1628. Embarking on a journey in search of her father, a young girl called Mayken boards the Batavia, the most impressive sea...

Wolves abound through cultural folklore and through literature – vilified and venerated in equal measure. In Wolfish, Erica Berry...

A monumental speculative fiction story of love, loyalty, politics and conscience set in parallel Londons
The Ark was built to...

When a young woman is found brutally murdered in Kelvingrove Park, only one man stands a chance of finding her killer. Jack...

Kate Grenville’s The Secret River was one of the most loved novels of 2006. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the...

Yejide is hoping for a miracle, for a child. It is all her husband wants, all her mother-in-law wants, and she has tried...

A Raven and Fisher Mystery: Book 2
Edinburgh, 1849. Hordes of patients are dying all across the city, with doctors finding their...

It is 1788. When twenty-one-year-old Elizabeth marries the arrogant and hot-headed soldier John Macarthur, she soon realises she...

Families. Sometimes they're a bloody nightmare …
Life with the Radleys: Radio 4, dinner parties with the Bishopthorpe neighbours...

‘A cat is only ITSELF, representative of the strong forces of life that won’t let go’
For Charles Bukowski there was something...

The case of the extraordinary child...
London, 1863. A strange puzzle has reached Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of...

It's late one night at the Spanish port of Algeciras and two fading Irish gangsters are waiting on the boat from Tangier. A lover...

A Raven and Fisher Mystery: Book 1

Edinburgh, 1847. Will Raven is a medical student, apprenticing for the brilliant and...

How can you say goodbye to the love of your life? In Undying Michel Faber honours the memory of his wife, who died after a...

Can you ever forgive the unforgivable? In 1962, Emil Clement comes face to face with Paul Meissner at a chess tournament in...