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A chilling and atmospheric ghost story by the orange-prize-winning helen dunmore. in the winter of 1952, isabel carey moves to the east riding of yorkshire with her husband philip, a gp. with philip spending long hours on call, isabel finds herself isolated and lonely as she strives to adjust to the realities of married life. woken by intense cold one night, she discovers an old raf greatcoat hidden in the back of a cupboard. sleeping under it for warmth, she starts to dream. and not long afterwards, while her husband is out, she is startled by a knock at her window. outside is a young raf pilot, waiting to come in. his name is alec, and his powerful presence both disturbs and excites her. her initial alarm soon fades, and they begin an intense affair. but nothing has prepared her for the truth about alec’s life, nor the impact it will have on hers …

It is the 1950s in arkansas, the cotton season and to the chandler family it means hard work, temporary workers and a host of complications. a story inspired by grisham’s own childhood in rural arkansas. the narrator is a seven year old farm boy, who lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents in a little house that’s never been painted.

The incredible new thriller from international bestseller john grisham. praise for the guardians: ‘… grisham at his passionate best, conveying every ounce of his anger at the corruption behind the law. it is his finest book for some time. do not miss it’ – daily mail ‘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 ‘simmering with righteous and understandable anger in place about the manifest injustices of the us criminal justice system’ – financial times.

I tattooed a number on her arm. she tattooed her name on my heart. in 1942, lale sokolov arrived in auschwitz-birkenau. he was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival – scratching numbers into his fellow victims’ arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the holocaust. waiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girl. for lale – a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer – it was love at first sight. and he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, gita, did, too. so begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the holocaust: the love story of the tattooist of auschwitz.

‘i couldn’t help thinking of harper lee’s great american novel to kill a mockingbird while reading the reckoning . . . [grisham] knows how to spin a yarn’ – chicago sun-times ‘may be his greatest work yet’ – david grann, new york times bestselling author of killers of the flower moon in his unforgettable novel, john grisham tells the story of an unthinkable murder, the bizarre trial that followed it, and its profound and lasting effect on the people of ford county. pete banning was clanton’s favourite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family; a farmer, father, and a faithful member of the methodist church. then one cool october morning in 1946, he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed the reverend dexter bell. as if the murder wasn’t shocking enough, it was even more baffling that pete’s only statement about it – to the sheriff, to his defense attorney, to the judge, to his family and friends, and to the people of clanton – was ‘i have nothing to say’. what turned pete from a pillar of the community into cold-hearted killer? and why won’t he confide in anyone? all his closest family knows is that it must have been something devastating- and that the fallout will haunt them, and the town, for decades to come . . . further praise for the reckoning ‘beautifully constructed . . . weaves a truly magical spell’ – daily mail ‘in this saga of love and war, john grisham has given us a sprawling and engrossing story about a southern family, a global conflict, and the kinds of secrets that can shape all of us. from the courtrooms and jails of rural mississippi to the war-torn pacific, grisham spins a tale that is at once entertaining and illuminating’ – jon meacham, new york times bestselling author of the soul of america ‘john grisham is the master of legal fiction, and his latest starts with a literal bang – and then travels backward through the horrors of war to explore what makes a hero, what makes a villain, and how thin the line between the two might be’ – jodi picoult, internationally bestselling author of a spark of light and small great things ‘when a master of storytelling and suspense takes on one of the most wrenching stories in history, the result is a book that will break your heart, set your blood pumping and your mind racing, and leave you gasping for breath by the final page. i’m still trying to recover from the reckoning’ – candice millard, new york times bestselling author of the river of doubt and destiny of the republic ************ the innocent man by john grisham is now a major six-part documentary series on netflix ************

When a federal judge and his secretary fail to appear for a scheduled trial and panicked clerks call for an fbi investigation, a harrowing murder case ensues and culminates in the imprisonment of a lawyer who imparts the story of who killed the judge and why.