Since the death of Ragnvald Eysteinsson's father in battle, he has worked hard to protect his sister Svanhild and planned to...

The last time Tess de Vere saw William Benson she was a law student on work experience. He was a twenty-one year old, led from...

When a man's body is discovered at the base of some cliffs in the small resort town of Hari Cove, the police at first suspect a...

Is Alice here? Did she make it? Is she safe?
In the chaos, in the night, it was impossible to say which of the four had asked...

This is the story of a dog named Scraggly. Born an outsider because of her distinctive appearance, she spends most of her days in...

The one with the other Mma Ramotswe . . .

The dismissal of an employee at a thriving local business leads to an investigation...

The one with the woman who lost her past . . .

Precious Ramotswe and Grace Makutsi's friendship is tested by a curious case:...

The scent of freshly baked biscuits, lemon and aniseed reminds Elettra of her mother's kitchen. But her mother is in a coma, and...

Impromptu in Moribundia is a satirical fable about one (nameless) man's trespass (through a fantastical machine called the...

West Kensington - grey area of rot, and caretaking, and cat-slinking basements. West Kensington - drab asylum for the driven and...

Measuring out the wartime days in a small town on the Thames, Miss Roach is not unattractive but no longer quite young. The...

In Craven House, among the shifting, uncertain world of the English boarding house, with its sad population of the shabby genteel...

Joe Coughlin is untouchable. Once one of America's most feared and prominent gangsters, he now moves effortlessly between the...

The one with Mma Ramotswe's summer holiday . . .

Mma Ramotswe is taking a break, leaving important tasks in the capable hands...

Isabel Dalhousie is one of Edinburgh's most generous (but discreet) philanthropists - but should she be more charitable? She...

Growing up in Zagreb in the summer of 1991, 10-year-old Ana Juric is a carefree tomboy; she runs the streets with her best...

Sebastian von Eschburg, scion of a wealthy, self-destructive family, survived his disastrous childhood to become a celebrated if...

As summer blooms in Edinburgh's gardens and Bertie Pollock's birthday appears on the horizon, all at 44 Scotland Street is not...

Barcelona, 1952: General Franco's fascist government is at the height of its oppressive powers, casting a black shadow across the...

Berlin, 1946. Everything is in short supply. Including the truth.

The war is over, but Berlin is a desolate sea of rubble....

Knotshead is a school catering for the children of the rich, famous, liberal - and deluded. With its progressive curriculum,...

Filth (Failed In London, Try Hong Kong) is a successful lawyer when he marries Elisabeth in Hong Kong soon after the War....

For philosophically minded Isabel Dalhousie, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, getting through life with a clear conscience...

This gripping, moving and hiliarious novel introduces seven characters, each of whom has a profound effect on each other s lives....

Even the arrival of her baby can't hold Mma Makutsi back from success in the workplace, and so no sooner than she becomes a full...

As Botswana awaits the familiar blessing of the rains and the resumption of the eternal cycle, seismic upheaval is taking place...

The war is ending, perhaps ended. For the castle and its occupants the troubles are just beginning. Armed gangs roam a lawless...

Iain Banks' daring new novel opens in a loft apartment in the East End, in a former factory due to be knocked down in a few days....

Kate Telman is a senior executive officer in The Business, a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organisation....

A little knowledge can be a very dangerous thing. . . Innocent in the ways of the world, an ingenue when it comes to pop and...