- Location(s): Hong Kong, London, Scotland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Gripping, insightful and deft, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US by Maggie O’Farrell is a haunting story of the way our families shape our lives, from the award-winning author of THIS MUST BE THE PLACE. It was a Sunday Times Top...
- Location(s): Ireland
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Pure escapism on every page, The Distant Shores tells the story of a family torn apart, and the woman who will bring them back together. Margot Hart travels to Ireland to write a biography of the famous Deverill family. She...
- Location(s): Virginia
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): early 2000s
Few can compete with Natasha Smith when it comes to entertaining, but her childhood rival, Sophie Winston, certainly tries. Natasha may have stolen the spotlight, and Sophie’s husband, but Sophie is determined to rob her of the prize for...
- Location(s): Wisconsin
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 2000s
A suspenseful, richly layered first novel that asks: How much do we owe the people we love? THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN’S PIER will speak to all those who have ever thought about leaving when they knew they should stay,...
- Location(s): Catalonia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
Soaked in sunlight, love and the mysteries surrounding a famous artist The Diver and the Lover is a novel inspired by true events. It is 1951 and sisters Ginny and Meredith have travelled from England to Spain in search...
- Location(s): Manitoba
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1970s, mid-20th century
This is the powerful story of an independent woman who refuses to abandon her search for love. For Morag Gunn, growing up in a small Canadian prairie town is a toughening process—putting distance between herself and a world that...
- Location(s): Japan
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): Modern
A lonely teenage girl falls in love with her foster-brother as she watches him leap from a high diving board into a pool – sparking an unspoken infatuation that draws out darker possibilities. A young woman records the daily...
- Location(s): California
- Genre(s): Fiction, Humour
- Era(s): Contemporary
Penny Rush has problems. Freshly divorced from her mobile knife-sharpener husband, she has returned home to Santa Barbara to deal with her grandfather, who is being moved into a retirement home by his cruel second wife. Her grandmother, meanwhile,...
- Location(s): Australia
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): early 21st century
‘That ugly red fungus killed all the wheat for flour, killed all the oat, and sugar cane for sugar and golden syrup, along with all the grass for cows and butter. Killed just about every ingredient that me and...
- Location(s): Rome
- Genre(s): Crime
Rome. A city where rules are compromised. And compromise rules. It’s one of the hottest days of the year. Chief Inspector Blume is enjoying a rare solitary lunch in a tranquil corner of Trastevere when an unwelcome phone call...
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