‘A detective story that swelters and smells of the oppressively hot Dublin summer 1866, by a debut fiction author steeped in the history of the city’– The Grateful Water (Publisher Quote) [ About The Grateful Water ] When a young butcher spots a strange shape on the banks of the River Liffey in the hot…
‘The irresistible, utterly satisfying new contemporary novel from beloved bestseller, Sheila O’Flanagan’– The Honeymoon Affair [ About The Honeymoon Affair ] Izzy is in the Caribbean on the honeymoon-that-isn’t after her fiancé broke her heart. She’s not looking for someone new. But when she meets Charles Miller, a successful writer holidaying alone, the electricity is…
‘A new love story by beloved bestseller David Nicholls, You Are Here is a novel of first encounters, second chances and finding the way home.‘ [ About You Are Here ] Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way Marnie is stuck.Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a…
‘He vanished ten years ago. Only they know the truth.’– The Trial [ About The Trial ] 2014, Dublin: at St Edmunds, an elite college on the outskirts of the city, twenty-year-old medical student Theo gets up one morning, leaving behind his sleeping girlfriend, Dani, and his studies – never to be seen again. With…
‘Capturing the spirit of the place and the challenges and threats it faced, some from the predominantly male establishment of the time, was very important to me. It was a unique and special place. I wanted it to live again, even if only in a crime fiction book.’– Julie Anderson, author of The Midnight Man…
‘Would this be his life from now on, falling asleep in a semi-drunken haze as the spirit of his best friend watched telly in the next room? Waking up hungover every morning and grimly consuming spirits? How long could he keep that up?’– Spirit Level [ About Spirit Level ] Danny Hook is a directionless…
‘THEY SAY YOU CAN NEVER MAKE NEW OLD FRIENDS‘– Greener [ About Greener ] As teenagers, Helen, Annie and Laura were inseparable, bonding over family, boys and their dreams for the future. But when school ended, so did their friendship. Twenty-five years later, a snowstorm forces the three women to spend time together, leaving them…
‘Living with him was like living at the centre of the universe. It was electrifying and humbling, blissful and destructive, all at the same time.’– The Paris Muse [ About The Paris Muse ] Paris, 1936. When Dora Maar, a talented French photographer, painter and poet, is introduced to Pablo Picasso, she is mesmerized by…
‘The truth is, sometimes things slip away from you. The truth is…sometimes the dead walk all night‘– Sparks of Bright Matter [ About Sparks of Bright Matter ] When ambitious apprentice chemist and secret alchemist Peter Woulfe is tasked with caring for a mysterious illustrated book, the Mutus Liber, he quickly realises that the grimy…
Earth is the second of a quartet of interlinked novels named after the elements by John Boyne [ About Earth ] It’s the tabloid sensation of the year: two well-known footballers standing in the dock, charged with sexual assault, a series of vile text messages pointing towards their guilt. As the trial unfolds, Evan Keogh…