Fee Fi Fo Fum: A Book of Fairy TalesThis is a collection of fairy stories retold by Sir Osbert Sitwell from a somewhat different angle from the traditional. He warns us in his preface that they are not written for or only for exceptional children, so much as for their fathers and mothers; and he also explains their appeal to the creative writer. 'It is easy to understand that there are points attractive to authors about this form of composition, and in the past they have often turned

Without warning

The System by Ryan Gattis is a breakneck journey through every phase of the American criminal justice system

a solitary man who has finally found love in the form of his beautiful and vivacious wife

Naipaul in the late 1980s through the American South

and its comedy' William Boyd 'A brilliant psychological figure' Observer

loss and secrets

perhaps boy and man can mend what has been broken and maybe even the whole town

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow

invigorating

'Chilling - a must-read' Peter James

You show people that and you wont go far wrong in life