'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore...'For Leila, each minute after her death ...
‘A rippingly good read’ WiredFrom two former military officers and award-winning authors, a chillingly authentic geopolitical thriller that imagines a naval clash between th...
The thrilling new novella in the globally bestselling series plus two gripping new stories from the master of suspense.23 ½ LiesWhen SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer is called t...
Where do your feelings go when everyone around you feels unavailable, even in person?When you're kept awake at night by hopes, worries or regrets, how can you put your mind at rest?
Selected from across Capote's writing life, the stories range from nostalgic portraits of childhood to more unsettling works that reveal the darkness beneath the festive glitter. In the Deep South ...
Intimidated by her father, the rector of Knype Hill, Dorothy performs her submissive roles of dutiful daughter and bullied housekeeper. Her thoughts are taken up with the costumes she is making for...
In this nightmare vision of youth in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and ...
Anthony Burgess's nightmare vision of a society overrun by nihilistic violence and governed by a menacing totalitarian state, A Clockwork Orange includes an introduction by Blake Morrison in Pengui...
Describing Tolstoy's crisis of depression and estrangement from the world, A Confession is an autobiographical work of exceptional emotional honesty. It describes his search for 'a practical religi...
Gods have fallen. A queen is rising.And the world will never be the same.The throne of the Kethran Empire lies empty, its ruler now a god bringing darkness and chaos to the world....
I do not know how to love you and be a good king to my people.'Romeria has fled Cirilea as a traitor. Zander has sacrificed his crown to save her life but dreads what her existence mean...
'A powerful story of family, hope, growth and second chances' Anna MathurHappiness comes in all shapes and sizes.Jo said goodbye to peace and quiet when she got pregnant at ...
From being told she couldn't have dance lessons as a kid in Great Yarmouth to having to conform to the stereotypes of the gay scene in London's East End, people have always been trying to put Bimin...
November 1924. The Endeavour sets sail to New York with 2,000 passengers - and a killer - on board .When an elderly gentleman is found dead at the foot of a staircase, ship's officer Ti...
Ophelia thought wedding planning would be fun.But with her nightmare of a mother-in-law, she's struggling to adjust to life with a ring on her finger.Thankfully her best fri...
Three seasonal stories set in Paris at Christmas, from the celebrated creator of Inspector Maigret.It is Christmas in Paris, but beneath the sparkling lights and glittering decorations ...
He is fond of enigmas, of conundrums, hieroglyphics; exhibiting in his solutions of each a degree of acumen which appears to the ordinary apprehension praeternatural.
Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and acros...
A sensitive portrayal of the healing process that took place in the aftermath of the First World War, J.L. Carr's A Month in the Country includes an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald, author of O...
"I did have hallucinations, but did they harm anyone? Who did they harm, that's what I'd like to know!'From the supreme artist of the short story, three disturbing tales of superna...