Modern Fiction (post 1945)

A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CLARE MACKINTOSH THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'An utter delight' Sarah Winman 'Quirky, moving and beautifully written' Paula Hawkins 'Vibrant and funny' Guardian Summer,...

Praise for Reluctantly Charmed 'A sweet, whimsical, quintessentially Irish novel guaranteed to add a little magic to your day!' Liane Moriarty When Maeve O'Brien's boss sends her to a dreary...

A love story about loyalty, belief and idealism, set against the epic sweep of twentieth-century history. World War II is over and Hiroshima lies in a heap of poisoned rubble...

INNOCENCE In August 1905 a party of young men took ship for England. Among them: four farmers, two bootmakers and a boatbuilder. Bunny and Fats, Bubs and Massa and all...

And anyway, who cares? All that matters is that the guy is dead, right? A dark and thrilling ride about the most unlikely of killers, perfect for Tarantino fans, by...

'Hanan al-Shaykh lays bare the perverted relations which necessarily exist in a state which denies women their humanity, and does so in a lyrical feeling language whose impact is all...

When two English brothers take the helm of a Barbados sugar plantation, Washington Black - an eleven year-old field slave - finds himself selected as personal servant to one of...

'You really must read this book. A rare and phenomenal life affirming read' DINAH JEFFERIES 'Get ready to fall in love with Eadie Browne, the eponymous and eccentric heroine of...

'You really must read this book. A rare and phenomenal life affirming read' DINAH JEFFERIES 'Get ready to fall in love with Eadie Browne, the eponymous and eccentric heroine of...

This heartwarming novel set in the idyllic small-town of Firefly Lake explores the sisterly friendship between a group of women and a second chance at love-perfect for fans of Jill...

Discover the emotional and unforgettable brand-new novel from Jennie Felton. When war is declared in September 1939, Rosie Mitchell reluctantly returns from London to the Somerset mining town of Hillsbridge...

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...

Two fierce rivals. One Christmas truce? 'I really loved this book' 'This book is a treat ' 'A perfect story to come home to' 'One of my favourites ' ____________...

***Discover your next reading obsession with Alex Gray's bestselling Scottish detective series*** ***Don't miss the latest from Alex Gray. Book 20 in the Lorimer series, QUESTIONS FOR A DEAD MAN,...

The present edition contains a corrected text of the first edition and includes a new introduction by the author as well as her introduction to the 1985 Virago edition. Stephen...

August 1966, the long hot summer of World Cup euphoria is suddenly shattered by a brutal crime that shocks a nation seemingly at ease with itself. Three characters' fates are...

One winter morning Lorimer Black goes to keep a business appointment and finds a hanged man. This is just the start of what turns out to be a horrendous period...

A sweeping, multi-generational saga for fans of Downton Abbey, set around the stately home of Cavendon Hall as the roaring twenties change the family's fortunes forever. 1926. One stately home's...

Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award 2020 'A novelist for our times' Anna Funder, author of Stasiland In this brilliant novel of fear and sacrifice, trauma and survival, four characters'...

This is a story that can only be told in a whisper ... This is a story that can only be told in a whisper ... In the remote outback...

He's almost perfect . . . but he works for Death 'Charming, original love story about grief. I loved it' SOPHIE COUSENS 'This may be my favourite romance of the...

A captivating new saga set in Liverpool and Ireland, from the bestselling author of DAYS OF HOPE and FAR FROM HOME Angela O'Rourke is six when her parents hand her...

'Funny, sweet and relatable, this is a real gem of a read' Heat 'Heart-stirring and quirky' Peterborough Telegraph Some old love letters. A lonely teenager. A new beginning . ....

In a landscape as beautiful as it is brutal, in a culture both ancient and new, two very different young people struggle for understanding and survival. Set in the heady...

They had been inseparable in college. Mary Stuart, Tanya, and Zoe. But in the twenty years or more that followed, the three had moved on with their lives, settled in...

Tells the story of Jean de Florette, a 35-year-old, city-bred, hunchbacked idealist, his wife, Aimee, and his daughter, Manon. In the second novel, Manon seeks revenge for her father's death,...

BLOODSTAINED KINGS is an extraordinary Gothic thriller - DIE HARD meets TOSCA. Set in the American South, it is the story of the Malign influence one man - a corrupt...

What happens when your beloved only daughter's friend turns out to be a destructive cuckoo in the nest? When girlish charm turns to seduction and teenage friendship to manipulation. How...

"A very entertaining and, ultimately, deeply moving novel about the complex bonds between mother and daughter." - Washington Post "Mary McCarthy, Anne Rivers Siddons, and a host of others have...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019 The moving, powerful and urgent English-language debut from one...

The first title in the exciting new Detective Inspector McLean series. A gripping crime thriller set in Edinburgh A young girl's mutilated body is discovered in a sealed room. Her...

ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S TOP TEN BEST NEW BOOKS IN TRANSLATION The sensational Dutch bestseller: Lucas Rijneveld's extraordinary portrait of a farming family distorted by grief, translated by Michele Hutchison....

These stories create a world of oddity superimposed on an ordinary world. They include six controllers running the whole of London life in all its minutiae; a nightmare tour of...

The gripping new thriller with a difference for 2024 from internationally bestselling author Lisa Stone What do you do when your home becomes a living nightmare? Your house should be...

The feel-good romantic comedy hit! Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Lindsey Kelk and Sophie Ranald . Readers can't stop raving about The Prenup ! 'Sweet, sassy, sparkling!' 'My absolute...

A sweeping rural saga through four generations of the Gordon family, from bestselling author Nicole Alexander, whose novels go right to the 'heart of Australian storytelling'. A sweeping rural saga...

Family is forever, and there's nothing you can do about it. The charming, hilarious and all-too-relatable new novel from the author of How to be Second Best 'Dettmann nails the...

Geneva Settle is a bright young high school student from Harlem writing a paper about one of her ancestors, a former slave called Charles Singleton. Geneva is also the target...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER Fans of Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler and Frederick Forsyth will love this horribly compelling and devastatingly engrossing political action thriller from international bestseller and...

The Casteel family saga concludes with this fifth and final book as Annie and Luke return to Farthinggale Manor to finally put her past behind her. But the Manor still...

'No one gets to the heart of human relationships quite so perceptively as Brookfield.' The Mirror Shortlisted for The People's Book Prize Who can you trust with your darkest secrets......

'A good rom-com is a balm for the harshness of the outside world, and no one does romance and comedy better than Rachael Johns.' Australian Women's Weekly When serial dater...