Harry always knew he would go back one day... Eighteen years ago he made a decision that drove him from the place he knew and loved. In those early years he carved out a life for himself and...

In Jennifer Egan's highly acclaimed first novel, set in 1978, the political drama and familial tensions of the 1960s form a backdrop for the world of Phoebe O'Connor, age eighteen. Phoebe is...

Living on the edge of the Norfolk Broads with her father, the only ripple in Tess Delamere’s calm life is the dream which haunts her.She yearns to discover more about her dead mother but her...

The three great–nephews of cantankerous Mr Penicuik know better than to ignore his summons, especially when it concerns the bestowal of his fortune. The wily old gentleman has hatched a...

Claire, a composer and a new mother, comes to L.A. so her husband can follow his dream of writing TV comedy. With Paul working all hours and Claire left with a baby, William, whom she adores but...

The residents of Pearl Street, Liverpool, are having a street party, but it is 1939 and Britain is on the brink of war. For Annie, the outbreak of war means constant worry for her twin boys. For...

In April, when blackthorn blossom clothes the hedgerows like a wedding veil, there sometimes comes a spell of frost or snow so severe that it seems as if spring and summer will never return. This...

Neggers (The Whisper) spins a tale of stolen jewels, long-lost love, and other secrets in this engaging contemporary romance. Olivia Frost has returned to Knights Bridge, Mass., to turn a historic...

Society believes the worst of Justin Alastair, the notorious Duke of Avon, who is clearly proud of his sobriquet, ‘Satanas’. It is he who buys Léon body and soul from a scoundrel in a Paris...

Fate has not been kind to Gemma Hardy. Orphaned by the age of ten, neglected by a bitter and cruel aunt, sent to a boarding school where she was both servant and student, young Gemma seemed...

Charlotte Brandon built up Victoriana, her hugely successful nostalgic clothing business in Dorset, from nothing, even though it meant putting the needs of the company before those of her two...

When Claire Cooper was 15 she'd swear on her Wham! album that: big hair and rah-rah skirts were here to stay; Spandau Ballet would never split up; she would marry her idol, heart-throb footballer...

When Susie’s maiden aunt gives her a housekeeping journal, she expects Susie to use it for jotting down nutritious recipes and planning household budgets. But Susie has more important things on...

Evelyn St John has been parachuted into France to link up with the Resistance. Paul von Hoch's brief, as a member of German Intelligence, is to track down enemy spies. Suddenly the battle lines...

Liverpool, 1945. Three women, the strongest of friends, return home, trying to fit back into their old lives after they've been demobbed. They've been thrown together by the war and shared all...