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Get advice from the best in the business on every part of the novel writing and publishing process! In The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing, 2nd Edition, you’ll learn from the invaluable advice of established writers. Discover new ways to… more

“George explores her characters’ dreams and fears with a penetrating grace that makes reading her books a joy.” —Washington Post Book World “Elizabeth George reigns as queen of the mystery genre. The Lynley books constitute the smartest, mo… more

A brilliant novel of one man’s quest to protect the innocent, as he tries to face down a terrible guilt locked in his own past.Terry Naughton is head of the Crimes Against Youth unit of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. He’s seen plen… more

Thirty-six of the most interesting writers in the Pacific Northwest came together for a week-long marathon of writing live on stage. The result? Hotel Angeline, a truly inventive novel that surprises at every turn of the page.  Something is… more

It was a time of war.A time of battles.And a time of Treason. As the Lancastrian forces struggle to win the English crown in the War of the Roses, a young man’s life is ripped apart.Martin Rosbart sees his parents killed and his home destro… more

“Todd has written a first novel that speaks out, urgently and compassionately, for a long-dead generation….A meticulously wrought puzzle.”—New York Times Book Review“An intricately plotted mystery. With this remarkable debut, Charles Todd b… more

Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1867. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave her beloved home on the island of Barbados and join afa… more

The career of playwright Joy Sinclair comes to an abrupt end on an isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands when someone drives and eighteen-inch dirk through her neck. Called upon to investigate the case in a country where they have v… more

Private investigator Maisie Dobbs receives her first assignment from the British Secret Service in A Lesson in Secrets, the eighth book in Jacqueline Winspear’s award-winning mystery series. Sent to pose as a junior lecturer at a private co… more

To this day, the low, thin wail of an infant can be heard in Keldale’s lush green valleys. Three hundred years ago, as legend goes, the frightened Yorkshire villagers smothered a crying babe in Keldale Abbey, where they’d hidden to escape t… more

This holiday season, Penguin’s making it easy for you to choose what book to read next. The Penguin Holiday eSampler includes over forty excerpts from some of our biggest bestsellers, perennial favorites, and award-winners.To paraphrase Cha… more

An old lady’s decaying body is found lying at the bottom of the stairs. The police believe it was simply an accidental fall that killed great-aunt Jane. But was it? When the young Australian Belinda Lawrence inherits her great-aunt’s ancien… more

“The story begins with my father, actually, and the fact that I’m the one who’s answerable for his death.  It was not my first crime, as you will see, but it is the one my mother couldn’t forgive.”In her astonishing New York Times bestselle… more

Hailed as the “king of sleaze,” tabloid editor Dennis Luxford is used to ferreting out the sins and scandals of people in exposed positions. But when he opens an innocuous-looking letter addressed to him at The Source, he discovers that so… more

After writing sixteen Inspector Lynley novels, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George has millions of fans waiting for the next one. As USA Today put it, “It’s tough to resist George’s storytelling.” With Believing the Lie, she’… more

He found the body on the forty-third day of his walk … Devastated by the senseless murder of his wife, Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley retreated to Cornwall, where he has spent six solitary weeks hiking the bleak and rugged coast… more

New York Times Notable author Deborah Crombie is regularly named among the greats of British-set crime fiction (P.D. James, Ruth Rendell, Elizabeth George et al) for her riveting police procedurals featuring Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James, … more

Elizabeth George, popular speaker and bestselling author of A Woman After God’s Own Heart and A Young Woman After God’s Own Heart, provides an engaging and inspirational resource for every mom who wants to lead her daughter to a godly life … more

Balford-le-Nez is a dying seatown on the coast of Essex. But when a member of the town’s small but growing Asian community, is found dead on its beach, his neck broken, sleepy Balford-le-Nez ignites. Working solo, without her long-time part… more

Deborah and Simon St. James have taken a holiday in the winter landscape of Lancastershire, hoping to heal the growing rift in their marriage. But in the barren countryside awaits bleak news: The vicar of Wimslough, the man they had come t… more