Fiction

Robert Harrell / The Retirement of Daniel Fairfax (Large Paperback)

For many, the transition from work to retirement is easy but not so for Daniel Fairfax.After a lifetime as a professional criminal, Daniel resigns himself to a retirement at Her Majesty's pleasure. That is until Lady Luck hands him a get out of jail free...

David Baddiel / The Secret Purposes (Large Paperback)

The subject is a hidden part of British history, treated with the internment of German Jewish refugees on the Isle of Man in the 1940s. June Murray is a translator who doesn't share the unsympathetic incomprehension of her colleagues at the Ministry of...

Nicole Richie / The Truth About Diamonds (Large Paperback)

In her electrifying first novel, Nicole Richie tells the sensational story of Chloe Parker, a rock royalty princess and a card-carrying member of Hollywood's inner circle. At the age of seven, Chloe was adopted by a music superstar and his wife,...

Jack Clyde / Glasgow Taxi (Large Paperback)

This is Glasgow, rich in variety, seen through the twinkling eyes of a likeable cab-driver whose humanity shines through.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are...

Carrie Bebris / The Suspicion at Sanditon (Or, The Disappearance of Lady Denham): A Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mystery (Large Paperback)

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Michiel Heyns / The Reluctant Passenger (Large Paperback)

Nicholas Morris is a fundamentally decent chap who likes order, and isn’t given to messy emotions. He and his ‘sort-of’ girlfriend Leonora share a relationship that is comforting in its sameness, and he is ensconced in a well-paid...

Clare Dowling / Just the Three of Us (Large Paperback)

Debs is having an affair with a married man. Not that she meant to or anything. But while she was miserably hanging around waiting for Mr Right - if only she could lose that stubborn half stone - Bob just kind of happened. Lovely, kind, sexy Bob. OK,...

Sarah Webb / When the Boys are Away...the Girls Will Play (Large Paperback)

When Meg returns to Dublin after three years trailing Simon around the globe with their toddler, Lily, and Dan, her 11 year old son from a previous relationship in tow, she realises that all her friends have moved on. And now she only has her kooky...

Penelope Fitzgerald / At Freddie's (Large Paperback)

A novel centered around the Temple Stage School and its matriarch, Freddie Wentworth, focuses on the lives of child actors trained and represented by the school     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy...

Stewart Parker / Paddy Dies (Large Paperback)

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Esther Verhoef / Rendezvous (Large Paperback)

How could this happen to me?Simone is a wife and a mother. She’s 34 years old, and together with her husband Eric and their two small children, she has left the hustle and bustle of Holland for a remote village in the south of France. They have...

Alexandra L Yates / HUMANS: Volume 1: The Mark (Large Paperback)

In 2125, Cathy and the other seven Elite students are training in Kantas City to become the future leaders of the Red World Government. Cathy, Tabitha, Stephanie, Leah, James, Jesse, Chris and Max are all descendants of the few humans left after the...

Alexandra L. Yates / Humans Volume 2: Those Who Have the Mark (Large Paperback)

Cathy and her Elite friends are back from their 10-day shuttle trip outside the Red World. They have successfully passed their test and can start the next phase of their training to become the Red World’s leaders. They return with the intention to...

Mícheál Ó Siadhail / Hail Madam Jazz: New and Selected Poems (Large Paperback)

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Tony O'Reilly / Death In The Liberties (Large Paperback)

During the Irish War of Independence, a young Dublin couple, Nell and Christopher Flinter, are recruited by the IRA. Nell is planted in Dublin Castle where she becomes the eyes and ears of Michael Collins, Director of Intelligence. Christopher, an...

Deepa Anappara / Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line (Large Paperback)

Anappara creates an endearing and highly engaging narrator to navigate us through the dark underbelly of modern India’ ObserverWe children are not just stories. We live. Come and see.Nine-year-old Jai watches too many reality cop shows, thinks...

Robert White / The Fall (Large Paperback)

When ex SAS hero, Rick Fuller first arrived in Manchester, he was a man devastated by grief, and drinking straight from the bottle.Rick needed to get back to work, and to do that, he required a new identity.Fuller gave the last of his cash, to expert...

Rachael Alonzo / Diary of a Fat Jack Russell Aged 11 3/4 (Large Paperback)

Rupert who is named after a bear, isn't actually a bear but is an old fat dog, a Jack Russell in fact and his life has just taken on new meaning as he's found Twitter! He has a weight problem, and he moans a lot and sometimes uses obscenities. His life...

The Fish Anthology 2008 / Harlem River Blues & Other Stories (Large Paperback)

A collection of short fiction from the Fish Short Story Prize 2008.      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a...

Geraldine O'Neill / Tara's Destiny (Large Paperback)

It's the start of the 1960s, and the world is changing. But for one woman, it seems things have changed too much already. From the bright-eyed girl growing up in a small Irish village, to the confident young woman running a fine English hotel, Tara's...

James Fahy / Chains of Gaia (Large Paperback) ( The Changeling - Book 3 )

Something has happened in the forest, boy,” he said. “Something terrible. A Shard has been found, a Shard of the Arcania, and a monster has awoken."If you go down to the woods today…Something dark and dangerous stirs deep in the...

Michael Harvey / Brighton (Large Paperback)

Kevin Pearce--baseball star, honor student--was fifteen when he left Brighton in the back of a cab. He and his buddy Bobby Scales had just committed heinous violence for what they thought were the best of reasons. Kevin didn't want a pass, but he was...

Bernice Bloom / Adorable Fat Girl and the Mysterious Invitation (Large Paperback)

Mary Brown receives an invitation to a funeral. But she has absolutely no idea who the deceased is. She’s told that he invited her on his deathbed, and he’s very keen for her to attend, so she heads off to a dilapidated old farm house in a...

Niamh Greene / A Message to Your Heart (Large Paperback)

Frankie Rowley is far too practical to believe in karma or fate ... and her family and friends reckon that work-obsessed Frankie's strongest relationship is with her phone. (And why not? At least it never judges her for cancelling dinner for the...

Marina Lewycka / The Lubetkin Legacy (Large Paperback)

North London in the twenty-first century: a place where a son will swiftly adopt an old lady and take her home from hospital to impersonate his dear departed mother, rather than lose the council flat.A time of golden job opportunities, though you might...

Gavin Extence / The Mirror World of Melody Black (Large Paperback)

It all starts, as these things sometimes do, with a dead man. He was a neighbour, not someone Abby knew well, but still, finding a body when you only came over to borrow a tin of tomatoes, that comes as a bit of a shock. At least, it should. And now she...

Alexandra Andrews / Who Is Maud Dixon? (Large Paperback)

Celebrated, bestselling, elusive…who is Maud Dixon?Florence Darrow wants to be a writer. Correction: Florence Darrow IS going to be a writer. Fired from her first job in publishing, she jumps at the chance to be assistant to the celebrated Maud...

Cilla Lancelyn Green / Downsizing Parnassus (Large Paperback)

It isn't every day that a Muse drops in to monitor her writer's progress, but Parnassus is downsizing its inspiration staff and Kate's Muse's job is on the line. Under her guidance, Kate attempts to make her writing commercially viable: a quick trawl...

Cilla Lancelyn Green / Dreams Don't Age (Large Paperback)

A charming and disarming love story of deceptive simplicity for romantic readers whatever their age. Set against a backdrop of Paris, from a student appartment under the roof to a show case appartemnt in the 9e, from coffee in a pavement bsitro to the...

Catherine Alliott / My Husband Next Door (Large Paperback)

When Ella married the handsome, celebrated artist Sebastian Montclair at just nineteen she was madly in love. Now, those blissful years of marriage have turned into the very definition of an unconventional set-up. Separated in every way but distance,...

David Baldacci / The Edge (Large Paperback)

The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murder of a CIA agent who knew America’s dirtiest secrets—can Travis Devine uncover the truth before his time runs out? When CIA operative...

Cilla Lancelyn Green / A Quiet Revolution (Large Paperback)

An intelligent and talented woman trapped in a stagnant marriage with an also-ran in the city rat-race finds a catalyst for change in a chance meeting with an eminent portrait painter. Isabel accepts Christopher's offer of lessons and in exchange acts as...

Tricia Sullivan / Occupy Me (Large Paperback)

A woman with wings that exist in another dimension. A man trapped in his own body by a killer. A briefcase that is a door to hell. A conspiracy that reaches beyond our world. Breathtaking SF from a Clarke Award-winning author.Tricia Sullivan has written...

Edie Claire / Never Buried : A Leigh Koslow Mystery (Large Paperback)

  The truth about what happened in 1949 went to Paul Fischer's grave... Too bad his body didn't!Advertising copywriter Leigh Koslow doesn't pack heat--just a few extra pounds. And she doesn't go looking for trouble. When she moved into her cousin...

Alan Warner / These Demented Lands (Large Paperback)

After the critical success of his first novel, Morvern Callar, Alan Warner has written an extraordinary, stirring sequel to Morvern's odyssey, confirming him as one of the most original, uniquely gifted writers to have appeared this decade. An air-crash...

Joseph Kanon / Shanghai (Large Paperback)

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Laurence Leamer / The President's Butler (Large Paperback)

Just in time for the election, The President’s Butler will make you laugh out loud about politics. You’ll join Vincent V. Victor on the most wildly improbable journey of our time. The flamboyant New Yorker evolves from the most hated...

Anita Notaro / Take a look at Me Now (Large Paperback)

Most of us can remember a defining moment in our lives. A split second when time stood still and our lives changed forever. For Lily Ormond, that moment came late one night when she answered a knock on the door and discovered that while she'd been...

David Ellis / The Hidden Man (Large Paperback)

Jason and Sammy grew up together: Jason went on to college and law school, while Sammy coasted after his baby sister was kidnapped. The past comes back to haunt them both when Jason receives a mysterious retainer to defend Sammy of murdering the man...

Lucy O'Callaghan / The Lies Beneath (Large Paperback)

Friendship tested, secrets revealed, lives shattered: a gripping tale of deception.Carla seems to have it all – a big house in a picturesque village on the west coast of Ireland, a rich husband, and two great kids. But she wants to be Carla again...

Hester Young / The Shimmering Road (Large Paperback)

Now in paperback, another pulse-pounding mystery featuring Charlotte "Charlie" Cates, an unforgettable heroine whose dark visions bring to light secrets that will heal or destroy those around her...As she nervously awaits the birth of her daughter,...

Conner Habib / Hawk Mountain (Large Paperback)

An unsettling and emotional riveting thriller about fathers and sons, revenge and forgiveness and ghosts from our past. A book not to read alone in the dark...Thirty-three-year-old Todd is playing at the beach with his son, Anthony, when he catches sight...

Melanie Finn / Shame (Large Paperback)

Most of us have a plan. Somewhere to go if something awful happens. Pilgrim Jones doesn't. She looks up at a departures board and takes the first flight.She alights on the edge of Africa. Over confessions and strong gin, she's lured into a world of...

Zoe Miller / The Birthday Weekend (Large Paperback)

What happened on vacation was supposed to stay on vacation - but that was before a body was found . . .Socialite Lucinda Oliver planned a lavish celebration for her fortieth birthday - a weekend escape at a coastal town with her sister Stella and her...

Andrew Sean Greer / The Path of Minor Planets (Large Paperback)

It's 1965, on a small island in the South Pacific, a group of astronomers gather to witness the passing of a comet, but when a young boy dies during a meteor shower, the lives of the scientists and their loved ones change in subtle yet profound ways...

Francesca Kay / Translation of the Bones (Large Paperback)

Faith or delusion? Fantasy or fact? When word gets out that Mary-Margaret O'Reilly, a slow-witted but apparently harmless young woman, may have been witness to a miracle, religious mania descends on the Church of the Sacred Heart in Battersea. The...

Petulia Blake / In the Midst of Shame (Large Paperback)

Hope opens up about her life as a Creole who dares to aspire for greatness on the restless island of St. James, a British colony. As she moves about in the shadow of Master Livingston, and under the watchful eyes of her servant, Angela, she fantasizes...

Montague Kobbé / On the Way Back (Large Paperback)

Nathaniel Jones, a middle-aged businessman from England, travels to the Caribbean island of Anguilla to spend a fortnight on holiday when he's captivated by a brilliant and beautiful member of the local community, Sheila Rawlingson. After a secret,...

Susan Schneider / The Wedding Writer (Large Paperback)

Four talented women, one glossy wedding life should be as perfect as a bridal catwalk… right?Lucky Quinn writes up weddings for one of the hottest bridal magazines. And it wasn't easy to get there. From humble beginnings, she outsmarted her way...

Maria Semple / This One Is Mine (Large Paperback)

Violet Parry is living the quintessential life of luxury in the Hollywood Hills with David, her rock-and-roll manager husband, and her darling toddler, Dot. She has the perfect life--except that she's deeply unhappy. David expects the world of Violet but...

Glendon Swarthout / The Homesman (Large Paperback)

IN PIONEER NEBRASKA, A WOMAN LEADS WHERE NO MAN WILL GO The Homesman is a devastating story of early pioneers in 1850s American West. It celebrates the ones we hear nothing of: the brave women whose hearts and minds were broken by a life of bitter...

Greg Cox / The Librarians and the Lost Lamp (Large Paperback)

The Librarians and the Lost Lamp is the first in a series of thrilling all-new adventures that will delight fans of the TV series and movies.For thousands of years, the Librarians have secretly protected the world The Librarians from dangerous...