Over the course of a single week, a woman who is ready to die finds an unexpected reason to live
Lady Glenconner invites both old friends and new acquaintances to join her in The Picnic Papers. Together, they explore the curious British obsession with dining alfresco, despite our famously unpredictable weather.
The Poet's Game is a remarkably sophisticated, timely, and emotionally resonant portrait of a spy from a master of the genre.
With gorgeous prose, European glamour, and an expansive wanderlust, Christine Mangan's The Continental Affair is a fast-paced, Agatha Christie-esque caper packed full of romance and suspense.
Detective Erin Crane and her partner, Tom Radley, have been assigned sixteen-year-old Sophie Madson's murder. This case will test their relationship, and their trust of each other, to its limits.
A masterful, revelatory work of literary non-fiction about a teenage girl’s shocking crime — and its extraordinary aftermath.
A story of love tested to its limits by moral dilemmas, and the beauty and fragility of childhood friendships.
Will’s a nice guy. So he steps out of the way when a stranger staggers towards him. Moments later, one man is dead and another’s life is changed forever.
A personal history of the friendship between the great war poets, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, 'Soldiers Don't Go Mad' tells the story of psychiatry, the traumatic effects of war, and the healing properties of poetry.
Beautiful, intoxicating and full of suspense, The Knowing is a story of love and obsession, betrayal and retribution and how women survive and weaponize trauma.
A stunning new espionage novel by a master of the genre, Beirut Station follows a young female CIA officer whose mission to assassinate a high-level, Hezbollah terrorist reveals a dark truth that puts her life at risk.
Selected as the Independent's Best Travel book, Why We Travel asks why humans yearn to travel, what motivates us and what we can gain from venturing out into the world.