Fusing science, poetry, history and a profound love of landscape, this is her heartfelt, thoroughly persuasive tribute to the stone she calls ‘an art project of the great divine’.
When 14-year-old Charlie finds a mysterious old box buried in sand dunes on the East Anglian coast, he thinks he has found treasure from a shipwreck. The truth is much darker, and Charlie and... Læs mere
In the plague-ridden, battle-torn Northumbria of the Dark Ages, seven-year-old Wilfrid is banished by his parents to the windswept island of Lindisfarne, where he has only... Læs mere
The Young Man and the Old Man – two fanatics in adjacent seats – form a slow but steady friendship over the course of a football season. As their beloved club lurches towards relegation – and as... Læs mere
Can a parent ever survive the death of a daughter or son? Psychotherapist Diane Esguerra, a practising Buddhist, takes the ashes of her... Læs mere
When Margaret Thatcher tries to crack down on the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality with Section 28, ex-rent boy Tommy Wildeblood discovers secrets that could bring her government down.... Læs mere
Told through the eyes of a school counsellor, Words Fail Me is a gripping page-turner with a compelling mystery at its core and a hair-raising climax, while offering an eye-opening insight into the burdens borne by today’s adolescents
James Longley got into a fight one night and ended up being sent to prison. It could have destroyed him, but a chance meeting after his release helped him turn his life round and make his... Læs mere
The hair-raising tale of adventurer Jules Mountain’s bid to cross the Atlantic in a lightweight helicopter with a maximum range of 300 miles. The only way was over the polar ice-cap, which made the quest even more perilous
Caught in a terrorist explosion on the London Underground, Helen can't go back to her own life. In a bid to preserve their shaky marriage, her husband, Frank, proposes they sell up and sail the... Læs mere
A funny, nostalgic and gently subversive novel about utopian feminism set in a commune of lesbian witches in 1980s California, capturing the spirit of a time and place where hippie paganism and psychedelic experimentation were all the rage.
A bullied child seeks solace on the gay scene but falls into the hands of dangerous predators. Richard Hall recreates with unnerving frankness the year of his childhood when attention of older admirers went to his head, with lasting consequences for the rest of his life.