Fiction
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'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?
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Publication date: 12th March 2026
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?
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Publication date: 27th January 2026
A beautiful and original way of looking at the last year in the life of Sylvia Plath.
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Publication date: 12th March 2026
The second instalment following the investigations of time-travelling detective Ali Dawson.
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Publication date: 12th February 2026
What happens behind closed doors of the rich and privileged, and where no one is as they seem.
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Publication date: 27th April 2023
A story of a mother and daughter, and the nature of writing.
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Publication date: 2nd November 2023
Daphne is reunited with her stepfather Eddie and comes to understand the event which changed their lives.
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Publication date: 2nd June 2026
Salvage diver Cam Killick was looking for missing fishing equipment, but discovered a murder weapon and so begins a sinister investigation.
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Publication date: 15th January 2026
A funny, inventive story asking us to look again at life today.
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Publication date: 29th January 2026
A chance encounter, conversations to kill the time, and a lasting relationship.
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Publication date: 10th April 2025
Twelve stories of the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India, praised for their dry and gentle humour.
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Publication date: 8th April 2025
An incredible story imagining the lives of the individuals involved in the 1980s space shuttle programme.
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Publication date: 3rd June 2025
A country house is converted into luxury apartments, building a community of people with different lives, experiences and past. An uplifting, escapist read!
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Publication date: 12th February 2026
Art, secrets and power in 1920s France. Tremendous!
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Publication date: 30th January 2025
A wry look at life while preparing for a summer wedding.
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Publication date: 13th February 2025
A beautifully written, atmospheric and nostalgic spy story - the first of a planned trilogy.
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Publication date: 10th April 2025
A beautiful read about a mother hoping to be reunited with her daughter.
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Publication date: 19th June 2025



















