2010 Costa Book Award – Novel Winner and Nominees

The Hand That First Held Mine

Maggie O’Farrell

Lexie Sinclair is plotting an extraordinary life for herself. Hedged in by her parents’ genteel country life, she plans her escape to London. There, she takes up with Innes Kent, a magazine editor who wears duck-egg blue ties and introduces her to the thri…

Skippy Dies

Paul Murray

The Blasphemer

Nigel Farndale

Whatever You Love

Louise Doughty