Reading

M.A. Kuzniar’s Festive Favourites!

We are already counting down the days to Christmas with M.A. Kuzniar, author of the utterly magic Midnight in Everwood! Joining us on this wonderfully festive Friday, M.A. Kuzniar shares with us her favourite things to read and watch when the weather starts to get a little colder… Read More

We’ve got the #BookTok bug!

Whether you’re looking for a cure for your book hangover or you’re searching for something to finally pull you out of that reading slump, here are ten of our top reads that are sure to scratch that #BookTok itch! Chances are you might have seen a few of these… Read More

Read an exclusive extract from Lifesaving for Beginners

Lifesaving for Beginners is the heart-warming and hopeful new novel all about the joys of female friendship and cold-water swimming in the sea from Josie Lloyd, the acclaimed author of The Cancer Ladies’ Running Club. Read an exclusive early extract now! Christmas Day Morning  It’s only… Read More

THE GAME IS ON…

Across the globe, five strangers receive a horrifying message from an unknown number. THE PERSON YOU LOVE MOST IS IN DANGER.To save them, each must play The Game – a sinister unknown entity that has a single rule: there can only be one winner.IF YOU LOSE, YOUR LOVED ONE WILL DIE.But… Read More

Why do tales of tricky mother/daughter relationships continue to fascinate us?

We love a good story about a complicated mother/daughter relationship. But why is that? Louise Mumford, author of the new gripping psychological thriller The Safe House explores. Overbearing, controlling, unhinged and selfish – the Bad Mother still dominates our books and films. Examples are Mrs… Read More

Read an exclusive extract from Last Seen Alive

Last Seen Alive, the third novel in Jane Bettany’s page-turning crime series, featuring Detective Isabel Blood, is an unputdownable treat! Read an exclusive extract below. CHAPTER ONE  It was after midnight and the clock in the corner sounded too loud, almost portentous. Tick. Tock. Tick. Counting down… Read More

Read an exclusive extract from The Forever House

Escape with a feel-good romance that will warm your heart! Read an exclusive extract from Rachel Dove’s gorgeous new book, The Forever House, available here. CHAPTER ONE  The groom, looking resplendent in a hand-stitched Italian ivory suit, complete with gold waistcoat and elegant gilded cravat, was misty-eyed as he… Read More

Let Linwood Barclay Take Your Breath Away…

Read an exclusive extract of Take Your Breath Away, the electrifying new crime thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Linwood Barclay. “We can simply kill them, but there are alternatives you might want to consider.” “If we even have any,” Brie Mason said. “Maybe it’s just one.” “Oh,” said… Read More

Beach House Summer: Read an exclusive extract!

Read an exclusive extract of Beach House Summer, the brand new feel good women’s fiction novel from the Sunday Times bestseller Sarah Morgan! Chapter One Ashley She slid into his car, hoping this wasn’t a mistake. It hadn’t been her first choice of plan, but the others had failed and she… Read More

We Are Not Like Them

Read an extract from the powerful and timely debut We Are Not Like Them and watch a video from authors Christine Pride & Jo Piazza talking about the novel below! Prologue When the bullets hit him, first his arm, then his stomach, it doesn’t feel like he’d always imagined it would. Read More

Don’t be a kittenfish: 6 dating terms you need to know!

Last Girl Ghosted, the latest gripping psychological thriller from Lisa Unger, is out now! To celebrate, Lisa joins us to teach us the language of (modern!) love… Do you know what breadcrumbing is?! You meet someone through a dating app. And it seems to be going well. You… Read More

Proud To Be: Black History Month 2021

At HQ we are proud to be celebrating and amplifying the voices of our Black and Brown authors all year round, so we are thrilled to see that the official theme of Black History Month 2021 is ‘Proud To Be’, a festival of celebration! This year’s campaign aims to… Read More