Fiction

A thrilling and compelling story of being stranded on an island uncovering mysterious events, determining who can be trusted. Brilliant!

Described as 'a gloriously entertaining novel of heists, shake-downs and rip-offs set in Harlem in the 1960s', this two-time Pulitzer winner is praised by novelist Ann Patchett for his 'extraordinary writing'. What will we think?

Stepping into the life of Kate Hogarth and glimpsing the ebbs and flows of her long marriage to Charles Dickens.

Set in a Los Angeles daycare centre for disabled people, this is an amusing, moving and challenging collection of connected stories.

Paulette thinks she has her life planned out, but things keep taking a turn.

'A bold, deft and deeply moving story about animal love and motherhood, and what it means to be devoted to another being...A daring book, and a brilliant one.' This debut novel has attracted great reviews. What will we think of it?

A time-travelling love story.

The latest book from the Booker Prize-winning author of 'Lincoln in the Bardo', this is said to be 'a playful, wise, electric novel taking place at the bedside of an oil company CEO, in the twilight hours of his life, as he is ferried from this world into the next'. What will we think of it?

A beautiful and original way of looking at the last year in the life of Sylvia Plath.

The second instalment following the investigations of time-travelling detective Ali Dawson.

What happens behind closed doors of the rich and privileged, and where no one is as they seem.

A story of a mother and daughter, and the nature of writing.

Daphne is reunited with her stepfather Eddie and comes to understand the event which changed their lives.

Salvage diver Cam Killick was looking for missing fishing equipment, but discovered a murder weapon and so begins a sinister investigation.

A funny, inventive story asking us to look again at life today.

A chance encounter, conversations to kill the time, and a lasting relationship.

Twelve stories of the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India, praised for their dry and gentle humour.

An incredible story imagining the lives of the individuals involved in the 1980s space shuttle programme.

A country house is converted into luxury apartments, building a community of people with different lives, experiences and past. An uplifting, escapist read!