Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Review This book sees the poetry of the pool game . . . Fast Eddie's ascent up the ladder from pool shark to full-time hustler is the story of the...

A TIMES AND EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2019 ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' LONGLIST...

Constance Keating has lived a life of internal exile, alienated from her family and from Ireland. Now she has returned to her family home to die. W...

Long ago, Old Filth was a Raj orphan - one of the many young children sent 'Home' from the East to be fostered and educated in England. Jane Gardam...

LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE AS HEARD ON R4s FRONT ROW 'The football novel is back.' The Times Wonderful.' IRENOSEN OKOJIE 'A novel rich i...

"A vital link in the evolution of Beckett's early work." Originally intended as the "recessional" or final piece to Samuel Beckett's 1934 short sto...

In 1933, President Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt took up residence in the White House. With them went the celebrated journalist Lorena Hickok - Hi...

From Elly Griffiths, bestselling crime author writing under her own name, comes a heart-warming tale of family rivalry and long-held secrets. Steep...

With the festive season almost upon him, Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson is winding down at work and gearing up socially - kicking off Christmas...

Review Mytting's book is as much a romantic historical thriller as it is a book of promise, a page-turner as it is a reflective journey into selfh...

I ought to tell you at the beginning that I am not quite normal having had a violent experience at the age of nine' Jessica Vye's 'violent experie...

Review 'Wonderfully evocative' Devon Life ― Devon Life'This should be her breakthrough book...Astute and deeply moving' Bookseller ― Bookselle...

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Review 'The Last Girlfriend on Earth had me giggling out loud' ELLE 'Laugh-out-loud funny. This collection will have you giggling / crying / squi...

Review Remarkable and full of grace. It broke my heart. ― Sarah Perry "Many times man lives and dies / Between his two eternities:" says Yeats, b...

Lucky Santangelo rules with her high profile casino and hotel complex - The Keys in Las Vegas. Lennie, her ex-movie star husband, is directing suc...

A new edition of Richard Skinner's classic novel about the life of Mati Hari, released to coincide with the 100-year anniversary of her death, Octo...

A girl walks through the slums of Kolkata holding an armful of books. She returns home smelling of smoke, and checks her most prized possession: a ...

Review A sharp, moving thriller, combining motherhood and espionage, sisterhood and sacrifice. You lose your breath for adrenalin, but also in emp...

Richard and Judy summer bookclub read 2013, Amazon Rising star, and shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize, this is a funny and touching story o...

‘Utterly addictive’�GLAMOUR If home is where the heart is, what happens when yours is torn in two? Big Stone Gap is a sleepy village where peopl...

At the close of the First World War, two sisters' battles are only just beginning... The Leaving of Liverpool is a poignant saga about the friends...