Why don't they tell you it is the beautiful princess who becomes the evil queen; that they are just the same person at different points in their story?

Versailles, 1682: a city of the rich, a living fairy-tale, Louis XIV's fever dream. It's a place of opulence, beauty, and power. But strip back the lavish exterior of polite society, and you'll find a dark undercurrent of sexual intrigue and vicious gossip. Nobody is safe here - no matter how highly born they are.

No one knows this better than...

An explosive new thriller from #1 bestselling author Joanne Harris, her first standalone for over a decade

The Secret History meets horror meets Jonathan Safran Foer - with a dash of The Royal Tenenbaums.

An exciting debut novel about a close-knit Jewish family in London pushed to the brink when they suspect their daughter is a witch.

Intriguing, propulsive and profoundly disturbing, this is a fearless look into the dark heart of family politics from a naturally gifted storyteller' JONATHAN COE

THE ROSENTHALS ARE NOT LIKE OTHER FAMILIES

Hannah and Eric are devout Jews living in North London with t...

'I loved it' Maggie O'Farrell

A uniquely modern love story about three people who might just change the world, if only they could stop sleeping with each other . . .

Mary is thirty-two. She shares a flat with someone she barely knows and works in a dull marketing job. When she is abruptly fired from her job she books an impulsive mini-break in Ibiza while wandering through Westfield shopping centre. On holiday she meets Tom and gets so high she can’t remember sleeping with him.

Back in London, she is contacted by Lara, ...

A sparkling celebration of Paris by some of the greatest writers in the world.

A stunning portrait of modern England from one of Britains finest novelists.

The fourth novel in the sensational 'Before the Coffee Gets Cold' series featuring cafe regulars, with the same time-travelling offer, back in the Tokyo cafe – if customers follow the rules.

An Observer top ten best new novelist for 2024

'A simmering debut, heady with the possibilities of language and the righteousness of female rage'

Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies

'Lush and dreamlike - a sweltering novel, where the sunlight pulses with nightmarish dread'

Colin Walsh, author of Kala

'A modern-day Dionysian cult of women in the woods - haunting and exhilarating'

Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne

'Emma Cline's The Girls meets Lord of the Flies . . . compelling, cult...