Carys Davies Books in Order

These stories follow people confronting sudden disruptions, from a Chicago dry cleaner's shop to a Welsh mining town and a Victorian asylum. Love, deception, and unexpected encounters expose the mistakes and desires that unsettle otherwise familiar lives.

Across settings from Australia to Siberia and Colorado, these stories reveal private lives through unexpected encounters. A condemned prisoner, a woman guarding a secret, and strangers far from home confront loneliness, compassion, and the limits of understanding one another.

Alyss Teeg recounts the upheaval that follows a surprising announcement by her brother James Elward. Told in her distinctive, phonetic voice, this family story explores the strange consequences of his decision.

Widowed farmer Cy Bellman heads west searching for creatures he believes may still roam beyond the Mississippi. Left with her aunt, his daughter Bess waits for news while his increasingly reckless journey exposes them both to dangers he has overlooked.

Hilary Byrd leaves England for an Indian hill town, finding refuge in a mission house and friendship with a priest's adopted daughter. As he imagines a new purpose, local religious tensions undermine the sanctuary he thought he had discovered.

An impoverished Scottish minister travels to a remote island to evict its last inhabitant. After an accident leaves him dependent on the man he came to displace, their growing bond challenges his assignment and the assumptions that brought him there.