Practical House, Wagon and Automobile Painter Including Sign Painting, and Valuable Hints and Recipes is a comprehensive manual designed for both amateur and professional painters seeking to master the art and science of painting houses, wagons, and automobiles. This detailed guide delves into every aspect of the painting trade, from surface preparation and the selection of brushes and paints to the application of finishes and the intricacies of sign painting. The book offers step-by-step ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026'An electrifying debut' Economist'Explosive' Observer'One of the debuts of the year' Irish Times'A powerful new voice in Irish literature' Guardian'A stylish, adroit and gritty debut' Anne Enright'A book you inhale, devour, grapple with, and reel from more than read' Marlon James...

Already reluctantly faced with inheriting a vast fortune, Sir Paul Westerham finds his life complicated further when he surprises a ruffian in the act of rummaging through his kit-bag. By a strange coincidence, the very same scoundrel also happens to be blackmailing the woman whose portrait Westerham has become enamoured of! Will the multi-millionaire manage to frustrate Captain Melun and the Crime Club's evil designs to save the fair lady from ignominious ruin?

Can love tame a restless wanderer?I met Connor Rivers in the most unlikely of places—on the Camino pilgrimage in Spain. For three days, we lost ourselves in an impassioned love affair.He made it clear it wouldn’t last, and I accepted it. I went home knowing Connor is a restless spirit who can’t be captured by anyone.I managed to save myself from falling in love with him the first time. But when we meet again almost a year later, everything’s differe...

'Cora is a character you won't forget.' Steve Cavanagh, author of The AccompliceEwan Stokes disappeared after a football match in Ipswich 15 years ago. No one knows where he went or why but every year on the anniversary of his disappearance, random mysterious sightings are reported across Europe. Since Ewan vanished, a fanatical online following has grown up around the mystery. The cult believes Stokesy is coming back. And he wants payback.When pol...

A victim stabbed through the heart sets off a deadly chain of events that will plunge Cora into her most personal case yet.The first victim was found on a shingled Suffolk beach, his life extinguished by a single stab through the heart, a pile of pebbles, seaweed and sand carefully arranged onto his body. When DS Rob Minshull and Dr Cora Lael stumble across the body while out on a run, South Suffolk CID are quickly thrown into a perplexing murder case.Then ...

Raven Kennedy’s Gild meets Jennifer L. Armentrout’s From Blood and Ash in this dark and riveting romantasy following an illegitimate princess caught up in the revenge of gods, the first book in a trilogy about survival, obsession, and the quiet fury of a woman who won’t be forgotten.A marriage forged in blood. A kingdom bathed in silence. And a princess who refuses to brea...

A Richard & Judy Summer Book Club pickA whirlwind romance. A perfect marriage.Hannah Reilly has seized her chance at happiness. Until the day her husband fails to come home . . .And can you ever really know what happened before you met?

An assassination threat risks plunging Europe into a second world war. Only Common Smith can avert calamityGermany, 1923. The beaten Fatherland is in turmoil, inflation is raging and millions are unemployed. Adolf Hitler is raising a right-wing traditionalist Germany to march on Berlin and Von Horn, the perverted head of the secret German Intelligence Unit, plans to murder the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of the Rhine."C", head of MI6, orders Common Smith VC to ...

When your world is paranormal, be glad that you’re human… This exciting author brings a fresh sassy take on paranormal romance, loved by Becca Fitzpatrick, author of HUSH, HUSH.Sixteen-year-old Evie has always taken comfort in the fact that she is a normal human, even though her best friend is a mermaid and her ex-boyfriend is a lunatic – and a faery. In a world where paranormals are monitored and controlled, Evie works for the International Paranormal Containment Agency because of...

A deadly serial killer that goes by the name Uncle Sam is on the loose terrorizing the city. By day he's a regular working man, but by night he transforms into a vicious killer that preys on single women. Everything is fine until Detective Anthony Stone begins to stick his nose in Uncle Sam's business. Uncle Sam then captures Anthony Stone's family and gives the detective 48 hours to either kill himself or watch his loved one's die..... the choice is his.Just when Anthony Stone's l...

Jerry White's London in the Eighteenth Century is an unrivalled, panoramic account of the city's dramatic century of rebirth by its leading expert.London in the eighteenth century had risen from the ashes. The city and its people had been brought to the brink by the Great Fire of 1666. But the century that followed was a period of vigorous expansion, of scientific and artistic genius, of blossoming reason, civility, elegance and manners. It was also an age...