DEADLY ANIMALS by Marie Tierney

DEADLY ANIMALS Marie Tierney Zaffre (bonnierbooks.co.uk) £16.99 Buy a copy from your favourite independent bookshop Thirteen-year-old Ava Bonney is different from other kids her age. Exceptionally bright, Ava has a keen interest in what happens when things die. She has her own “body farm” situated around the local area, where she can observe the rate […]

RIVER GOD by Wilbur Smith

RIVER GOD Wilbur Smith (wilbursmithbooks.com) Zaffre (bonnierbooks.co.uk) £10.99 Buy a copy from your favourite independent bookshop Taita is a slave to the pharaoh’s grand vizier, Lord Intef, a man whom he fears greatly, and who is responsible for his castration. When Intef manages to manouvre his daughter, Lostris, into the king’s sphere of awareness, and […]

WE BEGIN AT THE END by Chris Whitaker

WE BEGIN AT THE END Chris Whitaker Zaffre Books (www.zaffrebooks.co.uk) £14.99 Walker has been Cape Haven’s Chief of Police for over twenty years. In the sleepy California coastal town, his job consists mainly of being nice to tourists, and keeping an eye on his old friend Star Radley and her two kids: thirteen-year-old Duchess and […]