Castagnetti (informally known as 'Casta') is a private detective who doesn't do things by the book. When a pompous notary commissions him to verify that a missing person is 'presumed dead' in order to dispose of a dead woman's estate to the other heirs, Casta smells a rat.

A superb novel set in classic Stephen King territory - a small new England town about to be engulfed by terror.

A timeless story between foundational tale and myth

One day, two Americans arrive at Dan Moller's door anxious to buy his side of the correspondence he has had with the mysterious author JD Salinger. They have a price in mind but can Dan really sell these treasures. Perhaps he should visit the United States and find out what Salinger himself thinks.

The new edition of the successful first edition will cover all of Rushdie's work up to the present.

Offers an interview with Salman Rushdie, relating specifically to the texts under discussion. This guide deals with Rushdie's themes, genre and narrative technique,and a close reading of the texts can provide a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels.

An extraordinary, beguiling bestselling tale of fly-fishing and political spinning, of unexpected heroism and late-blooming love...

After 19 years of teaching his pupils to emigrate, Alford George, elitist schoolteacher turned populist politician, is forced to work out a welcome for the diverse races of Trinidad to their own island and how to liberate those who, despite emancipation, are still struggling under old captivities.

A murdered migrant is the first big case for the embattled DS Alexandra Cupidi in a new series by the acclaimed author of The Birdwatcher

In wild, abandoned country, how do you find your place?

Sam quit university to find out the truth about her father, an undercover agent who lived a double life. Now Sam must decide. Will she walk away and pick up her own life? Or become an undercover operative herself and continue her father's work in the shadows...

A stunning new voice in British literary fiction, for fans of Sara Baume and Sally Rooney.

Peter F. Hamilton has produced something extraordinary with this amazing opening volume of a mind-blowing trilogy. In the future, human lifespans have been extended indefinitely and Earth is a comparative paradise. But it's about to go so wrong . . .

The thrilling follow-up to Salvation, featuring alien first contact, threats to humanity, a future war and amazing technological advances - the page-turning adventure continues.

Accused of mocking the inviolate codes of Islam, Persian poet Omar Khayyam fortuitously finds sympathy with the very man who is to judge his alledged crime. He is spared, and thus begins the blend of fact and fiction that is 'Samarkand'.

This edition presents not only familiar pieces like Rasselas, "The Vanity of Human Wishes," the Prefaces to Shakespeare and the Dictionary, many Rambler and Idler essays, and biographical and critical works, but also a substantial sampling of lesserknown prose, poetry, letters, and journals.

A novel of family legacies, love and betrayal...