Fiction - Saraband

[trim]'This is a thoroughly entertaining series that could run and run.' Sunday Herald[/trim]

[trim]“Compelling. The prose bubbles and snaps with an energy that’s as changeable as its teen protagonist … a stunning, important novel about poverty and hopelessness, compassion and resilience.” Emily Devane[/trim]

Case Study Graeme Macrae Burnet

[trim]“Burnet’s triumph is that it’s a page-turning blast, funny, sinister and perfectly plotted so as to reveal — or withhold — its secrets in a consistently satisfying way … Rarely has being constantly wrong-footed been so much fun.” James Walton, The Times[/trim]

Castles from Cobwebs J.A. Mensah

[trim]'A strong debut.' THE FEMINIST NOOK[/trim]

Case Study Graeme Macrae Burnet

[trim]"A riveting psychological plot ... tortuous, cunning ... clever." – KATE WEBB, THE TLS[/trim]

Approval John D. Rutter

[trim]“John Rutter's Approval is many things at once. A powerful meditation on judgement. A transfixing fable of a Kafka-esque application process. A complex tragedy about fatherhood. But it's also a simple, affecting and beautifully wrought story of one couple's journey towards what they most desire – a child – and the cost of reaching out for one. A hugely promising debut.” – RODGE GLASS[/trim]

Shocked Earth Saskia Goldschmidt

[trim]“One of my favourite books of [the year]: it was one of those rare books that I kept thinking about while I wasn’t reading it … It’s an absolute cracker … this book’s humanity is precisely where its power lies.” Helen Vassallo, Translating Women[/trim]

In a Veil of Mist Donald S Murray

[trim]“A moving portrait of a place and its people … a quiet, sad but brilliant novel.” Antonia Senior, Times, Book of the Month in best historical fiction, March 2021.[/trim]

Castles from Cobwebs J.A. Mensah

[trim]‘From start to finish, I was spellbound by the characters (especially Imani), the narrative voice, and the vivid imagery. Mensah intricately weaves complex characters, vivid descriptions, universal topics of love, loss, identity, religion, with themes like the search for a place to belong, into a well spun tapestry, a mind-spinning tale, a heart-pounding novel – and I'm hooked. I absolutely love this book.’ – Yvonne Battle-Felton, author of Remembered, longlisted for the Women’s Prize 2019[/trim]

The Lyre Dancers Mandy Haggith

[trim]"Convincing, provocative … evoked with lyrical detail … triumphantly draws together all the threads … while successfully eluding any simplistic resolution." Margaret Elphinstone, Northwords Now[/trim]

The Unreliable Death of Lady Grange Sue Lawrence

[trim]“A compelling narrative … fitting current trends in historical fiction, where women’s history is centralised and new light shed on their position in the past … An enjoyable read.” Historical Novels Review[/trim]

Payback Claire MacLeary

[trim]"Gripping…a real page-turner." Charlotte’s Pick[/trim]

Dead Ringer Nicola Martin

[trim]“Dead Ringer takes you on a riotous and compelling ride. Nicola Martin delivers an accomplished debut, one that successfully captures the twisted inherent desires that surface when two differing lives become dangerously entwined.” Lloyd Otis, author of Dead Lands[/trim]

The Amber Seeker Mandy Haggith

[trim]"Brave and fascinating … asks questions about the nature of truth, perspective, and the power of the narrator to influence where readers’ sympathies lie." Alistair Braidwood, Scots Whay Hae[/trim]

As the Women Lay Dreaming Donald S Murray

[trim]“A searing poetic meditation on stoicism and loss.” Mariella Frostrup, BBC Radio 4 Open Book[/trim]

The Walrus Mutterer Mandy Haggith

[trim]“A gripping, haunting and, at times, visceral novel… Lyrical and poetic prose, the author has created a convincing and entirely believable world… One of the best books I have read so far this year.” Penny Ingham, Historical Novels Review (Editors’ Choice)[/trim]