Normal rules don't applyIn this collection we meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; and a man whose luck changes when a horse speaks to him. Witty and wise, with subtle connections between the stories, 'Normal Rules Don't Apply' is a startling , and funny feast for the imagination. In Kate Atkinson's world nothing is over until 'the talking dog speaks'.

Mustique is in a state of breathless calm as tropical storm Cristobal edges towards it across the Atlantic

unchallenged for 70 years

as two Scotsmen explore a land of raw beauty

During the Second World War two Jewish sisters - Janny and Lien Brilleslijper - run one of the largest hideaways in The Netherlands: The High Nest

'Voices from the Blue' tells the story of 100 years of service of female police officers within the Metropolitan Police through the voices of the women who fought their way towards equality and won the respect of both their colleagues and the public

At the beginning of a stifling

in the south of France

a group of clever

It is summer in 1968

Peter Wohlleben opened readers' eyes to the amazing processes at work in forests every day

In a thrilling and dangerous adventure they must all journey alone through the ice fields

The 15th MGBF was an extraordinary group of men thrown together in the most secret of adventures