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Peter Ackroyd retells The Canterbury Tales for a new generation of readers, a terrifying regime of the Owl Masters is sweeping through the countryside in The Owl Killers, the suburbs are not what they seem in Butterfly, and Cassie is stuck in the magical current in between worlds in Curse the Dawn.

 

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The Owl Killers» The Owl Killers

Karen Maitland

Giles knew they'd come for him, sooner or later. He didn't know where or when, he didn't know what his punishment would be, but he knew that there would be one.

The Birthday Present» The Birthday Present

Barbara Vine

Thirty-three is the age we shall all be when we meet in heaven because Christ was thirty-three when he died. It's an interesting idea. One can't help thinking that the people who invent these things chose it because it's an ideal age, no longer one's first youth but not ageing either.

Requiem for an Assassin» Requiem for an Assassin

Barry Eisler

Jim Hilger and his team sat hunched over a group of surveillance photos in a budget hotel room in Kuta, on Bali's famed west coast. The late-afternoon monsoon rains had given way to a clear night sky, and the adjacent beach was still noisy with revelers.

Corsair» Corsair

Clive Cussler

No sooner had the squadron sighted the fortified walls of the Barbary capital than a storm struck suddenly, forcing the ketch Intrepid and the larger brig Siren back out into the Mediterranean.

Butterfly» Butterfly

Sonya Hartnett

Plum is soon to turn fourteen, and one evening she stands in front of a mirror with her school dress around her ankles, her body reflected naked and distressing in the glass. If her reflection is true then...

Curse the Dawn» Curse the Dawn

Karen Chance

Stalking a time traveler is hard work, even if you are one. Especially when said traveler totally has you made. "Can we talk?" I screamed as I dodged behind a column to avoid a spray of bullets.

The Canterbury Tales: A retelling by Peter Ackroyd» The Canterbury Tales: A retelling by Peter Ackroyd

Peter Ackroyd

'I know that virginity is a form of perfection. Chastity is close to holiness. Christ Himself is perfection. But He did not tell people to surrender everything for the sake of the poor.

 

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