Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Here We Are at the End

Here We Are at the End

Sara Barnard

Leave The World Behind by Rumaan Alam meets The Wedding People by Alison Espach. What happens to Love at the end of the world? An emotional and unique take on the destination wedding novel, written by award-winning YA author Sara Barnard.

Fresh Blood on the Avenue

Fresh Blood on the Avenue

Gay Marris

The residents of suburban Atbara Avenue enter the 1970s with more dark and twisted goings- on behind their closed doors in this dryly funny and clever follow up to A Curtain Twitcher’s Book of Murder.

The Spymaster’s Wife

The Spymaster’s Wife

Liz Denchfield

Nineteen-year-old new wife Elizabeth finds her ‘diplomat’ husband’s espionage career affects every aspect of their life when they are posted to Cyprus in 1968.

Mothers & Friends

Mothers & Friends

Clare Boyd

Three mothers. Three best friends. One colossal secret that could blow them all apart. An emotional, page-turning, suspense-filled celebration of frienship and motherhood by the author of After I’m Gone.

Go to Helena Handbasket

Go to Helena Handbasket

Donna Moore

Wisecracking PI Helena Handbasket juggles a jewel theft, a freezer box full of hands, and a trail of handless corpses marked with scarlet fish. As she hunts a possible serial killer, she also battles life’s real mysteries: which shoes to wear, why her neighbour smells like cheese, which lover is ‘the one’, and whether there’s anything in the fridge.

The Booksellers of Camden Lock

The Booksellers of Camden Lock

John L. Williams

In 1982 Camden Town, Ellen Moore escapes her past, works at eccentric Leviathan Books, lives in a squat, and sings synth-pop. Love, danger, and a stolen, possibly magical book entangle her with addicts, ambition, and dark secrets that threaten her future.

The Replacement

The Replacement

Nicola Gill

An author whose life is failing on every front find it getting even worse when she’s forced to spend a week with the woman her husband left her for…

Ungodly Rich

Ungodly Rich

Katharine McGee

A modern-day twist on ancient mythology in this bold reimagining of the Greek gods as a family of billionaires.

Boring Asian Female

Boring Asian Female

Canwen Xu

An addictive novel about a young woman’s all-consuming obsession with a rival of her own making and the desperate lengths she goes to in order to succeed.

The Boy

The Boy

Mark Gyves

When his mother’s death shatters his world, a boy is drawn into Cork’s criminal underbelly — a lyrical, devastating story of family, violence and the inescapable legacy of grief, for fans of Colin Barrett, Donal Ryan and Stuart Neville.

The Trial of Katterfelto

The Trial of Katterfelto

Michael Redhill

A true and faithful account of the trial and punishment of the esteemed Dr Gustavus Katterfelto, the greatest natural philosopher who ever lived.

Knit One, Heist One

Knit One, Heist One

Donna Moore

At Janus Lodge, Sylvia Abercrombie and her feisty, foul-mouthed friends face eviction by a shady developer. To save their home, they launch a secret knitwear empire with a scandalous twist – but as sales soar, secrets surface, and Sylvia’s ex looms nearby, the gang must pull off the ultimate heist. Hilarious, heartfelt, and full of mischief, this tale proves age is no barrier to adventure.