Fiction
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Exploring the lives of three women in 90s County Donegal, this debut novel is described as 'immaculately crafted' with characterisation that is 'beautifully nuanced'. It's 'shot through with humour' and is a 'compelling, compassionate page-turner'. What will we think of it?
read my review of July 2025
Publication date: 1st May 2025
A beautiful story of the last days of an old man's life.
read my review of June 2025
Publication date: 15th May 2025
When one woman realises she is living the same day over and over again.
read my review of June 2025
Publication date: 10th April 2025
The debut novel by art critic, James Cahill, begins in the rarefied world of academia. Through the protagonist, Professor Don Lamb it explores art, privilege and power, and introduces us to the Venetian master, Gianbattista Tiepolo. What will we think of it?
Review not yet available - book details
Publication date: 27th April 2023
A magical, uplifting tale of the power of books.
read my review of June 2025
Publication date: 10th April 2025
Dropping out of university, Luca returns home and falls into a job ghostwriting a memoir.
read my review of May 2025
Publication date: 22nd May 2025
A compelling, tragic tale. Extraordinary.
read my review of May 2025
Publication date: 8th August 2019
When Fanny Knight, niece of Jane Austen, married Sir Edward Knatchbull, she becomes stepmother to Mary Dorothea and introduces the young woman to a new circle of friends, and a romantic interest.
read my review of May 2025
Publication date: 22nd May 2025
Another brilliantly clever, inventive and entertaining mystery starring Susan Ryeland and Atticus Pund.
read my review of May 2025
Publication date: 10th April 2025
Described as a love story with a difference, the novel spans the Welsh coast and war-torn Syria. 'A hypnotic tale of lost identity, the quest for home and the wondrous resilience of the human spirit' - what will we think of it?
Review not yet available - book details
Publication date: 23rd March 2023
Described as 'hilarious, unsettling and unexpectedly moving' what will we make of this novel by Swiss author Christian Kracht, longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025?
Review not yet available - book details
Publication date: 7th November 2024
When Jim Maguire is released from prison for murder, he is pursued by his victim's sister.
read my review of April 2025
Publication date: 1st May 2025
Such a clever idea telling the story of a family through their holidays over the years.
read my review of April 2025
Publication date: 3rd July 2025
A brilliant idea for a fabulous thriller - the housing market held to ransom by a sinister international power.
read my review of April 2025
Publication date: 28th March 2025
In 1944 a bomb hits a street in London, and five children die instantly. But what if they had survived? What lives would they have lived? Reviews have said of the book: glorious, exhilarating, brilliant, dazzling, extraordinary, superb. What will we think of it?
Review not yet available - book details
Publication date: 3rd February 2022
Described as 'a rare, searching tale of home, memory and sacrifice' which is 'poignant and often painfully comic', what will we make of this quest, set in Georgia?
Review not yet available - book details
Publication date: 30th January 2025
What would you do if you could change the choices you've made in life? There's a magical place in Tokyo where that is possible...
read my review of February 2025
Publication date: 16th January 2025
A tale of a woman, a marriage, a family and an extraordinary voyage.
read my review of February 2025
Publication date: 12th June 2025



















