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'An adventure story that is both exciting and moving' - The Times1649. As English soldiers trample Irish homesteads, leaving behind them a trail of barbarity and destruction, a few brave...

Sometimes when he didn't know he was being watched Meggie would look at him and try desperately to imprint his face upon her brain's core . . . And he...

Joanna Trollope has the priceless gift of drawing characters so clearly, and cleanly, that within half a dozen pages, you feel you have known them all your life - and...

Nearing her one-hundredth birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future, as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital where she's spent the best part of her adult life prepares for closure. Over...

'A thriller, a love story and a deeply moving examination of a German conscience' [Independent on Saturday]For 15-year-old Michael Berg, a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far...

His name is Connor Ford and he falls like an angel of mercy from the sky, braving the flames to save the woman he loves but knows he cannot have....

Constance's mother systematically abused her daughter, both physically and emotionally, throughout her childhood. Regularly beaten and starved, the girl was so desperate she took herself off to Social Services and...

By the 1860s, the Pilasters are one of the world's greatest banking families, with connections that reach from the City of London to far-afield colonies. However, as the family grow...

Rose Wallace thought her time-travelling adventures were over. Jane Austen is about to prove her wrong.After becoming trapped in present-day Bath due to a mishap with her time-travelling charm, Jane...

*WINNER OF THE JHALAK PRIZE, THE INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE AND THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD**LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE**SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE AND THE GORDON...

A surprise present, a mystery sender and a sprinkling of secrets. Escape with bestselling author Cressida McLaughlin! 'A warm and comforting read' Woman & Home 'Wonderful' Woman's Own ___________________________________ Can...

Welcome to the little Irish village where Christmas celebrations are in full swing! Twinkling lights, cosy fires and big mugs of hot chocolate are in abundance at the Shamrock Inn.For...

LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION, 2019SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD'A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.' -...

WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2008WINNER OF THE GALAXY BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 'AUTHOR OF THE YEAR' 2009'[An] extraordinary and brilliant first novel... Adiga is a real writer - that...

* THE TOP 10 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *'One of the finest contemporary novels I've read ... A moral masterpiece' ANN PATCHETT'Her writing has a luminous kind of clarity, a...

'Real sagas with female characters right at the heart' Woman's Hour'Saga fiction at its best . . . I enjoyed it immensely' VICKI BEEBY'A lovely read, full of highs, lows,...

'This wove a spell on me' - Marian Keyes 'F***ing brilliant' - Daisy May Cooper ___________Meet Gosia.She's a sensitive soul with a filthy mind and problems with intimacy.Between shifts in...

A bold, thought-provoking novel that will compel and disquiet in equal measure, about the moral lines we tread, the stories we tell ourselves and the secrets we bury; 'the best...

When Gabrielle Newman throws her cheating husband out, Stu cares more about the money than the break-up, getting more than his fair share from their house sale. An unexpected bequest...

The SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB pick from the author of The Family Holiday'A moving and heart-warming novel about love in all its forms'...

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020Longlisted for the Desmond Eliot Prize 2020Longlisted for the Polari Prize 2021Featuring on BBC 2's Between the Covers'Sophie Ward is a dazzling talent who writes...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2018For weeks, someone has been broadcasting people's secrets from the minarets of the city's mosques, striking fear into the hearts of Christians and Muslims alike....

**Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021**** From the author of Golden Hill **'My god he can write.' Richard Osman'Glorious.' Evening Standard'Exhilarating.' TLS'Brilliant.' Observer'Dazzling.' The Times'Extraordinary.' Financial Times'Superb.' GuardianNovember 1944. A...

NOW A MAJOR SERIES ON BBC ONE AND BBC iPLAYER STARRING KEELEY HAWES 'You can't help feeling that Jane would have approved' Observer'So good, so intelligent, so clever, so entertaining...

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop. Hardborough becomes a battleground. Florence has...

'A thrilling, defiant novel' FATIMA BHUTTO'A masterpiece' MARC LAMONT HILL'Wonderful ... Shines a ray of hope into some very dark places' MICHAEL PALIN'A fearless work of imagination' AHDAF SOUEIFWinner of...

South Dublin's favourite son thought he could face any challenge - until he was asked to cross the bridge over the River Dargle.For Ross O'Carroll-Kelly - schools rugby hero, celebrated...

After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific.The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with...

In the quiet cul-de-sac where Keith and Stephen live there is very little evidence of the Second World War. But the two friends suspect that the inhabitants of the Close...

A major film starring Brie Larson, winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Best Actress BAFTAShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Orange Prize and a Richard...

Discover the captivating story of courage, daring and love from the No. 1 international bestseller Lesley Pearse'Evocative, compelling, told from the heart' Sunday ExpressWith her reputation in tatters, 17-year-old Mari...

"Gripping - and profound... Kate Sawyer has a great gift for capturing the tiny details that tell us everything about a person or dynamic." -- Marian KeyesMargaret Smith is at...

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 'So long as we are alive, so long as we feel, so long as we love, everything in us is an energy we can use'...

Who is mad? Who is sane? Who decides? Welcome to the Dorothy Fish, a hospital in North London. N has been a patient for thirteen years. Day after day she...

'SUPERB - I LOVED IT!' MIRIAM MARGOLYES'SHINES WITH ALL THE COLOURS AND TEXTURES OF PROVENCE' KATE MOSSE'SIMPLY DELICIOUS' JOANNE HARRISA season of secrets...Celia Grey appears to have the perfect life:...

THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Picoult is a master manipulator, weaving gripping, dramatic plotlines. We defy you not to be gripped.' GlamourFor eighteen years the Hartes and the Golds have lived...

The multi-million copy bestseller, Kim Edwards' The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a moving and poignant novel about grief, family and betrayal.Families have secrets they hide even from themselves...It should have...

In Delhi a small baby lies alone and abandoned. The product of IVF and surrogacy, she had been so coveted - until she was born with a fatal illness. No...

'Rahill is a stylist of the highest calibre... Molly's voice has a lilting brogue that sings from the page. Rahill's prose is alive with inventive phrasings and imagistic virtuosity, especially...

Jay adores his small daughter, Bonnie, and nothing matters more to him than being a good father. But Bonnie's traumatic birth puts an unbearable strain on his marriage with Shauna...

**Read the addictive bestseller now a major Amazon Prime TV series starring Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Regina Hall, Manny Jacinto, Bobby Cannavale and Luke Evans** PERFECT LIVES OR PERFECT LIES?...

Frank Delage, a middle-aged Australian, arrives in Vienna with the most daring of propositions. He has invented a revolutionary piano and means to market it to the grand old world...

'Tiffany's rolodex would be the envy of many Hollywood producers' Grazia'A must-read for any pregnant or new mummy' Zita West, midwife and fertility expert'I could not put this book down!'...

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,...