Two sisters. One man. One moment that will change all their lives forever... Living in the shadow of their domineering father Rhianon & Sabrina Webster plan two very different futures. Edwin dotes on his youngest daughter beautiful flighty Sabrina but it is homely steady Rhianon who holds their little family together. Until one fateful day when Pryce Pritchard the man Rhianon loves gets into a fight & all their worlds are thrown into turmoil. Pryce is arrested
- & Sabrina disappears... Months later Rhianon chances upon her sister & is shocked to find her pregnant living in squalid lodgings in the poorest part of Cardiff. When Davyn is born Sabrina will have nothing to do with him & kind-hearted Rhianon looks after the little boy patiently awaiting Pryces release. But when Pryce is finally set free he brings with him secrets that will devastate them all.
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Flann OBriens first novel is a brilliant impressionistic jumble of ideas mythology & nonsense. Operating on many levels it incorporates plots within plots giving full rein to OBriens dancing intellect & Celtic wit. The undergraduate narrator lives with his uncle in Dublin drinks too much with his friends & invents stories peopled with hilarious & unlikely characters one of whom in a typical OBrien conundrum creates a means by which women can give birth to full-grown people. Flann OBriens blend of farce satire & fantasy result in a remarkable astonishingly innovative book. ...

Its summer & time to head to Crabby Spit for a camping holiday. Dont forget to write! says Grandma. & sure enough the postcards come thick & fast detailing all the timeless pleasures of playing on the beach paddling & surfing finding treasures dancing to the glow of a bonfire. But look out for the mischievous family dog who makes it his business to collect all the belongings of an absent-minded artist. Full of Roland Harveys beautifully observed characters this is a humorous & hugely enjoyable picture book. ...

Summer 1931 in seedy Bayswater & James Ross is on his uppers. An aspiring writer whose stories nobody will buy (Its the slump) with a landlady harassing him for unpaid rent & occasional sleepless nights spent in the waiting room at Kings Cross Station he is reduced to selling carpet-cleaning lotion door-to-door. His prospects brighten when he meets the glamorous Suzi (the red hair & the tight jumper werent a false card: she really was a looker & no mistake) but their relationship turns out to be a source of increasing bafflement. Who is her boss the mysterious Mr Rasmussen
- whose face bears a startling resemblance to one of the portraits in Police News"
- & why is he so interested in the abandoned premises above the Cornhill jewellers shop? Worse mysterious Mr Haversham from West End Central is starting to take an interest in his affairs. With a brief to keep an eye on Schmiegelow James finds himself staying incognito at a grand Society weekend at a country house in Sussex where the truth
- about Suzi & her devious employer
- comes as an unexpected shock. Set against a backdrop of the 1931 financial crisis & the abandonment of the Gold Standard acted out in shabby bed-sitters & Lyons tea-shops " At the Chime of a City Clock" is an authentic slice of Thirties comedy-noir. Praise for " Kept: A Victorian Mystery": Very entertaining & well done with a sharp appreciation for the details The Times An ingenious tale of madness murder & deception
- " The Guardian". A stylish page-turner.. .all done with humour & cunning
- " Sunday Telegraph"."





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Growing up in a mining family Caths husband Doug promised his father he wouldnt follow in his dangerous footsteps. But after struggling with terrible poverty in 1970s Scotland Doug decided a pit job would provide his wife & young family much needed security despite extraordinary risks to life & limb. Every day Cath kissed her husband goodbye not knowing if shed see him again as he went to work at the coalface. & while her husband toiled deep below the mother-of-five put her cooking & cleaning skills to use in the colliery canteen. In good times & bad the miners wives pulled together as much as their men underground. Then Thatcher swept to power & suddenly loyalties were tested & a fight for survival of a different kind ensued. One for their very existence. ...

Topsy & Tim are always finding fun adventures in the real world & this story is reassuring for young children having first experiences of their own. In Topsy & Tim At the Farm" the children meet all kinds of interesting animals. They help collect eggs from the chickens & find some little ducklings learning how to swim. They are a little bit frightened when they get chased by some large geese but Farmer Stewart soon finds them a nice job to do helping to feed a calf." ...

The conclusion of the bestselling Demon War series which began with Rides a Dread Legion Recent events have devastated the Conclave of Shadows; the discovery of the demon horde on the heels of the taredhel invasion of Midkemia the threat of the star elves themselves & the terrible personal cost paid by Pug & his family. But grieving must wait. At a deserted fortress in the Valley of Lost Men the Conclave's agents witness horror beyond their imagination orchestrated by a familiar enemy. But Belasco's motives are as yet unclear. The Conclave must regroup & discover the true meaning behind the chaos seeded by the evil magician if they are ever to find a way to stop the destruction of Triagia before the demon horde even arrives. ...

CAPTIVE OF THE CLAN To regain control of his fractured clan Robert Matheson must take Lilidh Mac Lerie hostage as a bargaining tool. But Lilidh is no ordinary captive. She's the woman he once loved
- & rejected! Rob's touch is etched permanently into her memory & unaware that he was forced to repudiate their love Lilidh has never forgotten the man who broke her heart all those years ago. Now looking into the eyes of her captor she no longer recognises this fearsome leader. She should be afraid
- there's no telling what he will do. But something about him both excites & unnerves her in equal measure...

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Lucy has been forced to run away from home as she fears for her safety from her drunken father. She is taken on as a maid at the house of Dr Dee court magician upon whom Elizabeth I relies heavily even down to advising the date of her coronation. The household is strange & sinister & Lucy has a nose for intrigue.. . And she has more than enough to satisfy her: Lucy stumbles across a plot to assassinate the queen & has to find means to warn her.. . ...

For many years Andrew Greig saw the poet Norman Mac Caig as a father figure. Months before his death Mac Caigs enigmatic final request to Greig was that he fish for him at the Loch of the Green Corrie; the location even the real name of his destination was more mysterious still. His search took in days of outdoor living meetings & fishing with friends in the remote hill lochs of far North-West Scotl&. It led finally to the waters of the Green Corrie which would come to reflect Greigs own life his thoughts on poetry geology & land ownership in the Highlands & the ambiguous roles of whisky love & male friendship. At the Loch of the Green Corrie is a richly atmospheric narrative a celebration of losing & recovering oneself in a unique landscape the consideration of a particular culture & a homage to a remarkable poet & his world. ...