Humorous fiction

The acclaimed author of The Peep Diaries and Hello, I'm Special returns to fiction, and delivers a mind-altering collection of short stories that confront the hypocrisies, humiliations and hilarities of modern life.

This startling and brilliantly comic novel tells the stories of two men: a father and his estranged son.

When a Harvard-educated aspiring actor loses all of his cash during a bus-ride poker game, he finds himself stranded in Abilene, Texas, broke and desperate.

A heartwarming and hilarious novel from the Sunday Timesbestselling author';The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and made available on the NHS' Debbie JohnsonTis the season to be jolly But can Eve find happiness through the frost?

From theSunday Timesbestselling author';The feeling you get when you read a Milly Johnson book should be bottled and made available on the NHS' Debbie JohnsonIts the day theyve always dreamed about.

The breathtaking novel from acclaimed author and comedian Mark Watson, author of Contacts.

Originally published in 1845, Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs is a series of sketches written in part to parody some the campaign literature of the era.

A shotgun marriage of fact and fiction by one of the most highly regarded writers and teachers of our time A writer named George Garrett, suffering from double vision as a result of a neurological disorder, is asked to review a recent, first biography of the late Peter Taylor, a renowned writer who has been his long-time friend and neighbor in Charlottesville.

Readers of fiction will be satisfied by the variety of fare offered by Quality Snacks.

In a series of essays, Runyon, reflects on the frank, often outrageous opinions of his ';old man,' who knows a thing or two about just about everythingand even if he doesn't, he'll tell you anyway.

A rich and powerful exploration of desire, sin and redemption, by one of our best chroniclers of faith in the 21st century.

Readers of fiction will be satisfied by the variety of fare offered by Quality Snacks.

This hilarious new novel by Americas best-selling cowboy poet, Baxter Black, offers afunny, fast-paced inside look at the lives of rodeo cowboys and the women they love--or that they want to love.

When Megs became a cleaner, she didn't realise that if people looked at her a cleaner would be all they saw.

In the Scottish fishing village of Mareth, everyone knows everything about each other - and what they don't know they assume; the villagers live against a constantly changing backdrop of elaborate scheming and sexual innuendo.

A portrait of family life put under pressure by the turmoil of changes involved in moving house.

There's no place like this home.

When your family fails its MOT, it's time to look Under the Bonnet.

As a child Nora waged war on her mother, Maisie.

Leo Street battles against time to find a missing girl in Pauline McLynn's third comic crime caper from the Leo Street sries.

When Jim Qwilleran retired to Moose County (400 miles north of everywhere), he intended to write a book -- a novel of crime and investigation with a metropolitan setting.

The stage is set for a deadly crime.

Is Koko's genius for sleuthing really the result of having more whiskers than other cats?

Koko's strange behaviour is not the only sign of trouble in Pickax.

A body is discovered, on Qwill's own land no less.

A new neighbour makes for new adventures.

Digging for gold throws up some unlikely results.

Murder and arson call Koko's sleuthing skills into action.

Koko's feline insights into a murder set Qwilleran's moustache twitching.

When Koko's star watching leads Qwill to a dead body, serious sleuthing ensues.

There's no rest for the wicked.

A small town with big problems.

Could feline interest in gruyere, brie and feta help to solve this strange case.

Where does the key to the deaths on Breakfast Island lie?

Is everything Koko finds in the closet a potential clue?

Skulduggery strikes the Bonnie Scots Tour.

Koko and Yum Yum must sniff out the culprit before it's too late.

What do you do when everyone has a motive for murder?

A trip to the city brings not only rosy memories of good times, but also a whole heap of trouble.

An innocent death.

Murder is only a whisker away.

Something smells of danger.

Murder most meow.

Despite having landed on their paws, Koko and Yum Yum find trouble is brewing just around the corner.

Two cunning cats are on the case.

When crime comes calling, it can only be solved by the extraordinary Siamese cat brains of Koko and Yum Yum - with a little help from mentor Jim Qwilleran.

Feline detectives Koko and Yum Yum get their paws dirty once again.

Crime's most unlikely detective team find themselves back on familiar turf.

To puzzle out the mystery, he'll need the help of his feline assistant.