Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

This is Part Two in a four-part serial from Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller Cathy Bramley.

The Scent of a Woman is the tale of an American woman who, after being burned by love, with resulting single-parenthood in its wake, chooses to take her success in life into her own hands.

Three years ago, Lin Qing went to prison full of hatred and coincidentally obtained the ancient teachings of the God of Agriculture.

Spencer doesnt have a choice.

Lose yourself in the legendary Edna O'Brien's simmering romantic tale of a woman rediscovering herself on the French Riviera .

Mirroring a true story, the trials and tribulations of Catrin Thomas promise the reader a ticket to a literary roller coaster.

Liu Mang, the fallen soldier king, returned to the city.

A Jewish girl travels to America to find love but finds hardship and loneliness.

Anne Elliot is the overlooked middle daughter of the vain Sir Walter Elliot, and her elder sister, Elizabeth, resembles her father in temperament and delights in the fact that as the eldest daughter she can assume her mother's former position in their rural neighborhood.

A delightfully twisty and darkly comic crime thriller, for fans of My Sister, the Serial Killer and How to Kill Your Family'A fast-paced, tension-building mystery with a shattering finale.

Two women, one man: code red for revenge.

I went to Rio to watch the Olympics, but unexpectedly, I met with a plane crash and landed on a deserted island.