The chance discovery of artefacts and parchment in a disused cellar beneath a medieval swan pit propels the Morgan family into the epicentre of an unfolding drama. Paul Morgan falls out with his father, an Anglican priest, over his religious upbringing. He travels to New Zealand to find out why Uncle Oliver emigrated there and is ostracised by his family. Paul's close friend Hussain, a devout Muslim, is coincidently attending an Islamic "conference" on the Island. Paul meets Laura and falls in love. Forensic test results have been intercepted by the security services, causing consternation in the Christian Church and in the higher echelons of Government. Can the revelations be kept out of the public domain? Prime Minister Dick Benson fears a constitutional crisis. Who will prevail - the Church, the state, or the monarchy? Paul's aunt, the archivist involved in examining parchment found in the swan pit discovery, goes missing. Paul becomes uneasy about Hussain's motives and his interpretation of Islam. Why has his aunt disappeared? What is the family secret? Laura has become tense and distant - why?

Joseph Heller's powerful, wonderfully funny, deeply moving novel is the story of David -- yes, King David -- but as you've never seen him before. You already know David as the legendary warrior king of Israel, husband of Bathsheba, and father of Solomon; now meet David as he really was: the cocky Jewish kid, the plagiarized poet, and the Jewish father. Listen as David tells his own story, a story both relentlessly ancient and surprisingly modern, about growing up and growing old, about men and women, and about man and God. It is quintessential Heller.

THE de LAFITTE PROTOCOL is the first book of the saga trilogy. It is also the code used to conceal the planned brutal assassination of the ancient eponymous family. It is also the mystery thriller of the trilogy. Within the opening chapter you the reader experience, during the languid setting of a lawn meet at Chateau Lafitte, the dogged persistence of an ex-Mafia assassin as he lies in wait in their huge hunting forest. On a bitterly cold Saturday, the 28th of November 1999 he huddles on the top branch of the tallest tree in the forest for the exciting duration of the stag hunt. He finally gets Jacques, Le Comte de Lafitte in his Zeiss telescopic sights, and watches him kill the stag in the icy pond, half a mile away. The de Lafitte family, devout Christians who survived the French revolution and both World Wars, only suspect that they are still being undermined by the re-emergence of an old atheistic code of conduct. Which means that there is no code, other than what one can get away with! The author however does not want to lose faith with his reader and hints and subsequently reveals who is behind the terror, whilst still retaining most of the mystery for the participants of the action. Such as that of Sir Henry Steere, a former 'friend' of the family, now a dismissed ex-MI6 operator, who inherits the small New York Private Bank from his father, who had been given it, by his own devout Quaker family. They in turn had been granted it by a grateful de Lafitte family, in gratitude for trusted work over the centuries, after the de Lafitte family reorganized their world wide holdings, after the 2nd World War. Charles Russell-Lafitte, the young Oxford nephew of Uncle Jacques who also normally acted as his field master, is the first to have had a pre-monition of the assassination. But it is here in Oxford that the grotesque variant of Charles' earlier vision of his premonition of the assassination on Comte de Lafitte's life is paradoxically enacted on Charles himself. Would the most skilful surgeons in Oxford be able to save Dr.Charles, or would he be bedridden as a paraplegic for the rest of his life. As the significance of the de Lafitte family quickly becomes known to the security services, the Oxford Bulldog's call in MI5 who duly rope in MI6, who call in the CIA and Interpol. But it remains a mystery, until the further assassinations take place, again on the 28th November 2011 at a subsequent lawn meet at Chateau de Lafitte and at Eton College Chapel and the Wall game. The 'de Lafitte Protocol' assassinations continue apace without end interspersed around the busy lives of the de Lafitte family, amid the subsequent discovered drama of the survival of Charles' twin. The love stories hidden throughout will come to fruition after the end of the thrilling Kentucky fox hunt, which starts at the end of this thriller.

THE MODERN CLASSIC: OVER 20 MILLION COPIES SOLD A Sunday Times bestseller and a Richard & Judy book club pick 'The real deal: one gorgeous read' Stephen King 'This book will change your life. An instant classic' Daily Telegraph 'A book lover's dream' The Times Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'Cemetery of Lost Books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'The Shadow of the Wind' by Julian Carax. But as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find. Then, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, Daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from the book, a character who turns out to be the devil. This man is tracking down every last copy of Carax's work in order to burn them. What begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of Julian Carax and to save those he left behind... 'Marvellous' Sunday Times 'A hymn of praise to all the joys of reading' Independent 'Gripping and instantly atmospheric' Mail on Sunday 'Irresistibly readable' Guardian 'Diabolically good' Elle

As Tom Jeffson inserts the key into the lock of an empty house on Easter Saturday in 1922, he is completely unaware that his youngest daughter, eight year-old Daisy, is hiding there following a childish prank. Although Daisy is the innocent witness to her father's adulterous liaison that day, it is her older sister, Rose, who forever carries the burden of his deception. Sunlight on Broken Glass is a story of two sisters, united as they endure the consequences of their father's increasingly appalling behaviour. But, as the story reaches its climax and Tom is diagnosed with a chilling psychopathic disorder, can their love for each other withstand the strain? Based on a true story, Sunlight on Broken Glass is the first novel in the Jeffson Family Trilogy, an epic saga of love, loss, hopes, dreams and family loyalty.

The Echo of Old Books meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets.

On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found…

For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.

But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books. And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder… where nothing is as it seems.

From New York to London to St Tropez, All That Glitters by the world's favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel, is the story of a young woman finding her place in the world and learning the hardest lesson of all - who to trust. Coco Martin, the adored only child of wealthy parents, has lived a charmed existence in their beautiful Manhattan home, and summers in a fabulous Hamptons house. Despite her privileged upbringing, Coco's parents instilled in their daughter their own values of hard work, honesty and kindness. But as she's just entering her twenties, Coco's world is devastated by the sudden death of her beloved parents. Now the heir to a considerable fortune, Coco must find her way in a world that no longer makes sense to her. The estate is protected by a trustee, a close friend of her mother and father. But is he the honourable man she believes him to be? Beginning a new life in London, she falls in love with a charismatic, handsome, penniless aristocrat, who introduces her to a world of fabulous parties and extravagance. Coco's oldest friend Sam fears that this whirlwind romance won't last, but Coco is sure that she has finally found happiness. In the middle of London's glamorous social scene, Coco struggles to see things as they really are . . .

When a new recruit to MI6 accidentally comes across an old photograph, she has no idea that it is about to change her world. Unknown to her, the photograph is evidence of a connection between a planned uprising in Eastern Europe and the secret society known as the Maddalena. Someone has decided she must be silenced before she can pass on the information she has uncovered and she is forced to run for her life, finding help in the most unexpected of places. Whilst she is pursued by the Mafia, an ambitious KGB Major in Belarus makes an alarming discovery. His subsequent investigation leads to the highest levels of government and the secret service as he begins to realise there is a plot by pro-Russian separatists to start a revolution. This exciting, fast-paced thriller takes the reader on a chase through Italy and Eastern Europe in a race against time. Secrets start to unfold and nobody knows who they can trust. No one is safe as the Maddalena tries to keep its existence and its operations hidden whatever the cost.

A roller coaster of emotions carries this story forward with its many facets of love. Romantic, obsessive and unrequited passions are just a few of the aspects explored through the characters using the park over one day.Can wrongs ever be redeemed? Dave the central character returning from the horrors of Afghanistan desperately believes that they can, otherwise his life means nothing. Can two star-crossed lovers survive today? In the twenty-first century world of bigotry and prejudice Romeo and Juliet's challenge is to prove their love can overcome all obstacles in their way. Can a child's dream become reality? Melanie is certain that despite her unique isolated view of family and people she can still follow her calling. Like the roots of the Sycamore where they separately meet, their lives unfold through connected links and strands. Stories of hope, despair and ambition unfold as the clock moves on relentlessly from sunrise to sunset.

Sofia is thirty-five and her husband has left her. Her father died the year before, and her mother is living in the Canary Islands with a new partner. Sofia flees the city with her young son, seeking refuge in her father's house on the southern coast of Spain, where she spent summers as a girl. Her younger sister, with whom she has a close but uneasy relationship, joins her. Living together again, the sisters face their present as well as their childhood and tangled past. A novel from one of Spain's most remarkable authors, Wolfskin is an intimate meditation on ambivalence and motherhood, eroticism and disappointment, family violence and failure, and ultimately, the possibility-or impossibility-of living with those you love.

In the barrio of Fresno, California, the Molina family is living out the Chicano version of the American Dream. Father William works on an assembly line while his wife, the well-bred beauty Rachel, stays at home to care for their three children--and to keep them off the streets. But when William is offered an opportunity to enter the ranks of the middle class, he quits his job, packs up the Ford Maverick, and transports the Molinas to a brand-new world: the small town of Medford, Oregon. So begins the dramatic transformation of youngest son and aspiring actor Joey, who assumes the role of a vato loco gang member in order to win the respect and fear of his gringo classmates. While Joey tries to make himself popular with tall tales of guns and glory, his father embarks on a bitter struggle to develop his career and combat age-old cultural stereotypes. How William's extraordinary efforts and deepening despair affect the lives of his loved ones is at the heart of this haunting and incandescent novel--one destined to become a classic in Chicano-American literature.

It's uncanny! Within six months of breaking up with her, Peg Silver's ex-lovers always meet and marry the women of their dreams. Even worse than being the eternal bridesmaid, she's the last girlfriend, the one who awakens in a guy theknowledge of what he's always wanted in a relationship ... and it's never with Peg. Obviously, a major lifestyle change is seriously called for, which is why the distraught interior landscape designer says good-bye to Manhattan and late-night lattes with pal Nina, and hello to a farmhouse on ten acres in tiny, backwater Manshire, Vermont, hoping to meet the ultimate, all-organic country man (without too much facial hair) to keep her warm in those frosty New England winters.

Instead, Peg finds herself at Inward Bound -- a proactive adult-education retreat for the hapless and hopelessly lovelorn -- to try to lift her dreaded "girlfriend curse." A steamy (and expressly forbidden) dalliance with gorgeous woman-eater Ray probably isn't going to help cure her. But some romantic insight could arise from her attraction to Linus, Inward Bound's sexy, scruffy, smart and still-single founder. Perhaps there is a secret to be unearthed in the crunchy Green Mountains, one that will magically transform Peg Silver from the Perpetual Also Ran to the Big Winner in love.

After parting from the man who had once meant a great deal to her, Adele Corsairs fully intended to spend some time with her writing, yet the storm of her private life was to be echoed by a ferocious storm of the elements where she suddenly meets the new man in her life. Simon Felton however was soon to prove that he was not all that she had envisaged. A fact that was to prove all the more disturbing when she discovered that he was the son of her new employer, which made her new job working to promote a cruise line all the more difficult. Things seemed to go from bad to worse when Jason Rennet was found murdered and questions were then asked about her own relationship with this individual. Neither did a happy ending seem to be forthcoming when Adele realised that Simon was in fact expected to marry the daughter of one of their competitors. Yet Adele's reaction to this was to perpetuate even more disturbing consequences; leaving one to pose the question as to whether matters would ever end satisfactorily?

Working as a cook on a merchant ship, a woman comes to know and love Samsa, a woman who gives her the nickname 'Boulder'. When Samsa gets a job in Reykjavik and the couple decides to move there together, Samsa decides that she wants to have a child. She is already forty and can't bear to let the opportunity pass her by. Boulder is less enthused, but doesn't know how to say no - and so finds herself dragged along on a journey that feels as thankless as it is alien. With motherhood changing Samsa into a stranger, Boulder must decide where her priorities lie, and whether her yearning for freedom can truly trump her yearning for love. Once again, Eva Baltasar demonstrates her pre-eminence as a chronicler of queer voices navigating a hostile world - and in prose as brittle and beautiful as an ancient saga.