The Heights by Ian Rankin

The Heights: a gleaming, high-end high-rise looming over Hyde Park.
But when a night concierge is found murdered in the lobby, the building's rarefied atmosphere is shattered, and the gilded lives within come under intense police scrutiny. In a world designed to keep prying eyes out, where the residents are not used to being held to account, born-and-bred Londoner Detective Gillian Gish must find a way past their power, wealth and unimaginable influence. The rules may be different at the top - but is anyone truly above the law?

£25

In One Brief Moment All Eternity by Elif Shafak

Amidst the chaos of war, Gustave Flaubert somehow created the most scandalous female character literature has ever known: Madame Bovary. How? And what if, 175 years later, she – and other women whose voices history has overlooked – could pluck the quill from his hands and dream up a new story? This is a luminous reinvention of an iconic male writer told through the lives of the women – both real and fictional – who shaped him, from a devoted nursemaid, to an Egyptian dancer, to a literary heroine who refuses to be silenced. Through their voices Elif Shafak offers both an intimate portrait of the life and loves of a great artist and an epic meditation on storytelling itself: who gets remembered, who gets erased, and how can literature endure in the darkest days of political upheaval, injustice and bloodshed? When the world feels broken, how do you find the hope to carry on?

£20

Partita by Barbara Kingsolver

Livia Bohusz misses her brother, Cyrus. Unmoored by his death, and the stifling silence of the family farm, eleven-year-old Livia has no choice but to survive. Her only solace: music, an escape in the quiet rapture piano practice brings. The promise of a new life her talent offers, intoxicating.

So when Livia starts her college music scholarship it feels as if a new life might begin. Immersing herself in her passions in a world where she excels, even as she struggles to fit in with more urbane classmates, she glimpses the possibilities of a life beyond the farm and her parents. Then one springtime, as the smell of reviving grass and crocuses and the sounds of songbirds fill the air, Livia catches a glimpse of shirt sleeves rolled to the elbow, muscles you wouldn't miss in the rear view:'Who is that man?'It is a question Livia may come to wish she had never asked.

£20

Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson

It’s the summer of 1951 and everyone is looking to put the dark days of the war behind them. The government’s solution: The Festival of Britain, a celebration of the country’s creativity, grit and ingenuity.

For foreign correspondent turned war reporter Harry Flynn, it might offer the chance of redemption. Having failed to resume his journalistic career, he reluctantly joins an oddball team of misfits, ne’er-do-wells and downright chancers helping to ready the Festival of Britain for launch. One of his dates goes missing and he is deemed to be the last person to have seen her alive.
Could he have been in some way responsible for her disappearance? The answer may lie in the hands of a precocious, straight-talking thirteen-year-old called Veronica and a rather scruffy terrier who goes by the name of Mrs Betty…

£22

Timeless by A. F. Steadman

At twenty-one, Artemis has just graduated top of her Cambridge class of assassins, the most respected discipline in the Faculty’s army.

As a timeless soldier, she will travel in and out of linear time, protecting the fragile future with her lethal hands. Along with her crew – a navigator, an armourer, a historian and a medic – she will do whatever it takes to stop the destruction of history by dangerous Guild members. Timeless enemies. Timecrossed lovers. A future in freefall...

£22

Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus

Peck & Peck tells the irresistible story of a young man whose life turns upside down when he is hired by the most prestigious, secretive and dysfunctional poetry journal in the world: the renowned Peck & Peck.

Welcome to another dazzling and unforgettable novel from Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry. Hugely original, brilliantly funny and peopled with unforgettable characters, this is both a passionate ode to the written word and a heartwarming exploration of all that makes us human.

£22

Games of My Life by Alex Ferguson

The major new memoir from Sir Alex Ferguson, filled with never-before-seen photographs and memorabilia from his private archives. Twenty-one games. One extraordinary life.

Sir Alex Ferguson is widely regarded as the greatest football manager of all time. In this intimate and heartfelt memoir, he tells the unique stories of twenty-one defining matches in his career. Reaching far beyond the trophy cabinet, Sir Alex relives seventy years of footballing history – from his first medal as a schoolboy in 1956 to watching United's 2024 FA Cup victory from the stands – to reflect on the relationships, rivalries, life lessons and moments of adversity that forged his character and his teams.

£40

Lottie Brooks Twelve Disasters of Christmas by Katie Kirby

THIS CHRISTMAS ISN’T JUST ABOUT LOTTIE…BUT IT’S AS CHAOTIC AS EVER! We all know Lottie LOVES Christmas – but sometimes, it’s not all about Lottie.

In these twelve hilarious festive short stories, find out what Bella gets up to on her first Christmas, how Toby’s prank backfires, when Poppy becomes the star of the show, and how Jess saves the day for her football team. And Lottie shares her most DISASTROUS Christmas story ever. So, grab a Terry’s Chocolate Orange (yes, a whole one obvs) and spend this Christmas with all of your favourite characters.

£14.99