Fiction

A gripping crime novel, more a whydunnit than a whodunnit, featuring detective Simon Serrailler, by the prolific and wide-ranging writer Susan Hill.

The privileged lives of four dissatisfied women who meet and become friends at the school gates.

Things seem to have taken a turn for the better for divorcee screenwriter, Ben, but is his old schoolfriend to be trusted? A gripping summer read.

A disturbing but gripping psychological thriller about a child's disappearance, and her return 10 years later, still a little girl.

A beautiful, astonishing, sensual account of long, hot summers on Martha's Vineyard where life is ruptured by betrayal and deception.

Butterflies descend on a small community in the Appalachians, changing the lives of everyone there. A story of climate change, poverty, community and relationships.

This is a beautiful and moving tale of love and loss, in Burma and New York, in the 1950s and the present day.

When Buffy inherits a run-down B&B in Wales he launches residential divorce courses to help fill beds. An ex-wife thinks the village more desirable than living in Suffolk!

Don wants to find a wife, but Rosie doesn't fit the criteria listed in his questionnaire. A charming, fun account of an unusual relationship.

Two lonely, unhappy people are brought together through a series of letters which were never meant to be read.

A dark, amusing, wry and quirky tale of a woman who opens a utopian nursery school.

A peak into the life of the journalist and novelist, and the generations who have preceded her in her London Victorian terrace.

A bleak and haunting account of the life of an alcoholic

A death causes a community to reflect on the past.

A funny, raw and gripping account of divorce and life on a national newspaper. Bridget Jones 10 years on?

The village of Worlingworth in the 1980s - a bleak, dark, disturbing account of the secrets of village life.

Harold Fry goes out to post a letter and doesn't stop walking. This is a wonderful, uplifting and life-affirming story everyone should read!

A feel-good saga of family, friendship and love set in Italy and America in the 1920s.