Modern Fiction

The United States has elected a volatile demagogue as president. When a war of words with the North Korean regime spirals out of control, it's clear someone must take action. Soon Maggie Costello, a seasoned Washington operator, discovers an inside plot to kill the President. Should she save the ...

For fans of Bridget Jones, Katie Fforde & Carole Matthews. Sit back and escape with this fabulous beach read.Do nice guys stand a chance? Lizzie Donavue went from being the sister of his best friend to the girl Nick Templeton most wants to kiss. On her birthday, he finally summons up the courage ...

Having uncovered the secrets that lay behind the spookily pristine town of Perfect, Violet and the townsfolk are enjoying their new freedom from the maniacal rule of the evil Archer twins. But have they really seen the last of Edward Archer? Why is Boy acting strangely? And who is masterminding a...

Tamsyn Thorne has not been back to her home town of Poldore for five years. But now her brother, Ruan, is about to get married and she has no excuse. Her plans to arrive in Cornwall looking chic and successful are dashed when a storm turns her from fashion goddess to a drowned rat. Worse, she end...

Under Milk Wood is Dylan Thomas’s undisputed and unforgettable masterpiece – an affectionate, but hilarious portrait of a small Welsh town. The classic 1954 recording, featuring a perfect cast led by Richard Burton as ‘First Voice’, is rightly considered to be definitive. This collection also inc...

On Yorkshire’s gradually-crumbling mud cliffs sits an Edwardian seaside house. In the bathroom, Jacob and Ella hide from their parents’ passionate arguments by playing the ‘Underwater Breathing’ game – until the day Jacob wakes to find his mother and sister gone. Years later, the sea’s creeping c...

When the body of a missing man is discovered in the Belvedere, an apparent suicide, resident Mikita Brottman becomes obsessed with the mysterious circumstances of his death. The Belvedere used to be a hotel dating back to Baltimore's Golden Age but is now converted into flats, and as Brottman inv...

A gripping five-part crime thriller set 15 years before Waking the Dead.Set in 1984 - a world without DNA, CCTV, mobiles, or the internet - The Unforgiven reveals how the iconic Waking the Dead team got together, before they became an official cold case unit. Trouble erupts as a serial killer lau...

British-born Punjabi sisters Rajni, Jezmeen and Shirina have never been close but when their mother died, she requested that they take a pilgrimage across India to carry out her final rites. While an extended family holiday is the last thing they want, each sister has her own reasons to run away ...

The plane circled in the dark. Down below, Joe Pickett could just make out figures in the snow and timber. Joe knew that he might be their next target. The Cates clan's history with the Picketts is about to come full circle. Game warden Joe Pickett struck a fierce blow against them when the life ...