Rare jewels of Victorian fiction highlight the fantastic contributions made by women writers in the early development of science fiction A selection of early science fiction short stories by women are collected here, along with an introduction exploring the contributions women made in the early development ...
This is the comical story of Frank Dickin, an impoverished young novelist and his involvement, on the one hand with an eccentic family of Russian emigres, and on the other with an all powerful newspaper magnate.
Captain Quigley, Bella's fixer, and his shady assistant, Murch, who can always crack a bone or two when someone needs persuading.Westland comes to Bella with a problem: his best friend Kennett is smitten by the heiress Miss Mary Skillane.
The dying years of the great depression; John Bischoffberger is a Pennsylvanian doctor adrift in Naples, Maine, struggling with his loss of religious faith and retreating from painful memories of The Great War.
The seven magnificent stories in Meetings with the Angel, by seven Israeli writers, were all written in the last ten years. The title under which Benjamin Tammuz has collected them was chosen because each of them reflects in some form the Israeli's confrontation with his identity; yet they are so different ...
Uncovering a dark family secret sends one woman on the journey of a lifetime---through the history of Britain's WWII spy network and glamorous 1930s Paris---in an effort to understand her past, save her family, and shape her future.
'Elegant and absorbing.' Guardian 'A book to be savoured.' Observer 'Intimate, funny . . . But Paul's parents and siblings have come to stay in the build-up to the US Open, and with summer storms brewing, several generations of domestic tension are brought to boiling point .
For weeks, someone has been broadcasting people's secrets from the minarets of the city's mosques, striking fear into the hearts of Christians and Muslims alike.
'MASTERFUL' Guardian'IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT' Erin Kelly'UTTERLY COMPELLING'Crime Monthly'5*'Heat'WELL-CRAFTED AND CHILLING' Woman'MCGRATH IS A DIAMOND-HARD TALENT'Financial Times
The Push meets Behind Her Eyes in a gripping thriller that follows a woman convinced that someone is trying to make sure her pregnancy never happens...
