Contemporary Fiction

December 1937. The Japanese have taken Nanking. A group of terrified schoolgirls hides in the compound of an American church. Among them is Shujuan...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERTwo men have been enlisted to kill the head of the Gestapo. This is Operation Anthropoid, Prague, 1942: two Czechoslova...

Why tell the truth...if you know it's going to hurt?Hannah has known Ellen and Barbara since they shared student digs. So when Ollie, the father o...

From Number One bestselling author Roisin Meaney comes a sweet and moving story of heartbreak and new beginnings.Hannah Robinson is just about to o...

One Summer by bestselling author, David Baldacci, is a tender and absorbing portrait of a family rebuilding itself after being torn apart by grief....

The Pale King is David Foster Wallace's final novel - a testament to his enduring brillianceThe Internal Revenue Service Regional Examination Centr...

The Wayland family - Lara and Marcus and their three children - leave England to spend a long, hot summer in Trout Island, Upstate New York. Lara, ...

From Penelope Lively, winner of the Booker PrizeWhen . . . Charlotte is mugged and breaks her hip, her daughter Rose cannot accompany her employer ...

The only thing that lasts is love, even when it's gone.Three French tutors meet at a small cafe that spills out onto the sunny Parisian backstreet ...

'[Gervase Phinn is] a worthy successor to James Herriott, and every bit as endearing.' - Bestselling author Alan Titchmarsh She was wearing red sh...

Hollywood - glittering premieres, dazzling movie sets, fabulous parties, plush love-nests hidden in Malibu and Beverly Hills. Behind the gorgeous p...

From the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller comes a gripping and moving story about one woman's move to the house of her dreams. Everyone has a ...

Fontaine Khaled has an Arab millionaire among her yesterdays and hard-gambling Nico for all her tomorrows. Which only leaves the problem of choosin...

'Fifty Shades sexier than the average bonkbuster' Chrissie ManbyStarry-eyed ingénue Coco Raeburnis passionately ambitious. She will do anything - a...

Rock Star International bestselling sensation Jackie Collins, the queen of glamour fiction (San Antonio Express-News) captures the raw, electric th...

When Alice finds herself in the rapidly downward spiral of Alzheimer's Disease she is just fifty years old. A university professor, wife, and mothe...

From Adele Parks, No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Just My Luck, comes an unputdownable novel of finding out what it truly means to find th...

If you loved reading the mesmerising tale of Daisy and Simon's marriage and secrets in Just My Luck from No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author Adel...

The Other Woman's Shoes is a gripping novel of two very different sisters from Adele Parks, author of the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller, Just My Lu...

Beth Lowe has been sent a parcel. Inside is a letter informing her that her long-estranged mother has died, and a scrapbook Beth has never seen bef...

From the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Just My Luck, comes an unputdownable novel of the ties of old friendships, the passion of new lov...

Lies: we all tell them.To protect those we love, to disguise failure, to hide disappointment. To mask betrayal, or deceit. But what happens when th...

From the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Just My Luck, comes a compulsive tale of a modern-day Cinderella's quest for her own happily ever...

In this addictive novel, from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Just My Luck, a marriage crumbles, cultures clash and love affairs begin...