Modern Fiction

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Evelyn Waugh's celebrated tale of decadence and social disintegration, now in a beautiful hardback edition with a new Introduction by Philip Eade After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set. Brilliantly combining tragedy, comedy and savage irony, A Handful of Dust capture

She thought the murders had stopped. She was wrong.

Enchanted by lies, abducted for truth. In Mandar, humans and mythics have learnt to work together, but sometimes a magical creature goes rogue. As a Tracker for the government, Seraphina's job is to locate rogues, gather intel and report back to the Hunters. Everything changes when she's captured... by a dragon. Imprisoned in his cave, Sera discovers the unique ability to share minds with the dragon. Together they explore the limits of her newly discovered power, and he reveals the lies fed t

A Glimpse of Eternity is edgy, jungle-dank backpacker fiction infused with philosophy, ecstasy and a dark sense of humour.

Family are the ones you can trust...aren't they? Reeve Elliot and Jessica Williams are polar opposites. In contrast to Reeve's privileged upbringing, Jess suffered intense emotional trauma in the foster care system-trauma she's tried to bury yet has recently come back to haunt her. As Jess does her best to deal with her past, tragedy shakes the foundations of Reeve's present. But heartbreak and grief come with a silver lining-the unexpected knowledge she has a half-sister, Jess. Dis

Following the death of his grandmother, his last surviving relative, Carl moves from his native Gibraltar to Birmingham, England. Alone in the world, now in his mid-twenties, Carl finally has to start making his own choices in life. For someone on the autistic spectrum, this is not easy. In Birmingham, a group of friends take Carl under their wing and help him experience life as he has never experienced it before. However, a few months later, Carl's mental health deteriorates shortly after the

A death in the family can result in profound and enduring impacts on the future of those left behind. Tom O'Brien, a journalist, has lost his wife, Laura, to cancer. Katie, his college aged daughter, and Katie's older brother, Brian, no longer have a mother. In an attempt to mend a strained family relationship, father and daughter agree to jointly write a journal, the content of which will focus on their investigation into the brutal murder of a local political operative.Their efforts will trig

An inspirational story of the power of the mind to heal. Australia, 1950s. Ivy, a teenager from an immigrant family, is on the cusp of adulthood, struggling to survive undiagnosed anorexia nervosa. She endures primitive electro-convulsive therapy and exile from her family, to no avail. It is only through psycho-analysis that hope is possible. Will Ivy conquer The Voice which tries to kill her? A Dangerous Daughter is a work of literary fiction, which draws on true events from the author's

It is the spring of 1977 and Elvis Presley is dying. But he does not want to die. He just wants the pain to go away. To whom can he reach out to? Not his fiancee. Not his Memphis Mafia. Certainly not to Colonel Tom Parker, his manager. Why this pain? How is it that he can explain it to no one? Who can actually help him? He turns to his Rabbi for help! Elvis Presley is desperate to leave show business and just be a normal person. Unfortunately for him, he is an immense star and can

Enchanted by lies, abducted for truth. In Mandar, humans and mythics have learnt to work together, but sometimes a magical creature goes rogue. As a Tracker for the government, Seraphina's job is to locate rogues, gather intel and report back to the Hunters. Everything changes when she's captured... by a dragon. Imprisoned in his cave, Sera discovers the unique ability to share minds with the dragon. Together they explore the limits of her newly discovered power, and he reveals the

Lucy and Philip are a progressive young couple in a period of extraordinary change - the late 1960s. Considerations of marriage and the purchase of their first house put them in the way of tradition, but they both feel the huge gap between themselves and the older generation. However, though they have the strong egos of the young, they are not foolish enough to think that they have nothing to learn. Having finally identified what will be their romantic new home in a remote village in Norfolk,