Fiction
Listed in order of author's surname, 20 per page.
The Last Pilot
A fascinating look at life at the start of the space race for a pilot, husband and father. Intriguing, clever and mesmerising.
read my review of May 2016
One of Our Ministers is Missing
Set in the world of politics, journalism, police and crime, in London and Crete with a romance as well as a mystery to solve.
read my review of December 2023
Publication date: 25th May 2023
Everything Under
Said to be 'weird and wild and wonderfully unsettling', what will we think of it?
read my review of October 2020
Never Greener
When Kate and Callum meet again 20 years after a destructive affair, they make some foolish and devastating decisions.
read my review of August 2019
Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North
A tiny book with a lasting message of hope, reconciliation, forgiveness and peace, this is the beautiful conclusion to the Harold Fry story.
read my review of September 2022
Publication date: 20th October 2022
Miss Benson's Beetle
Fabulous characters, a journey, friendship and self discovery. Familiar Rachel Joyce, with some surprises too.
read my review of April 2020
Publication date: 23rd July 2020
The Music Shop
We loved this book for its celebration of the power of music to heal, touch and uplift, as well as its compelling story, the strength of community, a belief in second chances and vivid, charming characters.
read my review of May 2017
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A Snow Garden
A magical, moving and uplifting collections of stories, as you would expect from the creator of Harold Fry.
read my review of November 2015
Publication date: 3rd November 2016
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
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!
read my review of July 2012
The Report
What caused 173 people to be crushed to death as they sought refuge in the Bethnal Green air raid shelter in 1943? Thirty years after the original investigation, the magistrate is asked to look again at his report into the tragedy.
read my review of March 2012
Greek Lessons
An intriguing and thought-provoking novel about language and relationships.
read my review of February 2023
Publication date: 27th April 2023
Watch Her Fall
You'll feel you're doing pirouettes with all the plot twists in this thriller set in the obsessive and toxic world of a Russian ballet company. Is anyone as they seem?
read my review of February 2021
Publication date: 1st April 2021
Trespasses
An amazingly atmospheric and absorbing account of ordinary people's lives against the backdrop of violence and unrest in 1970s Northern Ireland.
read my review of April 2023
Publication date: 30th March 2023
Rachel's Holiday
Rachel has been living it up in New York, but her family and friends have decided enough is enough, and take her to rehab back home in Ireland.
read my review of January 2022
Publication date: 2nd August 2012
Flight Behaviour
Butterflies descend on a small community in the Appalachians, changing the lives of everyone there. A story of climate change, poverty, community and relationships.
read my review of April 2013
Tigers in Red Weather
A beautiful, astonishing, sensual account of long, hot summers on Martha's Vineyard where life is ruptured by betrayal and deception.
read my review of May 2013
Darling
A reimagining of Nancy Mitford's 'The Pursuit of Love', this is a thoroughly engaging and entertaining read, with a beautiful cover!
read my review of August 2022
Publication date: 20th October 2022
The Secretary
A battle of power which is delicately and subtly drawn. Just who is in control?
read my review of March 2019