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The young women studying at the Grimaldi yearn for new kinds of life. Monitored by the nuns who run the college, eight of them form a close group, sharing confidences and hopes for the future. But each, too, has her private secrets - a child from an early love affair, frustrated artistic ambition...

All that is hidden will soon be revealed . . . 'A triumph ... deliciously intriguing ' Harriet Constable, author of The Instrumentalist 'Impeccably researched, masterfully plotted, beautifully written' Santa Montefiore 'Imaginative . The streets, parlours and galleries of London and Oxford come ...

Translated by Sarah Booker and Robin Myers 'A labyrinthine masterpiece' New York Times ' A subversive twist on the traditional serial killer story ' TIME ' Obsessive, dreamlike and hallucinatory' Layla Martinez A city is always a cemetery. When a professor named Cristina Rivera Garza stumbles ...

'A tour of those farflung places where Romans rarely dared to venture' The Times 'This is the book for expanding your ancient history horizon' Tristan Hughes, host of 'The Ancients' podcast What was it like to live on the edges of ancient empires, at the boundaries of the known world? When Ovi...

A nail-biting short story, perfect for Valentine's Day reading! One competition, one date, one Valentine’s Day to remember… His followers adore him. When social media influencer Kolby Kay agrees to take a fan for a Valentine’s date, the internet erupts with excitement. Hundreds of submissions ...

'Not simply a social media sensation but, heartwarmingly, the actual, real thing... She is the High Priestess of The Potato.' – Nigella Lawson 'My jaw dropped when I opened this book – all I want to cook and eat now is potatoes. I am obsessed.' – Nathan Anthony, Bored of Lunch 'Poppy deserves t...

The first in the internationally bestselling series of witty, moving and philosophical animal fables for adults. 'Only one question remains: is he a writer or a genius? I suspect the latter' De Morgen 'Toon Tellegen's stories provide endless pleasure' Die Ziet 'Moving and entertaining' De Volkskr...

As the Cold War chilled, inside a Melbourne house a young girl was caught in the crossfire of domestic conflict amid the clashing political and social values of her autocratic grandmother, her self-denying mother, and her glamorous aunt; three women who presented very different models of womanhood.

Hannah Lynn's GORGEOUS series continues as Daisy May looks ahead to her happy ever after... It’s time to meet the family… Daisy May thought she had everything figured out. After successfully establishing her coffee shop at the idyllic Wildflower Lock and with things going well with charming The...

A delightfully twisty and darkly comic crime thriller, for fans of My Sister, the Serial Killer and How to Kill Your Family 'A fast-paced, tension-building mystery with a shattering finale. Tam Barnett is a name to watch.' Daily Mail I'm obsessed with true crime. All the podcasts, the documenta...