Three children go to the shop to buy ice-cream and never return home.The year is 1977. Nine-year-old Adrian lives with his gran and his uncle Rory. He loves to draw and he wants a dog. He's afraid of quicksand, shopping centres and self-combustion. But as closely as he watches his suburban world, there is much he cannot understand. He does not, for instance, know why three neighbourhood children might set out to buy ice-cream one summer's day and never be seen again...In this suburb that is no longer safe and innocent, in a broken family of self-absorbed souls, Sonya Hartnett sets the story of a lone little boy – unwanted, unloved and intensely curious – a story as achingly beautiful as it is shattering. As her quiet tale ominously unfolds, we are reminded of how fragile are the threads that hold us secure – and how brave, how precious, is the heart of each child who soldiers on. Views: 17
When Alice's family home has to be sold, she and her father Barney will do whatever it takes to buy it back - even if whatever it takes isn't strictly legal. And when Alice is expelled and sent away to an isolated boarding-school, she'll do whatever it takes again to get away. But Stormy Loch Academy isn't quite what she expected. With its strange rules and eccentric headmaster and rag-tag mix of students and teachers, it has a way of growing on you. Still, when Barney goes missing (all that not strictly legal business) she knows she has to rescue him. Armed with two new friends, she sets off on an epic quest through the wild Scottish highlands and islands to finally get her heart's desire - but does she know anymore exactly what that is?Both hilarious and heartfelt, this is the classic adventure story brought bang up to date, and told in Natasha's inimitable voice. Views: 17
A family-man gunned down at his home. A young woman tortured and set on fire. A face from the past…
DI Nathaniel Caslin is stable, for the first time in years. Provided that is, he can stick to his rehabilitation programme. Now, he can look to the future… or so he thought. Granting a small favour to a friend, can often be anything but simple...
When two random murders appear linked to a brutal, former paramilitary, Caslin is thrust into a world of long-buried secrets. Drawing unwanted attention from the intelligence services, he must consider whether the man he once trusted above all others, is now playing by his own rules. Professional killers circle, whilst Caslin faces uncomfortable truths about those seeking redemption.
Will justice be served to the fallen? Or will Caslin, along with those closest to him, be the last victims of a long-held conflict?
Haunting, dark and intense, The Dogs in the Street is an exceptional thriller from an exciting new name in Crime Noir. Views: 17
Seventeen-year-old Evie Anderson thinks she's silenced the demons in her head. She's battled depression, sunk to the lowest depths of despair, and risen again victorious. But now those demons have grown stronger, and have crawled out of her head and become reality. Will she be able to keep her old demons at bay now they have been joined by forces much darker? After Josh, her boyfriend, reveals that he is an Angel of Death, she finds her herself at the centre of the fight to stop Hyperion, a renegade angel, from igniting a Divine War between angels and demons. With the future of the entire world at stake, how will she find the strength to fight those who wish to destroy everything she holds dear? Then there's the little problem of Death. She requires Josh's life as payment for his betrayal. He saved Evie when she tried to end her own life and now his life is forfeit. How will Evie find the strength to fight the demons knowing that the one person she truly loves will be taken from her? How does one human keep fighting when there is no hope? Dust is the dramatic conclusion to the Bones, Ashes and Dust Trilogy. Told from Evie's perspective, this is a paranormal romance with a twist. The story of one girl's battle to fall in love with herself. Dust is a heartbreaking tale about grief, death, resurrection, and what it means to love Views: 17
