Narrative theme: Social issues

The Motion of the Body Through Space

From the Women’s Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin

‘Enjoyably abrasive… a compelling read… sardonic and elegant’ Evening Standard

‘Scabrously funny… few authors can be as entertainingly problematic as Shriver’ Guardian

Talent

‘Deliciously funny’ Helen Oyeyemi

‘Enormously entertaining’ Lionel Shriver

‘Smart, brilliant … I love it so much!’ Joanna Cannon

A wickedly caustic tale of a student who stumbles on a literary treasure.

Bitter Sun

It all started when we found the body.Then nothing was ever the same.

The Dry meets Stand by Me and True Detective in this stunningly written tale of the darkness at the heart of a small mid-Western town and the four kids who uncover it.

Red Clocks

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INAUGURAL ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION

‘Intense, beautifully crafted . . . Her talent is electric. Get ready for a shock’ Guardian

This is a work of fiction. Keep telling yourself that.

Manon Bradshaw – Persons Unknown (Manon Bradshaw, Book 2)

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

A brutal murder. A detective with no one left to trust.

‘[Steiner] solidified the promise of last year’s debut, Missing, Presumed, with another hyper-realistic police procedural’ Guardian: Books of the Year 2017

The Draughtsman

Speak out for the fate of millions or turn a blind eye? We all have choices.

‘Absolutely exceptional. So beautifully written, with precision and wisdom and real emotional acuity … A remarkable achievement’ STEPHEN KELMAN, author of Pigeon English

The Nest

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

‘I couldn’t stop reading or caring about the juicy and dysfunctional Plumb family’ AMY POEHLER

‘A masterfully constructed, darkly comic, and immensely captivating tale…Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney is a real talent’ ELIZABETH GILBERT

The Testimony

A global thriller presenting an apocalyptic vision of a world on the brink of despair and destruction.

The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047

THE BRILLIANT NEW NOVEL FROM THE WOMEN’S PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN.

‘Distinctly chilling’ Independent

‘Unsettling as it is entertaining’ Financial Times

‘It’s scaring the hell out of me’ Tracy Chevalier

An Unsafe Haven

‘Captivating …There’s a breadth of humanity in An Unsafe Haven which is very moving. I loved the sense of Lebanon and of what is unique and precious about the Arab world’ Helen Dunmore

Manon Bradshaw – Missing, Presumed (Manon Bradshaw, Book 1)

A RICHARD & JUDY BESTSELLER

72 HOURS TO FIND HER…

‘Hits the sweet spot between literary and crime fiction – Gripping’ ERIN KELLY

‘Missing, Presumed is the best [crime novel] I’ve read in a very long time’ SARAH PARRY, Guardian

No Harm Can Come to a Good Man

How far would you go to save your family from an invisible threat? A terrifyingly original thriller from the author of The Machine.

Galina Petrovna’s Three-Legged Dog Story

The ‘bonkers’ book that ‘it is impossible not to be moved by’ DAILY MAIL

A joyful and hilarious tale of some very spirited septuagenarians as they overcome innumerable obstacles to save their beloved mutt from a heartless exterminator in a land where bureaucracy reigns above all else.

Game Control

From the Orange Prize-winning author of WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN comes a grimly comic tale of bad ideas and good intentions. With a deft, droll touch, Shriver highlights the hypocrisy of lofty intellectuals who would “save” humanity but who don’t like people.

Remarkable Creatures

‘It is a stunning story, compassionately reimagined’ Guardian

Tracy Chevalier’s stunning novel of how one woman’s gift transcends class and gender to lead to some of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century.

A revealing portrait of the intricate and resilient nature of female friendship.

No Harm Can Come to a Good Man

How far would you go to save your family from an invisible threat? A terrifyingly original thriller from the author of The Machine.

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