‘From the author of My Name is Leon comes an unforgettable story of found family and the love that steals into our lives… in spite of our best laid plans.‘– The Best of Everything [ About The Best of Everything ] Paulette’s the kind of woman who likes the future all mapped out: the wedding to Denton,…
‘The truth is cloaked in shadows, buried beneath layers of falsehoods and dishonesty’– Never Look Back [ About Never Look Back ] Jenny loses her nineteen-year-old daughter Clara at Colbert train station in Limerick. She is holding Clara’s young baby in her arms, a baby she didn’t know existed twenty-four hours earlier. As they move…
‘A ghostwriter is tasked with capturing the memoirs of a man who might be a murderer and he’s ready to confess…‘– Burn After Reading [ About Burn After Reading ] The night Jack Smyth ran into flames in a desperate attempt to save his wife from their burning home, he was, tragically, too late – but hailed…
‘The latest gripping new thriller featuring DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author‘– The Secret Room [ About The Secret Room ] A closed door. An impossible murder. 2:32 p.m. Wealthy, privileged Ilaria Cavendish checks into a luxury London hotel and orders a bottle of champagne. Within the hour,…
‘The story of three names, three versions of a life, and the infinite possibilities that a single decision can spark.’– The Names [ About The Names ] It is 1987, and in the aftermath of a great storm, Cora sets out with her nine-year-old daughter to register the birth of her son. Her husband intends…
‘The happily ever after is only part of the story…‘Three days in June [ About Three Days in June ] It’s the day before her daughter’s wedding and things are not going well for Gail Baines. First thing, she loses her job – or quits, depending who you ask. Then her ex-husband Max turns up…
‘If a therapist promised they could fix your selfish husband, but only if you followed their dangerously unorthodox methods, would you do it?’– The Marriage Vendetta [ About The Marriage Vendetta ] Eliza’s playwright husband Richard Sheridan has accepted the career opportunity of a lifetime: running a prestigious theatre in Dublin. Eliza plays the role…
‘Clutching her tea towel, Winnie hurried outside and down the garden path. There was a body—a person…a woman…lying on her back on the concrete of the parking area, hair splayed out’– A Death In The Afternoon [ About A Death in the Afternoon ] Summer 1948London swelters amid post-war reconstruction, while continued rationing and the…
‘Working on these lectures was not easy. On the way from their beginning to an end, private subject matter surfaced unexpectedly in my writing; we shall see whether I’ll come to regret it.’ – Judith Hermann, We’d Have Told Each Other Everything [ About We’d Have Told Each Other Everything ] On a dark night…
‘The story of a woman forced to rebuild her life after, in one explosive moment, her husband destroys everything they’ve built together’– Show Me Where It Hurts [ About Show Me Where It Hurts ] How do you survive the unsurvivable? Rachel lives with her husband Tom and their two children: it’s the ordinary family…