The perfect pattern for close-knit friendships, this novel is refreshing in its warmth and you'll be imediately welcomed in.

The title is derived from the young Malachy's mishearing of the words "amongst women" in the "Hail Mary". Here, he tells the story of his hell-raising days when he left Ireland and went in search of fame, fortune and fun in New York.

Presents an author's account of the many disguises she employs to dine undetected when she takes on the much coveted and highly prestigious job of New York Times restaurant critic. Through these spy games, she finds herself changed not just physically, but also in character.

Stingo, an inexperienced 22 year old Southerner, takes us back to the summer of 1947 and a boarding house in a leafy Brooklyn suburb. There, he meets Nathan, a fiery Jewish intellectual; and Sophie, a beautiful and fragile Polish Catholic. Ultimately, he arrives at the dark core of Sophie's past: her memories of pre-war Poland, and her choice.

Asher Lev is the artist who painted the sensational 'Brooklyn Crucifixion'. Into it, he poured all the anguish and torment a Jew can feel when torn between the faith of his fathers and the calling of his art.

It's a stunningly day in the life of Eric Packer, a multi-billionaire. He finds Manhattan city at standstill because the President is visiting, a rapper's funeral which is proceeding through town, and a violent protest is being staged in Times Square by anti-globalist groups. Eric's bodyguards are worried that he is a target and, indeed, he is.

*The cult TV series now becomes a major film

The in-crowd wears Gucci but one girl wears her heart on her sleeve! From the bestselling author of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA comes a no-holds barred expose of the world of the Manhattan super-rich.

Presents a story about how, in very different ways, the Fitzmaurice women adapt, survive, and manage to bring the whole teeming world of New York to heel, by dint of their smart mouths, quick wits, and the powerful connection between them that even the worst tragedy cannot shatter.

Opens at the Shea Stadium at the World Series Game of 1951, where the ball is caught by a young, black man in the crowd, and continues to change hands throughout the book. The various recipients of the ball tell the story of post-war US history giving a panorama of America from the 50s to the 90s.

Eloise lives with her nanny at The Plaza Hotel in New York. The daughter of rich parents, she is left daily to her own devices. She knows everything about The Plaza and everyone in it. Henry James would want to study her, and Queen Victoria would recognise her as an equal.

When NYPD lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a top model, she is putting her career on the line, because the prime suspect is her best friend. Eve's investigations lead her into the glamorous world of high fashion.

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Hours' comes a new thrilling and thought-provoking masterpiece.

It is Thanksgiving and Sully, Miss Beryl's ne'er-do-well lodger, has problems - his knee is acting up, his mistress is giving him the cold shoulder and he still hasn't come to terms with the memory of his violent, emotional father. When his smug, college-educated son returns with his own problems, matters don't improve.

A literary mystery set amongst the religious communities of New York City - which deepens into addressing the great moral questions of the last century.

Billy fell in love with a beautiful Irish girl working for a wealthy Park Avenue family. Billy wanted to marry Eva, but then she went back to Ireland. Eva died of pneumonia. Billy never got over it. Billy began courting Maeve not long after, but for the rest of their lives, he, she and Dennis shared a hidden, twisted grief.

Ralph Ellison's impassioned first novel, winner of the prestigious American National Book Award, tells the story of an invisible man simply because people refuse to see me . Yet his powerfully depicted adventures go far beyond the story of one man.

There is September 11 and then there are the days after, and finally the years. This book begins in the smoke and ash of the burning towers and traces the aftermath of this global tremor in the intimate lives of a few individuals. Theirs are lives choreographed by loss, grief and the enormous force of history.

Piatkus are proud to be publishing the first in a series of twenty - with more to come - romantic suspense novels from one of the world's bestelling authors.