Modern & contemporary fiction

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D is for death
£22.00

1935. Dora Wildwood is escaping a most unsuitable marriage. She’s on the first train to London, and she plans to go straight to her godmother Lady Dreda Uglow, the only woman she knows who se...
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The dog park detectives
£9.99

The Dog Park DetectivesÂ is a joyous and fur-ociously entertaining murder mystery for fans of dogs and cosy crime, and the first in a pawfully exciting new series that is perfect...
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The binding
£9.99

A NEW EDITION WITH EXTRA MATERIAL FROM THE AUTHOR

SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR

‘Spellbinding’ Guardian

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The trouble with goats and sheep
£9.99

A NEW EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CLARE MACKINTOSH

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

‘An utter delight’ Sarah Winman Add to basket

Traitors gate
£9.99

The gripping new instalment in the William Warwick series, An Eye for an Eye, is available to pre-order now!

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Normal rules don’t apply
£9.99

In this collection we meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; and a man whose luck changes when a horse speaks to him. Witty and w...
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Blue sisters
£16.99

‘IT MOVED ME DEEPLY’ LIV LTITLE

‘DEEPLY POIGNANT’ HARPERS BAZAAR

‘GORGEOUS’ RAVEN LEILANI Add to basket

Table for two
£18.99

Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood. The New York stories, most of...
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The ministry of time
£16.99

In the near future, a disaffected civil servant is offered a job in a new government ministry gathering ‘expats’ from across history to test the limits of time-travel. Her role is to wo...
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Blue ruin
£20.00

In the latest novel from award-winning author Hari Kunzru, a failed artist who was big in the nineties grapples with his storied, difficult past and uncertain present, all while convalescing secret...
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Empire Of The Sun
£9.99

The classic, heartrending story of a British boy’s four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War. Newly reissued with an introduction by John Lanchester.
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Millennium people
£10.99

Violent rebellion comes to London’s middle classes.
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Yellowface
£9.99

The Number One Global Sensation

*Foyle’s Fiction Book of the Year*

*Amazon Book of the Year*

*Shortliste...
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Before we say goodbye
£9.99

The fourth novel in the sensational ‘Before the Coffee Gets Cold’ series featuring cafe regulars, with the same time-travelling offer, back in the Tokyo cafe – if customers follow...
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My husband
£9.99

From the outside, she has an enviable life: a successful career, stunning looks, a beautiful house in the suburbs, two healthy children, and most importantly, an ideal husband. After fifteen years ...
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The book of witty women
£12.99

From tales of a narcoleptic biscuit lover, con artists with a twist, and the accidental death of a hamster; to consequences of accidental gluing, the imagined world of extreme shopping, and the del...
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The wren, the wren
£9.99

Nell – funny, brave and so much loved – is a young woman with adventure on her mind. As she sets out into the world, she finds her family history hard to escape. For her mother, Carmel,...
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Someone else’s shoes
£9.99

Meet Sam. Meet Nisha. Two women living very different lives. But when their paths cross, causing each a world of trouble – and finding some missing shoes is the only way to solve it – t...
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Hangman Island
£9.99

Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley, Ann Cleeves and Elly Griffiths, this gripping new locked-island mystery will keep you on the edge of your seat until the bitter end.

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The turnglass
£9.99

Stuart Turton meets The Magpie Murders in this immersive and unique story for fans of clever crime fiction.
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You are here
£20.00

Marnie is stuck. Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a life that increasingly feels like it’s passing her by. Michael is coming undone. Reeling from...
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How to build a boat
£9.99

Jamie O’Neill loves the colour red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain that comes with wind, the curvature of many objects, books with dust jackets, cats, rivers and Edgar Allan Poe. At...
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Five bad deeds
£16.99

From the internationally bestselling author of Sweet Little Lies comes a dark and twisty thriller about secrets, lies and revenge. Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Laura Marshall and T...
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Cloud atlas
£30.00

A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850, and a young Pacific Islander witnessing the nightfall of science and civilization – these and the other narrators of ‘Cloud Atlas’...
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The Blackwater lightship
£9.99

A story of resolution, compassion and love, The Blackwater Lightship reveals the intense connection between grandmother, mother and daughter during a family crisis
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