Edinburgh basks in glorious, but brief, summer sunshine, and Isabel Dalhousie - philosopher, philanthropist and mother - searches for the perfect birthday present for her husband Jamie.
'All his novels are terrific, but this one is my favourite' Sarah WatersPatrick Hamilton's novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bourne's new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell.
A GRAZIA BOOK OF THE YEAR'A daring, compelling novel about motherhood' Cosmopolitan'Beautifully written' i Paper'Brilliantly explores the societal expectations put on women' Harper's Bazaar'Utterly compelling' Irish Independent'I devoured this book' Clover Stroud'A richly textured novel showing what it means to be a woman with multiple sides .
'AN OUTSTANDING DEBUT' CHERIE JONES, author of How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps her House'VIVID AND AUTHENTIC' LEONE ROSS, author of This One Sky DayAt eighteen years old, Dinah gave away her baby son to the rich couple she worked for before they left Jamaica.
A BBC RADIO 2 BOOKCLUB PICKSHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTRE FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE, THE GOTHAM BOOK PRIZE AND THE LAMBDA AWARD*'Absolutely incredible.
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICKAS HEARD ON RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME, READ BY MEERA SYAL A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, DAILY MAIL, RED MAGAZINE, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'Absolutely terrific' JENNY COLGAN'An utterly unputdownable exploration of modern love' STYLIST'Gloriously readable, acute, funny and sympathetic' DAILY MAIL------------------------------------------------------------TWO CULTURES.
'Young is a sharp and funny writer with a brilliant eye for moral fudging and verbal hypocrisy, and she has a splendid foil in Miss Mole' Sally BeaumanWINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE'Who would suspect her sense of fun and irony, of a passionate love for beauty and the power to drag it from its hidden places?
A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK A BBC 2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION FUTURES PRIZE AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR'A captivating story about a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the West African father she never knew' REESE WITHERSPOON'Hard to put down' DAILY MAIL'A real pleasure, it's funny, thought-provoking and holds a light up to everything from cultural differences to colonialism' STYLIST'I LOVED Sankofa SO MUCH' MARIAN KEYES'Slick pacing and unpredictable developments keep the reader alert right up to the novel's exhilarating ending' GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY'Onuzo's sneakily breezy, highly entertaining novel leaves the reader rethinking familiar narratives of colonisation, inheritance and liberation' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'A really great book, very poignant' SARA COX Anna is at a stage of her life when she's beginning to wonder who she really is.
THE RACHEL INCIDENT - Caroline O'Donoghue's bestselling new novel* - is out nowCharlie's life isn't going forward - so she's decided to go backAfter a tough few years floundering around the British film industry and experimenting with amateur pornography, Charlie and her best friend Laura take a trip to her familial home on an island off the west coast of Ireland.
WINNER OF THE 1968 SOMERSET MAUGHAM PRIZE 'A picture of the Swinging Sixties without the romantic gloss of middle-aged memories' SUNDAY TIMES 'Angela Carter has language at her fingertips' NEW STATESMAN ' .
'You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but their own' New York TimesIt is summer 1939 and the social event of the year is about to take place: Rose Birkett, a flighty beauty with a penchant for breaking engagements and hearts, is finally getting married, and the whole village - especially her parents - breathes a sigh of relief.
FROM THE AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE (1996) AND THE WHITBREAD PRIZE (2003)'[Her] prose is a joy to read' MICHAEL ARDITTI, INDEPENDENT 'This is a vicious little book, and thus all the more enjoyable' PAUL BAUMANN, NEW YORK TIMES 'A .
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE (1996) 'The Orchard on Fire is probably Mackay's most perfect book' PHILIP HENSHER, GUARDIAN 'A bitter-sweet, gentle novel, not given to grandstanding or preaching' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'Shena Mackay has brought off something quite rare' ANITA BROOKNER, SPECTATOR 'What made the orchard miraculous was an abandoned railway carriage, set down as if by magic, its wheels gone, anchored by long grass and nettles.
FROM THE AUTHOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE (1996) AND THE WHITBREAD PRIZE (2003)'Shena Mackay was a sixties phenomenon' GUARDIAN 'A Christmas story without the mistletoe and the message, but no less moving' KIRKUS REVIEWS The story begins as an ambulance pulls away from the butcher's shop, taking Mick to the hospital after he has carelessly hacked off a finger while preparing John's order.
Written by the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and a Gregory Award, this family drama features a trinity of women bound by compulsion and secrecy.
'Owls Do Cry remains innovative and relevant' GUARDIAN 'Janet Frame was a unique and troubled soul whose luminous words are the more precious' HILARY MANTEL'Her dark, eloquent song captured my heart ' JANE CAMPIONOwls Do Cry is the story of the Withers family: Francie, soon to leave school to start work at the woollen mills; Toby, whose days are marred by the velvet cloak of epilepsy; Chicks, the baby of the family; and Daphne, whose rich, poetic imagination condemns her to a life in institutions.
ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE BRITISH WRITERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'A love triangle of bruising intensity, with a highly intricate and elegant structure' CLARE CHAMBERS'Full of her sensibility, her funniness, her own peculiar acumen' ELIZABETH JANE HOWARD 'Lehmann has always written brilliantly of women in love' MARGARET DRABBLE Two sisters: Madeleine and Dinah.
BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN 'Highsmith writes about men like a spider writing about flies' OBSERVER 'For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith' TIME 'The Glass Cell has lost little of its disturbing power .
Ingeborg Bullivant, the put-upon daughter of the Bishop of Redchester, suddenly becomes possessed by the demon Rebellion and takes a week's tour to Lucerne.
BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN 'Venomously accurate' SUNDAY TIMES 'A border zone of the macabre, the disturbing, the not quite accidental .
BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN'Forbidden desires, strange obsessions and a singular talent for suspense' GUARDIAN'What is striking about these stories is their integrity .
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, A KIND OF MURDER, STARRING PATRICK WILSON AND JESSICA BIEL By the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley, Carol and Strangers on a Train'Almost unputdownable.
BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAININTRODUCED BY DENISE MINA'Highsmith probes to the very core of her heroine with a controlled ferocity and single-mindedness that illuminates every page of her novel' THE TIMES 'A work of extraordinary force and feeling .
Red Sky in the Morning is a heartwarming historical tale of love, hardship and family secrets, from bestselling author and Queen of the Saga, Margaret Dickinson.
