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Ruth is thirty years old. She works as a nurse in a care home and her fiance has just broken up with her. The only thing she has...

On the banks of the River Seine in 1899, a young woman takes her final breath before plunging into the icy water. Although she...

Dr Jonathan Murray fears his new-born daughter is not as harmless as she seems.

Sammy Agnew is wrestling with his dark past,...

This was how I heard the most important story of my life, the thing that decided me, the story that determined who I was in the...

London, 1996. Robin and Ruth meet in the staff room of an East London school. Robin, desperate for a real connection, instantly...

Molly has lived on the streets for nearly a decade. She has close friends but spends most of her nights sleeping rough in...

'Isn't the life of any person made up out of the telling of two tales, after all? The whole world makes more sense if you...

'There exists in all of us a song waiting to be sung which is as heart-stopping and vertiginous as the peak of the cathedral....

There's no such thing as a happy ending , is there …?

Sunita - perfect housewife - is married to Akash, but is her marriage...

You’ve heard the old proverb about ambition, that it’s like setting a ladder to the sky. It can lead to a long and painful...

In this collection of twelve dark, unerring and surprising short stories, John Boyne explores the extremities of the human...

From the author of the 2 million+ copy, worldwide bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, - soon to be a major movie...

Farouk's country has been torn apart by war.

Lampy's heart has been laid waste by Chloe.

John's past torments him as he...

The season's just begun at Seacliff Caravan Park, but none of the residents are having a good time.

Frankie is haunted by his...

A young woman's body floats in the Dubai marina. Her death alters the fates of six people, each one striving for a better life in...

I don't want to tell you what happened. I want to tell you how it felt.

Cassandra Williams is twelve; her little brother Wayne...

For Rich, life is golden.
He fizzes with happiness and love.

When Rich dies, he leaves behind a family without a father, a...

What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object....

A young woman's body floats in the Dubai marina. Her death alters the fates of six people, each one striving for a better life in...

It was a journey they would always remember . . . for a friend they'd never forget.

Norman and Jax are a legendary comedic duo...

Heartbroken after a long, painful love affair, a man drives a haulage lorry from England to France. Travelling with him is a...

One lost purse. One lost woman.
A chance encounter that changes everything.

Dot Watson has lost her way. Wracked with guilt...

Duckling's a nickname Lucy has never been able to shake off.
And, if she's honest, maybe it suits her.
She just isn't the type...

Kai lives on a rural council estate in Somerset with his three older sisters, and his mum who is being led into an addiction by...

Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular.

By the time Carrie retires from...

Arun knows there is only way out of this small railway town. He is about to enrol in the prestigious Indian Institute of...

Patterson... , Safran Tad

No stockings, no gifts, no tinsel and no tree - has Christmas been cancelled?

It's mid-December and for the fifth year in a...

Eighteen-year-old Emma has loving parents and a promising future ahead of her.

So why, one morning, does she leave home...

Bel Kumar wakes up in hospital surprised and confused.

Surprised to be told she had a near-fatal accident outside work. And...

This is a book about vulnerable animals and the humans who interact with them. And it's about us. Our pasts and our present, and...