Fiction

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by Liz Jensen
An apocalyptic thriller covering environmental disaster, psychotherapy and evangelical Christianity. Packed with issues, and a gripping read.
by Kathleen Tessaro
Life isn't turning out how she expected, so when 30-something Louise discovers a fascinating treatise on fashion in a second-hand bookshop, she decides to put the principles into action.
by Robert Harris
A thriller based in the world of high finance and artificial intelligence.
by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
A young woman discovers she can help others through the flowers she chooses for them.
Listen to Catherine's choice for the month
by Jeanette Winterson
A modern fable telling the tale of Silver, an orphaned girl who is taken in by blind Mr Pew, the mysterious lighthouse keeper.
by Aminatta Forna
by Amanda Hodgkinson
Set in Ipswich, this is the story of a Polish couple and their young son who are trying to make a life together after the War.
by Amy Sackville
Much more than the blurb on the cover - beautiful descriptions, sensual colours, powerful presentations of sultry summers and freezing wastelands.
Publication date: 13th December 2010
by Alexander McCall Smith
Rural Suffolk at the outbreak of the Second World War. La is a divorcee who moves from London to the country for a fresh start and decides to form an amateur orchestra.
by Clare Pooley
What would happen if you got to know the people in your train carriage? A brilliant, wonderful read with characters I didn't want to leave.
Publication date: 26th May 2022
by Elly Griffiths
Another brilliant instalment in the lives of Ruth Galloway and DCI Nelson, this time they're trying to solve a crime while in lockdown.
Publication date: 3rd February 2022
by Clare Chambers
Compared to the writing of Barbara Pym or Anita Brookner, this is the story of a local reporter in 1950s east London who has been sent to discover the truth behind a rather unusual revelation. Miracle or fraud, the investigation threatens to turn Jean's life inside out. What will we make of it?
Publication date: 29th April 2021
by Patrick Gale
Publication date: 1st March 2022

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