Modern Fiction - Secondhand

An novel poking fun at modern mores and delving into what we should really treasure in our precarious lives. From the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Sometimes we must...

East Germany, 1975. Karin Muller, sidelined from the murder squad in Berlin, jumps at the chance to be sent south to Halle-Neustadt, where a pair of infant twins have gone...

From Hanoi to Saigon, a tale of one woman's search for a better life - and a thriller that strikes to the merciless heart of post-civil war Vietnam. In the...

Marie may be 'getting on a bit' but it's certainly not getting her down. Her family around her and a man who loves her means that life is good -...

A town engulfed in flames. The dying coastal town of Broughlet is being torn apart by wildfires, and the locals suspect arson. A cult devoted to fire. The sinister People's...

At once heartbreaking and uplifting, Happy People Read and Drink Coffee is a deeply felt reminder that love remembered is love enduring. Diane, owner of Happy People Read and Drink...

In 2005, celebrated novelist Francisco Goldman married a beautiful young writer named Aura Estrada in a romantic Mexican hacienda. The month before their second anniversary, on a long-awaited holiday, Aura...

'I think the world should read it' LISA TADDEO, AUTHOR OF THREE WOMEN A Guardian Book of the Year After the unexpected death of her partner, Carolina Setterwall found herself...

One Parisian summer A building of separate lives All that divides them will soon collapse... In a forgotten corner of Paris stands a building. Within its walls, people talk and...

Cath is worried about her friends. DanDan is struggling with the death of his ex, Lucy is drinking way too much and Steph has become closed off. A weekend away...

Guy Gunaratne's blistering debut IN OUR MAD AND FURIOUS CITY is an unforgettable portrait of 48 hours on a London council estate, and will appeal to readers of THE BRICKS...

It's every woman's fantasy: to pack a bag and leave everything behind. Meet Maribeth Klein , a harried working mother who is so busy taking care of her husband and...

"You won't want to put it down" (Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling author) as you read this lyrical novel about a woman whose life is turned upside down when...

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Sage Singer has a past that makes her want to hide from the world. Sleeping by day and working in a bakery by night, she kneads...

Who makes us what we become? Dr Paul Allen is a well-respected man. He lives a happy, comfortable life with his second wife and their family. Until the night when...

Every family has its secrets. Some are small, like telling a white lie or snooping through a private drawer. Others are more serious, like infidelity and betrayal. And some secrets...

It all started in August 1968 when Babo, with curly hair and jhill mill teeth, became the first member of the Patel family to leave Madras and fly on a...

"Frank, sexy, and so tender. Little's pen shines" Bolu Babalola, author of Love in Colour "A beautifully rendered story about love's possibilities and its limits. I laughed, I cried, couldn't...

With the death of his identical twin brother, Ross, Catholic Priest, Rupert Brown loses a part of himself while gaining guardianship of his fifteen-year-old niece, Neti. Burdened with grief and...

The book titled Obedience by the author Joseph Hansen. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Franz Kafka's diaries and letters suggest that his fascination with America grew out of a desire to break away from his native Prague, even if only in his imagination. Kafka...

'Aims to open the eyes and tug the heartstrings' Independent An atmospheric, vibrant and moving tale of pain and passion at the heart of war-torn Spain from Victoria Hislop, the...

Two seventeen-year-olds are killed by an ex-Army loner who has gone off the rails. As Detective Inspector John Rebus puts it, 'there's no mystery ...except the why'. But this question...

Entering Normal is the story of an unlikely friendship between two women of different ages and backgrounds whose lives become linked through tragedy. Opal is a single mother with a...

The book titled Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend by the author Robert James Waller. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'These broken pieces were all he had; like keepsakes pulled from the ruins, like photo albums tied to mattresses on the carts of refugees. Fragile traces, dug from the cold...

In a town on the frontiers of Central Asia, an ambitious scribe feverishly dreams of writing his masterpiece. But before he can begin, he must find the perfect paper, a...

November 1979, the height of Northern Ireland' s Troubles. Kathleen Moran' s son Sean has just been transferred to the hypersecure H-block in Belfast' s notorious Maze prison, where he...

The book titled The Crossfire Killings by the author Bill Knox. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A profound and beautiful masterpiece about a lifelong friendship between two writers. In this shimmering mosaic of a novel, a writer reflects on the final days of her friend's life....

When Dorothy came back from the dead, Aaron noticed that some people simply ignored the fact; some seemed to have forgotten she'd died in the first place; and others just...

On the coach, Lev chose a seat near the back and he sat huddled against the window, staring out at the land he was leaving ...' Lev is on his...

The bestselling author of Flight of the Intruder and Under Siege presents another Jake Grafton novel that blows the lid off an issue of inte rnational urgency. Dispatched to Moscow...

The book titled Passion and Cunning by the author William Obrien. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Going to the Dogs by the author Dan Kavanagh. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

At the heart of this bittersweet, thought-provoking story are three friends and one impossible decision... After years of watching her best friends Ben and Claire try for a baby, Romily...

A perpetual breeze blows through Amour-sur-Belle, a village so ugly that even the English refuse to live there. Guillaume Ladoucette the barber is forced to give up his business as...

The September edition of Meanjin includes Georgia Blain on life-writing, Joseph Pearson on Don Watson's American Journeys in light of the USA primaries, and Mel Campbell on buying a leather...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts explores the wilds of the Grand Tetons-and the mysteries of love, murder, and madness-in this engrossing and passionate novel. The sole survivor...

The book titled A Season in the West by the author Piers Paul Read. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled A Question of Guilt by the author Frances Fyfield. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper examines the fault lines of a troubled marriage in this "unfailingly intelligent...undeniably literary psychological drama"( Booklist ). To the...

"Every good love story has another love hiding within it." Brokenhearted and still mourning the loss of her husband, Heidi travels with Abbott, her obsessive-compulsive seven-year-old son, and Charlotte, her...

Her husband may be a louse but recently single mum Ruth is not going to let a baby cramp her style in this raucous and hilarious novel Ruth gave birth...

When I was thirteen, my father killed my mother . . . How do you recover from something like that? Carol never quite does. Sent to live with her aunt,...

The book titled Dick Francis Boxed Set 1 by the author Dick Francis. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Time's Witness by the author Michael Malone. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

American academic Trevor Stratton discovers a box full of artifacts from World War I as he settles into his new office in Paris. The pictures, letters, and objects in the...