Modern Fiction (post 1945)

WAKING WALT is a spellbinding take on one of America s most enduring urban legends. Could it be true; Walt Disney was never cremated and buried at Forest Lawn as...

Extraordinary acts of faith and courage unite a family after a tragedy threatened to tear them apart. Extraordinary acts of faith and courage unite a family after a tragedy threatened...

A story of courage and loss, of the power of the family and the strength of the human soul. Life was good for Liz and Jack Sutherland. In eighteen years...

From the bestselling author of A Sudden Change of Heart and Where You Belong comes the spellbinding story of four women transformed by old memories and surprising revelations when they...

From the critically acclaimed author of Atlas of Unknowns and Aerogrammes , a tour de force set in South India that plumbs the moral complexities of the ivory trade through...

A brilliant recasting of the classic story The Count of Monte Cristo, Revenge centers on Ned Maddstone, a happy, charismatic, Oxford-bound seventeen-year-old whose rosy future is virtually preordained. Handsome, confident,...

A major US debut novel in 2019 Shortlisted for the Centre for Fiction First Novel Prize A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice In Chia-Chia Lin's piercing debut novel,...

Take one food writer named Cranky Agnes, add a hitman named Shane, mix them together with a Southern mob wedding, a missing necklace, two annoyed flamingos, and a dog named...

A twelfth-century Sicilian cat burglar snatches a sack of artefacts from the king's geographer's library, and the tools and talismans of transmutation and eternal life are soon scattered all over...

Dave Nelson was fiercely ambitious. First in line for the top job on a magazine, he had every right to feel lucky. So when Willie Strayte was offered the job...

When Dana and Caitlin meet by chance on the ferry from Ireland, they tell each other that they are simply going to search for work, but they soon realise they...

A beautifully designed edition of number-one New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett's prized classic, annotated and with an introductionby the author herself. 'A book that works both as a...

2 best friends. 1 perfect match. Could you solve the equation for love if you've never had it yourself? Twenty-six-year-old Penny Webber has never had a boyfriend, but she's about...

The brilliantly funny, unputdownable new novel from Janet Evanovich, No. 1 bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum books Alexandra Barnaby knows how to change a guy's oil and rotate his...

The gripping new suspense story by the bestselling author of LADY OF HAY and ON THE EDGE OF DARKNESS, is set in richly mysterious Egypt, where past and present elide....

A mysterious metamorphosis has taken hold of Ida MacLaird - she is slowly turning into glass. Fragile and determined to find a cure, she returns to the strange, enchanted island...

A brilliantly warm, witty and moving portrait of our pandemic lives, told in ten heart-rending short stories ***A GUARDIAN BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR THIS AUTUMN*** A brilliantly warm, witty...

_________________________ A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories which show that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is...

Set in a post-War period when a well-to-do British family's existence - both outside and inside the house - is ruled by a strict set of conventions, The Second-last Woman...

This is a waterproof book, full of aquatic tales - a must-have for the beach, pool or bath! A housewife surprises her family with Olympic ambitions. A party guest embarks...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020 'A story for now, an important story . . . told with incredible freshness' Martha Lane Fox, Chair of Judges, Women's Prize...

_______________ 'A boisterous tribute to her home town that crackles with the chaos of Pakistani political life' - The Times 'Deftly woven and provocative ... Shamsie's blistering humour and ear...

Being lost in a place you know by heart is one of life's most disconcerting feelings - a wry, warm and insightful novel of life, love and loneliness 'She writes...

Blithely unaware of their presence, Emma, who imagines she has a special gift for matchmaking, attempts to arrange the affairs her social circle with delightfully disastrous results. But when her...

Fast-paced and laugh-out-loud funny, Lucky Leonardo is not to be missed. Leonardo Cook, practicing psychiatrist, is experiencing a delicate emotional phase. His wife has left him for another man, his...

"A highly original and often hypnotic work . . . exactly the type of book that readers in search of striking European voices should embrace" John Boyne, author of THE...

Her whole world hinged on the moment one man jumped. On a perfect summer's day in Paris, tourists on a river trip watch in horror as drama unfolds. A small...

The prospect of Christmas alone in London doesn't appeal to Flo and her friend Alex, both divorcees, mothers and grandmothers. They take off for Morocco and, undaunted by either age...

Aimed at fans of Allison Pearson, this is the story of a woman who has everything or does she?

The late Billy Lynch's family and friends gather at a small bar and grill in the Bronx to remember better times. His widow, Maeve, is there and everyone admires the...

A gang of street urchins and an American soldier fight to liberate the city of Naples from the German army Naples, late September, 1943. The war in Europe is almost...

A scathingly brilliant new novel from TV scriptwriter J.D. Barrett, author of THE SECRET RECIPE FOR SECOND CHANCES, that explores sex, love and all the stuff in-between. What happens when...

John Harper lies awake at night in an isolated hut on an Indonesian island, listening to the rain on the roof and believing his life may be in danger. But...

A Hollywood wedding sets the scene for a vivid portrayal of a family whose hopes and fears are as real as our own. Simon Steinberg and Blaire Scott are among...

At the age of 17, Randall Hunsacker shoots his mother's boyfriend, steals a car and comes close to killing himself. His second chance lies in a small Nebraska farm town,...

New Year 1919: Before the War, when Margot broke his heart, Tom Abbott swore he would never return to Hannesford Court. Now though, the ritual certainties of a country house...

Niamh Lynch has always enjoyed her job - that is, until she must deliver the bad news that there will be heavy redundancies due to a restructure. Finding herself a...