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]‘A Case of Matricide demonstrates literary talent of the highest order … few writers can rival Burnet.’ The Spectator[/trim]

Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Uncharted Island Olga Wojtas

Kingfisher Rozie Kelly

[trim]“I knew from the first page that I was reading something special. Every moment was so delicate that I read as slowly as I could but still enjoyed that rare impulse, once finished, of going back to the start and reading it all over again.” Derek Owusu, award-winning writer and poet[/trim]

Alive in the Merciful Country A.L. Kennedy

[trim]'Kennedy is a superb writer and the canniness of her observation keeps you reading' Sunday 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]‘How We Named the Stars is a novel of first love and last rites. Ordorica captures perfectly the challenges of building a life out of experience, out of allowing ourselves to feel everything. A beautiful tale of friendship and the comfort found in stories of the past and in the arms of elders, living and dead’ Richard Mirabella, author of Brother & Sister Enter the Forest[/trim]

Lady’s Rock Sue Lawrence

What Doesn’t Kill Us Ajay Close

[trim]“Powerful and compelling. A page-turner that forces us to question how far we've progressed in the past fifty years.” Olga Wojtas[/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]