Luxuriate in the last of the soft summer sunshine. It’s the perfect time to think about the books you’re going to curl up with outdoors while you still can. Whether it’s a heart-pounding psychological thriller, a touching tale of loss or an unconventional romance, the latest books to hit the shelves are sure to keep you engrossed.

Elizabeth Heathcote’s Undertow is a heart-pounding psychological thriller that’s perfect for fans of Disclaimer and Apple Tree Yard. Carmen is happily married to Tom, but she knows she’ll always live in the shadow of another woman - not Tom’s polite, determinedly respectable ex-wife Laura, but the lover that ended his first marriage: Zena. Zena who was shockingly beautiful. Zena who drowned swimming late one night. Carmen can overlook her husband's dead mistress . . . until she starts to suspect that he might have been the person who killed her.

What happens when love, marriage and children don't come in the expected order? The dazzling, delightful new novel First Comes Love that's quintessential Emily Giffin, from the Number One New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed.

Number One Kindle bestseller Kathryn Hughes second novel, The Secret, is a beautiful, tear-jerking novel which will be cherished by all those thousands of readers who lost their hearts to The Letter. Mary has been nursing a secret. Forty years ago, she made a choice that would change her world for ever, and alter the path of someone she holds dear.

Set Me Free by Hina Belitz depicts the powerful relationship between a brother and a sister forced to flee their home in fear of their lives. It shines a gentle light into the shadows of life and shows how sometimes reaching out to the world is all it takes to set you free ...

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