Geographic: Great Britain

When Marigold Bloom finds her family business in trouble a chance encounter with the devastatingly handsome and extremely bad-tempered Oliver Lockhart leads her to the Aviary - a secret agency of women who specialise in blackmailing troublesome men. Soon, Mari is the agency's newest recruit, sent...

Although Jodie is only eight years old, she is violent, aggressive and has already been through numerous foster families. Her last hope is Cathy Glass, an experienced foster carer, who was pressured into taking Jodie as a new placement. This is Cathy's account of Jodie's troubled upbringing.

After centuries of absence, wild boar are back in Britain. What does this mean for us - and them? Big, messy, and mysterious - crossing paths with a wild boar can conjure fear and joy in equal measure. Driven to extinction seven hundred years ago, a combination of the species' own tenacity and il...

For the first time, the Mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram, are speaking out about their experiences of modern British politics, and the fight for Northern voices to be heard. 'Head North' offers a new vision for Britain which centres a Nor...

Mrs Wood is London's most celebrated medium. She's managed to survive decades in the competitive world of contacting the Other Side, has avoided the dreaded slips that revealed others as frauds and is still hosting packed-out seances for Victorian high society. Yet, lately, some of her patrons ha...

1918: Freddie was destined for a different life, determined to make his fortune in the plantations of Ceylon. But just as the Great War comes to an end, the eldest brother and heir to Coombe Hall, Edward, doesn't return. Torn between duty and freedom, Freddie must now sacrifice his own dreams to ...

Every building has a story, and Yvette Fielding is on a quest to uncover the ghostly histories of theatres. Each of the nine theatres in this book has its own history and hauntings, brought to life by Yvette and the Most Haunted team's investigations of the buildings. Prepare to be spooked by 'th...

When Suhana, Mia and Ayaan are transported back to 1911, they're excited to meet some amazing people fighting for women's rights! But will they be able to get back to the present without changing the course of history?

We tend to think about the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. By contrast we believe progress is the consequence of science and technological innovation, and that it was the inventions of recent centuries which created the mo...

Paul Sinha is an award-winning comedian, a quizzing mastermind and a happily-married husband. But it hasn't always been this way. As a boy, Paul struggled to find his place in a world where he didn't quite fit. Who was he? A smart young man with the world's knowledge at his fingertips? A traditio...

'SAS Great Escapes Two' recounts the hitherto untold stories of six of the most dramatic and daring escapes executed by the world's most famous fighting force during WWII. From the very earliest SAS missions to the push into Nazi-occupied Europe, they cover some of the key figures in the Regiment...

During his 25-year career, Welsh vet Sion Rowlands has experienced almost every animal medical issue imaginable, from rescuing an injured horse from the edge of a cliff to moisturising a baby elephant. He's also witnessed ridiculous moments, surreal situations and the real toll it can take on a p...

When police are called to a local supermarket late one evening, they find an angry shopkeeper and a silent young woman. It's the third time 24-year-old Zoe has been caught stealing in the past few days. Eyes filled with panic, Zoe has been hiding bread, milk, Calpol and nappies under her coat. As...

How do you become a human mole, a forensic genius with a bloodhound's nose for clues? Recovering bodies, finding discarded remains, identifying unmarked graves and saving people from locations and situations too dangerous for the normal emergency services are all in a day's work for Peter Fauldin...

You have probably not heard of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon but you certainly should have done. Name any 'modern' human rights movement, and she was a pioneer: feminism, equal opportunities, diversity, inclusion, mental health awareness, Black Lives Matter. While her name has been omitted from to...

Dr Jim Down brings us to the very heart of the intensive care unit - the section of the hospital where the sickest patients are brought to be cared for until their condition improves. With honesty, humility and a streak of dark humour, Dr Down describes the quietly heroic work of doctors and nurs...

Not long after the last American troops leave Vietnam, siblings Anh, Thanh and Minh embark on a perilous boat journey to Hong Kong. Their parents and four younger siblings make the crossing in another vessel, but as weeks go by it becomes clear that only one party has survived. Anh, Thanh and Min...

The year is 1600. With a dying queen on the throne, war raging on the high seas and famine on the rise, England is on the brink of chaos. And in London's dark alleyways, a conspiracy is brewing. In the court's desperate bid to silence it, an innocent man is found guilty - the father of Nicholas S...

Bordeaux, 1367. Having angered the bloodthirsty Don Pedro, King of Castile, Sir Thomas Blackstone is thoroughly sick of his mission for the Prince of Wales, but must remain true to his oath. But this is the Hundred Years' War, and tensions are rising once more. With the Prince of Wales deeply unp...

When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels, 'The Ibis Trilogy', ten years ago, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldiers he wrote of were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean, but also by the precious commodity car...