CONDENSED EDITION: Ten years ago Andrea Hayes was the IRA's most brilliant bombmaker. Then, sickened by an incident that went horrifyingly wrong, she gave it all up. Now she lives a safe suburban life, her true identity hidden from even her husband and her daughter Kaite. But when Katie is kidnapped, Andrea realises that her past, chillingly, has come back to haunt her....

In Roddy Doyle's witty and poignant novel of working-class life in Dublin, 10-year-old Paddy copes with his parents' fights, his earthy neighbourhood, and the trials of his little brother Sinbad. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1993.

In a moment of temporary derangement, Bobbie Pickford Norton begins an affair with a married Member of Parliament. Scandal inevitably follows. Bobbie escapes to a job as a housekeeper in a decaying castle in Galway. She becomes friends with the absent owner's sister, nurse to his invalid wife, wormwood to his jealous mistress and mentor to his three children. Bobbie's bruised heart begins to revive as she seizes the opportunity to begin the restoration of the family spirit and the house. Then the owner returns to upset this equilibrium...

Buller Reynolds was murdered on 31 may 1941, the night central Dublin was bombed. Fifty years on, elderly Lily Sweetman - a child witness of that long ago murder - is killed. A hit and run accident? Lily's daughter Nell doesn't think so. There are too many similarities to that ancient crime. But now Nell has stepped into mortal danger....

Holly Grant, married to a control freak. Outwardly timid and docile, the editorial assistant seethes with resentment and grasps a career opportunity which isn't hers to take. Simone Pearse, cool and sophisticated, is a gifted editor. She sacrifices everything, including her marriage, to get to the top. But her position is by no means secure. John Barrett, semi-retired, Irish author, has a rescue packet to offer. In-fighting, theft and murder are not on his agenda. Anxious authors, canny agents and a competitive market are just part of the normal working day. Holly and Simone deal admirably with the problems that face them, but can they cope with each other?

When Ireland is stricken by the potato famine, Sean and Annie, the only surviving children of the O'Brien family, set off to find their father in America. They are ill-equipped for such a hard and treacherous journey: a Dragoon's scarlet cloak, a shimmering moon-shawl and the golden necklace, entrusted to them by their sick mother, are their sole possessions. But Sean and Annie are not prepared to give up without a fight, and this epic story of courage and tenacity tells of their thrilling adventures as they travel from Cork to California.

Grace O'Malley commanded the obedience of thousands of men. Feared and loved on land and at sea, her empire stretched from Connaught on the Irish coast to the cobalt waters of Africa. Through the daring of her piracy, Grace nearly bankrupted the English treasury; she caused nothing but trouble for Elizabeth I. Yet the lives of these two amazing women were inextricably intertwined.

Set more than a thousand years ago in the soft green hills of Ireland, in a shifting time when enchanted beasts, strange creatures, and the Fairy Kind still flickered in and out of the lives of men, the ancient stories of Finn MacCool and the Fianna shimmer with magic. Rosemary Sutcliffe breathes new life into the classic tales of Finn and the grey dog, of Dearmid and Grania, of Oisin - Finn's son - and all the other high deeds of the Fianna.