Fiction
River Spirit
Leila Aboulela
Leila Aboulela, hailed as “a versatile prose stylist” (New York Times) has also been praised by J.M. Coetzee, Ali Smith, and Ben Okri, among others, for her rich and nuanced novels depicting Islamic s…
The Children Left Behind
Lizzie Page
England, 1951. In the aftermath of World War Two, Clara’s orphanage is all these children have left. Can she keep them safe and help them to heal? A heart-warming and emotional story of love and loss….
Here Again Now
Okechukwu Nzelu
Achike Okoro feels like his life is coming together at last. His top-floor flat in Peckham is as close to home as he can imagine and after years of hard work, he’s about to get his break as an actor….
Ellie Pillai Is (Almost) In Love
Christine Pillainayagam
Everyone’s favourite confused heroine Ellie Pillai is back in the perfect summer romance! Note to self: what is falling in love, and am I really sure I want to do it? Ever since Ellie and Ash got toge…
Death Comes to the Costa del Sol
M. H. Eccleston
Amateur sleuth Astrid Swift swaps the sporting summer in England for a British expat enclave in Spain, where everyone has a mysterious reason for leaving the UK. The sunniest days, the deadliest night…
The Man Who Looked Like Christ
Roland Portiche
Palestine, 1291. As the Last Crusade rages on, the market for relics has taken off. Christ’s nail-clippings, a vial of His tears, fragments of the cross or the crown of thorns; it seems as though noth…
Go as a River
Shelley Read
Victoria Nash is just a teenager in the 1940s, but she runs the household on her family’s peach farm in the ranch town of Iola, Colorado—the sole surviving female in a family of troubled men. Wilson M…
Haarville
Justin Davies
…loyal best friend Fantoosh, and oystercatcher-with-attitude Olu, Manx wades through secrets, schemes and some stomach-churning seafood. Can he save both his family’s legacy and his town? Dark…
The Woman Who Climbed Trees
Smriti Ravindra
Exquisitely written, a blend of ghost stories, myths, and song, The Woman Who Climbed Trees is a haunting, deeply felt multi-generational story that illuminates the transitional nature of women’s live…
Higher Education
Kira McPherson
Sam is struggling to find her place at university. There are so many parts of her that don’t seem to fit—her family doesn’t understand her new life, and her new friends don’t know the secrets that she…