Bernard Finch has come a long way from his small-town American roots. Bernard had some trouble in college, so he flew to Europe, where he enjoyed an agreeable life in Rome. That is, until his lover and protector died, leaving Bernie penniless. It was time to re-invent himself.

Bob and Ba live in happy prosperity. But on a Caribbean holiday to celebrate Bob's 50th birthday, Ba begins to suspect that all is not well. Her suspicions are confirmed when she discovers that Bob is a cross-dresser.

From the author of 'The Ten O'Clock Horses', this contemporary and funny novel looks at a year in the life of a TV cookery show host and chef.

London, the 1880s, and Jack the Ripper is at large. Two childhood friends meet again having found very different fortunes in the fog-bound, Ripper-stalked streets of Victorian London, in the new novel from the acclaimed Laurie Graham