Fiction: narrative themes

THE INSTANT IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEARWINNER OF AUTHOR OF THE YEAR AT THE IRISH BOOK AWARDSThe deeply moving story of the O Connor family, its troubled past in the West of Ireland, and a love story of second chances from the Booker-longlisted author of How to Build a Boat'A haunting powerful page turner that will have you in its thrall' GABRIEL BYRNE'One of Ireland s shining literary stars.

The unstoppable Ruby Darke returns as old enemies threaten her family in The Edge, a gripping gangland thriller from top ten bestselling author Jessie Keane.

Warm and witty, no one writes about love, family and friendship like Lucy Diamond, the Sunday Times bestelling author of The Secrets of Happiness and On a Beautiful Day.

'A new Lucy Diamond book is one of the happiest highlights of my calendar' Katie FfordeIt's a beautiful day in Manchester and four friends are meeting for a birthday lunch.

A high-octane space opera adventure about the battle for humanity's future.

Longlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2021'Excellent, lucid, intelligent and gripping' - Scotsman'An utterly riveting read' - Guardian, Thriller of the Month6 December 1993.

Set in LA against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crash, this is the story of Rudy Reyes (a.

'This is fantasy at its finest' - Leigh Bardugo, No.

From the Man Booker shortlisted author of Harvest.

From Jessica Knoll, bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive, The Favourite Sister is a thrilling, razor-sharp drama following a pair of competitive sisters at the centre of a reality TV series - and the secrets and lies that lead to murder .

A stunning debut thriller, The Missing Girl by Jenny Quintana is a gripping novel full of twists and turns, and a desperate hunt to solve a decades-old mystery.

From the author of The Missing Girl, Jenny Quintana's gripping novel, Our Dark Secret, tells the story of two girls, two deaths and two decades of silence .

Now a major film starring Killing Eve's Jodie Comer.

'Challenging and disturbing, The Melting is an incredibly cruel fable about friendship and adolescence .

In this remarkable novel of menace and mystery, Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all.

Indulge in the perfect winter's day treat and escape to the snow-fringed fjords of Norway with The Christmas Lights, a delicious tale full of drama and mystery, heartache and hope by Sunday Times bestseller Karen Swan.

Set on the beautiful Scottish island of Islay, The Christmas Secret is a gripping story filled with emotion from Karen Swan, bestselling author of Christmas Under the Stars.

From the bestselling author of The Last Summer, Karen Swan, the glamorous capital city of Italy is brought to startling life in The Rome Affair, a compelling story of love, life and long-held secrets.

'An incredible read.

**A Prima magazine pick of the year**Haunting, beautiful and uplifting, Katy Regan's How to Find Your Way Home is about sibling love, the restorative power of nature and how home is found within us.

**Previously published in hardback as Little Big Man**'Katy Regan broke my heart and put it back together again with Little Big Love' - Lucy DiamondLiam Jones is the love of Juliet's life.

Tender, funny, bittersweet and moving, Kristin Hannah's Between Sisters skilfully explores the profound joys and sorrows shared in a close relationship, the mistakes made in the name of love, and the promise of redemption.

From the international number one bestselling author of The Women, Kristin Hannah.

Now a major feature film starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, A Simple Favour is a twisting free-fall ride filled with betrayal, secrets and revelations, love and loyalty .

The Death of Her is a haunting psychological thriller from Debbie Howells, author of the bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club success The Bones of You.

Set in a universe devastated by a deadly virus, The Space between the Stars by Anne Corlett is an enthralling novel of love, the choices we make, and what it means to be human.

The Sonnets explore many of Shakespeare's most common themes: jealousy, betrayal, melancholy.

In The Great Gatsby F.

In one of his most energetic and enjoyable novels, Charles Dickens tells the life story of David Copperfield, from his birth in Suffolk, through the various struggles of his childhood to his successful career as a novelist.

A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick, from the author of Notes on an Execution.

A Winter Love Song is a heartwarming and moving story of survival and love from bestselling author Rita Bradshaw.

With an introduction by D J TaylorMy father would have flipped a coin and watched his fate come twirling down to earth.

'This is a wonderful book, its different strands weaving around each other and coming together in the most fantastic conclusion.

Sanditon, Lady Susan, & The History of England: The Juvenilia and Shorter Works of Jane Austen is a rare collection and a must for all Jane-ites.

With psychological insight and sparkling wit, Jane Austen paints an irresistibly lifelike portrait of shifting values and split loyalties in Mansfield Park.

Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is a comedic and brilliantly postmodern lampoon of gothic romance novels.

Jane Austen's wickedly satirical final novel, and the inspiration for a major motion picture starring Dakota Johnson, Henry Golding and Richard E.

Oft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen's Emma is a remarkable comedy of manners.

Two sisters of opposing temperament but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.

Jane Austen's best-loved novel is an unforgettable story about the inaccuracy of first impressions, the power of reason and, above all, the strange dynamics of human relationships and emotions.

As well as being one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century and the recipient of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is the greatest lyric poet that Ireland has produced.

An emotionally stirring story, Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is rightfully considered to be one of the finest novels ever written.

Thought-provoking, comforting and wise, the simple truths of The Prophet remain compelling and rewarding to this day.

It's a warm summer's afternoon when young Alice first tumbles down the rabbit hole and into the adventures in Wonderland that have kept readers spellbound for more than 150 years.

From the bestselling author of The Poppy Factory comes this moving novel that brings together a group of women in ways they could never have imagined.

The Olive Tree is a sun-soaked story of family secrets and an unforgettable summer in Cyprus, from Lucinda Riley, international bestselling author of the Seven Sisters series.

With an introduction by the writer and critic Viv Groskop.

'Brilliant' - V.

Jeffrey Lockhart has been summoned to The Convergence: a remote and secret compound where death is exquisitely, cryogenically controlled.

Meet two sleuths from a sleepy Yorkshire village as they investigate murders and discover the secrets behind the twitching curtains.