Modern Fiction - Secondhand

Hollywood, 1945. Ben Collier returns from war to the news that his filmmaker brother Daniel has died in mysterious circumstances -- the papers say it was an accident, but others...

Owner of the luxurious and exclusive Keyscomplex in Las Vegas, Lucky Santangelo comes up against Armet Askarani, a ruthless billionaire middle-easterner potentate with three wives, who has little regard for...

Inventive, electrifying and daring, True Story is a novel like nothing you've ever read before. After a college party, two boys drive a girl home: drunk and passed out in...

It could have been any summer's evening, but of course it wasn't. It was the end of some things, the beginning of so many others. Nick Wheatley has finished high...

The master storyteller continues the Clifton saga with this, the second volume. New York, 1939. Tom Bradshaw is arrested for first degree murder. He stands accused of killing his brother....

As Ella uncovers more of what has gone on, she wonders about the wisdom of bringing it to the screen. Should the restaurant keep its secrets?

After her mother's death, Eleni tries to get away from it all in Byron Bay, hoping to deal with the loss and rebuild her confidence. On her return the family...

In her first novel, Lorrie Moore deftly weaves a complex plot with sensitivity and wit. She is the author of two collections of stories and another novel, including Self-Help, Like...

The Dwelling Place by Catherine Cookson (1972) is a historical novel set in 1830s County Durham, following 15-year-old Cissie Brodie. After her parents die of cholera, she fights to keep...

Lose yourself in the magical world of No.1 bestselling author, Cecelia Ahern. Are you taking your life for granted? Lucy Silchester is. She's busied herself with other stuff: friends' lives,...

Harry Silver returns to face life in the 'blended family'. A wonderful new novel about modern times, which can be read as a sequel to the million selling Man and...

Year's Happy Ending Could she settle for less than love? Professor Gideon Beaufort tried Deborah's good nature severely. He scorned her future as a trained nanny, spending her life caring...

To everyone who's anyone in New York City Victory Ford, Wendy Healy and Nico O'Neilly are the beautiful face of success in the city. Victory is the hottest new designer...

The final instalment in Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy 1918, the closing months of the war. Army psychiatrist William Rivers is increasingly concerned for the men who have been in his...

The Sunday Times bestseller from Booker winner Julian Barnes, this is a thrillingly original novel about truth, history and thinking for ourselves The Sunday Times Bestseller from the Winner of...

For anyone who loved the tales of ALICE IN WONDERLAND comes an inspired re-imagining of the 'real' Alice's tumultous life beyond the looking glass. I didn't want this story to...

The novel to truly capture the comedy and tragedy of our times Beginning eight years ago on the outskirts of Birmingham, where car factories have been replaced by Poundland, and...

Translated by Sandra Smith, with an introduction by Patrick Marnham. In 1929, 26-year-old Irene Nemirovsky shot to fame in France with the publication of her first novel David Golder. At...

It's time for a w(h)ine "God, she's funny" - Jilly Cooper 'Oh, for f*ck's sake' muttered Claire under her breath, as she opened the fridge to see what she could...

From New York Times -bestselling powerhouse Roxane Gay, AYITI is a powerful collection exploring the Haitian diaspora experience. In AYITI , a married couple seeking boat passage to America prepares...

This is a novel about how Lawrence of Arabia honed his expertise and cultural understanding to become one of the most pivotal figures in the Arab revolt of World War...

'I'm looking for that perfect blend of flavours; the taste that used to be you.' It's been 18 months since my husband was murdered and I've decided to finish writing...

When Kendra Tamale returns to England from Australia she rents a room from Kyle, a divorced father of two, and begins a new job. She's looking forward to a fresh...

Five friends on life's journey of challenges, survival and love Five children meet on their first day of school, one bright September morning. Drawn by that magical spark of connection...

The powerful new bestseller from Josephine Cox -- the country's favourite storyteller. Home is where the heart is - but it's also where the pain lurks! After a tragic accident...

Lewis Cole, a resident of tourist town Tyler Beach, New Hampshire, turns sleuth when prominent community members are marked for death and a beautiful girl is found hanged.

From bestselling author and award-winning journalist Caroline Overington comes another thought-provoking and heart-rending story, that reaches from the heart of Bondi to a small village in Tanzania. Shortly after 9.30...

Shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize, Mother's Milk is the fourth of the Melrose novels. Now a husband and a father - and irresistibly caught up in a wreckage...

Sara Fitzgerald's daughter Kate is just two years old when she is diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia. Reeling with the helpless shock of it, Sara knows she will...

Saturday, February 15, 2003. Oddly - he's never done such a thing before - Henry Perowne wakes before dawn to find himself already in motion, drawn to the window of...

'There was this time when everything seemed to have come together. And so obviously it was time to go and screw it all up'. Sam is sixteen and a skater....

Step into the magical world of Cecelia Ahern in this heartwarming bestseller. If you could wish for one gift this Christmas, what would it be? Lou Suffern wishes he could...

WELCOME TO JAMAICA, HAVE A NICE BREAKDOWN. A group of 6 friends converge on the fabled island of Jamaica to compete in a marathon relay swim across treacherous water. Most...

From the greatest living Irish author, a brilliant and moving novel about fame, sexual power, and a daughter's search to understand her mother's hidden truths 'Written with all the ingenuity...

Miss Ona Vitkus has - aside from three months in the summer of 1914 - lived unobtrusively, her secrets fiercely protected. The boy, with his passion for world records, changes...

A blast of energy and zeitgeist from Britain's foremost comic talent. It's two fifteen a.m., you're in bed alone and you're woken by the phone. Your eyes are wide and...

Depicting the daily struggle of the individual against a tyrannical dictatorship, We the Living shows the terrible impact of a revolution on three people who demand the right to live...

With millions of copies sold worldwide, Di Morrissey is Australia's favourite storyteller with new novel The Endless Sky coming December 2025. When Australian Julie Reagan discovers a book written about...

'Fabulous, relaxing, page-turning, dream-inspiring' MIRANDA HART 'Exquisitely beautiful and so perceptive' JOANNA CANNON From the Costa-shortlisted author of THE OTHER HALF OF AUGUSTA HOPE and ALL MY MOTHERS The story...

Winner of the Book of the Year at The Isle of Wight Book Awards 'As immersive and compelling as the girls themselves. You will get lost in their lives, and...

St Petersburg, 1914. Dr Otto Spethmann, a famous psychoanalyst, is implicated in a murder. But he is preoccupied with Avrom Rozental, the brilliant chess master who is due to play...

Former SAS Captain Will Jackson is a man with nothing to lose. A veteran of the most dangerous missions the Regiment could throw at him, his life was torn apart...

Don't say his name Don't say it thrice What happens next It won't be nice Tall Harry Tall Harry Tall Harry ... When Detective Stayer takes a job in the...

A hallowed place it may be, but No 5 Caper Court in the Inner Temple is riddled with rumour and uncertainty. The head of chambers is dying; there is a...

An almost deserted town in the middle of nowhere, Nebulah's days of mining and farming prosperity if they ever truly existed are long gone. These days even the name on...

It's a summer to remember . . . at the Jersey Shore. Giovanna "Gia" Spumanti and her cousin Isabella "Bella" Rizzoli are going to have the sexiest summer ever. While...

Cold Case Reckoning - Kimberly Van Meter She wasn't the kind of woman who granted second chances... no matter how much he might want one. Sparks fly when former lovers...