As drifters in search of work, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie have nothing in the world except each other - and a dream that they will one day have some land of their own. Eventually, they find work on a ranch, but their hopes are doomed as Lennie becomes a victim of his own strength.

Thought-provoking new novel from the UK's Number One bestselling women's fiction author: Your daughter needs a new heart. The only match comes from a murderer. What would you do?

An extraordinary and dramatic depiction of the legendary battle of Agincourt from the number one historical novelist

Alison and Olivia are sisters. Alison's American dream is in tatters. Olivia is fraught trying to juggle family, career, preparations for Christmas and organize a surprise party for their mother's seventieth birthday. How she envies, and sometimes resents, her sister Alison and her life of excitement and affluence in New York?

Roy is still young when his father, a failed dentist and hapless fisherman, commits suicide on the deck of his boat. Throughout his life, Roy returns to that moment, gripped by its memory and the shadow it casts over his small-town boyhood. Finally, Roy lays his father's ghost to rest. But not before he exacts a gruelling, exhilarating revenge.

Assistant D A Alexa Hamilton has just been handed the kind of case that makes careers: the trial of accused serial killer Luke Quentin. Sifting through mountains of forensic evidence, Alexa relentlessly builds her case and prepares for a high-stakes trial, until threatening letters throw her private life into turmoil.

It's the most wonderful time of year. Isn't it? Discover the true spirit of Christmas with this seasonal treat for fans of Love, Actually and The Holiday.

A new Cold War has hit Europe...

The Diary of a Lifetime

* An intriguing new mystery for Edinburgh-based philosopher Isabel Dalhousie

A novel about a wonderfully large man called Philip Wild, married to a very promiscuous woman, and whose meditations concern the nature of death.

Lest we forget! A poignant new tale from the English Maeve Binchy.

The classic, Pulitzer-Prize winning novel that made Alice Walker a household name.

This is the story of how we grow old -- how we give up the dreams of youth for something better -- and how many chances we have to get it right.

Cassie Cavanagh has never minded being 'just a PA'. In fact she's quite content with her lot. She has a city job she kind of enjoys - after all she is indispensable, you know. She has a boyfriend who showers her with gifts - what more could a girl want? And she earns enough to (just about ) finance the luxuries she's become used to.

A brilliant Victorian adventure set in the Zulu wars in South Africa, introducing series character George Hart: Part British. Part Zulu. All warrior.

Twenty years after leaving her, the great love of Esther's life sends a telegram. Tomorrow, he tells her, he is coming back. Esther has not forgotten that her dazzling lover is a fantasist and a liar, nor that he caused her unimaginable hurt. But she also remembers how he made her feel, how he woke a part of her that has ever since been sleeping.

She plays on your fear. She tugs at your emotions. And she keeps you guessing to the very end ... The new psychological suspense novel from the phenomenal word-of-mouth bestselling author

Jill Mansell's novels, for instance AN OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE, THINKING OF YOU and MAKING YOUR MIND UP, regularly shoot straight into the Sunday Times bestseller list. Most recently AN OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE hit the No. 9 spot on the Sunday Times hardback bestseller list in Feb 2008

The highly-acclaimed new crime thriller by the award-winning writer on The Wire