In Strangers on a Pier, acclaimed author Tash Aw explores the panoramic cultural vitality of modern Asia through his own complicated family story of migration and adaptation, which is reflected in his own face.

A perfect toolkit for connecting with the world around us and the year ahead as it unfolds

Some people will stop at nothing to keep things buried . . .

Babes in the wood, babes in the wood, who will be next to be covered in blood?

10… 9… 8… 7… 6…
That’s about as far as you get, counting backwards, as you wait for surgery to begin – and that’s all most people know about what I do.

Turbocharge employee engagement through health and safety.

There are moments when we must talk, listen and be there for one another.

Sometimes darkness stalks the most beautiful places…

Tony Redmond is one of the few truly good people you will ever meet.

Speaking in front of other people can be a real worry if you’ve not had a lot of practice.

You’ve got a fantastic CV; now comes the big test.

Humans have identified just a fraction of the 2.2 million species living in the sea.

Young Maisie Gibbs is a conscientious young woman, though life is harder since both her parents passed away.

Thea, also known as Gytha, the elder daughter of King Harold II, travels with her brothers and grandmother into exile carrying revenge in her heart.

It’s 1959, and Boots Adams and his wife Polly are at their favourite Camberwell pub when they witness with horror a sudden and vicious attack on the barman, Joe, by a knife-wielding thug.

Times move on for the Adams family in south London, and as business prospers, there are new worries to deal with.

Cidermaking has been at the heart of country life for hundreds of years.

For the past twenty-five years, Belinda Kirk’s professional life has revolved around adventure.

There is one animal that is familiar to all of us, whoever we are, wherever we live.

Starting a new life in Snowdonia was always DI Ruth Hunter’s dream. Until a twisted killer turned it into her worst nightmare. 

From a short jog that lifts your mood to the closing stages of a marathon when you feel physically exhausted but emotionally invincible all at once, running delivers every time.

As the 1950s progress, several unexpected happenings ruffle the usually calm atmosphere of Adams family life.

The Rhine is one of the world’s greatest rivers.

Anneke has been in reading The Under Water Menace, Sleeper Agents, Planet of Bones and A Matter of Time.

‘I knew dogs could make a difference to the children’s lives. I knew it the moment I watched a little boy, exhausted by pain and sickness, stretch out his hand to touch my dog’s paw, and then…he smiled.’

The difference that being female makes to the diagnosis, life and experiences of a person with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has largely gone unresearched and unreported until recently.

When the mutilated body of a woman is discovered in her home, DCI Bishop from the Met murder squad is called in to oversee the case.

Stephen McGown was en route from London to South Africa, on a once-in-a-lifetime trip by motorbike, returning home to Johannesburg.

Boots Adams celebrates his 60th birthday in style with an old-fashioned Cockney knees-up, even if Gemma, James and the rest of the younger people insist that the music has to be rock and roll.

The 1950s are in full swing, and the Adams family is blessed with many new additions.

Stranded at Schiphol airport, Ben Coates called up a friendly Dutch girl he’d met some months earlier. He stayed for dinner. Actually, he stayed for good.

Sharing a body can be murder…

It may not be as grim up north as they say, but it wasn’t where amateur private investigators Natasha DuVivien and Miriam Birdseye intended to spend their Christmas.

Kris was living a totally normal life as a twenty-three-year-old: travelling the world, falling in love, making plans.

One last chance to reveal the truth…

Two people. One month to fall in love.

When Hugh Winthrop, the future Earl of Albury, decides to advertise for a wife in the London paper, he never expected an anonymous response from a woman who matches him wit for wit.

Having united with his fellow Chosen Ones in the Aether, and survived several trials and tribulations within that vast, otherworldly realm, Jelly now faces a new task

Ivy and Mia have been best friends since the fun, messy, hungover years of their twenties.

Welcome to Bluebell Wood where the sun shines, the locals are kind and there’s something more than a little bit magical about the place.

In 1985 Mike Brearley published The Art of Captaincy, revealing how he steered Middlesex and England to victory with his team of first-class cricketers.

Alice didn’t come to the village for peace and quiet. She came for revenge.

If she wants to unearth the truth and stop further bloodshed, she’ll have to confront a monster.

Can these two sworn enemies work together?  Or is that a line they will never cross?

War is coming . . . and this time the gods themselves will take sides.

A satirical, tragicomic story about a man on the edge from actor and comedian Miles Jupp.

Is the killer a member of the house party? Or has the family curse struck again?

It’s a scandalous world of sex, drugs, celebrity and wealth – alluring, addictive…and deceptive.

Sammy Adams is always on the look-out for a new business opportunity.