Sarah Waters, the award-winning author of three novels set in Victorian London, returns with a stunning novel that marks a departure from the 19th century.
Affectionate, wry and richly evocative, A GOOD YEAR is Peter Mayle at his most readable: a novel of wine, women and sun, with a plot that offers more twists than a corkscrew.
He doesn't want you alive. He doesn't want you dead. He wants you somewhere in between ...
A retired copper's son is kidnapped. Many of the villains he put away had sworn revenge. So why does he fail to mention the one who is still the main suspect in a four-year-old murder?
'A beautifully accomplished, richly nostalgic novel about supposed second-world-war espionage seen through the eyes of a young boy' Sunday Times
'Love makes the world go round? Not at all. Whisky makes it go round twice as fast.'
The effortless way to achieve noticeable and lasting confidence, high self esteem and a great sense of self worth.
The most sought-after sports book of all time - now available from Hachette Digital in audio
The compelling first volume in the sequel to the bestselling Black Magician Trilogy.
Albert Campion faces deadly secrets on the Essex marshes.
* The fifth volume of Alexander McCall Smith's wonderful serial novels set in Edinburgh's New Town
The dazzling new Culture book from the most exciting science fiction writer of modern times - a tour de force of brilliant storytelling, world-building and imagination.