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Anna Burns, Jacqui Burns Love At Cafe Lompar Honno Welsh Women’s Press, 15th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781912905379 Family secrets and fresh starts, written by a mother and daughter writing team. Grace and Kat go to Montenegro to find their husband and father’s secret other family.
Sarah Butler Jack & Bet Picador, 18th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781509898176 Uplifting novel about an elderly couple, the son who is trying desperately to care for them and the young woman who will change their lives forever.
Matt Cain The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle Headline Review, 25th May, hb, £16.99, 9781472275059 Heartwarming and surprising story of long- lost love, courage and hope by journalist and LGBTQ+ activist.
Niamh Campbell This Happy Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 4th February, pb, £8.99, 9781474611688 Fervid novel about relationships and the way the past informs the present from an exciting new voice in literary fiction.
Kirsty Capes Careless Orion, 27th May, hb, £12.99, 9781398700086 Searing, poignant and achingly funny, Careless is an upmarket coming-of- age novel that celebrates female friendship and the enduring hope to follow our dreams against all odds.
Dulce Maria Cardoso Violeta Among the Stars MacLehose Press, 13th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529402445 Beautiful and blistering life story told amid the wreckage of a car crash.
Gianrico Carofiglio Three O’clock in the Morning HarperCollins, 15th April, hb, £20, 9780063028449 Coming-of-age gem about a father in his early 50s and his 18-year-old son who are forced to spend two sleepless nights in Marseilles.
Charlie Carroll The Lip Two Roads, 18th March, hb,
eb, £16.99, 9781529334173 Melody’s caravan on the edge of the Cornish cliffs is a world away from the second homes and carefree holidays of the incomers and her life is marked by tragedy.
Mircea Cartarescu, Julian Semilian (tr) Nostalgia Penguin Classics, 4th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780241448915 Mesmerising novel about the magical and gritty world of Bucharest in the 1980s by a celebrated Eastern European writer.
AF Carter All of Us Head of Zeus, 1st April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781838933807 Psychological thriller follows a woman with six split identities.
Eva Carter How to Save a Life Mantle, 27th May, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529038644 Love story for fans of Miss You by Kate Eberlen and Rosie Walsh’s The Man Who Didn’t Call.
Justin Cartwright In Every Face I Meet Sceptre, 4th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780340637838 Set against the background of Nelson Mandela’s release, the story of Anthony Northleach and one intense, comic and horrifying day in his life.
Justin Cartwright Half in Love Sceptre, 4th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780340766309 A novel about politics, film, history and, above all, love by Booker Prize- nominated author.
Justin Cartwright Masai Dreaming Sceptre, 4th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780340768365 A tale of deception, misunderstanding and betrayal set between modern-day Africa and Nazi-occupied France.
Brian Castleberry Nine Shiny Objects Custom House, 22nd July, pb, £10.99, 9780062984418 Major literary saga chronicles the eerily intersecting lives of a lineage of American dreamers.
Pete Castle Folk Tales of Song and Dance History Press, 1st February, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780750995092 Traditional folk tales from all over Britain in which song or dance shapes the action.
Jessie Cave Sunset Welbeck, 24th June, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781787395299 The story of two sisters inseparable until a disastrous holiday leaves one heartbroken. A comedy about love, grief and reconciliation.
Frances Cha If I Had Your Face Penguin, 24th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241986356 Glitteringly unsettling début set in the drinking dens and beauty salons of South Korea.
Elizabeth Chakrabarty Lessons in Love and Other Crimes Te Indigo Press, 15th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781911648222 Compulsive, heart- breaking yet hopeful literary début about the fall-out of a race hate crime.
Clare Chambers Small Pleasures Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 13th May, pb, £8.99, 9781474613903 With the emotional intelligence of Maggie O’Farrell and the witty observational skills of Kate Atkinson this is a novel of unexpected second chances set in 1950s England.
Te-Ping Chen Land of Big Numbers Scribner, 4th February, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781471190599 Dazzling début collection which deftly and urgently tells the stories of people living in China.
Jin-young Choi, Soje (tr) To the Warm Horizon Honford Star, 5th May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781916277144 A group of Koreans are crossing a disease- ravaged landscape but to what end? Choi shows how in a post-apocalyptic world, humans will still seek purpose, kinship and love.
Ashley Clark Paint and Nectar Bethany House, 14th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780764237614 In 1929, a forbidden spark appears between artist Eliza and William. In the present-day, Lucy inherits an old house along with all its secrets.
James Clarke Hollow in the Land Profile, 1st April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788163521 From neglected high streets to the isolated wilderness of the surrounding moors, this Lancashire valley bursts
with unforgettable characters, minor intrigues and all the strangeness of life in England today.
Lucy Clarke The Castaways HarperCollins, 18th March, hb, £12.99, 9780008334123 Seven strangers journey to Fiji for the holiday of a lifetime. But the plane crashes on a remote island, miles from home and safety.
Kate Clayborn Love At First Kensington, 23rd February, pb, £12.99, 9781496725196 From acclaimed author of Love Lettering comes a sparkling, tender novel about bickering neighbors, surprise reunions, and the mysterious power of love.
Jo Clegg
The Summer Holiday Orion, 10th June, pb, £8.99, 9781409198130 Fun and friction as two families go on holiday together..
Mikaella Clements, Onjuli Datta The View Was Exhausting Headline Review, 6th July, hb, £18.99, 9781472271716 Epic, utterly modern love story for fans of Daisy Jones and the Six. Think intersectional Nora Ephron in a post- Weinstein world.
Thomas Clerc (ed), Guillaume Dustan The Works of Guillaume Dustan Vol 1 MIT Press, 18th May, pb, £14.99, 9781635901429 Dustan’ first three novels, In My Room, I’m Going Out Tonight and Stronger Than Me, published in French between 1996 and 1998 describe the narrator’s sexual odyssey through a Paris still haunted by Aids.
Bethany Clift Last One at the Party Hodder & Stoughton, 4th February, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781529332124 “Fleabag” meets “I Am Legend” in this extraordinary novel of one woman’s survival in the face of the end of the world. The most original and unforgettable début of 2021.
Jackie Clune The New Normal Coronet, 8th July, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529353853 Kindness can be found living just around the corner.
Jackie Clune I’m Just a Teenage Punchbag
Coronet, 15th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529382457 Bored and ignored wife and mother accidentally tells the truth with hilarious and surprising results.
Marika Cobbold On Hampstead Heath Arcadia Books, 15th April, Book, eb, £16.99, 9781911350927 Sharp, poignant and infused with dark humour, On Hampstead Heath is an homage to storytelling and to truth—the tales we tell ourselves and the stories that save us.
Jonathan Coe Mr Wilder and Me Penguin, 1st July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241989715 Dazzling new novel about fame, time and nostalgia from the bestselling author of Middle England.
Joshua Cohen The Netanyahus Fitzcarraldo Editions, 5th May, pb, £12.99, 9781913097608 Mixing fiction with non-fiction, the campus novel with the lecture, The Netanyahus is a wildly inventive, genre-bending comedy of blending, identity and politics.
Leslie Cohen My Ride or Die William Morrow, 13th May, pb, £10.99, 9780062966780 Hilarious millennial women’s fiction novel about two young women who decide to give up their search for a perfect man and devote their lives to each other.
Katy Colins The Best is Yet to Come HQ, 3rd March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008202255 Quirky, hopeful commercial fiction with book club appeal. For fans of Something to Live For and Dear Emmie Blue.
Ryan Collett The Disassembly of Doreen Durand Sandstone Press, 13th May, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781913207397 After witnessing the killing of two boys, Doreen Durand flees her apartment. As the police pursue her, a surreal game of cat and mouse begins.
Susan Conley Landslide Vintage, 2nd February, hb, £22.50, 9780525657132 Gorgeous jewel of a novel about a mother caring for her two sons while everything else threatens to crumble around her.
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JUNE 2020 • 256pp Horror/Suspense FLAME TREE PRESS £20 • 9781787586031 Hardcover
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A twisting, folkloric tale of identity, murder and vengeance for the neglected voices of the past.
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