The second World War is over and, in England, farm hands are in short supply. Beestings and Boilie is an evocative tale of the struggles of a migrant Irish family who move from Malin Head, the most northerly point in Ireland, to an equally remote farm in Northumberland. Told through Maggie's eyes, one of the…

Is living on the edge of society a choice? Or is choice a luxury of the fortunate? Joe, fighting drug addiction, runs until the sea halts his progress. His is a faltering search for meaningful relationships. Let luck be a friend, Nuala is told, but it had never felt that way. Abandoned at five years…

In the dying days of September 1938 the murderer of a Jewish shopkeeper is hanged in Birmingham. After witnessing the execution, Inspector James Given, who brought the killer to justice, is surprised to find he has been taken off the investigation into attacks on Jews to pursue a very different case. Two people have been…