'Few writers in the genre today have Hill's gifts: formidable intelligence, quick humour, compassion and a prose style that blends elegance and grace' Donna Leon, Sunday TimesHurrying out of St Monkey's church one day, Joe Sixsmith stumbles across a boy's corpse in a cardboard box and into more trouble than he's ever known.
'Dynamite' Bookseller'A heart-warming read' Guardian'A witty, evocative read that'll keep you gripped' Company'A little gem of fiction' New WomanEvita Vishavan is stuck in a 9 to 5 job and going nowhere fast.
An exciting new talent, shortlisted for the 1997 Booker Prize, hailed as 'a triumph' by The Times, and a poignant observer of human hearts, foibles and follies.
A controversial, throught-provoking and witty novel about the pursuit of perfection - the perfect appearance, relationship and life, from a young, hot talent.
'Reginald Hill stands head and shoulders above any other writer of homebred crime fiction' ObserverPI can mean many things, but can it really mean a balding, middle-aged lathe operator from a high rise in Luton?
Richard Littlejohn exposes the madness of modern Britain in this thrill-packed rollercoaster ride of a novel, bursting with all the humour and irreverence that have made him Britain's No 1 newspaper columnist.
The astonishing debut novel from international number one bestselling author Paullina Simons, beautifully repackagedTully Makker is a tough young woman from the wrong side of the tracks and she is not always easy to like.
A deft parody of the American fame factory and a piercing portrait of young and old desire, WONDER BOYS is a modern classic from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY.
A warm, witty and wise debut about the ups and downs of life as a TV presenterWhen Christie Lynch, journalist and single mother of two, appears as a guest on a daytime TV talk show, she could never have imagined that it would lead to a new career.
Boris Johnson's first novel, Seventy-Two Virgins is a no-holds-barred political satire, a comic romp peopled with a gallery of grotesques which lampoons both the absurdities and the extremes of modern society.
As resonant with social and political themes as Lessing's masterpiece 'The Golden Notebook', 'The Diaries of Jane Somers' sees the author returns to the realism of her early fiction with the wisdom and experience of maturity.
Social mores come under bestselling author Philippa Gregory's acute scrutiny in this reissue of a long-unavailable novel of betrayal, revenge and liberation.
Combining the eloquence and raw sensuality of Jeanette Winterson with the romantic, renegade spirit of Patti Smith, Further Out Than You Thought is a taut and erotically charged literary debut, set against the chaos of the 1992 L.
