Contemporary fiction titles are those which focus on the present or near past. Stories rooted in the current cultural, social, and political landscape which feature characters we can all recognise.
Contemporary Fiction Books
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press The Forger's Daughter
Book SynopsisWhen a scream shatters the summer night outside their country house, reformed literary forger Will and his wife Meghan find their daughter Maisie shaken and bloodied, holding a parcel her attacker demanded she present to her father. Inside is a literary rarity the likes of which few have ever handled, and a letter laying out impossible demands regarding its future.After twenty years of living life on the straight and narrow, Will finds himself drawn back to forgery, ensnared in a plot to counterfeit the rarest book in American literature: Edgar Allan Poe's first publication, Tamerlane. Facing threats to his life and family, coerced by his former nemesis and fellow forger Henry Slader, Will must rely on the artistic skills of his other daughter Nicole to help create a flawless forgery of this 1827 publication regarded as the Holy Grail of American letters.Part mystery, part case study of the shadowy side of the book trade, and part homage to the writer who invented the detective tale, The Forger's Daughter portrays the world of literary forgery as diabolically clever, genuinely dangerous and inescapable, it would seem, to those who have ever embraced it.Trade ReviewLove is strange. It ennobles some people, makes fools of others, and occasionally leads to murder. In Bradford Morrow's lovely literary mystery...the love of books causes all of the above. -- Marilyn Stasio * New York Times *The novel flits evocatively from upstate New York farmhouses to Manhattan auction houses, and there's an aptly gothic tinge to the tense drama that ensues. -- Hephzibah Anderson * The Observer *Evocatively rendered and emotionally resonant, this literary crime novel is the real deal. Morrow's gothic tale bears comparison with Poe's own work. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *An excellent suspense novel. . . . Bradford Morrow is, quite skillfully, paying homage to one of Agatha Christie's most famous whodunits. Yet even then, he offers a few twists of his own and will keep all but the most astute mystery aficionado guessing about the truth until the end. * Washington Post on THE FORGERS *From its provocative opening line . . . Bradford Morrow's latest novel takes on a knowing, noirish tone, like a crime movie by the Coen brothers. . . . The pleasure of reading The Forgers comes not only from trying to figure out what happened to Diehl but also in deciding, chapter by chapter, how much trust to grant the narrator, who is our only source. * Miami Herald on THE FORGERS *The Forgers is quintessential Bradford Morrow. Brilliantly written as a suspense novel, lethally enthralling to read, and filled with arcane, fascinating information - in this case, the rarefied world of high-level literary forgery. -- Joyce Carol OatesThe Forgers is remarkable. Bradford Morrow is remarkable. The Real Thing, which is rare on this earthly plane. -- Michael Cunningham
£8.54
Melville House Publishing Nietzsche And The Burbs
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£13.49
Melville House Publishing The Ancient Hours
Book SynopsisMichael Bible's tragic and sublime third novel tells the story of a massacre in a small Southern town and expands into a heart-breaking meditation on guilt, trauma and redemption.
£13.49
Melville House Publishing U Up?
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£15.29
Melville House Publishing The Stone World
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£18.75
Melville House Publishing The Fugitivities
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£15.29
Melville House Publishing Mr Breakfast
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£17.00
Kensington Publishing Swirl Secrets
Book SynopsisSexual fantasies, social stereotypes and racial divides collide in Swirl Secrets.
£14.39
Kensington Publishing Carl Weber's Kingpins: Houston
Book SynopsisA murder unearths a family secret that will alter everything Donna and Kim Boon have ever known.
£7.59
Kensington Publishing The Cartel Deluxe Edition: Books 1-3
Book SynopsisDiamonds are forever... or are they?
£15.29
Kensington Publishing The Cartel 5: La Belle Mafia
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£7.59
Simon And Schuster Group USA A Long Walk from Gaza
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£14.39
Interlink Publishing Group, Inc The Secret Life Of Saeed: The Pessoptimist
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£13.49
Simon And Schuster Group USA Fragments of Memory
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£15.29
Interlink Publishing Group, Inc They Got To You Too: A Novel
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£15.29
Interlink Publishing Group, Inc Dreaming In Color
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£12.79
Interlink Publishing Group, Inc Only The Dead: A Levantine Tragedy
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£13.59
Interlink Publishing Group, Inc The Bad Immigrant
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£14.39
PM Press The Blast
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£15.19
PM Press Ruin
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£18.74
PM Press God's Teeth And Other Phenomena
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£13.49
WW Norton & Co The Call of Cthulhu: And Other Stories
Book SynopsisDevoured by the Lovecraftian community and general readers alike, Leslie S. Klinger’s best-selling The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft, Volumes I and II were hailed as classics of the genre. Now Klinger returns with the ideal annotated primer not only for Lovecraft devotees eager for a more portable version but also students, literature-lovers and curious newcomers looking for a scare. In “Dagon”, one of Lovecraft’s earliest stories, the terrifying idea of an unknown being at the bottom of the ocean is introduced for the first time; in “The Call of Cthulhu”, the horror spreads beyond the sea. The iconic “Rats in the Walls” relates a journey into the depths of a haunted house and mind, while “The Outsider” is a twisted tale that will make the reader question everything. A necessity for any library, The Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories is an indispensable companion for anyone looking to experience a master at the height of his craft. A paperback original.Trade Review" Praise for The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft, Volumes I and II: Norton’s new volume must surely be the definitive collection. It is meticulously and imaginatively edited, beautifully illustrated and immaculately produced, with a thought-stirring introduction by the graphic novel writer Alan Moore." -- New Statesman"Perfect for anyone who enjoys exploring the outer regions of the imagination—and guaranteed to give you the shivers on a cold winter’s night." -- Sarah Vine - Daily Mail"Klinger’s depth of knowledge about the world Lovecraft inhabited, and his ability to tease out shades of Lovecraft’s personal experiences in the stories, make this volume the most exciting and definitive collection of Lovecraft’s work out there." -- Danielle Trussoni - The New York Times Book Review"Annotator Les Klinger is the man you want to have by your side, as you explore the Lovecraftian Darkness." -- Neil Gaiman
£13.29
Other Press LLC Son Of Svea: A Tale of the People's Home
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£15.29
Other Press LLC Home Reading Service: A Novel
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£14.39
Other Press LLC Carnality: A Novel
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£15.29
Other Press LLC Girl: A Novel
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£15.29
Other Press LLC Niki: A Novel
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£16.19
Other Press LLC The Last Island: A Novel
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£15.29
Other Press LLC Stone And Shadow: A Novel
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£16.19
Other Press LLC The Rebel And The Thief: A Novel
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£14.39
Other Press LLC Ammon's Horn, Or The Mystery Of The Brain: A
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£15.29
Penguin Random House Group Connemara
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£16.19
Other Press LLC Farewell, Shanghai: A Novel
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£15.29
Other Press LLC The Suicide Museum: A Novel
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£17.84
Other Press LLC School Days: A Novel
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£15.29
Other Press LLC I Remember Fallujah
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£15.29
Penguin Random House Group Ill Be Right There
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£15.29
Other Press LLC Drowned
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£15.29
Other Press LLC Schrodinger's Dog
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£11.99
Akashic Books,U.S. Book Of Extraordinary Tragedies
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£16.16
Akashic Books,U.S. The Reservoir
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£16.96
Akashic Books,U.S. Tell The Rest
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£17.84
Akashic Books,U.S. The Last Election
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£15.26
Akashic Books The Wishing Pool and Other Stories
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£15.29
Crooked Lane Books The Heart Of The Deal: A Novel
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£12.59
Crooked Lane Books The Neapolitan Sisters: A Novel
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£13.59
Crooked Lane Books A Christmas House Wedding
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£17.09
Crooked Lane Books Everything's Still There: A Novel
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£13.59
