Part literary fiction, part noir, this fast-paced tale is told with an impeccable, gripping and heart-pounding style.

An archaeologist's wife is murdered on the shores of the River Tigris in Iraq...

A special edition of Deighton's classic thriller, the first and certainly greatest 'what-if?' novel about the Second World War, to tie in with the new major BBC series starring Sam Riley and adapted by the writers of Skyfall and Spectre.

The death of Dr Thackery T Lambshead in 2003 at his house in Wimpering-on-the-Brook, England, revealed an discovery: the remains of cabinet of curiosities. This book presents highlights from the doctor's cabinet, reconstructed not only through visual representations but also through stories of adventure by a selected group of popular artists.

In the remote Kingdom of Castalia, the scholars of the Twenty Third century play the Glass Bead Game. The elaborately coded game is a fusion of all human knowledge - of maths, music, philosophy, science, and art. Intrigued as a school boy, Joseph Knecht becomes consumed with mastering the game as an adult.

How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and infuriating younger sister Bunny? Dr Battista has other problems. His brilliant young lab assistant, Pyotr, is about to be deported. And without Pyotr, his new scientific breakthrough will fall through...

The Italian (1797) is a gripping tale of love and betrayal, abduction and assassination, and incarceration by the Inquisition. Radcliffe's last and most unnerving novel exemplifies her definition of 'terror' writing, combining Romantic and Gothic elements and influencing countless later writers.

* *'Brilliant ... do not miss this novel' * DAILY TELEGRAPH * *'A moving, microcosmic portrait of an era's bitter end' THE TIMES

* A wonderful, immaculately researched novel that brings Dr Johnson, his friends and his times to life.

* An hilarious comedy of adultery. * 'Razor sharp ... Bainbridge takes special pleasure in human unpredictability. She shows that people are hardly ever what they appear' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

* The new and last Beryl Bainbridge is a double murder mystery and a bittersweet masterpiece of the kind with which she has made her reputation

Juan Diego's little sister is a mind reader. As a teenager, he struggles to keep anything secret - Lupe knows all the worst things that go through his mind. What might a young girl be driven to do if she thought she had the power to change what lies ahead? This is the story of what happens when the future collides with the past.

Paris, 1939: The pavement rumbles with the footfall of Nazi soldiers marching along the Champs Elysees. A young writer, recently arrived from Ireland to make his mark, smokes one last cigarette with his lover before the city they know is torn apart. Soon, he will put is life and those of his loved ones in mortal danger by joining the Resistance...

When bestselling crime author Josephine Tey inherits a remote Suffolk cottage from her godmother, it came full of secrets. Sorting through the artefacts of her godmother's life, Josephine is intrigued by an infamous murder committed near the cottage a century before.

Bampton, Derbyshire, January 1978. Two girls go missing: Rachel Jones returns, Sophie Jenkins is never found. Thirty years later: Sophie Jenkins' mother commits suicide. Rachel Jones has tried to put the past behind her and move on with her life.

Having left Texarkana for the safety of the West Coast, reporter Charlie Yates finds himself drawn back to the South, to Hot Springs, Arkansas, as an old acquaintance asks for his help. This time it's less of a story Charlie's chasing, more of a desperate attempt to do the right thing before it's too late.

As a five-year-old in India, I got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, I crossed the world to find my way back home.

Following the events of The Last Colony, the pressure is on - for the very unity of the human race is at stake.

The fourth book in John Scalzi's exciting sci-fi series which started with Old Man's War.

The Sunday Times bestseller - an intensely moving and beautifully written new novel from the Booker-prize winning author of Last Orders and Waterland