Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.

The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages.
Told from seven points of view, ‘Eve in Hollywood’ describes how one of Towles’s most beloved characters, the indomitable Evelyn Ross from Rules of Civility, crafts a new future for herself-and others-in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows and dive bars of 1930s Los Angeles.
Written with his signature wit, humour and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles’s canon of stylish and transporting fiction.

‘I inhaled this tense and twisty page-turner? A dark, dazzling masterpiece’ Claire Douglas

‘Deliciously dark and decadent? The uber rich behaving badly at a fabulously over-the-top wedding, overshadowed by toxic secrets from the past’ Tammy Cohen

When Victoria escapes her broken home for university in London, she is determined to reinvent herself and make a fresh start. She falls in love with Nick, who welcomes her into his privileged circle of friends, opening her eyes to a world she only ever dreamt of.

Then life takes a darker turn.

Twenty-five years later, the circle is reunited alongside a host of glittering guests to celebrate the wedding of Hollywood darling Ingrid Olsson to ruthlessly well-connected Julian Draper. Victoria has spent years trying to forget Nick and put the horror of what happened behind her. Now she has to face the past she tried so hard to bury.

As the champagne flows and painful memories resurface, Victoria can’t shake the feeling that some people seem to get away with everything.

But maybe not this time.

Maybe this time, someone will pay the ultimate price.

Praise for Beautiful People:

‘Her best yet? Dark, unsettling, and at the same time completely recognisable angst about fitting in and finding yourself’ Jane Casey

‘Fans of Saltburn will relish this captivating tale that exposes the dark underbelly of the elite’ Isabelle Broom

‘Champagne, pain, secrets and drama. I was swept up by this dark and decadent tale of elitism, toxicity and survival’ Anna Mazzola

‘Absolutely brilliant, so clever and propulsive’ Laura Marshall

‘An addictive page-turner with lavish settings and some brilliantly awful characters’ Catherine Cooper

‘Devoured this immersive tale of privilege, class and #metoo’ S E Lynes

‘A richly gripping exploration of privilege and deceit – and what it really means to be on the outside looking in. A belter of a page-turner!’ Isabel Ashdown

Praise for Amanda Jennings:

‘Another mesmerising, gripping and evocative read from the Queen of Cornish Noir’ Lisa Jewell

‘A dark delight ? I absolutely loved it’ Eve Chase

‘A masterly unravelling of a utopian dream that gradually becomes a nightmare. Lyrical descriptions and utterly believable characters’ Elly Griffiths

‘Hypnotic’ Financial Times

‘A deliciously dark and tense exploration of human nature. There’s trouble brewing in paradise’ Emma Haughton

‘A beautifully written story with vividly drawn, believable characters I really cared about’ Sarah Stovell

‘A compelling, brilliant story’ Gytha Lodge

It’s the year 2000. I’m fourteen. I’m trying really hard to be a grunger right now. There are rumours the world is going to end. It hasn’t as of yet but I still have reasons to believe it’s true.

Readers LOVE I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

‘The nostalgic book of my dreams’ ?????

‘I was crying along to their heartache and cheering along to their triumph’ ?????

‘Hilarious, heart-breaking and swoon-worthy’ ?????

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Ella and Lowe are teenagers when they first meet in summer 2000. For her, it’s love at first sight. But it’s safest to love from afar, where the friendship zone is her safety net and she can’t get hurt.

Certain that the most beautiful boy she’s ever seen couldn’t possibly feel the same, Ella counts herself lucky to have him as her best friend. Over the next fifteen years they share everything: bottles of cider and cigarettes in the rain, gossip and laughter, grief and fear.

But every time Lowe kisses another girl, Ella feels her heart break just that little bit more. She’ll have to choose whether it’s enough to be just friends with the love of her life, or if she’s prepared to let the terrifying, beautiful, all-consuming truth come to light.

From a unique new voice in adult fiction, I Love You, I Love You, I Love You is a glorious nostalgia trip for anyone who has ever known the exquisite pain and pleasure of first love.

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Perfect for fans of:

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Praise for I Love You, I Love You, I Love You

‘So visceral, nostalgic, mucky, heartbreaking and bittersweet. Just DELICIOUS.’ Kirsty Capes

‘A transporting, technicolour plunge into first, and enduring, love.’ Sophie Dahl

‘Glorious and tender, evocative and heart nourishing.’ Salena Godden

‘A spectacular, funny portrayal of being young and in love.’ Woman & Home

‘An ode to the bittersweet feeling of first love.’ Woman’s Own

‘A gem of a book that springs delights and surprises on every page’
JEFFREY ARCHER

‘There is a great deal to relish in Table for Two . . . If you take only one book on holiday this summer, you couldn’t ask for a better literary capsule wardrobe’
THE TIMES

Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.

The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages.

In the novella, ‘Eve in Hollywood’, Towles returns to one of the characters at the heart of his debut novel Rules of Civility: the indomitable Evelyn Ross, who leaves New York City in September 1938 with the intention of returning home to Indiana. But as her train pulls into Chicago, where her parents are waiting, she instead extends her ticket to Los Angeles. Told from multiple points of view, ‘Eve in Hollywood’ describes how Towles’ heroine crafts a new future for herself and others in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows and dive bars of Los Angeles.

Written with wit, humour and sophistication, Table for Two is a glittering and stylish offering from the author of A Gentleman in Moscow, The Lincoln Highway and Rules of Civility.

Praise for The Lincoln Highway:

“A rollicking cross-country adventure, rife with unforgettable characters, vivid scenery and suspense
that will keep readers flying through the pages.” Time

“Elegantly constructed and compulsively readable . . . hitch onto this delightful tour de force and you’ll be pulled straight through to the end, helpless against the inventive exuberance of Towles’ storytelling.” NPR

“Wise and wildly entertaining . . . Towles goes all in on the kind of episodic, exuberant narrative
haywire found in myth or Homeric epic.” The New York Times Book Review

Instant Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024

‘Thought-provoking, twisty and devastatingly plausible? captivating. One to get lost in. ?????’ Heat, Book of the Week

‘Mesmerising, gripping and evocative’ Lisa Jewell

Winterfall Farm, spectacular and remote, stands over Bodmin Moor. Wanting an escape from the constraints of conventional life, Kit and Tara move to the isolated smallholding with their daughter, Skye, and a group of friends. Living off-grid and working the land, they soon begin to enjoy the fruits of their labour amid the breathtaking beauty and freedom of the moor.

At first this new way of life seems too good to be true, but when their charismatic leader, Jeremy, returns from a mysterious trip to the city with Dani, a young runaway, fractures begin to appear. As winter approaches, and with it cold weather and dark nights, Jeremy’s behaviour becomes increasingly erratic. Rules are imposed, the outside world is shunned, and when he brings a second girl back to the farm, tensions quickly reach breaking point with devastating consequences?

The Haven is the compelling new novel from Amanda Jennings, author of The Cliff House.

Readers are captivated by The Haven:

‘The tension is so sharp, you read it with your heart in your mouth? masterful’ Reader review ?????

‘I stayed up far too late one night reading the end of this, it was so tense? another brilliant book by one of my favourite authors.’ Reader review ?????

‘Wow? what a book’ Reader review ?????

‘Totally mesmerising? The rural Cornish setting is every bit as important as the characters? gripping, immersive and completely entertaining.’ Reader review ?????

‘This is a fabulous read, it is a thriller that gradually increases the suspicions and doubt? There are some shocks and some twists? excellent right from the start to the finish.’ Reader review ?????

‘I have read all of Amanda’s books and each new one is my new favourite book ever, and this is no exception.’ Reader review ?????

‘Hilarious, sophisticated, compulsive’ The Times
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‘I am in a car park in Leeds when I tell my husband I don’t want to be married to him any more. . . ‘

London GP Katie Carr always thought she was a good person. With her husband David making a living as ‘The Angriest Man in Holloway’, she figured she could put up with anything. Until, that is, David meets DJ Goodnews and becomes a good person too. A far-too-good person who starts committing crimes of charity like taking in the homeless and giving their kids’ toys away. Suddenly Katie’s feeling very bad about herself, and thinking that if charity begins at home, then maybe it’s time to move. . .

This laugh-out-loud novel, from the bestselling author of About a Boy and High Fidelity, will have you gripped from start to finish and will appeal to fans of David Nicholls and Jonathan Coe, as well as readers in need of a moral compass everywhere.
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‘Pins you in your armchair and won’t let go . . . How to be Good? How to be bloody marvellous, more like’ Mail on Sunday

‘It does exactly what it says on the cover. Hornby’s prose is artful and effortless, his spiky wit as razored as a number-two cut’ Independent

‘The writing is so funny, and the set-pieces so brilliant . . . Hornby’s best book since Fever Pitch’ Lynn Truss, The Times