General Fiction

It’s 1895. Amid laundry and bruises, Rina Pierangeli Faccio gives birth to the child of the man who raped her – and who she has also been forced to marry. Unbroken, she determines to change her name; and her life, alongside it.1902. Romaine Brooks sails for Capri. She has barely enough money for ...

Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 epistolary novel by Jean Webster. The story tells about Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, as she leaves an orphanage and is sent to college by a benefactor whom she has never seen. The mysterious man believes in the girl's talent and hopes she can be a real writer and requires her ...

Fair Play A novel by Tove Jansson Translated from the Swedish by Thomas Teal. INTRODUCED BY ALI SMITH “So what can happen when Tove Jansson turns her attention to her own favourite subjects, love and work, in this novel about two women, lifelong partners and friends? Expect something philosophica...

The Angel's MarkLondon, 1590: Amidst a tumultuous backdrop of Spanish plotters, Catholic heretics and foreign wars, Queen Elizabeth I's control over her kingdom is wavering.And a killer is at work, preying on the weak and destitute of London...Idealistic physician Nicholas Shelby becomes determin...

Star D'Aplièse is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father – the elusive billionaire, named Pa Salt by his six daughters, all adopted by him from the four corners of the world. He has left each of them a clue to their true heritage, but Star – the most enigmatic of...

‘A deliciously addictive thriller that will hook you in like the best – and scariest – reality TV show you’ve ever seen’ TM Logan, author of The Holiday and The Mother 'A scorching, smouldering, turbo-charged cocktail of sun, sex and secrets' Veronica HenryFrom bestselling author Ruth Kelly, The ...

Nine-year-old Tess has never seen anything like The Wild. An old bakery, converted into a home, it has a fireplace big enough to sit in, a garden with a badminton net and another one for vegetables. And then there's William, its owner. Single father of three, he cooks homemade ravioli, cuts trees...