Get ready to run . . . an edge-of-your-seat thriller with bite from international bestselling author Linwood Barclay, in his first novel for 9-12 year olds.

One year ago, Alex Towne's body was found. One month ago, his mother saw him on the street. One week ago, David Raker agreed to look for him. Now he wishes he hadn't. Mary Towne's son, Alex, went missing six years ago. Five years later he finally turned up - as a corpse in a car wreck.

An extraordinary debut collection of stories, which reveal how the world looks when you're young, wild and deaf

A sophisticated, emotive novel, Chatterton Square concerns the complex web of relationships between two neighbouring families, the Blacketts and the Frasers, as the Second World War approaches.

Dual-language edition of Raymond Radiguet's collected poetry.

A groundbreaking and candid novel-in-real-time, considered a cult classic, from one of America's most celebrated poets.

The triumphantly accomplished second novel by award-winning author Barbara Nadel

It's London 2010, Catherine Gehrig, conservator at the Swinburne museum, learns of the unexpected death of her colleague and lover of thirteen years. As the mistress of a married man she has to grieve in private. One other person knows their secret, the director of the museum, who arranges for Catherine to be given a project away from prying eyes.

London 2011. Catherine Gehrig, conservator at the Swinburne museum, learns of the unexpected death of her lover of thirteen years. Her employer at the museum, gives her a special project - to piece together the mechanics and the story of an extraordinary automaton, commissioned in the nineteenth century by Henry Brandling to amuse his dying son.

Lea de Lonval is a magnificent and aging courtesan facing the end of her career. She has devoted the last six years to the amorous education of the exquisitely handsome and spoilt Cheri - a playboy half her age. When an advantageous marriage is arranged for Cheri, Lea reluctantly decides their relationship must end.

Hammered out on a prison typewriter, Cherry marks the arrival of a raw, bleakly hilarious, and surprisingly poignant voice straight from the dark heart of America. But soon Emily has to move home to Elba, New York, and he flunks out of school and joins the army.

Wiltshire, 1910. Threatened with a forced marriage, Mattie Willitt flees home in search of a better life. She is soon lost and at the mercy of the elements - until her life is saved by a widower called Jacob. But when Mattie's stepfather discovers her whereabouts, she must face her fears and stand up to those who threaten her future happiness.

An enigmatic young woman stands on trial for the murder of her husband - but the whereabouts of the murder vessel, a flask of poisoned chianti, remains a total mystery. This novel of mysteries, guilt and its consequences remains a powerful read from a long-overlooked author.

On a routine trip to the supermarket with his daughter one Saturday morning, Stephen Lewis, a well-known writer of children's books, turns his back momentarily. When he looks around again, his child is gone. In a single moment, everything is changed. The kidnapping has a devastating effect on Stephen's life and marriage.

'McCarthy is a master stylist, perhaps without equal in American letters' Village Voice

In the slum streets of the Jago, Dicky Perrott lives a life of petty crime and violence. With Father Sturt's arrival, he sees how his horizons might alter. Dicky's story highlights the terrible conditions of the Victorian underworld and the social policy that underpinned it. This edition provides rich contextual background material.