The Proving Ground

Shotaro Ikenami

In the months since their last perilous quest, a fragile calm has settled over Edo. Daijiro dedicates his days to training the first pupil of his quiet riverside dojo, while his father Kohei - a famed swordsman whose name still inspires awe - drifts through an uneasy retirement, his razor-sharp mind too restless for leisure. But such peace never lasts long in the shogunate. On...

Tobi Coventry

'MAGNETIC, CLAUSTROPHOBIC, WICKEDLY ALIVE' LUCY ROSE, AUTHOR OF THE LAMB 'IF STEPHEN KING, OTTESSA MOSHFEGH AND JOHN WATERS HAD A BABY - ITS THIS BRILLIANT BOOK' JODIE HARSH 'HORNY. GORY. RELATABLE.' KIRSTY LOGAN FLATMATES ARE HELL... 'Massimo lived here now. And things had begun to happen. Sounds, smells, dreams. A private horror show. A usurper in my ordered world...' Simon...

Callie Kazumi

*Not Suitable For Vegetarians* 'Sinister, stylish and utterly addictive' Lucy Rose ________________________________ Ed is in trouble with the yakuza. He's gambled away all his money and his family is at risk. But just as he's about to lose everything, he receives an offer he can't refuse. A reclusive billionaire is looking for a private chef. The only catch- she has some. . ...

Ruth Ware

Paradise comes at a price . . . The stunning mountain views. The beautiful shore of Lake Geneva. The terrified woman held in the suite belonging to the hotel's millionaire owner. Lo Blacklock's all-expenses paid trip to a luxury Swiss chateau should have been the ideal return to work. But as her past catches up with her, the millionaire's mistress demanding that Lo help her ...

Agatha Christie

A healthy young man dies in his sleep, despite the ringing of seven separate alarm clocks... Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper; so the other house guests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6.30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank had backfired with t...

Sourcebooks / Freida Mcfadden

From #1 Sunday Times and international bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a biting, subversive thriller about what happens when women finally choose to take justice into their own hands - with killer results. *** Sometimes, enough is enough... Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of Ne...