Blogs in May 2016

The Past 1st May 2016

Over five novels and two collections of stories Tessa Hadley has earned a reputation as a fiction writer of remarkable gifts, and been compared with Elizabeth Bowen and Alice Munro. In her new novel three sisters and a brother...

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Lainey’s Lot 27th July 2015

When Lainey Morgan (aged 14 years and 8 months) bumps into gorgeous Kieran Kamau, it’s love at first sight for both of them. But Lainey’s eccentric mum, nicknamed the Word Magpie for her love of collecting words out of...

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A Means of Escape 28th June 2015

A grizzly and cold November morning. Detective Sergeant Kate Linton is called on Glastonbury Tor where a young woman has been strangled. Twelve holes are found at the scene, surrounded by wax, evidence of garden flares – the only...

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Pieces of You 18th June 2015

As compelling and powerful as Jojo Moyes and Liane Moriarty, PIECES OF YOU is a heart-rending, but ultimately life-affirming novel about a love tested to its limits. The perfect marriage. A devastating secret. An impossible choice. Lucy was always...

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Persuasion 26th November 2014

Anne Elliot, a warm hearted young woman of 19, accepted a marriage proposal from Frederick Wentworth. A clever and ambitious young man, he had no background and both Anne’s father and her sister did not approve of her choice....

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