Manchester Writers and Publishers

There does not appear to be anything remarkable about the fatal car crash on the A35. But one question dogs Inspector Georges Gorski: where has the victim, an outwardly austere lawyer, been on the night of his death? The troubled Gorski finds himself drawn into a mystery that takes him behind the...

When 15-year-old Skye's mother finally does something so shocking that it can't be hushed up, the police turn her over to the social workers - and that's when the nightmare begins. No one will let her talk to her father, and the woman who is supposed to be helping her dumps her in a terrifying 'h...

Northern Britain, Iron Age. Pytheas of Massalia, the famed Greek explorer, roves the icy northern lands of Celtic Britain and beyond, in search of amber and other precious goods. But he also craves another encounter with Rian, the slave he fell in love with during a former voyage, who continues t...

From the bestselling author of 'Blue Mondays' comes a collection of short stories. These stories represent Grunberg's early short fiction, written between 1991 and 1996.

Cleo knows she should be happy for her brother Mark. He's managed to find someone new after the sudden death of his first wife - but something about Evie just doesn't feel right. When Evie starts having accidents at home, her friends grow concerned. Could Mark be causing her injuries? Called out ...

'There's no ceremony for friendship, is there? If you go ahead with this wedding then you realise that what you're actually saying is that your friendship with me is not meaningful and durable. That,' she sipped her wine victoriously, 'is the logical conclusion.' 'Believe me, if I could marry you...

A collection of poetry exploring what may come to pass, composed by the award-winning poets, playwrights, spoken word artists and seers of Flapjack Press

In 1936, Alasdair and Rachel are sent by their grieving father to the Outer Hebrides to the remote and strange Isle of Lewis. The children move in to the blackhouse home of their grandfather and experience a traditional way of life that is a world away from the Glasgow of their earliest years. Th...