Fiction

Set on the eve of the financial crash of 2008, Barcelona Dreaming is made up of three stories that are linked by time and place. It is 'a powerful and poignant fable in our uncertain times'. What will we make of it?

A stunning crime novel which combines a wry, cynical and humorous jibe at the establishment while also proving bleak, disturbing and moving.

A wonderful novella telling the tale of Marianne Clifford, unhappy in love and trying to make her way in London and the provinces in the 1960s.

An astonishing book - understated, moving, thought-provoking, atmospheric. Tremain is an amazing writer.

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

An eight-year-old girl kills a toddler, her actions seemingly an outlet for the lack of care and attention she receives from her mother. An astonishingly sensitive and compelling novel.

A charming, funny and poignant love story. Micah solves all your computer problems, but struggles with his relationships.

Beautifully tender and atmospheric account of the home life of the artist Stanley Spencer, told by his housekeeper Elsie.

Another fantastic Josephine Tey mystery with a gloriously nostalgic and glamorous setting, this time in Hollywood on the set with Hitchcock filming 'Rebecca'.

Another fabulous Josephine Tey mystery, this time set in Suffolk in 1939 as children are evacuated from London at the start of the war.

This Josephine Tey mystery revisits her youth when the playwright and sleuth lodged with two teachers at Charleston Farmhouse in Sussex.

A wonderfully atmospheric mystery. A housewife goes missing one stifling hot summer, in the suburbs of 1950s America.

Three women ponder life as they care for the younger generation in a charming, amusing and poignant novel. Published November 2019.

Mr Golightly has retreated to a quaint Devon village to cure his writer's block. As he immerses himself in the lives of his neighbours, we learn more about him, community and life itself.

Set in the 1980s, Jake and his nine-year-old brother Leon have been taken from their mother and put in the care of Maureen. How will they fare? Will their family be reunited? Funny, gritty, beautiful and honest say the reviews. What do you think?

A joyous return to the Dordogne, France, to step into the life of rural policeman, Bruno with his dog, Balzac. There's great food, a fabulous way of life, good friendships and a mystery to solve. Wonderful escapist stuff!

A tale of a family mystery, romance, letters and books.

Each morning a woman wakes up remembering nothing of the day before. Her past and her identity are revealed to her, day after day, by the one person she can trust. But is she being told the whole story?

A story of a friendship and obsession, with horrifying consequences. Compelling to read, with a haunting conclusion. Published July.

Lives are entangled in the high emotions of university life. A story of obsession, rivalry, secrets and lies, and Agatha Christie.