Rebecca Dean June 1909, in a large Berlin mansion, cousins Zelda and Vicky are about to meet brothers Berthold and Josef for the first time -- an evening that will...

Douglas Jackson Bravery and brutality at the heart of a Roman Empire in the throes of bloody civil war—Gaius Valerius Verrens returns in his fifth adventureSummer, AD 69. Rome and...

Sebastian Faulks Meet Mike Engleby, a second-year student at university. Despite the fact that Mike is obviously intelligent, and involved in many clubs, it is clear that something about Mike...

Matthew KnealeWINNER OF THE WHITBREAD BOOK AWARD 2000SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2000'Deeply impressive. . . Every page fizzes with linguistic invention' GuardianAn electrifying modern classic - Kneale's sweeping adventure...

Matthew Kneale In 1857 when Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his band of rum smugglers from the Isle of Man have most of their contraband confiscated by British Customs, they...

Robert Harris   Bletchley Park: the top-secret landmark of World War Two, where a group of young people were fighting to defeat Hitler, and win the war. March 1943, the...

Peter MayWhen Detective Sime Mackenzie boards a light aircraft at Montreal's St. Hubert airfield, he does so without looking back. For Sime, the 850-mile journey ahead represents an opportunity to...

Kathryn HockettFramed for a murder he didn't commit, Logan Donovan is determined to clear his name and reclaim his life. But he never imagined he would be traveling with a...

Andrea Simon “Never didactic, Simon’s characters—the charismatic Aunt Perl, astute Ida, and unprejudiced Ania—are refreshingly complex, and the prose, whether depicting a beloved doll or coffinlike cattle cars, remains unflinching...

Jean Sasson In this spellbinding novel, the international bestselling author of Princess brings together a striking cast of characters, revealing deep layers and varieties of love and hate seldom seen...

Emma HooperA gorgeous literary debut about unlikely heroes, lifelong promises, and last great adventures.Otto,The letter began, in blue ink,I’ve gone. I’ve never seen the water, so I’ve gone there. Don’t...

Carol RiversJanuary 1928, the Isle of Dogs. Following the mysterious disappearance of her sailor husband (missing, presumed drowned), young widow Eve Kumar struggles to provide for herself and her twin...