Sophie Hannah When Alice Fancourt leaves her infant daughter at home with her husband David for the first time since becoming a new mother, she returns to a horrifying sight:...

Matthew Johnstone One in four women and one in six men will suffer from depression at least once in their life. Few are immune. It was the greatly admired Winston...

Jane Austen Written in 1814, Mansfield Park is one of Jane Austen's most complex and fascinating achievements. This is a story of richness of character over the flash of personality,...

James Rollins The bones lead to ancient mysteries and present-day terror . . . To follow them means death.During a crowded service at a cathedral in Germany, armed intruders in...

Antonia Fraser Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions. To many people, she is still 'la reine méchante', whose extravagance and frivolity helped to bring down the French...

Robin Cook The master of the medical thriller returns with his latest heart-pounding dramaTwenty-eight-year-old Sean McGillin seems the picture of youthful good health, until he fractures a leg while skating...

Author: James Patterson Somebody is intent on murdering Hollywood's A-list. A well-known actress has been shot outside her Beverly Hills home. Shortly afterwards, the Los Angeles Times receives an email...

Dave Eggers With work by Roddy Doyle, Stephen Elliott, Peter Orner, Joyce Carol Oates, Yannick Murphy, and Miranda July, as well as the triumphant return of Arthur Bradford and stories...

Nora Roberts writing as JD Robb Eve Dallas is one tough cop, but when Trudy Lombard shows up at the station, Eve's life begins to fall apart. Instantly, she is...

Scott Oden 526 BC and the empire of the Pharaohs is dying, crumbling under the weight of its own antiquity. Corruption and decay cripple its cities, infects its leaders and...

Stephen Clarke A year after arriving in France, Englishman Paul West is still struggling with some fundamental What is the best way to scare a gendarme? Why do French job...

Author: Meg Cabot Ever since a walk home on a particularly stormy day, Jessica Mastriani has had an ability like no other. She became known worldwide as Lightning Girl—a psychic...