Novelist Lesley Pearse's own turbulent story: She grew up in an orphanange, gave her son up for adoption, endured two marriages and bankruptcy… but now she sells a book every four minutes
When Lesley Pearse sat down to write her first novel, her problem wasn't what to...
The best new books to read this weekend: Our critics give their verdict on everything from a paranormal page-turner to a haunting fantasy
Enticingly readable debuts, haunting fantasy and paranormal page-turners, check out our critics' picks of the best...
'Girls don't play guitars!' … Lennon said, standing there in his pants: The Liverbirds were Britain's first girl band but not everyone wanted them to succeed
To those of a certain vintage, The Liver Birds (two words) was a classic sitcom....
PETER HITCHENS: Would NATO really go to war with Russia – or is it one big bluff? A fascinating new book has a very thought-provoking answer…
It's said an attack on one member is an attack on all but a thought...
First class heroism: Untold stories of the courageous World War Two postal workers who risked execution – or worse – to fight back against the Nazis on the Channel Islands
During WW2, the men and women of Broad Street Post Office in Jersey were not...
He seduced hundreds of women (as well as a few men) and had a child with his half sister amid a haze of drink and drugs. Now a racy new book reveals what turned Lord Byron into a sex addict…
You may think today's oversexed celebrities are a very 21st Century phenomenon, but their behaviour...
The best new books to read this weekend: Our critics give their verdict on everything from a love story in LA to the Reverend Richard Coles's irresistible new whodunit
From a parish page-turner to a scintillating satire about our febrile politics, and the labour...
Incredible story of how Himmler's masseur – who was nicknamed the Magic Buddha and went on to treat Greta Garbo – saved 100,000 prisoners from the Nazis
On February 3, 1945, Heinrich Himmler's masseur sent an urgent message to his HQ: could...
The grim truth about ultra-processed food: DR CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN lays bare the devastating toll on his body after a month only eating UPFs
Normally, I wouldn't have Coco Pops for breakfast. But they seemed a good choice when...
William didn't know if it was possible to love just one girl… but then Kate hit the town in a sexy dress and he came running back. Acclaimed royal author PENNY JUNOR on the true story behind THAT break-up
Despite her good looks, Kate Middleton appears to have left little impression on the academic...