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‘incredibly funny, compulsively readable’ the times the discworld is very much like our own – if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . ‘what shall we do?’ said twoflower. ‘panic?’ said rincewind hopefully. he always held that panic was the best means of survival. as it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the discworld could do with a hero. what it doesn’t need is a singularly inept and cowardly wizard, still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world, or a well-meaning tourist and his luggage which has a mind (and legs) of its own. which is a shame, because that’s all there is . . . ____________________ the discworld novels can be read in any order but the light fantastic is the second book in the wizards series.

Summer, 1914. young englishwoman vivian rose spencer is in an ancient land, about to discover the temple of zeus, the call of adventure, and love. thousands of miles away a twenty-year-old pathan, qayyum gul, is learning about brotherhood and loyalty in the british indian army. summer, 1915. viv has been separated from the man she loves; qayyum has lost an eye at ypres. they meet on a train to peshawar, unaware that a connection is about to be forged between their lives – one that will reveal itself fifteen years later when anti-colonial resistance, an ancient artefact and a mysterious woman will bring them together again.

**the drowned – the chilling new strafford & quirke murder mystery – available for pre-order now** the sunday times bestseller ‘outstanding.’ irish independent ‘exquisite.’ daily mail ‘hypnotic.’ financial times ‘this is crime fiction for the connoisseur.’ the times ‘the body is in the library,’ colonel osborne said. ‘come this way.’ detective inspector st john strafford is called in from dublin to investigate a murder at ballyglass house – the co. wexford family seat of the aristocratic, secretive osborne family. facing obstruction from all angles, strafford carries on determinedly in his pursuit of the murderer. however, as the snow continues to fall over this ever-expanding mystery, the people of ballyglass are equally determined to keep their secrets. ‘a typically elegant country house mystery.’ guardian ‘a well-crafted story, peopled by superbly well-drawn characters, and put together in the finest prose . . . masterly.’ irish independent

‘the shock of the fall’ is an extraordinary portrait of one man’s journey through the spinning vortex that is mental illness. it is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fiction.

What do you pack for the rest of your life? the explosive new novel from the orange prize-winning author of we need to talk about kevin

As every schoolboy knows, you can fit the whole of england on the isle of wight. in this humorous novel, the grotesque, visionary tycoon sir jack pitman takes the saying literally and does exactly that.

Armino fabbio leads a pleasant, if humdrum, life — until he becomes circumstantially involved in the murder of an old peasant woman in rome. the woman, he gradually learns, was his family’s beloved servant many years gao, in his native town of ruffano. over five hundred years before, the sinister duke claudio, known as the falcon, lived his twisted, brutal life preying on the people of ruffano. now, in the twentieth century, the town seems to have forgotten its violent history. but have things really changed? the parrallels between the past and present begin to converge iin this masterpiece of haunting atmosphere and hypnotic suspense.