- Do you have to hold your breath? ... Can you do that?- Yeah. Anyone can.- Not me. Can't be doing without breath. I'd hate to drown. I'm a big fan of air ...400 miles from home, James has started a new career as a rigger - two weeks onshore, two weeks offshore - existing between two very different spaces; and his daughter Dyl is with him in neither of them.Instead he has Ryan, his live-in landlord - sarcastic, free-spirited and liable to say what he t...

‘An emotional love story with great heart’ Sunday ExpressThe Sunday Times Top Ten BestsellerIn the south-west of Ireland, rugged mountains meet bright blue lakes and thick forests. Deep in the woods, a young woman lives alone, forever secluded from the world, her life a well-kept secret. She possesses an extraordinary talent, the likes of which no-one has seen before: a gift that will earn her the nickname Lyrebird.

WINNER OF THE BAILEYS' WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2016'A head-spinning, stomach-churning state of the nation novel' THE TELEGRAPH'Glorious, foul-mouthed, fizzing' SUNDAY TIMES'Seriously enjoyable and high-octane' IRISH TIMESWe all do stupid things when we're kids.Ryan Cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest ...

'Nobody does cosy, get-away-from-it-all romance like Jenny Colgan'Sunday Express__________________________________Christmas is going to be extra magical this year . . .With real mouth-watering recipes for you to try at homeRosie Hopkins is looking forward to Christmas in the little Derbyshire village of Lipton, buried under a thick blanket of snow. He...

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 100 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYWinner of the 2016 International Dylan Thomas Prize and the Sunday Times/Peter, Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year award and shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize.'Amazing and unforgettable.' THE TIMES'Dazzlingly good.'

A story of first love and second chances from the bestselling author of Love RulesThe sleepwalker.By day, Petra Flint is a talented jeweller working in a lively London studio. By night, she sleepwalks. She has 40 carats of the world's rarest gemstone under her mattress but it's the skeletons in her closet that make it difficult for her to rest.The insomniac.At one time a promising song-writer, Arlo Savidge now teaches music at a boys' boarding school in Nort...

"At the conclusion of my discussions with one group of the Magdalene Women one of those present sang 'Whispering Hope'. A line from that song stays in my mind - 'when the dark midnight is over, watch for the breaking of day'.Let me hope that this day and this debate heralds a new dawn for all those who feared that the dark midnight might never end."Taoiseach Enda Kenny's State apology to the Magdalene women.On 19 February 2013 the Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny ...

The Silent Room is the first tense police procedural in the thrilling Matthew Ryan series by Mari Hannah.'Nobody understands the many faces of cops better than Mari Hannah' - Val McDermidA security van sets off for Durham prison, a disgraced Special Branch officer in the back. It never arrives. En route it is hijacked by armed men, the prisoner sprung. Suspended from duty on suspicion of aiding and abetting the audacious escape of ...

Jessica Fletcher must solve a homicide in the Hamptons in this mystery in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series...Jessica has come to the elegant Hamptons on Long Island's gold coast for a sinfully sweet spell in the sun and a chance to indulge her secret burning passion: painting. In this place where the arts flower and artists flock, she finds a sketching class where she can try to make her dreams of da Vinci-hood come true.But Jessi...

'If you like Trainspotting, Peaky Blinders, Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino then this rackety, kinetic, hold-your-attention at gunpoint book for you' THE TIMES'Devastatingly brilliant' SALLY ROONEY'Delectable and vigorously entertaining' IRISH INDEPENDENTLike all twenty-year-olds, Ryan Cusack is trying to get his head around who he is.This is not a good time for his boss to exploit his du...

Surrender is the greatest sinFor adventure guide Ryan Quinn, a week in Fiji babysitting a hen party should be a cakewalk. Only, the bride turns out to be sexy movie star Serena Hightower, and the wedding turns out to be very much in question. Ryan wants to help Serena, but he's not sure he can trust himself with her–not when she is his every temptation personified…Serena Hightower just needs one week in paradise to figure out what she wants. Unfortunately, what she wants is...

One night, when I am old, sick, right out of semen, and don't need things to get any worse, I hear the noises growing louder. I am sure they are making love in Zenab's bedroom which is next to mine.Waldo, a fêted filmmaker, is confined by old age and ill health to his London apartment. Frail and frustrated, he is cared for by his lovely younger wife, Zee. But when he suspects that Zee is beginning an affair with Eddie, 'more than an acquaintance and less than a f...