A house may not start haunted…but it can become haunted.
Over the decades, the occupants of Number 20 have noticed that their house, stood in the corner of a London square, feels a little more alive than most: whispers in the walls, a secret in the cellar, the growing sense that no one truly leaves… And for each of the characters in this book – Connie, Hedda, Orlaith, Teddy and Maud – the house seems to understand their deepest desires. In every story is a wish for more – but what might too much wishing unleash?
Drawing from classic ghost stories and enlivening them with themes of identity, desire and queer revelations, Eleanor Crewes makes the haunted house tale her own.
Hollywood’s biggest movie star, Danny Scott, stands accused of trying to murder his wife, starlet Hope Harrison, in a case that has taken the world by storm.
Everyone is asking: what happened that night, and what darker truths simmer beneath the surface of their marriage? As the world watches, twelve sequestered jurors must decide Danny’s fate – but even a jury has its secrets…
Juror 6 is risking everything for this trial. Even her life.
Juror 2 is playing games. But can he keep one step ahead of his own lies?
Juror 13, the alternate, will do anything to be on that jury. Anything.
And Juror 7 is hardly noticed by anyone. Just as she planned.
As each juror vies for the verdict they want, secrets, obsessions, and plots for revenge will come to light. Because everyone is lying. Everyone is guilty. And one of them might be planning a murder of their own…
On the Six-Thousand Ship, things have started to feel changed. Since bringing aboard a number of strange objects from a newly discovered planet, the crew – both human and humanoid – have begun to feel a yearning. They want to be near the objects, to feel them pressed against their skin, but they also all now feel a curious new hunger for home: Earth, that place many cannot even remember.
The Board of Directors are eager to understand more, and so instruct a commission to interview each of the employees. Those who are born dream of soil, the smell of warm asphalt, the sound of animals and birds. Those who are made know only what is programmed, and yet feel it deeply, truly. As their testimonies accumulate, a tapestry of longing and quiet rebellion emerges, blurring the lines between work and life, between human and machine.
The Employees was the breakout novel from one of the most celebrated authors in world literature, and is now seen as a masterpiece of twenty-first century literary science fiction. In stark, pristine prose, Olga Ravn forms a timeless meditation on productivity, pleasure and what the far-flung future might miss.
A gripping investigation into how pornography shaped the internet – and then transformed us all
This is the story of one of the most influential – and least examined – industries on earth. Worth billions of dollars, and commanding a tenth of global internet traffic at peak times, it has quietly reshaped our world: it has transformed technology, work, culture, love and relationships, and even our sense of self. Most industries of this scale make daily headlines. This one rarely does.
In Guilty Pleasure, investigative journalist and FT reporter Patricia Nilsson turns her attention to an industry few have dared to confront, and tells the story of pornography in the online age. Drawing on more than five years of reporting, Nilsson reveals how the internet turned the business of erotic art into something else entirely: a vast, secretive industry dominated by obscure owners, platform logic and profit at almost any cost. She traces how porn helped to shape the online world, and then spilled far beyond it – restructuring everyday life and saturating society with its logic of stimulation, self-soothing and craving.
Whether we consume it or not, Nilsson argues, we are living in the world pornography made: one in which our desires and anxieties are relentlessly monitored and manipulated by unaccountable forces. And because this industry has escaped meaningful scrutiny for so long, the power to regulate it has increasingly fallen to political extremists and payment companies. The result is a system that has quietly revolutionized everything, while remaining – until now – hidden from view.
Phillip Tennent makes his living at the tideline, collecting artefacts that wash up from the Channel. It’s been years since the crisis changed everything, but its exact nature remains obscure. Government barely functions, the seas are full of new creatures, Europe has been mislaid. It feels like the end.
Now Phillip has fished out of the water an object he can’t keep. A creature that keeps changing. An artefact he must take inland, before it destroys everything he thinks he knows. The End of Everything is a slyly satirical and unsettling post-apocalyptic adventure into the limits of human understanding from the peerless master of contemporary fiction.
After the murder of his best friend, newlyweds Adam and Aisha cut their honeymoon short. But just as they are about to board a flight home from Delhi, Adam disappears at the airport – seemingly kidnapped – leaving Aisha stranded without her passport, her phone, or answers.
When the FBI and India’s intelligence agency begin interrogating her, it becomes chillingly clear they know far more about Adam than she ever did. Her only clue is his final, haunting message: I’m sorry.
Thousands of miles away, Sara Wolf, a scientist stuck on a dead-end project at Princeton, receives a message she never expected from her former lover. It contains two words: Help her.
Bound together by suspicion, rivalry, and a man they both love, Aisha and Sara are forced into an uneasy alliance. Decoding Adam’s clues, they follow a trail that leads them across the United States – into a shadow world of weaponised AI, tech billionaires, and a secret no one is meant to find.
Eden Falls is a gripping, high-stakes thriller that spans continents and asks how far we will go – and who we will trust – when the truth can destroy everything.
Three sisters. Two murders. One devastating secret.
Junie and her family arrive in the Caribbean for what should be a week in paradise. Within days, her father and his girlfriend are dead.
Her sister Poppy vanishes into the night. All the evidence points to her. But Junie refuses to believe it.
Seven years later, Junie is still searching. Her other sister Ruby has tried to move on, haunted by what she witnessed that night. And Poppy? She’s been living under a new name, carrying a secret that could destroy them all.
When their story becomes a TV sensation, the world wants answers. They face an impossible choice: protect each other, or finally tell the truth.
But in a family built on lies and sacrifice, the truth might be the most dangerous thing of all.
A witty and wacky new world, perfect for fans of Bunny Vs Monkey, Donut Squad and Pablo & Splash.
When Ghost arrives at a haunted mansion, what he doesn’t expect to find is a talking slice of bread. Introducing . . . Toast! But Ghost can’t remember anything from before becoming a ghost, so the unlikely duo team up to solve the mystery – though they may get distracted along the way . . .
From hordes of evil pastries to ghost trains, to giant kittens and gingerbread houses, their adventures are never stale. But the conniving Croissant will stop at nothing to cause complete, confectionary chaos – will Ghost and Toast be able to resist their sugary temptation for mayhem?
A BIZARRE SERIES OF DEATHS
In the Cornish village of Peneerie, a tragedy is unfolding. Girls are dying on their seventeenth birthdays and no one can explain why. Some say it’s a curse; others a psychological phenomenon known as suicide contagion. What Kat knows is her daughter Ruby’s birthday is fast approaching.
A CURSE AWOKEN
Villagers talk anxiously of Eliza, a serving girl in the local manor house who took her own life on her seventeenth birthday nearly two hundred years ago. She cursed the girls of the village to never see womanhood.
A MOTHER PREPARED TO DO ANYTHING
Kat is determined that Ruby won’t be the next to die, by any means necessary. As she races to unravel Eliza’s Curse, Kat will have to confront the ghosts of the past and shocking truths about the world she lives in. But how far will she go to protect her daughter? And what will it cost to break the cycle of tragedy before it’s too late?
There has never been a more confusing time to try to be healthy.
From supplements and blood testing to wearable technology and consumer genomics, the modern wellness industry promises better energy, performance and longevity. But how much of it is science, and how much is marketing?
In his groundbreaking book, Make Me Well, Xand van Tulleken investigates the new Wild West of the wellness industry, offering a clear, evidence-based guide to navigating today’s most popular health trends.
With practical advice and accessible science, Make Me Well will help you cut through misinformation, avoid unnecessary costs, and make informed decisions about your physical and mental wellbeing.
If you’ve ever wondered which health trends are worth your time and money, this is your essential guide to modern wellness.
