Modern & contemporary fiction

Isabel Dalhousie, everyone's favourite moral philosopher, is once again called on to help navigate a decidedly delicate dispute with all of the insight and compassion she has become known for. What makes Isabel's investigations so unique is her uncanny ability to view all sides of a situation wit...

Rachel's boyfriend Frank is different from other people. His strangeness is part of what she loves about him: his innocence, his intelligence, his passionate immersion in the music of JS Bach. As a coder, Frank sees patterns in everything, but as his theories slide further towards the irrational,...

Diana Parks is a beautician with a temper, and she's not the only member of Ottersea WI who's had enough of bullies and slimeballs. When the body of lecherous landlord, Raj Sumal, washes up on the beach, it's up to Detectives Jim Paddon and Grace Brown to solve the mystery. They start to suspect ...

In flight from a traumatic rural childhood, Corey Fah has come to earth in a one-bed council flat in the capital. Trapped, with partner Drew, in the limited world which late capitalism has allotted them, they are modestly happy but practically futureless. Until, one day, Corey is offered a life-c...

After an initial misunderstanding between Nicky, a long-time widow, and Lane, an American history professor, they become close friends - but are wary of it developing into anything deeper. Amongst many other obstacles, Nicky and Lane both have family problems that are casting shadows over their r...

Still spinning from the hustle and bustle of city life, Jodie 'Nosey' Parker is glad to be back in the Cornish village she calls home. Having quit the Met Police in search of something less dangerous, the change of pace means she can finally start her dream catering company and raise her daughter...

Bridget smiled to herself, certain she could see one of the stars twinkling extra brightly in that moment as if to acknowledge her wish and convince her, that yes, Mulberry-On-Sea was just the place they all needed to be. Surrounded by those happy memories of holidays and special times where noth...

When Leonie Baxter finds herself out of a job and out of a relationship, she's at her wits end. Her life has just been turned upside down and she needs a plan - fast. By chance, on a walk with her rescue puppy, Leonie stumbles across a striking house in the woods; fully furnished but unoccupied. ...

Naive, reckless Kate Brady and Baba Brennan escape from their convent school and the Irish countryside to the bright lights of Dublin City, and a whirl of dances, flirtations and passionate misadventures.

Scarlett Green and Theo Winters are two writers with only one bestselling book to their names: the one they wrote together all those years ago. None of the books they've written separately have ever been quite as successful. Now at risk of being dropped by their respective publishers, Theo and Sc...