Dying to TellIt is autumn in the little Somerset town of Glastonbury. Lance Bradley is just beginning to feel that he is idling away his life there as usual when he receives a call for help from the eccentric sister of his old friend Rupert Alder. Inexplicably, Rupe has stopped sending the money that his dysfunctional siblings depend on. Reluctantly, Lance goes to London to learn what he can, only to find that his friend has vanished. Rupe's employers, the Eurybia

remarkably original Guardian A novel in seven stories

'Excellent

' Christian Kiefer

acute observation and deep humanity

the ancient battle where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs

druggies and parasites

Back in Berlin 17 years ago

' The death of Sylvia Kaye figured dramatically in Thursday afternoon's edition of the Oxford Mail

Peter Raven Under Fire is the first in a series of the young midshipman's rip-roaring adventures

visible and unseen

patriotism

From the author of the successful The Greenway comes an atmospheric tale of a young woman's search to uncover the demons haunting her grandfather - images of a woman hanging from a tree