A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JESSIE BURTON OVER FIVE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE ‘Dazzling’ Daily Mail ‘Truly magical' Guardian Those eyes are fixed on someone. But who? What is she thinking as she stares out from one of the world’s best-loved paintings? Johannes Vermeer can spot exceptional beauty. When servant girl Griet catches his eye, she soon becomes both student and muse.

But then he gives her his wife’s pearl earrings to wear for a portrait, and a scandal erupts t...

The grand master of gripping fiction is back. International No.1 bestseller Ken Follett returns to Kingsbridge with an epic tale of revolution and a cast of unforgettable characters.

Revolution is in the air

1792. A tyrannical government is determined to make England a mighty commercial empire. In France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his rise to power, and with dissent rife, France’s neighbours are on high alert.

Kingsbridge is on the edge

Unprecedented industrial change sweeps the land, makin...

Midnight Blue by Simone van der Vlugt is a gripping historical novel about Holland set in the seventeenth century and the birth of Delft Blue. The creative Catrin, born in de rural area around Alkmaar, gets a housekeeping job in Amsterdam, the place to be during the age of Rembrandt. When she is forced to leave the city she is able to find a job in Delft, where she witnesses the birth of Delftware and meets the famous painter Johannes Vermeer. Unfortunately her newly found happiness ends with...

A mother's desperate search to find her stolen children and her freedom takes her across the Caribbean in a gripping, moving, redemptive and unforgettable story of survival and hope.

'Compelling and utterly absorbing ... an artfully crafted debut that echoes the dark essence of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN while maintaining a fascinating originality all of its own' Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of PANDORA

'A gripping Gothic tale of grief and ambition, passion and intrigue' Jess Kidd, author of THE NIGHT SHIP

Mary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her great uncle disappeared in mysterious circumstances in the Arctic but she doesn't know why or how...

The 1...

Set in occupied Paris, this epic, powerful story of love, betrayal and atonement sheds light on the events of Liberation and its aftermath. A novel that will stay with you for ever.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE MOST AUDACIOUS LAUNCH OF 2023...

'Imagine Ocean's 8 had an illegitimate baby with Fingersmith - a big fat diamond of a book' Erin Kelly

'Punch-the-air good, this is the Edwardian heist novel you never knew you needed. Flawless, lawless fun' Kiran Millwood Hargrave

'Kept me hooked 'til the last page. The strong, determined and memorable female characters pull you into their web of intrigue' Jennifer Saint

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A riotous historical heist, introducing an extraordinary alliance of women you'll never forget...

Taking the reader from wartime Paris to 1960s New York, The Paris Daughter is a story about mothers and daughters, the way loss transforms us, and the roads we find to beginning anew in the face of impossible odds.