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by Julia McKay (£9.99, PB, Penguin) Ten years after her heart was broken, journalist Emory Oakes has sworn off love. But when her father’s financial scandal lands him in prison, she knows it is time t

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Winner of 2025’s Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing, Raising Hare tells the captivating story of the author’s relationship with a newborn leveret she found abandoned near her home. Dalton brought the

‘ Knives Out meets Thursday Murder Club ’

Books make the best Christmas presents — from Attenborough to quizzes, here are ten terrific tomes to pop under the tree!e!

The Christmas Clue by Nicola Upson ‘Delicious festive crime’