i'm currently most of the way through "the world and other places" by jeannette winterson, whom i adore in all her english artsy dyke glory. her writing is incredibly vivid, and very sexy. i highly recommend "art and lies," though i also recommend skipping the first chapter in that book, as it's too slow for the rest of the story.
and i just started "threshold" by caitlyn kiernan yesterday. it's delightfully creepy, and also very english. she has a wierd tendancy to connect words, like quicksoft or snakehiss or glassgreen. they're effective, but sometimes distracting for their unusual qualities.