Modern and Contemporary

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 'Modern classics in this genre are rare, and instant ones even rarer; The Loney, however, looks as though it may be both' Sunday Telegraph If it had another name, I never knew, but the locals called i

A year in the life of a group of painters and decorators in the town of Mugsborough at the turn of the century. Haunted by fears of unemployment, the men struggle to keep their jobs at any cost, ...

In an old wooden sloop, Philip Marsden plots a course north from his home in Cornwall. He is sailing for the Summer Isles, a small archipelago near the top of Scotland that holds for him a deep and personal significance.

For fans of Harriet Evans, Lucinda Riley and Rowan Coleman. The Truth About My Mother is a sweeping family drama about secrets, sacrifice and love, spanning from the 1950s to present day. All families have secrets, don't they?

Passion drew him to a new world, and trickery has kept him there.

"A striking and highly enjoyable debut." (Sophie Hannah). "Could be the next Gone Girl success story." (Independent). Yasmin would give anything to have a friend..

J.B. Priestley is considered by many to be an old-fashioned playwright whose work is locked in a pre-war world of provincialism and whose ideas are way past their sell-by date.

The Sunday Times bestseller is back with a twisty crime thriller, perfect for fans of M.J. Arlidge's EENY MEENY and Angela Marsons.