Contemporary Fiction

''Lovely book to get lost in.'' ''This book blew me away!'' ''It''s a book that you just fall into.'' ''My book of the year.'' ''Her best book yet...

'Life affirming, triumphant and tragic . . . masterfully told. . . but also a wonderful page-turner' Guardian'Brilliant and hugely ambitious' New ...

Andy, Dag and Claire have been handed a society beyond their means. Twentysomethings, brought up with divorce, Watergate and Three Mile Island, and...

Is there truly such a thing as a happily ever after? Colm strolled into Shauna's life fifteen years ago and it was love at first sight. A few week...

'Zippy, smart, well-written ... it manages to be both delicious escapism and refreshingly real' Sunday Times IrelandEveryone who meets her thinks t...

'Flett's all-seeing eye misses nothing' Daily MailWitty, poignant and wonderfully observed, this book's title gets it in one Independent on Sunday...

Nina does not have a drinking problem. She likes a drink, sure. But what 17-year-old doesnt? Ninas mum isnt so sure. But shes busy with her new hus...

If war is madness, how can love survive?Yugoslavia, summer 1979. A new village. A new life. But eight-year-old Miro knows the real reason why hi...

It is the story of the Galactic Empire, crumbling after twelve thousand years of rule. And it is the particular story of psycho-historian Hari Seld...

When Jack Morgan stops by Private''s Paris office, he envisions a quick hello during an otherwise relaxing trip filled with fine food and sightseei...

A re-envisaging of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, from the Man Booker Prize-winner and our great chronicler of Jewish life. Who is this guy,...

THE RUNAWAY SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER AND THRILLER OF THE YEAR, NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING EMILY BLUNT'Really great suspense novel. Kept me up mo...

A powerful post-apocalyptic thriller, perfect for fans of The End of the F*cking World.'A real find' STEPHEN KINGWhen the world ends and you find y...

A stunning novel from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of THE KASHMIR SHAWL London 1919Born into a down-at-heel family, Nancy Wix is m...

Susan Frobisher and Julie Wickham are turning sixty. Susan has just discovered that her recently deceased husband was not only a swinger but had ru...

'Her storytelling ability is second to none' SUNDAY EXPRESS'Maeve Binchy is a master storyteller' NEW YORK TIMES'The Irish do love telling stories...

Literary legend James Bond returns to his 1950s heyday in this exhilarating thriller by Sunday Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz. It's 1957...

Daniel and Vanessa Parker are an American success story. He is a Washington, D.C. power broker, and she is a doctor with a thriving practice. But b...

The internationally bestselling novel that inspired the acclaimed film directed by Peter Jackson.With an introduction by Karen Thompson Walker, aut...

It's all gone wrong with the man Lottie thought was Mr Right. Then out of the blue she gets a call from her first love. She decides it muct be Fate...

A CLASSIC STORY OF ENDURING LOVE FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR _______________________________'It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds...

The Complete Short Stories of Roald Dahl in the second of two unsettling and sinister volumes.'Dahl finds the child in the adult and the adult in t...