Fiction: special features

No one bats an eye when a Black reality TV star Desiree Pierce is found dead on a playground in the Bronx after her 25th birthday party - except her estranged half-sister, whose refusal to believe the official story leads her on a dangerous search for the truth. The police and the media are quick...

Fifteen-year-old Dimkpa dreams of the day his father will be made village head. He will return to school and maybe even go on to university; his mother will no longer have to break her back foraging wild food to sell at market; they will have the money to build a fine tomb for his aunt Okike; and...

Sometimes the strongest connections are found in the most unlikely of places. 'The List of Suspicious Things' is a tender and moving coming of age story about family, friendship and community.

Thirty-eight-year-old lawyer Audrey is tired of not being seen. Not seen by her mother, who always preferred her golden brother. By her sleazy boss, who works her to the bone, without reward or recognition. By her self-obsessed colleagues, who want her to help them fix their lives without any ack...

'Little Scratch' tells the story of a day in the life of an unnamed woman, living in a lower-case world of demarcated fridge shelves and office politics; clock-watching and WhatsApp notifications. In a voice that is fiercely wry, touchingly delicate and increasingly neurotic, the protagonist rela...

When local woman Deborah goes missing, her colleagues Adrian, Yvonne and Merriel are all left in shock. Gossip around the office begins to swirl - what could have happened to Deborah? Is she dead or alive? And who could be responsible for her disappearance? Everyone is terrified that they could b...

A man with an Irish accent knocks on Eilis Fiorello's door on Long Island and in that moment everything changes. Eilis and Tony have built a secure, happy life here since leaving Brooklyn - perhaps a little stifled by the in-laws so close, but twenty years married and with two children looking to...

A literary novel which follows present-day narrator Mathilda's fixation with the forgotten black Scottish modernist poet, Hermia Druitt, 'Lote' is an exploration of aesthetic, beauty, and the ephemeral realm in which they exist.

Del moved to the south of France three years ago and hasn't looked back. She's found new friends, new purpose, and new love with gorgeous Fabien. But now, just as harvest - the busiest time of the year at her little lavender farm - is due to begin, Del gets some shocking news. There's no time to ...

To the outside world, Clove has it all. Thanks to her lies, she's landed the life of her dreams, complete with a kind, reliable husband, two adorable children, a stable family home. So what, if silencing the memories of her own abusive childhood means racking up a little credit card debt or obses...