Fiction

Beautifully tender and atmospheric account of the home life of the artist Stanley Spencer, told by his housekeeper Elsie.

Another fantastic Josephine Tey mystery with a gloriously nostalgic and glamorous setting, this time in Hollywood on the set with Hitchcock filming 'Rebecca'.

Another fabulous Josephine Tey mystery, this time set in Suffolk in 1939 as children are evacuated from London at the start of the war.

This Josephine Tey mystery revisits her youth when the playwright and sleuth lodged with two teachers at Charleston Farmhouse in Sussex.

A charming, tender, amusing, moving story about a woman and a mouse, and about friendship and reawakening. Wonderful!

A wonderfully atmospheric mystery. A housewife goes missing one stifling hot summer, in the suburbs of 1950s America.

Three women ponder life as they care for the younger generation in a charming, amusing and poignant novel. Published November 2019.

Mr Golightly has retreated to a quaint Devon village to cure his writer's block. As he immerses himself in the lives of his neighbours, we learn more about him, community and life itself.

Set in the 1980s, Jake and his nine-year-old brother Leon have been taken from their mother and put in the care of Maureen. How will they fare? Will their family be reunited? Funny, gritty, beautiful and honest say the reviews. What do you think?

A joyous return to the Dordogne, France, to step into the life of rural policeman, Bruno with his dog, Balzac. There's great food, a fabulous way of life, good friendships and a mystery to solve. Wonderful escapist stuff!

A tale of a family mystery, romance, letters and books.

Three friends, working in medicine, vowed always to be there for each other, but 25 years on, their bond and their consciences are tested to the limit.

Each morning a woman wakes up remembering nothing of the day before. Her past and her identity are revealed to her, day after day, by the one person she can trust. But is she being told the whole story?

A story of a friendship and obsession, with horrifying consequences. Compelling to read, with a haunting conclusion. Published July.

Lives are entangled in the high emotions of university life. A story of obsession, rivalry, secrets and lies, and Agatha Christie.

Could the author pull off this imagined account of Agatha Christie's disappearance in Harrogate? A very enjoyable read!

Described as "uplifting... and full of unforgettable characters, 'Still Life' is a novel about beauty, love, family and friendship". What will we think of it?

A magical story about life, love, grief, death, the sea and storytelling.

A comical and touching account of a family coping with the blows resulting from life's disappointments

Two lonely, unhappy people are brought together through a series of letters which were never meant to be read.

A modern fable telling the tale of Silver, an orphaned girl who is taken in by blind Mr Pew, the mysterious lighthouse keeper.

An unsettling but compelling gothic tale of life in a rural community on the Suffolk-Essex border.

Susan has been sent the manuscript of a book written by her ex-husband. As she reads the gripping and terrifying story we learn more and more about her life, her present husband, her former marriage, and her thoughts about this book and her response to it.

A wonderfully quirky and poignant tale of lives revolving around a bookshop in Japan.

A disturbing presentation of the mind of a psychopath, translated from the Chinese.

A charming innocence of a correspondence between strangers. Confidences are struck through revelations of loss and disappointment, and solace and friendship results. Delightful, and moving.

A gourmet cook has been convicted of killing businessmen. A journalist wants the exclusive interview, but learns to cook in the process. Weird and brilliant!

This book has topped the charts, being a 'word of mouth' phenomenon! Described as 'a brilliantly written drama about…creativity, complex relationships, and our inner lives', what will we think of it? Buy the book and join in the discussion.