Marguerite had been confined for the sake of her wellbeing. That’s what her mother had said. Marguerite Périgord is locked in the attic of her family home, a towering Chelsea house overlooking the stinking Thames.For company she has a sewing machine, Mrs Beeton’s Book...

A stunning anthology of fierce and dangerous women, featuring stories from Lauren Groff, Deesha Philyaw, K-Ming Chang, and thirteen other award-winning and bestselling authorsA middle-aged Black woman exacts revenge on the aggressively average men she meets on dating sites. A girl buries pieces of...

Maika, Kippa, and Ren return to their own world to discover a full year has passed in their absence and Zinn is back in the clutches of Maika’s father, the megalomaniacal Lord Doctor. From the relative safety of the pirate-controlled Spice Islands, Maika and...

Willow’s worst nightmare was being cancelled. But the woods of Camp Castaway might destroy more than her reputation. After sitcom star Willow tweeted herself into infamy and had to be dragged blind-drunk out of a swimming pool, her agent shipped her off to the...

For a thousand years, Concordia has maintained peace between its provinces. To mark this incredible feat, the emperor's ship embarks upon a twelve-day voyage to the sacred Goddess's Mountain. Aboard are the heirs of the twelve provinces of Concordia, each graced with a unique...

A red algae bloom has taken over Mercy, Louisiana. Ever since a devastating hurricane, mutated wildlife lurks in the water that rises by the day. But Mercy has always been a place where monsters walk in plain sight. Especially at its heart: The Cove,...

A contemporary YA murder mystery set in sun-drenched LA, for fans of Malibu Rising, We Were Liars and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. "Lauren James’s books are addictive." Alice Oseman The novel of Lauren James's hugely popular online story "An Unauthorized Fan Treatise"...

Her name is not Nina, but that's the name she uses sometimes. At her local bar, in the carpark with her tricks, when she needs to score. She doesn't really need the money. But it lays bare the truth of each loveless transaction. Still...

'Absorbing, moving, and alarmingly believable, Home is an unforgettable story about identity, family, and the terrifying dynamics of a cult' Carole Johnstone, author of Mirrorland'Highly engrossing' Heat 'A white-hot gem of a book; brilliantly researched, so gripping and propulsive you'll want to consume it...

Mortuary technician Cassie Raven returns to solve another ingenious forensic mystery. Perfect for fans of Tess Gerritsen, Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs. Mortuary technician Cassie Raven believes the last thoughts of the dead linger like static in the air... Cassie has always had a...

For fans of Tess Gerritsen and Kathy Reichs comes a gripping debut thriller introducing Camden's most exciting new forensic investigator. Mortuary technician Cassie Raven believes the dead can talk. We just need to listen... Cassie Raven is used to people thinking her job is strange -...

A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion narrates this fever dream of a novel, carrying us on a universal journey through a wondrous and menacing modern day L.A. Named a Most Anticipated Book by The New York Times, ELLE, Vanity Fair, Buzzfeed, i-D, Boston...

A sweet sapphic romance takes a deadly dark turn in this sharp-as-a-knife novella with the slow build menace of Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber-from a New York Times-bestselling author hailed by Chuck Wendig as "a storyteller working at the top of her class. "Rosemary...

In this sophisticated novel of suspense, a killer with a taste for literature lurks in the shadows of Oxford University... After a student is found decapitated in the cupola of the Sheldonian Theatre and a cryptic note in an unknown language is discovered, DS...

This heart-pounding slasher by New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron is perfect for fans of Tiffany D. Jackson's White Smoke, Friday the 13th, The Haunting of Bly Manor and Get Out. Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams,...

The Stoker Award-winning, taut and propulsive twist on home invasion horror, packed psychological suspense. Soon to be a major film, Knock At the Cabin, directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on...

A nostalgic and subversive trip rife with sly nods to H. P. Lovecraft and pop culture, in the vein of It and Stranger Things. An exuberant and wickedly entertaining celebration of horror, love, friendship, and many-tentacled, interdimensional demon spawn. SUMMER 1977. The Blyton Summer...

'Twisty and unnerving' - Holly Jackson, author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. From the author of the bestselling Wilder Girls comes a twisty thriller about a girl whose past has always been a mystery - until she decides to return to her...

Erin McCabe is a criminal defence lawyer doing her best to live a quiet life in the wake of profound personal change. But when a young, Black, transgender prostitute is accused of murdering a wealthy politician's son, Erin feels duty-bound to defend her -...

The 'Father of Greater New York' is dead. Shot outside his Park Avenue mansion in the year of our Lord, 1903. In the hour of his death, will the truth of his life finally break free?Born to a struggling farming family in 1820, Andrew...

Shortlisted for the 2021 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize. 'An impressive and immersive debut set in a beautifully realized sixteenth-century Florence' Antonia Hodgson 'A first-class historical thriller... Bishop's spirited and richly detailed story is a tour-de-force' David Baldacci. 'Richly atmospheric... transports you to another time and...

Harry Kvist walks out the gates of Langholmen jail into the biting Stockholm winter of 1935. He has nothing to his name but a fiercely burning hope: that he can leave behind his old existence of gutter brawls, bruised fists and broken bones. But...

Strange things are happening in Tokyo. As war with Russia looms, the city is plagued by strange electricity storms, while the staff at the British Legation have gone on strike, claiming that the building is haunted. Thaniel Steepleton is sent over from London to act...

A collection of eighteen gay horror stories introduced by Caroline Munro. 'The writing is immensely visual, hauntingly gentle and spine chilling in equal measure. Bewitching and erotic.' William Jackson is the new master of gay horror, striking at the heart of the reader's deepest...

"Reader, hang on for dear life. Sawkill Girls is a wild, gorgeous, and rich coming-of-age story about complicity, female camaraderie, and power." -Sarah Gailey, author of River of Teeth "An eerie, atmospheric assertion of female strength." -Mindy McGinnis, author of The Female of the...

An Epitome Apartments Mystery Unique crimes call for unique detectives. When a good friend's beloved granddaughter is murdered, our ambisexual downsized-social-worker and her cat, Bunnywit, are enlisted to help solve the case. For the police, Madeline is just one more dead sex worker -...

'Evocative and unexpected, tender and fierce, The Origins of Iris is unlike any other thriller I've read in years... Outstanding' Sarah Hilary. 'This novel is like a dream, from the haunting narrative to the beautiful prose to the way Iris and her wilderness kept making...

She loves me. She loves me not. Bo Luxton has it all - a loving family, a beautiful home in the Lake District, and a clutch of bestselling books to her name.Enter Alice Dark, an aspiring writer who is drifting through life, with a...

Jane Austen in the hands of queen of crime, Val McDermid. Get ready for a very different Northanger Abbey. For Cat Morland life being home-schooled in Dorset is unendurably ordinary.To cope, she devours as many novels as possible, especially anything supernatural. But if Cat...

Don't miss the electrifying new Karen Pirie thriller - STILL LIFE is out now. The eleventh book in the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series, from No. 1 bestselling author Val McDermid. 'The queen of crime is still at the top of her game'...