Fiction

  • The Grand Scheme of Things

    £9.99

    Meet Relebogile Naledi Mpho Moruakgomo. Or, for short, Eddie: an aspiring playwright who dreams of making it big in London’s theatre world. But after repeated rejections from white talent agents, Eddie suspects her non-white sounding name might be the problem. Enter Hugo Lawrence Smith: good looking, well-connected, charismatic and – white. Very white. Stifled by his law degree and looking for a way out of the corporate world, he finds a kindred spirit in Eddie after a chance encounter at a cafe. Together they hatch an extraordinary scheme, one which will see Eddie’s play on stage and Hugo’s name in lights. Her script sent out under his name. Their plan: keep the play’s origins a secret until it reaches critical levels of success. Then expose the theatre world for its racism and hollow clout-chasing.

  • Secrets of the Starlit Sea

    £20.00

    The moment Pixie Tate steps inside the opulent Aldershoff Hotel in Manhattan, one of the last relics of New York’s Gilded Age, she senses instantly that its elegant walls hide a dark secret. Pixie knows that she must use her unique gift to travel back in time in order to discover the mysteries of the past, and as she slips back over a hundred years, she’s shocked to find herself in the midst of one of the most famous events in history. As the stars twinkle overhead, Pixie realises that time is running out. But when she comes face-to-face with a man she thought she’d lost forever, will she keep her promise to save only the souls she should – or is it too late, and has she already changed the future?

  • Killer Instinct

    £16.99

    When the Head Clerk at her Chambers is murdered, Lee Mitchell doesn’t know who she can trust. One of the last people to see him alive, the crime is pinned on Junior Clerk Dean who ‘seems like the type’. Working-class and still living on the estate where he grew up, he has the most to gain from Tom’s death. But Lee knows how easily prejudices can snowball into convictions – and steps in to defend him. As the trial progresses, people Lee has worked with for years become suspects as her Chambers crumble into a world of chaos and deceit. And, what of the diary, whispered about by those at Chambers? The one Tom used to blackmail Lee’s friends and enemies alike to do his bidding? The one containing secrets some might kill to keep hidden? Maybe finding it will be the key to solving his murder. Or maybe some secrets are better left buried.

  • Happiness and Love

    £16.99

    Years after escaping her unbearable artworld life, an unnamed writer finds herself attending a dinner party hosted by Eugene and Nicole – an artist-curator couple – and attended by their pretentious circle. It’s the evening after the funeral of a mutual friend, and if the narrator once loved and admired Eugene and Nicole and their important friends, she now despises them all. Most of all, however, she despises herself for being lured back to this hollow, bourgeois social setting. As the guests sip at their drinks, the narrator, from her vantage point in the corner seat of a white sofa entertains herself – and us – with a silent, tender, merciless takedown.

  • Notes on Infinity

    £16.99

    The moment Zoe notices Jack in their Harvard chemistry class, with his scruffy clothes and casual self-assurance, she knows he’s the one to beat. When Zoe starts trying to outsmart Jack, he knows she’s the person he’s been looking for. Because Jack has dreams that go far beyond the classroom. And while he and Zoe might be from different worlds, they share the same thirst for knowledge and fierce ambition. Within two years, they are at the helm of a thriving start-up and deep in a relationship that seems a perfect match in every sense. But then a shocking accusation is levelled against Jack which threatens everything they’ve built together.

  • I Am Clarence

    £9.99

    For Clarence’s mother, life revolves around her young son; she takes him to see specialists to find the cause of his blindness and developmental delays, protects him from the cruelty of other children, and loves him tenderly. But she has her own struggles too. Her sanity is precarious and fractured, making caregiving increasingly difficult. When her mental health reaches a breaking point, she checks herself into an institution so that she can get better and, she tells herself, be a better mother to Clarence. As she is forced to decide between his well-being and hers, Elaine Kraf poses the essential question: can a mother’s love for her child soothe her own emotional upheaval? How much can she sacrifice for her son?

  • The Girls Who Grew Big

    £16.99

    A novel full of heart and life and hope, set against the shifting sands of secrets and betrayals, ‘The Girls Who Grew Big’ offers an explosive new perspective on what it means to be a young woman, a daughter, and a mother.

  • The Art of a Lie

    £18.99

    In Georgian London, widowed confectioner Hannah Cole must prove the legitimacy of her late husband’s fortune with the help of his associate, William Devereux. But both are hiding secrets . . .

  • Let the Bad Times Roll

    £20.00

    New Orleans: Then. Alone in The Big Easy, Selina is struggling to fit in. When a charismatic stranger invites her for a drink, she’s grateful for the company – but as their friendship grows, she can’t help but sense a darkness within her new friend. Who is Daniel, and what does he want from her? London: Now. Daniel is missing. No one has seen or heard from him in weeks. Beside herself with worry, his sister Caroline hosts an intimate gathering in her beautiful home so those closest to Daniel can come together and compare notes. But all isn’t quite as it seems as the dark truth of what really happened in New Orleans begins to emerge.

  • Death and the Gardener

    £18.99

    A man sits by his father’s bedside and watches him die. Watches as his past begins to crack, leaving him buried in all its afternoons. The quietly collapsing afternoons of childhood. Because the end of our fathers is the end of a world.

  • Fire From Heaven

    £10.99

    Alexander’s beauty, strength and defiance were apparent from birth, but his boyhood honed those gifts into the makings of a king. Killing his first man in battle at the age of 12, he became regent at sixteen and commander of Macedon’s cavalry at 18.

  • The Persian Boy

    £10.99

    In this novel, Mary Renault traces the last years of Alexander’s life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Bagoas was gelded as a child and was sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia before Alexander’s army conquered Persia. Initially he was taken on as an attendant to Alexander’s household.

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