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The Family Secret
Patricia Gibney
Detective Lottie Parker faces her most personal case yet when a murder unearths a secret buried within her own family.
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72 titles. 23 publishers.
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The Housewife Next Door
LynDee Walker
A propulsive suburban thriller in which a seemingly ordinary neighbour's perfect life conceals a dangerous past.
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I Know You Killed Your Husband
Steena Holmes
A twisting domestic thriller that opens with an accusation and spirals into a web of lies no one can escape.
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The Girl In The Window
A J McDine
A woman watching the street from her window sees something she shouldn't — and can't convince anyone it happened.
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What Have You Done
Nicole Trope
A mother's worst nightmare meets a moral maze in this relentless family thriller.
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The Couple's Secret
Lisa Regan
Detective Josie Quinn investigates when a couple's disappearance exposes a secret that could destroy an entire town.
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Don't Trust Mother
Carey Baldwin
A psychological thriller about a daughter who discovers the woman who raised her may not be who she claims.
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Please Don't Find Me
Wendy Dranfield
A missing-persons case with a victim who doesn't want to be found — and a detective who needs to know why.
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The Marriage Rules
Samantha Hayes
A domestic suspense novel about a wife who discovers her husband's secret set of rules — and what happens when she breaks them.
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Husband Missing
Lisa Regan
Detective Josie Quinn races against time when a husband vanishes and the evidence points in every direction at once.
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Hidden Angels
Carolyn Arnold
Detective Amanda Steele faces a chilling case when a body is found posed like an angel in a frozen field.
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The Photographer's Secret
Ellie Midwood
A moving WWII historical novel inspired by real events, about a photographer who risks everything to document the truth.
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A Midwinter Murder
Verity Bright
Lady Eleanor Swift tackles a festive murder in this charming 1920s cosy mystery.
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The Paris Inheritance
Natalie Meg Evans
A dual-timeline novel linking a modern woman's unexpected inheritance to a buried secret in wartime Paris.
Storm Publishing
The Grave Song
Andrew James Greig
A dark Scandinavian-noir crime novel set against the bleak landscapes of northern Scotland.
Storm Publishing
The Valley of Fireflies
Emma Fraser
A sweeping historical novel set in wartime Japan, where forbidden love and family duty collide.
Storm Publishing
Wild Wager
Sofia Aves
A steamy historical romance built on a high-stakes bet that neither party can afford to lose.
Storm Publishing
A Cold Heart
Doug Sinclair
A gritty Scottish crime novel where a detective's pursuit of a killer leads into Glasgow's darkest corners.
Storm Publishing
Tiny Wild Things
Danielle M. Wong
A moving story of love, loss and second chances set against the backdrop of a botanical garden.
Storm Publishing
An Heiress's Guide To Death and Diamonds
Kristen Bird
A sparkling historical mystery in which a young heiress must solve a murder to save her own reputation.
Storm Publishing
How To Fix A Broken Heart
Nicola May
A feel-good romantic comedy about starting over when life — and love — haven't gone to plan.
Storm Publishing
Everyone Is Lying
D. E. White
A twisting thriller in which every suspect has a motive, every alibi has a hole, and no one is telling the truth.
Storm Publishing
The Killer She Knew
Nichole Severn
A woman discovers that the person closest to her may be responsible for a string of brutal crimes.
Storm Publishing
Morag Pringle Book 3 (The Final Truth)
Morag Pringle
The gripping conclusion to the Morag Pringle trilogy, where all threads converge in a devastating final revelation.
Storm Publishing
Christmas at the Little Bookshop by the Sea
Eliza J Scott
A cosy, festive romance set in a seaside bookshop where Christmas magic — and a new arrival — change everything.
Bloomsbury UK
The Birth of Breaking
Serouj "Midus" Aprahamian
A cultural history of breakdancing from Bronx block parties to the Olympic stage, told by one of the scene's leading figures.
Bloomsbury UK
Farmageddon
Philip Lymbery & Isabel Oakeshott
An investigative exposé of factory farming's hidden cost to animal welfare, human health and the environment.
Bloomsbury UK
Blitz
John Nichol
A gripping account of Britain's Blitz, weaving together first-hand testimony from bomber crews, civilians and rescue workers.
Bloomsbury UK
How To Fly
Simon Barnes
A lyrical celebration of birds and flight that blends natural history with personal reflection.
Bloomsbury UK
Wigs, Hair And Make-Up
Helen Casey
A practical and richly illustrated guide to theatrical and screen hair and make-up design.
Bloomsbury UK
Peter The Great
Robert K. Massie
The Pulitzer-winning biography of Russia's transformative tsar — epic in scope, vivid in detail.
Bloomsbury UK
Lean Cat, Savage Cat
Lauren John Joseph
A genre-defying literary work that blends memoir, mythology and raw urban poetry.
Bloomsbury UK
A Case of Life and Limb
Sally Smith
An irreverent and eye-opening memoir from the frontline of emergency medicine.
Hodder & Stoughton
Prince Of Swords
Elise Kova
A fantasy of court intrigue, forbidden magic and bladed ambition — the next instalment in Kova's acclaimed sword-and-sorcery saga.
Hodder & Stoughton
The Jewel Keepers
Sara Sheridan
A dual-timeline historical novel linking wartime secrets to a modern-day hunt for lost gemstones.
Hodder & Stoughton
The Lore of Silver
Ruth Frances Long
A richly imagined fantasy steeped in Irish mythology, where silver is currency, weapon and curse.
Hodder & Stoughton
The Keeper of Magical Things
Julie Leong
A middle-grade fantasy about a child entrusted with guarding a collection of enchanted objects.
Hodder & Stoughton
The Sisters
Jonas Hassen Khemiri
A virtuoso literary novel about four sisters, told in shifting voices that reveal how differently we remember shared lives.
Hodder & Stoughton
The Haunting of Hero's Bay
Amanda Block
A gothic-tinged mystery set in a remote coastal village where old legends turn out to have teeth.
Penguin
Vile Lady Villains
Danai Christopoulou
A reclamation of history's most maligned women — the poisoners, plotters and power-players written off as villains.
Penguin
Big Nobody
Alex Kadis
A darkly comic coming-of-age novel about ambition, impostor syndrome and the absurdity of chasing fame.
Penguin
Portals To A New Reality
Vlatko Vedral
A mind-bending journey through quantum physics and what it reveals about the nature of reality, by an Oxford professor.
Penguin
Murder At Midwinter
Ada Moncrieff
A cosy-but-sharp whodunnit set in a snowbound country house — Agatha Christie for a modern audience.
Penguin
Death Of An Ordinary Man
Sarah Perry
A man wakes at his own funeral and must piece together the life — and the family — he left behind.
Hachette Books Ireland
The Woman In The Water
Henrietta McKervey
A literary mystery set on the Irish coast, where a woman's disappearance decades ago resurfaces with devastating force.
Hachette Books Ireland
Beneath The Stairs
Ralph Riegal and Paul Byrne
A true-crime investigation that uncovers what lay hidden beneath the surface of an Irish community.
Hachette Books Ireland
The Street Where You Live
Roisin Meaney
A warm-hearted ensemble novel about the neighbours on one ordinary street and the extraordinary lives they lead.
Macmillan US
Firefox Moon
Eoin Colfer
A fantastical middle-grade adventure from the creator of Artemis Fowl, full of wit, heart and otherworldly peril.
Macmillan US
The Information State
Jacob Siegel
A provocative investigation into how governments and tech platforms weaponise information in the digital age.
Macmillan US
Traversal
Maria Popova
A genre-crossing meditation on art, science and meaning from the celebrated writer behind The Marginalian.
Headline
Room 706
Ellie Levenson
A locked-room psychological thriller set in a hotel where nothing — and no one — is what it seems.
Headline
The Moon Glow Bookshop
Dongwon Seo
A warm, translated Korean novel about a struggling bookshop owner and the community that gathers around stories.
Joffe
My Lying Husband
E.V. Seymour
A domestic thriller in which a wife uncovers layer after layer of deception — and realises the man she married may be capable of anything.
Joffe
The Newlyweds
Kaelin Wennerberg
A psychological thriller about a picture-perfect marriage that begins to crack during a remote honeymoon.
John Murray Press
Stuck On Hard Mode
Erin Phillips
A candid, laugh-out-loud memoir about navigating life when everything seems set to the highest difficulty.
John Murray Press
The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen
Yuta Takahashi
A gentle, translated Japanese novel about a tiny kitchen, a calico cat and the meals that heal broken hearts.
Quercus Books
The Inside Man
Trevor Wood
A taut Newcastle-set thriller featuring a homeless veteran drawn into a conspiracy far bigger than the streets.
Quercus Books
The Lover
Helene Flood
A taut Scandinavian psychological thriller about desire, trust and the lies we tell the people closest to us.
Simon & Schuster UK
Reality Check
Lizzie Huxley-Jones
A sharp, witty exploration of modern identity, neurodivergence and the gap between who we are online and off.
Simon & Schuster UK
Nightfaring
Megan Eaves-Egenes
A luminous debut novel about night, solitude and the strange comfort of travelling in darkness.
Wordlake
The Big Bow Mystery
Israel Zangwill
The pioneering 1891 locked-room mystery — one of detective fiction's foundational texts, sharp and surprisingly modern.
Wordlake
The Documents In The Case
Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace
A classic golden-age mystery told through letters and documents — Sayers at her most inventive.
Canongate
The Healing Power of Korean Letter Writing
Juhee Mun
An intimate exploration of the Korean tradition of letter-writing as a path to emotional healing and connection.
Dialogue Books
The Body In The Kitchen Garden
Paula Sutton
A charming cosy mystery set on a country estate, where a green-fingered sleuth unearths more than vegetables.
DK
In The Dark
Lina Areklew
A gripping Scandinavian crime thriller about secrets buried in a small town where everyone knows — and hides — too much.
Harper Collins
The Heart Shaped Tin
Bee Wilson
A deeply personal and beautifully written exploration of food, memory and what we pass down through generations.
Independent Author
4th Poetry Collection
Liz Mingo
A deeply personal fourth collection spanning love, loss, landscape and quiet acts of resilience.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ADHD Body and Mind
Dr Miguel Toribio-Mateas
A practical, evidence-based guide to understanding and managing ADHD through nutrition, movement and neuroscience.
Little Brown
Lords Of The Ring
Dan Higgins
A behind-the-scenes look at the power, politics and personalities that shaped professional boxing.
Orion Publishing
The Venetian Heretic
Christian Cameron
A richly detailed historical adventure set in Renaissance Venice, where faith, ambition and swordplay collide.
Penguin Random House UK
Wolf Hour
Jo Nesbo
The latest instalment in Jo Nesbø's acclaimed Harry Hole series — a detective haunted by old demons and a killer who strikes in the dark.
Profile Books
Ancient
Luke Barley
A bold re-examination of the ancient world that challenges established narratives with fresh archaeological evidence.
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