Books

In the world of fiction, Oxford is not just a place of academia and dreaming spires… even in its leafiest corners, there are dark deeds and murders most foul.

Their partnership has produced a treasure trove of glittering picture books and delighted thousands of children.

‘This is no world to play with mammets and to tilt the lips: We must have bloody noses and crack’d crowns.’

Can two girls from the opposite sides of the track in 1830s Shropshire ever hope to form a lasting friendship?

This triple dose of Carter Brown mysteries from 1957 finds homicide detective Al Wheeler investigating the deaths of two call girls, tracing a missing girl, and taking a job as a private investigator to clear a lawyer of a murder rap.

The fun adventures of farmer’s children, Poppy and Sam, are back with a fresh new look and here are two exciting books just made for the Easter holidays!

For nearly seventy years, beautiful Admiral House in Suffolk has been at the heart of Posy Montague’s life.

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When 22-year-old Dan Griffin walked into a top London trauma therapy unit, his severe anxiety problems seemed nothing out of the ordinary…

As the Easter school holidays get into full swing, enjoy a sparkling collection of children’s books… all perfectly created to keep boredom at bay.

As a woman in a world of male gangsters, Zara Ezra has learned that to come out on top, you have to play these brutal men at their own game.

When journalist Samantha Harper finds a decades-old letter from a pregnant, unmarried girl, desperate to avoid being sent to a mother-and-baby home, it leads to a shocking tale of hardship, cruelty and death.

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As Thursday’s child, Flora Butler should have known that she had far to go… but travelling to New York on a magnificent cruise liner was beyond her wildest dreams.

Check in at a magical hotel, enjoy dirty tricks at the park, discover planet Earth, and meet a rhino on the horns of a dilemma in a sparkling collection of springtime books for young readers.

When estate agent Clara Jones plans a ‘victimless fire’ to help force through the sale of an old hunting lodge on the shores of Loch Ness, she sets in motion a nightmare of unimaginable horror.

Managing money is one of the most important tasks we face throughout our lives… so here’s a book that will set youngsters on a steady and financially capable course.

Despite years of conflict, loss and grief, and now a deadly flu epidemic, the spirit of hope is still alive in the Yorkshire village of Beckindale in the spring of 1918.