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Alba always feels like an outsider. she hardly knew her italian mother and her english father acts as if valentina never existed. she despises country life almost as much as she despises her stepmother and stepsisters. on board the houseboat named after her dead mother, alba’s life is little more than a selfish search for fun and pleasure. but the discovery of her mother’s portrait sends the girl back to italy to find her family – and the truth about valentina. amid the olive groves of the amalfi coast, its balmy air rich with the scent of figs, a tale of deception and betrayal is waiting to be discovered. it is a tale that takes alba into the past – but also gives her a new future.

‘incredibly tender’ marian keyes ‘a total triumph’ nina stibbe ‘beautiful, moving and so funny and well-observed’ philippa perry it is summer on magnolia road when juliet moves into her late mother’s house with her husband liam and their young son, charlie. preoccupied by guilt, grief and the juggle of working motherhood, she can’t imagine finding time to get to know the neighbouring families, let alone fitting in with them. but for liam, a writer, the morning coffees and after-school gatherings soon reveal the secret struggles, fears and rivalries playing out behind closed doors – all of which are going straight into his new novel . . . juliet tries to bury her unease and leave liam to forge these new friendships. but when the rupture of a marriage sends ripples through the group, painful home truths are brought to light. and then, one sun-drenched afternoon at a party, a single moment changes everything. the fiction debut from sunday times bestselling author cathy rentzenbrink, everyone is still alive is funny and moving, intimate and wise; a novel that explores the deeper realities of marriage and parenthood and the way life thwarts our expectations at every turn.

The perfect read for fans of girl online and rainbow rowell! —– falling for your best friend’s love interest is bad… falling for your twin’s is catastrophic. as kids, nina and nancy were inseparable. as teenagers, not so much… where nancy is popular, an instagram star, and obsessed with boy band heartthrob chase, nina is shy; a talented classical musician, and shuns the spotlight that her sister thrives in. but when the wrong twin unwittingly ends up at the centre of a romantic social media storm, the bonds of twin-ship will be tested like never before… written in collaboration with katy birchall, #findthegirl is a very modern twist on a cinderella story.

If you loved the passage, world war z, the martian or interstellar: this is a must-read thriller for you. * * * deadwood, usa. a girl sneaks out just before dark to ride her new bike. suddenly, the ground disappears beneath her. waking up at the bottom of a deep pit, she sees an emergency rescue team above her. the people looking down see something far stranger… “we always look forward. we never look back.” that girl grows up to be dr. rose franklyn, a brilliant scientist and the leading world expert on what she discovered. an enormous, ornate hand made of an exceptionally rare metal, which predates all human civilisation on the continent. “but this thing … it’s different. it challenges us. it rewrites history.” an object whose origins and purpose are perhaps the greatest mystery humanity has ever faced. solving the secret of where it came from – and how many more parts may be out there – could change life as we know it. “it dares us to question what we know about ourselves.” but what if we were meant to find it? and what happens when this vast, global puzzle is complete…’ “about everything.” * * * ‘bursts at the seams with big ideas. a sheer blast from start to finish. i haven’t had this much fun reading in ages’ blake crouch, author of the wayward pines trilogy ‘a stellar debut which masterfully blends sci-fi, political thriller and apocalyptic fiction. so much more than the sum of its parts – a page-turner of the highest order’ kirkus reviews ‘reminiscent of the martian and world war z, this is a luminous conspiracy yarn that shoots for (and lands among) the stars’ pierce brown, author of red rising

Just this once . . . please let me get away with it just this once . . . tobey wants a better life – for him and his girlfriend callie rose. he wants nothing to do with the gangs that rule the world he lives in. but when he’s offered the chance to earn some money just for making a few ‘deliveries’, just this once, would it hurt to say ‘yes’? one small decision can change everything . . . the fourth novel in malorie blackman’s powerful noughts & crosses sequence.

“teenager james bond has left school for the summer when he receives a package from beyond the grave. the mysterious contents of his father’s backpack plunge james deep into the heart of an ongoing plot that, if allowed to run its course, will paint london’s streets red with blood. to finish the mission his father began, james must fly from london to moscow, the nerve centre of the soviet union. there he must pit his wits against a nemesis determined to destroy him–and the country he loves.”–back cover.

‘a remarkably accomplished, polished debut.’ malorie blackman ‘rightfully tipped for greatness’ sunday times ‘this moving tale of love and loss … is well worth the wait’ independent ‘ w hat’s distinctive is the modern, multi-ethnic vision of masculinity she presents and the solidarity that emerges from it … undeniably powerful too.’ guardian ‘ a sprawling and epic dual narrative … woven together with gentle urgency; sensitive and with a rare perspective on how our mixed race backgrounds can help form feelings of both internal power and conflict.’ i-d magazine ‘you can’t exactly stop birds from flying, can you? they go where they will…’ 1960s uganda. hasan is struggling to run his family business following the sudden death of his wife. just as he begins to see a way forward, a new regime seizes power, and a wave of rising prejudice threatens to sweep away everything he has built. present-day london. sameer, a young high-flying lawyer, senses an emptiness in what he thought was the life of his dreams. called back to his family home by an unexpected tragedy, sameer begins to find the missing pieces of himself not in his future plans, but in a past he never knew. shortlisted for the goldsboro books glass bell award 2022

1940: the spanish civil war is over, and madrid lies ruined. into this uncertain world comes harry brett: a traumatised veteran of dunkirk turned reluctant spy for the british secret service. in a depiction of wartime spain, this work is a tale, which offers a sense of history unfolding, and the impact of impossible choices.