Our family of animals, like the loaves and fishes, was showing a distinct tendency to divide and multiply... Initially we had tried rather half-heartedly to find homes for Carrots and Philby but after a few weeks we decided that they weren't going anywhere. They belonged with us. Suddenly we had five dogs and four cats, no longer such an even number...' In the first five years of their married life, Chrystal Sharp and her veterinarian husband encounter a variety of different creatures - fe...

Following the success of If The Cat Fits ... Stories of a Vet's Wife, Chrystal Sharp is back with more heart-warming and hilarious tales about her husband and son and their ever-growing family of animals. Dog In My Footsteps covers a further five years in Chrystal's life, and we are reunited with Philby the cat (who abandons leopard hunting for seagull spotting) and Whippy the greyhound (who prefers kittens to puppies). Some of the older members of the family pass on, while others join the...

'One of the most brilliant first novels I have come across' Telegraph'One of the top 100 novels of the century' Independent'Brilliant...irresistible...compelling' New York Times'Macabre, bizarre, and impossible to put down' Financial Times**'Read it if you dare' Daily ExpressThe Wasp Factory is a...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016Four-thirty on a May morning: the black fading to blue, dawn gathering somewhere below the treeline in the east. A long, straight road runs between sleeping fields to the little village of Lodeshill, and on it two cars lie wrecked and ravished, violence gathered about them in the silent air. One wheel, upturned, still spins.How...

Husband material or heartbreaker?Since her husband’s death in a dangerous police raid, another hero is the last thing Dr Rachel Simmonds wants…until she meets gorgeous local cop Ben Armstrong. He’s the father figure her adorable little boy Riley desperately needs – and the lover she yearns for.Can Rachel’s fragile heart withstand getting close to another man who does danger for a living?

WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014WINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2014‘I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll be dead. And he was never the same after that.’There are books you...

A moment of comfort – never to be forgotten…Obstetric nurse Jenny Sinclair is determined not to fall for the charms of baby doctor Daniel Carterton, whose brilliance and compassion make women all over the hospital swoon when he enters a room!But after one heartbreaking day at work the lines between personal and professional begin to blur, and one kiss can’t help but lead to another… Now Jenny must face her heart-meltingly handsome boss and tell him that she...

A heartbreaking, darkly funny and deeply moving memoir from a fearlessly talented writerDelivered on the banks of the Mainoru River by her two full-blood grandmothers, Marie Munkara was born with light skin which meant one thing - it would only be a matter of time before she would be taken by the authorities and given to a white family to be raised.Then twenty-eight years later an old baptismal card falling out of a book changed the course of her life forev...

Moving from Islington to Exmoor; one small step for mankind but a very large one for MAIL ON SUNDAY columnist Liz Jones.Liz Jones lived the perfect urban life. The immaculate Georgian townhouse in a leafy London square. The glamorous career. The Italian wardrobe stuffed with designer bags and shoes. The much younger novelist husband. But then it all goes horribly wrong. She discovers her husband has been having numerous affairs (with women who are younger, dimmer, ...

Frank and Lizzie Cudgill are the perfect couple – influential, respected, wealthy beyond their means, but childless after seven years of marriage. When they adopt Daniel their happiness is complete – until they notice him exhibiting strange and disturbing character traits.Parents will go to great lengths to raise their children well. Daniel succumbs to their nurturing and he emerges from his difficult years stronger, more disciplined, successful and brilliant.Daniel returns...

Brought to life by celebrated author and animal lover A. N. Wilson, and charmingly illustrated, Hazel will capture the hearts of guinea-pig lovers everywhere.Creep under the kitchen table and join Hazel the greedy guinea pig as she gets into some sticky situations...Hazel the guinea pig just wants to explore. But she's also very fond of food... When her seven-year-old owner puts her down into the kitchen, she seizes her chance to escape - b...

Wilbur Morris ran a failing dental practice until one fateful evening, a thief with horrible plaque buildup and halitosis breaks into his clinic. Now Wilbur is the dentist of choice to a whole new list of clientele with overdeveloped canines and who insist on evening appointments. After his interest in one attractive patient leads him to a confrontation in a cemetery, Wilbur realizes it will take more than flossing to save him."The Whitest Smile" is a short story.