"A gently absorbing tale which smoothly splices poignant family drama with suspenseful Cold War thriller," from the author of Hunting Unicorns. ( Daily Mail).In 1980 Germany, under Cold War tension, a mole is suspected in the British Embassy. When the diplomat Nicky Fleming dies—suddenly and suspiciously—some find it convenient to brand him the traitor.As the government digs into Nicky'...

Hunting Unicorns is a stylish, screamingly funny, razor-sharp look at the British aristocracy in decline, from Bella Pollen.Adrift in a rapidly changing world, the Bevans cling to tradition while wrestling with taxes, tree blight, and the need to keep the family skeleton firmly in the cupboard.The Earl and Countess of Bevan--charming, mad, and emotionally abbreviated. Daniel, their eldest son--funny, clever, but a hopeless alcoholic. Rory, his younger brother--someti...

Driven by curiosity and possibility, writer Bella Pollen has always maintained a double life, navigating between a fierce love of family and the yearning for escape until one day, a strange encounter changes everything . . .What does it take to work out who you really are and where you truly belong? From mafia-in-laws to fashion failures to neighbours from hell, Pollen’s search for answers is a dazzling and powerful odyssey through the conflicting desires and roles of women in toda...

To the south lies Mexico. To the north you can see the flat plains and snow tipped peaks of the Patagonia Mountains . . . and in between is a strange and wild landscape representing a freedom so great that for a long moment, I find it hard to breathe.On the run from her claustrophobic marriage in London, Alice Coleman moves her two small children to the Arizona desert with the intention of renovating an abandoned mining town on the Mexican Border - and there finds an escap...

Sometimes life can be like a bad movie. You sit through it, hoping it will get better, suspecting that it won't and wondering at what point you can reasonably walk out . . .Kit Audrey Butler is the manager of the Orange, a dilapidated independent cinema.Estranged from her father, undermined by her boyfriend, and with her third screenplay recently rejected Kit finds herself badly adrift. Her favourite therapy, renting the appropriate video and scrutinizing the foota...

American Maggie Monroe is a journalist for New York's hard-hitting current affairs show Newsline. Independent and fearless, the more cutting-edge the story, the happier she is. But when her next assignment turns out to be an in-depth documentary on the decline of England's ruling classes, she's furious at being sent to cover a bloody tea party.Meet the Earl and Countess of Bevan, eccentric, maddening and with family secrets to hide.Meet Daniel Bevan - their eldest son. Funn...

A Richard and Judy Book Club selection, The Summer of the Bear is a gripping tale of grief, secrets, and a family's love.In the summer of 1979, a tamed grizzly bear is tempted by the lure of freedom and the wild open sea . . .Letty Fleming, relocated from Cold-War Germany to the solitude of the Scottish Outer Hebrides, is haunted by a personal tragedy - the unexpected death of her husband, diplomat Nicky Fleming.With his death shrouded in m...

Don't miss THE SHRINE, the brand new Detective's Daughter mystery - available nowStella and Jack must reawaken the secrets of the past in order to solve the mysteries of the present.January, 1987. In the depths of winter, only joggers and dog walkers brave the Thames towpath after dark. Helen Honeysett, a young newlywed, sets off for an evening run from her riverside cottage and disappears.Twenty-nine years later, Helen's body has never bee...

A spellbinding historical mystery, perfect for readers of Eve Chase, Lulu Taylor and Rachel Burton.Will the secrets of the past be the key to her future?Alex Hart loves her job as manager of Mallow Court, an historic Elizabethan house. But the discovery of an antique jewelled locket and a long-buried secret changes everything...From an old diary to a charismatic barrister, a mysterious clockmaker and the darkest hours of the Londo...

If you love Karen Swan and Elizabeth Edmondson, you will love this perfect escapist read.'The story started at dawn on the fourteenth of September, 1943 . . .'All her life, London-born Angelika has been intrigued by her mother's secret past. Now planning her wedding, she feels she must visit the remote Crete village her mother grew up in.Angie's estranged elderly grandmother, Maria, is dying. She welcomes ...

In the quiet of a New Zealand winter's night, a rescue helicopter is sent to airlift a five-year-old boy with severe internal injuries. He's fallen from the upstairs veranda of an isolated farmhouse, and his condition is critical. At first, Finn's fall looks like a horrible accident; after all, he's prone to sleepwalking. Only his frantic mother, Martha McNamara, knows how it happened. And she isn't telling. Not yet. Maybe not ever.Tragedy isn't what the McNamara family expected wh...

*THE PERFECT COSY UP-LIT READ, RECOMMENDED BY THOUSANDS OF READERS*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & WINNER OF THE RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB*'One of the most charming novels either of us has read. Don't lose it. Keep it' Richard & JudyMeet the 'Keeper of Lost Things'...Once a celebrated author of short stories now in his twilight years, Anthony...