The Stern Chase (#9 Brotherband)

John Flanagan

Pirates have stolen the Skandians' best ship and it's up to Hal and the Heron brotherband to find them in the unputdownable ninth adventure in the New York Times bestselling series.Outnumbered but determined, the Herons are ready for action. The scene is set for an epic battle at sea . . . For years now...

Small Things Like These: Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize

Claire Keegan

It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church....