Item category 1: Adult Paperback

In this work the plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, but possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order which circumscribes her life and position. Introducti...

Four different people are named in a will - Delia, an opera singer robbed of her voice by illness; George, an idealistic scientist; Marjorie, desperately poor & unable to dislodge her writer's block; & Lucius, whose personal life is in chaos. This is a tale of four strangers summoned to a grand b...

First published in France in 1967, this book consists of three short novellas on the theme of women's vulnerability - the first, to the process of ageing, in the second the loneliness, and, in the third, to the growing indifference of a loved one.

Possessed of an extraordinary telekinetic gift, Dahlia Le Blanc has spent her life isolated from other people. Just when she thinks she's finally achieved some semblance of peace, her well-orchestrated world comes crashing down. For a reason she cannot guess, she has become the target of deadly a...

When Kenton travels to Nuremberg to investigate a story about Nazi officials, he inadvertently finds himself on a train bound for Austria. Stranded with no money, Kenton jumps at the chance to earn a fee helping a refugee smuggle securities across the border. Yet he soon discovers that the docume...

On a mission to rescue hostages in Mexico, the last thing GhostWalker Kane Cannon expects to find is Rose Patterson - fellow GhostWalker, fugitive, and pregnant with his child.

Set against the backdrop of a post-conflict Northern Ireland struggling with its past, 'The Twelve' takes the reader from the back streets of Belfast, where violence and politics go hand-in-hand, to the country's darkest heart.

From the author of 'The Shadow of the Wind' comes a haunting story of a secret society and a labyrinthine railway station with a dark past.

Hig, bereaved and traumatised after global disaster, has three things to live for: his dog, his neighbour and his Cessna aeroplane. He's just about surviving, so long as he only takes his plane for short journeys. But, one day, he takes his plane over the horizon, knowing that he won't have enoug...

We are the Liars. We are beautiful, privileged and live a life of carefree luxury. We are cracked and broken. A story of love and romance. A tale of tragedy. Which are lies? Which is truth?