Modern & contemporary fiction

When Tia accidentally overhears a whispered conversation between her mother - terminally ill and lying in a hospital bed in Port Harcourt, Nigeria - and her aunt, the repercussions will send her on a desperate quest to uncover a secret her mother has been hiding for nearly two decades. Back home ...

Based on a true story, 'Animal's People' is set in the fictionalized Bhopal, the Indian city ripped apart by an industrial accident in 1984. When Elli Barber, a young American doctor, comes to town, she intends to set up a clinic to treat the lingering consequences of the dreadful event.

It is 2027. France is in a state of economic decline and moral decay. As the country plunges into a closely-fought presidential campaign, the French state falls victim to a series of mysterious and unsettling cyberattacks. The sophisticated nature of the attacks leaves the best computer scientist...

Novelist J. B. Blackwood is on a cruise with her husband, Patrick, to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Her former professor, Patrick is much older than J. B. but when they met, he seemed somehow ageless, as all new gods appear in the eyes of those who worship them. He is a film director. A cu...

The stories in this triptych are about responsibility and the problems of conscience that each one of us must solve if we are to discover the deepest meaning of life. An international bestseller from the author of Follow Your Heart, which has sold over 15 million copies worldwide.'I kill you in o...

As Lan lies dying, she makes a promise that binds her long into the Beyond. A decade later her teenage granddaughter is caught up in an international storm of outrage that unleashes the rage of a whole, failed generation. For one shining fragment of time, the world is with her. But then the backl...

From the creator of the viral TikTok videos about the sunshine assistant to the evil villain and their unexpected romance comes the second book in the fantasy romance series.

1588: The greatest naval force of its age bears down upon England. As a devastating battle looms, a nation holds its breath. Jack Stannard, grandson of the original Jack, is stationed on Drake's warship Revenge. His father, Tom, commands his own vessel and even his grandfather is close by. Each m...

They fought without glory - and without mercy. France, Winter, 1944: The long-awaited liberation is at hand. The bombing missions had gone well, and the crew of the Lancaster bomber had begun to relax. Then the Messerschmitt came out of the darkness, its guns blazing. Of the nine-man crew only Ne...

A visionary curator sets up a gallery in a decaying warehouse in Hoxton, bringing together a group of radical young artists at a seminal moment in British art. But as they produce stellar new work and prepare to storm the bastions of the art establishment, ruthless property developers are gentrif...