Books published by Atlantic Books

From the author of The Hanging Shed comes the second installment in the Douglas Brodie series. 'The new Ian Rankin' - Daily Mail

The gripping second instalment of Anne Holt's bestselling Hanne Wilhelmsen series: the detective hunts down a serial rapist - but can she find him before a father devastated by an attack on his daughter takes the law into his own hands?

A deeply intelligent and page-turning debut novel that explores the difficulties of guilt and forgiveness in an impossible friendship between a Nazi and a Jew

A selection of essays by the acclaimed and beloved writer Cynthia Ozick, collected by David Miller.

Entertaining, beguiling and surprising in equal measure, If Wishes Were Horses is the story of one girl's childhood obsession with ponies and the complex relationship that women have had with horses across the centuries.

Blackly comic, A Fabulous Liar is a heartrending novel about family and storytelling - those stories we tell about ourselves, those we tell about each other and those we pass down from generation to generation.

Set in the world of fashion, from the 1950s to the present day, Gossip is a powerfully human tale of the friendship and the secrets between three women who have known each other for a lifetime

The first new and comprehensive narrative history of the American railroads in a generation. 'Shrewd, articulate and incredibly well-informed' - Miranda Seymour, Daily Telegraph

What if the person you love the most hurt more than any other? What if that person was your own mother?Maine - the huge American summer bestseller - is now available in paperback.

A. N. Wilson's first novel for five years tells the epic story of the Wedgwood dynasty.

When six mafiosi were shot and killed in a quiet German town, the massive reach of Calabria's mafia was brought brutally into focus. In The Honoured Society, Petra Reski reveals the organized crime network that has Europe in its grip.

From the children of Victoria's reign to the kids of the new millennium, Songs of Innocence explores the seismic shift in attitudes to our formative years and reveals what has made successive generations young.

In the heady days and nights of twenties New York, the bright young things flutter and dance. But behind the music lurk dark secrets which threaten to destroy lives.

The stunning new novel from Christine Dwyer Hickey, bestselling author of Last Train from Liguria.

What becomes of the broken-hearted? Craig Raine's first novel is an exquisite, moving, erotic investigation of love and its painful corollary.

From one of Britain's bestselling historians comes a compelling narrative history of the Royal Air Force. Studded with eye-witness accounts of the epic actions of twentieth-century aerial warfare, Wings marks the centenary of this great British institution.

Millions have read Barack Obama's Dreams from my Father and think they know his story. Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Maraniss has produced a startling biography which reveals the true narrative of Obama's early years.

An instant New York Times bestseller, Life After Death is an agonizing first-hand account of an innocent man living on Death Row. It is destined to be an explosive classic of memoir. 'A brilliant, haunting, painful, and uplifting narrative of a hopeless childhood, a wrongful conviction, a brutal incarceration, and the beginning of a new life.' John Grisham

From the author of MATTERHORN - 'America's great Vietnam novel' (Sunday Times), 'a novel of astonishing power and insight' (Observer) - comes a vivid, visceral examination of what happens to a young man when he is sent into battle, based on Karl's own experiences as a decorated Marine.

A glittering account of Formula One's deadliest and most glamorous era, in which sporting rivalry led to fatal consequences, culminating in the explosive championship battle of the 1961 Italian Grand Prix.

A Christmas paperback with tremendous sales potential. Engines of War tells the dramatic story of how the birth of the railways shaped how wars were fought and won, facilitating conflict on a previously unimaginable scale.

Disturbing horror. Addictive thriller. Don't expect any sleep once you've entered The Ward...

Battle, intrigue, murder; welcome to fifth century Britain

A NEW SANDRO CELLINI MYSTERY - 'Brooding Italian noir' Independent on SundayFlorence is deserted. The sluggish Arno and the Ponte Vecchio shimmer in the summer haze. A corpse lies on the roadside, waiting for discovery...

Together with The Unquiet Heart, Truth Dare Kill tells the story of Danny McRae, ex-SOE agent in post-war London and Berlin. From the bestselling author of The Hanging Shed and Bitter Water - an e-book and print sensation. 'The new Ian Rankin' - Daily Mail