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The Peanut Butter Murders
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Gray-haired sleuths Angela Benbow and Caledonia Wingate investigate the death of a new neighbour, who fell or was pushed into the path of an oncoming train.
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The Tatami time machine blues
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In the boiling heat of summer, a broken remote control for an air conditioner threatens life as we know it in this reality-bending, time-slipping sequel to ‘The Tatami Galaxy’.
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The Christmas fix
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Single dad Noah takes his responsibilities seriously. When a late season hurricane turns Merry, Connecticut, into a disaster, he’s left scrambling to pick up the pieces of the town he loves. ...
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Gone with the penguins
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Still fiery and feisty at eighty-seven, Veronica McCreedy, the very first Penguin Ambassador, is determined to prove that nothing is impossible when you put your mind to it. Eileen, Veronica’...
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Bombshell
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Madison is married to one of the nation’s heartthrobs, TV handyman Rich. Recently, he’s been acting. strangely. Grumpy with everyone and everything; never wanting to go out. At least no...
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Family politics
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All across Britain, a generation of grown-up children are graduating from university, moving back in to their old bedrooms and showing their gratitude by berating their parents for their out-of-dat...
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Killing time
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We have a choir and on special occasions a glass of dry sherry. It’s less of a home and more of a club and very much a community. Presided over by the lofty Mrs McBryde, Hill Topp House is a ...
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A short history of the apocalypse
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Covering subjects from gangs and government to bunkers and cannibalism, ‘A Short History of the Apocalypse’ is a journey into our impending and doomed future. Guided by Alonso Lamp, a t...
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Bridget Jones – the edge of reason
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Bridget Jones is back! In The Edge of Reason Bridget discovers what it’s like when you have the man of your dreams actually living in your flat . . .
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Murder by owl light
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The murder of the gardener at Camden-sur-Mer is a break in routine for Angela Benbow and Caledonia Wingate’s retirement community.
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You are here
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Marnie is stuck. Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a life that increasingly feels like it’s passing her by. Michael is coming undone. Reeling from...
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Garth Marenghi’s incarcerat
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Horror novelist Nick Steen is abducted and imprisoned at Nulltec, a shadowy technological research facility with excellent conference parking, concealed deep on the Stalkford Downs. There he is obs...
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Murder at crime manor
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Detective Roger LeCarre. Scourge of crime. Guardian of Exeter. And now, party guest at the manor house owned by mysterious billionaire tech genius Eli Quartz. It is a small and unconventional gathe...
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Mr Bliss
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Mr Bliss, a man notable for his immensely tall hats and for the girabbit in his garden, takes the whimsical decision to buy a motor car. But his first drive to visit friends quickly becomes a catal...
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Eat slay love
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Marina is a divorced mother of three preschoolers. Lilah is a shy and lonely librarian. Opal is a broke post-menopausal fitness guru. These three strangers have nothing in common – except for...
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According to Jeeves
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Featuring the most iconic quotes from P.G. Wodehouse’s best-loved duo, Jeeves and Wooster, ‘According to Jeeves’ is the perfect treat for fans old and new!
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How to train your human
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We live on a planet infested with humans. They are a pernicious species, yet undeniably clever and capable – even if the reasons behind their actions are often incomprehensible to us felines....
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Mr Loverman
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Barrington Jedidiah Walker is 74 and leads a double life. Born and bred in Antigua, he’s lived in Hackney since the 60s. A flamboyant, wise-cracking local character with a dapper taste in ret...
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Honeybee
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*Don’t miss the limited Collector’s Edition of Honeybee with special endpapers and foil design beneath the dust jacket*

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Farmer Giles of Ham
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A commemorative 75th anniversary edition of Tolkien’s classic book, including a revised introduction, a map, a copy of Tolkien’s unpublished short story which he expanded for publicatio...
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The antique hunter’s guide to murder
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C L Miller’s The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder is the start of your new favourite crime series, The Number One Ladies Detective Agency meets Midsomer Murders ...
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The Michaelmas murders
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As the Town’s annual flower and produce show approaches, it’s all doom and bloom up on the allotments. Prize vegetables are going missing and a dead body is found fertilizing Bonny Grub...
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What a way to go
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THE MILLION COPY #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY IS BACK WITH THE NEW BOOK OF THE MOMENT

Featured in Vogue, Cosmopolitan, S...
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Think again
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Being an adult isn’t quite what Ellie Allard dreamed it would be when she was 14 years old. Though she’s got her beautiful daughter Lottie, life-long best friends in Magda and Nadine an...
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Wellness
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The story of a marriage, a city and a society over two decades, Wellness is a major novel of our times, in the tradition of Jonathan Franzen and Elizabeth Strout.
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The secrets of flowers
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‘I was in awe reading this book, wonderfully written, fascinating history and brought with it the scent of all those flowers. A delight for my senses.’ Milly Johnson Add to basket

Everyone on this train is a suspect
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When the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my...
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Good material
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Andy’s story wasn’t meant to turn out this way. Living out of a suitcase in his best friends’ spare room, waiting for his career as a stand-up comedian to finally take off, he str...
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The ghost cat
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Early morning, 1902. In a gloomy Edinburgh tenement, Eilidh the charlady tips coal into a fire grate and sets it alight. Overhearing, a cat ambles over to curl up against the welcome heat. This is ...
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The beaver theory
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Can everyone’s favourite insurance mathematician, Henri, combine the increasingly dangerous world of adventure parks with the unpredictability of blended-family life? He’s about to f...
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Humorous fiction

The Peanut Butter Murders

The Tatami time machine blues

The Christmas fix

Gone with the penguins

Bombshell

Family politics

Killing time

A short history of the apocalypse

Bridget Jones – the edge of reason

Murder by owl light

You are here

Garth Marenghi’s incarcerat

Murder at crime manor

Mr Bliss

Eat slay love

According to Jeeves

How to train your human

Mr Loverman

Honeybee

Don’t miss the limited Collector’s Edition of Honeybee* with special endpapers and foil design beneath the dust jacket*

Farmer Giles of Ham

The antique hunter’s guide to murder

The Michaelmas murders

Think again

Wellness

The secrets of flowers

‘I was in awe reading this book, wonderfully written, fascinating history and brought with it the scent of all those flowers. A delight for my senses.’ Milly Johnson Add to basket

Everyone on this train is a suspect

Good material

The ghost cat

The beaver theory

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