Desi Lee knows how carburettors work. She learned CPR at the age of five. As a high school senior, she has never missed a day of school and never had a B. But in her charmed school life, there's one thing missing—she's never had a boyfriend. In fact, she's a known disaster in romance, a clumsy, stammering humiliation magnet. When the hottest...

Bravery, friendship and the magic of an unknowable universe combine in this extraordinary adventure from the heart. Great for fans of Frank Cottrell Boyce and David Almond. In Ethiopia, Ageze has unearthed an ancient device that can make predictions. It tells him: there is a date, there is a place, there is a moment when it will happen. A disaster...

Harper has tried to forget the past and fit in at expensive boarding school Brodick Academy. But she can't escape the guilt of her twin sister Izzy's death and her own part in it. But new girl Kirsty seems to understand Harper. She has lost a sister, too. Harper finally feels secure. She finally feels...loved. As if she can grow beyond the person s...

Two best friends. A weekend to remember. But what happened to Jade? An exhilarating thriller for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and Good Girls Die First. One year ago, Jade died at a music festival. Her body was found floating in a lake but everyone wrote it off as a tragic accident—with no evidence of murder. Ever since, her best frie...

Sixteen-year-old Alex Rufus lives with his younger brother, Isaiah, in a quiet neighbourhood in Chicago. But recently, the neighbours are on high alert - whenever they see someone they don't think looks safe, they take matters into their own hands, often calling the cops without reason. Alex starts taking on more shifts at the local ice cream shop,...

Break the mould with Sinéad Burke - disability advocate, activist, teacher and writer. Sometimes it can seem like the world isn't built for you or like you don't belong. But why should you change who you are for the sake of others? Sinéad Burke is many things - an author, an activist, a teacher, a British Vogue cover model. She also h...

Real, compulsive and intense: Cat Clarke is the queen of emotional suspense. For fans of E Lockhart, Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins. Seventeen-year-old Grace wakes up in a white room, with table, pens and paper - and no clue how she got there. As Grace starts writing, pouring her tangled life onto the page, she is forced to remember everything she...

This title is exclusively available in agreement with Ulverscroft Ltd. When a teenage couple go missing, the police aren’t too concerned. Young lovers often make bad choices. Then a body is found near a Suffolk lighthouse, and shortly after, two girls seem to vanish into thin air. Freshly promoted DI Ashley Knight knows she has a battle on he...

This title is exclusively available in agreement with Ulverscroft Ltd. Bristol 1941 Coronation Close survives the brutal Bristol Blitz but with rationing, call up papers and new rules and regulations everyone’s lives are changed forever. Resident do-gooder PC Percy Routledge's obsession with rules being upheld finds him spying and reporting f...

The summer 2025 edition of our exclusive member newsletter. This issue includes an interviews with authors Bali Rai and Beverley Watts, lots of book-ish chat, charity updates and our winter competition!

An Interview with historical fiction and romance author Beverley Watts. Beverley chats to us about her very popular Shackleford Sisters series.

This title is exclusively available in agreement with Ulverscroft Ltd. King Henry V's beautiful widow, Catherine, is determined to marry Owen Tudor, a Welsh gentleman-at-arms. But her life decisions are not her own, overshadowed as she is by more powerful men who are closer to the Throne. The Duke of Bedford would marry her off to a foreign prince,...

An interview with children's author and Listening Books Ambassador Bali Rai. Bali chats to us about two of his books, Bobby Bains Plays a Blinder and (Un)arranged Marriage, and about his work in schools.

This title is exclusively available in agreement with Ulverscroft Ltd. When everyone is lying, how do you catch a killer? A brutal attack at Fakenham Racecourse plunges DI Ashley Knight into the competitive world of horse racing, where fortunes are won and lost in the blink of an eye. As the investigation unfolds, a chilling discovery reveals a dar...

This title is exclusively available in agreement with Ulverscroft Ltd. There’s talk of war and dark clouds fester on the horizon... Bristol 1938 A shadowy presence overshadows Coronation Close, watching and waiting. Jenny Crawford is the first to notice the stranger and wonders why his attention is fixed on Thelma Dawson’s house. When c...

This title is exclusively available in agreement with Ulverscroft Ltd. Some secrets refuse to stay buried... When Alfie Hook settles down to eat his fish and chips by the Hunstanton seaside he hasn’t anticipated it is going to be his last meal. DS Ashley Knight and her Major Investigation Team are called to investigate and when they discover...

This title is exclusively available in agreement with Ulverscroft Ltd. There are no secrets that time does not reveal… Bristol 1937 The year is 1937 and the country is still reeling from the abdication of King Edward the Eighth the year before. His brother, the Duke of York has become King George the Sixth and will be crowned in May. The cou...

This title is exclusively available in agreement with Ulverscroft Ltd. Bristol 1936 Jenny Crawford has resigned herself to a loveless marriage living hand to mouth with their two children. Like many others, husband Roy struggles to find work at the docks but a chance encounter turns the family's fortunes around. Not only does he get regular work bu...

This title is exclusively available in agreement with Ulverscroft Ltd. Mabel Beaumont’s husband Arthur loved lists. He’d leave them for her everywhere. ‘Remember: eggs, butter, sugar’. ‘I love you: today, tomorrow, always’. But now Arthur is gone. He died: softly, gently, not making a fuss. But he’s still l...

An interview with historical crime author, Susan Elia MacNeal. Susan chats to us about her latest book, Mother Daughter Traitor Spy.

An interview with best-selling author Philippa Gregory. Philippa chats to us about taking a departure from fiction to write her history book, Normal Women.