Tag: sept-2026
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The Cauldron
by Simon Sebag Montefiore THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE MAKING OF TODAY’S MIDDLE EAST: A SPELLBINDING HISTORY FROM THE BESTSELLING, PRIZEWINNING HISTORIAN AND MASTER STORYTELLER How did an elderly cleric overthrow the Shah of Iran and change the world?Why did Bin Laden attack the USA – and why did the USA destroy Saddam?How did one…
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We Chase Shadows
by Richard Osman At sunrise, high in the Italian hills, a body is found on the steps of a beautiful private villa. On the body is a threatening note, signed by a mystery man. As Amy, Rosie and Steve get the ‘We Solve Murders’ business up and running, they leap at the chance to take…
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Man & Dog – A Love Story
by Tony Parsons A heart-warming and moving memoir for dog lovers everywhere from one of Britain’s best-loved writers and journalists. “Nobody will ever love you like a dog. Nobody will ever be as consistently happy to see you. Nobody will ever make you so glad to be alive” It all started when nine-year-old Jasmine wanted…
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The Golden Hours
by Louisa Young Continuing the story of one of the most beloved families in British literature, The Golden Hours is the brilliant new novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard’s iconic Cazalet Chronicles written by her niece, the bestselling author Louisa Young. Our lives have changed so much . . . It’s December 1962, and the Cazalet…
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The Newer World
by Sebastian Barry Against the rapidly shifting landscape of post Civil War America, Tennyson Bouguereau – freed man, devoted brother, nascent singer, conflicted soldier and wanted man – journeys to find meaning and belonging. From the relative safety of home in Tennessee with his sister Rosalee, he is offered the possibility of a whole new…
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Switzy
by Emma Cline A private plane cuts through the winter night, somewhere over Greenland. David, a retired executive, sits back in his leather seat, playing solitaire on his phone. Click. Click. Drag. Click. In his pocket is a notebook filled with urgent reminders ― but he can no longer read his own handwriting. He’s travelling…
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The Last Days of Lilah Goodluck
by Kylie Scott When Lilah Goodluck saves a woman’s life as they’re crossing a busy L.A. street, the last thing she expects is five unwanted predictions as a reward. Who gives someone the winning lotto numbers then tells them they’ve only got a week to live? And who believes in that nonsense anyway? But when…
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The Silent Appeal
by Janice Hallett It’s a new theatrical season in Lower Lockwood, and the amateur thespians of the Fairway Players are starting rehearsals for their production of Agatha Christie’s The Hollow. Despite troublesome new arrivals, countless petty squabbles and a gruesome accident with the lighting rig, surely this will be their greatest show to date? But…
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The Silver Book
by Olivia Laing It is September 1974. Two men meet by chance in Venice. One is a young English artist, in panicked flight from London. The other is Danilo Donati, the magician of Italian cinema, the designer responsible for realising the spectacular visions of Fellini and Pasolini. Donati is in Venice to produce sketches for…
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Agrippa
by Robert Harris Julius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever. One is Caesar’s 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir. The other is Octavius’s closest friend, Agrippa. To claim Octavius’s inheritance, they must fight the giant figures of the Roman Empire – and,…