Modern Fiction

BIC code: FBC
See also: General Fiction

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  £14.44
  Bertie's Guide To Life And Mothers
  Alexander McCall Smith - Hardback - Polygon
  Once more, we catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith. With customary charm and deftness, Alexander McCall Smith gives us another instalment in this popular series.
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  £6.79
  Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend
  Jenny Colgan - Paperback - Sphere
  Sophie Chesterton has been living the high life of glamorous parties, men and new clothes, never thinking about tomorrow. But after one shocking evening, she comes back down to Earth with the cruellest of bumps. Facing up to life in the real world for the first time, Sophie must now work her way back up.
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  The Good, The Bad And The Dumped
  Jenny Colgan - Paperback - Sphere
  What if you've let Mr Right slip through your fingers? Should you track him down again? This is a feel-good novel for any woman who's been tempted to look up her exes on Facebook.
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  £6.79
  Midnight's Captive
  Donna Grant - Paperback - St. Martin's Paperbacks
  Laura Black knows her boss is a man of many secrets - hauntedby some unknowable force, driven by some unspeakable destiny - and yet it makes her crave the devilishly handsome, charming Charon all the more. When she uncovers a betrayal that will send her into a world of magic, she turns to the only one she trusts: Charon. Even when she's in jeopardy of losing her heart.
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  £7.64
  The Missing Shade Of Blue
  Jennie Erdal - Paperback - Abacus
  When translator Edgar Logan arrives from his home in Paris to work in Edinburgh he anticipates a period of enlightenment and calm. But with a chance meeting with the philosopher Harry Sanderson and his captivating artist wife, Edgar's meticulously circumscribed life is suddenly propelled into drama and crisis.
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  £7.64
  My Year Of Meat
  Ruth L. Ozeki - Paperback - Canongate
  'My Year of Meat' tells the story of a parallel year in the lives of two women at opposite ends of the Earth, who are brought together in a strange convergence of global politics, meat, television and personal crisis.
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  £8.99
  The Return Of John Macnab
  Andrew Greig - Paperback - Quercus
  The Return of John Macnab is an adventure, a poacher's handbook, a romance and a moving story of loss and renewal with comic and political elements.
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  £11.04
  Secrets Of The Sea House
  Elizabeth Gifford - Paperback - Corvus
  Ruth and her husband move into a dilapidated old vicarage on a stunning island in the Outer Hebrides and set about turning the unloved house into a family home. Ruth's much-needed stability is threatened when they discover the remains of a baby buried beneath the house, its legs fused together into one limb - a mermaid child. When Ruth researches the history of the house, she uncovers the heart-breaking story of Reverend Alexander Ferguson, an amateur evolutionary scientist.
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  A Song Of Stone
  Iain Banks - Paperback - Abacus
  The war is ending. For the castle and its occupants the troubles are just beginning. Armed gangs roam a lawless land, and taking to the roads seems safer than remaining in the ancient keep. But the captain of an outlaw band has other ideas.
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  The Wasp Factory
  Iain Banks - Paperback - Abacus
  Frank, no ordinary 16-year-old, lives with his father outside a remote Scottish village. His elder brother Eric is confined to a psychiatric hospital. When news comes of Eric's escape, Frank has to prepare the ground for his brother's inevitable return.