General Fiction - New & Classic Novels

A SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB STAR PICK. West Berlin, October 1979. Helen Abell is a young American, employed by the CIA to oversee a number of safe houses. She arrives...

A SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB STAR PICK. West Berlin, October 1979. Helen Abell is a young American, employed by the CIA to oversee a number of safe houses. She arrives...

A gripping international thriller, perfect for fans of Homeland. Trust. Betrayal. Conspiracy. Jacob Seger is a trainee diplomat who dreams of changing the world. But on his first posting, in...

Orpha Buchanan and Peg Meriweather had a very different start in life. Orpha surrounded by wealth and riches, Peg dumped on a doorstep as a baby with nothing to her...

A startling and gripping novel, Suzy, Suzy follows a teenage girl trying to understand the chaos of her family life. Suzy lives in a dysfunctional household. She can't stand her...

An Irish Independent Book of the Year. As the great John McGahern used to say, there's verse, and there's prose, and then there's poetry; William Wall is a poet in...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'STUNNING' Peter James. 'FANTASTIC' Martina Cole. 'TERRIFIC' Ian Rankin. 'TIMELY' Karin Slaughter. 'TWISTY' J.P. Delaney. 'EXQUISITE' David Baldacci. It was just one night. But...

When American mayors start a campaign to ban handguns, Otis Cogsworth, CEO of Cogsworth International Arms worries about the effects on his company. He convinces an Arkansas congressman to introduce...

The Roman Empire is on the brink of civil war... Only Maxentius, tyrant of Rome, stands between the emperor Constantine and supreme power in the west. Aurelius Castus is now...

The heartfelt new saga from Mary Gibson, bestselling author of Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts. London, 1935. Ruby is always hungry, but she will go without if it means her...

A sweeping, exotic historical saga for fans of Dinah Jefferies. One sultry evening in Kowloon, Dr Rowena Rossiter and Sister Alice Huntley are off-duty and in search of fun -...

They're hunting her. Deep in north California's redwood forests, June Cassidy is hiding. She's no idea who's after her, why they want her or how much longer she can survive....

Touching, funny, and bittersweet, this is a story that will make you laugh, cry, and call your best friend to tell her you love her. 30-year-old Dee Harper and her...

Anna lives in a flat with dad. He is a hoarder, and together they have spent the last 12 years constructing the Insomnia Museum, a labyrinth built from dead TVs,...

The dark days of the war are over, but the family secrets they held are only just dawning. In the hot summer of 1949, a group of family and friends...

Maureen Jackson is a prisoner of her father's blackmail. Three years earlier, she'd been hoping to marry Rory, the man of her dreams. However, after her mother's death, she was...

Book 3 of the classic trilogy of humorous rural adventures through pre-war EnglandMr Finchley takes a fancy to a horse-drawn caravan that he sees for sale, but his new wife...

Community music projects always spread harmony... don't they?When players in Stockwell Park Orchestra fear they may be getting out of touch with the community, they invite children from two nearby...

Welcome to Batch Magna, a place where anything might happen. And often does...Life in an old steam boat deep in the Welsh Borders holds numerous charms, but the Commander's wife...

Welcome to Batch Magna, a place where anything might happen. And often does...A hapless gang of crooks, led by pawnbroker Harold Sneed, have managed pull off 'the big one': a...

Welcome to Batch Magna, a place where anything might happen. And often does...When the old squire of Batch Magna died, the life of distant relative Humphrey, an amiable, overweight short-order...

'Booth is a triumph!' Ruth Ozeki'Accomplished, immersive and profoundly satisfying' Cathy Rentzenbrink'Her finest, most beautiful novel to date' Neel Mukherjee'Effortlessly resonant... breathes rich imaginative colour in her characters' Daily Telegraph'Karen...

Now a major Apple TV series starring Claire Danes and Tom HiddlestonTHE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'A blissful novel of unapologetic appetites ... here is a writer who understands life'...

A DARK HOUSE FILLED WITH DARKER SECRETS...Winter 1954, and in a dilapidated apartment in Brooklyn, Sam Cooper realises that she has nothing left. Her mother is dead, she has no...

'A magic portrayal of modern life in the peripheries' Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun'Full of insight, empathy and wry laughter' M John Harrison, author of Nova SwingOut walking Ada...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA 1939 PUBLISHING SENSATIONCan friendship survive in a divided world? Written on the eve of the Holocaust as a series of letters between a Jew in America and...

WINNER OF THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 'Will leave you shaken to your very core' CosmopolitanNAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2019 by Buzzfeed, Entertainment Weekly, New York Magazine, Electric...

Professor Frederick Lothian, retired engineer, world expert on concrete and connoisseur of modernist design, has quarantined himself from life by moving to a retirement village. Surrounded and obstructed by the...

Nobody speaks to strangers on the train. But what would happen if they did?Every day at 8:05, Iona Iverson boards the train to go to work. Every day, she sees...

To those who don't really know her, Kate Henderson's life must seem exceedingly ordinary. Civil servant, wife, parent of two teenagers, daughter of an Alzheimer's-stricken mother ... But she's also...

"An absorbing, addictive and bold story of early 20th century crime fuelled America." - Books Tea & MeIn 1904 Czarist Russia, four-year-old Max witnesses the brutal murder of his mother...

Inventive, electrifying and daring, True Story is a novel like nothing you've ever read before.After a college party, two boys drive a girl home: drunk and passed out in the...

Inventive, electrifying and daring, True Story is a novel like nothing you've ever read before.*One of Entertainment Weekly's top five reads of the summer*'A mind-blowing page-turning un-put-downable heartwarming empathetic formally...

'Maeve Binchy! I love her stories and have since Light a Penny Candle.' TOM HANKS_____________________A FRIENDSHIP NOTHING COULD DESTROYEvacuated from Blitz-battered London, the shy Elizabeth White is sent to stay...

'Highly recommended' MICK HERRON 'A great adventure. Dripping with atmosphere and exotic life' WILLIAM BOYD 'A riveting page-turner, rich with fascinating period detail' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ___________1867. King's Road, Chelsea, is...

If you enjoyed The Familiars and The Binding, you'll love this sweeping and empowering historical novel, set in Suffragette England. 'A masterclass in storytelling' - Donal Ryan ___________On Halloween night,...

'With captivating characters and a richly drawn setting, this poignant story is the perfect book to curl up with' Catherine Isaac 'Moving, intriguing and beautifully written, this is a story...

We'd like to introduce you to Elizabeth Finch.We invite you to take her course in Culture and Civilisation.She will change the way you see the world.'The task of the present...

Henry Banks, a brilliant but narcissistic young actor, is prepared to go to any length for a role, to capitalise on his successes in television drama by securing the lead...

Thirteen-year-old Tom Curdie, the product of a Glasgow slum, is on probation for theft. His teachers admit that he is clever, but only one, Charlie Forbes, sees something in Tom...

Misadventures is a unique ensemble of mishaps and anecdotes revealing the ups and downs of one woman's life in twentieth-century London. Sylvia Smith's deadpan patter belies the startling complexities, humour...

This is the story of Mary, a young girl born in a beautiful city full of rose gardens and fluttering kites. When she is still very small, Mary meets Lanmo,...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE'One of the best collections you'll read this year' Sunday Times'Wild, witty stories . . . Exhilarating' ObserverIn this rapturous story collection we...

When Diana's mother dies, she impulsively invites estranged half-sister Valerie and her nine-year-old son to stay at her grand country home. On the night of the funeral, fueled by wine...

A man loses five years of his life. Two women are desperate for him to remember. Perfect for fans of Kate Kerrigan and Colleen McCullough. Running away for the second...