William Trevor
Love and Summer

The eagerly-awaited new novel from the author of the Booker-shortlisted The Story of Lucy Gault. It’s summer and nothing much is happening in Rathmoye. So it doesn’t go unnoticed when a dark-haired stranger appears on his bicycle and begins photographing the mourners at Mrs Connulty’s funeral. Florian Kilderry couldn’t know that the Connultys are said to own half the town: he has only come to Rathmoye to photograph the scorched remains of its burnt-out cinema. A few miles out in the country, Dillahan, a farmer and a decent man, has married again: Ellie is the young convent girl who came to work for him when he was widowed. Ellie leads a quiet, routine life, often alone while Dillahan runs the farm. Florian is planning to leave Ireland and start over. Ellie is settled in her new role as Dillahan’s wife. But Florian’s visit to Rathmoye introduces him to Ellie, and a dangerously reckless attachment begins.• In a characteristically masterly way, Trevor evokes the passions and frustrations felt by Ellie and Florian, and by the people of a small Irish town during one long summer.

'I was totally entranced . . . a rare book' – The Times

Tom Cox
Under the Paw

Tom Cox might have seemed like a regular, hard-living sort of bloke, but he had a dark, furry secret. Tom was a cat lover. For a while, he kept his passion in check, but there was only so long he could postpone his dream, especially after he met Dee, his moggy-loving soulmate. He left London and his job as a rock critic and he and Dee, her cat and three kittens, moved to a remote part of Norfolk. They thought it would be easy. They thought their cat madness had reached its limit. They were wrong. In Under the Paw, Tom records the chaos of owning seven charismatic, idiotic and duplicitous cats.

Julie Corbin
Tell Me No Secrets

They say everyone has a secret. For Grace Adams, her secret lies underground and was called Rose. She was nine years old when she died. Grace has lived in the same idyllic Scottish village for almost her entire life. It is the perfect place to raise a family. But then she receives a call from her childhood best friend, Orla, who she hasn’t heard from in years – for good reason. And when Orla threatens to tell the truth about what happened to a little girl called Rose more than 20 years ago, Grace may finally have to face the fact that her darkest secret cannot remain buried forever.