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'The beginning of summer. Perhaps it crosses my mind even now while I wait for news of Amy that something is coming towards us....

'The beginning of summer. Perhaps it crosses my mind even now while I wait for news of Amy that something is coming towards us....

Patterson... , Patterson...

Liz and Laurie are mother and daughter, but they couldn't be more different.

Laurie is a free spirit whose creative career is...

A nice house, a carefree life, a doting husband, a best friend who never leaves your side. What more could you ask for? There's...

A jury gathers in Manhattan to select a memorial for the victims of a devastating terrorist attack. Their fraught deliberations...

Ned Maddstone has the world at his feet. Handsome, charming, popular and talented, his life is progressing smoothly,...

A prime number is inherently a solitary thing: it can only be divided by itself, or by one; it never truly fits with another....

The village cleaning lady who holds everyone's house-keys opens a boot to find some unexpectedly dead contents; a vengeful dinner...

The Shore. A collection of small islands sticking out from the coast of Virginia into the Atlantic Ocean that has been home to...

Lindy Morris is stuck. She lives in rural Ireland, banished to a lonely bungalow by her Granda Morris, with only her Auntie Bell...

Jenny has devoted her life to her husband, the famous naturalist Wilkie Walker. But this year, as winter comes on, Wilkie seems...

A book about family, selfishness and compassion on Ireland’s Atlantic coast, from the Booker Prize-winner.

Hanna, Dan,...

Min works at the BBC as an audio engineer, where she is struggling to replicate the sound of a heartbeat. At home, other matters...

The first novel in world renowned film-maker, Ingmar Bergman’s trilogy of novels plotting the fractious marriage of his...

At Edinburgh's Department of Environmental Health, hard-drinking, womanising officer Danny Skinner wants to uncover secrets: 'the...

As she walks out of her marriage, a woman remembers the day her husband rescued a boy from drowning.

A blind man on his...

Two families. One night. A constellation of lives changed forever.
When retired doctor Ben Wilf comes across ten-year-old Waldo...

Ngugi wa Thiong'o is renowned for his political novels and plays, yet he honed his craft as a short story writer. First published...

Can revelations from the past help them start a new life?

Three women came to the remote Cornish cottage that summer: Jenna,...

As the new school year begins, Jack Sheffield prepares for an even more eventful year than usual. A new teacher is appointed, and...

The year is 1976 and Jack Sheffield never wants to leave his job.

Jack has been the deputy head teacher at Newbridge Primary...

Arun and his two classmates, Aseem and Virendra, are the success stories of their generation. As graduates of the prestigious...

Richard Yates was acclaimed as one of the most powerful, compassionate and accomplished writers of America's post-war generation....

Discover the brilliant, hilarious and unlikely story of a woman's life rebuilt, from the bestselling author of the Adrian Mole...

'I'm alive inside. A bird is my heart. Mama and Daddy is not win. I'm winning.'

This is the story of Precious, a...

India, 1992. The country is ablaze with riots. In Lucknow, ten-year-old Shubhankar witnesses a terrible act of mob violence that...

Isobel and Jen have spent their entire lives following the rules - of their marriages, and their religion.
But when Isobel's...

You knew Hollywood would be difficult.

So when you land a job in television, you're ready for anything: pulling all-nighters,...

1. Everyone loves a list
2. And this is a novel, told entirely in lists.
3. Have you ever wondered what your life might look...

Meredith Maggs has everything a person needs.

A best friend in Sadie.
A beloved cat in Fred.
Jigsaws to fill the...