Fiction
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Set on the eve of the financial crash of 2008, Barcelona Dreaming is made up of three stories that are linked by time and place. It is 'a powerful and poignant fable in our uncertain times'. What will we make of it?
Review not yet available - book details
Publication date: 31st March 2022
Gloriously atmospheric murder mystery thriller set in a stunning old Paris apartment building, where everyone has secrets and no one can be trusted!
read my review of March 2022
Publication date: 3rd March 2022
A wonderfully warm, funny and refreshingly different take on the familiar situation of being single in a world of couples.
read my review of February 2022
Publication date: 31st March 2022
A warm and compelling family drama by the sea, where sorrows, conflicts and tragedies are handled sensitively and reassuringly leaving the reader satisfied and uplifted.
read my review of February 2022
Publication date: 17th March 2022
Another fabulous Josephine Tey mystery, this time set in Suffolk in 1939 as children are evacuated from London at the start of the war.
read my review of February 2022
Publication date: 19th May 2022
Initially a distressing setting with an unusual occupation, but a beautiful story. Loved this book!
read my review of January 2022
Publication date: 20th January 2022
A beautiful, all-engrossing description of suburban conformity versus bohemian hedonism delicately presented through fascinating, complex characters.
read my review of January 2022
Publication date: 20th January 2022
A beautiful, haunting and life-affirming post-apocalyptic story of a mother and son learning to survive in their changed circumstances in rural Wales.
read my review of January 2022
Publication date: 6th January 2022
An intriguing novel celebrating film, genius and a fading career.
read my review of January 2022
Publication date: 1st July 2021
Rachel has been living it up in New York, but her family and friends have decided enough is enough, and take her to rehab back home in Ireland.
read my review of January 2022
Publication date: 2nd August 2012
Diego Rivera was a revolutionary and influential painter with a colourful and turbulent life. This graphic novel tells his story in explicit detail.
read my review of December 2021
Publication date: 11th November 2021
Science fiction, fantasy, thriller, political drama, family saga, moral dilemma - this novel has it all. An international bestseller which you can't put down, and can't stop thinking about.
read my review of December 2021
Publication date: 20th January 2022
The sequel to the bestselling story of the leper colony in Crete, The Island.
read my review of November 2021
Publication date: 22nd July 2021
A gripping, intense and atmospheric thriller set in the opal mines in Australia.
read my review of October 2021
Publication date: 6th January 2022
'An exquisite puzzle-box' Piranesi won the Women's Prize for Fiction and Susanna Clarke has been described as 'one of our greatest living authors'. What will we think of it?
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An eery, atmospheric story of tragic events over 24 hours in an alternative future. Unsettling and haunting. What will we think of it?
read my review of October 2021
Publication date: 3rd February 2022
A story of father and son, grief and loss, mental health and climate change, and astrophysics! Brilliant.
read my review of October 2021
Publication date: 21st September 2021
Written in late 1940s America, this is a wry, dark, nostalgic account of family life by the author best known for her horror stories.
read my review of October 2021
Publication date: 1st August 2019
An epic tale of family, tragedy, romance and adventure woven around the lives of a 1950s female aviator and a modern day Hollywood movie star. Compelling.
read my review of September 2021
Publication date: 4th May 2021