Fiction

A fascinating premise for a gripping thriller, which continued with twists and turns to the conclusion.

Enduring a soul-destroying job pulping books, a man saves random pages from destruction and reads them out loud to fellow commuters on his morning train journey. One day he stumbles across the pages of a diary...

A young woman discovers she can help others through the flowers she chooses for them.

Out now in paperback! An extraordinary account of a young woman nursing in a maternity unit in Ireland at the time of the 1918 pandemic. Wonderful!

A man steps off the platform into the path of the passing train. The woman who witnessed his death has her own shocking and tragic reasons for being at Peterborough station in the middle of the night.

A man lies in an isolated hut in Bali, listening to the rain on the roof, waiting for his killer, looking back on his life and the events leading to this outcome.

A successful woman with a good career and a loving family embarks upon a risky relationship which spirals into disaster.

A thoughtful and thought-provoking novel about love, sacrifice, contentment and acceptance.

A comic tale setting the already extraordinary story of the medieval saint Edmund against the shenanigans of modern British government.

Found myself physically repelled by elements of this story, but it's brilliantly written.

A Native American woman has been convicted of a horrible crime. While in prison books prove her salvation so when she is unexpectedly released she finds a job in a bookshop though has to contend with the resident ghost.

The war may be nearing the end, but Londoners are finding their patience and fortitude is wearing thin. Funny and touching.

Recently adapted into the Oscar-nominated film 'American Fiction', this novel was released in 2001. It's described as 'a wise novel about how we live'. What will we make of it?

A gentle, unsentimental, amusing and thoughtful read set in the financial district of London. Published in August.

This starts as one book, and turns into something quite different, but you won't be able to stop reading.