‘She enjoyed answering questions when she felt she had the right answer, an approved answer. I understood that when I was very small, and could provide the prompts accordingly. Then talking to her was like a game, or a rhyme we were saying together.’– My Phantoms [ About the Book ] Helen Grant is a…
“I thought I’d reached the end… thought that whatever happened or didn’t, wasn’t nothing to do with me anymore. Now I’m wondering is this the end of my own story or the start of someone else’s? Or are we all tangled up in a middle that goes on and on?”– The Deadwood Encore [ About…
‘The funny, heart-breaking and uplifting new novel from the bestselling author of The Flatshare’– The No-Show [ About the Book ] Three women. Three dates. One missing man… 8.52 a.m. Siobhan is looking forward to her breakfast date with Joseph. She was surprised when he suggested it – she normally sees him late at night in her hotel…
‘To betray, you must first belong…‘Edith and Kim [ About the Book ] In June 1934, Kim Philby met his Soviet handler, the spy Arnold Deutsch. The woman who introduced them was called Edith Tudor-Hart. She changed the course of 20th century history. Then she was written out of it. Drawing on the Secret Intelligence…
‘”Papa is a magician”, he said.“He is the Magician!” Erika repeated.From being a joke, or a way of cheering the table up, the new soubriquet for their father stuck. Erika encouraged all visitors to join her in giving her father this new name’– The Magician [ About the Book ] The Magician tells the story of…
‘It was the club you’d kill to join; the launch event to which the A-list were dying to be invited. What no one could have anticipated was how tragically things were about to go wrong’– The Club [ About the Book ] There’s no place like Home . . . The Home Group is a…
‘What do you do when your child disappears?’– The Empty Room [ About the Book ] Dora Condron wakes one morning to discover her 17-year old daughter Ellie, has not come home after a party. The day Ellie disappears, Dora is alone as her husband Eamon has already left for the day in his job…
‘A stressed, middle-aged man picks up a teenage escort and commits an unspeakable crime, unaware that a homeless man – her only real friend – will do anything to find her.‘– Faceless [ About the Book ] Worn down by a job he hates, and a stressful family life, middle-aged, middle-class Bradley picks up a…
‘ SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG FICTION AWARD 2021The acclaimed word-of-mouth hit and break-out debut of the year. Selected as a Book of the Year 2021 by booksellers, writers and readers: Observer Best Books of 2021Guardian Books of the YearThe i paper Books of the YearNew…
‘A heart-warming and hilarious novel about life, love, and the weight of all we leave unsaid’ – Duffy and Son [ About the Book ] Eugene Duffy is turning 70; his son Jim is turning 40. For decades now, they’ve been running the family hardware shop and living in good-natured bachelor harmony. But time is marching…