Modern Fiction (post 1945)

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The Forgotten Daughter

The Forgotten Daughter

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London, 1930s. Years after she first fled to South Shields, Cathy is known by everyone as the landlady of the Robin Hood pub. But Cathy has a secret from her...
The Way From Here

The Way From Here

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'Warm, wonderful and very wet at times! I LOVED it!' FAITH HOGAN, author of The Ladies' Midnight Swimming Club The start of something new... When Kate is faced with an...
Reputation: the thrilling new novel from the bestselling author of

Reputation: the thrilling new novel from the bestselling author of

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From the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal, now a major Netflix series... Reputation: it takes a lifetime to build and just one moment to destroy. 'Sarah Vaughan has...
Clairmont: The sensuous hidden story of the greatest muse of the

Clairmont: The sensuous hidden story of the greatest muse of the

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**The spellbinding, bold new retelling of the story of Lord Byron and the Shelleys, from the perspective of Claire Clairmont, the incredible woman that history tried to forget.** 'Beautifully written,...
The Green Face

The Green Face

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A stranger enters a magician's shop. Inside, among several strange customers, he sees an old man, who makes him sick with horror. The rest of the novel chronicles his quest...
Kafka Dances

Kafka Dances

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Inspired by reading the letters of Franz Kafka to his fiancee Felice Bauer, Daly has created a brilliant, lively, insightful play which draws on elements of Kafka's life and family.
The Weight of Loss

The Weight of Loss

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A visit to a health retreat takes a horrifyingly dark twist... Marianne is grieving. Still reeling from the loss of her sister, she wakes up one day to discover a...
The Weight of Loss

The Weight of Loss

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A visit to a health retreat takes a horrifyingly dark twist... Marianne is grieving. Still reeling from the loss of her sister, she wakes up one day to discover a...
The Rector's Daughter

The Rector's Daughter

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Dedmayne Rectory is quietly decaying, its striped chintz and darkened rooms are a bastion of outmoded Victorian values. Here Mary has spent thirty-five years, devoting herself to her sister, now...
Elizabeth And Her German Garden

Elizabeth And Her German Garden

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May 7th -- There were days last winter when I danced for sheer joy out in my frost-bound garden in spite of my years and children. But I did it...
Go To Sleep

Go To Sleep

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As she drinks in the view in front of her, Rachel Massey stands on the cusp of the biggest journey of her life. For Rachel is about to become a...
The Goodbye Cat: The uplifting tale of wise cats and their humans by

The Goodbye Cat: The uplifting tale of wise cats and their humans by

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Seven uplifting tales of warm, wise and sarcastic cats set in modern Japan through the changing seasons. The uplifting new cat novel from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Travelling...
Island of Wings

Island of Wings

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Longlisted for the Orange Prize 2012. On the ten-hour sailing west from the Hebrides to the islands of St Kilda, everything lies ahead for Lizzie and Neil MacKenzie. Neil is...
Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne

Desecration: Antichrist Takes the Throne

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The exciting ninth book in the Left Behind series that has sold over 2.5 million copies in hardcover is now available in trade paperback. In November 2001 "Desecration" was #1...
The Ground beneath Her Feet

The Ground beneath Her Feet

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Salman Rushdie's most ambitious and accomplished novel, sure to be hailed as his masterpiece. At the beginning of this stunning novel, Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer, is caught...
The Profession: A Thriller

The Profession: A Thriller

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The bestselling author of Gates of Fire, The Afghan Campaign, and Killing Rommel delivers a "thinking person's techno-thriller" (Wall Street Journal) in this chillingly plausible near-future tale about the rise...
Irish Tiger

Irish Tiger

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Wife, mother, lover, celebrated singer, and problem solver Nuala Anne McGrail has a tender side that she often shows to her devoted friends and family. But when those under her...
Gossip Girl: It Had To Be You

Gossip Girl: It Had To Be You

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'Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I all live in huge, fabulous apartments and go to exclusive single-sex private schools. We aren't always the...
On Dangerous Ground

On Dangerous Ground

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A gripping and dangerous voyage of discovery for a mother and daughter in Vietnam. It s devastating enough when Pru s husband confesses to a long term affair over what...
The Dante Trap

The Dante Trap

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Venice, 1756. One of the city's brightest young actors has been brutally murdered: nailed to a cross in the theatre where he was due to perform, with his eyes put...
Summer at Fairacre: The ninth novel in the Fairacre series

Summer at Fairacre: The ninth novel in the Fairacre series

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SUMMER AT FAIRACRE charmingly recounts this bright, bustling season and the problems and possibilities that unfold against the backdrop of roses, skylarks and bees. Joseph Coggs finds a temporary home...
Hidden Talents

Hidden Talents

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Dulcie Ballantyne knows that creative writers' groups attract an unlikely mix of people, so when she starts up Hidden Talents, she is well prepared for the assortment of people she...
Dreamland: From the author of the global bestseller, The Notebook

Dreamland: From the author of the global bestseller, The Notebook

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wish comes a poignant love story about risking everything for a dream-and whether it's possible to leave the past behind....
Brass Ring

Brass Ring

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The images were vivid, the sensations powerful and the more she tried to fight them, the more they drew her in. Claire leads a busy, fulfilled and happy life, a...
Memoirs Of An Imaginary Friend

Memoirs Of An Imaginary Friend

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My name is BUDO. I have been alive for 5 years. 5 years is a very long time for someone like me to be alive. MAX gave me my name....
The Woman He Loved Before

The Woman He Loved Before

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Libby has a good life with a gorgeous husband and a home by the sea. But over time she is becoming more unsure if Jack has ever loved her -...
The Memory Of Running

The Memory Of Running

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Smithson Ide's life so far has led him nowhere. He's 43 years old, weighs 279 pounds, and keeps himself numb with food and alcohol. His only emotional ties are to...
The Twins: The Richard & Judy Bestseller

The Twins: The Richard & Judy Bestseller

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They were identical in every way Until the unthinkable tore them apart Isolte and Viola are twins. Inseparable as children, they've grown into very different adults: Isolte, a successful features...
The Legend Of The Crystal Lens

The Legend Of The Crystal Lens

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Tomb raider Simon Bonner wants out of the looting game...until a mysterious crystal lens lands on his doorstep. Legend has it that this lens holds the key to the archives...
Rocking the Boat

Rocking the Boat

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Run

Run

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Tip and Teddy are becoming men under the very eyes of their adoptive father, Bernard Doyle. A student at Harvard, Tip is happiest in a lab, whilst Teddy thinks he...
The House at Midnight

The House at Midnight

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Even now I can remember the first time I saw the house as clearly as if there were a video of it playing in my head. After the suicide of...
After This

After This

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Alice McDermott's masterful novel is a portrait of a working-class American family living through the tumultuous middle decades of the twentieth century. While Michael and Annie Keane taste the alternately...
The Sunlit Stage

The Sunlit Stage

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In Rome, in 1979, a shy young Englishwoman called Julia meets Ennio. The two fall deeply in love, but theirs will be a troubled affair, shrouded in secrecy and constantly...
Crazy Hair Day

Crazy Hair Day

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Dawn

Dawn

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The first gripping novel of suspense in the compelling Cutler family series. Settling into her new school, developing a crush on fellow pupil Philip Cutler and cherishing a secret hope...
Midnight Whispers

Midnight Whispers

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Fourth volume in the spellbinding Cutler family saga. Happy and innocent, Dawn's daughter Christie has grown up in the safest, most loving of homes. Yet she can't help feeling as...
Twenty-seven Bones

Twenty-seven Bones

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'As Lewis's eyes adjusted to the light, what appeared at first to be a can of ivory-coloured sticks and stones proved to be a can of disarticulated bones, some like...
The Notary

The Notary

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Rosewater and Soda Bread

Rosewater and Soda Bread

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This delightful novel from the internationally bestselling author of POMEGRANATE SOUP follows the heartwarming adventures of three Iranian sisters in a tiny Irish village. the beautiful Iranian sisters-Marjan, Bahar, and...
October

October

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From the author of the bestselling Adultery ... A haunting coming-of-age story set in World War II Quebec and a contemporary portrait of a man still searching for answers ......
Adultery

Adultery

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A compelling story of sex and consequences.A young woman is brutally murdered at a seaside town in Devon, England. She had been in a car with Fielding, her older, married...
The White Body of Evening

The White Body of Evening

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'Madness and the nature of creativity are at the heart of A.L. McCann's first novel. A highly engaging read' - Courier Mail. Melbourne in the 1890s: a city of respectable...
Sunrise with Sea Monster

Sunrise with Sea Monster

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In the blinding morning sunlight, Donal Gore stands in a monastery courtyard. He had travelled to Spain to fight in the Civil War. Captured and awaiting execution, time now slows...
Secrets

Secrets

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Trade paperback edn for Ireland and airports.
Monstrum

Monstrum

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