In advance of her new novel 'The Road to Urbino, read Roma Tearne,s brilliant 'Brixton Beach,. Opening with the horrors of the London bombings, this is the profoundly moving story of civil war and a child,s struggle to come to terms with loss.[...]

A story of obsession, love and art set in Tuscany, Sri Lanka and London. Ras, a Sri Lankan who fled his country as a child following the violent death of his mother and his father's disappearance, has committed a crime. Dogged by his past and unable to come to terms with the killing of his mother, h[...]

How deep the summer had bitten into the land that last August, how cruelly it had burnt into earth and grass and air. What had started out as a pastel and water-faded spring turning so unexpectedly into a splintering, shimmering thing. All that had been required was a spark to cause a fire. Why had [...]