Broken Herbert Jenkins finds himself drawn back to

finds himself drawn back to the 17th century and the time when the hill above Tripletree manor was the place where the gallows once stood

On the same day

Then he meets a woman whose demonic splendour at first repels him and later arouses a consuming and monstrous passion

described by Ian Rankin as 'a humane and moving book

1927: Hollywood studio fixer Mary Rourke is called to the palatial home of "the most desirable woman in the world"

Broken Herbert Jenkins finds himself drawn back toA brilliant and utterly original debut novel. Now also an award winning film. You thought your neighbours were bad? Wait till you meet the Oswalds. They're crass, cruel and seemingly untouchable. Until, that is, they go one step too far and the results begin to tear an entire community apart. Skunk Cunningham is an eleven year old girl in a coma. She has a loving dad, an absent mother and a brother who plays more XBox than is good for him. She also