Modern fiction

In the quiet village of Noon Sun, Benedict Stone has settled into a complacent and predictable routine. Business at his jewelry shop has dried up and his marriage is on the rocks. Then a surprise arrives at his door. Gemma is Benedict's teenage niece - the daughter of his estranged brother, Charl...

The Cambridge University witches have been meeting for as long as the university has been around. They meet mainly to discuss books, though they do so on the roofs of the colleges. Only those invited can join, this includes Kat (a great spell-caster & professor) and Cosima, Kat's sister, café own...

Emily Charlton does not do the suburbs. A successful stylist and image consultant to Hollywood stars, she cut her teeth as assistant to legendary fashion editor Miranda Priestly in New York. But with Snapchatting millennials stealing her clients, Emily needs to get back in the game – and fast. Sh...

On a leafy suburban street in Dublin, beautiful, poised Stella Greene lives with her successful husband, Matt. Stella appears to have it all. Next door, at number 72 however, lives Rea Brady. Gruff, bad-tempered and rarely seen, rumour has it she’s lost it all… including her marbles. But appearan...

79-year-old Gloria Frensham is a hoarder. She lives amongst piles of magazines, cardboard boxes and endless knick-knacks that are stacked into every room of her home, and teeter in piles along the landing and up the stairs. She hasn’t left the house in years, but when a sudden smell of burning si...

Between 2005 and 2009, in a remote religious Mennonite colony, over a hundred girls and women were knocked unconscious and raped, often repeatedly, by what many thought were ghosts or demons, as a punishment for their sins. As the women tentatively began to share the details of the attacks-waking...

Jasmine knows two things: one, she loves her vulnerable sister unconditionally. Two, she's only ever been good at one thing – her job. So when she’s sacked, Jasmine realises that she has nothing to fill her life. She finds herself watching the antics of her neighbour, Matt. Jasmine has every reas...

It's New Year's Eve, and at a house party, three women bond over dodgy cocktails and fortune cookies, and vow to make this year their best one yet. But as the months unfold, Gemma, Saffron and Caitlin find themselves tested to their limits. Under pressure, they are each forced to rethink their li...

The Year of the Runaways tells of the bold dreams and daily struggles of an unlikely family thrown together by circumstance. Thirteen young men live in a house in Sheffield, each in flight from India and in search of a new life. Avtar has a secret that binds him to protect the choatic Randeep. Ra...

2017. Rachel Taylor’s mother hasn’t got much time left to live. Their relationship had often been strained and Rachel had never quite understood why. When clearing out her mother’s things she thinks she finds an answer... 1978. Shirley Burke is on a family holiday when she first sets eyes on Doug...