Fiction Autumn 2024

Vevey, Lake Geneva, 1861. It is almost ten years since the death of Fanny’s father, famous chocolatier François Cailler. Fanny’s mother and brothers have taken over the family business, but altho...

Venetia Grey, the director’s secretary, is the beating heart of the Ritz Hotel in London. She has seen kings, actors, politicians and princesses come and go. She has witnessed back-room business ...

Zurich, 1826. Little Rudolf Sprüngli’s mother is in the hospital, and he has spent his last few pennies to buy her a bar of chocolate. He puts all his hopes into this mysterious thing called ‘cho...

England, 1789. Young Elinda Audley’s brother has disappeared, and she faces having to marry a nobleman to save her family from ruin. But Elinda loathes her future husband. So instead of submittin...

Instead of helping out on his family’s farm, Wilson Bentley lives in his own world. He is fascinated by the nature around him, especially by snow. He starts collecting and studying snowflakes, an...

The South of France, 1901. Her whole life, Fabienne has been dreaming of owning a restaurant. Now, her dream is finally coming true: she has opened her own place, right on the market square in pi...

On a crystal-clear, sunny morning in January 1914, 28-year-old Karen Dinesen arrives in Mombasa. It is the first time she has set foot on African soil, and she’s overwhelmed by the stunning city....

January, 1887. On a freezing winter’s night, a girl is born in a rail carriage padded out with straw. The fact that Pipa is a foundling doesn’t matter one jot to her unusual foster family, and be...

The Taunus foothills, 1925. The Haller family’s little shop is still the heart and soul of the village of Dingelbach. But some things have changed: Frieda is about to graduate from acting school ...

London, at the start of the twentieth century. Madge is passionate about ice dance. But because of a terrible mistake she once made, all she’s allowed to do is train her younger siblings. When sh...