Contemporary lifestyle fiction

‘An immersive and really satisfying mystery‘ Faith Martin

‘As an iced drink in a heatwave ? These characters and their families feel like old friends. A fantastic addition to the series.’ Fiona Leitch

Retired schoolteachers and amateur sleuths Liz, Pat and Thelma have a brand-new mystery to solve in this wonderfully witty cosy mystery.

SKU: 9780008606961 Category: Fiction Crime Tags: Classic crime fiction, Comic (humorous) crime & mystery, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Crime & mystery: cosy mystery, Crime & mystery: women sleuths, Humorous fiction

£9.99

A story of desire, power, obsession, observation, and taboo. ‘Antiquity’ follows its unnamed narrator, a lonely woman in her thirties who becomes enamoured of a chic older artist, Helena, after interviewing her for a magazine. Helena invites the narrator to join her in the Greek city of Ermoupoli where she summers with her teenage daughter Olga. At first an object of jealousy, Olga morphs into an object of desire as the pull of Helena is transposed onto her daughter and the prospect of becoming someone’s first, if perverse, lover. ‘Antiquity’ probes the depths of memory, power, and the narratives that arrange our experience of the world.

SKU: 9781915590596 Category: Fiction A-z Tags: Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Fiction in translation, Lesbian, Modern & contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life, Romance

£9.99

At home with the Templetons

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At home with the Templetons

When the Templeton family from England takes up residence in a stately home in Australia, they set the locals talking – and with good reason. From the outside, the seven Templetons seem so unusual – peculiar even. No one is more intrigued by the family than their neighbours, single mother Nina Donovan and her young son, Tom. Before long, the two families’ lives become entwined in unexpected ways, to the delight of Gracie, the youngest of the Templeton daughters. In the years that follow, the relationships between the Templetons and the two Donovans twist and turn in unpredictable and life-changing direction, until a tragedy tears them all apart. What will it take to bring them back together again?

SKU: 9781787397101 Category: Fiction A-z Tags: Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction

£10.99

Blue sisters

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Blue sisters

‘IT MOVED ME DEEPLY’ LIV LITTLE

‘DEEPLY POIGNANT’ HARPERS BAZAAR

‘GORGEOUS’ RAVEN LEILANI

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF CLEOPATRA AND FRANKENSTEIN

SKU: 9780008623036 Category: Fiction A-z Tags: "Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss", c 2010 to c 2019, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Family life fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction

£9.99

Bucket list

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Bucket list

When pensioner Dot wins the lottery, her newfound friend Max helps her make a bucket list of all the things she’s always wanted to do but never had the chance.Â Bucket ListÂ is a humorous feel-good, life-affirming novel about the power of friendship, community and lemon drizzle cake.

SKU: 9781846976544 Category: Fiction A-z Tags: Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Fiction & related items, Fiction: general & literary, Humour, Modern & contemporary fiction

£9.99

Convenience store woman

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Convenience store woman

Keiko has never really fitted in. At school and university people find her odd and her family worries she’ll never be normal. To appease them, Keiko takes a job at a newly opened convenience store. Here, she finds peace and purpose in the simple, daily tasks and routine interactions. She is, she comes to understand, happiest as a convienience store worker. But in Keiko’s social circlel it just won’t do for an unmarried woman to spend all her time stacking shelves and re-ordering green tea.