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Dining alone in an elegant Parisian brasserie, accountant Daniel Mercier can hardly believe his eyes when President François Mitterrand sits down to eat at the table next to him. Once the presidential party has gone, Daniel discovers that Mitterrand's black felt hat has been left behind. After a few moments' soul-searching, Daniel decides to keep the hat as a souvenir...

The eagerly anticipated sequel to the international bestseller Delirium, one of the most addictive books of last year. Unflinching, heartbreaking, and totally addictive, this novel will push your emotions to the limit. Lena's been to the very edge. She's questioned love and the life-changing and agonising choices that come with it. She's made her decision. But can she survive the...

How much will a young Parisian seamstress sacrifice to make her mark in the male-dominated world of 1940s New York fashion? From the author of A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald and Her Mother's Secret. 1940. Parisian seamstress Estella Bissette is forced to flee France as the Germans advance. She is bound for Manhattan with a few francs, one suitcase, her...

It is a time of unrest in the BookWorld. Only the diplomatic skills of ace literary detective Thursday Next can avert a devastating genre war. But a week before the peace talks, Thursday vanishes. Has she simply returned home to the RealWorld, or is this something more sinister? All is not yet lost. Living at the quiet end of speculative...

The original vision of Grimms' tales in English for the first time When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, and Cinderella would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar...

number9dream by David Mitchell tells the story of Eiji Miyake, who arrives in a sprawling Japanese metropolis to track down the father he has never met. The city proves to be a mapless place if you are 18, broke, and the only person you can trust is John Lennon. His eight-week hunt delves into the hinterland between the city and...

When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel," "Hansel and Gretel," and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in...

‘As memorable as it is moving.’ The Times ‘A marvellous coming of age novel.’ ROBERT FORSTER ‘His most personal work to date . . . poignant but also darkly humorous.’ Irish Times, Lauren Murphy From the West Coast of Scotland to the West Coast of America, the life-affirming debut by the Belle & Sebastian frontman. Glasgow, early 1990s, and Stephen—music-loving...

APRIL 2024 REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020 AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A literary love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tyler . . . outstanding and highly enjoyable' Observer The Most Fun We Ever Had is as good as books come' Telegraph 'I loved this book' — Bryony Gordon 'The...

The Stephen King Amusement Park - an unnerving experience, with rides every which way to hell... and a few to glory. A solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory. The Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. Meanwhile, the legend of Castle Rock returns... and grows on you. What does it all mean? What else could it mean?...

Cornwall, 1900s. Plyn Boat Yard is a hive of activity, and Janet Coombe longs to share in the excitement of seafaring: to travel, to have adventures, to know freedom. But constrained by the times, instead she marries her cousin Thomas, a boat builder, and settles down to raise a family. Janet's loving spirit—the passionate yearning for adventure and for love—is...

Her best yet . . . a wonderful read about growing older and grabbing hold of life Weekend Australian An intriguing, warm-hearted novel challenging age stereotypes The Australian Women's Weekly Warm, insightful and funny . . . celebrates, so well, the treasures that life's later stages can hold DIANNE YARWOOD Husband and wife GPs Alan and Heather Winterbottom have worked...

You do not know me yet. My son Thomas, who is publishing this book, tells me, it is customary at this place in a novel to give the reader a little taste of the story that is held within these pages. As your storyteller, I am to convey that this tale is set in Jamaica during the last turbulent years...

Is it possible for books to dream? For books to dream within books? Is there a literary subterranea that would facilitate ingress and exit points through these dreams? These are some of the questions posed by David Keenan's masterly fifth novel, Monument Maker, an epic romance of eternal summer and a descent into history, into the horrors of the past....

The international bestseller, translated from the German by Simon Pare. On a beautifully restored barge on the Seine, Jean Perdu runs a bookshop; or rather a 'literary apothecary', for this bookseller possesses a rare gift for sensing which books will soothe the troubled souls of his customers. The only person he is unable to cure, it seems, is himself. He...

When Jack Mercy dies, he leaves behind a ranch worth twenty million dollars. Now his three daughters—each born of a different mother, and each unknown to the others—have gathered to hear the reading of the will. But Jack has one last surprise for them. Before anyone can inherit, they must live together on the ranch for one year. For Tess,...

From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop, an extraordinary novel about self-discovery and new beginnings. 'A life-affirming novel' Sunday Express 'An enchanting, uplifting read' Independent on The Little Paris Bookshop Marianne Messmann longs to escape her loveless marriage. On a trip to Paris, she throws herself into the Seine, but is rescued by...

From the author of the beloved debut Boys Don't Cry – an unforgettable story of love, loss, regret, and the indelible marks one person can make on your life. He's leaning in. I'm leaning in. 'The future is ours to make, Shauns,' he says, lips almost touching. Summer, 1991. Dean: sun-stung and sticky with cool ice-pop juice, walks to the...

The Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling memoir from the author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT With an introduction by Ann Patchett⭐AS FEATURED ON: DESERT ISLAND DISCS, BIG SCOTTISH BOOK CLUB, THE ZOE BALL BOOKCLUB⭐ A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, IRISH TIMES, OBSERVER, RED and THE TELEGRAPH⭐ SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE...

The latest in the hugely popular 44 Scotland Street series from the worldwide bestselling author, Alexander McCall Smith. Life for Bertie seems to be moving at a pace that is rather out of his control. Upstairs, at 44 Scotland Street, his father Stuart is powerless to stop overbearing Irene and her determination that Bertie will travel to deepest, coldest Aberdeen...

The groundbreaking debut novel from the bestselling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait: one of the most extraordinary love stories you'll ever read. Over 480,000 copies sold 'This devastatingly skilful love story will break your heart!' — Alice Winn 'Gripping. Superbly moving' — Ali Smith 'Such a visceral, heartrending read about grief and love' — Claire Daverley A distraught...

For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships...

While packing a delightful punch of nostalgia, The Girl I Was delivers one of the most satisfying character transformations I've read in a while... Jeneva Rose's latest is witty and tender. SHELBY VAN PELT, New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures From Jeneva Rose, the New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and Home is Where...

Laughable Loves is a collection of stories that first appeared in print in Prague before 1968, but was then banned. The seven stories are all concerned with love, or rather with the complex erotic games and stratagems employed by women and especially men as they try to come to terms with needs and impulses that can start a terrifying train...

The thirteenth installment of the much-loved Isabel Dalhousie series When Isabel Dalhousie and her husband Jamie book a table at an expensive Edinburgh restaurant, she finds herself battling with her conscience. Lately, there has been a lull in work for the Review of Applied Ethics, and the care of their young sons, Charlie and Magnus, is often undertaken by their...

40th anniversary edition Probably the greatest novel of the century - Observer Lanark, a modern vision of hell set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank and Glasgow, tells the interwoven stories of Lanark and Duncan Thaw. A work of extraordinary imagination, its playful narrative conveys a profound message, both personal and political, about humankind's inability to love, and yet our...

The extraordinary, gloriously uplifting, and hotly-anticipated debut novel from Samuel Burr - available to pre-order now! 'Utterly beautiful. I adored it' — JOANNA CANNON 'Hugely uplifting and wonderful' — AJ PEARCE 'A ripping yarn full of warmth and wonder' — BETH MORREY Sometimes finding your place in the world is the greatest puzzle of all... Clayton Stumper is an enigma....

The basis for Killing Eve, now a major BBC TV series, starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer SUNDAY TIMES Thriller of the Month In a hotel room in Venice, where she's just completed a routine assassination, Villanelle receives a late-night call. Eve Polastri has discovered that a senior MI5 officer is in the pay of the Twelve and is about...

'A really thrilling and totally original story of Greek mythology that I can't recommend highly enough' JENNIFER SAINT Before Gods and mortals, there were The Fates . . . You've heard the legends: three sisters born out of Nyx's darkness, destined to weave the lives, and deaths, of humankind for eternity. But immortality is a heavy burden, and Clotho, Lachesis...

The 20th anniversary edition of the fantasy classic, with an introduction by V E Schwab Over 4 million copies sold ‘The book I wish I'd written’ R F Kuang ‘Susanna Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous’ Katherine Rundell ‘A modern masterpiece’ Spectator ‘One of my all-time favourite books’ Ann Patchett 1806. England is beleaguered...

The Family Doctor is a compelling thriller—fast-paced, gripping, and frightening. But it is more than that because it is a story that draws desperately needed attention to domestic abuse in this country, to institutional indifference, to the devaluing of women's lives. The Family Doctor is a cry for change.' - Sofie Laguna, Miles Franklin Award-winning author of The Eye of...

One of the most enduring and beloved novels in history, Jane Eyre continues to captivate readers in this gorgeously designed volume. Orphaned as a child and forced to live with her cruel aunt, Jane endures many hardships in her childhood, including her early days at the Lowood School. Relying on her strength and intellect, Jane goes on to become a...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. 'The deeply atmospheric novel blends horror, science fiction, and historical events' Time, 100 'Must Read Books of 2022' Carlota Moreau: growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate,...

This breathtaking, reverberating survey of human nature finds Kundera still attempting to work out the meaning of life without losing his acute sense of humour. It is one of those great unclassifiable masterpieces that appear once every twenty years or so. 'It will make you cleverer, maybe even a better lover. Not many novels can do that.' — Nicholas Lezard,...

'One of the best opening lines of any novel' Guardian 'It was the day my grandmother exploded. I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony to Bach's Mass in B Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach.' Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom...

Barnes & Noble's April Book Club PickAn Amazon Top 10 Editors' PickA Most Anticipated Book of 2024 from Literary Hub Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved musician taking to Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved bookselling wife. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds...

The Comfort Of Saturdays revolves around Isabel Dalhousie, a new mother and a connoisseur of philosophy who would rather not be a sleuth. However, a chance conversation at a dinner party draws Isabel into the case of a doctor whose career has been ruined, and she cannot ignore what may be a miscarriage of justice. For Isabel, ethics are not...

Intelligent, bighearted, spew-your-gefilte-fish-funny novels - New York Times The year is 2013 and the Greenspans are the envy of Brookline, Massachusetts, an idyllic (and idealistic) suburb west of Boston. Scott Greenspan is a successful cardiologist. His wife, Deb, is a pillar of the community who spends her free time helping resettle refugees. Their daughter, Maya, works at a distinguished New...

‘One of the great American authors at work today’ New York Times ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR It is 1951. The close-knit community of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, does not welcome those who are different. Jacob Hampton's wealthy parents disinherited him when he married Naomi, an uneducated hotel maid. Now Jacob has been called up...

We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling. In Faha, County Clare, everyone is a long story... Bedbound in her attic room beneath the falling rain, in the margin between this world and the next, Plain Ruth Swain is in search of her father. To find him,...

For the philosophically minded Isabel Dalhousie, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, getting through life with a clear conscience requires careful thought. With the arrival of baby Charlie, and a passionate relationship with his father Jamie, fourteen years her junior, Isabel enters deeper and rougher waters. Late motherhood is not the only challenge facing Isabel. As she negotiates a...

DON'T MISS MIKE'S BRAND NEW NOVEL, A SONG OF ME AND YOU - AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW! 'His most accomplished and moving novel yet' - Lisa Jewell 'Emotionally high-voltage' Metro * Strangers living worlds apart. Strangers with nothing in common. But it wasn't always that way... Kerry Hayes is a single mum, living on a tough south London estate. She...

A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Viscerally vivid . . . a sucker-punch of a novel, edged with knife-sharp black humour and shot through with moments of startling beauty . . . half Tarantino and half pitch-black northern realism' Guardian 'A tremendously exciting novel . . . A brilliantly realised voice: Steve's every utterance is the product of where he...

These wise and witty writings focus on a diverse array of topics such as Shakespeare, tree stumps, ecological disasters, bodies (both male and female), and theology, amongst other matters. We hear Gertrude's version of what really happened in Hamlet; an ugly sister and a wicked stepmother put in a good word for themselves, and a reincarnated bat explains how Bram...

Previously published as THE LITTLE SHOP OF HAPPY EVER AFTER 'Nobody does cosy, get-away-from-it-all romance like Jenny Colgan' Sunday Express In the Scottish Highlands, a little bus packed with books brings joy to the road . . . 'A total joy' Sophie Kinsella 'An evocative, sweet treat' Jojo Moyes 'Gorgeous, glorious, uplifting' Marian Keyes 'Irresistible' Jill Mansell 'Just lovely' Katie...

?? Don't miss Stephanie Butland's wonderful new novel THE SECOND CHANCE BOOK CLUB, out now! ?? The life-affirming and unforgettable novel from the author of Lost for Words 'I read this book in one sitting, it made me smile and made me wipe a tear from my eye too' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'This book had me sitting up...

Buy your copy of Faith Hogan’s stunning new novel The Women At Ocean's End – available now! SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARD FOR BEST POPULAR FICTION NOVEL OF THE YEAR 'A captivating read, written with warmth and elegance, The Bookshop Ladies is the perfect escape!' - Evie Woods, author of The Lost Bookshop * From bestselling...

The thrilling climax to the IBIS trilogy that began with the phenomenal Booker-shortlisted SEA OF POPPIES. It is 1839 and tension has been rapidly mounting between China and British India following the crackdown on opium smuggling by Beijing. With no resolution in sight, the colonial government declares war. One of the vessels requisitioned for the attack, the Hind, travels eastwards...

A festive feast of a novel ... I absolutely loved it! CATHY KELLY Dreams are for living... Ever since Catherine and her mother Ann opened the doors of their bookshop in a small town on Ireland's west coast, they have been living their dream. And this festive season promises to be their biggest ever, with a celebrity chef booked for...

You've never seen romance do this before. So brutally honest and breathtakingly perverse you'll want to throw this book at the wall, but you'll also want to know if it can possibly get any more disturbing (it can and it does). As you start to wonder whether men and women were ever meant to be together, a surprise ending brings...

'Once upon a time, there was a boy who lost his mother . . .' As twelve-year-old David takes refuge from his grief in the myths and fairytales so beloved of his dead mother, he finds the real world and the fantasy world begin to blend. That is when bad things start to happen. That is when the Crooked Man...

This is the complete collection of stories from one of the most original and powerful American writers of the twentieth-century. Including A Good Man is Hard to Find and Everything That Rises Must Converge, this collection also contains several stories only available in this volume.

This book is a novel in the form of variations. The various parts follow each other like the various stages of a voyage leading into the interior of a theme, the interior of a thought, the interior of a single, unique situation the understanding of which recedes from my sight into the distance. It is a book about laughter and...

The Isle of Iona, 825. In a bloody, brutal raid, Abbot Blathmac is slain on the steps of his monastery for refusing to give away the location of the sacred relics of St Columba, the missionary who first brought Christianity to Scotland. Following a night of rampage and mayhem, one Viking wakes up the next morning to find himself alone,...

'An ambitious, immersive novel from the author of In Her Shoes' Red Magazine 'Engrossing' Sunday Mirror 'If you have time for only one book this summer, pick this one' The New York Times ____________________________ From the No.1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Summer comes another timely and deliciously twisty novel of intrigue, secrets, and the transformative power of...

A soldier wounded in the Civil War, Inman turns his back on the carnage of the battlefield and begins the treacherous journey home to Cold Mountain, and to Ada, the woman he loved before the war began. As Inman attempts to make his way across the mountains, through the devastated landscape of a soon-to-be-defeated South, Ada struggles to make a...

While holidaying at a villa on the French Riviera, Dick and Nicole Diver, a wealthy American couple, meet the young film star Rosemary Hoyt. Her arrival causes a stir in their social circle and exposes the cracks in their fragile marriage. As their relationship unravels, glimpses of their troubled past emerge, and a series of disturbing events unfolds. Peopled by...

Winner, Victorian Premier's Literary Award 2023, Fiction Winner, Victorian Prize for Literature 2023 Shortlisted, Miles Franklin Award 2023 Shortlisted, ABIA Small Publishers' Adult Book of the Year Shortlisted, 2023 BookPeople Adult Fiction Book of the Year Shortlisted, Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Fiction 2023 The inaugural winner of The Novel Prize, an international biennial award established by Giramondo (Australia), Fitzcarraldo Editions...

Four short novels from the author of The Fireman and Horns, ranging from creepy horror to powerful explorations of our modern society. One autumnal day in Boulder, Colorado, the clouds open up in a downpour of nails, splinters of bright crystal that tear apart anyone who isn't safely under cover. Rain explores this escalating apocalyptic event, as clouds of nails...

Picking up the story where it left off, the controversial protagonist of the cult classic Diary of an Oxygen Thief retools his advertising skills to seduce women online. It's a pursuit that quickly becomes a dangerous fixation, often requiring even more creativity and deception than his award-winning ad campaigns. Dazzling, daunting, and darkly hilarious, this spellbinding sequel is a spectacular...

Discover the mesmerizing tale of two personalities in a war over the soul of one man with this gorgeous collectible edition of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a tale of Victorian horror. The personalities of the pleasant Dr Jekyll and the violent Mr Hyde vie for...

BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime A JOYFUL 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF A COMING-OF-AGE CLASSIC ‘There are few modern tales of first love and its disillusions that are as thoroughly realised, as brilliantly lewd, and as hilariously satisfying to men and women of all ages as this one’—Rachel Cusk Eighteen-year-old Katherine—bright, stylish, frustratedly suburban—doesn't know how her life will change...

'Authentic, taut and compelling. Brookes is the real deal' — Charles Cumming Fearing for his life, journalist Philip Mangan has gone into hiding from the Chinese agents who have identified him as a British spy. His reputation and life are in tatters. But when he is caught in a terrorist attack in East Africa and a shadowy Chinese figure approaches...

They say boys don't cry. But Finn's seen his Da do it when he thinks no one's looking, so that's not true. And isn't it OK to be sad, when bad things happen? They say boys don't cry, but you might . . .

Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work. This allegorical novel, set in sixth-century India around the time of the Buddha, follows a young...

Lil Chance fell in love with Cooper Sullivan pretty much the first time she saw him, an awkward teenager staying with his grandparents on their cattle ranch in South Dakota while his parents went through a messy divorce. Each year, with Coop's annual summer visit, their friendship deepens - but then abruptly ends. Twelve years later, Cooper has returned to...

'A magnificent novel. I loved it to its bones' EMMA STONEX 'Completely absorbing' LISSA EVANS 'A lively, funny, forgiving novel' PATRICK GALE 'A rich and tender story of kindness and compassion' RUTH HOGAN In all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be identified as the beginning of the decline. For Helen,...

When fishermen Bolivar and Hector set sail from their South American village, they soon find themselves cast adrift in the Pacific Ocean by a sudden storm. As the days pass and no rescue materialises, the two men must come to terms with each other, and with their environment, if they are to survive. Part gripping survival story, part fearless existential...

‘Fforde's books are more than an ingenious idea. They are written with buoyant zest and are tautly plotted . . . and are embellished with the rich details of a Dickens or Pratchett’ Independent Hundreds of years in the future, after the Something that Happened, the world is an alarmingly different place. Life is lived according to The Rulebook and...

Winner of the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Novel Selected by The Sunday Times as one of the top page-turners of summer 2017 From the creator of the award-winning Fargo and Legion TV series Hawley's sublime prose glows on every page in this literary thriller of the highest quality — Daily Mail The rich are different. But fate is blind....

The stunning love story from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Notebook, The Lucky One, and The Longest Ride. Nicholas Sparks is one of the world's most beloved authors. ____________________ Colin Hancock is giving his second chance his best shot. At twenty-eight, he's focused on getting his teaching degree and avoiding all the places and people that proved so destructive...

LARGE PRINT EDITION. Arsene Lupin vs Herlock Sholmes (1910) is a novel by Maurice Leblanc. Forced to change the name of his antagonist following a legal challenge by Holmes' creator, Leblanc still manages to pull off one of the greatest fictional mashups of all time. Partly based on the life of French anarchist Marius Jacob, Arsene Lupin first appeared in...

'What they were doing was not an affair because Ethan had never laid a hand on Abigail. But it also was, because leaving a department potluck to buy cigarettes was better than sex.' The long summer holiday has begun on the campus of Edwards University in upstate New York. Simone is the star of the creative writing department, a renowned...

Read THE ISLAND GETAWAY, the perfect new escapist novel by Lucy Diamond, now! 'The book we all need - full of escapism, romance, hope and kindness' – Milly Johnson 'Gloriously romantic' – Sun 'I couldn't put it down' – Jill Mansell Your big secret is out. What next? For Lara and her daughter Eliza, it has always been just the...

'Witty and insightful. A powerful exploration of marriage, motherhood, and self' BONNIE GARMUS, author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY 'It was such a pleasure to bury myself in this book, a literary novel of family life which moved and surprised me' CLARE CHAMBERS, author of SMALL PLEASURES 'Such a wonderful book . . . It absolutely floored me. What a joy...

When this novel begins, the protagonist has just turned thirty, is engaged to be married, and is about to start work as a teacher. Frightened by the idea of settling down, he journeys to the Alps in a do-or-die effort to climb the unclimbed North Ridge, and by doing so, prove he is not ordinary. However, he returns not in...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE PORTICO PRIZE 'A distinctive new voice for fans of Fleabag or Sally Rooney' Independent 'Raw, intimate and authentic' The Sunday Times 'Luminous' Observer 'Lyrically poetic' Evening Standard 'Disarmingly honest . . . I wish I had read this when I was 19.' Guardian When Lucy wins a place at university, she thinks London will unlock her future....

The world of books in one little book. It doesn't matter how well read you are, A Little Book About Books is packed full of quotes, one-liners, and famous lines from names that everyone will recognise. For bibliophiles, they'll enjoy recognising their favourite passages and authors, all captured in one place. For the less-well-read, they can enjoy discovering new, illuminating...

When her bohemian life in Paris falls flat at the beginning of the First World War, Sally Lunton returns to the care of her guardian in Little Crampton to find a husband. With some encouragement from the local busybody, she makes a play for Mr Bingley, the bank manager, although she has a rival in Mrs Dalton, a widow with...

Recently distracted by the arrival of her and Jamie's second son, Magnus, Isabel Dalhousie – philanthropic editor of the Review of Applied Ethics – is anxious. The next issue of the Review is far from ready, her eldest, Charlie, is jealous, and their housekeeper, Grace, has an officious approach to childcare. With some relief, Isabel returns to helping out at...