Published By: PolygonPages: 176Released On: 06/08/2026 At the end of the seventeenth century, a brave group of Scots sail for a jungle-coastline on the other side of the world, the junction between North and South America. Their objective: to establish a trading colony that would assure their hard-strapped country’s future, as the East India CompanyContinue reading “This Door of the Seas – Val McDermid and Jo Sharp”
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Eleven Days: The Fascinating True Account of Agatha Christie’s Mysterious Disappearance – Laura Thompson
Published By: Bedford SquarePages: 224Released On: 27/08/2026 In December of 1926, Agatha Christie vanished. Eleven days later, after frenzied media speculation, she was discovered alive and well. A century on, there are questions that have never been answered. Now Christie biographer Laura Thompson seeks to penetrate the story of the greatest mystery ever created byContinue reading “Eleven Days: The Fascinating True Account of Agatha Christie’s Mysterious Disappearance – Laura Thompson”
They Can’t Burn Us All – Cathryn Kemp
Published By: BantamPages: 400Released On: 13/08/2026 Westfjords, Iceland. 1655 Þuríður Jónsdóttir has grown up praying to the old gods and watching her father and brother practise rune magic. But now, a witch-hunting craze is sweeping across the land of ice and fire, fuelled by the Protestant Reformation. Unlike elsewhere in Europe, those condemned as witchesContinue reading “They Can’t Burn Us All – Cathryn Kemp”
No Light but the Stars – Lindsay Jayne Ashford
Published By: Lake UnionPages: 253Released On: 01/08/2026 In 1941, Violet Rookwood and her mother flee war-torn London for a Cornwall farm owned by their family. There, under the floorboards of her bedroom, Violet finds a journal written by a Catholic woman more than three hundred years ago, confessing to a forbidden love. In 1606, onContinue reading “No Light but the Stars – Lindsay Jayne Ashford”
Henry Tudor Must Die – Jillian Laine
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 400Released On: 23/07/2026 Anne Boleyn is going to die, and neither her cleverness nor her witchery can save her. So when her late rival, Catalina de Aragón, miraculously appears in her cell at the Tower of London on the eve of her execution, very much alive and offering a daring escapeContinue reading “Henry Tudor Must Die – Jillian Laine”
Beyond the Edge of Light – Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton
Published By: BantamPages: 352Released On: 09/07/2026 Munich, 1938. As dark shadows gather at the fringe of the traditional Oktoberfest revelry, Julia Ormesby finds herself falling in love with Conrad von Echlau. Later, on the eve of war, they are forced to recognise that the weight of history leaves them little chance of a life together.Continue reading “Beyond the Edge of Light – Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton”
Humans: The Evolution of a Species – DK, Introduction by Professor Alice Roberts
Published By: DKPages: 320Released On: 04/06/2026 Physically, Homo sapiens is unremarkable in the animal world – a hairless ape. But somehow, in combination, our characteristics make us remarkable. With our dexterity and brain power, we discovered ways of finding food and beating the elements not only in our home on the African savanna, but inContinue reading “Humans: The Evolution of a Species – DK, Introduction by Professor Alice Roberts”
Cast Away: or, the Surprising Adventures of Alexander Selkirk – Francesca De Tores
Published By: BloomsburyPages: 352Released On: 21/05/2026 How big must a man’s folly be, that it can cost him the whole of his life? As big as a ship; as big as an island. 1704: Alexander Selkirk, navigator of a buccaneering ship in the South Pacific Ocean, is abandoned by his crew on a deserted island.Continue reading “Cast Away: or, the Surprising Adventures of Alexander Selkirk – Francesca De Tores”
Havisham – Elle Machray
Published By: HarperNorthPages: 336Released On: 07/05/2026 Jilted bride. Mad witch. Tragic villainess. This time, she will have her revenge. Charlotte Havisham has a secret. She’s been underestimated for too long: by her former fiancé, Compeyson; by her family; and by society. But now her true heart’s desire is within reach for the first time. AndContinue reading “Havisham – Elle Machray”
Mercutio – Kate Heartfield
Published By: HarperVoyagerPages: 384Released On: 07/05/2026 On the battlefield, as warring factions deal out death, young Mercutio chances upon the charismatic poet Dante Alighieri. In their desperate stand against the enemy, they inadvertently open a crack between our world and Faerie, literally changing the stars over Mercutio’s head, and creating a mysterious presence who willContinue reading “Mercutio – Kate Heartfield”
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