The Crocodile BirdLiza, a naive 17 year old, is forced to leave home by her obsessively protective mother, Eve. Their life together is at an end, because Eve is a murderess. This explores the theme of innocence and experience, while retaining the constant tension of violent death. By the author of "Live Flesh".

vital input at the bank and post office consists mainly of words

Theres absolutely nothing wrong with Minnies island

But when Lef

he'd earned a judge's highest prize: a Supreme Court nomination

Like the DJ says: Time for the Badman

Rue see what appears to be a moving flashlight in the fields surrounding an abandoned house on the outskirts of town

I loved it' Maggie O'Farrell

of all the sentient beings in her universe

and Afghanistan was the last stop on his road to exhaustion

estranged daughter of a south London crime boss

the surviving champions each face a choice: dismantle the tournament piece by piece

has a proposal: If Iris will return to the Hotel Equinox where she grew up