Modern & contemporary fiction

Spare and powerful, 'Arrow of God' is an unforgettable portrayal of the loss of faith, and the struggle between tradition and change.

Mornington Peninsula, 1999. Wife and now grandmother Joan has checked into the grand old Duchess Hotel to find herself again after thirty-five years of being who her husband and family have wanted her to be. Peninsula local and soon-to-be octogenarian Frances is distracting herself from getting o...

When unexpected circumstances bring Grace's estranged daughter, Amelia, and granddaughter, Charlotte, to live in her home, complicated feelings start to emerge, revealing a messy and emotional past which drove this family apart. It will take a school mystery, an exquisite miniature railway and so...

Grace's life is perfectly fine, thank you very much. A widow of seventy-two, she lives quietly, and although hearing a little more from her daughter and granddaughter would be nice, she has her health, her friends, her octogenarian yoga (however reluctantly attended) and most of all her weekly cl...

Janet is caught between care work and caring. Her life revolves around Sean, a talented art student, living and working with cerebral palsy. Both Janet and Sean are new to London, living at a distance from their families. Both are finding a means of escape through pushing their bodies to new limi...

When aspiring antiques dealer Eleanor Cole is handed the chance of a lifetime to work for the Hunt Corporation, the renowned antiques dealers, she doesn't think twice. However, Eleanor soon discovers she'll be working up close and personal with the notorious and insanely irresistible Becker Hunt,...

When 79-year-old Arthur Edwards gathers his family together to share some important news, no one is prepared for the bombshell he drops - he's gay, and after a lifetime in the closet, he's finally ready to come out. Arthur's 21-year-old grandson, Teddy, has a secret of his own - he's also gay, an...

Isla Milne intends to stay with her relatives in Woodbridge only until she has put her life back in order. But then she meets a group of local artists, amongst them talented sculptor Jed Rowley. Soon she becomes integrated in village life and involved with the summer school at Rowley Grange, and ...

Born at the beginning of the twentieth century into the slums of London's East End, Charlie Trumper dreams of following in his grandfather's footsteps and becoming a fruit and vegetable street-seller. When his grandfather suddenly dies, young Charlie sets out to make a name for himself, but the o...

Sinéad Hynes is a tough, driven, funny young property developer with a terrifying secret. No-one knows it: not her fellow patients in a failing hospital, and certainly not her family. She has confided only in Google and a shiny magpie. But she can't go on like this, tirelessly trying to outstrip...