Modern Fiction

Friendship blossoms between an enigmatic girl and a whisky distiller’s granddaughter on a remote Scottish island. It’s the 1950s, and Lorrie is unimpressed when her family moves to the remote Scottish island where her grandad runs a whisky distillery. She befriends Sylvie, the shy girl next door:...

Charlotte has always been a good girl. But being good is getting boringShe’s not just stuck in a rut – she’s buried in it up to her chin. The only company she has in bed is the back catalogue of Netflix and falling in love feels like the stuff of fairy tales. So when she stumbles across a popular...

As gritty and dangerous as the London streets in which it’s set, The Sting is No.1 bestseller Kimberley Chambers at her best.Best friends Tommy Boyle and Scratch always had each other’s backs. Dragged up in care, and cruelly betrayed by everyone they trusted, they made a pact to fight their way o...

Ally D'Aplièse is about to compete in one of the world's most perilous yacht races, when she hears the news of her father's mysterious death. Rushing back to meet her five sisters at their family home, she discovers that her father – an elusive billionaire – has left each of them a clue to their ...

When Violet moves to Swallow Beach, she inherits a small Victorian pier with an empty arcade perched on the end of it and falls in love immediately. She wants nothing more than to rejuvenate it and make it grand again – but how? When she meets hunky Calvin, inspiration strikes. What if she turned...

The new novel from award-winning, women’s fiction author Sue Moorcroft. COME AND SPEND SUMMER BY THE SEA! WANTED! A caretaker for Roundhouse Row holiday cottages. WHERE? Nelson’s Bar is the perfect little village. Nestled away on the Norfolk coast we can offer you no signal, no Wi-Fi and – most i...

Three women. One summer reunion. Secrets will be revealed…Villa Dolce Vita, a rambling stone house on the Amalfi Coast, sits high above the Gulf of Naples amidst dappled lemon groves and the fragrant, tumbling bougainvillea. Kim, Colette and Annie all came to the villa in need of escape and in th...

Amber was three when a car crash stole her mother's life. She doesn't remember the accident, but a stranger at the scene has been unable to forget. Amber is now married to Ned and living on the other side of the world in London. When her father has a stroke, she flies straight home to Australia t...

From Cixin Liu, the New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author of The Three Body Problem, comes a new science fiction masterpiece in Supernova Era.In those days, Earth was a planet in space. In those days, Beijing was a city on Earth. On this night, history as known to humanity came...

We could tell you about the bodies. We could tell you their names, where they were found, the state they were in. We could tell you about the suspects too, the evidence, the investigators; join a few dots, even throw you a motive. But what would be the point? After all, you know these people. You...