British fiction – Page 2

Of Lions and Unicorns by Michael Morpurgo

A collection and selection of Morpurgo’s work, including complete short stories and excerpts from his most applauded novels

An original book with a surprising ending which failed to set this reader alight

A tale of friendship, reconciliation with the past, and adventure, with two unlikely women searching for a beetle on the other side of the world

There are exploits; I’m not sure how glorious they are but this book doesn’t need glory to make it a triumph

A tense tale set in coastal Scotland where enquiries about the mystery of a baby’s abandonment and her mother’s suicide stir up trouble

A powerful book that will stay with me a long time for all of the right reasons – thought-provoking, shrewd and frightening

Police thriller set in Rome with engaging characters, sharp dialogue and lots of action-a modern thriller but filled with echoes of the past

Friends perform a ritual, entering their treasured items into a box buried in the woods. It must remain undisturbed or… So who opened it?

A well-paced book which crosses genres into post-war thriller, murder mystery and amateur detective fiction with the odd historical cameo

Family is family -nothing can be done about it. In this novel, Haddon shows how dysfunctional it can be whilst making a warm and funny tale.