London (England) -- Social conditions -- Fiction

At the sonorous boom of the foghorn, young Hester Stainsby gives an involuntary shudder. In the cavernous basement laundry room of the Poplar Hospital where she toils from dawn to dusk, there is fog too, damp, hot and swirling. Her fears are realised: her father has been badly injured in an accid...

As if everyday life in London's slums wasn't hard enough for Jane Roberts and her three children, the day that ne'er-do-well husband Bert walks out on his family as rent day draws near is a particularly dark time. In the wake of his desertion, the family pull together to find their way forward, a...

Orphan Hannah Miller has grown up trying to protect her sister from their bullying guardian. But when the girls flee, they find themselves living among thieves. Hannah Miller is a young girl who has had to grow up fast. Since the death of her parents she has taken responsibility for her sister Al...

Keith is a social worker who, following a brief affair with a colleague, finds himself living alone in a flat a few streets away from his wife, Annabelle, and his teenage son. His domestic problems, allied with growing tensions at work, profoundly undermine his peace of mind.

Daniel Defoe breathed life into the historical facts surrounding the Great Plague of 1665 but also managed to maintain the scrupulous and conscientious integrity of the historian whilst writing truly engaging fiction.

From the brilliant, sharp, witty pen of Sam Selvon, this is a classic award-winning novel of immigrant life in London in the 1950s.

Moses thinks he's got it made. Originally a poor Caribbean immigrant, he is now the proud landlord of a ramshackle house in Shepherd's Bush, London. He has visions of being master of his own domain, writing memoirs while his trusty sidekick and handyman, Bob, does all the work. But Moses's proble...

What is the devastating effect on your life when, through no fault of your own, you lose everything - home, family, friends, job, reputation, passport, money, credit cards, mobile phone - and you can never get them back? This book tells the story of a young man called Adam Kindred.

Following 'Corner House Girls' and 'Kiss the Girls Goodbye', this is the third novel in the wartime saga about the girls who work at the Lyons Corner House in Marble Arch. Set in a Lyons Corner House in London, this is the third compelling novel in the series set against the backdrop of the Secon...

Returning to England after the war Gilbert Joseph is treated very differently now that he is no longer in an RAF uniform. Joined by his wife Hortense, he rekindles a friendship with Queenie who takes in Jamaican lodgers. Can their dreams of a better life in England overcome the prejudice they face?

Their parents gone, their lives drained of care and affection, the Campbell kids rely on their wits to survive. And in a world where cruelty is commonplace and protection comes at a price, 12 year-old Joel is about to learn that keeping your family safe means committing the ultimate crime.