SOCIAL & LOCAL HISTORY
Bloomsbury Circus
The Shape of Things Unseen Adam Zeman 4th July, hb, eb, £25, 9781526609731 Imagination is not the exception in our daily lives. It is our default setting.
Private Revolutions Yuan Yang 9th May, hb, eb, £20, 9781526655899 Landmark portrait of a country through the voices it most silences.
Bloomsbury Continuum
Shylock’s Venice Harry Freedman 15th February, hb, eb, £20, 9781399407274 Thrilling story of the Jews in Venice and the truth behind one of Shakespeare’s most famous characters.
The North Will Rise Again Alex Niven 15th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781399414012 A region of Britain with a powerful sense of individ- uality is at the centre of Niven’s argument that it needs to be taken seriously.
Brolga
Homeland Heroes Mal Walden 27th May, pb, £9.95, 9780645815818 Australia’s favourite newsreader has collected brief biographies of Australian men and women who demon- strated incredible bravery and self-sacrifice in the face of overwhelming odds.
Cambridge University Press
Citizen Cowboy Steven Watts 31st July, hb, £21.95, 9781108495936 Compelling look at the life of Will Rogers and how his work helped ease Americans into the modern world.
Born in Blood Scott Gac 28th March, hb, £25, 9781316511886 Reveals how a political culture of violence centred on racial hierarchy has shaped the United States from its earliest days.
Canongate
Namesake: Reflections on a Warrior Woman
NS Nuseibeh 1st February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781838852634 Essays explore what it means to be a young, secular, Muslim woman today through reflections on the author’s ancestor Nusayba, the only woman warrior who fought alongside the Prophet.
Destinworld
Stockton-on-Tees A Colourful Past Paul Menzies 27th June, pb, £20, 9781739819446 The history of Stockton- on-Tees and surrounding towns (Thornaby, Yarm, Norton and Billingham) brought to life through colourised images, stories, articles and memories.
Faber & Faber
The Rising Down: Lives in a Sussex Landscape Alexandra Harris 21st March, hb, eb, £25, 9780571350520 A luminous feat of time travel chronicling lives in a Sussex landscape from the prize-winning author of Romantic Moderns and Weatherland.
Revolutionary Acts Jason Okundaye 7th March, hb, eb, £20, 9780571372218 Announcing the arrival of a major new talent, an astonishing work of social history which captures Black gay Britain as never before.
Back to the Local Maurice Gorham, Edward Ardizzone (illus) 6th June, pb, eb, £10, 9780571386987 Delightful, nostalgic ramble around the hostelries of London from a bygone age. A love letter to the local pub.
Graffeg
Pembrokeshire and Gwynedd Myths and Legends Jane Matthews (illus), Horatio Clare 29th February, hb, eb, £9.99, 9781913134297 Clare retells six myths and legends of the favoured Welsh regions.
Greystone
Points of Interest David Beers (ed), Andrea Bennett (ed) 15th June, pb, £14.99, 9781778401381 A trip across British Columbia with an enchanting collection of 30 essays by local writers.
Historic England
Birkenhead Park Robert Lee 15th April, hb, £40, 9781802074819
Glorious book on the first publicly funded park in the world and a pioneer of urban park design.
IB Tauris
The Hidden Face of Eve Nawal El Saadawi 27th June, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780755651528 Scorching and personal account of brutality against women in the Muslim world.
John Murray
Smoke and Ashes Amitav Ghosh 15th February, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529349245 Booker-shortlisted author of the Ibis trilogy explores the impact of opium on global history, economies, cultures and his own understanding of self.
Liverpool University Press
Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Identities in Chile Ceire Broderick 1st April, pb, £22.99, 9781802075304 Explores traditional and contemporary concerns surrounding gender and ethnicity in Chile through a textual analysis of historical novels depicting 17th-century figure Cata- lina de los Rios y Lisperguer.
Oldcastle Books
Get Yer ’Air Cut Alan Clayson 20th June, pb, eb, £19.99, 9780857305909 Engaging, accessible mix of popular culture, social history and politics. Explores the “us and them” generational divide in the 1960s through its most contentious debate: long hair on men.
Origin
The Caledonian Canal AD Cameron 21st March, pb, £12.99, 9781839830518 Records the history of one of Scotland’s biggest engineering projects. Cameron’s book has long been recognised as the authoritative work on the canal.
Oxford University Press
Scouting for Boys
Robert Baden-Powell 9th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780198900344 Probably the most influential manual for youth ever published. Revealing the anxieties of its author and time, this is the first and only critical edition.
Histories of Everyday Life Laura Carter 2nd February, pb, eb, £25, 9780198902058 Social history of Britain between the end of the First World War and the 1970s.
The Other ’68 Christina von Hodenberg, Rachel Ward (tr) 1st June, vol 1, hb, eb, £35, 9780192897558 Revisionist account of protest movements in West Germany which challenges established narratives centring male intellectuals by fore- grounding families, private lives, women and old people.
The New Suburbia Becky M Nicolaides 15th February, hb, eb, £22.99, 9780197578308 Explores how Los Ange- les’ suburbs transformed from bastions of the white middle class in the post- war years into diverse communities after 1970.
Pavilion
Charleston Then and Now Leigh Jones Handal 9th May, hb, eb, £20, 9781911663454 Following her success with Lost Charleston, local author and city tour guide brings a fresh approach to one of the key titles in Pavilion Books’ trademark series.
Peepal Tree Press
Amazing Scenes Seepersad Naipaul, Kenneth Ramchand (ed), Brinsley Samroo (ed), Aaron Eastley (ed), Nivedita Misra (ed) 7th March, pb, eb, £29.99, 9781845235635 Vigorous, inventive and highly readable collection of journalism that reveals the persona of its author (VS Naipaul’s father) as a keen and inquisitive observer of colonial Trinidad.
Pen & Sword History
Who Were the Real Oliver Twists? Lynn Hamilton 30th March, hb, £20,
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Lin Anderson The Wild Coast Pan, 11th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529084573 Seventeeth novel in forensic crime series, described as the Scottish Silent Witness.
Steve Anderson Lines of Deception Open Road, 12th March, pb, £17.95, 9781504086134 In 1949 a West German nightclub owner embarks on a risky quest behind the Iron Curtain to save his kidnapped American brother.
Jack Anderson The Grief Doctor Raven, 6th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781526667540 Brilliantly original, high- concept début in which a controversial scientific genius believes she can cure a man’s grief at the death of his wife. Whatever it takes.
Orenda, 14th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781914585500 Début. An investigative reporter quits her job when her twins die in a fire but the discovery of the body of a missing teenager spurs her into following the story.
Christine H Bailey Burning Little Lies Artemesia, 6th February, pb, £13.95, 9781951122744 Four classmates are directly linked by the murder of one of their own. All four are lying but one’s secret is to die for.
Martine Bailey Sharp Scratch Allison & Busby, 22nd February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780749030841 18th July, pb, £9.99, 9780749030940 First in a chilling crime series that draws on the author’s time working in the NHS, including at Ashworth top-security psychiatric hospital.
Tina Baker What We Did in the Storm Viper, 15th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781800811843 4th July, pb, £9.99, 9781800811867 Upmarket thriller from the author of Call Me Mummy and Nasty Little Cuts.
David Baldacci Absolute Power Pan, 1st February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035007486 Reissue of the book which launched Baldacci’s career as a worldwide bestseller of thrilling fiction.
David Baldacci A Calamity of Souls Macmillan, 11th April, hb, eb, £22, 9781035035588 Blockbuster drama from fiction superstar.
David Baldacci The Edge Pan, 18th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529062113 Second thrilling novel featuring Travis Devine.
Shirley Ballas, Sheila McClure Murder on the Dance Floor HQ, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008558048 Sexy début from world- renowned dancer and Strictly head judge. Behind the sequins and the sparkles the competition is about to turn deadly.
Russell Banks American Spirits No Exit Press, 9th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915798923 From one of America’s
most celebrated storytellers come three interlocking tales about the residents of a rural New York town and the shocking headlines that become local mythologies.
Tom Baragwanath Paper Cage Baskerville, 15th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781399808118 Prize-winning, literary crime début from young New Zealand novelist.
David Barnett Withered Hill Canelo, 25th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804367513 Sophie finds herself trapped in an isolated Lancashire village. But is it the inhabitants, drenched in folklorish traditions, who keep her prisoner, or something more sinister lurking in the woods?
Rhiannon Barnsley Inside One More Chapter, 6th June, pb, £9.99, 9780008646158 BBC’s Industry meets Anatomy of a Scandal in this début thriller about deception, loyalty and a toxic workplace.
Graham Bartlett City on Fire Allison & Busby, 21st March, hb, eb, £19.99, 9780749030513 The third explosive crime yarn set in the underbelly of Brighton follows the huge success of Bad For Good and Force of Hate.
Quentin Bates (tr), Stella Blómkvist Murder Under the Midnight Sun Corylus Books, 5th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781739298944 Smart, ruthless and with a flexible moral code, razor- tongued lawyer Stella Blómkvist is back for another series of complicated investigations set in Iceland.
Quentin Bates (tr), Óskar Guðmundsson The Dancer Corylus Books, 1st February, Book, eb, £9.99, 9781739298951 With a style that does not shy away from a sometimes graphic take on shocking subject matter, this is Icelandic crime fiction with a tinge of horror.
Kimberly Belle, Layne Fargo, Cate Holahan, Vanessa Lillie Young Rich Widows Sourcebooks Landmark, 2nd April, pb, £8.99, 9781464224331
When four prominent lawyers are killed in a mysterious plane crash their widows must come together to uncover the truth. Edge-of-the-seat thriller with an 1980s mafia vibe.
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A Death in Diamonds Zaffre, 1st February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781838776237 Royally brilliant fourth book in the Her Majesty The Queen Investigates mystery series.
Baron Birtcher Knife River Open Road, 6th February, pb, £17.95, 9781504086370 A Ty Dawson mystery. A sheriff fighting to keep the peace in 1970s Oregon faces a shocking secret from his town’s past.
Lynn H Blackburn Never Fall Again Revell, 7th May, pb, eb, £11.99, 9780800745363 Landry Hutton, artist-in- residence of the Haven, went to Gossamer Falls to build a new life for herself and her daughter. When danger threatens can Callum Shaw protect them?
Katherine Blake The Unforgettable Loretta, Darling Viking, 13th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9780241640685 Con artist, maneater, gold-digger. Watch out Hollywood, here she comes.
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The Other Fiance Avon, 15th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008527198 She’s moved on. He’s long gone. Or is he?
Grethe Boe, Charlotte Barsland (tr) Mayday Mountain Leopard Press, 15th February, pb, eb, £18.99, 9781914495342 When Ylva Norvahl’s plane is forced down over Russian territory during a Nato exercise she and the veteran US major John Evans must race against time to avoid capture.
Claire Booth Home Fires Severn House, 2nd April, hb, eb, £21.99, 9781448310807 A deadly explosion at a fireworks warehouse leaves over a dozen victims. What happened in the moments before the accident? The investigation shakes Sheriff Hank Worth to his core.
Dugald Bruce-Lockhart Second Skin Muswell Press, 10th May, hb, £16.99, 9781739123871 Alistair Haston receives a call from a man claiming to be his son’s grandfather. But Alistair has no knowledge of a son.
Greg Buchanan Consumed Orion, 29th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398712737 Follow-up to breakout literary thriller Sixteen Horses featuring forensic veterinarian-turned- detective Cooper Allen.
Simone Buchholz, Rachel Ward (tr) The Kitchen Orenda, 11th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781916788077 Hamburg state prosecutor Chastity Riley and her colleagues investigate the murders of men with a history of abuse towards women.
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Te Black Forest Investigations Oliver Bottini, Jamie Bulloch (tr) MacLehose Press,97815294092 Atmospheric whodunnits with Detective Inspector Louise Boni. The Invisible Web 15th February, pb, eb, £10.99, 15 The White Circle 6th June, hb, eb, £20, 39
Patricia Bradley Fatal Witness Revell, 2nd April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780800741631 Although she witnessed the murder of her parents 25 years ago, Dani Bennett has no memory of the event. But the killer remembers her.
Christianna Brand, Martin Edwards London Particular British Library, 10th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780712355407 First published in 1952 and with its setting based on Brand’s own home, the author cited this mystery as her favourite among her many classics.
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