Collection: Large Print - Fiction

Spring 1940. With Britons facing what has become known as "the Bore War" - nothing much seems to have happened yet. Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate the disappearance of a local lad, a young apprentice craftsman working on a "hush-hush" government contract. As Maisie’s inquiry reveals a possi...

Walter Urban and Friedrich 'Fiete' Caroli are young hands on a dairy farm in northern Germany. By 1945, it seems that the war is entering its final stage. But when they are forced to 'volunteer' for the Waffen-SS, they find themselves embroiled in a desperate, bloody conflict. Walter is put to wo...

As three women, Ella, Imogen and Phoebe, contemplate taking the biggest risk of their lives, marriages, families and friendships hang in the balance. Should they take the leap, or will they risk losing everything?

The unveiling of a new memorial stirs deep emotions in a remote North Pennines village as the people honour their war dead. That night, the memorial is vandalized and an elderly war veteran is murdered, apparently by thieves after his Victoria Cross.

Assunta has given up on love. She might run her little trattoria in the most romantic mountain town in Italy but love just seems to have passed her by. Sarah-Jane is finished with love. She's hiring an old convertible and driving around Italy this summer - it's the perfect way to forget all about...

"When a musician's new song hits a political nerve, he finds himself in the crosshairs of Spanish nationalists' ire, and it's up to Bruno to track down the extremists who seem ready to take deadly measures, in another delightful instalment of the internationally acclaimed series featuring Bruno, ...

Retired marshal Clem Everett discovers that infamous bounty hunter Johnny Sunset is in town to claim the reward money on Clem's old pal Valko. How can Clem warn his friend that the deadliest bounty hunter in the West is intent on gunning him down...?

Meg and her daughter Katie flee to Devon to escape her sinister ex-husband. She meets artist Garth Winter and there is an immediate attraction. As her husband's threats increase, Meg realises she needs Garth's help to keep Katie safe.

1945: the lives of families have changed. The pain of the war years has left its mark. Lizzie Vale, once an aspiring journalist - has changed and become a dedicated nurse. She falls in love with Daniel Miles. Could they ever have a future?

It is December, 1813. Two small girls are bored, lonely, and travelling to their grandmother's house for Christmas. Their father is a widower, barely able to walk after fighting Napoleon, their nursemaid is not very bright, and their governess has no enthusiasm or imagination. Then, at a coaching...