Modern Fiction (post 1945)

At only eighteen years of age, Poppy and Serena were the only witnesses to a tragic event. Amid heated public debate and scrutiny, the two glamorous teens were dubbed The...

Kate Nichols had been married just two years when her art dealer husband crashed his plane and died. A year on, still overwhelmed by grief, she meets and falls in...

Even though he is still young, Kenny has just weeks to live. Before he dies, he wants to find his childhood best friend Callie Barton and thank her for the...

Ten high achieving ladies are gathered together in the week between Christmas and the New Year, at the expensive Castle Spa, seeking, through Botox, aromatherapy and general all round pampering,...

Val was working as a land girl when the Americans arrived at the nearby airfield in 1944. Mike, a young American airman, came into her life soon after, and so...

1 novel. 18 people. 18 lives. Infinite combinations: families and friends, colleagues and patients, lovers and mourners... But sometimes a crowd is the loneliest place to be. An award-winning exploration...

When Robbie Fraser receives an anonymous note saying 'Your father is in trouble. He has disappeared and may be in danger. Come to Kinlochvegan as soon as you can' he...

Celebrity, identity and sexuality - the three poles of our fame-obsessed society, each one a magnet for secrets and lies. Despite her youth, Russian-born Yana Ivanova is already a Hollywood...

The Baron de Teroze has already successfully married off his eldest daughter to a colonel of the dragoons; now it is time for him to arrange his younger daughter's nuptials....

This is the story of what happened when Daniel, who writes obituaries, met Laura, an American in London with aberrant instincts and a dangerous attraction to altitude. Bold and uproarious,...

'A startling meditation on grief and family and betrayal and the stories we tell about ourselves ... introspective, psychologically astute, and engaging' - Kirkus starred review 'There were other women,...

The Flatshare meets Me Before You, this book flips modern dating on its head and tells the story of Alice and Alfie who meet on a hospital ward and gradually...

Winner of the 2019 Republic of Consciousness Prize Shortlisted for the 2018 Goldsmiths Prize Winner 2019 Wellcome Book Prize Longlisted for the 2019 Rathbones Folio Prize Taking its cue from...

Snowdrops. That's what the Russians call them - the bodies that float up into the light in the thaw. Drunks, most of them, and homeless people who just give up...

Here's a strange fact: murder a man, and you feel responsible for his life - possessive, even. You know more about him than his father and mother; they knew his...

Here's a strange fact: murder a man, and you feel responsible for his life - possessive, even. You know more about him than his father and mother; they knew his...

'A stand out brilliant crime novel - sophisticated, authentic and utterly gripping.' - Rosamund Lupton Please don't let me die. Please don't. The final words of teenager Spencer Cardoso as...

A pitch-black psychological thriller for fans of Before I Let You In by Jenny Blackhurst and The Lie by C.L. Taylor. Alex Taylor wakes up tied to an operating table....

Venice, 1586. William Shakespeare is disguised as a steward to the English Ambassador. He and his friends Oldcastle and Hemminges possess a deadly secret: the names of the catholic spies...

The topical new thriller from the author of bestselling Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow, featuring an unstoppable female scientist. You'll tell her your darkest secrets Susan Svendsen has an unusual...

This Living and Immortal Thing inhabits a world of medicine, research, cancer and death. Its disillusioned and often darkly funny narrator is an Irish oncologist, who is searching for a...

South takes place in a USA ravaged by Civil War. It's been thirty years since the first wind-borne viruses ended the war between North and South - and still they...

'But I suppose Steven and I knew something about broken things--that sometimes you just couldn't mend them. Never stopped trying though. Because you can't-until you do: stop and leave the...

Jeff Atman, a journalist, is in Venice to cover the opening of the Biennale. He's expecting to see a load of art, go to a lot of parties and drink...

'I am with you always, even unto the end of the world . . .' Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving...

It's the tail-end of 1986 and Baby is the freshest-faced, starriest-eyed young homo in all of New York City, straight off the bus from closeted backwoods Wisconsin. Adeline is his...

Klaus-Pierre is the love-child of a young Frenchwoman and a senior, married German officer. Klaus-Pierre never knew his father, who was killed before he was born, and his mother was...

They just happen to be the four human souls living inside him. One can time travel, one can raise the dead, one can possess other bodies, one can foretell the...

The Hamilton Triplets - Madison, Park, and Lexington - are accustomed to living in the public eye. Heiresses to a billion-dollar media empire, they have been raised in New York's...

Pick up this book read it, and go raise some hell!' - Michael Moore 'Amy Goodman has taken investigative journalism to new heights of exciting, informative and probing analysis.' -...

The Slapping Man a bawdy, hilarious, poignant tale of a world turned inside out. Welcome to Salvation, a ribald town where nothing is sacred - except perhaps the beer, the...

Please look out for the third in the series, Frank and Stan's Bucket List #3 Isle Le Mans TT - Available now on Amazon! The hilarious sequel to the feel-good...

Set in 1950's America at a time when people stopped looking west and started looking up: a breathtakingly beautiful debut novel of revolution, chance and the gambles we take with...

Author: Philip RothBinding: HardbackPublished: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsPhilip Roth's "The Counterlife" is a complex work of literary fiction that challenges the boundaries of...

Author: Colleen McculloughBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Remainder markColleen McCullough's "A Creed For The Third Millennium" is a compelling work of speculative fiction that...

Author: Fay WeldonBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row, New York, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsFay Weldon's "The Rules of Life" is a sharp and witty work of contemporary...

Author: Angus WilsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAnglo-Saxon Attitudes is a satirical novel that masterfully dissects post-war British society through the eyes of...

Author: Graham GreeneBinding: HardbackPublished: The Bodley Head, 1967Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a collection of narratives exploring the complexities of human relationships. These stories offer a comedic...

Author: C. P. SnowBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1972Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tiny tear to the bottom left of the front of the dj otherwise fineThe book...

Author: Bruce L. SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Bruce Smith, 1984Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Small tear to the front of the dj and sticker on the back.The narrative...

Author: Robert LudlumBinding: HardbackPublished: Granada, 1980Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book introduces a man with amnesia, found adrift in the Mediterranean Sea. He embarks on a perilous journey...

Author: Anne Rivers SiddonsBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1981Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis novel presents a compelling narrative centered around the lives of several women. The story unfolds with intricate character...

Author: Lee LangleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Hale, London, 1969Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Very good condition with price clipped DJ.A woman's intense gaze dominates the cover, her expression hinting...

Author: P. B. YuillBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1975Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe narrative follows Hazell, a character navigating the streets of London. The plot involves a man's determination, a...

Author: Mario SoldatiBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton, 1979Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition: very good. Gently used. May include previous owner's signature or bookplate on the front endpaper, sticker on...

Author: Renate YatesBinding: HardbackPublished: Century Hutchinson, London, 1984Condition:Book: NewJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA compelling narrative unfolds within the intricate tapestry of societal expectations. Characters navigate the perilous landscape of reputation...

Author: Colin ForbesBinding: HardbackPublished: COLLINS, 1973Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Book in excellent condition. DJ price clipped and small tear to the frontA clandestine operation forms...

Author: Alex SkovronBinding: SoftbackPublished: Five Islands Press Associates, 2000Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis collection of poetry presents one hundred sonnetinas, a unique poetic form. The...