A companion to The Secret Life of Bees code 93129 comes an extraordinary novel about two exceptional women. Sarah Grimké is the middle daughter. The one her mother calls difficult and her father calls remarkable. On her 11th birthday, Hetty 'Handful' Grimké is taken from the slave quarters she shares with her mother, wrapped in lavender ribbons, and presented to Sarah as a gift. Sarah knows what she does next will unleash a world of trouble. She also knows that she cannot accept and so the trouble begins. Like her beloved mother Charlotte, Handful knows the rules, in all their brutality, but no one can stop her pushing them to the limit. She is ten years old when presented to Sarah as her birthday present and then the sparks begin to fly. Enthralling, shocking, sometimes humorous, this powerful and sweeping novel is inspired by real events set in the American Deep South in the 19th century, a novel of contrasts, beauty and ugliness, of righteous people living daily with the cruelty they fail to recognise and a story of two girls who grow up never doing anything they are told. It?s a celebration of the power of friendship. 437pp, paperback.

The multi-million copy bestselling novel about a young girl's journey towards healing and the transforming power of love from the award-winning author of 'The Invention of Wings' (code 93102). Lily has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was four years old. Now aged 14 she yearns for forgiveness and a mother's love. Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her harsh and unforgiving father, she has only one friend, Rosaleen, a black servant. When racial tension explodes one summer afternoon and Rosaleen is arrested and beaten, Lily chooses to flee with her. Fugitives from justice, the pair follow a trail left by the woman who died ten years before. Finding sanctuary in the home of three beekeeping sisters, Lily starts a poignant and uplifting journey as much about her understanding of the world as the mystery surrounding her mother. By turns sad, full of incident and shot through with a grown-up magic reminiscent of the novels of Joanne Harris, and full of love, hope and forgiveness, the writing is humorous and deliciously eccentric. 374pp, fairly large print, paperback.

'Frankenstein meets The Shadow of the Wind in a Gothic thriller set in the diabolical city of fin-de-siècle Barcelona.' Daniel Amat has left Spain and all that happened there behind him. Having just achieved a brilliant role in Ancient Languages at Oxford University and an even more advantageous engagement, the arrival of a letter - a demand - stamped Barcelona comes like a cold hand from behind. He arrives back in that old, labyrinthine and near-mythic city a few days before the great 1888 World Fair, amid dread whispers of murder - the injuries reminiscent of an ancient curse, and bearing the signs of the genius 16th century anatomist Vesalius. Daniel is soon pulled into the depths of the crime and eventually into the tunnels below Barcelona where his own dark past and the future of science are joined in a terrible venture, to bring the secret of Vesalius to life. A gripping historical thriller which makes of Barcelona a diabolical character, emerging out of the dark into a new electrical age, aflame with spirit, superstition and science. A bestselling novel published in 18 countries which mixes a passionate setting and cryptic mystery. 582pp, paperback.

From the creator of the number one Netflix thriller Interceptor here is a globetrotting, thrilling and action-packed adventure with 'more action and hair-raising stunts than you'll ever find in four Bond movies.' - Evening Telegraph. The ruthless hunters tracking him want more than just Jack - they want the end of all life as we know it. What if the greatest lost cities of legend are still out there? Jack West has just won the Great Games and thrown the four legendary kingdoms into turmoil. Now these dark forces are coming after him in ruthless fashion. With the end of all things rapidly approaching, Jack and his crew must now find the Three Secret Cities, three incredible lost cities of legend. It's an impossible task by any reckoning, but Jack must do it while being hunted. From the canals of Venice to the deepest central American rainforest and far beyond, get ready for a non-stop wild ride. Jack West Jr., part soldier, part scholar, has always been a survivor. But this time his survival has unleashed terrible dark forces. 522pp, paperback.

A second title from the creator of the number one Netflix thriller Interceptor and in the Jack West series, a companion to Three Secret Cities code 93137. Former SAS soldier Jack West is on a mission to save the world. Still reeling from the loss of his daughter and with his rivals far ahead of him, Jack must race across the globe to complete the ancient Trial of the Mountains. He found the Three Secret Cities, but at a heart-breaking cost. Jack must now get to one of the five iron mountains, two of which have never been found, and perform a mysterious feat known only as The Fall. Amid all this, Jack will discover that a new player has entered the race, a general so feared by the four legendary kingdoms that they had him locked away in their deepest dungeon. Only now this general has escaped and he has a horrifying plan of his own. Fasten your seatbelt and beware unknown obstacles which constantly appear out of nowhere, this would make a great Indiana Jones film! 418pp, paperback and rather interestingly with illustrations and map for authenticity of the world created.

Peter Grant is learning magic fast and it's just as well - he's already had run-ins with the deadly supernatural children of the Thames and a terrifying killer in Soho. Progression in the Police Force is less than easy, especially when you work in a department of two which doesn't even officially exist, a department that if you did described it to most people you would get you laughed at. And then there's his love life. The last person he fell for ended up seriously dead. It wasn't his fault, but still. Now something horrible is happening in the labyrinth of tunnels that make up the tube system that honeycombs the ancient foundations of London and the delays on the Northern line are the very least of it. Time to call in the Met's Economic and Specialist Crime Unit 9, aka The Folly. Time to call in PC Peter Grant, Britain's Last Wizard. Down in the buried rivers, the Victorian sewers, there are whispers of vengeance from beyond the grave and PC Grant's case is about to come off the rails. 418pp in this super popular series. Paperback.

Masha's life has stopped. Once a spirited and independent woman with a rebellious streak, her life has been changed forever by a tragic event 12 years earlier. Unable to let go of her grief, she finds comfort in her faithful canine companion Haizum, and peace in the quiet lanes of her town's lido. Then a chance encounter with two extraordinary women, the fabulous and wise Kitty Muriel, a convent girl turned magician's wife turned 70-something roller disco fanatic, and the mysterious Sally Red Shoes, a bag lady with a prodigious voice - opens up a new world of possibilities and a chance to start living again. But just as Masha dares to imagine the future, her past comes roaring back. A moving novel about the joy of friendship and the simple human connections that make life worth living, the characters are fabulously funny and you will laugh out loud regularly. 333pp, paperback.

London 1960 and the Cold War is at its height. Two colleagues, Giles Holloway and Simon Callington, face a terrible dilemma over a missing top-secret file. At the end of a suburban garden in the pouring rain, Simon's wife Lily buries a briefcase containing the file, firmly believing that in doing so she is protecting her family. When Simon is accused of passing information to the Soviets and arrested, Lily suspects that his imprisonment is part of a cover-up, and that more powerful men than Simon will do anything to prevent their own downfall. But what she does not realise is that Simon has hidden vital truths about his past and might be found guilty of another crime that carries with it an even greater penalty. What Lily will soon learn is that no one is immune from betrayal or the devastating consequences of exposure. A deeply romantic drama about the collateral damage suffered by those on the periphery of world events blending psychological observations reminiscent of Henry James with John Le Carré-esque betrayals. 391pp.

First-rate suspense to devour in one sitting by the writer with a growing reputation for twisty and cunningly plotted thrillers. On the eve of his college graduation, Harry is called home by his stepmother Alice following the unexpected death of his father. But who really is Alice, his father's much younger second wife, and how much is known about her past? In a confusion of emotions, Harry must work out whether Alice's concern for him is purely maternal, or whether there is something darker and more threatening at work. Packed with suspense from the off, the real mystery underpinning this gripping tale concerns the strange relationships, deceit and trickery divided into a story of 'then' and 'now' and creating great tension and a few good surprises. A companion to another bestseller by this author Her Every Fear code 93571. 364pp, paperback.

A powerful and poetic piece of literary fiction published by Faber & Faber. Modern Pakistan is revealed with all its dangerous contradictions and feet in the past with religious fanaticism, indiscriminate violence and a retrograde understanding of the world, widespread corruption and the devaluation of human life and the novel is filled with characters whose thoughts, dreams and aspirations shape their destinies or narrow their choices. For weeks, someone has been broadcasting people's secrets from the minarets of the city's mosques, striking fear into the hearts of Christians and Muslims alike. Then when shots ring out on the Grand Trunk Road and Nargis's husband Massud, a fellow architect, is caught in the crossfire, she is unable to confess to him her greatest secret before he dies. But as the anonymous broadcasts continue, is it merely a matter of time before her past is exposed? A story of corruption, resilience and hope. 364pp, paperback.