'I do know how to behave - believe me, because I know. I have always known...'

Behind the gates of Temple Alice the...

Ruth's going to risk everything to have her daughter's baby...

Ruth Furnival has built the life she always dreamed of: a...

The oyster party had the kiss of death upon it - even though there were two 'R's in the month. Miriam Birdseye - famed revue star...

A leathery bog-man transforms an old love affair; a sweet, gruesome gift is sent by the wife of an ex-lover; landscape paintings...

One glorious gothic mansion - Garonlea - and two rather different ladies who would be Queen . . .

Lady Charlotte...

The Dud Avocado gained instant cult status on first publication and remains a timeless portrait of a woman hellbent on living. It...

When a dead body is found in the Thames, caught in the chains of HMS Belfast, it begins a search for a missing woman and confirms...

A timeless Cinderella story, A Little Princess is one of the best-loved children's classics of all time. A heartwarming tale that...

If Jane Cleveland and Prudence Bates seem an unlikely pair to be walking together at an Oxford reunion, neither of them is aware...

In myth, Theseus was the slayer of the child-devouring Minotaur of Crete. What the hero might have been in real life is another...

Joan Aiken, classic author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, wrote the Armitage family stories all throughout her life - from...

A thrilling first novel - a big, wonderful, romantic wartime story - from the famous broadcaster and journalist. A debut at...

Born on the wrong side of the creek, John Buddy Pearson, the son of a slave, has come a long way since his shoeless days. With...

When Barbara Pym died in 1980, she left a considerable amount of unpublished material. This volume contains an early novel, Civil...

'The apathy of Sunday lay upon the streets. Houses were closed, withdrawn.
"They don't know," he thought, "those people inside,...

Alessandra is not quite fifteen when her prosperous merchant father brings a young painter back with him from Holland to adorn...

Miriam Birdseye is daring, brilliant - and a long way from The Ivy. Our dashing heroine, a famous revue artist, takes to the...

I was now an established citizen with little hope of returning across the frontier; I was in the crazy world, separated now by...

A subtle love story by one of the most accomplished writers of the 20th century

Vinny Tumulty is a quiet, sensible man. When...

Doone Penny is a child with passion, and a gift - he is a born dancer, a ballet genius in the making. But though others may...

A brilliant novel about the damage caused by relentless 'niceness'. Uncritical, encouraging, 'the soul of kindness', Flora's help...

Written by the author of "Union Street", "The Century's Daughter" and "The Man Who Wasn't There", this is a story about a killer...

The psychologists would call it folie a deux . . .

'Bruno slammed his palms together. "Hey! Cheeses, what an idea! I kill your...

Wilmet Forsyth is well dressed, well looked after, suitably husbanded, good-looking and fairly young - but very bored. Her sober...

This second instalment in the story of the legendary hero begins with Theseus' triumphant return from Crete after slaying the...

An unforgettable picture of love, loss and the keeping up of appearances. Published as part of a beautifully designed series to...

An epic of biblical proportions, The Year of the Flood is a feast of imagination and a journey to the end of the world.

Adam...

Dulcie Mainwaring is always helping others, but never looks out for herself - especially in the realm of love. Her friend Viola...

'When you come to the house, you will hear strange tales. They will tell you in the village that it is haunted, but you must not...

Intelligent and haunting, with echoes of Brief Encounter, this is a love story by one of the best British writers of the 20th...