John Banville

Freddie Montgomery is a gentleman first and a murderer second. He committed two crimes - he stole a painting from a wealthy family friend and he killed a chambermaid who caught him in the act. Here he tells his story.

Having fled Rome and a stultifying marriage, Isabel Osmond is in London, brooding on the recent disclosure of her husband's shocking betrayal of her. Reawakened by the knowledge of having been grievously wronged, she determines to resume her youthful quest for freedom and independence.

In this Man Booker Prize winning novel, Max, an elderly art historian who has lost his wife to cancer, revisits the seaside resort where he spent a memorable childhood holiday. Man Booker Prize Winner.

Felix Mordaunt, recently released from prison, steps from a flashy red sports car onto the estate of his youth. But there is a new family living in the drafty old house: descendants of the late, world-famous scientist Adam Godley.

Felix must now vie with the idiosyncratic Godley family, with their harried housekeeper who becomes his landlady, with the recently commissioned biographer of Godley Sr., and with a wealthy and beautiful woman from his past who comes bearing an unusual request...

Detective Inspector St John Strafford is called in from Dublin to investigate a murder at Ballyglass House - the Co. Wexford family seat of the aristocratic, secretive Osborne family.

Facing obstruction from all angles, Strafford carries on determinedly in his pursuit of the murderer. However, as the snow continues to fall over this ever-expanding mystery, the people of Ballyglass are equally determined to keep their secrets.

Victor Maskell's double life and war-time espionage have been revealed in the House of Commons. His public disgrace creates an unforgettable story.

Oliver Orme used to be a painter, but his muse has deserted him. He is also, as he confesses, a petty thief. His worst theft is Polly, the wife of his friend Marcus. When the affair is discovered, Oliver hides himself away in his childhood home, where he is be forced to face himself and seek a road towards redemption.