The Bartlett family are close. Thirty-two-year-old, Jessie has two younger brothers and a sister. Her biological father, Allan, died when she was five and her mum Kathleen remarried. Jessie’s stepdad, David has been her anchor and although now confined...

It is the end of October, the northern Swiss city of Basel is grey and wet. It could be December. It is just after midnight when Hunkeler, on his way home and slightly worse for wear, spots old man...

Surging out of the sea, the Bass Rock has for centuries watched over the lives that pass under its shadow on the Scottish mainland. And across the centuries the fates of three women are linked: to this place, to...

Chris Kraus’ The Bastard Factory tells the story of an entire epoch: a drama of betrayal and self-delusion spanning the years 1905 to 1975, taking us from Riga to Moscow, Berlin and Munich all the way to Tel Aviv....

Kate is at the heart of a group of friends in Bath, England and abroad. Over the years, their lives and relationships result in picaresque episodes of love, passion, unexpected alliances, betrayal, trauma and death. Yet from the chaos,...

This is a balanced and well researched book about the Spanish Civil War, written to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of war.

(The Summer Suspense Mysteries) In the picturesque seaside town of St Ives, Detective Sergeant Sophie Keane is a pillar of the community. Between the occasional collar and lazy weekends spent on the beach, it seems a perfect life. But...

In Ireland, the past never dies… Long ago, on a windswept Irish beach, a young father died saving the life of another man’s child. Thirty years later, his widow, Julia, decides to return to this wild corner of Ireland...

When rumors of civil war between the ruling Sinhalese and the Tamils in the northern sector of Sri Lanka reach those who live in the south, somehow it seems not to be happening in their own country. At least...

A ravishing summer read from New York Times bestseller Beatriz Williams, sweeping readers back to a mid-century New England rich with secrets and Cold War intrigue. June 1946. As the residents of Winthrop Island prepare for the first summer season...