Fiction

HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO PROTECT THE ONE YOU LOVE?

Cleo arrives for dinner at her childhood home, only to find food burning in the oven, no sign of her mother, and a bloody shoe under the sofa.

The polar opposite of Cleo, whose 'out of control' emotions and 'unsafe' behaviour have created a seemingly unbridgeable rift between mother and daughter, Kat is the epitome o

Esther Greenwood is at college and is fighting two battles, one against her own desire for perfection in all things - grades, boyfriend, looks, career - and the other against remorseless mental illness. As her depression deepens she finds herself encased in it, bell-jarred away from the rest of the world. This is the story of her journey back into reality. Highly readable, witty and disturbing, Th

'America's first lady of darkness and mirth.' Guardian
'The best American writer of her generation.' Nick Hornby
'Unmissable.' Marie Claire

From one of the most celebrated imaginations in American literature, Lorrie Moore's new novel is a magic box of longing and surprise.

High up in a New York City hospice, Finn sits wi

Outline is the first book in a short and yet epic cycle - a masterful trilogy which will be remembered as one of the most significant achievements of our times.

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'A masterpiece' Sunday Times
'Stunning' LIZ NUGENT
'Extraordinary' Irish Times

Tom Kettle, a retired policeman, and widower, is settling into the quiet of his new home in Dalkey, over

A writer hides. A mother dies. A woman is attacked.

In Parade, Rachel Cusk creates a new documentary voice that operates on the border between fiction and reality. It braids imagined characters with the actual, experience with the philosophical, to altering effect.

Praise for the Outline trilogy:

'A work of stunning beauty, deep insight and great o

But when, just as she starts to question her job and life choices, her boss is gunned down in front of the Beverly Hills Hotel, everything changes. Taking it upon herself to investigate, Mae dives headlong into a neon joyride through the jungle of contemporary Hollywood.

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The third volume of the landmark European masterpiece about a woman lost in time. He remembers that we met yesterday.

'A classic in the making.' Chetna Maroo
'I'm counting the days until the next instalment.' Jon McGregor
'Absolutely, absolutely fantastic.' Karl Ove Knausgaard

But Aima is drawn back into the city - to the scandalous, decadent nightlife of her best friend.

As Kalu grieves, his friend offers him an exclusive invitation to one of his sordid, global parties - a way for Kalu to escape, if only for a night.

The American South. A turbulent world, fraught with the Civil Rights struggle and toxic religious tensions. Against the backdrop of mountainous sunsets and backwater shacks, deserted highways and small-town gas stations, people forge their own lives.

We encounter murderers, escaped convicts, dysfunctional families, conmen, fanatics, farmhands, Bible salesmen, troubled children, gang

With the four short novels in this collection, Doris Lessing once again proves that she is unequalled in her ability to capture the truth of the human condition. The title story, 'The Grandmothers', is an astonishing tour de force, a shockingly intimate portrait of an unconventional extended family and the lengths to which they will go to find happiness and love. Written with a keen cinematic eye,

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . .

For most people, that means a time of celebration, relaxation and inebriation, but not for the staff of The Stranger Times. While a book club meeting ending in a triple murder isn't unprecedented, it is at least noteworthy. It quickly emerges that this is no ordinary book-club-triple-murder either, as it features a libr

Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for. First – a Baltimore coffee shop. A seat in the corner, facing the door. Black coffee, two refills, no messing about. A minor interruption from two of the customers, but nothing he can’t deal with swiftly. As he leaves, a young guy brushes against him in the doorway. Instinctively Reacher checks the pocket ho

From the Queen of Space Horror comes a terrifying, dread-filled nightmare perfect for fans of Ridley Scott's Alien franchise.

'The S.A. Barnes Creature Feature we've all been waiting for! Tense, nasty, and melancholic' Caitlin Starling
'So well done and creepy, with a twist that will shock you!' Hildur Knutsdottir
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