Fiction - Saraband

A Case of Matricide (paperback) Graeme Macrae Burnet

[trim]‘A very literary novel. Not only for the crisp prose it is written in, but also for the many literary allusions ¬within its pages … Burnet shows real mastery of his material, and it’s no ¬wonder his second novel, His Bloody ¬Project, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2016. This new offering is dark, but playful … a pleasing, if ¬disturbing doll’s house.’ Irish Independent[/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]'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]“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]

An Exquisite Sense of What is Beautiful J. David Simons

[trim]"If you're going to call your novel An Exquisite Sense of What is Beautiful then you have to be prepared to back it up. Luckily David Simons does this with style and substance. Simons pulls off one of the hardest tricks for a novelist, reflecting world events through the lives of individuals while avoiding the reader feeling like they are being given a history lesson or being preached to." Scots Whay Hae[/trim]