Henry Rider Haggard 
Cleopatra 

All of our parents have secrets. But Hanna Mehdi”s father is unusual. He ran a major bank that collapsed in suspicious circumstances. When it fell, he turned up at her door and told her they had to …

In ”The Red Angora Dress”, Milly just knows her boyfriend, the handsome Andrew, is losing interest in her. So when he invites her to a glamorous party, she resolves to knock him dead with a killer …

Frustrated secretary Esther is desperate for a change. She”s been in the same job for years, working for dear Mr Pethrie, and has been waiting patiently for the love of her life, gorgeous professor …

Kate is right in the middle of last-minute marriage preparations. In just two weeks time, she will be wed to Hugh, a high-flying barrister, who is perfect for her – well, at least according to her pa …

Effie Gillis is a history professor teaching at a major university. She is also a survivor – of a troubled childhood, two failed marriages and numerous relationships which, for the most part, ended b …

Captivating and hypnotic writing from a prize-winning novelist, whose prose is reminiscent of Marilynne Robinson”s and Paul Harding”s. New York, June 1961. The Bill Evans Trio, featuring twenty-fiv …

Bhupinder ”Puppy” Singh Johal – handsome, rakish and spiritually disenfranchised – has left behind the immigrant neighbourhood of Southall to mix with the elite of metropolitan London society. Sexu …

The place is Ceylon, the time the 1930s. Set amid tea plantations, corruption and the backwash of empire, this is a world teetering on the edge of chaos. Sam Obeysekere is a Ceylonese lawyer, a …

Newly arrived in New York, Ito is a literate yet tongue-tied sushi chef who recites haiku in his head as he labours over restaurant shopping-lists. Alone in his apartment at night, he reads …

It is not love at first sight for Frances and Bernard. She finds him faintly ridiculous while he sees her as aloof. But after that first meeting, Bernard writes Frances a letter which changes everyth …