Eva and the Perfect Rain : A Rainy Irish Tale, Tatyana Feeney

Midwinter, Michael Harding ( hardback October 2025)

£19.99

On frosty nights, as he sits by a flickering fire, Michael Harding withdraws into the stillness of winter and begins to reckon with age and death. As stories emerge from the shadows, we meet a young boy whose arrival brings hope, but whose journey will know winter's path. November is a rainstorm, December a bleak twilight, but as January dawns and the icethaws, the fragile light of love penetrates the dark, bringing beauty to the earth and making new beginnings possible.

In writing of shadowed beauty, Midwinter is a poignant exploration of a season of loss, and the glimpses of hope that can follow even the longest nights. Snow falls within. Blanketing the heart in peace.

Winter's dream takes hold. This book is dedicated to everyone at Pieta House, a suicide prevention charity. This is a work of non-fiction apart from the character of Martin who is fictional but whose story reflects the heartache and loss so many families endure every year.

Nina and the Orange Dog, Jane Clarkson ( paperback March 2025)

£9.99

When Nina finds herself tutting at small children she realises she’s turning into someone she doesn’t like very much: small-minded, impatient and disapproving. She used to have people to care for. But her adored husband died years ago, her son is grown up and friends have long since drifted away.

Nobody needs her. She still finds joy in the changing seasons, walks by the Thames and watching dogs chase squirrels in the park. But at times the emptiness of life overwhelms her.

A chance encounter with a new neighbour brings one of the squirrel hunters to her door. Neville is an irresistible mass of orange fur and chaotic enthusiasm. Soon Nina and Neville are regulars among the friendly world of local dog walkers.

Then her mother has a bad fall. Nina rushes to Cornwall to help. She feels needed again.

Is there still room in her life for her own friends and an excitable orange dog?

Venetian Vespers, John Banville ( hardback Sept 2025)

£16.99

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOW AND THE SEAEverything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me. . .

Winter 1899, and strange things are afoot. As the new century approaches, English hack writer Evelyn Dolman marries Laura Rensselaer, the daughter of a wealthy American plutocrat. But in the midst of a rift between Laura and her father, Evelyn's plans for a substantial inheritance look to be dashed.

Arriving in Venice for their belated honeymoon at Palazzo Dioscuri - the ancestral home of the charming but treacherous Count Barbarigo - the couple are met by a series of seeminglyotherworldly occurrences, which exacerbate Evelyn's already frayed nerves. Is it just the sea mist blanketing the floating city, or is he really losing his mind?

'A marvellous and rewarding novelist . . He is a magician, really.' THE SCOTSMAN

The Blazing Sea, Tim Hodkinson ( paperback Sept 2025)

£9.99

The thrilling new Whale Road Chronicles Viking adventure. Einar and the Wolf Coats venture south, but danger and bloodshed is never far away. Einar and the Wolf Coats have angered most of the kings of Northern Europe.

With England no refuge, their only solution is to set sail across the Whale Road. A chance encounter with a slave trader leads them to Muslim Spain, but what starts as a joyous homecoming for one of the crew ends in the Caliph's infamous dungeons. The Mediterranean proves a perilous sea.

Byzantine warships roam, armed with liquid fire that can torch man and ship alike. Viking mercenaries and pirate lords alike spill blood for gold or glory. With a chance to retake his stolen kingdom of Orkney, Einar must first save an innocent life...

and risk his own and those of his crew once more. Reviews for Tim Hodkinson'Epic, violent storytelling and great fun to read' The Times'A fascinating and undeniably epic tale... Highly recommended!' Theodore Brun'