Island Women

Brought to you by Penguin. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022 THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK You don't fall in love in Cyprus in the summer of 1974. Not here, not now. In 1974, two teenagers, from opposite sides of a divided Cyprus, meet at...

Brought to you by Penguin. FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER ONE DAY IN DECEMBER, COMES A BRAND NEW LOVE STORY One cottage. Two strangers. Every great love story starts somewhere... Cleo writes about love stories every day. She just isn't living one of her own. When the editor of...

Brought to you by Penguin. A gripping and beautiful novel from Elif Shafak, Booker-shortlisted author of The Island of Missing Trees and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World One rainy afternoon in Istanbul a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I want an abortion,' she announces. She is...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Chain comes a pulse-pounding thriller about a family that must face their darkest fears--and deepest secrets--when they go on the run for their lives. “Extraordinary.” —T. J. Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Falling "You'll...

When recently divorced Chloe Canton is gifted her grandmother’s house in Bermuda in her will, it seems a perfect time for a fresh start. Her chance at paradise comes with a rundown business, a neighbour who is putting pressure on her to sell up for development and another who quickly makes herself comfortable in Chloe’s house. Chloe discovers a dead body on the local riding trail soon after she arrives and finds herself dragged into a murder investigation.

A darkly beautiful dual-timeline novel with a captivating mystery, for fans of Diane Setterfield and Kiran Millwood Hargrave ’Like a surreal cabinet of curiosities – haunting, eerie, evocative’ Bridget Collins, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding When Tartelin Brown accepts a...

Mitten in der Nacht stürzt ein Auto in den Hafen der kleinen Stadt Vopnafjörður. Als die Polizei den Wagen schließlich bergen kann, findet sie im Kofferraum zwei Leichen: den wohlhabenden Besitzer eines Fischereikonzerns und seine Frau. Beide sind gefesselt. Helga Jónsdóttir vom Dezernat für Gewaltverbrechen wird mit der Untersuchung beauftragt.

A charming, quirky, romantic read from Tracy Corbett After the death of her grandmother leaves her lost and alone, Remy Starling is stunned to learn she's inherited a bookshop on the enchanting Cornish island of Whisper Haven. It could be the fresh start she's been searching for. If only the...

INSPIRED BY TRUTH, THE STORY THAT HAS CAPTIVATED THE WORLD. This was not the start of a short trip to deliver supplies. It was the beginning of a one-way journey to start a new life. Life on a leper colony. Life on Spinalonga. Fifty years later, making a life-changing journey of her own, Alexis...

Brought to you by Penguin. She was 'The Angel of the Baths', the one woman whose touch everybody yearned for. Yet she would do more. She was certain of that. In the city of Bath, in the year 1865, an extraordinary young woman renowned for her nursing skills is convinced that some other destiny...

In 1921, Inupait seamstress Ada Blackjack joined a a group of four white men who wanted to establish a trading post on Wrangel Island in the freezing Arctic Ocean. The explorers were stranded on the island when their return ship was forced to turn back due to ice. Facing harsh conditions and dwindling food supplies, the men died one by one, but Ada remained. Find out how she alone managed to survive the disastrous expedition.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Soak up the sun—and the intrigue—with the first novel in John Grisham’s beloved Camino series. “A happy lark [that] provides the pleasure of a leisurely jaunt periodically jolted into high gear, just for the fun and speed of it.”—The New York Times...

"Welcome to paradise," archeologist Susan Dunne hears on arrival at the Caribbean island to research petroglyphs and unravel the mystery of her brother's drowning. Was John murdered? This sunny tourist paradise conceals shadowy secrets - violent native unrest, a sunken treasure guarded by legendary Jumbies, and a bloodthirsty cult.

Five former sorority sisters, all in their 50s, undertake the adventure of a lifetime when a mysterious invite reunites them at an exclusive resort set on a private island.

1956: On idyllic Balboa Island, just off the California coast, life seems peaceful and welcoming. But when the lives of three women begin to unravel in shockingly different ways, an unlikely friendship—and the game of tennis—may be the only thing that can save them. Milly Kinkaid's plan to...

FYRE FESTIVAL meets ONE OF THE GIRLS in this psychological thriller with twists you'll never see coming. 'It's the hottest ticket in town. But once you're in, there's no getting out.' Jody, Ari and Carla have won golden tickets to the summer’s hottest music festival, which promises to be full...

The gripping new thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller! ‘Brilliantly escapist in every way’ Editor’s Choice, The Bookseller The perfect escape, or the perfect trap? When a select group of influencers and journalists receive an exclusive invitation to a luxury resort in the Maldives, it...

Three sisters. One island. A chance to rewrite their stories. When betrayal shatters their marriages, Ivy, Paisley, and Skylar retreat to Orchid Island, a windswept haven that whispers of healing and second chances. Ivy, exhausted from years of supporting everyone but herself, dares to revive...

A crime festival on a remote Scottish island. A crumbling Victorian hotel. Eight authors . . . and a ruthless killer. Welcome to Holly Island, where the annual Christmas crime-writing festival is about to begin. Eight writers are already in residence at the island’s solitary hotel. But before...

“Anne Rivers Siddons’s novels are women’s stories in the best sense, pulling you into the internal landscape of her characters’ lives and holding you there.” – People A poignant novel of the love that unites us and the secrets that drive us apart, Islands is New York Times...