Fiction: special features

Two weeks have passed since Iris Winnow returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, and the city of Oath continues to dwell in a state of disbelief and ignorance. When Iris and Attie are given another chance to report on Dacre's movements,...

For the past two decades, Rocky has looked forward to her family's yearly escape to Cape Cod. Their rustic beach-town rental has been the site of sweet memories, its quirky furniture and mismatched pots and pans greeted like old friends. Now, sandwiched between her children who are adult enough t...

1966: In London, Jackie Collins's racy 'The World is Full of Married Men' hits bookshops and launches her career. In New York, Jacqueline Susann's debut novel 'Valley of the Dolls' is published, and she's desperate for it to be a bestseller. But neither author is prepared for the price they will ...

For Bailey McArthur, her family and job mean everything. She runs her own floristry shop and loves spending time in nature in the pretty town of Heather Moore, whilst desperately trying to forget about being jilted on her wedding day. When journalist Zach Stern arrives in town asking questions ab...

Every screenwriter knows the best stories come from the truth. But the truth can be terrifying Marnie thought she'd left behind her days of writing 'celebrity' tell-all memoirs, but when her big break as a screenwriter turns to dust she's forced to take another ghost writing job. Except this time...

Jade Shaw has lost control of her life. Pushed around by her family, and taken for granted by her boyfriend, she knows that somewhere along the path to being an adult she's lost her way. The last place she expects to find answers is on the floor outside her flat. But there it is: a script. Contai...

Five old friends. One glamping weekend. A storm that will change everything.

Nell has always known her expiry date. After a psychic predicted her death date twenty years ago, she has lived life accepting she would never see forty - embracing adventure and travelling the world, choosing fun over commitment and laying down roots. So, when the fateful day comes, Nell feels r...

From the moment Lily Harper arrives at a remote retreat on the breathtaking Isles of Scilly, she is itching to get back to civilisation - and her business. Slowing down simply isn't in her vocabulary, and so she quickly clashes with the gorgeous but dour Sam who runs the retreat. Just as Lily is ...

'This is Marlowe.' 'Mr. Philip Marlowe?' She asked. I glanced at the clock. It was exactly eleven AM, as if she had been waiting by the phone for an appointed hour, following someone else's orders to the letter. 'What, d'you think we're a troupe of brothers? There is only me.' It's mid-September,...