Fiction: special features

Two women sit side-by-side on the edge of a bed as night falls. Both emigrated from the Soviet Union as children, the unnamed narrator from Soviet Kharkov, and her girlfriend, Nadezhda, from Soviet Moscow to Berlin. A thigh shifts, fingers fold in, a shoulder is lowered. It is the longest night o...

When Honey Perribow traded in her cowboy boots for stilettos and left her small Kentucky town to attend Columbia University, she never expected to find a dirt-cheap apartment or two new best friends. No stranger to hard work, Honey's sole focus is a medical degree - until she sees newly-minted Pr...

When German forces invade the Channel Islands and the citizens of Jersey are cut off from the rest of the UK, the islands' residents bond together to resist the enemy. East London native Helen Bowman was never meant to be here, but when she found herself alone and pregnant her beloved aunt's home...

Rachel's teenage daughter, Lucy is a shadow of the sweet, happy child she once was. She's being targeted by bullies, so when Rachel returns home one night to find Lucy gone, she fears the worst. Have the bullies taken things too far? Has Lucy run away, or done something unthinkable? Rachel search...

Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as a kid, and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promising start-ups in the field of food science. Her world is stable, pleasant, ...

Everyone is capable of murder. Are you? It started with an invitation to dinner. An evening of good food and good company at a luxury villa. But as the night progresses, the party takes a dark turn. The host makes you an offer, a party favour he calls it: another guest has committed a heinous cri...

April Eden is about to have the night of her life. The Vanished Woman, the film she wrote and directed is up for a raft of major awards. Her leading lady, Essie Lay, is on the cusp of a stunning comeback after the disturbing scandal that ended her small-screen career a year before. When Essie mes...

Eileen Merriweather loves a good love story. The fictional kind, anyway. After all, imaginary men don't break your heart. That's why she's so excited for her annual book club retreat. Good friends, cheap wine and grand romantic gestures. Instead, when her car breaks down en route, she finds herse...

One moonlit night, glamorous Venetian Gina Bellini is thrown together with a masked stranger during the Venice carnival and finds an immediate and unforgettable connection. Issy Roberts is personal assistant to Hollywood's biggest action star, Brad Redford. But she's been keeping a secret - one t...

Ava and her best friend Debs arrive in Paris just as the snow starts to fall. The Eiffel Tower glitters gold, but all Ava can think about is Leo, her no-good, cheating ex. Debs is on a mission to make Ava smile again, and as they tour the Christmas markets, and eat their body weight in pain-au-ch...