Collection: Adult fiction

This novel follows the story of Oona 'Star' Sullivan, a sweet and considerate girl who wants nothing more than for everybody in her family to be happy - until that is, the boy next door moves in and everyone starts worrying about her.

Agatha Raisin thinks she's in for a treat when her ex-husband invites her on a holiday, but to her horror, his idea of an exotic destination is a small, rundown town called Snoth-on-Sea. The break doesn't go as planned. When a guest staying in the same hotel as Agatha is found murdered, Agatha be...

Four women going through difficult periods in their lives form a powerful bond of friendship when they meet at a knitting class held at 'A Good Yarn', a quaint yarn store in downtown Seattle.

Filled with Maeve Binchy's trademark wit and true storytelling genius, 'This Year It Will Be Different' powerfully evokes the lives of wives, husbands, children, friends and lovers, all set during the one holiday when feelings cannot easily be hidden.

Best mates Mark and Pete board a train to London for their lads' night out. As Pete finds a seat he notices a girl sitting on a bench. She looks sad and lonely. When the train leaves, he can't get her out of his mind because in her, he has seen a glimpse of himself.

Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate. Her daughters Adi and Linda were no problem at all during the usually turbulent teens. Now in their 20s, Adi is always fighting for or against something; while Linda lurches from one unsatisfactory relationship to the next.

Tense and heartbreaking to its last page, 'The Cellist of Sarajevo' shows how life under seige creates impossible moral choices. When the everyday act of crossing the street can risk lives, the human spirit is revealed in all its fortitude - and frailty.

A 17-year-old girl is found murdered in her home by her mother. At first the Atlanta police believe it is a simple case of one victim, one killer. But when another girl is brutally killed, and a third goes missing soon afterwards, they realise they are dealing with something far more sinister.

When teenagers Beth and Sam Bolton are orphaned, their baby sister is taken to a new home and they decide to set sail for a new life in America. Their adventures take them to the Klondike, but Beth yearns to return to England and her long-lost sister. Lesley Pearse's other novels include 'Never L...

Edited by prize-winning writer and broadcaster A.S. Byatt, this collection of English short stories contains 37 stories selected from the 19th and 20th centuries, ranging from Dickens, Trollope, and Hardy to J.G. Ballard and Angela Carter.