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Testament: Shortlisted for Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award

By Kim Sherwood

Dark Water: Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

By Elizabeth Lowry

A River in the Trees

By Jacqueline O'Mahony

Rose Nicolson: a vivid and passionate tale of 16th Century Scotland

By Andrew Greig

The Chosen: who pays the price of a writer's fame?

By Elizabeth Lowry

The Chosen: who pays the price of a writer's fame?

By Elizabeth Lowry

The Dark Lands

By Markus Heitz

The Halfpenny Girls at Christmas: A heart-warming and nostalgic festive family saga - the perfect winter read!

By Maggie Mason

A Death in Mayfair: A gripping World War 2 mystery

By Mark Ellis

The Vanishing Witch: A dark historical tale of witchcraft and rebellion

By Karen Maitland

One Fatal Flaw (Daniel Pitt Mystery 3)

By Anne Perry

A Marriage of Fortune: The captivating new historical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author

By Anne O'Brien

The Broken Places: The compassionate and moving debut novel inspired by the Hemingway family

By Russell Franklin

The Witching Tide: The powerful and gripping debut novel for readers of Margaret Atwood and Hilary Mantel

By Margaret Meyer

Paris! Paris!

By Irwin Shaw, Ronald Searle

Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons Book 2): The Sunday Times bestselling inspiration for the Netflix Original Series Bridgerton

By Julia Quinn

Bridgerton: An Offer From A Gentleman (Bridgertons Book 3): Inspiration for Bridgerton series four

By Julia Quinn

The Gentleman's Gambit

By Evie Dunmore

Not That Duke: A sensual, witty enemies-to-lovers Regency romance

By Eloisa James

The Bangalore Detectives Club

By Harini Nagendra

Looking For Jane: The deeply moving historical novel spanning five decades of powerful women

By Heather Marshall

The Little Wartime Library: A gripping, heart-wrenching WW2 page-turner based on real events

By Kate Thompson

A City of Bells: The Cathedral Trilogy

By Elizabeth Goudge

The Herb of Grace: Book Two of The Eliot Chronicles

By Elizabeth Goudge

No Country for Love: 'A sweeping romantic epic' Hari Kunzru

By Yaroslav Trofimov

Small Mercies: Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2024

By Dennis Lehane

Every Night Has A Dawn

By Rachel Valencourt

The Old Contemptibles: A Photographic History of the British Expeditionary Force August to December 1914

By Keith Simpson

Keep the Home Fires Burning: War at Home, 1915

By Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

The Library Thief: The Binding meets The Vanishing Half in this gripping, original mystery

By Kuchenga Shenje