Penguin
The Bungalow
The Bungalow by Sarah Jio is another wonderful tale from the South Pacific. In 1942, 21-year-old Anne, born into an…
The Orchid House
Julia Forrester, a renowned concert pianist, returns from the south of France to a coastal village in Norfolk, and her…
Herald of Death
Someone is murdering the villagers of Badger’s End. The killer has taken a lock of hair from each victim and…
Island of Wings
In 1830, the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge sends the Reverend Neil MacKenzie to St. Kilda, the remotest…
Love Child
Editors' choice
After her lawyer advises Bill to write her will, the beautiful, wealthy widow sets out to examine her life and…
The Betrayal
Lime trees are depicted in Helen Dunmore’s novels The Siege and The Betrayal, both set in 20th-century Leningrad. Both were…
In the Name of the King
Editors' choice
France, 1640. Following directly on from the excellent Honour and the Sword, Andre de Roland travels to Paris to stay…
The White Woman on the Green Bicycle
George and Sabine Harwood came from England to Trinidad in 1956. Young, passionately in love, they embraced the land, the…
Hothouse Flower
Julia Forrester, a concert pianist, has high cheekbones, almond eyes and a dark exotic beauty. Slowly recovering from a family…
The Salt Road
In The Salt Road, Jane Johnson creates twin narratives about women from very different cultures who both take the eponymous…
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