Street fiction / urban fiction

The Wickedest

‘Atmospheric and intoxicating’ CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS

‘A joyous, lyrical read’ YOMI ADEGOKE

‘Hypnotic and freewheeling’ GUARDIAN

A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR

WINNER OF THE SKY ARTS POETRY AWARD 2025

Caleb Femi returns with a landmark, life-affirming new poetry collection, The Wickedest.

The Devoted

A stunning, page-turning love story of family and fate from the author of the acclaimed memoir, Inferno.

The Other Fiancé

‘Engaging, gripping, addictive and completely unpredictable. An absolute must read. Ali Blood is an author to watch’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

These Streets

From the author of Nightingale Point, longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, comes a new thought-provoking and timely novel.

‘A sharp, funny, wonderful writer’ Diana Evans, Ordinary People

The Family Man

The epic new thriller from the No.1 bestselling Queen of Gangland crime!

Brown Girls

‘Brown Girls flows like a late night FM-radio dedication to the crew, the block, and the mission. This book’s a gift’ Paul Beatty, author of The Sellout

‘An ode to girlhood’ Raven Leilani, author of Luster

A fiercely poetic coming-of-age novel following a group of young women of colour in Queens, New York.

East of Acre Lane

‘Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion’ Steve McQueen, director of Small Axe

East of Acre Lane is the fast-paced and razor sharp story of a young man trying to do the right thing from celebrated author Alex Wheatle, one of the figures who inspired Steve McQueen’s Small Axe

Bad Blood – The Boss (Bad Blood, Book 1)

He’s inside.

She’s running the family.

But now he’s back – only one can boss the streets of Liverpool.

The first novel in an explosive new gangland crime series.

Betrayed

‘A captivating read.’ Mel Sherratt

‘She trusted the man she loved. It was the most dangerous thing she had ever done …’

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