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From the bestselling author of the familiars and the foundling comes stacey halls’ most compelling and ambitious novel to date.

‘all the blissful escapism of a sunday-night period drama in a book’ the pool on the mitford murders as the glamour of the bright young things crashes into the world of the mitford sisters, their maid louisa cannon finds herself at the scene of a gripping murder mystery. meet the bright young things, the rabble-rousing hedonists of the 1920s whose treasure hunts were a media obsession. one such game takes place at the 18th birthday party of pamela mitford, but ends in tragedy as cruel, charismatic adrian curtis is pushed to his death from the church neighbouring the mitford home. the police quickly identify the killer as a maid, dulcie. but louisa cannon, chaperone to the mitford girls and a former criminal herself, believes dulcie to be innocent, and sets out to clear the girl’s name . . . all while the real killer may only be steps away. praise for the mitford murders series ‘an extraordinary meld of fact and fiction’ graham norton ‘a lively, entertaining, well-written whodunit’ the times (crime book of the month) ‘true and glorious indulgence. a dazzling example of a golden age mystery’ daisy goodwin ‘exactly the sort of book you might enjoy with the fire blazing, the snow falling. the solution is neat and the writing always enjoyable’ anthony horowitz (crime novels of the year) ‘oh how delicious! this terrific start to what promises to be a must-read series is exactly what we all need in these gloomy times. inventive, glittering, clever, ingenious. i devoured the mitford murders… so will you. give it to absolutely everyone for christmas, then pre-order the next one’ susan hill ‘all the blissful escapism of a sunday-night period drama in a book’ the pool ‘keeps the reader guessing to the very end. an accomplished crime debut and huge fun to read’ evening standard ‘this story is drenched in detail and feels both authentic and fun. curl up in your favourite reading spot and enjoy’ heat ‘the plan is that each book will focus on a different mitford sister. on the strength of this initial entry, success is assured’ financial times ‘elegant, whipsmart and brilliantly twisty-turny, this downton-style mystery had me hooked from the first page’ viv groskop ‘full of period pleasure’ woman & home ‘an audacious and glorious foray into the golden age of mystery fiction. breathtaking’ alex gray ‘a real murder, a real family and a brand new crime fiction heroine are woven together to make a fascinating, and highly enjoyable, read. i loved it’ julian fellowes ‘jessica fellowes’ deliciously immersive, effortlessly easy novel has a strong feel for period and a rollicking plot’ metro ‘what a captivating crime novel and heroine jessica has created in the mitford murders. the instant reassurance of being in the hands of a true storyteller with a feel for period detail makes this a real treat’ amanda craig ‘this is a chocolate soufflé of a novel: as the enthralling mystery heats up, so the addictive deliciousness of the story rises. the sort of book you never want to end’ juliet nicolson

Dimitri gave rose the ultimate choice. and she made the wrong one… after a long and heartbreaking journey to dimitri’s birthplace in siberia, rose hathaway has finally returned to st. vladimir’s academy – and to her best friend, lissa. but rose’s heart still aches for dimitri, and she knows he’s out there, somewhere. she failed to kill him when she had the chance. and now her worst fears are about to come true- dimitri has tasted her blood, and now he is hunting her. only this time, he won’t rest until rose joins him… forever.

When michaela anderson signs up for a parachute jump she gets more than a case of vertigo. suffering last-minute panic, michaela’s three colleagues go first. but just as she takes her leap of faith, an almighty gale blows up from nowhere. when she returns to the ground, the airfield is deserted.

The exciting conclusion to the series that begins in the “new york times” bestseller “the luxe.”

Newton is a new city, the dream of the visionary barnaby vine: a pluralistic society living in social and racial harmony. the city is run by austin swope, a brilliant lawyer and fixer and was built by earl wooten, a successful black construction engineer. at the outset, swope and wooten seem to epitomise the harmonious relations between black and white, as well as being beneficent overseers of their community. their sons teddy – a genius misfit – and joel – cool and handsome – are best buddies, despite the fact that joel has been more distracted since he started having sex with his beautiful blonde girlfriend, susan truax. but there are signs of cracking in the infrastructure and all it takes for the whole house of cards to collapse is one ‘malignant drop of suspicion’, and the paranoia and fear that lie so close to the surface break out. when austin picks up on a rumour that earl may be about to be offered the job he has been promised as official first man of the city, he sets in train a series of events that will devastate the three families at the centre of the story, and bring about a tragedy of classical proportions. set in 1973, with vietnam still a raw wound and the hum of watergate in the background, the new city is a parable of america’s coming-of-age in the second half of the century as well as being nothing less than a discourse on the nature of human frailty.

**dream count, the searing new bestselling novel by chimamanda ngozi adichie, is out now!** the women’s prize for fiction ‘winner of winners’ one of the bbc’s ‘100 novels that shaped our world’ ‘a literary masterpiece’ daily mail ‘an immense achievement’ observer in 1960s nigeria, three lives intersect. ugwu works as a houseboy for a university professor. olanna has abandoned her life of privilege in lagos to live with her charismatic lover, the lecturer. and richard, a shy englishman, is in thrall to olanna’s enigmatic twin sister. amongst the horror of nigeria’s civil war, loyalties are tested as they are pulled apart and thrown together in ways none of them imagined. winner of the women’s prize for fiction, chimamanda ngozi adichie’s masterpiece is a novel about race, class and the end of colonialism – and the ways in which love can complicate everything. ‘a gorgeous, pitiless account of love, violence and betrayal’ time ‘vividly written, thrumming with life … a remarkable novel’ joyce carol oates ‘adichie entwines love and politics to a degree rarely achieved by novelists’ elle