The Molly Flatt Column

Writer's rooms

Writer’s rooms

This month, Molly’s obsessed with desks and the four walls that surround them…

Latest entries

An extract from Valentina, by Evie Blake

An extract from Valentina, by Evie Blake

Read an explicit extract from Evie Blake’s, Valentina, an erotic story of love, mystery and the dark side of desire.

Fear in the Sunlight

Fear in the Sunlight

Nicola Upson’s fourth novel to feature Josephine Tey, Fear in the Sunlight, follows Tey’s book ‘Young and Innocent’ as it’s turned into one of Hitchcock’s 1930s classics. Here Nicola Upson talks about writing Hitchcock and researching the film for her own mystery novel.

Esther Lomax is Stranded

Esther Lomax is Stranded

If no one knows you’re missing, how can you be found?.

The unmissable new novel from the queen of psychological, suspenseful women’s fiction, Emily Barr.

The Other Half of Me, by Morgan McCarthy

The Other Half of Me, by Morgan McCarthy

Beautifully written, evocative, suspenseful, and shot through with a delicious thread of menace, The Other Half of Me is an incredibly exciting debut. Read an extract.

An extract from The Snow Child

An extract from The Snow Child

A bewitching tale of heartbreak and hope set in 1920s Alaska, The Snow Child was a bestseller on hardback publication, and went on to establish itself as one of the key literary debuts of 2012.

Haiku for the Single Girl

Haiku for the Single Girl

An uproarious, uplifting and brazenly honest gift book that celebrates the single girl’s life in 72 haikus…

An extract from The Confidant

An extract from The Confidant

This powerful first novel by Helene Gremillion is a gripping study of the destruction unleashed, when human desires for love and motherhood turn to obsession.

The Meryl Streep Movie Club Reading Group Guide

The Meryl Streep Movie Club Reading Group Guide

Welcome to The Three Captains. A charming bijou guesthouse on the Maine coast which is a haven of calm for guests and owners alike.

An interview with Sandra Howard, author of Ex-Wives

An interview with Sandra Howard, author of Ex-Wives

Sandra Howard has quickly established herself as a highly successful commercial novelist. Married to the former leader of the Conservative Party, Michael Howard, she was also, in the l960s, one of the UK’s leading fashion models. Sandra lives in London and in Kent.

The Testament of Jessie Lamb

The Testament of Jessie Lamb

Read an extract from Jane Rogers’ chilling apocalyptic novel… The Testament of Jessie Lamb is the story of one daughter’s heroism and one father’s love.