Roald Dahl was one of the greatest storytellers of all time. He pushed children's literature into uncharted territory, and almost twenty years after his death his popularity continues to grow. The man behind the mesmerising stories, however, has remained an enigma and his public persona was often controversial.
An intimate portrait of an intensely private man.
In a world prone to violent flooding, Britain, ravaged 20 years earlier
by a deadly virus, has been largely cut off from the rest of the world.
Survivors are few and far between, most of them infertile.
"Couldn't put it down"
"Couldn't put it down"
The Vanished by Lotte and Soren Hammer
Lying at the bottom of his apartment stairs, a postman is found dead.
At first glance, his death appears to be a tragic accident. However, when Detective Superintendent Konrad Simonsen is called to investigate, he notices that something doesn't add up. Did he fall?
Lying at the bottom of his apartment stairs, a postman is found dead.
At first glance, his death appears to be a tragic accident. However, when Detective Superintendent Konrad Simonsen is called to investigate, he notices that something doesn't add up. Did he fall?
At 2 a.m. on the morning of her 40th birthday, Sophie wakes to find an intruder in her bedroom. The intruder hands Sophie a letter and issues a threat: open the letter at her party that evening, in front of family and friends, at exactly 8 p.m., or those she loves will be in grave danger.
“Keeps
you interested to the last page”.
Whipping Boy: the forty-year search for my twelve-year-old
bully by Allen Kurzweil
Equal parts investigative memoir, crime procedural, and revenge thriller, Whipping Boy chronicles the author’s real-life search for the childhood nemesis who has haunted his life for over forty years
Equal parts investigative memoir, crime procedural, and revenge thriller, Whipping Boy chronicles the author’s real-life search for the childhood nemesis who has haunted his life for over forty years
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