The Heat of the SunThese stories are set in modern Ireland, but they concern themes which are essentially universal love, friendship, idealism and the passing of youth.

In the tradition of such first-rate historical novels such as The Alienist and The Dante Club

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Christmas in Lower Lockwood

They're happy

But a simple card game between them rapidly leads to a duel to the death one that could result in the destruction of an entire country

bone-chilling

AFTER DARK is a twisting masterpiece of crime fiction that fans of Ian Rankin

On the eve of the war's final campaign

She has died by her own hand after years of mental illness - the first of the distractions which are implied in the title

orphaned at birth

Playing host to Alex's winter visit is Harry

But in doing so