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A three-year-old girl is snatched from a beach in spain. nobody heard a sound. nobody saw a thing. rosie gilmour’s much-needed holiday is cut short when the abduction story breaks and she’s sent to cover it. her instincts tell her something’s wrong: such a crime must surely have its witnesses, and the girl’s mother’s story doesn’t add up. with a child’s life at stake, rosie must dig deeper into the seedy depths of the area, making dangerous enemies. as she closes in on the truth, she realises the penalty for missing this particular deadline could be her own death. ‘perfectly paced and neatly plotted’ daily mail

Five strangers. countless adventures. one epic way to get lost. four teens across the country have only one thing in common: a girl named leila. she crashes into their lives in her absurdly red car at the moment they need someone the most. hudson, bree, elliot and sonia find a friend in leila. and when leila leaves them, their lives are forever changed. but it is during leila’s own 4,268-mile journey that she discovers the most important truth – sometimes, what you need most is right where you started. and maybe the only way to find what you’re looking for is to get lost along the way.

The compelling new dr temperance brennan novel from the world-class forensic anthropologist and number 1 bestselling author kathy reichs. when forensic anthropologist dr tempe brennan is approached by amateur detective hazel âe~luckyâe(tm) strike, at first she is inclined to dismiss the womanâe(tm)s claims that sheâe(tm)s matched a previously unidentified set of remains with a name. but as the words of a terrified young woman echo round her office from an audio recorder found near where the bones were discovered, something about the story wonâe(tm)t let tempe go. as tempe investigates further she finds herself involved in a case more complicated and horrifying than she could ever have imagined.

Lou clark knows lots of things but she doesn’t know is she’s about to lose her job or that knowing what’s coming is what keeps her sane. will traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. what will doesn’t know is that lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour.

*now a live-action netflix series!* boy meets boy. boys become friends. boys fall in love. heartstopper is the bestselling lgbtq+ graphic novel: this new edition – with a cover including alice oseman’s artwork and photographs showing characters from the netflix show – also contains exclusive pages from alice’s original tv scripts. ‘absolutely delightful. sweet, romantic, kind. beautifully paced. i loved this book.’ rainbow rowell, author of carry on charlie and nick are at the same school, but they’ve never met … until one day when they’re made to sit together. they quickly become friends, and soon charlie is falling hard for nick, even though he doesn’t think he has a chance. but love works in surprising ways, and nick is more interested in charlie than either of them realised. by alice oseman, winner of the ya book prize, heartstopper is about love, friendship, loyalty and mental illness. it encompasses all the small stories of nick and charlie’s lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us. ‘the queer graphic novel we wished we had at high school.’ gay times this is the tv tie-in edition of the first volume of heartstopper.

The sunday times bestseller from international bestseller john grisham. ‘grisham at his passionate best’ – daily mail he was framed for murder. now he needs a miracle. 22 years ago quincy miller was sentenced to life without parole. he was accused of killing keith russo, a lawyer in a small florida town. but there were no reliable witnesses and little motive. just the fact that russo had botched quincy’s divorce case, that quincy was black in a largely all-white town and that a blood-splattered torch was found in the boot of quincy’s car. a torch he swore was planted. a torch that was conveniently destroyed in a fire just before his trial. the lack of evidence made no difference to judge or jury. in the eyes of the law quincy was guilty and, no matter how often he protested his innocence, his punishment was life in prison. finally, after 22 years, comes quincy’s one and only chance of freedom. an innocence lawyer and minister, cullen post, takes on his case. post has exonerated eight men in the last ten years. he intends to make quincy the next. but there were powerful and ruthless people behind russo’s murder. they prefer that an innocent man dies in jail rather than one of them. there’s one way to guarantee that. they killed one lawyer 22 years ago, and they’ll kill another without a second thought. praise for john grisham’s the guardians: ‘a canny and engrossing blend of two types of grisham novel: enough of the familiar formula of a single lawsuit in a single town, mixed with a more picaresque and multistranded approach that has the significant advantage of taking in a wider swathe of america’ – the sunday times ‘delivered with all his signature easy, flowing style. a past master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos, grisham makes this a deceptively easy read’ – irish independent ‘this is typical grisham: speedy, gripping, very good at conveying the complexities of the law in a digestible way’ – sunday express ‘speedy and gripping’ – daily mirror 350+ million copies, 45 languages, 9 blockbuster films: no one writes drama like john grisham

Kodo nishimura rose to fame following his appearance in queer eye: we’re in japan. now this celebrity make-up artist and ordained buddhist monk shares his unique and practical guide to positivity and self-acceptance. readers will learn from the author’s path to self-love and resilience and modern take on buddhist teachings. it’s time to be true to you this book is for anyone who’s ever felt like they don’t fit in. and for all those who dare to be different. do you show who you truly are? do you say what you really think? or do you hide your heart’s desire and camouflage yourself to look like others? it is too easy to limit ourselves for fear of what other people will think. the message of this book is that we can choose to love our uniqueness—and that our diversity offers hope for the world. this monk wears heels is a guide to self-love, self-acceptance, and taking a buddhist approach to life. kodo nishimura reveals how inclusive the buddhist teachings really are—and that, yes, it is possible to be a buddhist monk and do makeup and wear sparkly earrings. this book is about being who you really are, totally unapologetically and with full conviction. it will show you how to shine in your own colors and be celebrated for yourself. this is the english translation of seisei dodo, published in japan in 2020 by sunmark publishing, inc., tokyo.