Collection: Fiction

Richard, Carmel and Liesl are an unlikely trio with a complex shared past. They met while working in Rwanda during the genocide. Now the three are back together, united both by a photograph and attempts on their lives...

London 1920. The world is recovering from war and the future looks bright for sculptress, Lulu Pearson. But then she receives a letter from Joe Reilly, a racehorse trainer in Tasmania, informing her she is the owner of a promising yearling, Ocean Child.

Eddie is a wounded war veteran. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakens in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination...

Dr Kay Scarpetta has left Virginia in quest of peace but instead finds herself drawn into baffling, horrific murders in Florida, where she becomes entangled in an international conspiracy that confronts her with the shock of her life...

In the mountains of Oaxaca, a storm wipes out the roads and all communication, trapping a tour group in the jungle with a dangerous predator with a secret to protect. Single mother Eve Hardaway must fight to survive against incredible odds

It's 1948 and Hanora Sparrow and her teenage daughters have fallen on tough times. With little more than the suitcases they carry and a few pounds between them, they must move to a housing commission camp on the outskirts of Sydney.

Many of Ian Fleming's short stories have been the inspiration for the extremely successful James Bond film franchise, and included in this collection are such stories as Octopussy, The Living Daylights, and Quantum of Solace...

Neva Bradley, a third-generation midwife, is determined to keep the details surrounding her own pregnancy hidden from her family and co-workers for as long as possible. Her mother, Grace, finds it impossible to let this secret rest...

Mr Bensington and Professor Redwood were amongst that new breed of men - or 'scientists' as they had become known. Their new discovery - Herakleophorbia. The first three variants were rather unremarkable, but was Herakleophorbia IV the very food of gods?

Rosie Hopkins is looking forward to Christmas in the little Derbyshire village of Lipton, buried under a thick blanket of snow. She's going to be spending it with her boyfriend, Stephen, and her family, flying in from Australia. She can't wait....