Sarah Woodruff is the woman of the title, the French Lieutenant’s Woman, also known as the “Tragedy”. She lives in the coastal town of Lyme Regis, as a disgraced woman, supposedly abandoned by a French naval officer named Varguennes,...

There were seven of us in all, trapped on the island.One of us was a murderer . . .’ On a small private Greek island, former movie star Lana Farrar – an old friend – invites a select group...

The story follows Scottish would-be-vet, Doogie O’Mara as he takes up a position with a UK tour operator based on the island. Fiction as real life….

This is a haunting, elegiac novel which captures the mood and atmosphere of Italy (and in particular Ferrara) in the last summers of the thirties, focusing on an aristocratic Jewish family moving imperceptibly towards its doom. Vittorio De Sica...

One private island. Seven guests. One killer… The perfect holiday. The perfect murder. The perfect beach read… Get away from your problems. Multimillionaire Robert Rathwell and his entourage arrive at their private Greek island. White sand, turquoise water, the...

How do you start a new life, leaving behind all you love? It’s 1641, and when Midori Kumashiro, the orphaned daughter of a warlord, is told she has to leave Japan or die, she has no choice but to...

Slamming the door shut behind her, Stephanie takes one last look at the party where her best friends are busy celebrating. As the drinks are poured and music blasts, she disappears into the darkness alone. Some say she was...

Sophia Williams has a duty to her father to behave in an appropriate way for a young lady in 18th century Bath, so that she can find a good quality husband. She is not one to do as she’s...

Rachel has loved Alistair since she was seventeen. Even though she hasn’t seen him for sixteen years and she’s now married to someone else. Even though she was a teenager when they met. Even though he is almost twenty...

After her marriage breaks down, shy schoolteacher Blithe Morrison takes refuge for the summer with her parents in the affluent Toronto neighbourhood of Rose Park. Blithe’s return home evokes memories of her lifelong sibling war with Noel, her golden-boy...