Modern Fiction

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See also: General Fiction

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  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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  Dead Secret
  Catherine Deveney - Paperback - Old Street
  A grieving daughter discovers letters in her late father's desk that make her question everything she thought she knew about him. Did he murder her mother? Is her sister really her sister? A shattering journey into the past follows, as she tries to find out what really happened in a remote Highland village twenty years ago.
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  Dead Air
  Iain Banks - Paperback - Abacus
  In a loft apartment in the East End of London they're dropping fruit from a balcony at a wedding breakfast. Soon things get out of hand and they're dropping TV sets out. Then the phone rings and they're told to turn on the TV. It's September 11th 2001.
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  Darkest Before The Dawn
  Gwen Kirkwood - Hardback - Robert Hale
  Joe Lennox becomes bitter and deranged and blames Billy Caraford when his son is killed in a car accident, but Billy has lost his best friend and is badly injured himself. Despite the misgivings of his parents, he is still determined to be a farmer. He summons his courage to go to university, but privately he regards himself as a cripple. Kimberley is orphaned when her father dies and she moves to Scotland with her aunt. As she grows into a lovely young woman, Kim finds the strength to confront problems and fight for the life she craves.
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  The Donor
  Helen FitzGerald - Paperback - Ulverscroft
  Will Marion has two perfect kidneys. His daughters aren't so lucky. Question is: which one should he save? Time is critical, and he has to make a decision. Should he buy a kidney - be an organ tourist? Should he save one child? If so, which one? Should he sacrifice himself? Or is there a fourth terrible solution?
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  The Dark Of Summer
  Eric Linklater - Paperback - Bloomsbury Reader
  During World War 2 a British Army officer is sent to the Faroes to investigate rumours of collaboration with the Nazis in Norway. What follows involves betrayal and a search for meaning in a world of divided loyalties and guilt.
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  Diary Of An Old Man
  Chaim Bermant - Paperback - Bloomsbury Reader
  'Diary of an Old Man' is a real tour de force. It covers one winter month in the life of an old man living on a tiny pension. The prosaic events which are recounted - keeping warm, finding accommodation, cooking, reading papers in the local library - conceal an extraordinary feat of imagination on the part of the author.
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  Blow On A Dead Man's Embers
  Mari Strachan - Paperback - Canongate
  In the aftermath of the Great War, Non Davies wakes one morning to find her husband crouching underneath the kitchen table in a cold sweat, shouldering an imaginary rifle. What has changed her Davey so completely?
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  Daphne
  M. C. Beaton - Paperback - Robinson
  Black-haired, exquisite Daphne is certain she can avoid the turmoil of true love by demanding nothing more of a husband than to be an elegant companion. But when Mr Simon Garfield agitates Daphne's calm outward manner, the results are dramatic and delightful!
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  Diana The Huntress
  M. C. Beaton - Paperback - Robinson
  With her lustrous black hair and enormous dark eyes, Diana is shy of men yet dreams of the freedom they must enjoy. And what of the gypsy, who prophesised a dark stranger, and warned of a fair one? Surprising twists and turns await Diana on the path of true love.