In the 1930’s two American scholars, Parry and Lord, went to Jugoslavia to look at and record local oral poetry, in the hope of understanding how the Homeric epics came to be composed and handed down….. In this book...

Tiffy Moore needs a cheap flat, and fast. Leon Twomey works nights and needs cash. Their friends think they’re crazy, but it’s the perfect solution: Leon occupies the one-bed flat while Tiffy’s at work in the day, and she...

Cassandra Bowden is no stranger to hungover mornings. She’s a binge drinker, her job with the airline making it easy to find adventure, and the occasional blackouts seem to be inevitable. She lives with them, and the accompanying self-loathing....

At the age of four Clover chooses her own name. Aged six, she falls in love with her best friend, James, with whom she happily spends all her time. But in the adult world, things are not so simple:...

Military criminal investigator John Puller is drawn closer to home when his aunt is found dead in her house in Paradise, Florida. The local police have ruled the death as an accident, but Puller finds evidence to suggest that...

Gina, married to Connor, is the narrator. Sean and his wife Aileen have a young daughter who suffers from epilepsy. All set against the backdrop of the Celtic Tiger hitting the wall. Gina and Sean have embarked on an...

Walker and Daughter yarn shop, Manhattan, the venue for the Friday Knitting Club.This is the gentle story of single Mum Georgia and her daughter Dakota. Dad left early in Dakota’s life and returns to re-build his relationship. Interspersed with...

Set against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963, Annette Hess’s international bestseller is a harrowing yet ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story about a young female translator—caught between societal and familial expectations and her unique ability to speak truth to power—as...

The Girl in Berlin Which side are you on? A novel about spies, lies and unearthing the truth. Summer 1951.The Cold War is at its height. Burgess and Maclean have just disappeared, and the nation is obsessed with the...

A heartbreaking letter. A girl locked away. A mystery to be solved. 1956. When Ivy Jenkins falls pregnant she is sent in disgrace to St Margaret’s, a dark, brooding house for unmarried mothers. Her baby is adopted against her...