English literature / British literature

Three Brothers: A Novel

by Peter Ackroyd

Rapier-sharp, witty, intriguing, and mysterious: a new novel from Peter Ackroyd set in the London of the 1960s.

Three Brothers follows the fortunes of Harry, Daniel, and Sam Hanway, a trio of brothers born on...

The Ten Word Game

Lovejoy #23

by Jonathan Gash

A mystery in the long-running series featuring the well-known antiques "divvy" and general bad boy, Lovejoy.

Precious Thing

by Colette McBeth

I know her inside out.  I know what she’s thinking, I know what she wants. So I can’t give up on her, she knows I never will.

Some friendships fizzle out. Rachel and Clara promised theirs would last forever....

The Orchard of Lost Souls

by Nadifa Mohamed

From one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists, a stunning novel illuminating Somalia’s tragic civil war

It is 1987 and Hargeisa waits. Whispers of revolution travel on the dry winds, but still the...

Judicial Whispers

by Caro Fraser

The whispers begin when Leo Davies, charming, clever barrister in one of London's most prestigious chambers, applies to take silk. Despite a life of seemingly unflawed social and professional brilliance, Leo...

City of Darkness and Light

Molly Murphy #13

by Rhys Bowen

Molly and Daniel Sullivan are settling happily into the new routines of parenthood, but their domestic bliss is shattered the night a gang retaliates against Daniel for making a big arrest. Daniel wants his...

Death of a Policeman

Hamish Macbeth #30

by M. C. Beaton

Local police stations all over the Scottish Highlands are being threatened with closure. This presents the perfect opportunity for Detective Chief Inspector Blair, who would love nothing more than to get rid...

We Are Here

by Michael Marshall

An intelligent and page-turning thriller from the international bestselling author of Killer Move.

It should've been the greatest day in David's life. A trip to New York, wife by his side, to visit his new...

The Red Road: A Novel

Alex Morrow #4

by Denise Mina

Alex Morrow faces her toughest opponents yet in this brilliant new thriller about criminals, consequences, and convictions.

Police detective Alex Morrow has met plenty of unsavory characters in her line of work,...

A Killing of Angels

Alice Quentin #2

by Kate Rhodes

The first death looked like a suicide. But someone had tucked a picture of an angel and a handful of white feathers into the banker's pocket before pushing him in front of a train. A killer is stalking The Square...

Dead Water

Shetland #5

by Ann Cleeves

Ann Cleeves returns to her critically acclaimed Shetland Island series with this stunning mystery featuring Inspector Jimmy Perez, who readers will remember from Raven Black, White Nights, Red Bones, and Blue...

Thirteen

by Tom Hoyle

A gripping thriller about a boy targeted by a murderous cult leader. Fast-paced action for fans of CHERUB and GONE. Born at midnight in London, on the stroke of the new millennium, Adam is the target of a cult...

Wake: A Novel

by Anna Hope

Anna Hope’s brilliant debut unfolds over the course of five days, as three women must deal with the aftershocks of World War I and its impact on the men in their lives.

Wake: 1) Emerge or cause to emerge...

The Mist in the Mirror

by Susan Hill

A chilling, classically-inspired ghost story from Susan Hill, our reigning mistress of spine-tingling fiction.

For the last twenty years Sir James Monmouth has journeyed all over the globe in the footsteps...

The Dealer and the Dead

by Gerald Seymour

"The three British masters of suspense, Graham Greene, Eric Ambler, and John le Carre, have been joined by a fourth—Gerald Seymour." –New York TimesThe Dealer and the Dead is the newest heart-pounding thriller...

The Shock of the Fall

by Nathan Filer

***This book has also been published as Where the Moon Isn't.***Winner of the 2013 Costa First Award"A stunning novel. Ambitious and exquisitely realized . . . clearly the work of a major new talent." —S....

White is for Witching

by Helen Oyeyemi

There's something strange about the Silver family house in the closed-off town of Dover, England. Grand and cavernous with hidden passages and buried secrets, it's been home to four generations of Silver women-Anna,...

Broken Homes

Rivers of London #4

by Ben Aaronovitch

My name is Peter Grant, and I am a keeper of the secret flame -- whatever that is.

Truth be told, there's a lot I still don't know. My superior Nightingale, previously the last of England's wizardly governmental...

One Is One and All Alone

David Webb #13

by Anthea Fraser

DCI Webb attempts to disguise his dislike for partner and friend DCI Bennet's second wife in this fifth novel in Fraser's series. However, Bennet's children make no attempt to hide their antipathy. While the...

One Last Breath

Ben Cooper & Diane Fry #5

by Stephen Booth

This twisted thrill ride is perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Peter James.

Around the ancient cave system in Derbyshire are thronging tourists, a medieval castle, and the thriving town of Castleton. With its...