Adult & Contemporary Fiction

An Austrian housewife sits in her loft intent on her drawings of birds and insects. Then one day a disturbing package arrives in the post... The narrator of this story spends her free time in her loft. It is a retreat where she can draw undisturbed. It...

“Astonishingly beautiful . . . It’s a revelation.”—Jenny Offill, New York Times bestselling author of Weather. From the National Book Award-winning translator, an atmospheric and wise debut novel of a young...

How far would you go to find the love of your life? Mr. Right isn’t what he seems in this surreal, big-hearted story following a woman’s quest for love and belonging. “There is so much at play in this wondrous novel. Vi, struggling to...

The deliciously offbeat and moving first novel from the accalimed short story writer, The Expansion Project turns its central narrative of an employee who loses his daughter at 'bring your child to work day' into a masterly, allegorical...

Asia Village is in peril when Private detective Lydia Shepard returns to enlist the help of Lana Lee to solve a rash of unsolved murders and thefts.When Lydia brings Lana onto the case, three of the members of an elite Asian order known as the Eight...

Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales collects more than 200 tales set down by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early decades of the nineteenth century, among them some of the best-loved and most famous fairy tales in all literature: "Little Red Riding Hood,"...

‘An immersive and really satisfying mystery’ Faith Martin ‘As an iced drink in a heatwave … These characters and their families feel like old friends. A fantastic addition to the series.’ Fiona Leitch Retired...

Retired schoolteachers and amateur sleuths Liz, Pat and Thelma have a brand-new mystery to solve in this witty tale – perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club and Robert Thorogood. Curious white envelopes have been delivered to...

Introducing the three unlikeliest sleuths you'll ever meet… Every Thursday, three retired school teachers have their ‘coffee o’clock’ sessions at the Thirsk Garden Centre café. But one fateful week, as they are catching up...

The world’s most famous detective – and Agatha Christie’s most famous creation – returns in this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Monogram Murders: a diabolically clever mystery...

Set amidst the heat of 1940’s Buenos Aires, Santa Montefiore’s latest novel is a sweeping, smouldering romance. A beautifully written story of family expectation and divided love. THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Just promise me one...

A paranoid single mom is forced to confront the unthinkable act she committed as a desperate teenager in this addictive thriller with a social media twist.Maria Weston wants to be friends. But Maria Weston is dead. Isn't she?1989. When Louise first...

'Refreshing . . . I look forward to reading more' Alex Gray'First-rate' Sunday SportA seasonal hotel where murder can be made to disappear with the sun . . .Maggie Stewart travels with friends Liz and Harry to the Ice Hotel, a surreal building in...

Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, a masterful novel about loss and memory in the aftermath of a horrifying ecological disaster.   In the summer of 2020, as Europe is beginning to open back up after the first phase of the pandemic, a young Japanese...

Henry Miller’s monumental venture in self-revelation was begun with his Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn, which on their American publication were hailed as “miraculous,” “superb,”...

Plexus is the second volume of the scandalous trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, Henry Miller's major life work Exploring one man's desperate desire for freedom, Plexus is the central volume of Henry Miller's scandalous...

Nexus, the last book of Henry Miller's epic trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, is widely considered to be one of the landmarks of American fiction. In it, Miller vividly recalls his many years as a down-and-out writer in New York City, his friends,...

This tender and nostalgic work dates from the same period as Tropic of Cancer (1934). It is a celebration of love, art, and the Bohemian life at a time when the world was simpler and slower, and Miller an obscure, penniless young writer in Paris. Whether...

What if being famous was the most dangerous thing you ever did? #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Natasha Preston is back with a twisted tale of social media, secrets, and survival.SOMEONE IS ALWAYS WATCHING...

Perfect reading for fans of the This Woven Kingdom series, Corpora's scintillating Ancient Egypt-inspired fantasy hinges on a deadly and duplicitous race to claim the pharaoh's throne. Young Adult Book of the Month for January 2026 Princess...