“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…
‘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…
‘ 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…
‘That’s what life turns on, isn’t it?The choices and moments that change everything.’– Em and Me [ About the Book ] A mother.A daughter.A secret waiting to be discovered. For too long – since the sudden death of her mother as a teenager, since the birth of her daughter, Em, when she was just seventeen…
‘And I thought: now there is no turning back.No more regrets for what I haven’t done.Now only regrets for what I have done.’– The Paper Palace [ About the Book ] On a perfect August morning, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the pond below ‘The Paper Palace’ – her family’s holiday home…
‘Where the skin of the earth shudders into the foothills of the Shunhua mountains, in a clearing above the mist and fringed with frangipani, Mo Moore set up a factory which, to this day, makes happiness’– The Happiness Factory [ About the Book ] Mo Moore, estranged daughter of a sex-aid entrepreneur, regards her father…
Happy New Year folks. Here’s hoping 2022 will be the year that we can look forward to brighter days ahead. I think we are all craving some small sense of normality, a need to do something spontaneous just because. I’m dreaming of meet ups and events where there are no rules attached, where we can…
‘Estranged brothers are reunited over plans to develop the tower block where they grew up, but the desolate estate becomes a stage for reliving the events of one life-changing summer, forty years earlier‘– Fall [ About the Book ] Twins Aaron and Clive have been estranged for forty years. Aaron still lives in the empty,…
Five people.Five chances.One woman’s search for happiness.– Freckles [ About the Book ] Allegra Bird’s arms are scattered with freckles, a gift from her beloved father. But despite her nickname, Freckles has never been able to join all the dots. So when a stranger tells her that everyone is the average of the five people…