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Acts of Love by Judith Michael
By Judith Michael. Luke, a stage director, is going through the belongings of his deceased grandmother, Constance. It isn't long before he comes across letters from Jessica, a glamorous actress, spanning fifteen years and ending a month …
A Spectacle of Corruption by David Liss
By David Liss. Benjamin Weaver is awaiting death in Newgate gaol. Mysteriously convicted for a murder he didn't commit by a judge determined to see him hang- he is suddenly - and equally mysteriously - offered the means to escape. What- you may …
A Pair of Silver Wings by James Holland
'By James Holland. At the school where Edward Enderby taught for over forty years- there were few who knew he'd once been a successful fighter pilot during the war. It was not something he ever talked about - not even to his family. And for over …
A Disorder Peculiar to the Country by Ken Kalfus
By Ken Kalfus. A Disorder Peculiar to the Country
A Certain Smile by Judith Michael
By Judith Michael. Miranda Graham, a clothing designer and the widowed mother of two teenagers, is sent by her company to China to meet with officials at the factory manufacturing her designs. On her arrival, overwhelmed by the foreignness of …
By Michelle Holman. All's fair in love and custody battles - but does the fighting have to be so much fun? Danny Lawson is struggling to raise her twin sister's orphaned children and hold down a full-time job in a busy A & E department. Then the …
By Michelle Holman. What do you do when your husband leaves you for another woman - and 'she' turns out to be him? Tara Whitehead finds out the hard way when her husband decides he'd rather be a woman. With no money- she's about to lose her …
An explosive novel of sex- secrecy and escape by an anonymous writer. A woman disappears. Her car lies abandoned on a remote bluff; no body is found. She was the good wife- the good mother: mannerly- quiet- self-contained. But she has left behind …
Young Will: The Confessions of William Shakespeare by Bruce Cook
By Bruce Cook. It's 1616- and William Shakespeare is back in his native Stratford-Upon-Avon. His extraordinary career as a playwright and poet in London- among the famous and powerful- seems like another world until a strange encounter with a …
Ya Yas in Bloom by Rebecca Wells
By Rebecca Wells. And they need a miracle when old grudges and wounded psyches lead to a heartbreaking crime - and the dynamic web of sisterhood is the only safety net strong enough to endure.Ya Yas in Bloom
By Hilary Mantel. Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009 'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning-' says Thomas More- 'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues- and all the gaolers will owe …
Without Prejudice by Andrew Rosenheim
'By Andrew Rosenheim. Robert- recently returned to live in Chicago- is contacted by a childhood friend who has just completed more than twenty years in prison for a horrific crime. Without Prejudice is a compulsive story of race and the dangers …
This fierce- funny and compassionate collection explores every facet of that most overwhelming and complicated of human emotions: love. With winning directness- Jackie Kay captures her characters' greatest joy and greatest vulnerability- exposing …
Willing: A Novel by Scott Spencer
By Scott Spencer. Avery Jankowsky is a thirty-seven-year-old Manhattan writer scraping by on freelance assignments. Despite his lack of ambition- and very much to his own surprise- he has won the affections of Deirdre- a Columbia grad student …
William Walker's First Year of Marriage A Horror Story by Matt Rudd
'By Matt Rudd. For anyone who has ever dreamed of finding true love only to discover that happy endings are just the beginning comes this brilliantly comic novel about marriage- ex-girlfriends- 'performance anxiety'- and what it takes to make …
By Maritta Wolff. The Veech family are trouble-prone. A large and poverty-striken tribe- they live in a small Michigan town on the outskirts of the city. With six children and three adults crowded into an old and ill-kept house- they bicker and …
Where the Love Gets In by Tara Heavey
By Tara Heavey. In any normal situation Fiona and Sarah would be friends. They are both smart and loving- great mothers- brilliant at life. And they both need a pal. But when Sarah arrives in Fiona's small town on the Clare coast- it's not a …
When Will There be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
By Kate Atkinson. In rural Devon- six-year-old Joanna Mason witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime is released from prison. In Edinburgh- sixteen-year-old Reggie works as a nanny for a G.P. But Dr Hunter …
When We Were Bad A Novel by Charlotte Mendelson
'By Charlotte Mendelson. The Rubin family- everybody agrees- seems doomed to happiness'. Claudia Rubin is in her heyday. Wife- mother- rabbi and sometime moral voice of the nation- everyone wants to be with her at her older son's glorious …
'By Charlotte Roche. With her jaunty dissection of the sex life and the private grooming habits of the novel's 18-year-old narrator- Helen Memel- Charlotte Roche has turned the previously unspeakable into the national conversation in Germany. …
Ultimate Prizes by Susan Howatch
By Susan Howatch. Neville Aysgarth- archdeacon- and right-hand man of the Bishop of Starbridge- has spent his life chasing worldly success. In 1942 he has a perfect wife- a perfect family and a perfect future in the Church of England - all …
Twilight of the Superheroes by Deborah Eisenberg
Deborah Eisenberg is almost unmatched in her mastery of the short story form. In this- her seventh collection- she demonstrates her virtuosic abilities in precisely distilled- unflinchingly honest studies of human connection and disconnection. …
By Paullina Simons. The astonishing debut novel from international number one bestselling author Paullina Simons- now beautifully repackaged Tully Makker is a tough young woman from the wrong side of the tracks and she is not always easy to like. …
Tokyo Cancelled by Rana Dasgupta
By Rana Dasgupta. A major international debut novel from a storyteller who couples a timelessly beguiling style with an energetically modern worldscape. Thirteen passengers are stranded at an airport. Tokyo- their destination- is covered in snow …
Three Mothers by Sonia Lambert
By Sonia Lambert. Three Mothers is a deeply satisfying and rich debut from a talented new voice in contemporary fiction. Fleeing Nazi occupation in Austria- Helene escapes to London- where she meets and marries Charles- a British Intelligence …
Three Great Novels: The New Rector'- 'Talk of the Village'- 'Village M
By Rebecca Shaw. THE NEW RECTOR, TALK OF THE VILLAGE and VILLAGE MATTERS are the first three volumes in the Turnham Malpas series. Rebecca Shaw's novels have been described as 'The Archers with spice' and it is this intimate approach that has …
The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran
By Johanna Moran. In 1899 Henry Oades discovers he has two wives -- and many dilemmas! In 1890- Henry Oades decided to undertake the arduous sea voyage from England to New Zealand in order to further his family's fortunes. Here they settled on …
The Whole Day Through by Patrick Gale
By Patrick Gale. The new novel from Patrick Gale- author of Richard & Judy-bestseller Notes from an Exhibition. When forty-something Laura Lewis is obliged to abandon a life of stylish independence in Paris to care for her elderly mother in …
The Whole Day Through by Patrick Gale
By Patrick Gale. The new novel from Patrick Gale- author of Richard & Judy-bestseller Notes from an Exhibition When forty-something Laura Lewis is obliged to abandon a life of stylish independence in Paris to care for her elderly mother in …