Collection: Large Print General Fiction

July 1940. As World War Two rages, Daphne Devine remains in London, performing each night as assistant to stage magician Jonty Trevelyan, aka The Grand Mystique. Then the Secret Service calls. For, aware of Hitler's belief in the occult, the War Office has set up a hidden cohort to exploit this q...

January 1936. After the hard work of being a maid at Wallington Manor in the lead-up to Christmas, Annie is very excited at the prospect of going home to Bethnal Green. She has missed her family, but the money she earns keeps them all afloat. Olivia is from the island of Guernsey, and is visiting...

Spring, 1940. Annie's new husband Ricky leaves to fight, but she soon discovers battles brewing closer to home. He sister Janey begins to unravel, and only Annie can pick up the pieces. With London's police officers on the front line, Annie is forced to step up at work and do her bit for the coun...

Infamous gunslinger Wes Longbaugh is heading for his next job in Utah when he comes across a traveller cast adrift. Never one to turn the other cheek when help is needed, Wes intercepts the staggering loner. It turns out that Mace Farlow is the sole outlaw to survive a stagecoach robbery that had...

1942. Determined to do her bit for the war effort, Yorkshire lass Evie Sinclair leaves her island home to become an Ack Ack Gunner Girl, defending Britain from Luftwaffe attacks. Evie embarks on a gruelling training programme with fellow recruits Lily and Gloria - and the three become firm friend...

Thanks to a tip-off, Sheriff Alec Lawson and his deputies fight and capture the notorious outlaw Saul York. But then Alec falls desperately ill, and when he recovers, he finds that York's lawyer has got him out on bail. Although still weak, Alec is determined to return to work. He soon finds hims...

The loss of her library position leads Hannah Foster to a new life opening a backpackers' lodge, which becomes the hub of her small seaside community. As international travellers come and go, her young staff enjoy all the outdoor activities the sea and mountains have to offer. And Hannah herself ...

Something has walked the floors of the ORMEN for almost a century. Something that craves revenge... 1901. On board the ORMEN, a whaling ship battling through the unforgiving North Sea, Nicky Duthie awakes. Attacked and dragged there against her will, it's just her and the crew - who consider they...

Yorkshire, 1819. Laura is the only daughter of self-made man Obadiah Pennington. Proud of his success, Obadiah is keen to see his daughter secured in marriage to an eligible suitor. And he has his sights set on local mill owner Daniel Tranton. Wilful and headstrong, Laura is reluctant to have her...

Emma persuades her Aunt Helen to modernize and redecorate her Elizabethan manor, Court House, and turn it into a rural B&B. Hugh, a local architect, helps and encourages them. Jack Falconer owns an upmarket hotel in the village. Court House was once his family's home. Even though he's friendly, E...