Described by the author as simply ‘a work of love’, Mirror to Damascus provides an enthralling and fascinating history of Damascus from the Amorites of the Bible to the revolution of 1966, as well a being a charming and...

In the dead of winter a young man is found hanging from a tree on a remote shore of Lake Superior known as Misery Bay. There’s no evidence of foul play. Nothing to suggest it’s anything other than a...

Would you move 6,000 miles to be with the love of your life? Hannah did. Unfortunately her plan isn’t going terribly well. What was supposed to be a move to Hong Kong to start a wonderful new life with...

In New York City, an Albanian interpreter cannot help but become entangled in her clients’ struggles, despite her husband’s cautions. When she reluctantly agrees to work with Alfred, a Kosovar torture survivor, during his therapy sessions, his nightmares stir...

From the author of the Costa Prize shortlisted The Good Guy ‘Susan Beale’s writing is alive with subtlety and flair. Her stories unspool with a confident voice, a relish for detail and deft shifts in perspective’ Tessa Hadley “The...

Emma Appleby’s arrival in the County Durham village of Tow Law is sudden and mysterious, provoking deep suspicion in the locals. And because she has a child with her, seemingly out of marriage, they want nothing to do with...

An exciting and intricate plot, at the centre Smilla Jasperson is a well drawn character. A complex plot, with a tremendous feeling of ice and snow.

As foreigners rush into Myanmar with briefcases stuffed with plans and cash for hotels, shopping malls and high rises, they discover the old ways die hard. Vincent Calvino’s case is to find a young British-Thai man gone missing in...

Michael, a missionary priest in Kenya, has just killed Munyasya, a retired army officer. It might have been an accident, but Mulonzya, a politician resentful of the power of foreign churches, tries to exploit the tragedy for his own...

Stretches of warm Caribbean beaches. Donkeys trotting down muddy roads. Vibrant cities alive with music, color, and humanity. If you’re looking for a book about Colombia that involves harrowing escapes from FARC guerrillas or tales of drug smuggling… this...