Look, you won't know me. But you will. I want you to know me, you see. I want you to know me in the way I know these roads around us, the roundabouts in surround sound, the bridges, the cut-throughs, the one-way systems, the water.Supermarket driver John and property manager Anita spend their working days in Hull's endless traffic, trying to keep ahead of targets and ticking clocks. Driven to distraction by substitute groceries and dodgy plumbing, tensions flare when they ...

Five new short plays developed and supported by The Mono Box.THE INTERVIEWby Graeme BrookesA panel of three interviewers are meeting with one of many applicants to see if they're 'working class enough' to obtain support from their elite organisation. In trying to offer their support, the expert panel slowly lose control with their own reality. What starts with honest intentions turns into a grotesque grilling.THE INTERVIEW is an abs...

Unpack more secrets with Jess Ryder this summer in this new unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of The Villa and The Ex-Wife. Perfect for fans of TM Logan's The Holiday and Lucy Clarke's The Surf House.When Luna returns to her late father’s farmhouse in the Tuscan hills, she’s hoping for closure.The last thing she expects is for another family to turn up, claiming they’ve booked Luna’s family home for their...

Britain is complacent about corruption. We are used to thinking of ourselves as firm defenders of fairness and the rule of law. But our institutions have never been more corrupt, from scandals in parliament and local government to crises in housing and the NHS. The evidence is impossible to ignore. Political leaders face a clear choice: tackle corruption or continue on the road to decline.Robert Barrington is one of the world's leading researchers on corruption. Corrupted Kingdom i...

From Alix E. Harrow, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Starling House**, comes a moving and genre-defying quest.A legend. A lie. A love story.**A lady-knight whose legend built a nation meets a retiring historian in awe of her fame. He's sent back through time to make sure she plays her part . . . even if it breaks his heart.Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion’s greatest hero: th...

The Godfather meets The Magicians in the sweeping adult debut from No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu. Perfect for fans of V. E. Schwab, Red City is a dark and deadly contemporary fantasy of magical warfare, star-crossed ambition and the pursuit of perfection at any cost, set in a glittering alternate Los Angeles.Alchemy is the hidden art of transformation, an exclusive power wielded by crime syndic...

At 29, Detective Rav Trivedi is the youngest member of the NYPD's homicide squad, and his future looks bright. He may be a bit of an outsider in the department - with his Ivy League education, British charm and penchant for designer suits - but his meteoric rise and record-breaking solve rate prove he belongs.When his CO assigns him lead on the high-profile murder of a record executive, Rav is ready for the challenge. He vows not to be distracted by TV crews, tabloids, or what's tr...

The first fall of snow can be fatal…A year has passed since DI James Walker cracked his biggest case yet, and he’s hoping for peace and quiet this festive season.But across the fells, a local farmer returns home on Christmas Eve to find footsteps in the fresh snow that lead down to his unused basement – and no footsteps leading away. Days later, his body is found, alongside those of his wife and daughter.Without a neighbour for miles, there are no w...

From million-copy bestselling author David Baddiel comes a laugh-out-loud and inspiring new adventure for all readers of 8 and up that is ahead of its time – 1,001 years ahead, to be precise…The year is 3020.Pip@256X#YY.3_7 is lonely and bored: she goes to virtual school on her G-Glasses, she only has a talking cat and parrot to hang out with, and she can’t even leave her LivingSpace due to the extreme heat and floods outside.Until the day that Pip ...

**Brought to you by Puffin.This is the story of the British empire for readers aged 9+, told through the monumental journeys that shaped it - by award-winning, bestselling author of Empireland, Empireworld and Stolen History Sathnam Sanghera.**The British empire is the biggest thing we ever did as a country. Bigger than winning both World Wars, bigger than winning any number of World Cups in any number of sports, bigger than inventing James Bond, Peppa Pig...

Brought to you by Penguin.Over the last three centuries, the West rose to dominate the planet. Then, suddenly, around the turn of the millennium, history reversed. Faced with economic stagnation and internal political division, the West has found itself in freefall.This is not the first time the global order has witnessed such a dramatic rise and fall. The Roman Empire followed a similar arc from dizzying power to disintegration - a fact that is more than a...

Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by Sid Sagar. This definitive recording includes an introduction by John Brockington and Mary Brockington.Warrior-prince Rama is about to be crowned Young King, when he hears the devastating news that his father, King of Ayodhya, has been tricked into banishing him to the forest.His devoted wife Sita insists on accompanying him in exile, but the evil ten-headed lord Ravana has fallen deeply...