Fiction

  • Signed Special Edition - The Waterfall by Gareth Rubin
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    Signed Special Edition – The Waterfall by Gareth Rubin

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    A story about stories within stories, as four interconnected mysteries take the reader through the ages, from Shakespeare’s day to a 19th-century Gothic former Priory, to 1920s Venice, and finally to 1940s California, from the internationally bestselling author of The Turnglass. We begin with the last testament of William Shakespeare as he investigates the real-life murder mystery of his friend, playwright Christopher Marlowe. The second story is a 19th-century Gothic tale about the discovery of Shakespeare’s manuscript, set in an isolated former Priory, now a clinic for those who cannot sleep.

    The third is a lighter Golden Age detective tale set in Venice, where private investigator Honora Feldman looks into a baffling case of theft and murder in the British expat community, with the Gothic story at its heart. And finally, a 1940s American Noir, as Ken Kourian finds that a serial killer is recreating all the murders in The Waterfall, the companion book to his friend Oliver Tooke’s The Turnglass. The Waterfall is a beguiling and intricate mystery that cements Gareth Rubin’s position as one of the most original authors writing today.

    PRAISE FOR THE TURNGLASS, THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER: ‘This is a story about stories and their perspectives, the passage of time and the slow march of the inevitable. Vivid, resonant, melancholy and beautiful’ JANICE HALLETT ‘Rubin has pulled off the difficult trick of writing an ambitious novel that is also an easy, enjoyable read’ THE TIMES, CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH‘A bold, breathtaking piece of writing that absolutely nails its two books in one conceit. I doubt I’ll ever read anything like it again, which is the highest compliment I can offer’ STUART TURTON‘A stunning, ingenious, truly immersive mystery… a thrilling delight’ CHRIS WHITAKER‘An intricate and thoroughly mesmerising tale of family plots and schemes across several generations’ GUARDIAN, THRILLER OF THE YEAR‘Your initial amazement at his ingenuity comes to sit alongside an appreciation for the heart and depth he brings to his stories.

  • Signed - Hekate by Nikita Gill

    Signed – Hekate by Nikita Gill

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    ‘Atmospheric, engrossing, beautiful and sad, one of those books you find yourself wanting to be back inside when you’ve had to put it down’ NATALIE HAYNES, author of A Thousand Ships and Stone Blind ‘A vivid and imaginatively wrought divine world that is monstrous, magical and beautiful’ JENNIFER SAINT, bestselling author of Hera and Ariadne‘Wholly original, incandescent… This poem is pure magic’ ELODIE HARPER, bestselling author of The Wolf Den trilogy‘A powerful reflection on magic, power, family and the consequences of war. I absolutely loved it’ COSTANZA CASATI, bestselling author of ClytemnestraA propulsive, electrifying and enraging retelling in verse of the life of Greek goddess Hekate, child of war turned all-powerful goddess of witchcraft and necromancy, by internationally bestselling poet Nikita Gill.

    Born into a world on fire, Godling Hekate has never known safety. After her parents find themselves on the losing side of the war between the ruling Titans and the new Olympian Gods, Hekate is taken by her mother Asteria to the Underworld, where Styx and Hades agree to raise her. Meanwhile, Asteria is pursued across the world by Zeus and Poseidon and, to escape their clutches, transforms herself into an island in a stormy sea.

    Orphaned and alone, Hekate grows up amongst the horrors and beauties of the Underworld, desperate to find her divine purpose and a sense of belonging in the land of the dead. When she finally uncovers her powers and ascends to Goddess status, she realises that even the most powerful Olympians are terrified of her. But when immortal war breaks out again, threatening to destroy everything from Mount Olympus to the Underworld itself, the Goddess of witchcraft and necromancy is the only one who can bring the deadly conflict to an end…

     

  • Signed Indie Edition - We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad
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    Signed Indie Edition – We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad

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    The highly-anticipated follow up to the viral sensation Bunny, a brilliantly written, laugh-out-loud funny, dark and delirious novel set in the Bunny-verse – a world that Margaret Atwood declared ‘soooo genius’.   In the cult classic novel Bunny, Samantha Heather Mackey, a lonely outsider student at a highly selective MFA program in New England, was first ostracised and then seduced by a clique of her saccharine sweet, rich girl cohort (who call one another ‘Bunny’). An invitation to the Bunnies’ Smut Salon leads Samantha down a dark rabbit hole (pun intended) into the violently surreal world of their off-campus Workshops where monstrous creations are conjured with wondrous yet deadly consequences.

    When We Love You, Bunny opens, Sam has just published her first novel to critical acclaim. But at a New England stop on her book tour, her one-time frenemies, furious at the way they’ve been portrayed, kidnap her. Now a captive audience, it’s her (and our) turn to hear the Bunnies’ side of the story.

    One by one, they take turns holding the axe, and recount the birth throes of their unholy alliance, their discovery of their unusual creative powers — and the phantasmagoric adventure of conjuring their first creation. With a bound and gagged Sam, we embark on a wickedly intoxicating journey into the heart of dark academia: a fairy tale slasher that explores the wonder and horror of creation itself. Not to mention the transformative powers of love and friendship, Bunny.

    Frankenstein by way of Heathers, We Love You, Bunny is a prequel and a sequel, and an unabashedly wild and totally complete standalone novel. Open your hearts, Bunny, to a dazzlingly original and darkly hilarious romp in the Bunny-verse from the queen of the fever dream, Mona Awad. ‘We Love You, Bunny returns to the uncanny terrain that made Awad cult-famous [and] burrows further into the fragmented, hallucinatory terrain she began to chart in Bunny.

    Her commitment to the surreal is gripping, as is her evolving command of structure — the way her stories fold in on themselves, mimicking the mental contortions of her narrator. With its feverish premise, metafiction turns, and a built-in cult following hungry for more, We Love You, Bunny is poised to be the buzziest release of the season.’ Women.com “Most Anticipated Book Releases of Fall 20252” ‘[Awad’s] command of acerbic wit and satiric plotlines, talent for characterization, and sharp metacriticism of creative writing programs make her story sing in the way only bleeding tongues, broken hearts, and battle axes can… It’s Bookstagram-worthy dark academia that’s alarming, allegorical, and nuanced and unravels Bunny catastrophically and captivatingly. Fans of Atwood, R.F.

    Kuang, and Marisha Pessl will savor this book, whose heady, unsettling intellectualism builds on Awad’s reputation as one of today’s boldest feminist satirists.’ Library Journal (starred) “Mona Awad has returned and her latest will get under your skin just the way her fans have come to expect.” PEOPLE

  • A Girl Within a Girl Within a Girl : A Novel by Reddy, Nanda

    A Girl Within a Girl Within a Girl : A Novel by Reddy, Nanda

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    Author: Reddy, Nanda

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 4 March 2025 by Zibby Books in the United States.

    Paperback | 384 pages, Illustrations
    210 x 140 | 0g

  • The Fertile Earth : 'Destined to be a future classic' Guardian by Rao, Ruthvika

    The Fertile Earth : ‘Destined to be a future classic’ Guardian by Rao, Ruthvika

    £9.99

    Author: Rao, Ruthvika

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 5 June 2025 by Oneworld Publications in the United Kingdom.

    Paperback | 384 pages
    196 x 129 x 31 | 332g

  • Valencia : 'An exuberant, hilarious record of an unprecedented and mutinous time in queer history' Maggie Nelson by Tea, Michelle

    Valencia : ‘An exuberant, hilarious record of an unprecedented and mutinous time in queer history’ Maggie Nelson by Tea, Michelle

    £10.99

    Author: Tea, Michelle

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 5 June 2025 by Profile Books Ltd (Serpent’s Tail) in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the Serpent’s Tail Classics’ series.

    Paperback | 288 pages
    197 x 129 x 21 | 236g

  • Six Lives by Tidhar, Lavie

    Six Lives by Tidhar, Lavie

    £9.99

    Author: Tidhar, Lavie

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 5 June 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Apollo) in the United Kingdom.

    Paperback | 464 pages
    196 x 128 x 31 | 324g

  • Mazeltov : a beautiful debut of queer coming-of-age by Zuzovsky, Eli

    Mazeltov : a beautiful debut of queer coming-of-age by Zuzovsky, Eli

    £10.99

    Author: Zuzovsky, Eli

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 5 June 2025 by Footnote Press Ltd in the United Kingdom.

    Paperback | 208 pages
    198 x 131 | 154g

  • No Small Thing : Shortlisted for the 2024 Nero Book Awards for Debut Fiction by McDonald, Orlaine

    No Small Thing : Shortlisted for the 2024 Nero Book Awards for Debut Fiction by McDonald, Orlaine

    £9.99

    Author: McDonald, Orlaine

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 5 June 2025 by Profile Books Ltd (Serpent’s Tail) in the United Kingdom.

    Paperback | 256 pages
    129 x 198 x 19 | 212g

  • Welcome to Glorious Tuga by Segal, Francesca

    Welcome to Glorious Tuga by Segal, Francesca

    £9.99

    Author: Segal, Francesca

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 5 June 2025 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom as part of ‘the Tuga Trilogy’ series.

    Paperback | 384 pages
    200 x 130 x 25 | 268g

  • Test Kitchen by Stewart, Neil

    Test Kitchen by Stewart, Neil

    £9.99

    Author: Stewart, Neil

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 5 June 2025 by Little, Brown Book Group (Corsair) in the United Kingdom.

    Paperback | 304 pages
    126 x 197 x 21 | 242g

  • The Original Daughter : 'A book not to miss' New York Times by Wei, Jemimah

    The Original Daughter : ‘A book not to miss’ New York Times by Wei, Jemimah

    £20.00

    Author: Wei, Jemimah

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 5 June 2025 by Orion Publishing Co (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) in the United Kingdom.

    Hardback | 368 pages
    162 x 242 x 32 | 574g

  • My Friends : A Goodreads' MOST anticipated novel of 2025 and INSTANT New York Times Bestseller! by Backman, Fredrik

    My Friends : A Goodreads’ MOST anticipated novel of 2025 and INSTANT New York Times Bestseller! by Backman, Fredrik

    £20.00

    Author: Backman, Fredrik

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 19 June 2025 by Simon & Schuster Ltd in the United Kingdom.

    Hardback | 448 pages, N-A
    234 x 153 | 0g

  • Hard Copy : A story of girl meets printer by Veldman, Fien

    Hard Copy : A story of girl meets printer by Veldman, Fien

    £9.99

    Author: Veldman, Fien

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 5 June 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Apollo) in the United Kingdom.

    Paperback | 256 pages
    197 x 129 x 19 | 192g

  • Costanza : 'Striking fictional retelling of this true history' – Sunday Times by Blackmore, Rachel

    Costanza : ‘Striking fictional retelling of this true history’ – Sunday Times by Blackmore, Rachel

    £9.99

    Author: Blackmore, Rachel

    Historical fiction

    Published on 5 June 2025 by John Murray Press (Renegade Books) in the United Kingdom.

    Paperback | 432 pages
    129 x 198 x 29 | 346g

  • Ghostroots : The most 'thrilling and disturbing' (Financial Times) literary horror of 2024 by Aguda, 'Pemi

    Ghostroots : The most ‘thrilling and disturbing’ (Financial Times) literary horror of 2024 by Aguda, ‘Pemi

    £10.99

    Author: Aguda, ‘Pemi

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 5 June 2025 by Little, Brown Book Group (Virago Press Ltd) in the United Kingdom.

    Paperback | 224 pages
    126 x 198 x 31 | 198g

  • The Darkest Winter by Lucarelli, Carlo
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    The Darkest Winter by Lucarelli, Carlo

    £18.99

    Author: Lucarelli, Carlo

    Historical mysteries

    Published on 22 May 2025 by Orenda Books (Open Borders Press) in the United Kingdom.

    Hardback | 304 pages
    242 x 164 x 35 | 594g

  • The Odd Women by Gissing, George

    The Odd Women by Gissing, George

    £12.99

    Author: Gissing, George

    Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

    Published on 23 January 2025 by Unnamed Press (Smith &Taylor Classics) in the United States as part of ‘the Smith & Taylor Classics’ series.

    Paperback | 298 pages, Illustrations
    357 x 211 x 40 | 350g

  • Am Prionnsa by Cooper, Graham

    Am Prionnsa by Cooper, Graham

    £8.99

    Author: Cooper, Graham

    Historical fiction

    Published on 20 February 2025 by LUATH PRESS LTD in the United Kingdom.

    Paperback |
    197 x 129 x 18 | 228g

  • Karla's Choice : A  John le Carre Novel by Harkaway, Nick

    Karla’s Choice : A John le Carre Novel by Harkaway, Nick

    £9.99

    Author: Harkaway, Nick

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 22 May 2025 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.

    Paperback | 320 pages
    200 x 130 x 20 | 222g

  • The Hotel Avocado by Mortimer, Bob

    The Hotel Avocado by Mortimer, Bob

    £9.99

    Author: Mortimer, Bob

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 22 May 2025 by Simon & Schuster Ltd (Gallery) in the United Kingdom.

    Paperback | 416 pages
    198 x 131 x 29 | 298g

  • Holmes and Moriarty : The new official Sherlock Holmes novel by Rubin, Gareth

    Holmes and Moriarty : The new official Sherlock Holmes novel by Rubin, Gareth

    £9.99

    Author: Rubin, Gareth

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 22 May 2025 by Simon & Schuster Ltd in the United Kingdom.

    Paperback | 352 pages
    197 x 130 x 24 | 252g

  • Log Cabin by Harrison, Jordan

    Log Cabin by Harrison, Jordan

    £10.99

    Author: Harrison, Jordan

    Theatre studies

    Published on 27 September 2018 by SAMUEL FRENCH LTD in the United Kingdom.

    Paperback | 90 pages, Illustrations
    202 x 127 x 8 | 108g

  • Tyrant by Iggulden, Conn

    Tyrant by Iggulden, Conn

    £22.00

    Author: Iggulden, Conn

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 22 May 2025 by Penguin Books Ltd (Michael Joseph Ltd) in the United Kingdom as part of ‘The Nero Trilogy’ series.

    Hardback | 432 pages
    241 x 164 x 41 | 658g

  • The Material : 'Brilliance is on display' Percival Everett by Bordas, Camille

    The Material : ‘Brilliance is on display’ Percival Everett by Bordas, Camille

    £9.99

    Author: Bordas, Camille

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 22 May 2025 by Profile Books Ltd (Serpent’s Tail) in the United Kingdom.

    Paperback | 352 pages
    128 x 198 x 28 | 288g

  • The Coin : Shortlisted for the 2025 Dylan Thomas Prize by Zaher, Yasmin

    The Coin : Shortlisted for the 2025 Dylan Thomas Prize by Zaher, Yasmin

    £9.99

    Author: Zaher, Yasmin

    Holidays & seasonal interest

    Published on 1 May 2025 by Footnote Press Ltd in the United Kingdom.

    Paperback | 240 pages
    128 x 198 x 18 | 174g

  • Mongrel : 'So beautiful ... It must be read' - LISA TADDEO by Footman, Hanako

    Mongrel : ‘So beautiful … It must be read’ – LISA TADDEO by Footman, Hanako

    £9.99

    Author: Footman, Hanako

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 6 February 2025 by Footnote Press Ltd in the United Kingdom.

    Paperback | 352 pages
    196 x 130 x 25 | 238g

  • The Trick Is To Keep Breathing by Galloway, Janice

    The Trick Is To Keep Breathing by Galloway, Janice

    £9.99

    Author: Galloway, Janice

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 6 August 2015 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom.

    Paperback | 240 pages
    132 x 198 x 16 | 172g

  • House of Caravans : A Novel by Suneja, Shilpi

    House of Caravans : A Novel by Suneja, Shilpi

    £12.99

    Author: Suneja, Shilpi

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 10 April 2025 by Milkweed Editions in the United States.

    Paperback | 328 pages, Illustrations
    216 x 141 x 24 | 422g

  • Scar by Mesa, Sara

    Scar by Mesa, Sara

    £15.00

    Author: Mesa, Sara

    Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

    Published on 27 February 2025 by Dalkey Archive Press in the United States.

    Paperback | 200 pages, Illustrations
    216 x 140 x 15 | 234g