Deborah Kay Davies was named 'one to watch' by the Independent. She was also selected as 'one of the twelve best new British novelists' by The Culture Show and the Guardian.
Keith Stewart is an ordinary man. However, one day he is called upon to undertake an extraordinary task. When his sister's boat is wrecked in the Pacific, he becomes trustee for his little niece. In order to save her from destitution he has to embark on a 2,000 mile voyage in a small yacht in inhospitable waters.
From the inimitable Michael Palin comes the warm and witty story of an everyman, a tantalising offer, a journey to India and the search for the truth. Includes Reading Group Notes.
William de Worde is the accidental editor of the Discworld's first newspaper. New printing technology means that words just won't obediently stay nailed down like usual. There's a very real threat of news getting out there.
Young, full of life, and deeply sceptical about the power of love, a woman from Manchester struggles to make it as a writer, while she moves through a series of failed romances that finally leads her to the possibility of the real thing with an American musician. Original.
Sophia's husband Cornelis is one of the lucky ones who grew rich dealing with the Tulip flower. To celebrate, he commissions a young artist to paint him with his beautiful young bride. But as the portrait grows, so does the passion between Sophia and the painter; and ambitions, desires and dreams breed an intricate deception and a reckless gamble.
Turbo Twenty-Three is the fast-paced and hilarious twenty-third adventure in Janet Evanovich's bestselling series featuring her lovable and hapless heroine, Stephanie Plum
The brilliant new short story sequence from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of All That Man Is Twelve people on the move around planet Earth, twelve individual lives, each in turmoil, and each in some way touching the next.
The D-day landings - the fate of 2.5 million men, 3000 landing craft and the entire future of Europe depends on the right weather conditions on the English Channel on a single day. A team of Allied scientists is charged with agreeing on an accurate forecast five days in advance. But is it even possible to predict the weather so far ahead?
`The first in a promising series ... a female detective who has to negotiate cultural conflicts on a daily basis.' The Sunday Times 'Remarkable'Paul Finch; `Impressive'Daily Mail; `Fresh and enthralling'Roz Watkins