Julius Winsome lives in a cabin in the hunting heartland of the Maine woods, with only his books and his dog for company. That is until the morning he finds that his dog has been shot dead - and not by accident. This story tells the tale of revenge.

Features stories that magnify a New Ireland as it copes with the rewards and pressures of its fresh success: immigration, mid-life crisis, adultery and divorce, a lost sense of place and history, and of course, what to do with all that prosperity.

When teenagers Kenneth and Corrie Tyler venture to their father's graveside they make a horrific discovery: their father is not buried in the casket they bought for him. The undertaker, Fenton Breece, has been grotesquely manipulating the dead. Armed with incriminating photographs, Tyler faces a desperate pursuit.

Fleeing Las Vegas and her abusive boyfriend, Allison Johnson moves to Reno, but finds herself haunted by the mistakes of her past, and lacking any self-belief. Her only comfort seems to come from the imaginary conversations she has with her hero, Paul Newman. This book presents a portrait of small-town America and an emotional tour de force.

Set in mid-1970s India, a subtle and compelling narrative about four unlikely characters who come together in circumstances no one could have foreseen soon after the government declares a 'State of Internal Emergency'. It is a breathtaking achievement: panoramic yet humane, intensely political yet rich with local delight.

Inspector Archie Penrose invites Josephine Tey down to his family home in Cornwall so she can recover from the traumatic events depicted in "An Expert in Murder". Josephine welcomes the opportunity, especially since Archie's home is near the famous Minack open-air theatre perched on the cliffs overlooking the sea.

*The greatest novel by one of the greatest of all Czech writers.

A wonderful bittersweet story about a misguided do-gooder.

Why would anyone admit to the murder of someone who wasn't dead? The fourth psychological suspense novel from the phenomenal word-of-mouth bestselling Hannah.

Some secrets are so dark you keep them even from yourself ... The brilliantly chilling seventh crime novel from the queen of psychological suspense.

* A fascinating twist to the classic tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

* The ninth book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series; Little, Brown are publishing in hardback

* Mma Ramotswe's tenth adventure; published in Abacus paperback

The three hilarious von Igelfeld novels - Portuguese Irregular Verbs, Finer Points of Sausage Dogs and The Villa of Reduced Circumstances - available for the first time in one volume.

The wildly compelling, award-winning debut novel from the author of THE TELEPORTATION ACCIDENT.

*A classic novel of English adolescence

The international bestseller THE LITTLE PARIS BOOKSHOP is a delightful, bittersweet tale about the distance one man will travel for the sake of love and friendship.

*A brilliant novel about one family's experiences in the Crimean war

The new Botswana book from bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, this is Mma Ramotswe's fifteenth wonderful adventure.

Iain Banks' momentous first novel, published in 1984 is being reissued with a new cover alongside other classic titles from the Abacus list in our 40th Anniversary year.

Much-anticipated new novel from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Rosamund Lupton

The electrifying new thriller from the ingenious voice that brought you The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August.

Originally published as The Collected Works of A. J. Fikry. The little book with the big heart - the New York Times bestseller that has won passionate fans around the world.

This is the first novel by the author of "Immortality", which won "The Independent" Award for Foreign Fiction in 1991. Milan Kundera is also the author of "The Book of Laughter and Fogetting".