating people.’

KIRKUS

‘John Hooper gets under the skin of a fascinatingpeople in a remarkable and compelling way.’

BILL EMMOTT

A vivid and evocative tale of secrets, love and families.

In her early years, Allie and her mother Helena were always onthe move - relationships never lasted and old friends slipped

away. But when Allie inherits Helena’s childhood home, she seessnatches of her mother’s tormented past. Determined to find outwhat keeps driving her mother away, Allie follows a lead to theisland of Ischia. She is drawn into a community that stillremembers the dramatic events of 1979, when a young boy waskidnapped and an English au pair took the blame. As clues to adecades-old mystery slowly rise to the surface, can Allie discoverwhat really happened that summer in Ischia?

‘Sun-drenched, dark and intriguing. I loved the way shepainted Italy.’ KATE LONG

‘A delightful holiday read.’ DAILY MAIL



Three Men in a Boat Jerome K. Jerome978 1 47120 174 5 – 272pp – $49.50

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald978 1 47120 176 9 – 224pp – $49.50

The Grand Duchess of Nowhere Laurie Graham978 1 47129 610 9 – 464pp – $60.50

In 1922, F Scott Fitzgerald announced his decision towrite “something new-something extraordinary andbeautiful and simple, intricately patterned”. That novelbecame The Great Gatsby.

Jay Gatsby is a self-made man, famed for his decadentchampagne-drenched parties where everybody who is anybody

is seen. Day and night his mansion buzzes with bright young thingsdrinking, dancing and debating his mysterious character, for Gatsby- young, handsome, fabulously rich - always seems alone in thecrowd, watching and waiting though no one knows what for. Noone knows of his longing for Daisy Buchanan…

Through the narration of Nick Carraway, Gatsby’sneighbour, the reader is taken into the superficiallyglittering world of the mansions which lined the LongIsland shore in the 1920s.

‘One of the greatest works of American literature...atimeless evocation of the allure, corruption andcarelessness of wealth’ THE TIMES

Perhaps there is one great love in everyone’s life…

For Princess Victoria Melita, known as Ducky, her great lovewas a Romanov, a member of the doomed Russian

monarchy. As an adult, Ducky is confined in an unhappy marriage.Desperate for a new life, she begins to look for something more– the adventure leading her far beyond England’s bounds, fromMalta to the French Rivera, Finland and St Petersburg. As Russiaunravels in 1917 and the Romanov dynasty falls, Ducky - nowreunited with her Romanov love - is right at the heart of it. Thelife of her family in danger, she must act bravely to stand a chanceof escape.

‘A fascinating glimpse into a vanished world.’SUNDAY TIMES

‘I loved this book and didn’t want to reach the end.’DAILY MAIL

A comic masterpiece that has been loved since it was firstpublished in 1889, by Jerome K. Jerome.

Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J and hisfriends George and Harris decide that a jaunt up the

Thames would suit them to a ‘T.’ But when they set off, they canhardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes,unreliable weather forecasts and tins of pineapple chunks - not tomention the devastation left in the wake of J’s small fox-terrierMontmorency.

Three Men in a Boat was an instant success when itappeared in 1889, and, with its benign escapism,authorial discursions and wonderful evocation of thelate-Victorian ‘clerking classes,’ it hilariously capturedthe spirit of its age.


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