Tag: fiction
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When Will There Be Good News
by Kate Atkinson In a quiet corner of rural Devon, a six-year-old girl witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime is released from prison. In Edinburgh, sixteen-year-old Reggie, wise beyond her years, works as a nanny for a G.P. But her employer has disappeared with her baby, and Reggie…
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Is She Me?
by Lauren Grace Elle knows her family have secrets. Some worth killing for. But when a hidden photograph leads her to a missing person’s case, she knows she has to uncover the truth. On the run, lost and exhausted, she meets Ben, who sees in her a reflection of his own stubborn independence. Having lost…
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Year of Wonders
by Geraldine Brooks Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience – classics which will endure for generations to come. In the spring of 1666, a bolt of infected cloth carries the plague from London to the quiet…
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The Impossible Fortune
by Richard Osman Who’s got time to think about murder when there’s a wedding to plan? It’s been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favourite criminal. But…
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Crucified
by Lynda La Plante Detective Jack Warr should be resting on his laurels. He’s just put sadistic serial killer Rodney Middleton behind bars and he’s ready to enjoy some time at home with his young family. Instead, Jack is having violent nightmares that leave his wife Maggie terrified. What Jack needs is a break, but…
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Blood Ties
by Jo Nesbo Brothers Carl and Roy Opgard have succeeded in life. Or at least they’ve had as much success as is possible in a small town like Os, where they’ve killed their way to the top. Carl manages the swanky spa hotel, while Roy has made ambitious plans for an amusement park. Life’s good…
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Circle of Days
by Ken Follett A FLINT MINER WITH A GIFT Seft, a talented flint miner, walks the Great Plain in the high summer heat, to witness the rituals that signal the start of a new year. He is there to trade his stone at the Midsummer Rite, and to find Neen, the girl he loves. Her…
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End Game
by Jeffrey Archer William Warwick and Ross Hogan will return, for one last time, in a gripping and unputdownable finale. Available to pre-order now! London, 2012. The eyes of the world are on Britain as the country prepares to host the Olympic Games. But the glare of the spotlight makes London a target for some of…
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One Of Us
by Elizabeth Day In this compulsive story of betrayal, old bonds and buried scandals, one British establishment family comes face to face with the consequences of privilege and the true cost of power. Martin and Ben were friends for decades ― best friends, Martin would have said ― before the terrible events at Ben’s 40th…
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The Letter
by Josephine Cox Bella can’t wait to be married to her fiancée Sidney, and dreams of the day she will walk up the aisle to be given away by her widowed father, with her bookish sister Alice as her bridesmaid. Their lives are disturbed when they receive a letter from their fifteen-year-old cousin Millie. Taken…