Modern & contemporary fiction

Nell - funny, brave and so much loved - is a young woman with adventure on her mind. As she sets out into the world, she finds her family history hard to escape. For her mother, Carmel, Nell's leaving home opens a space in her heart, where the turmoil of a lifetime begins to churn. And across the...

Nell - funny, brave and so much loved - is a young woman with adventure on her mind. As she sets out into the world, she finds her family history hard to escape. For her mother, Carmel, Nell's leaving home opens a space in her heart, where the turmoil of a lifetime begins to churn. And across the...

Waiting by the canal, a young cellist meets a junkie, high and drifting. He gives him twenty krona and they exchange a few words; the encounter is unremarkable. Yet for the cellist - who grew up a poor immigrant in the outskirts of Malmoe, and who lost friends and family to drug abuse, crime and ...

Funny and heartbreaking, 'Writers & Lovers' is the bitingly clever story of Casey, a young writer who has lost her direction in life, until two men step into her world and offer her two very different futures.

Five attendees are selected for a month-long writing retreat at the remote estate of Roza Vallo, the controversial high priestess of feminist horror. Alex, a struggling writer, is thrilled. Upon arrival, they discover they must complete an entire novel from scratch, and the best one will receive ...

Five attendees are selected for a month-long writing retreat at the remote estate of Roza Vallo, the controversial high priestess of feminist horror. Alex, a struggling writer, is thrilled. Upon arrival, they discover they must complete an entire novel from scratch, and the best one will receive ...

Tina Devino is a middling romance novelist who dreams of writing a bestseller but is increasingly forced to compete with younger (and blonder) debut authors for her publisher's and agent's attention. Feeling forgotten, Tina realises the only way up is to take her career and destiny in hand and cr...

Live every day as if it were your last - that's the motto Bess has lived by since her father died unexpectedly. As a critical care paramedic, Bess sees every day just how easily life can be taken away. But carefree living has risks, and as Bess's debts mount, she discovers her actions could have ...

This is a thrilling novella by British crime writer Simon Kernick.

Everyone's heard of Wuhan in connection with Covid-19. But, 80 years ago, it was equally famous as the first place on earth to decisively defeat fascism. In 1937 Japan invaded China, slaughtering 20 million Chinese - mainly civilians. As vast swathes of the country fell to the invaders, Wuhan was...