GENERAL FICTION
Past and present collide in this sharp and darkly funny crime novel set in Argentina.
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Flame Tree Collectable Classics Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol Flame Tree, 6th July, hb, £9.99, 9781839642258 Now part of the Flame Tree Collectable Classics series. Two other tales are included—The Chimes and The Haunted Man.
Susannah Dickey Tennis Lessons Black Swan, 6th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781784165055 Funny, fiercely honest début novel about a spirited young misfit and her rocky road to womanhood stops at each year along the way.
DM Dickinson So Little to Go on Matador, 28th March, pb, £9.99, 9781800462533 Nita is a young volunteer who has been recalled from her teaching post in central Africa after a military coup. Stranded with others, they tell stories to pass the time.
Alena Dillon The Happiest Girl in the World William Morrow, 10th June, pb, £10.99, 9780063019041 Absorbing novel about a young woman’s dreams of being an Olympic gymnast and the dark history that one has to keep secret on the road to the top.
Catie Disabato U Up? Melville House, 4th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781612198910 A young woman investigates her best friend’s disappearance while navigating co-dependent friendships, toxic exes and witchy rituals.
Lian Dolan The Sweeney Sisters William Morrow, 13th May, pb, £10.99, 9780062909053 Hilarious and heartfelt novel about books, love, sisterhood and what happens when those genetic mail order tests yield unexpected results.
Naoise Dolan Exciting Times Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 4th March, pb, £8.99, 9781474613460 Dolan explodes on to the scene with a slyly humorous and scorchingly smart modern love story.
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Avni Doshi Burnt Sugar Penguin, 24th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241989142 Addictive literary début about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal.
Ian Douglas Folk Tales from the Canal Side Te History Press, 1st March, pb, eb, £12, 9780750990547 Stories that celebrate the real people who lived and worked on Britian’s canals.
Austin Duffy Ten Days Granta, 4th February, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781783786305 In the wake of his wife’s death a man travels with his teenage daughter to America to set right wrongs before it is too late. By a feted Irish writer.
Adrian Duncan Midfield Dynamo Te Lilliput Press, 11th March, pb, eb, £10, 9781843518082 From award-winning author comes his first collection of astonishing short stories.
Bertil Duner No Deal Book Guild, 28th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913551667 A burnt-out dermatologist moves to Turkey with his physiotherapist wife to rebuild his life. While there he reluctantly becomes rich and a magnet for greed.
Aroa Moreno Duran The Communist’s Daughter Tinder Press, 4th February, pb, £12.99, 9781472268983 Award-winning Spanish novel depicts the tragic realities of 20th-century Europe through one family’s story of betrayal.
Robin Duval Going to America Book Guild, 28th March, pb, eb, £9.95, 9781913551650 Dual-narrative tale of lost opportunities and the complexities of love and families. Literary fiction by an established writer.
Ellie Eaton The Divines Hodder & Stoughton, 18th February, hb, eb, £17.99, 9781529340129 Emotional début from an exciting British writer for fans of My Dark Vanessa.
Cath Edwards Warwickshire Folk Tales Te History Press, 1st March, pb, eb, £12, 9780750993159 Myths and legends from Warwickshire retold by a local storyteller.
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Rachel Edwards Lucky 4th Estate, 24th June, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008364564 Tense, twisty novel about love, betrayal, survival and an addiction so compelling it threatens to destroy everything in its path. From the author of Darling.
James Ellroy Widespread Panic William Heinemann, 1st July, hb, eb, £20, 9781785152573 A return to the sleazy underbelly of Ellroy’s 1950’s Los Angeles. Widespread Panic is comprised of three interconnected novellas: Shakedown, Pervdog, and Endsville.
Danielle Evans The Office of Historical Corrections Picador, 4th March, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781529059441 Sharp and funny, brilliant and prescient, a new collection of short stories that offer a dazzling insight into the subjects of race, grief, apology and American history.
Stuart Evers The Blind Light Picador, 24th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529031003 Sweeping from the 1950s to now, this deeply moving novel tells the interconnected story of two very different families during a time of momentous change in 20th-century Britain.
Felice Fallon Interviews With an Ape Century, 22nd July, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781529135343 Ripped from family, sold into captivity and held for financial gain. This is a book about vulnerable animals and the men who hunt them.
Hilary Fannin The Weight of Love Black Swan Ireland, 25th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781784163365 Powerful début novel by Irish Times columnist explores the intensity of first love, the pain of unrequited passion and the complexity of a long, once-beautiful marriage.
Éric Faye, Sam Taylor (tr) The Ghost of Frederic Chopin Pushkin Press, 6th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781782277224 The third book in the Walter Presents Library: a bewitching Prague-set mystery about a woman who claims to transcribe music from the ghost of Chopin.
Virginia Feito Mrs March 4th Estate, 8th July, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780008421717 Shirley Jackson meets Ottesa Moshfegh meets My Sister the Serial Killer in a brilliantly unsettling and darkly funny début novel full of suspense and paranoia.
Feminist Book Society (ed) This is How We Come Back Stronger And Other Stories, 23rd March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781911508984 Empowering feminist collection of stories, essays and poems inspired by spring 2020. The book will raise funds for domestic violence charities.
Dan Fesperman The Cover Wife Head of Zeus, 10th June, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781788547901 A high-stakes spy thriller, set in Paris and Hamburg, about the conspiracy behind the 9/11 attacks.
Helen Fielding Bridget Jones’s Diary Picador, 4th February, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529057072 The original multimillion bestselling phenomenon now with more than 100 pages of rare and unpublished material to celebrate 25 years of the inimitable character.
Susie Finkbeiner The Nature of Small Birds Revell, 26th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780800739355 Told through three strong voices in three compelling timelines, The Nature of Small Birds is a hopeful story that explores the meaning of family far beyond genetic code.
Bridget Finklaire Red Dress Roundfire, 30th July, pb, eb, £13.99, 9781785355608 A career mum in her 40s who is stressed out and time-starved embarks on an unexpected adventure.
Suzanne Woods Fisher At Lighthouse Point Revell, 31st May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780800735005 Blaine Grayson returns to Three Sisters Island with a grand plan. But her dreams starts to unravel with a badly remodeled kitchen and a distant old friend.
F Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 4th February, pb, £9.99, 9780063046689 Steadfast classic of 20th-century literature
in a deluxe package perfect for Fitzgerald lovers and classics collectors alike.
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Flame Tree Collectable Classics F Scott Fitzgerald, Judith John The Great Gatsby Flame Tree, 6th July, hb, £8.99, 9781839642265 Flame Tree Collectable Classics edition. A vivid portrait of the allure and dangerous excess of Jazz Age.
Helga Flatland, Rosie Hedger (tr) End of Life Orenda, 24th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913193690 Anne’s diagnosis of terminal cancer shines a spotlight on to fractured relationships with her daughter and granddaughter with surprising and heartwarming results.
Joanne Fluke Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder Kensington, 23rd February, hb, £22.50, 9781496718921 Spring has sprung in Minnesota but Hannah Swensen doesn’t have time to stop and smell the roses—not with hot cross buns to make, treats to bake and a sister to exonerate.
Marcello Fois, Richard Dixon Valse Triste MacLehose Press, 18th February, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780857058843 The mystery of a missing child in small-town Italy, suspenseful and beautifully written.
Curdella Forbes A Tall History of Sugar Canongate, 4th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786898708 Vivid epic following an unusual couple’s mysterious love affair from childhood to adulthood across rural Jamaica and England.
Karen Joy Fowler We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Profile, 6th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781788167109 You can’t choose your family but they make choices for you.
Therese Anne Fowler A Good Neighbourhood Headline Review, 4th March, pb, £8.99, 9781472269362 Provocative and powerful novel explores class, race and star-crossed love in modern, smalltown America.
Catherine Fox Tales From Lindford Marylebone House, 20th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781910674659 Written in real time during the pandemic, the fourth novel in the Lindchester Chronicles finds the residents of Lindchester facing challenging times as 2020 unfolds.
Jean Kyoung Frazier Pizza Girl HQ, 1st April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008356446 A short, sharp shock of a novel; a hilarious and heartbreaking account of female friendship in 21st-century America.
Donna Freitas The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano HarperCollins, 13th May, hb, £12.99, 9780008370671 In every woman there are many stories.
Jeremy Front, Simon Brett Charles Paris: A Deadly Habit BBC Audio, 16th July, audiobook, £13.25, 9781529137569 The winning combination of Bill Nighy, Simon Brett and Jeremy Front have made Charles Paris an anticipated audio moment.
Susan Furber The Essence of an Hour Valley Press, 18th February, pb, £12.99, 9781912436491 In 1941, 18-year-old Lille Carrigan’s ill-fated summer of romance, lust and indiscretion sets her hurtling through the dark towards events she never saw coming.
Sarah Gailey The Echo Wife Hodder & Stoughton, 8th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529354515 Fast-paced and unsettling domestic thriller with real heart will make readers turn the pages as each new shocking—and sweetly sadistic—twist is revealed.
Neil Gaiman Anansi Boys Headline, 18th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780755305094 A companion to American Gods about the trickster god Anansi and his unsuspecting son Charlie.
Neil Gaiman Neverwhere Headline, 18th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780755322800 Unique first novel by storytelling legend. Under the streets of London lies a world most could never even dream of.
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