Fiction: narrative themes

Short and strange, this is a story about a dark and depraved love triangle: Annabel lives with both her young, beautiful husband, Lee, and his demonic brother, Buzz.

Earth and Ashes is a story of such spareness and power it leaves the reader reeling.

Louisa is at a music festival and the sun is blazing down.

For Pip, swimming is a necessity.

Frederick Case is a 42-year-old New Zealand film-maker failing in London.

New Zealand twenty years ago, when margarine was sold on prescription in pharmacies and protective tariffs ruled- The Minister of Cultural Links and Trade, an ex-dairy farmer called Hamish Carew, sets off on a 'Swing Around' of New Zealand's Asian friends and neighbours.

The nation is stunned silent when presidential hopeful James Kilcannon is shot dead point blank, while sharing the stage at a benefit concert with his rock star girlfriend Stacy Tarrant.

William Lasco is a self-made multimillionaire who's got an eye for wealth and influence, the ear of the President, and a talent for using both to get what he wants.

Set in Alabama, society lawyer Adam Shaw is married to the beautiful Kris Ann who has bound him to a life he despises and her father, Roland Cade, his senior partner and rival.

You meet everyone in the rooms.

From beyond the grave, legendary evil lawman Clarence Jefferson reaches out to cast a dark spell on the lives of Lenna Parillaud and Dr Cicero Grimes.

Desiree White was walking through the fields of winter wheat and oilseed rape when she saw it.

Louise Carmichael is the daughter of an English artist and a French emmissary.

From the bestselling author of MAGGIE CRAIG, A BETTER WORLD THAN THIS, and numerous other novels, this is a collection of some of Marie Joseph's most outstanding short stories, previously published in magazines in the 60s and 70s and follows her volumes WHEN LOVE WAS LIKE THAT and THE WAY WE WERE.

Fans of Katie Flynn, Rosie Clarke and Catherine Cookson will love this wonderfully enchanting and moving saga by bestselling and prizewinning author Marie Joseph.

It is New Year's Eve 1936 when Wesley Battersby leaves his pretty wife Amy to go and live with Clara Marsden.

Let bestselling and prizewinning author Marie Joseph sweep you away with this captivating and enthralling saga about poverty, passion and an unquenchable desire for a better life.

A beautiful and touching wartime romance from the pen of bestselling and prizewinning author Marie Joseph.

Fans of Katie Flynn, Rosie Harris and Catherine Cookson will love this heart-warming collection of short stories exploring the themes of love from bestselling and prizewinning author Marie Joseph.

Our Souls at Night, Kent Haruf's exquisite final novel, is a deeply affecting love story about finding happiness later in life.

Everybody wants it to snow at Christmas .

The House of New Beginnings is a moving and uplifting novel from bestselling author Lucy Diamond.

The Secrets of Happiness is an extraordinary tale of sisterhood, from Lucy Diamond author of The Beach Cafe.

Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories is a brilliant collection of short stories, personally chosen by Andrea Camilleri.

Filled with Jonathan Harvey's trademark wit, warmth and outrageous humour, The History of Us is a novel about friendship and secrets, the choices we make and the consequences we face.

The New York Times bestseller.

The Pyramid of Mud is the twenty-second Montalbano mystery from Italy's finest crime writer, Andrea Camilleri.

Rachel and Shirley.

The Making of Zombie Wars is a hilarious black comedy from Aleksandar Hemon, celebrated author of The Lazarus Project.

Over one million copies soldToo many broken hearts to count'A book unlike any other' - The Guardian'This novel challenged everything I thought I knew about love and friendship' - Dua LipaThe million-copy bestseller, Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits of human endurance.

Chosen by Bernardine Evaristo as one of her Top 20 Books by Black British Womxn Writers, Yvvette Edwards' second novel, The Mother, tells Marcia's story.

A profound exploration of the nature of reality and the human mind, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road and No Country for Old Men.

From Mark Frost, co-creator of the landmark series, The Secret History of Twin Peaks tells the story that millions of fans spent twenty-five years waiting for .

'A powerful story, sweetly told' - Antonio Iturbe, author of The Librarian of AuschwitzA country torn apart by war.

'As bubbly and enjoyable as a glass of Italian fizz' - Sunday ExpressSunshine, warmth, lemon blossom .

A multi-layered and unnerving portrait of gangland Glasgow, For Those Who Know the Ending is the gripping novel from the award-winning author of The Glasgow Trilogy, Malcolm Mackay.

The Winter Children is a haunting mystery from Lulu Taylor, author of A Winter Memory.

The Snow Rose is the gripping story of a woman on the run from her past by Lulu Taylor, author of The Winter Folly.

Longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2016.

'Spectacular' - The Sunday Times'Quartet in Autumn is immeasurably her finest work of fiction' - Evening Standard'Barbara Pym has a sharp eye for the exact nuances of social behaviour' - The TimesDeliciously, blackly funny and full of obstinate optimism, Quartet in Autumn is a classic, showing Barbara Pym's sensitive artistry at its most sparkling.

With an introduction by author Cynan JonesWhen Mark Brian, a young priest, is sent to the Indian village of Kingcome in British Columbia, he finds himself in an astonishing place of salmon runs and ancient totems.

Plainsong, set in Kent Haruf's fictional Holt County, Colorado, is an unforgettable classic, exploring the grace and hope of every human life, and our boundless capacity for love.

Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize'Rich, taut and compelling' - Melvyn Bragg, The Guardian'An accomplished display of vocal versatility' - The Literary ReviewThe death of legendary jazz trumpeter Joss Moody exposes an extraordinary secret.

With an introduction by Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall.

Told from the perspective of five-year-old Jack, Emma Donoghue's Room, is a world-changing story of a boundless love.

The Angel Tree is a powerful story of family mysteries and forgotten pasts, from Lucinda Riley, international bestselling author of the Seven Sisters series.

Run by Mandasue Heller is a gritty story of Manchester's criminal underworld.

The New York Times Top Ten Bestseller.

When a Lesley Kinnock buys a lottery ticket on a whim, it changes her life more than she could have imagined .