Modern Fiction (post 1945)

'Full of insight and wisdom and unputdownable.' - Sunday Times bestselling author Katie Fforde The feelgood, uplifting, fabulous new book from Kindle bestseller Eva Woods. Perfect for fans of Lucy...

To dare to love... Heart surgeon Dr Peter Hallam was trained to fight time, to conquer odds beyond hope. He had saved the lives of countless strangers, only to see...

'A brilliant book' - Mary Wesley, Daily Mail 'She is simply dynamite ... There are no apparent bounds to Trapido's skill, her inventiveness and her knowledge' - Philip Hensher, Guardian...

'The day our child was conceived, someone else arrived. She was there as the cells fused, like a ghost.' Richard and Lelia's child is conceived in a moment of giggling...

Angry, funny, controversial and unpredictable, Incendiary will be one of the most talked-about books of 2005. Not since Alex Garland's The Beach has a debut novel used such compulsive storytelling...

It's the late 1950s, and nothing much is happening in Rathmoye. So it doesn't go unnoticed when a dark-haired stranger appears on his bicycle and begins photographing the mourners at...

Marie-Ange Hawkins has the kind of childhood that most people dream of, freedom, love, and security in a beautiful old French chateau. But a tragic accident marks the end of...

To the Lighthouse is one of the greatest literary achievements of the twentieth century and the author's most popular novel. The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd...

'I am alone in the dark, turning the world around in my head as I struggle through another bout of insomnia, another white night in the great American wilderness.' So...

At just another drinks party that he very nearly chose not to go to, Jeremy catches sight of Maria and is instantly allured by the frisson of sexual excitement. His...

Set against the bustling backdrop of New York City and the exotic splendour of Jordan, Mosaic is a story of love and betrayal, of a clash of cultures and traditions...

Playing With Fire - a game for adults in which there are no winners, only losers Three couples, friends and neighbours... Tom, lazy and charming, looks after the children and...

'Glorious' New York Times Book Review 'The compelling energy of a crime thriller and the sharp wit of social satire' Guardian 'Whitehead's crime series is one of the most enjoyable...

New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart presents a captivating contemporary romance novel in the tradition of Robyn Carr, Susan Mallery, and Barbara Freethy. Some of Lucy Sinclair's best days...

In the late summer of 1913 the aristocratic young poet Cecil Valance comes to stay at 'Two Acres', the home of his close Cambridge friend George Sawle. The weekend will...

The older Owen siblings - Ellen and Morris - long ago left behind their gracious family home in Alabama in favour of the northeast. But when they learn that their...

From John Banville, one of the world's greatest writers, comes The Blue Guitar , a story of theft and the betrayal of friendship. Adultery is always put in terms of...

Hugh Arkwright's remote childhood in the Central African bush, and its sudden disruption, leaves him with a legacy of magic, mystery and tragic loss. Late in his life, he returns...

From the winner of the Man Booker Prize. What would you do if you turned on the television and saw you were the most wanted terrorist in the country? From...

Aasha Rani, the unrivalled number one of Bombay cinema, seems intent on ruining her career - and her life - blinded by a scorching passion that threatens to destroy everything...

'God created woman from a crooked rib and anyone who trieth to straighten it, breaketh it' Somali Traditional Proverb FROM A CROOKED RIB is a beautiful, sparse, subtle account of...

'The most gripping account of motherhood since Rachel Cusk's A Life's Work ' Independent A single mother wakes to blood in her mouth and flesh under her fingernails. A severed...

The incredible new novel from C.S. Green - featuring Detective Rose Gifford Something terrible happened in that house... 'An enthralling, multi-layered crime novel that fans of Peter James and Lisa...

No-one thought she had the courage... Those looking in from the outside think Lucy Lovejoy's life is like any other, but at the centre of her family there is a...

The second novel from the author of 'Mosquito'. Grace de Silva, wife of the shiftless but charming Aloysius, has five children and a crumbling marriage. Her eldest son, Jacob, wants...

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Author: D.H. LawrenceBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin Books, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling collection presents the enduring literary genius of D.H. Lawrence,...

Author: Graham GreeneBinding: HardbackPublished: The Bodley Head, 1969Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsTravels With My Aunt by Graham Greene is a delightful comedic novel that chronicles the unexpected adventures of...

Author: Alan PatonBinding: HardbackPublished: JONATHAN CAPE, 1961Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsSet against the breathtaking backdrop of South Africa, Cry, The Beloved...

Author: Erich SegalBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis poignant romance, Love Story, chronicles the intense and unforgettable relationship between a wealthy...

Author: Roald DahlBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: DJ- front flap with moderate damage. This satirical novel My Uncle Oswald chronicles the outrageous exploits of...

Author: Hilde KnorrBinding: PaperbackPublished: Spectrum PublicationsCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe novel The Mystic Lake by Hilde Knorr transports readers...

Author: James GleesonBinding: PaperbackPublished: THE BEAGLE PRESS, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling volume presents a comprehensive collection from the renowned...

Author: Dan BrownBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, 2009Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis gripping thriller The Lost Symbol plunges readers into a world of ancient mysteries and secret societies. Robert Langdon, Harvard...

Author: Stephen LeatherBinding: PaperbackPublished: Hodder, 2008Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis electrifying thriller presents a high-octane narrative centered on a former elite...

Author: S.K. TremayneBinding: PaperbackPublished: HARPER, 2015Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Ice Twins is a gripping psychological thriller that chronicles the unsettling...

Author: Cassie HamerBinding: PaperbackPublished: HQ, 2021Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling novel chronicles the unraveling of secrets within a seemingly idyllic...

Francesca Stubbs holds our hand as we take a walk through old age and death. Fran brings us to drinks with her friends, dropping off suppers for her ex-husband, warm...

Two sisters return to the small parish of Tierra de Cha in Galicia after a long absence, to the former home of their grandfather, from which they fled when they...

NEW WORK BY CELEBRATED NOVELIST AND ESSAYIST NICHOLAS JOSE, SET AGAINST THE TURMOIL OF THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT IN EAST TIMOR Set in Australia, East Timor and Washington in the lead...

For fifty years Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were...

After leaving the man with whom she'd been living, an unnamed protagonist in an unnamed university city is working unspectacularly on the poet Paul Celan. The abiding feeling in the...

The spectacular new thriller from the author of bestselling Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow, featuring an unstoppable female scientist. 'The Danish author is back on form in this literary thriller'...

USA TODAY bestselling author Kimberly Belle returns with a deeply addictive thriller exploring the dark side of the digital world when an influencer's assistant goes missing. When Alex first began...

From the bestselling authors of Gucci Mamas and Versace Sisters. From the bestselling authors of Gucci Mamas and Versace Sisters. Country girl Jess has lost so much in the past...

What the Body Remembers takes place in Rawalpindi, in the Indian state of the Punjab, in 1937 amid the mourning and mounting tension that precedes partition. Satya (whose name means...

A Patriot In Berlin is the dramatic story of Berlin after the fall of the Wall, and Moscow after Gorbachev - of love, faith and patriotism in conflict. Berlin, August...

Three single women in their fifties meet when they join a choir. Lucy, recently widowed, is a cook and food journalist; Joanna, a successful business woman, never married; Rebecca is...