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High in the Swiss Alps, with glorious mountain views and exclusive access to powdery slopes, the Grand Alpine Hotel draws guests from far and wide. The notorious actress. The high-flying politician. The inscrutable political wife. The reckless friend. The shrewd doctor. But when a guest enters a gondola alive, only to be found dead at the top of the mountain, it's clear there's a killer in their midst.

As tensions rise, and old grudges emerge like cracks in the ice, someone watches from the shadows. An unassuming woman with an extraordinary mind: Miss Marple.

She suspects everyone in the hotel, and she's right to. For it isn't just a question of who has a motive, but who's next. . .

'So clever and so much fun' Marian Keyes

'Such a clever writer' Anthony Horowitz

'I couldn't put it down!' Bonnie Garmus

'The clever twists would make Agatha Christie proud' Claire Douglas

'A joy to be back with Miss Marple in this expertly crafted novel' Clare Leslie Hall

'Masterful, murderous fun' Chris Whitaker

'This was a golden age joy from start to finish' Andrea Mara

'Will keep you guessing until the end' Alice Feeney

'Slick, stylish and so much fun' Tom Hindle

Lucy Foley's book 'The Midnight Feast' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2025-06-30.

Livia Bohusz misses her brother, Cyrus. Unmoored by his death, and the stifling silence of the family farm, eleven-year-old Livia has no choice but to survive. Her only solace: music, an escape in the quiet rapture piano practice brings. The promise of a new life her talent offers, intoxicating.

So when Livia starts her college music scholarship it feels as if a new life might begin. Immersing herself in her passions in a world where she excels, even as she struggles to fit in with more urbane classmates, she glimpses the possibilities of a life beyond the farm and her parents.

Then one springtime, as the smell of reviving grass and crocuses and the sounds of songbirds fill the air, Livia catches a glimpse of shirt sleeves rolled to the elbow, muscles you wouldn't miss in the rear view:

'Who is that man?'

It is a question Livia may come to wish she had never asked.

From one of the greatest writers alive comes Livia's story, Partita, both a coming-of-age narrative and an examination of midlife hopes and regrets, a novel as simple as love and longing, as touching, complex and finely tuned as the music it celebrates.


'A VIRTUOSO WORTHY OF A STANDING OVATION'

'COMPELLING, EMOTIONALLY RICH, IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP READING'

'MY GOODNESS KINGSOLVER CAN WRITE'

'A TRUE WORK OF ART. THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE HELL OF A BOOK HANGOVER'

Bestselling author John Grisham delivers a new gripping, suspenseful page-turner about a Paris honeymoon gone horribly wrong - and the nightmare that follows. - Paul and Chelsea Tanner are riding a euphoric high after their fairytale wedding. But when they fly to Paris for their honeymoon, they're very quickly brought back down to earth. While on a day trip to the idyllic French countryside, they are suddenly and brutally kidnapped. Both of their families are in shock: who would target them - and why?

It quickly becomes clear that this is not the first crime of its kind. The search for answers soon stretches across borders, with the FBI, CIA and French intelligence working together to solve the puzzle. Struggling to find answers, a young lawyer is recruited to be the bait in an elaborate CIA operation.

Propulsive and surprising, The French Illusion is an unmistakable Grisham thrill ride - gripping and impossible to put down.

350+ million copies, 45 languages, 10 blockbuster films: JOHN GRISHAM IS THE MASTER OF THE LEGAL THRILLER

Readers love The French Illusion:

'Gripping, clever and genuinely difficult to put down'

'John Grisham is an ace storyteller and this one is probably his best'

'A fantastic espionage thriller that combines an intriguing premise with plenty of tension'

'This was super fast paced and intriguing, an absolute page-turner!'

'Reading The French Illusion felt like watching a Bond movie'