A masterful depiction of how a seemingly safe life can implode, presented as a suspenseful, unsettling examination of what happens when a mother begins to suspect her teenage son of deceiving her in relation to a local crime.
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The author of I Am Pilgrim returns with a nail-biting thriller set in the violent, unstable borderlands between Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan where CIA agent Kane has been sent to exfiltrate a potentially dangerous threat to western power.
Brilliantly constructed story of Alice, about to turn 40, and her father, a writer of best-selling science fiction, who is ill in hospital. Full of clever shifts of time and perspective, thought provoking, witty and tender.
The author interweaves her own story of life as an art critic with those of her Scottish painter father and the Dutch artist Fabritius, both of whom died tragically young. Beautifully illustrated and narrated.
Tiny Owl forgets that night time is owl time and goes out alone in the daytime where strange noises and sights prove a bit scary!
Age guide: 2-5
Lara’s three daughters, back at the family orchard to help gather the fruit, persuade theirmother to tell them the full story of her first love and early career on the stage. A poignant, touching examination of memory, family relationships and roads not taken.
From a first meeting in an LA hospital in 1987 to the heights of tech stardom, this moving, immersive novel charts the 30-year relationship of shared passion and creativity between the two childhood friends in the computer games industry.
Characteristically pithy and insightful analysis of our urgent global predicament in which one of the most provocative philosophers of our times presents a case for radical emancipatory politics.
Tess, a young activist, falls for an older protestor and is left devastated when he disappears, leaving her pregnant and alone. A psychological suspense story about the far reaching impact of undercover operations on everyday family life.
Cushla, a young Catholic teacher, meets Michael, a Protestant barrister, in a pub one night and begins an ill-fated affair. A powerful debut which expertly renders fracturing family and personal loyalties against the background of 1970s Belfast.
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Fifteen years after being exposed as a bigamist and a murderer, Uncle Paul, who was married to Mildred, is about to be released from prison. Now she and her halfsisters await his return in their holiday caravan.