Why are self-confident ignoramuses so often believed?
Why are thoughtful experts so often given the cold shoulder?
And why do apparently irrelevant details such as a person’s height, their relative wealth, or their Facebook photo influence whether or not we trust what they are saying?

When deciding whether or not someone is worth listening to, we think we...

1946. Essen, Germany.

Clara. Once a wartime icon and heiress to the Falkenberg iron works; now on the run from the Allied authorities, accused of complicity in her father's war crimes.

Jakob. A charming black marketeer, badly wounded in the war but determined to help what's left of his family survive the peace.

Willy. A teenage boy diligently guarding a...

'Our lives were good – great, even. We were happy and secure. We had everything we needed. There was no way for anyone to know – least of all me – that it would all end the way it did.’

Thomas Martin is everything a man is supposed to be. He has a beautiful wife and a loving daughter, a good house on Long Island, a flourishing career at a prestigious...

Pre-order the new novel from Robert Harris now: named as one of The Times's best reads for autumn

All civilisations think they are invulnerable. History warns us none is.

1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artefacts – coins, fragments...

'A thrilling, seductive and utterly compelling novel. I absolutely loved it!' SARAH WINMAN
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TWO FEMALE SPIES. A BANNED MASTERPIECE. A BOOK THAT CHANGED HISTORY.

1956. A celebrated Russian author is writing a book, Doctor Zhivago, which could spark dissent in the Soviet Union. The Soviets, afraid of its subversive power, ban it.

But in the rest of...

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A journalist's twenty-year obsession with the Manson murders leads to shocking new conspiracy theories about the FBI’s involvement in this fascinating re-evaluation of one of the most infamous cases in American history.

In 1999, when Tom O’Neill was assigned a magazine piece about the thirtieth anniversary of the Manson murders...

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"A beautiful novel... So tender and thoughtful. I loved it" MARIAN KEYES

"A gorgeous, rich treat" JANE FALLON
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Rachel’s relationship with her mother, Eleanor, has always been far from perfect. Eleanor is a renowned artist born from the swinging sixties, and Rachel has forever lived in the shadow of her success.

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‘Brilliant... full of the knowledge, understanding, tools and kindness that every black girl needs, through university and beyond. Plus it’s funny, too.’ Candice Carty-Williams

THE FLAGSHIP 2019 RELEASE OF #MERKY BOOKS

A groundbreaking exploration of the problems of diversity in education, by two extremely talented young graduates.

As a minority in a...

"Witty, scary, fast-moving and outrageous" - MARCEL BERLIN, THE TIMES

"Simon Kernick is one of the most reliable purveyors of the edge-of-your-seat thriller... a more powerful adrenaline rush than an EpiPen" - JAKE KERRIDGE, SUNDAY EXPRESS

WE HAVE YOUR DAUGHTER.
WE KNOW YOUR SECRETS.
WE CAN SEE YOU.

The new high-octane thriller from Sunday Times bestselling...

**Winner of the Transmission Prize 2019**

THE OLD GODS ARE DYING.

Giant corporations collapse overnight. Newspapers are being swallowed. Stock prices plummet with a tweet.

NEW IDOLS ARE RISING IN THEIR PLACE.

More crime now happens online than offline. Facebook has grown bigger than any state, bots battle elections, coders write policy, and algorithms shape...

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Former Crime Analyst Merilyn Davies brings to life a gritty, heart-stopping crime thriller that will have you utterly obsessed.

'Assured, fresh, engrossing' MEL SHERRATT
'Taut, authentic and sensitively told' CHRIS EWAN
‘Compassionately, confidently and beautifully written’ STEVE MOSBY
‘A breath-taking, page-turning read’ CLARE...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
WINNER OF THE McKITTERICK PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSBORO BOOKS GLASS BELL AWARD

‘Scandalous’ DAILY MAIL
‘Spellbinding’ SUNDAY EXPRESS
‘Sparkling’ GUARDIAN
‘Fascinating’ RED
‘Remarkable’ WOMAN AND HOME
‘Astounding’ EMERALD STREET
‘Glamorous’ IRISH TIMES
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To the outside world, they were...

‘A triumph on every level. One of the losses to literature is that Harper Lee never found a way to tell a gothic true-crime story she’d spent years researching. Casey Cep has excavated this mesmerizing story and tells it with grace and insight and a fierce fidelity to the truth.’
DAVID GRANN, author of Killers of the Flower Moon
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Being a parent is complicated – but the trick to succeed is simpler than you think.

There are no Nobel Prizes for parenting or education, but if there were, Esther Wojcicki would be the bookies’ favourite. Known as the Godmother of Silicon Valley – or simply Woj – Esther’s three daughters have all gone on to huge success in...

YOUR NEXT SUMMER READING OBSESSION
The breathtaking new thriller from the author of the Richard and Judy bestseller NOW YOU SEE HER
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A SHOCKING DISCOVERY.
A COMMUNITY WRAPPED IN SECRETS.

A tiny island community is stunned by the discovery of a long-buried body.

For Stella Harvey the news is doubly shocking. The body has been found in...

"Run Away confirms one of the world’s finest thriller writers is at the very top of his game." PETER JAMES

"Coben never, ever lets you down - but this one is really special." LEE CHILD
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YOUR DAUGHTER IS MISSING.
YOU'LL RISK ANYTHING TO FIND HER.

And then you see her, frightened and clearly in trouble.

You approach her, beg her to come home.

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‘Tense and human’ LEE CHILD
‘Brilliant stuff’ PETER JAMES
‘A must-read’ JEFFERY DEAVER
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#taken in the night

They thought they were kidnapping the mistress of one of London’s most powerful gangsters. But they’ve taken the wrong woman. And crossed the wrong detective.

#taken underground

Detective Max Wolfe's hunt for the missing woman takes...

THE INTERNATIONAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR

'A TSUNAMI OF A THRILLER. This may well be Gardner’s best work' - DAVID BALDACCI
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One death might be an accident.
Two looks like murder.

A man is shot dead in his own home, and his pregnant wife, Evie, is found with the gun in her hands.

Detective D.D. Warren instantly recognises her. Sixteen years...

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He'll do anything to protect his secrets. She'll stop at nothing to expose the truth.

It only takes one person to break the silence.

When solicitor Finn Fitzpatrick is approached by a man to investigate the death of his daughter, her first instinct is to refuse.

The father is grieving, and unable to accept that his daughter committed...

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THE SEVENTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN

Cliffehaven, 1945

The war in Europe is over, but for Peggy Reilly and the residents of Beach View Boarding House the effects of the conflict are still far-reaching.

Cockney evacuee, Ivy, and her sweetheart, Andy, are saving to get married and fulfil their dream of...

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‘A twisty and engrossing story of betrayal and redemption.’ IAN RANKIN

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THEN SHE WAS GONE

In a large house in London’s fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up.

In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to...

The tension is simmering. The lies are piling up. Who do you trust?

'Pulses with tension until its shocking conclusion' SHARI LAPENA
'White-knuckled suspense' TESS GERRITSEN
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Seven-year-old Jocelyn loves her nanny more than her own mother.

When her nanny disappears overnight, Jo never gets over the loss.

Thirty years later, Jo must return to...

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'Ellroy writes with raw power … undeniably one of the most influential crime writers of our time' THE TIMES

'a tangled fever-dream … Ellroy offers a grandiose, Wagnerian vision of wartime LA' SUNDAY TIMES
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A brilliant historical crime novel, set in Los Angeles and Mexico during the pulse-pounding aftermath of the...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
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You haven't slept for twenty hours, haven't eaten for ten, and you're in charge of twenty heavily pregnant women at midnight.

Welcome to the life of a midwife.

Life on the NHS front line is tougher than you could imagine. Marathon shifts, endless birth complications, staffing shortages, pushy families, panicking...

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LOVE. OBSESSION.
DANGER.

‘Simply one of the most disturbing thrillers I’ve read in years. In short I loved it, right down to the utterly chilling final line’ – Gillian Flynn, author of GONE GIRL

Our Kind of Cruelty is:
‘Astonishingly dark.’
‘Chilling. Disturbing. Addictive.’
‘Gripping, unsettling, and brilliantly constructed.’
‘The...

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'A prescient, devastating commentary on humanity’s disintegrating attachment to reality and truth... Winters has written a 1984 for the 21st century. Not just a thrilling book, but an important one'
Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter and TV series Wayward Pines

'A dystopia for our times' Financial Times

‘A wry commentary on our current era’...

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‘Timely and troubling’ Evening Standard
‘A necessary book’ David Aaronovitch
‘Frequently jaw-dropping’ Huffington Post

From UFOs to the New World Order, the inside story of how conspiracy theories won over America.

In November 2017, a serial climate change denier and anti-vaxxer was elected President of the United States. The rise of Donald Trump marked...

***THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE COMPELLING LIBERTY GIRLS SERIES. Perfect for fans of Nancy Revell, Elaine Everest, Nadine Dorries and Mr Selfridge.***

March, 1942: new mother Alice Milwood is itching to return to her job as a shop assistant at Liberty’s.

Despite her husband still being missing in action, Alice is determined to give baby Arthur the best possible...

SHE WAS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. AND NOW SHE'S MISSING.

Unputdownable psychological suspense from an exciting new talent, perfect for fans of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR and Claire Mackintosh's I LET YOU GO.

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NOW YOU SEE HER
She’s playing at the school fete with your children. You pull out your phone, scroll through Facebook, and look up again.
NOW YOU DON'T

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'Bone-chillingly brilliant' SUNDAY MIRROR
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When you can't remember your crime...
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE GUILTY?

Charlotte wants a fresh start. She wants to forget her past, forget her childhood crime – and, most of all, forget that one terrible moment.

It’s the reason she’s been given a new name, a new life. The reason she spent years in prison.

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***ORDER NOW*** THE SIXTH NOVEL IN THE COMPELLING SHIPYARD GIRLS SERIES FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, NANCY REVELL.

‘Nancy Revell knows how to stir the passions and soothe the heart!’ Northern Echo

Sunderland, 1942: Polly's heart and her future are hanging in the balance…

Polly’s sweetheart Tommy has been declared missing while serving overseas, and...

Could one bad decision tear two families apart?

Everyone’s seen the compromising photo of Lyla, a scholarship kid in a prestigious private school.

Everyone knows that Nina’s son, expensively prepared for success since childhood, took the photo.

And everyone thinks they know who to blame.

As events spiral out of control, Nina and Lyla – both outsiders in the...

Who is Edwin Rist?

Genius or Narcissist? Mastermind or Pawn?

One summer evening in 2009, twenty-year-old musical prodigy Edwin Rist broke into the British Museum of Natural History. Hours later, he slipped away with a suitcase full of rare bird specimens collected over the centuries from across the world, all featuring a dazzling array of priceless feathers.

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*SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ANGELINA JOLIE*

'Scott is a master of mood' New York Times Book Review

How far would you go for your family, for love, for revenge?

In the winter of 1897, a trio of killers descends upon an isolated farm in upstate New York. 

Elspeth Howell returns home to find her family brutally murdered. The only survivor is her...