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A mystery series with a literary twist, featuring the Bronte sisters as amateur detectives.
Light Perpetual
Francis Spufford (author)
"With exceptional care, with a loving shrewdness that’s a little Hogarthian, Spufford catches the voices and hopes of five not-dead working-class south Londoners..."
— The Guardian
1 review
Mother for Dinner
Shalom Auslander
"grotesque, extremely funny, weirdly touching and acute about families..."
The Captive
Deborah O'Connor
"For once, this is a domestic thriller not rooted in envy of someone else’s seemingly perfect life. Naughty, but nice...."
— The Times
Girl A
Abigail Dean
"VC Andrews for Generation Z...."
4.7 out of 5
5 reviews
Operation Certain Death
Kim Hughes
"Light the blue touch paper and retire to a comfortable chair...."
Last Flight to Stalingrad
Graham Hurley
"His description of the cauldron of Stalingrad, and of the Shakespearean vengeance Nehmann takes there, are well worth relishing..."
The Survivors
Jane Harper
" Harper’s writing is as unobtrusively effective as ever..."
3.78 out of 5
4 reviews
Asylum Road
Olivia Sudjic
"Asylum Road shows Sudjic confidently expanding the reach of her fiction, with an unerring instinct for asking timely questions...."
— The Observer
4.38 out of 5
Cathedral
Ben Hopkins
" an ambitious epic telling the story of a fictional German city ..."
— The Sunday Times
2 reviews
Gratitude
Delphine de Vigan, George Miller
"Despite – or because of – its gappiness, there’s sadness in this simple tale..."
— The Sunday Telegraph
The City of Tears
Kate Mosse
"Mosse shows a deft command of character and narrative..."
A Burning
Megha Majumdar
"Already a hit in the US, this hard-hitting novel reveals a hidden side of South Asia..."
Luster
Raven Leilani
"This is an elevated example of the “millennial novel”, swerving cliche..."
4.19 out of 5
8 reviews
Alchemy and Rose
Sarah Maine
"Maine reworks the conventions of historical romance in a narrative that regularly undercuts expectations of what is to come...."
Death in Her Hands
Ottessa Moshfegh
"Death in Her Hands, like all Moshfegh’s novels, is a mystery, as well as a portrait of a broken mind...."
— London Review of Books
3.23 out of 5
14 reviews
Luckenbooth
Jenni Fagan
"An Edinburgh tenement is the setting for these dark and fantastically funny tales..."
— Financial Times
3.85 out of 5
6 reviews
The Last Migration
Charlotte McConaghy
"Though far from flawless, this keening lament of an adventure is compelling..."
The Prophets
Robert Jones Jr.
"a fine achievement..."
4.28 out of 5
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams
Richard Flanagan
"a Booker winner’s walk on the surreal side..."
3 out of 5
The Collected Stories of Shirley Hazzard
Shirley Hazzard
"This definitive collection of Hazzard’s short stories is a welcome reminder of her remarkable talent...."
— Times Literary Supplement
4.31 out of 5
7 reviews
Hurdy Gurdy
Christopher Wilson
"The Black Death seems an improbable subject for a comic novel, but Wilson takes up the challenge, and the result is fiercely funny. ..."
The Art of Falling
Danielle McLaughlin
"an intriguing debut novel..."
3.63 out of 5
3 reviews
Slough House
Mick Herron
"Herron is an excellent writer ..."
Life Sentences
Billy O'Callaghan
"It’s a thoughtful, slow-motion novel..."
— The Spectator
One Night, New York
Lara Thompson
"this page-turning thriller marks her as a writer to watch..."
The Smallest Man
Frances Quinn
"His tale is extraordinary, and Frances Quinn has used it well in this fascinating debut...."
The System
Ryan Gattis
"(a) welcome, accessible disassembly of the internet..."
— Irish Times
3.75 out of 5
The Octopus Man
Jasper Gibson
"This engaging novel evokes the radical politics of the anti-psychiatry movement..."
The Autumn of the Ace
Louis de Bernieres
"it is at least a tale told with some brio..."
3.22 out of 5