THE SENSE OF PAPER Charlie, a war correspondent turned author, haunted by her worst journalistic experiences, turns to the history of paper and the materials of JMW Turner to distract her from the ghosts of her past. Her research brings her into contact with Alan, a highly successful artist and Turner scholar. She falls under his seductive spell, only to discover that Alan has plenty of ghosts of his own. A book rich in history and war, love and obsession, yet intertwined with a thriller’s mysterious undercurrent, this novel is designed to wrong-foot the reader time and again. Read More       THE LANGUAGE OF GLASS A story of love, loss and longing, nothing is as it seems in the world of Crys, a talented glassmaker living under the strict Communist regime of Czechoslovakia in the shadow of resistance, political unrest and dangerous whispers of revolution. When she flees to England to meet Ben, a writer, and give birth to her child, her devoted assistant Lukas follows her, determined to exact a cruel revenge. The mystery at the heart of the story remains firmly rooted in the very substance with which the hot glass is shaped, formed and moulded. Read More