Modern Fiction (post 1945)

Superb storytelling from one of the world's best-loved writers.     Just round the corner from St Jarlath's Crescent (featured in MINDING FRANKIE) is Chestnut Street. Here, the lives of...

It's 1970, and in the People's Republic of Congo a Marxist-Leninist revolution is ushering in a new age. But over at the orphanage on the outskirts of Pointe-Noire where young...

"Tender, terrifying, and heart-rending . . . A must read" GEETANJALI SHREE, author of International Booker Prize-winning Tomb of SandA Fistful of Moonlight is a collection of fourteen stories that...

Author shortlisted for the Romantic Novelist Association's 'The Romantic Saga Award 2023' for A Mother's WarNorth Yorkshire, September 1940. It's a year since war was first announced and the dangers...

A award-winning, psychological post-Cold War novel-adapted as a TNT series starring Sean Bean-Legends is the next blockbuster spy novel from Robert Littell. Martin Odum is a onetime CIA field agent...

'Sexy, fun and smart' BETH O'LEARY, author of THE FLATSHARE'I couldn't put down On Rotation, and you won't be able to, either... I personally couldn't get enough' MEG CABOT Angie...

The German Girl sweeps from Berlin at the brink of WWII to Cuba on the cusp of revolution, to New York in the wake of September 11th, before reaching its...

A big, bold and hauntingly beautiful story that captures a defining moment in Australia's history.Everywhere he looked he saw what Utzon saw. The drama of harbour and horizon, and at...

Can you solve the mystery before the greatest detective of all time? Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend, Dr John Watson, have been hired by actor George Reynolds. George wants...

TRAITORS OF ROME: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERAn enthralling Cato and Macro adventure from bestselling author Simon Scarrow. Not to be missed by readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. AD...

'A gorgeous epic . . . Wholly absorbing. I adored it' MARIAN KEYES'This sweeping, absorbing story is a treat' ADELE PARKS'A compelling story of female friendship, dark secrets and family...

'A love letter to the power of community' Eleanor Ray, author of Everything is Beautiful____________Alice is working hard to provide for her daughter, Mollie. But it's a challenge juggling her...

'Alison is a haunting book, complex and intimate. Lizzy Stewart has written and drawn the aches and confusions of love and growing up with immense skill' - Posy SimmondsAlison is...

'A gripping mystery... sweeping across centuries in its three interlinked sections, Molly & the Captain summons the past effortlessly' ObserverA celebrated artist of the Georgian era paints his two young...

A 2023 best book to look forward to in Vogue, Bustle, GQ and the New Statesman'A superbly observed exploration of intimacy and its failings' Megan Nolan'West-Knights is a masterful, hilarious...

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2010Caroline has hit rock bottom. After years of trying, it's clear she can't have children, and the pain has driven her and her husband apart. She isn't pregnant, her husband...

From the international bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale, Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories represents some of Margaret Atwood's most witty, wise short stories. Discover this sharp, funny short story...

In these five stories, prototypes from the ancient world cast a shadow over our age. Cupid and Psyche, Penelope, Oedipus, Icarus and Odysseus inhabit the consciousness of characters who wrestle...

The House Next to the Factoryshows a changing India over three decades through the lens of one family and the house that they live in.Life in the house is humdrum...

'An astonishingly accomplished debut - the Brennans leap fully formed onto the page in this brilliantly judged novel of the intricacies of family life . . . Wholly engrossing.' -...

'A gripping mystery... sweeping across centuries in its three interlinked sections, Molly & the Captain summons the past effortlessly' ObserverA celebrated artist of the Georgian era paints his two young...

'I loved this novel' SARAH PEARSE, bestselling author of The Sanatorium 'Rippling with suspense' VICTORIA SELMAN, author of Truly, Darkly, Deeply BEHIND EVERY STRONG WOMAN IS A GIRL WHO SURVIVED...

So there I was with two pens, my two titties, Charles Dickens, two slice of bread and a blank book at the end of my first day in the middle...

EVERY STORY HAS TWO SIDES . . .Daniel and Luke are unlikely best friends. Their bond has stood the test of time, through marriages, children and tragedies. But hidden truths...

A Times 'Best New Thriller' for May 2022'Enthralling . . . Sharp dialogue and flashes of dry wit' Financial Times'Ben Creed has a genuine gift for conjuring up Stalin's Leningrad...

An intoxicating story of collapse and survivalMei is a forty-two year-old editor living in Barcelona. After years of unsuccessfully trying to become pregnant, and having grown apart from her husband,...

Two happy couples. One dead body. A whole load of secrets. Married life wasn't meant to start like this.On honeymoon in Bali, you hit it off with another newlywed couple...

Vincenzo Malinconico is a wildly unsuccessful lawyer who spends most of his time at the office trying to look busy. His wife has left him. His teenage children worry him...

'Twist follows twist and nothing is what it seems' ALEX MICHAELIDES'Exhilarating, addictive, fierce' BRIDGET COLLINS'A psychological thriller you can't put down' HARLAN COBEN'Dark, Gothic, and propulsively readable' RUTH WARE'A dark...

'Ryan and Ray go from strength to strength, and this, their third outing, is the best yet. Simon Mason has created crime fiction's most entertaining double act in decades' Mick...

'I loved this book' BONNIE GARMUS'A generous, compassionate book about the power of love and community' LOUISE KENNEDY'I can't recommend this one highly enough ' HARLAN COBEN 'THIS is his...

"The limitless possibilities of fiction are brilliantly utilised . . . Ingenious" Irish Times"Agualusa's funny and lively tale turns increasingly ominous ahead of an explosive conclusion" Guardian***A Financial Times Fiction...

'An addicting read for anyone desiring a chance to escape on a journey of young love and finding out who you are in the process' ANNA TODDHe could be anywhere...

'Whip-smart and uncompromising' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'Quietly riveting' IRISH TIMES'It's the perfect crime' NEW YORKER'Impressive and complex' GUARDIAN'Addictive' OPRAH DAILYThe riveting new novel from the author of The Great...

'A tour de force' IRISH TIMES'Riveting and moving' NINA STIBBE'Gripping' THE TIMES'It had me by the throat' EMMA DONOGHUELONDON, 1940. As enemy planes fly over the city, twenty-year-old Charlotte Richmond...

Kiki grew up in New Zealand, dreaming of one day going to Glastonbury Festival. Now, mourning the loss of her beloved Yaya - the woman who raised her - she...

The Good Place meets Sliding Doors, Begin Again is an uplifting novel about life's what if's, missed chances and new beginnings.Despite living firmly in her comfort zone, Frankie McKenzie feels...

London, 1939.'Downton with dance, perfect' - Santa MontefioreAs war is declared once more, a shadow falls over Britain. The staff at the luxurious Buckingham hotel must do all that they...

London, 1939.'Downton with dance, perfect' - Santa MontefioreAs war is declared once more, a shadow falls over Britain. The staff at the luxurious Buckingham hotel must do all that they...

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The Girl Talk presenters are out of work and out for revenge on the man who publicly humiliated them and destroyed their careers. So when James Almond, the ruthless controller...

Beloved New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a beguiling, lighthearted story about fresh starts, second chances and true love.     'Perfect, feel-good fiction'...

A heartbreaking, lyrical story for all of those who have fantasised about escaping their daily lives and starting over.Michael Kabongo is a British-Congolese teacher living in London on the cusp...

Ava, Rebeka and Grace have been best friends forever. Ava has hit rock bottom since she split up with her husband. It's hard enough being a Scot in London without...

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Could the worst day of Sally Parker's life be the best thing that ever happened to her?THE WARM, LIFE-AFFIRMING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE MUCH-LOVED MEL GIEDROYC'A real treat. I...