General Fiction - New & Classic Novels

When her brother-in-law dies in a freak accident, Marcy Moon rushes to offer support and solace to her older sister Cleo. Their reunion opens the floodgates of family memory, and...

'An extraordinary achievement' A. L. Kennedy'An enjoyably uncategorisable and atmospheric book, a richly dark and idiosyncratic fairytale for grownups.' The GuardianEdward Carey's witty and entrancing story of a young woman...

'A generous story about the quiet heroism of older women. This heartwarming novel by a crime writer will help to brighten a bleak January ' The TimesFor readers of Elizabeth...

In this spellbinding, utterly unconventional fiction, an aging author who is identified only as Reader contemplates the writing of a novel. As he does, other matters insistently crowd his mind...

A brilliant, highly spirited memoir of Sidney Sheldon's early life that provides as compulsively readable and racy narrative as any of his bestselling novels. The Sheldon family were immigrants to...

'CAN WE ALL AGREE THAT WE WANT SHALINA TO BE OUR HISTORY TEACHER?'Anita Rani'SHALINA PATEL IS THE HISTORY TEACHER I WISH I HAD AT SCHOOL'Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland'GO AND...

A forgotten childhood. A discovered life. What if you only had one day to find out who you really were? When Sabrina Boggs stumbles upon a mysterious collection of her...

You're nine when you get your first computer. It's not long before you discover porn. You don't know what you're watching, but you do know that you shouldn't tell anybody.Later,...

Now a major Netflix drama.1940, France. In the middle of a devastating war, how many lives can you save?Varian Fry, a young American journalist, arrives in Marseille armed only with...

Amy Bloom's Away revitalizes the American road-trip novel from the perspective of a vulnerable but spirited woman. It paints a vivid, earthy and surprising picture of 1920s America, its smells...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**'A page-turning feminist mystery thriller' Observer'Distinctive and involving' Daily Mail'Surprising and satisfying' GuardianRose wants a better life for herself and her mother. Taking a job as a...

To return to those she loves, she must also return to the past... In the second instalment of her Emma Grady trilogy, bestselling author Josephine Cox brings us Alley Urchin,...

The Gardens of Delight brochure promises the opportunity to visit some of the most beautiful gardens in the Lake Como area of Italy. For Lucy, the chance to go to...

Based on a notorious clerical scandal in Victorian Ireland, The Big Chapel by Thomas Kilroy deals with the indelible essence of humanity and the dangers of adhering to ideological dogma....

Sometimes your biggest mistake can also be a blessing . . .Madison has always known she had a different father to her siblings. But it wasn't until she turned eighteen...

One look was enough. Amy Watkins and miner 'Big' Tom Kelly were in love. But can they keep their feelings secret or face the threat of death in a community...

Stewart Gilmour is back in Stonemouth. After five years in exile his presence is required at the funeral of patriarch Joe Murston, and even though the last time Stu saw...

Her eyes were black, wide as though with some sustained surprise, the skin from their outer corners to her small ears taut. Her lips were pale, and nearly too full...

'It's just a small story, really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, a Jewish fist fighter, and quite a lot of thievery ...' This work is...

As history threatens to repeat itself, the actions of one young woman lead to tragic consequences... In the first instalment of the Emma Grady trilogy, Josephine Cox's Outcast is an...

The second collection of blazingly original short stories from Booker prize-winning, Sunday Times-bestselling author Ian McEwan.A two-timing pornographer becomes the unwilling object of one of his victim's vengeful fantasies. A...

'I used to be human once. So I'm told. I don't remember it myself, but people who knew me when I was small say I walked on two feet just...

THE TIMES BESTSELLER'The most perceptive book I have ever read about the female interior' DOLLY ALDERTON'It is so good! It is so honest about being a woman and all the...

The spellbinding story of Merlin's rise to power.Vivid, enthralling, absolutely first-class - Daily MailSo begins the story of Merlin, born the illegitimate son of a Welsh princess in fifth century...

'The premier satirist of great British crapness is on killer form in this gag-a-minute mystery' Observer'A new Jonathan Coe is always a treat... Coe is a master at exploring the...