NATURAL HISTORY & PETS
Marine Life of the Mediterranean Lawson Wood 11th April, pb, eb, £16.99, 9781399411707 With new photos and updated text and layouts, this practical guidebook unravels the wealth of sea life found in the Med.
One Thousand Shades of Green Mike Dilger 28th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781472993632 Insightful assessment of the nation’s flora follows Dilger’s quest to find 1,000 plant species over the course of a year.
Bodleian Library
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Ferdinand Bauer’s Remarkable Birds Jonathan Elphick 16th May, hb, £50, 9781851246250 Richly illustrated volume reproduces one of the finest collections of 18th-century ornithological art in its entirety.
Brambleby
Small Game Hunter Peter Smithers 30th April, pb, £9.99, 9781908241702 Dive into the strange and wonderful world of insects and spiders. This is a scientific and cultural kaleidoscope of the many encounters the author has had across his career.
An Introduction to the Butterflies of Cyprus Adrian M Riley 5th March, pb, £9.99, 9781908241764 Handy butterfly guide that fits easily into travel luggage. Provides ID keys to all species, larval host plants, distribution sites and flight periods.
Digital edition
Broadleaf
Broken Heart, Shared Heart, Healing Heart Barbara Allen 25th June, hb, eb, £15.99, 9781506493565 Cultural expressions of pet loss, spiritual beliefs on the afterlife of animals, and rituals of memorial- isation. A comforting companion for those grieving a pet.
Canongate
Beastly Keggie Carew 2nd May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781786896933 Costa-winning author of Dadland invites readers to reconnect with their wild world to see how they can
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Hunt for the Shadow Wolf Derek Gow 7th March, hb, eb, £20, 9781645020424 Britain’s favourite maver- ick rewilder and author of Bringing Back the Beaver embarks on an adventure to uncover the mythology, mystery and history of wolves in Britain.
Chronicle
Pocket Nature: Beekeeping Ariel Silva 28th March, hb, £9.99, 9781797224831 Step into the remarkable world of the honeybee with this illuminating and delightfully illustrated pocket guide.
Cool Springs Press
Raising Ducks for Beginners and Beyond Kristine Ellis 23rd May, pb, £18.99, 9780760388457 Creator of @dunkin.ducks, provides an inspiring, informational guide for all things related to ducks and ducklings.
CSIRO
Wildlife of Victoria’s South-west Jules Farquhar, Grant Palmer 1st February, pb, £29.95,
change their impact on the environment.
Grounded James Canton 1st February, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781838855895 About healing our ruptured connection with our ancestors and with the land.
Footprints in the Woods John Lister-Kaye 4th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781838858803 The elusive lives of otters, badgers, weasels and more rendered in Lister- Kaye’s enchanting lyrical style.
Chelsea Green
9781486313051 Photographic field guide to the mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs that inhabit the region.
Duckworth Understorey
Anna Chapman Parker 6th June, hb, £18.99, 9780715655207 Artist and writer records in prose and incredible line drawings a year spent looking closely at weeds, our most ubiquitous plants.
Elliott & Thompson
In All Weathers Matt Gaw 28th March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781783967735 Exploring the power and beauty of British weather in all its windy, icy, stormy forms.
This Allotment Sarah Rigby (ed) 6th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781783967889 Celebration of allotments in 12 essays. Contributors include Olia Hercules, Alice Vincent and Rob Cowen.
Exisle
Buzz Adam Langstroth 12th March, hb, £12.99, 9781922539762 Captures bees in all moods, from serious to quirky. Everyone from Shakespeare to Winnie the Pooh is quoted in celebration of this beneficial insect.
Firefly
Turtles of North America Kyle Horner, Sue Carstairs 27th May, pb, £24.95, 9780228104667 Fully illustrated natural history guide to the 64 turtle species that inhabit the US, Canada and the oceans that surround them. Plus an introduction to turtle biology and anatomy.
500 Insects Stephen A Marshall 29th April, pb, £18.95, 9780228104940 Visual reference to insects from around the world, including some newly discovered species. Illustrated with vivid colour photographs.
Infinite Life Jules Howard 9th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781783967773 Each animal on earth owes its existence to one simple but crucial piece of evolutionary engineering: the egg. Zoology corre- spondent Howard takes the reader on a mind- bending journey into these origins.
The Language of Trees Katie Holten 2nd May, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781783967810 Printed in green ink, a major international collaboration gathers the most exciting writers, ecologists and activists to reveal the wonders of the forest and our indelible connection to trees.
Taking Flight Lev Parikian 16th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781783967827 Now in paperback, a celebration of the miraculous phenomenon of flight through 13 species and across millions of years, from pterosaurs to dragonflies, butterflies to bats.
Floris
Stargazers’ Almanac 2025 Bob Mizon 16th May, pb, £15.99, 9781782508946 Beautiful, illustrated, month-by-month guide to exploring the stars and planets, designed for naked-eye astronomy. With eco-friendly printing and packaging.
Fourth Estate
Meetings With Moths Katty Baird 11th April, pb, £10.99, 9780008474089 Mossy greens, conker browns, cream, chocolate and deepest black. Add stripes, swirls and splotches and you have some of the most striking wildlife Britain has to offer.
Graffeg
The Butterfly Book Jane Russ, Andrew Fusek Peters (illus) 30th May, hb, eb, £9.99, 9781802586541 In this new book on native
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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.
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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