Collection: Large Print - Fiction

Newly employed to look after the daughter of a super-rich and famous power couple, Anna is about to find out what life is really like behind the closed doors of celebrity. And soon she starts to wonder: once you're in, can you get out?

Fleeing the disastrous arrest of her fiance on the eve of their wedding, Celia Kilbride, a gems and jewelry expert, hopes to escape from public attention by lecturing on a brand-new cruise ship, the QUEEN CHARLOTTE. On board, she meets eighty-six-year-old Lady Emily Haywood, or 'Lady Em,' as she ...

Five years ago Amanda Pierce was excitedly preparing to marry her college sweetheart. She and Jeffrey had already battled through sickness and health, although their lives were certainly more richer than poorer as Amanda was set to inherit her father's successful garment company. Then Amanda disa...

Allison Weiss loves her husband, her little girl, her job and her house in the suburbs. After reading a magazine article about addictions she starts to wonder whether her use of prescription pills is becoming a problem?

1809: as the British army gathers strength for the next phase of the campaign against Bonaparte on the Spanish Peninsula, Captain Billy Pringle takes on the task of training Spanish troops to stand alongside their British allies.

Julie and Dicky Otterman arrive at Grundy's fair with an extraordinary new motorcycle extravaganza, The Wall of Death. This seemingly happy couple are the talk of the town, but all is not as it seems, and Dicky's dark and violent nature means Julie lives in constant fear.There's always plenty hap...

A story about three young friends growing up by the seashore. In a community which is bound by a conspiracy of silence, the friends find a huge cache of whisky hidden under a sheet. That day they learn the most important lesson of all...

Ten years ago, a spree of murders shocked the townsfolk of Monotony. The victims were shot and dumped, with words scrawled on the ground beside them. When Sykes Caine was arrested for a bank raid, the killings stopped ... Now Sheriff Cassidy Yates must deal with a perplexing case. A man is shot t...

Darwin, 1942: As Japanese bombs rain down, Molly Hook, the gravedigger girl, turns once again to the sky for guidance. In her head, she carries a map that leads to the gold of Longcoat Bob, the man who put a curse on her family and turned their hearts to stone. By her side are the most unlikely t...

1914: The testament of Paul Baumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World War I, illuminates the savagery and futility of war.