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April – June 2014

C L I P P E RL A R G E P R I N T

W. F. H O W E S LT D

20% off titles by all authors included in your current quarter’s Standing Order Plan

Loyalty Reward SchemeAvailable from June:The One Plus One

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INDEX • April 2014 Large Print titles 4-10 • May 2014 Large Print titles 10-20 • June 2014 Large Print titles 20-26

Dear Librarian,We’re stepping into spring with fantastic new fiction from some of today’s biggest authors. Jojo Moyes returns with The One Plus One, a beautiful and compelling romance abouttwo lost souls meeting in the most unlikely circumstances. The Unpredictable Consequences of Love is the captivating new chart-topper from Jill Mansell,while Sebastian Faulks’gloriously witty homage to P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves and the Wedding Bells, features the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster in a reversal of roles…

Our non-fiction plan is packed with inspirational true life stories. I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai and ChristinaLamb is the astonishing tale of the fight for girls’ education in Pakistan, and Winner of the National Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year. Major motion picture TheMonuments Men, starring Matt Damon and George Clooney, is based on Robert M. Edsel’s book of the same name. It is an epic story about World War II’s most unlikely groupof heroes, men who risked their lives to save hundreds of thousands of the world's greatest works of art. In this collection you’ll also find remarkable autobiographies from iconiccomedian Jennifer Saunders and well-loved chef Rick Stein.

We have plenty to please fans of crime fiction, including thrilling novels from Sophie Hannah, Peter May and Laura Wilson. DCI Banks makes a welcome return in Children ofthe Revolution by Peter Robinson, and Sarah Lund has a brand new case in The Killing III by David Hewson.

Classics by Emily Bronte and Thomas Hardy, romance from award-winner Christina Courtenay and Anna Quindlen’sWomen’s Prize for Fiction nominated Still Life WithBreadcrumbs, ensure that there is something to satisfy every reader.

Please get in touch with your feedback.

Best wishes,

The Editor

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Stonemouth Iain Banks978 1 47125 838 1 – 480pp

The Killing: Book 3 David Hewson978 1 47125 839 8 – 640pp

Jeeves and the Wedding Bells Sebastian Faulks978 1 47125 841 1 – 288pp

Tough, funny, fast-paced and touching, Stonemouth is arite of passage novel like no other

After five years in exile, Stewart Gilmour is back in Stonemouthfor the funeral of patriarch Joe Murston, and even though the

last time Stu saw the Murstons he was running for his life, stayingaway might be even more dangerous than turning up. Althoughthere’s supposed to be a temporary truce between Stewart andthe town’s biggest crime family, it soon becomes clear that onlyStewart is taking this promise of peace seriously. Before long hesteps back into the minefield of his past to confront his guilt andall that it has lost him, uncovering ever darker stories.

‘Tender, funny and heart-stoppingly exciting’THE TIMES

‘The mythology of Stewart’s past, and of Stonemouthitself, is utterly absorbing. Addictive, funny, andbrilliantly observed’ DAILY MAIL

Based on the third series of the original Bafta-awardwinning television drama The Killing

When Detective Inspector Sarah Lund is contacted byNational Intelligence about an assassination threat to Prime

Minister Troels Hartmann, attention is drawn towards the oil giant,Zeeland, run by billionaire Robert Zeuthen. But when Zeuthen’s9-year-old daughter, Emilie, is kidnapped the investigation takeson a different dimension as it becomes clear that herdisappearance is linked to the murder.Hartmann is in the middle of an election campaign, made all themore turbulent because of the mounting financial crisis. He needsZeeland’s backing. Lund needs to make sense of the clues left byEmilie’s kidnapper before it’s too late.

Praise for the series:‘A novel in the hugely experienced hands of DavidHewson that defies expectation. Hewson’s style istight, lean, almost like a film script’ EXPRESS

‘Turns TV gold into literary gold’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

A gloriously witty novel from Sebastian Faulks using P. G.Wodehouse’s much-loved characters, Jeeves and Wooster,fully authorised by the Wodehouse estate

Bertie Wooster, recently returned from a sojourn in Cannes,finds himself at the stately home of Sir Henry Hackwood in

Dorset. On this occasion, however, it is Jeeves who is to be seenin the drawing room while Bertie finds himself below stairs. Love,is at the root of the confusion. Bertie has met Georgiana on theCôte d’Azur, and though she is clever and he has a reputation forfoolish engagements, it looks as though this could be the realthing. However, Georgiana is the ward of Sir Henry Hackwood,and is already betrothed to Mr Rupert Venables.

‘[A] wonderfully happy book.’ GUARDIAN

‘Jeeves and the Wedding Bells is a masterpiece. This is apitch-perfect undertaking: proof, almost a centuryafter his debut, that Jeeves may not be so inimitableafter all.’ SPECTATOR

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The Undertaking Audrey Magee978 1 47125 837 4 – 368pp

Dead Rich Katia Lief978 1 47125 845 9 – 400pp

We Need New Names NoViolet Bulawayo978 1 47125 846 6 – 304pp

In the latest Karin Schaeffer thriller, the rich play by theirown rules

Former New York City homicide detective Karin Schaeffershould be enjoying a family holiday in Sardinia. But she andher husband, Mac, arrive on the island to find their children andnanny missing.

Is the kidnapping connected to Mac’s last case: investigating theinfidelities of billionaire Godfrey Millerhausen? And, if so, justhow far will he go to protect his secrets?

Praise for the author:

‘The ultimate race against the clock thriller’LISA GARDNER

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013, We NeedNew Names is an outstanding debut novel

Darling and her friends live in a shanty called Paradise, whichof course is no such thing. It isn’t all bad, though. There’s

mischief and adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas,singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices.They dream of the paradises of America, Dubai, Europe, whereMadonna and Barack Obama and David Beckham live. ForDarling, that dream will come true. But, like the thousands ofpeople all over the world trying to forge new lives, Darling findsthis new paradise brings its own set of challenges - for her andalso for those she’s left behind.

‘Bulawayo’s novel is not just a stunning piece of literarycraftsmanship but also a novel that helps elucidatetoday’s world’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

‘Bulawayo’s courage and her literary scope shine outfrom this outstanding debut’ DAILY MAIL

‘A bold and unsettling feat of empathy, all the more daringfor its taut, beautifully understated style’

A. D. MILLER, author of Snowdrops

Desperate to escape the front, Peter Faber, an ordinaryGerman soldier, marries Katharina Spinell, a woman he has

never met; it is a marriage of convenience that promises‘honeymoon’ leave for him and a pension for her. When Petervisits his new wife in Berlin; both are surprised by the attractionthat develops. But when the tide of war turns and Berlin falls,Peter and Katharina, ordinary people stained with their small shareof an extraordinary guilt, find their dream of family increasinglyhard to hold on to...

‘A violent, elegant, unsentimental journey through helland halfway back. This is an outstanding novel by awriter of huge talent and unusual candour.’

CHRIS CLEAVE, author of The Other Hand

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Loss of Innocence Richard North Patterson978 1 47125 847 3 – 488pp

Snow White Must Die Nele Neuhaus978 1 47125 842 8 – 592pp

Reconstructing Amelia Kimberly McCreight978 1 47125 840 4 – 528pp

Skin as white as snow, hair as black as ebony and lips asred as blood… But this is no fairy story…

On a wet November day, Detectives Pia Kirchoff and Olivervon Bodenstein are summoned to the scene of a mysterious

accident. A woman may have been pushed from a bridge ontothe motorway below. The investigation leads them to a small townnear Frankfurt, where Pia and Oliver encounter a wall of silence.But when a young girl goes missing, the investigation turns into adramatic race against time, because for the villagers, there is nodoubt as to the identity of the perpetrator. And this time they aredetermined to take matters into their own hands.

A Richard and Judy Book Club Pick, this is a thrillingmystery from Germany’s bestselling crime author.

‘[A] thriller that’s captivated Germany… [this]whodunit about two 17-year-old girls who go missingis filled with forensic detail and rattles along at abreakneck pace’ GRAZIA

Do you really want to know what’s going on inside yourdaughter’s head?

Single mother Kate Baron is in the meeting of her career whenshe is interrupted by a telephone call. Her daughter Ameliahas just been suspended from her exclusive school. When Katearrives at Grace Hall an hour later, she is greeted by the newsthat no mother ever wants to hear. A grieving Kate can’t acceptthat her daughter would kill herself. But she soon discovers shedidn’t know Amelia quite as well as she thought, and so begins aninvestigation which takes her deep into Amelia’s private world -and into the mind of a troubled young girl.

‘A fantastic novel. If you liked Gone Girl, you’ll love thistoo.’ JODI PICOULT

‘Like Gone Girl, this seamlessly marries a crime storywith a relationship drama. And like Gone Girl it shouldbe hailed as one of the best books of the year’

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

A flawed family, a forbidden friendship…

June, 1968. America is in a state of turbulence, engulfed in civilunrest and uncertainty. Yet for Whitney Dane, life could not besafer, nor the future more certain. Soon to be married, and theyoungest daughter of the patrician Dane family, Whitney haseverything she has ever wanted. But the Vineyard’s still watersare disturbed by the appearance of Benjamin Blaine. Anunderprivileged, yet fiercely ambitious and charismatic young man,Blaine is a force of nature neither Whitney, nor her family, couldhave prepared for.

‘An extraordinary novel - profound, emotionallyinvolving and totally addictive. This may be RichardNorth Patterson’s best work’ STEPHEN FRY

‘A snapshot of America at a pivotal moment in history,and a beautifully written coming-of-age novel’

LADY ANTONIA FRASER

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The Girl with a Clock for a Heart Peter Swanson978 1 47125 844 2 – 352pp

The City of Strangers Michael Russell978 1 47125 745 2 – 576pp

Still Life with Bread Crumbs Anna Quindlen978 1 47125 843 5 – 320pp

New York, 1939: A city of hope. A city of opportunity. Acity hiding dark secrets…

Garda Sergeant Stefan Gillespie is sent to America to bring akiller to justice, but his mission soon becomes part of an

increasingly personal struggle. A chance encounter with an oldfriend draws him deep into a chilling network of conspiracy,espionage and terror. He becomes more involved than he shouldand discovers that the war that is looming in Europe is alreadybeing played out here on the streets, with deadly consequences.In this time when people must make a stand for what they believein, the stakes for Stefan Gillespie, and everything he holds dear,couldn’t be higher.

‘Complex but compelling… utterly vivid andconvincing… Michael Russell’s style is a pleasure: easy,fluent, clear, always calm and never over-heated.’

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

A once-famous photographer attempts to rebuild her lifein the superb new novel from Anna Quindlen, thebestselling author of Every Last One

Still Life with Bread Crumbs begins with an imagined gunshot andends with a new tin roof. Between the two is a wry and

knowing portrait of Rebecca Winter, a photographer whose workmade her an unlikely heroine for many women. Her career isnow descendent, her bank balance shaky, and she has fled thecity for the middle of nowhere. There she discovers, in a treestand with a roofer named Jim Bates, that what she sees througha camera lens is not all there is to life.

Deeply moving and very funny, this is the story ofunexpected love, and a stunningly crafted journey intothe life of a woman, her heart and her mind.

‘The honesty of her storytelling is exemplary’SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

George Foss never thought he’d see her again, but on alate-August night in Boston, there she is, in his local bar,Jack’s Tavern.

When George first met her, she was an eighteen-year-oldcollege freshman. She and George became inseparable, so

George was devastated when he got the news that she hadcommitted suicide. But, as he stood in the living room of the girl’sgrieving parents, he realized the girl in the photo on their mantelpiece- the one who had committed suicide - was not his girlfriend. Now,twenty years later, she’s back, and she’s telling George that he’s theonly one who can help her...In his electrifying debut, Peter Swanson evokes the spirit of Body Heatand Double Indemnity, in a thriller about love, loss and memories.

‘The Girl with a Clock for a Heart is a twisty, sexy,electric thrill ride and an absolute blast from start tofinish’ DENNIS LEHANE

‘As good as they come. A thrilling slice ofcontemporary noir with twists that you won’t seecoming.’ MARK BILLINGHAM

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The Monuments Men Robert M. Edsel978 1 47125 850 3 – 688pp

Romancing the Soul Sarah Tranter978 1 47125 851 0 – 496pp

The Lady Risks All Stephanie Laurens978 1 47125 855 8 – 640pp

Your Soul Mate is out there! Let a past life lead the way…

Rachael Jones hasn’t exactly chosen an average career path.She’s a ‘past-life regressionist’ and hopes to help her clients

find their ‘Soul Mates’ through reconnecting them with their pastlives. But Rachael made the mistake of regressing her best friend,Susie Morris, who has since been haunted by events thatoccurred in her past life.When Susie meets Hollywood actor, George Silbury, she iscompletely unprepared for her reactions. There’s an intensemutual attraction that neither can explain nor ignore.

Can George help Susie overcome the sense ofdesolation or will history’s habit of repeating itself ruinall chances of her finding happiness?

A stunning standalone novel from the queen of Regencyromance

Neville Roscoe, notorious and enigmatic, lives resolutelyoutside society, bound only by his code of honour - until

challenged by his desire for the one woman he cannot have.Miranda Clifford is a lady imprisoned by rigid respectability - untiltempted by a passion beyond her power to deny. Flung togetherin peril, through danger and intrigue, they discover a loveimpossible to ignore… or keep. Filled with passion, glamour andintrigue, The Lady Risks All is Stephanie Laurens, queen of historicalromance, at her best.

‘The masterful, eloquent storyteller takes time to buildthe background, and the characters’ motivation, as sheweaves an enchanting story’ ROMANTIC TIMES

‘Sinfully sexy and deliciously irresistible’ BOOKLIST

Now a major film starring George Clooney, Matt Damon,Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray and Hugh Bonneville

What if I told you that there was an epic story about WorldWar II that has not been told, involving the most unlikely

group of heroes? What if I told you there was a group of men onthe front lines who didn’t carry machine guns or drive tanks; anew kind of soldier, one charged with saving, not destroying. Fromcaves to castles in a thrilling race against time, these men riskedtheir lives daily to save hundreds of thousands of the world’sgreatest works of art. They were the Monuments Men, and thisis their extraordinary true story.

‘Remarkable’ WASHINGTON POST

‘Engaging, inspiring’ PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY

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Good Wives Louisa May Alcott978 1 47125 852 7 – 400pp

Under A Mackerel Sky Rick Stein978 1 47125 848 0 – 400p

One Hundred and Four Horses Mandy Retzlaff978 1 47125 849 7 – 384pp

The wry, perceptive and brilliantly evocative memoir ofone of Britain’s best-loved cooks

Rick Stein’s childhood in 1950s North Cornwall was idyllic. Butever-present was the unpredictable mood of his bipolar

father. When Rick was 18 his father killed himself. Emotionallyadrift, Rick left for Australia, carrying a suitcase stamped with hisfather’s initials. Manual labour in the outback followed byadventures in America and Mexico toughened up the naive publicschoolboy. Eventually, Cornwall called him home. From theentrepreneurial days of his mobile disco, the Purple Tiger, to hisfirst, unlikely nightclub where much of the time was spent breakingup drink-fuelled fights, Rick charts his personal journey.

Rick owns four restaurants, a delicatessen, a patisserieand a seafood cookery school in the small fishing port ofPadstow, Cornwall. In 2003, Rick was awarded an OBE.

This is the story of incredible bonds – a love of the land,the strength of a family, and of the connection betweenman and the most majestic of animals, the horse

As the invasions gathered pace, the Retzlaffs began an epicjourney across Zimbabwe, facing eviction after eviction, trying

to save a group of horses with whom they felt a deep andenduring bond. When their neighbours fled to New Zealand, theRetzlaffs promised to look after their horses, and made similarpromises to other farmers; they amassed an astonishing herd andfaced an arduous journey to freedom.

‘The dramatic narrative of their dangerous journey …gives this epic its nail-biting edge. The horses, eachwith its own character, are the stars’ THE TIMES

‘A powerful story of loss, desperation and, above all,hope’ HORSE AND HOUND

Good Wives continues the story of the Little Women,the March sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as theyapproach womanhood

Meg longs to begin her new life with John Brook, though theycan never be rich; Jo returns to devote herself to literature,

and to Beth, whose illness has left her weak but whose serenityshines through the household; and Amy has gone to Aunt March,bribed with the offer of drawing lessons. Laurie remainsirrepressible, with his high spirits and sense of fun, though hispursuit of Jo’s affections seems unlikely to succeed...

‘Six generations of readers have found in the story ofthe March family universal truths about girls, familiesand growing up’ GUARDIAN

‘Deals with life’s big questions - love and death, warand peace, and ambition versus family responsibility -in a way that is inspiring and realistic.’ MARIE CLAIRE

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Children of the Revolution Peter Robinson978 1 47125 982 1 – 512pp

The Unpredictable Consequences of Love Jill Mansell978 1 47125 978 4 – 512pp

Silas Marner George Eliot978 1 47125 853 4 – 304pp

The tale of a solitary miser gradually redeemed by the joyof fatherhood, Silas Marner is the most immediatelyaccessible of Eliot’s novels

Unjustly exiled, cut off from his past, Silas the weaver isreduced to a spider-like existence, endlessly weaving his

web and hoarding his gold. That is until the unlikely appearanceof a child on his hearth. The orphan child Eppie restores him tolife with love and tenderness. Silas Marner is a tender and movingtale of sin and repentance set in a vanished rural world and holdsthe reader’s attention until the last page as Eppie’s bonds ofaffection for Silas are put to the test.

‘I think Silas Marner holds a higher place than any ofthe author’s works. It is more nearly a masterpiece; ithas more of that simple, rounded, consummateaspect… which marks a classical work.’

HENRY JAMES

The twenty-first novel in bestselling author PeterRobinson’s critically acclaimed DCI Banks series

Ex-college lecturer Gavin Miller is found dead; his distortedbody strewn across a disused railway track near his home.There’s no sign of a struggle, and no concrete evidence exceptfor one distinguishing package: £5,000 of cash, tucked inside theman’s pocket. But when DCI Banks delves into Miller’s past, heuncovers a troubled existence tarnished by accusations of abuseand misconduct which throws up an array of puzzling questions.One thing is clear: someone will stop at nothing - even murder -to prevent Banks from discovering the truth…

‘Classic Robinson: a labyrinthine plot merged with deftcharacterisation’ OBSERVER

‘Brilliant!... Gut-wrenching plotting, alongside heart-wrenching portraits of the characters who populate hisworld, not to mention the top-notch policeprocedure.’ JEFFERY DEAVER

The delicious new romantic novel from Sunday TimesNo.1 bestselling author, Jill Mansell

When Josh Strachan, newly returned to his home in northCornwall from sunny California, first meets Sophie Wells,

he’s immediately smitten. Sophie’s pretty, she’s funny, she has lotsof friends and she clearly loves her job as a photographer. There’sjust one problem: Sophie has very firmly turned her back on love.It’s nothing personal, she tells Josh, but she just doesn’t do dates.And no one - even Sophie’s scatty best friend Tula - will tell himwhy. Josh is sure Sophie likes him, though, and he’s just got tofind out what’s put her off romance. And then put things right...

‘A warm, witty and romantic read that you won’t beable to put down’ DAILY MAIL

‘Jill Mansell is in a different league. And you’ll fall in lovewith the characters in this lovely tale’ SUN

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Never Look Back Clare Donoghue978 1 47125 981 4 – 368pp

Long Way Home Eva Dolan978 1 47125 987 6 – 544pp

Witness the Night Kishwar Desai978 1 47125 988 3 – 256pp

The start of a major new crime series from a CWA DebutDagger shortlisted author featuring a detective duo fromthe Peterborough Hate Crimes Unit

Aman is burnt alive in a suburban garden shed. DI Zigic andDS Ferreira are called in from the Peterborough Hate Crimes

Unit to investigate the murder. Their victim is quickly identified asa migrant worker and a man several people might have had goodreason to see dead. Zigic and Ferreira know all too well theproblems that come with dealing with a community that has morereason than most not to trust the police, but when anothermigrant worker is attacked, tensions rapidly begin to rise as theysearch for their killer.

‘A brilliant introduction to a new crime series. The plotis tight, the anger righteous and the action thrilling’

METRO

‘A stunning debut... The subject matter is fascinating,the execution of it is a joy to read’

JAMES OSWALD, author of Natural Causes

Winner of the Costa First Novel Award

In a small town in the heart of India, a young girl, barely alive, isfound tied to a bed inside a townhouse where 13 people liedead. The girl is alive, but only just. The girl now awaits her trialfor the murders that the local police believe she has committed.But an unconventional social worker, Simran Singh, is convincedof her innocence. As Simran begins to examine the circumstancesaround the case, she encounters a terrifying web of prejudice anddeceit in which lives of women are endangered from birth. Whatshe discovers will change her forever.

Nominated for the Man Asian Literary prize

‘Very important themes [and a] very appealing centralcharacter.’ JANE GARVEY, BBC RADIO 4

A chilling and compelling debut crime thriller set in SouthEast London, perfect for all those who enjoy Peter James,Mark Billingham and Peter Robinson

Three women have been found brutally murdered in southLondon, the victims only feet away from help during each

sadistic attack. And the killer is getting braver…Sarah Grainger is rapidly becoming too afraid to leave her house.Once an outgoing photographer, she knows that someone iswatching her. DI Mike Lockyer heads up the regional murdersquad. With three bodies on his watch, and a killer growing inconfidence, he frantically tries to find the link between theseseemingly isolated incidents. What he discovers will not only testhim professionally but will throw his personal life into turmoil too.

The start of a gripping new crime series, Never LookBack was nominated for the CWA Debut Daggerwhilst still an unpublished manuscript.

A heartwarming novel of family, friendship and cominghome, perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy

When actress Jodi returns to Ireland to raise her son, she’sdetermined to shield him from the media. Even if coming

home means leaving her husband - and waking old ghosts.Meanwhile, Francine takes pride in juggling her children, her homeand her high-powered career. But behind closed doors, Francine’slife is crumbling around her.As Jodi struggles to keep her secrets to herself, and Francinecomes to terms with some life-changing news, the two becomeunlikely friends. They discover that there’s no such thing as theperfect wife, or the perfect life – sometimes it’s better to be happythan to be perfect.

‘Warm, wise, uplifting…a wonderful storyteller’CATHY KELLY

A fictional exploration of the life and times of one ofBritain’s finest novelists, E. M. Forster, from a twice ManBooker shortlisted author

In 1912, the SS Birmingham approaches India. On board isMorgan Forster, novelist and man of letters. As Morgan standson deck, the promise of a strange new future begins to take shapebefore his eyes and the seeds of a story start to gather at thecorner of his mind.It will be another twelve years, and a second time spent in India,before A Passage to India, E. M. Forster’s great work of literature,is published. During these years, Morgan will come to a profoundunderstanding of the infinite subtleties and complexity of humannature.

‘Galgut seems the most likely of the crop of youngSouth African novelists to fill J.M. Coetzee’s shoes.’

GUARDIAN

‘Invites comparison with Greene, Conrad andNaipaul.’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

Arctic Summer Damon Galgut978 1 47125 985 2 – 432pp

There are questions we can never hope to answer. Itdoesn’t stop us asking.

Nan Prunty’s mother has always claimed to have been LordNelson’s lover. She saw him die at Trafalgar, or so she says.

Nan makes her own determined way in life, but is always hauntedby the wish to know the truth about her father. From the ageingseamen at the Greenwich Hospital to the battlefields of theCrimea, Nan discovers the world is full of people with a storyabout Nelson.

‘Why is Laurie Graham not carried on people’sshoulders through cheering crowds? Her books arebrilliant’ MARIAN KEYES

‘Funny, fascinating and profoundly moving. I savouredevery sentence’

FREYA NORTH on A Humble Companion

The Liar’s Daughter Laurie Graham978 1 47125 983 8 – 448pp

Perfect Wives Emma Hannigan978 1 47125 693 6 – 512pp

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Falling Emma Kavanagh978 1 47125 980 7 – 384pp

Hidden Casey Hill978 1 47125 979 1 – 448pp

Lie Still Julia Heaberlin978 1 47125 986 9 – 464pp

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer…

When Emily Page and her husband Mike move to Clairmont,Texas, they believe that it’s a place where they can build a

new life for themselves. Emily is soon invited to a prestigious lunchhosted by local doyenne Caroline Warwick. There she meetsClairmont’s rich housewives, but soon discovers that under theveneer of respectability lies shifting loyalties and dangerous secrets.So when Caroline disappears, Emily begins to search for cluesand wonders if any of the well-bred Southern ladies in Caroline’scircle could have wanted her harmed…

‘Heaberlin expertly spins out a tale of lies and deceitthat will keep the reader guessing.’

PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY

‘[A] carefully wrapped package of Texas soap opera,social and political expose, and well-paced thriller.’

BOOKLIST

A plane falls out of the sky. A woman is murdered.Four people all have something to hide.

Jim is a retired police officer. His beloved daughter hasdisappeared and he knows something is wrong. Tom has wokenup to discover that his wife was on the plane and must break thenews to their son. Cecilia had packed up and left her family. Nowshe has survived a tragedy, and sees no way out. Freya is strugglingto cope with the loss of her father. But as she delves into his past,she may not like what she finds.‘Before the plane crash, after the plane crash, such a short amountof time for the world to turn on its head…’

Falling is a brilliant debut psychological thriller by aformer police psychologist, perfect for fans of NicciFrench and S. J. Watson.

One dead body. A decades old mystery. And a silent childwho holds the key…

When a young girl is discovered dead on an isolated Irishcountry road, it seems at first glance to be a simple hit and

run. Then the cops see the tattoo on her back - a pair ofbeautifully wrought angel wings that lend the victim a sense ofethereal innocence. Forensic investigator Reilly Steel is soon onthe scene and she suspects that there is more to this case than astraightforward murder. Then the angel tattoo is traced to otherchildren - both dead and alive - who are similarly marked…

‘[A] well-paced out-and-out crime story, featuring anattractive and intelligent new heroine’

IRISH INDEPENDENT on Taboo

‘The novel derives its page-turning quality from therapid pace of events as the investigation gathersmomentum’ IRISH TIMES on Taboo

How much would you pay for a clear conscience?

Lord Tristan Leeson is a model of diplomacy and self-control,even curbing the fiery impulses of his youth to preserve thecalm relations deemed essential by his mother-in-law to preservehis wife’s health. A visit from his boyhood friend, feted poet LordJames Dewhurst, author of the sensational Maid of Milan,persuades Tristan that leaving the countryside behind for a Londonseason will be in everyone’s interests.But as Tristan’s political career rises and his wife revels in society’sadulation, the secrets of the past are uncovered. And there’s ahigh price to pay for a life of deception.

The tension-filled new DI Stratton novel, from the winnerof the CWA Ellis Peters Award

1958: Notting Hill is sweltering in a heatwave. It’s DI Stratton’snew manor and a powder keg of racial tension. A rentcollector is stabbed and a series of street fights between teddyboys and Caribbean immigrants sparks further unrest.Young runaway Irene, on the verge of prostitution, finds herloyalties lie on both sides of the fight. A race riot breaks out - theworst Britain has ever seen. Stratton must tread a path throughthe violence and prejudice to find the killer and save Irene beforeNotting Hill explodes.

‘A crime narrative of great authority... extremelyevocative’ FINANCIAL TIMES

‘The tang of Wilson’s period detail pops off the page...a richly imagined, compassionate story’ METRO

The Riot Laura Wilson978 1 47125 984 5 – 512pp

From the award winning author of Trade Winds comes apassionate, time-slip drama

Kayla Sinclair knows she’s in big trouble when she almostbankrupts herself to buy a life-size portrait of a mysterious

eighteenth century man at an auction. Jago Kerswell knows thereis danger in those stolen moments with Lady Eliza Marcombe,but he’ll take any risk to be with her. Over two centuries separateKayla and Jago, but their lives become inextricably linked thanksto a gypsy’s spell. Kayla finds herself on a quest that could healthe past, but what she cannot foresee is the danger in her ownfuture. Will Kayla find heartache or happiness?

The Secret Kiss of Darkness Christina Courtenay978 1 47125 992 0 – 400pp

The Maid of Milan Beverley Eikli978 1 47125 993 7 – 432pp

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Winner of the Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award, frominspirational school girl Malala Yousafzai

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girlspoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and

fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday 9th October2012, she almost paid the ultimate price. Shot in the head at pointblank range while riding the bus home from school, few expectedher to survive. Instead, Malala’s miraculous recovery has takenher on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in NorthernPakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. I AmMalala will make you believe in the power of one person’s voiceto inspire change in the world.

‘This memoir brings out her best qualities. You canonly admire her courage and determination. Her thirstfor education and reform appear genuine. She also hasan air of innocence, and there is an indestructibleconfidence. She speaks with such poise that you forgetthat Malala is 16.’ THE TIMES

The vivid and refreshing insights in this book willcompletely change the way you view life on Earth –especially your own

Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as anastronaut and has logged nearly 4,000 hours in space.

During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swissarmy knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, beentemporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbitingspacecraft, and become a YouTube sensation with hisperformance of David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ in space. Thesecret to Chris Hadfield’s success – and survival – is anunconventional philosophy he learned at NASA: prepare for theworst – and enjoy every moment of it.

‘Hadfield has done more than probably any astronautsince the Apollo missions to transform the image ofspace exploration... Space has rarely seemed to close,or the world so astonishing.’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

‘Houston, we have a superstar’ WASHINGTON POST

An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth Chris Hadfield978 1 47125 990 6 – 368pp

Award-winning and critically acclaimed historian HelenRappaport tells the tragic story of the daughters of thelast Tsar of Russia

On 17th July 1918, four young women were all brutallymurdered, together with their parents and their thirteen-

year-old brother. Their crime: to be the daughters of the last Tsarand Tsaritsa of All the Russias. Helen Rappaport offers readers themost authoritative account yet of Olga, Tatiana, Maria andAnastasia. Drawing on their own letters and diaries, she paints avivid picture of their lives in the dying days of the Romanovdynasty. Compellingly readable, Four Sisters gives these youngwomen a voice, and allows their story to resonate for readersalmost a century after their death.

‘Stunning, chilling and poignant, this is how historybooks should be written’ ALISON WEIR onEkaterinburg: The Last Days of the Romanovs

‘[A] fascinating subject and an even better read: amodel of its kind.’

SUNDAY EXPRESS on Magnificent Obsession

Four Sisters Helen Rappaport978 1 47125 989 0 – 624pp

I am Malala Malala Yousafzai 978 1 47125 991 3 – 400pp

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Entry Island Peter May978 1 47126 104 6 – 512pp

Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson978 1 47125 994 4 – 304pp

Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë978 1 47125 995 1 – 496pp

Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale Treasure Islandremains one of our most enduring stories of adventure andpiracy

When Jim stumbles across a map of a mysterious island -where ‘X’ marks the spot of a stash of buried pirate gold,

he sets sail with his friends to recover the treasure. Jim soonrealises that he’s not the only one who knows about the hoard.Suddenly he is thrown into a world of treachery, mutiny, andmurder and, at the centre of it all, is the charming but sinister LongJohn Silver, who will stop at nothing to grab his share of the loot...

‘An undisputed masterpiece’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

‘I believe Treasure Island to be Robert LouisStevenson’s masterpiece… Long John Silver is a greatliterary creation.’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

Bold and unique, Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is aheartbreaking tale of love, loss and vengeance, that hasbecome a masterpiece of English literature

From the moment of his adoption by the Earnshaws, thefoundling boy Heathcliff devotes himself to their youngdaughter Catherine. Growing up together, the two share a lovethat blossoms into romance, until Catherine’s hurtful betrayal. ButHeathcliff ’s emotions know no bounds and acknowledge nolimits, not even death. Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionatestory of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherineand Heathcliff.

‘Passion and romance written as they ought to be’GUARDIAN

‘As a first novel, there is very little that can compare to it.’SARAH WATERS

Only two kilometres wide and three long, Entry Island ishome to a population of around 130 inhabitants - thewealthiest of which has just been discovered murdered inhis home.

Detective Sime Mackenzie arrives from Montreal, but theinvestigation itself appears little more than a formality. The

evidence points to a crime of passion: the victim’s wife thevengeful culprit. But for Sime the investigation is turned on its headwhen he comes face to face with the prime suspect, and isconvinced that he knows her - even though they have never met.

Praise for the author:‘In mood and texture, Peter May’s novels [...] areessentially Nordic, and he bears comparison withsome of the best writers from those cold desolateclimes’ THE TIMES

‘One of the best-regarded crime series of recent years’INDEPENDENT on The Lewis Trilogy

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The Night Ranger Alex Berenson978 1 47126 112 1 – 496pp

The Garden of Burning Sand Corban Addison978 1 47126 106 0 – 560pp

The One Plus One Jojo Moyes978 1 47126 115 2 – 592pp

The One Plus One is the beautiful, poignant and utterlycompelling new novel by the internationally bestsellingauthor Jojo Moyes

With two jobs and two children, Jess Thomas does her bestday after day. But it’s hard on your own. Jess’s gifted,

quirky daughter Tanzie is brilliant with numbers, but without ahelping hand she’ll never get the chance to shine. And Nicky, Jess’steenage stepson, can’t fight the bullies alone. Into their lives comesEd Nicholls, a man whose life is in chaos, and who is running froma deeply uncertain future. But he has time on his hands. He knowswhat it’s like to be lonely. And he wants to help…

Praise for the author: ‘Majestic, utterly compelling,tremendous. A heart-stopping read’

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

‘Truly beautiful. Made us laugh, smile and sob like ababy - you simply have to read it’ CLOSER

The Garden Of Burning Sand addresses internationalhuman rights issues within the framework of deeplyresearched and compelling human stories

On a dark night in Lusaka, Zambia, an young girl is brutallyassaulted and left for dead. In shock, she cannot speak. Her

identity is a mystery. The girl’s case is taken up by Zoe Fleming, ahuman rights lawyer working in Africa, and she is determined tofind the perpetrator and seek justice. Also investigating is JosephKabuta of the Zambian police. At first they are reluctant to worktogether, their pasts, cultures and upbringings radically different.Their task is not only to help the girl, Kuyeya, recover but, againstoverwhelming odds and terrifying danger, to ensure justice doesn’tfail her again.

‘A compelling novel with a conscience and a heart,gripping in its drama and unique in its insights into ahidden and dangerous world.’

RICHARD NORTH PATTERSON

Bestselling author Alex Berenson’s seventh gripping spynovel featuring ex-CIA agent John Wells

For countless Somali asylum seekers, the Dadaab refugeecamps have provided crucial shelter from war and drought.Yet they have never been safe. When four American campvolunteers leave, bandits hijack their car, and they awake hoodedand bound. Hostages. Ex-CIA agent John Wells is persuaded toKenya to find them. But Wells is no expert on kidnappings or EastAfrica. The clock is ticking, and the White House is edging closerto an invasion of Somalia. If the hostages aren’t found, they’ll bekilled and America could end up in a war it never should havestarted...

Praise for the author: ‘A genuine talent’SUNDAY TIMES

‘Gritty and fast-moving’ OBSERVER

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Lasting Damage Sophie Hannah978 1 47126 105 3 – 496pp

A Hundred Pieces of Me Lucy Dillon978 1 47126 114 5 – 592pp

The Undesirables Dave Boling978 1 47126 111 4 – 448pp

If you had the chance to make a fresh start, what wouldyou keep from your old life? What would you give away?

Letters from the only man she’s ever truly loved. A keepsakeof the father she never really knew. A blue glass vase thatcatches the light on a grey day.Gina Bellamy is starting again, after a few years she’d rather forget.But the belongings she’s treasured for so long don’t seem to fitwho she is now. So Gina makes a resolution. She’ll keep just ahundred special items - the rest can go. But that means comingto terms with her past and learning to embrace the future,whatever it might bring...

‘Such a brilliant book. So satisfying and clever anddeeply moving. I’ll be passing it on to all my friends.’SOPHIE KINSELLA

‘This vibrant and uplifting novel has not onlyentertained me hugely, but made me change the way Ilook at life.’ KATIE FFORDE

A deeply moving, intimate portrait of family, friendshipand love, set against the backdrop of the Second BoerWar

While the vastly outnumbered Boer commandos fight in thefield, half a million British soldiers torch a flaming path

across the South African veld. As they go, the British imprisonthousands of displaced Boer families, including Aletta Venter’s, andcast them into newly devised ‘concentration camps’. In a crowdedtent with her mother and siblings, Aletta finds ways to cope withthe confinement, privation and loss, but searches for the rarest ofcomforts – a bit of adolescent normalcy, perhaps even the sparkof forbidden romance. Her weapon of choice in this personalbattle: a young girl’s powerful sense of hope.

‘A quite remarkable book’ TIME OUT

‘A wholly absorbing epic about a community caught upin one of the worst moments in the twentieth century’

METRO

The sixth psychological suspense novel from bestsellingcrime writer Sophie Hannah is unnervingly good

It’s 1.15 a.m. Connie Bowskill should be asleep. Instead, she’slogging on to a property website in search of a house she sawearlier. Soon Connie is clicking on the ‘Virtual Tour’ button, keento see inside the house. She finds herself looking at a scene froma nightmare: in the living room, there’s a woman lying face downin a huge pool of blood. In shock, Connie wakes her husband Kit.But when Kit sits down at the computer to take a look, he seesno dead body, only a pristine beige carpet in an ordinary room…

‘An assured psychological thriller of murderousdomestic deceit’ FINANCIAL TIMES

‘Hannah has a canny knack of insinuating threat intoapparently benign domesticity and she does a nice linein offbeat characters’ DAILY MAIL

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Light in a Dark House Jan Costin Wagner978 1 47126 107 7 – 464pp

Stop Dead Leigh Russell978 1 47126 108 4 – 400pp

The Disappeared Kristina Ohlsson978 1 47126 109 1 – 512pp

‘A brilliant talent in the thriller field’ JEFFERY DEAVER

When a successful businessman is brutally murdered, thepolice suspect his glamorous wife and her young lover.

Then the victim’s business partner suffers the same gruesome fateand, when yet another body is discovered seemingly unrelatedto the first two, the police are baffled. The only clue is DNA thatleads them to two women: one dead, the other in prison. Witha steady stream of bodies arriving at the morgue, can D.I.Geraldine Steel find the killer before another deadly attack?

‘All the things a mystery should be, intriguing,enthralling, tense and utterly absorbing.’

BEST CRIME BOOKS

‘Stop Dead is taut and compelling, stylishly written witha deeply human voice.’ PETER JAMES

Sometimes the truth is better left buried…

The body of a woman is found carved up and buried in a forestin an innocuous Swedish suburb. Alex Recht and his team

soon identify the body as belonging to missing student, RebeccaTrolle, but as they continue to excavate the site, they find thatsomeone has been returning to the same spot to bury theirvictims year after year, decade after decade. Investigative AnalystFredrika Bergman is assigned the task of delving into Rebecca’sprivate life. But little does she know that her enquiries are aboutto uncover evidence that will put her actions under scrutiny, andwill throw her private life into turmoil.

‘Tense, dense and very atmospheric… KristinaOhlsson is a true queen of Scandinavian crime’

MONS KALLENTOFT

‘Superbly crafted, and with a set of police detectiveswho are all too human, it seeps into yoursubconscious, as only truly good thrillers can do.’

DAILY MAIL

Light in a Dark House is an atmospheric, haunting andbeautifully written psychological crime thriller from anaward-winning crime writer

Finnish detective Kimmo Joentaa is called to the local hospitalin which his young wife died several years before. Anunidentified woman in a coma has been murdered by someonewho wept over the body, their tears staining the sheets aroundher. The death marks the start of a series of killings, with theunknown patient at their centre.As Christmas fast approaches, Kimmo’s attempts to unravel thecase and identify the first victim are complicated by thedisappearance of his friend, who has vanished after an awkwardencounter at a party, and by a colleague’s spiral into the depths ofa gambling addiction.

‘I found myself awake at 5am thinking about it. A crimethriller with the heart of a love story’

RUTH DUGDALL

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Flight to Coorah Creek Janet Gover978 1 47126 120 6 – 432pp

Chasing the Dead Tim Weaver978 1 47126 110 7 – 592pp

The Lemon Grove Helen Walsh978 1 47126 113 8 – 256pp

Chasing the Dead is the first in the chilling David Rakerseries, from the author of Never Coming Back

Mary Towne’s son, Alex, went missing six years ago. Fiveyears later he finally turned up - as a corpse in a car wreck.

Investigator David Raker doesn’t want the work: it’s clearly a sadbut hopeless case of mistaken identity brought to him by a womanunable to let go of her son, but he reluctantly agrees. Big mistake.For as he digs deeper, he discovers that Alex’s life was not theinnocent one his mother believed. Buried in his past are secretsthat were never meant to be found - and dark, dangerous menwilling to kill to protect them.

‘An impressive debut’ GUARDIAN

‘Perfect plotting, great characterisation, and the kind ofpayoff that a thriller of this calibre deserves’

BOOKGEEKS

Sun. Desire. Obsession. An explosive, intelligent novelfrom the prize-winning author Helen Walsh

Each summer, Jenn and her husband Greg return to Deia, onMallorca’s dramatic west coast. This year the arrival of Emma,Jenn’s stepdaughter, and her new boyfriend Nathan threatens toupset their equilibrium. Beautiful and reckless, Nathan stirssomething unexpected in Jenn. As she is increasingly seduced byNathan’s youth and the promise of passion, the line betweendesire and obsession begins to blur. What follows is a highly-charged liaison that puts lives and relationships in jeopardy. ForJenn, after this summer, nothing can ever be the same.

‘A combustible combination of raw emotion and deepcompassion’ INDEPENDENT

‘She will knock you sideways’ GUARDIAN

What happens when you can fly, but you just can’t hide?

Only Jessica Pearson knows the truth when the press portrayher as the woman who betrayed her lover to escape

prosecution. But will her new job flying an outback air ambulancehelp her sleep at night or atone for a lost life? Doctor AdamGilmore touches the lives of his patients, but his own scars meanhe can never let a woman touch his heart. In Coorah Creek, atown on the edge of nowhere, you’re judged by what you do.But when the harshest judge is the one you see in the mirror,there’s nowhere left to hide.

Janet Gover is the author of a dozen novels and shortstories, and has been awarded the Romantic Novelists’Association’s Elizabeth Goudge Trophy.

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Bonkers Jennifer Saunders978 1 47126 118 3 – 352pp

The King’s Grave: The Search for Richard III Phillipa Langley& Michael Jones 978 1 47126 116 9 – 384pp

The Longest Holiday Paige Toon978 1 47126 119 0 – 560pp

Discover the official inside story of the life, death andremarkable discovery of history’s most controversialmonarch

On 22nd August 1485 Richard III was killed at BosworthField, the last king of England to die in battle. His victorious

opponent, Henry Tudor went on to display Richard’s body fortwo days in nearby Leicester and then hurriedly buried in thechurch of the Greyfriars. Fifty years later, the king’s grave was lost,its contents believed to be emptied into the river Soar, andRichard III’s reputation was buried under a mound of Tudorpropaganda. Now - in an incredible find - Richard III’s remainshave been uncovered beneath a car park in Leicester. The King’sGrave traces this remarkable journey.

‘Jones’ cogent and nuanced narrative provides thehistorical ballast to Langley’s search.’ GUARDIAN

‘Jones’s historical chapters are measured, reasonableand elegantly written.’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘Don’t wait for the storm to pass; learn to dance in therain…’

Aweek before Laura’s wedding, her fiancé, Matthew, makesa terrible mistake. Escaping the humiliation that is now her

marriage, Laura is whisked off to Florida’s Key West by her bestfriend Marty. A carefree holiday full of cocktails, surrounded bygorgeous men, is exactly what the doctor ordered. Distractioncomes in the form of sexy Cuban scuba diver Leo. Laura’s instantattraction to him knocks her flying. As the end of the holidayapproaches, Laura doesn’t want to go home. Is it time to face themusic? Or is there more to Key West than a holiday romance?

‘Fun, summery chick-lit with bite. If you wantescapism, Paige Toon is perfect.’ COSMOPOLITAN

The hilarious, touching life story of the iconic comedianand national treasure

Jennifer Saunders’ comic creations have brought joy to millions.From Comic Strip to Comic Relief, from Bolly-swilling Edina inAb Fab to her takes on Madonna or Mamma Mia, her charactersare household names. But it’s Jennifer herself who has a place inour hearts. This is her funny, moving and frankly bonkers memoir,filled with laughter, friends and occasional heartache - but nevermisery. Bonkers is full of riotous adventures: accidentally enrollingon a teacher training course with a young Dawn French, shootingLulu, touring India with Ruby Wax and Goldie Hawn. Prepare tochuckle, whoop, and go bonkers!

‘Delightfully funny… she writes with moving honesty’HELLO

‘Her account of battling breast cancer is as honest as itis uplifting’ DAILY MAIL

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Plain Tales From the Hills Rudyard Kipling978 1 47126 122 0 – 304pp – £16.00

The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy978 1 47126 121 3 – 464pp

North Korea Undercover John Sweeney978 1 47126 117 6 – 436pp

‘I won’t be a slave to the past - I’ll love where I choose!’

In a moment of drunken rage, Michael Henchard betrays his wifeand baby daughter, selling them to a sailor at a country fair. Inhis shame, he swears to never touch alcohol again for twenty-one years. Years later, Henchard is now the Mayor ofCasterbridge and an upstanding pillar of the community. Whenhis wife and daughter return, he re-marries and adopts hisdaughter. But his secrets cannot stay hidden forever and he hasmany hard lessons left to learnHardy’s fast-moving and ingeniously contrived narrative isShakespearian in its tragic force, and features some of the author’smost striking episodes and brilliant passages of description.

‘It’s the most tragic tale of a man who did a greatwrong and pays for it later. The way Henchardarranges his life just so, only to see it wrecked andruined by Fate - it makes me howl with pathos’

INDEPENDENT

North Korea is like no other tyranny on earth. It isOrwell’s 1984 made reality.

Posing as a university professor, award-winning BBC journalistJohn Sweeney travelled undercover to gain unprecedentedaccess to the world’s most secret state. Drawing on his ownexperiences and his extensive interviews with defectors and otherkey witnesses, North Korea Undercover pulls back the curtain,providing a rare insight into life there today, examining thecountry’s troubled history and addressing important questionsabout its uncertain future. Sweeney’s highly engaging,authoritative account illuminates the dark side of the HermitKingdom and challenges the West’s perception of this paranoidnationalist state.

‘Harrowing... creepy and poignant; and, in turn, tragicand obscene.’ SUNDAY BUSINESS POST

‘A tremendous piece of reporting. This book is onethat we should all read and absorb.’

ARMY RUMOUR SERVICE

A collection from one of the greatest writers of shortstories

Kipling’s early short stories of the Raj are collected here,creating vivid imagery of the sights and smells of India. Yet far

from being a celebration of Empire, Kipling’s tales tell of ‘heat andbewilderment and wasted effort and broken faith’. He writesbrilliantly and hauntingly about the barrier between the races, theclasses and the sexes; and about innocence, not transformed intoexperience, but implacably crushed.

‘One feels as if one were seated under a palm-treereading life by superb flashes of vulgarity’

OSCAR WILDE

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