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On a certain day in September, an insect collector disappears without a trace and seven years later is declared legally dead. Actually he is still alive in a small, remote seaside village which is in constant danger from the advance of windblown dunes. The villagers, desperately short-handed, ...

In this remarkable detective novel Peter Ackroyd investigates the death of Thomas Chatterton, the eighteenth-century poet-forger and genius, whose life ended under mysterious circumstances. Fusing themes of illusion and imagination, delusion and dreams, he weaves back and forth between ...

Part archaeological detectivc story, part metaphysical extravaganza, Peter Ackroyd's First Light centres around the discovery of tumulus deep in the Pilgrin Valley. Its untold secrets act as a magnet to archaeologist Mark Clare, his team of volunteers and an assortment of truth-seekers. ...

Two dogs escape from an experimental research station in the Lake District, where they have been horribly tortured and mistreated in the name of science. As they run for their lives on the hard fells they attempt to survive wild and free. But the hunt is on . . .

In 1960s Nigeria, a country blighted by civil war, three lives intersect. Ugwu, a boy from a poor village, works as a houseboy for a university lecturer. Olanna, a young woman, has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos to live with her charismatic new lover, the professor. The ...

Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life—having nothing but his own wits to help him along. And with a charisma ...

"I'd gladly sell my soul to satan for a year of freedom," cries impetuous Rosamond Vivian to her callous grandfather. Then, one stormy night, a brooding stranger appears in her remote island home, ready to take Rosamond at her word. Spellbound by the mysterious Philip Tempest, Rosamond ...

Little Women is an American classic, adored for Louisa May Alcott's lively and vivid portraits of the endearing March sisters: talented tomboy Jo, pretty Meg, shy Beth, temperamental Amy. Millions have shared in their joys, hardships and adventures as they grow up in Civil War New ...

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