Michael Joseph Meredith, Alone Alexander Claire

Meredith Maggs has everything a person needs • A best friend in Sadie • A beloved cat in Fred • Jigsaws to fill the time • Recipes to perfect • Even a weekly visit from the Tesco delivery guy • So what if she hasn't left the house in 1,214 days? That her memories are treacherous, and it's getting harder to ignore the estranged sister knocking at her door • How long can one woman keep the world out? • How long before she invites in what's out there? • And how long does it take to discover the person you were meant to be?

Blood is thicker than water . . . and murder is best kept in the family • At first the townspeople of Cherryvale welcome the arrival of medium Kate Bender and her family • Kate's messages from the Beyond give their dreams hope, and her mother's potions cure their ills - for a price • No one knows about their other business, the shortcut they offer to a better life. And why shouldn't Kate's family prosper? They're careful. It's only from those who are marked, those who travel alone and can easily disappear, that the Benders demand their pound of flesh • But even a gifted seer like Kate can make a misstep • Now as the secrets festering beneath the soil of the family orchard threaten to bring them all to ruin, the Benders must sharpen their craft - or vanish themselves

You are a young, ambitious, college-educated feminist. And you've just landed a job in television • To climb the ranks, you do whatever it takes • - Pull all-nighters • - Lean on your powerful mother's contacts • - Stay in shape at cult-like fitness classes • - Secretly wear your boss's fitbit to improve his step count - and his temper • You know the rules of this world. When someone senior tells you how pretty you look, you smile and thank him - and make a mental note never to wear that dress alone with him again • When rumours of an assault start to circle the office, and your close friend confesses her own disturbing experience, you know there is plenty to gain from staying silent • And all too much to lose through speaking out • Besides, you know your boss is one of the good guys . . . don't you?

Will and Rosie meet as teenagers • They're opposites in every way. She overthinks everything; he is her twin brother's wild and unpredictable friend. But over secret walks home and late-night phone calls, they become closer - destined to be one another's great love story • Until, one day, tragedy strikes, and their future together is shattered • But as the years roll on, Will and Rosie can't help but find their way back to each other. Time and again, they come close to rekindling what might have been • What do you do when the one person you should forget is the one you just can't let go?

Debora Robertson, home cook and renowned food writer, tells how, from the least promising of culinary starts, she learned to love cooking and transformed her cosy kitchen into the beating heart of her home • Through her stories and recipes, she will whisk you away to hot summers in Languedoc and balmy weeknights in London, revealing the life-changing dishes that made her. Bound together with life- and dinner-saving lessons, Debora has written the essential kitchen companion for every home cook • From the tastes of Debora's childhood to the recipes she discovered on her travels, to the food she cooks every day • · Leek and ham hock steamed pudding • · Slow roast lamb with Durham salad • · Meemaw's Texan margarita pie • · The best recipe for roast chicken • · Delicious plum cake • Debora will take you by the hand and tell you everything you'll ever need to know about cooking food you'll love time and time again

When happily divorced Joni is reluctantly talked into joining a dating app, she is surprised to quickly hit it off with Ant. Phone calls and texts soon evolve into a plan to meet up • Which is a problem, as Joni's profile picture is of someone else • Joni daren't confess her lie. Yet unable to stop thinking about what might have been, she hatches a plan to 'meet' Ant in real life without revealing who she really is • Once she and Ant are an item, however, it's soon clear that the only thing Ant was honest about was his profile picture. He's still online dating. And intimately texting other women • So Joni contacts them: they need to know. And once they're comparing notes on Ant, upset turns to thoughts of revenge • Is Ant about to discover what it's like being on the wrong end of a woman's wrath?

In the last years of her life, Teresa Lim's mother, Violet Chang, had copies of a cherished family photograph made for those in the portrait who were still alive. On the back is the place and date: Hong Kong, 1935 • Teresa would often look at this photograph, enticed by the fierceness and beauty of her great-aunt Fanny looking back at her. But Fanny never seemed to feature in the told and retold family stories. Why? she wondered • This photograph set Teresa on a journey to uncover her family's remarkable history. Through detective work, serendipity, and the kindness of strangers, she was guided to the fascinating, extraordinary life of her great-aunt and her world of sworn spinsters, ghost husbands and the working-class feminists of 19th century south China

Have you ever wondered how to make your diet truly eco-conscious? • In this beautiful plant-based cookbook, over 130 creative, delicious, planet-friendly recipes put vegetables at the very centre of the table. Embracing often-discarded parts such as leaves, stalks, tops, flowers, seeds and even peelings, this is cooking at its most sustainable • In The Whole Vegetable, Sophie Gordon shows us how to • - Cook with every part of every vegetable • - Reduce waste in your cooking • - Reinvent your leftovers • - Eat with the seasons • From Cauliflower Carbonara, Broccoli Pesto and Chunky Pumpkin Tacos, to Cherry Breakfast Crumble, Maple-Roasted Pears and Apple & Walnut Danish Buns, The Whole Vegetable is packed with thoughtful recipes for every season • Most of all, it will ensure that nothing in your kitchen goes to waste

Bestselling author Rachel Khoo is on the go once again with her latest cookbook, Rachel Khoo's Kitchen Notebook • Her latest cookbook is packed to the brim with 100 standout recipes, full-colour photography and Rachel's very own sketches of the food and places she encounters • Out and about, she finds the most delicious fare, recording it all in her kitchen notebook. From a Ham Hock Tiffin Box to Slow Roasted Pork Belly with Sloe Gin, and Rhubarb and Custard Millefeuille, Rachel Khoo's Kitchen Notebook will inspire even the most jaded cook to try something new • After graduating from Central Saint Martin's College with a degree in Art and Design, British food writer Rachel was lured to Paris to study patisserie at Le Cordon Bleu. Rachel shot to fame when her TV series, The Little Paris Kitchen, was broadcast by the BBC

If you could go back, would you do things differently? • Alice Stern isn't ready to turn forty. She thought she'd have more time to figure it all out. Above all, she thought she'd have more time with her father, Leonard - but he's lying in a hospital bed and Alice isn't sure if she'll hear his voice again • When she falls asleep outside their old apartment on the night before her birthday, she's surprised to be greeted the next morning by a much younger Leonard, with a sixteenth birthday card for a teenage Alice who, far from clinging to her youth, is hurtling towards adulthood • Alice soon discovers how she got back here, to 1996 and her sixteenth birthday, and realises she can keep on coming, whenever she chooses • But faced each time with different versions of her life, and the consequences of her decisions, it's on her not to lose sight of what she wants most

Keep the whole family entertained with this essential collection of no-fuss treats that guarantee fun in the kitchen • With 100 surprising and brilliantly simple recipes for cakes, biscuits, breads, desserts, savoury bakes and frozen treats, Three Ingredient Baking lets you utilise what you already have in your cupboards to create deceivingly delicious treats that'll look like they took five times longer • Tickle your tastebuds with • - Deliciously decadent GOLDEN SHARDS OF HONEYCOMB • - Magical FLUFFY SCONES for a quick cream tea • - A slice of the tropics with DARK CHOCOLATE AND COCONUT BOUNTY BARS • - Crisp, light-as-a-pillow PALMIER PASTRIES filled with CINNAMON SUGAR • These are fast, fun and affordable recipes to suit small budgets, total beginners, and anyone looking to whip up something delicious at the very last minute, including gluten- and guilt-free options