'I cannot recommend it highly enough.' Caitlin Moran 'Brims with compassion and wit.' Cathy Rentzenbrink 'Absolutely blew me away.' Jo Brand 'Brilliant . . . I love it.' Phillippa Perry 'I have never read a more powerful book about mental health.' Joanna Cannon A journey into the heartland of psychiatry. This book debunks myths, challenges assumptions and offers fresh insight into what it means to be mentally ill. And what it means to be human. This...

Nina de Gramont's The Christie Affair is a beguiling novel of star-crossed lovers, heartbreak, revenge, and murder-and a brilliant re-imagination of one of the most talked-about unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century. Every story has its secrets. Every mystery has its motives. ?A long time ago, in another country, I nearly killed a woman. It?s a particular feeling, the urge to murder. It takes over your body so completely, it?s like a divine...

The seat of the Trelawney family for over 800 years, Trelawney Castle was once the jewel of the Cornish coast. Each successive Earl spent with abandon, turning the house and grounds into a sprawling, extravagant palimpsest of wings, turrets and follies. But recent generations have been better at spending than making money. Now living in isolated penury, unable to communicate with each other or the rest of the world, the family are running out of options....

'A magnetic, all consuming read. A heart-breaking suspense which deals with love in all its forms.' Gytha Lodge, author of She Lies in Wait 'Intriguing, heart-breaking...a mystery novel with a beautiful character study at its heart.' Melanie Golding, author of Little Darlings Alice?s son is dead. Indigo?s son is accused of murder. Indigo is determined to prove her beloved Kane is innocent. Searching for evidence, she is helped by a kind stranger who...

When the boy was four, he asked his father why people needed sleep. His father said, ?So God could unfuck all the things people fuck up.? As America recovers from the Second World War, two families? journeys begin. James Vincent, born in 1942 to an Irish-American family, escapes his parents? turbulent marriage and attends law school in New York, where he moves up the social ladder as a prosperous and bright attorney. Meanwhile, Agnes Miller, a beautiful...

Suffolk, 1925. At only 16 years old, May Moon travels to West Wick, Suffolk to become the local Punch and Judy girl. Determined to fulfil her dead father's wishes, and to continue his business, May has her work cut out for her during her summer on the beach. Staying with a local family, she not only enjoys the silvery sand and sunshine, she also experiences first love, partings and reunions. And, before long, realises that performing might be in her...

If only they'd said no ... What if they hadn?t gone? That?s the question Clementine can?t stop asking herself. It was just a backyard barbeque. They didn?t know their hosts that well. They were friends of friends. They could so easily have said no. But she and her husband Sam said yes, and now they can never change what they did and didn?t do that beautiful winter?s day. Six responsible adults. Three cute kids. One yapping dog. It?s a normal weekend...

An enchanting French chateau, a lifelong dream and a handsome town mayor - the perfect recipe for romance... When their grandfather dies, Fliss and her sisters are astonished to inherit a French chateau! Travelling to Normandy to visit the beautiful if faded house, they excitedly make plans over delicious crepes and local cider in the town nearby. They soon discover the chateau needs major work and a huge tax bill is due . . . Unable to sell but strapped...

London, 1932. Number five Kitchener Avenue heralds the start of a new life for the Hope family. For pregnant Miriam it is a warm, safe environment to bring up her child. For her sister, fourteen-year-old Barbara, it means independence ... and boys. And for Fred it provides the security he craves for his young family. In the lead up to Christmas, the Hopes settle in and start to make happy memories in their new home. But World War II is around the...

As summer beckons, Evie's family gathers once more at the beautiful old riverside house they all adore. But when Evie discovers a secret that threatens their future, a shadow falls over them all: this summer by the river could be their last together. For Charlie, a visit home to see stepmother Evie is an escape from his unhappy marriage in London. Until a chance encounter changes everything: in the space of a moment, he meets a woman by the river,...