"The poet John Gower is the perfect narrator and amateur sleuth" in a medieval thriller that "delivers up a world where even the filth is colorful" ( New York Times Book Review ).London, 1385. Surrounded by ruthless courtiers—including his powerful uncle, John of Gaunt, and Gaunt's artful mistress, Katherine Swynford—England's young, still untested king, Richard II, is in mortal peril. Songs are heard across London—catchy ...

**"The invention of handguns presages a radical change in warfare" in an acclaimed author's "skillful and engrossing second medieval whodunit" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).The author of the highly praised historical thriller A Burnable Book imagines the beginnings of gun violence in the Western world.London, 1386: A mass murder has taken place within the city walls. Sixteen corpses have been dumped where they are sure to be found, ...

"Compelling."―Literary Review"An irresistibly anxious book."―The Washington Post"A family drama with a shocking twist." ―The New York Times"I was riveted until the very last shocking sentence!"―Oprah WinfreyWhen the Cassidy-Shaws' driverless minivan fatally collides with an oncoming car, seventeen-year-old Charlie is in the driver's seat. His father, Noah, is beside him, and...

When the Cassidy-Shaws' driverless minivan fatally collides with another car, seventeen-year-old Charlie is in the driver's seat. His father, Noah, sits beside him, while his mother, Lorelei-a renowned AI researcher-is distracted by her work in the back.The family grapples with the aftermath as a police inquiry begins to unravel. Lorelei's increasingly strange behaviour, the arrival of a tech billionaire with ties to her past, and Charlie's growing attraction to the billionaire's d...

Oprah’s Book Club Pick * A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 * 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist * A Kirkus Best Book of 2025 * A Real Simple Best Book of 2025 * Washington Post Noteable Fiction 2025 * NPR’s 2025 “Books We Love”“I was riveted until the very last shocking sentence!”—Oprah Winfrey“The most of-the-moment novel I’ve read all year, and it’s the book of the summer.”—Real Simple

Ambitious parents, wilful kids, and the pursuit of prestige**... A gripping page-turner, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies.**'More than a touch of Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies' OBSERVERHow far would you go to protect your child's future?In the peaceful, privileged community of Crystal, Colorado, a group of close friends are raising their families in harmony.U...

Historical Fiction Now brings together prominent authors, scholars, and critics of historical fiction to explore the genre's character, fortunes, and potential in the twenty-first century. Gathering together the voices of novelists, critics, academics, and several authors writing across these categories, the volume explores the nature of reading, writing, and writing about historical fiction in the present moment while meditating on some of the myriad contexts of the genre. What i...

'Hypnotic' New York Times'A gripping, full-throttle page-turner' Miranda Cowley Heller, bestselling author of The Paper PalaceDaphne Larsen-Hall has every reason to believe that her life as an artist in a luxury Miami house with her surgeon husband, Brantley, and their children, will carry on forever.But Luna - the world's first Category 6 hurricane - changes everything. With Brantley missing, and their finances ab...

**A sweeping exploration of the shaping role of animal skins in written culture and human imagination over three millennia“Richly detailed and illustrated. . . . An engaging exploration of book history.”—Kirkus Reviews**For centuries, premodern societies recorded and preserved much of their written cultures on parchment: the rendered skins of sheep, cows, goats, camels, deer, gazelles, and other creatures. These remains make up a significant portion of the era’s su...

**INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Wise and addictive... The Gifted School is the juiciest novel I've read in ages... a suspenseful, laugh-out-loud page-turner and an incisive inspection of privilege, race and class." –J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Friends and Strangers, in The New York TimesSmart and juicy, a compulsively readable novel about a previously happy group of friends and parents that is nearly destroyed by their own competitiveness when a...

The author of the acclaimed medieval mystery A Burnable Book once again brings fourteenth-century London alive in all its color and detail in this riveting thriller featuring medieval poet and fixer John Gower—a twisty tale rife with intrigue, danger mystery, and murder.Though he is one of England’s most acclaimed intellectuals, John Gower is no stranger to London’s wretched slums and dark corners, and he knows how to trade on the secrets of the kingdom’s most powerful men...

In this groundbreaking collection, twenty-one prominent medievalists discuss continuity and change in ideas of personhood and community and argue for the viability of the comic mode in the study and recovery of history. These scholars approach their sources not from a particular ideological viewpoint but with an understanding that all topics, questions, and explanations are viable. They draw on a variety of sources in Latin, Arabic, French, German, Middle English, and more, and employ a ra...