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A retired widow in rural Connecticut wakes to an unexpected visit from her childhood best friend whom she hasn't seen in...

This book of dark secrets opens with a blaze. On the morning of her daughter's wedding, June Reid's house goes up in flames,...

Nicholas Shakespeare’s collected stories take us around the globe and into the intimate lives of his characters and the dilemmas...

A remarkable early collection of stories by Alice Munro, the bestselling author of Dear Life, and one of the greatest fiction...

London dances to the tune of Gorsky's billions.The most enigmatic of oligarchs, Gorsky desires and gets the best of everything...

The bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Last Runaway returns with a tale of jealousy, bullying and...

If you've ever wondered whether you love your dog more than your partner...

Life hasn't gone according to Judy's plan. Her...

Tender and humorous novel of second chances and life-changing new friendship for fans of Rachel Joyce, Clare Chambers and Barbara...

We all know politics is absurd. But could a Republican be brought down by a stuffed aardvark?
Republican congressman Alexander...

I don't know how you've made it this far . . .

Sami's childhood is much like any other - school with his friends, dinners with...

Brixton 1981. Sixteen-year-old Michael is already on the wrong side of the law. In in his community, where job opportunities are...

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...

Exquisitely observed and wickedly playful, The Waiter is a novel for lovers of food, wine, and of European sensibilities, but...

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...

Jesika is four and a half. She lives in a flat with her mother and baby brother and she knows a lot.

She knows their flat is...

What he experienced that day wasn’t life-changing . . . It was life-making.

Tomura is startled by the hypnotic sound of a...

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

The first memory I have of you is all knickers and legs. You had flipped yourself into a handstand and couldn't get back down. We...

'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...