Fiction - Saraband

Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues Olga Wojtas

[trim]“Warm and witty … unexpected and joyful … Olga’s voice is so distinctive and it’s a pure pleasure to read another instalment in the Miss Blaine series.” Harriet Tyce, bestselling author[/trim]

The Loch of the Bees Donald S Murray

[trim]“The past’s current flows through the characters in his fiction so strongly that it almost becomes the story itself.” David Robinson, Books from Scotland[/trim]

Whispers in the Glen

A Case of Matricide (paperback) Graeme Macrae Burnet

[trim]'Blasé chief inspector Gorski, of Saint-Louis, France, embarks on a bungled relationship and tangles with a novelist whose mother is afraid he’s going to kill her in this marvelously meta mystery from Booker-nominated Graeme Macrae Burnet.' Vanity Fair[/trim]

Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Uncharted Island Olga Wojtas

Kingfisher Rozie Kelly

[trim]“A tenderly written meditation on art, love and life that’s as much about the search for self as for connection.” Marie Claire, editor’s pick[/trim]

Alive in the Merciful Country A.L. Kennedy

[trim]'It seems everything [Kennedy] touches turns to art … she continues to impress with her psychological fearlessness and breathtaking affection for language.' New York Times[/trim]

A Case of Matricide Graeme Macrae Burnet

The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau Graeme Macrae Burnet

The Interview J. David Simons

How We Named the Stars Andrés N. Ordorica

[trim]‘Andrés N. Ordorica has captured the crushing isolation of navigating an elite college for the first time, all while experiencing a powerful, yet unattainable first love. Named after his family’s late uncle, Daniel wrestles with the continued impact of loss even as he finds glimpses of comfort. This novel is an extended meditation on the relationship between joy and grief, and how it can bind and heal both a life and a family’ Analicia Sotelo, author of Virgin[/trim]

Lady’s Rock Sue Lawrence

What Doesn’t Kill Us Ajay Close

[trim]“Beautifully written, stark and relevant.” Caro Ramsay[/trim]

Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Gondola of Doom Olga Wojtas

The Salt and the Flame Donald S Murray

The Bay Julia Rampen

[trim]“A perceptive, beautifully sculpted and moving novel about the loneliness and difficulty of being an outsider … Rampen writes in clear-eyed yet poetic prose.” Emma Bamford, author of Deep Water[/trim]