Good to a Fault Author: Marina Endicott
ISBN: 9781742370262

Clara Purdy crashes her life into a left turn, taking the young family in the other car along with her. When bruises on the mother, Lorraine, prove to be late-stage cancer, Clara - against all habit and comfort - moves the three children and their terrible grandmother into her own house. She then has to cope with the ...
Category:Fiction - General
Category:Fiction - Modern & Contemporary

The Legacy Author: Kirsten Tranter
ISBN: 9780732290801

Ingrid inherits a fortune, leaves Australia and her friends and lover, to marry Gil Grey and set up home amid the New York art world. At 9 am on September 11 2001, she has an appointment downtown, and is never seen again. A year later, searching for clues about Ingrid's life, her friend Julie uncovers layers of mystery ...

The Little Stranger Author: Sarah Waters
ISBN: 9781844086023

After her award-winning trilogy of Victorian novels, Sarah Waters turned to the 1940s and wrote THE NIGHT WATCH, a tender and tragic novel set against the backdrop of wartime Britain. Shortlisted for both the Orange and the Man Booker, it went straight to number one in the bestseller chart. In a dusty post-war summer i ...
Category:Fiction - General
Category:Fiction - Modern & Contemporary

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Author: Stieg Larsson
ISBN: 9781906694173

Salander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward campaign. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in Intensive Care, and is set to face trial ...
Category:Fiction - Crime & Mystery
Category:Fiction - Crime & Mystery General

The Other Family Author: Joanna Trollope
ISBN: 9780385616157

Richie had been a celebrated musician, wealthy, popular, and adored by Chrissie and their three daughters. But when he dies, without warning, Chrissie has to deal not only with her grief but with the knowledge that her beloved Richie had another family, one which he had deserted many years before but which now needs to ...
Category:Fiction - General

Wolf Hall Author: Hilary Mantel
ISBN: 9780007292417

A magisterial new novel that takes us behind the scenes during one of the most formative periods in English history: the reign of Henry VIII.
Category:Fiction - Historical
Category:Fiction - Historical General

Consolation Author: Anna Gavalda
ISBN: 9780701183523

Charles seems to have everything, but turns his back on the present to go in search of her past and his childhood, falling a long way down. One day he finds himself on a Paris pavement covered in his own blood. But fate holds out a final chance of consolation - when he meets Kate, a young woman, herself damaged but fea ...

The Slap Author: Christos Tsiolkas
ISBN: 9781741753592

The Slap is a novel about the relationships between children and adults, and the new Australian multicultural middle-class from the controversial cult author of Loaded and Dead Europe.
Category:Fiction - General
Category:Fiction - Modern & Contemporary

Where Have You Been? Author: Wendy James
ISBN: 9781921401466

A domestic thriller that takes the form of a classic imposter novel, but with a 21st century twist. A seemingly perfect family household is rocked by the reappearance of a sister they thought was long gone. Suspicions soon arise and no one is sure if she is who she claims to be.

The Lacuna Author: Barbara Kingsolver
ISBN: 9780571252640

Crossing two decades, from the vibrant revolutionary murals of Mexico City to the halls of a Congress bent on eradicating the colour red, The Lacuna is as deep and rich as the New World itself.
Category:Fiction - Modern & Contemporary