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How many times can you lose the person you love? high-concept romance from debut writer lauren james. a powerful and epic debut novel about fate and the timelessness of first love. katherine and matthew are destined to be born again and again. each time their presence changes history for the better, and each time, they fall hopelessly in love, only to be tragically separated. how many times can you lose the person you love? for matthew and katherine it is again and again, over and over, century after century. but why do they keep coming back? how many times must they die to save the world? what else must they achieve before they can be left to live and love in peace? maybe the next together will be different…

All-round entertainer anton du beke returns with his fourth novel set in the exclusive buckingham hotel. perfect for fans of downton abbey and mr selfridge. as war is declared once more, a shadow falls over britain. the staff at the luxurious buckingham hotel must do all that they can to keep their important guests happy, but behind the scenes they are scared. away from the glitz and the glamour of the ballroom they must face this new reality. newlywed nancy knows that her brave husband, debonair dancer raymond de guise will want to fight for his country and enlist. she loves and supports him but is heartbroken at the thought of them being apart, and the dangers he will face. with a new hotel manager at the helm, no one knows what the future holds but as fashionable society retreats from london and staff depart to sign up for service, one thing is for certain; life at the buckingham will never be the same again.

‘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.

A stolen destiny. an impossible quest. they survived the dark. but can they trust the light? kara valari and maximus kane have been to hell and back, fighting for their love and their lives. but the path back to normal isn’t as easy as they hoped. a dormant secret in kara’s blood has been awakened, and she needs the help of a goddess to learn its full potential—but also its hidden dangers. shielded from the world in the magical enclave of iremia, the lovers reunite with all the fires of their first passion. but as they bond tighter to each other, kara learns that the underworld has targeted her family in terrifying ways, and the safe world around them starts to splinter. unenamored by iremia’s promises of enlightenment, maximus unravels more of the mysteries—and the powers—that are lurking behind the scenes. but to find his and kara’s true allies, he is forced to seek out his enemies and rewrite his thinking on good and evil. caught in a web of gods, demons, and magic, maximus and kara must build stronger bridges to each other and, as a wave of deeper truths heads their way, have faith that the ramparts of their love will hold.

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

Enkele russische tieners, veelal kinderen van hooggeplaatste sovjetleiders, worden tijdens het stalinbewind gearresteerd en beschuldigd van samenzwering tegen de staat. een op ware gebeurtenissen gebaseerd verhaal.

“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.

Shortlisted for the man booker prize 2017 and the pfd/sunday times young writer of the year award winner of a somerset maugham award and the polari prize ‘a quiet explosion of a book, exquisite and unforgettable’ the economist ‘a cleverly constructed rural gothic fable . . . elmet is a marvellous achievement’ tls ‘pastoral idyll, political exposé, cosy family saga and horror tale, it reads like a traditional children’s story that turns into a gangster film: hansel and gretel meets the godfather’ sunday times daniel is heading north. he is looking for someone. the simplicity of his early life with daddy and cathy has turned menacing and fearful. they lived apart in the house that daddy built for them in the woods with his bare hands. they foraged and hunted. cathy was more like their father: fierce and full of simmering anger. daniel was more like their mother: gentle and kind. sometimes, their father disappeared, and would return with a rage in his eyes. but when he was at home, he was at peace. he told them that the little copse in elmet was theirs alone. but that wasn’t true. local men, greedy and watchful, began to circle like vultures. all the while, the terrible violence in daddy grew. brutal and beautiful in equal measure, elmet is a compelling portrayal of a family living on the fringes of contemporary society, as well as a gripping exploration of the disturbing actions people are capable of when pushed to their limits.