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'A magical invention of page-turning suspense, of sadness, grief and passion' The TimesLewis Little, precocious thirteen-year-old, is spending summer in Paris with his mother, Alice.Alice is translating...

From the author of The Gustav SonataA stunning collection of stories: wide-reaching in subject and setting, each beautifully evoked and brilliantly imagined. Renowned opera singer Antonio Mollini begins...

"Iron Robin combines everyday childhood themes with a pinch of fantasy, all brilliantly visualised by Jones’s expressive artwork" - The GuardianFrom an acclaimed voice in literature comes a children's...

Salvatore, a young watchmaker from Italy, moves to London when the king of his hometown decrees that a period of twenty-six years is to be erased from history, never to be mentioned in public again. Since...

McCreedy is forty-six and it's his birthday. His family are there to help him celebrate.Part of the Storycuts series, this story was previously published in the collection The Darkness of Wallis Simpson.

Badger is enduring his dull retirement but a chance letter from a wildlife sanctuary offers him the chance to lay some painful memories to rest.Part of the Storycuts series, this story was previously...

Repeatedly exhorted by a strange figure to remember unspecified facts about her life, Wallis struggles with a world of random, snapshot memories. Try as she might to remember her third husband, the dull...

A seductive collection of stories from the 'magnificent story-teller' (Independent on Sunday). Rose Tremain has sold over one million copies of her books.Trapped in a London flat, Beth remembers a transgressive...

What is the secret to true friendship? Is it really love’s quieter relation or something stronger and more profound? And where does the line between the two lie? Rose Tremain looks at two unlikely lifelong...

‘One of the great imaginative creations in English literature’ Daily TelegraphA dazzling novel of loyalty and dreams set in Restoration England.The gaudy years of the Restoration are long gone and Robert...

A masterful collection of short stories from the prize-winning and bestselling Rose Tremain.Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American for whom Edward Vlll abdicated the throne, is on her deathbed in...

Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from Norfolk to New Zealand in search of new beginnings and prosperity. But the harsh land near Christchurch threatens to destroy them almost before they begin....

'The best thing from Denmark since Hamlet.' John Julius NorwichIn the year 1629, a young English lutenist named Peter Claire arrives at the Danish Court to join King Christian IV's Royal Orchestra....

From the author of The Gustav SonataWhen Erica March composes herself to die in a cupboard, she knows that Ralph Pears will find her. For at the age of 87, she had told the young journalist the richly...

From the author of The Gustav SonataAt the age of six, Mary Ward, the child of a poor farming family in Suffolk, has a revelation: 'I am not Mary. That is a mistake. I am not a girl. I'm a boy.' So begins...

À six ans, tandis que l’Angleterre s’incline devant le roi George VI décédé, Mary Ward, fille d’un fermier du Suffolk, comprend que, malgré les apparences, elle n’est pas une petite fille. Dès lors, elle...

Marianne Clifford, la fille adolescente d’un militaire rugueux et de son épouse superficielle, tombe « absolument et pour toujours » amoureuse de Simon Hurst, un garçon de dix-huit ans que son intelligence...

Londres, 1850. Par une nuit glaciale, un bébé est abandonné devant les grilles d’un parc. Sauvée par un jeune policier, la petite fille est emmenée à l’hospice des Enfants trouvés. Après des années d’un...

Juste avant que n’éclate la Seconde  Guerre mondiale,  dans un petit village suisse, deux jeunes garçons vont se lier d’amitié. Gustav, à  l’enfance difficile, est orphelin de père. Celui-ci, un policier...

Robert Mérivel, médecin renommé et ami du roi Charles II d’Angleterre, n’est désormais plus un jeune homme en âge de batifoler à sa guise. Désespéré à cette idée, il se rend en France pour tenter de se...

Dans ce récit charmant, intime, souvent émouvant, l’auteur retrace ses plus jeunes années jusqu’à ce qu’à l’âge de dix-sept  ans elle s’émancipe de sa famille et vienne vivre à Paris.Son enfance n’a pas...

Bath, 1865. Jane, une jeune infirmière renommée pour ses talents extraordinaires, est convaincue qu’un autre destin se révèlera un jour à elle. Pourtant, lorsqu’elle se trouve écartelée entre une liaison...

Robert Merivel, fils d’un gantier, étudiant en médecine rondelet et paillard, voit son destin bouleversé lorsqu’il est appelé à la cour du roi Charles II d’Angleterre. Il se glisse alors sans difficulité...

Le mas Lunel, une vieille ferme de pierre isolée dans une vallée silencieuse. Aramon Lunel, son propriétaire, est un alcoolique invétéré hanté par un passé de violence qui l’a réduit à un état d’hébétude,...

Le livre est constitué de 5 nouvelles : Immobilisée dans un appartement à Londres à la suite d’un terrible accident de voiture, Beth se souvient de sa splendeur passée à Paris et à Saint-Tropez, et de...

'A perfect novel about life's imperfection... Tremain is writing at the height of her inimitable powers...' Kate Kellaway, ObserverWhat is the difference between friendship and love? Gustav grows up in...

*The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller*Rose Tremain (or Rosie as she was then) grew up in post-war London – a city still partly in ruins, where both food and affection were fiercely rationed. But when she...

‘A master class in the art of storytelling’ ObserverThis short story collection demonstrates the enormous range of Tremain’s talent and imagination. The teasing and brilliant title story, Evangelista's...

From the author of The Gustav SonataToday is Jack Sadler's birthday. Or is it? He's not sure, he doesn't really care. It might be his last day or the beginning of a new chapter in his life. He must find...

'A hell of a read' Sunday Times'Triumphant, and beautifully told...one of the best novelists writing today' Sara Collins, GuardianAll must gamble with their fate. But not all can win...In the city of...

'Beautifully written . . . This dark tale never loses its grip. Best not to read it at night' DAILY MAIL'Atmospheric, creepy . . . kept me guessing right till the end. I loved it' ANDREA MARA'Scary and...

The much-anticipated sequel to How To Solve Your Own Murder 'What a great read!' J. M. Hall'Kept me guessing until the very end' Joanna Wallace'Thrilling' G. T. Garber'Original, atmospheric' Ian MooreAnnie...

Lorraine would say afterwards that she was smitten straight off with Paddy Farrell. You could tell that he was occupying the room in a different way, he found the spaces that fitted him. She was the kind...

Volume Seven of our ongoing series of paired New Weird Horror novelettes takes readers on nightmare excursions to lonely locales Íde Hennessy - Sequoia PointCalifornia's rugged "Lost Coast" has long been...

A killer's deadly riddle. An agent's dark secret. A twisted psychological game gone horribly wrong…*An atmospheric mystery by award-winning Canadian author, Tikiri Herath.* In the affluent seaside town...

Someone wants to kill her. She wants the killer to finish the job. Spring Weston will do anything to rise in the ranks of pro cycling and prove she isn't the one failure of the five Weston siblings. Anything...

'Non-stop action, breakneck pace, deliciously suspenseful… When Shadows Fall was my first DS Max Craigie book and won’t be my last – I loved it.' Andrea Mara 'A good old police procedural… I...

'This series is irresistible' LEE CHILD ‘An immersive, intelligent delight' LUCY FOLEY 'The Jake Jackson books get better and better' ELLY GRIFFITHS ‘Highly recommend’ KARIN...

‘This twisty, absorbing thriller is both a moving love story and fascinating speculative fiction exploring memory, time and reality’ GUARDIAN ‘An expertly crafted puzzle of a story’ NEW SCIENTIST...

'A twist to rival Gone Girl left me gasping' KATY BRENT –––––––––––––– Meet Emma. Emma is sick. She can’t work because of a neurological condition,...

‘Dark and funny’ Jackie Kabler, author of The Murder List ‘Delightful malice and menace’ Robin Ince, author and comedian ‘Deliciously dark and hilariously witty’ Sunday Post...

The Catalyst Code: Unlocking Transformation SecretsIn a world where the line between chaos and clarity is razor-thin, The Catalyst Code: Unlocking Transformation Secrets takes you on a riveting journey...

Mere weeks have passed since Kylie's entanglement with Ezra Darby. Struggling to recover, she throws herself into her work as a crime reporter for The New York Star. A news report tells a sad tale of...

Everything just went up in flames, and Elora is left in the rubble wondering where it all went wrong… and why the body of her dear friend Marlowe was never found in the charred remnants of her home. She's...

He's no Saint…Assassin Xavier Saint has done many things, but never killed an innocent person. Now, he has uncovered a network of assassins eliminating innocents for profit, and he is being framed as...

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan...

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE... YOU LIEThe bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once explores the dangers of obsession in this #1 bestselling suspense thriller. Six years...

The most famous by far of all twentieth-century political allegories, Animal Farm is the account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny...

A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, The Pillars of the Earth is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece.A...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

‘Addictive. A first-class page-turner.’ Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me Can the past ever be forgotten? As soon as nurse Maura Lyle sets foot inside the foreboding Essen Grange,...

The first thriller in the Mickey Bolitar series, now airing as an original series on Amazon Prime. Bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix show Fool Me Once, Harlan Coben brings us a shocking...

OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDENOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREA NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina...

The inspiration for the new Netflix series, Lupin, starring Omar Sy. Leblanc's creation, Gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, is everything you would expect from a French aristocrat—witty, charming, brilliant,...

'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent'Captivating' The Sunday Times'An absorbing thriller' Mail on SundayNO...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘Let there be spaces in your togetherness,And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.’...

FIVE WITNESSES. FIVE DIFFERENT STORIES. WHO IS THE KILLER?'A rising star of Australian crime fiction' SUNDAY TIMES'S. R. White is the real deal' CHRIS HAMMERIn the courtyard of the Pacific Heights building,...

The gripping new thriller in the Sunday Times-bestselling phenomenon that is the Inspector McLean series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writersA macabre ancient artefact. An innovative...

'Atmospheric, intricate and authentic' ERIN KELLY'Utterly immersive and completely compelling . . . A dazzling debut' D. V. BISHOP'Keating's delicious debut guides us through the little-known world of...

'An intricate, clever thriller that delves beautifully into family dynamics and small-town politics. I loved it ― Jennie Godfrey, No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGSA...