Brett: 1126 books

TV producer Laura Fisher sets out to have a baby before her 30th birthday. But on the day of her son's birth, she discovers something about her child's father that shocks her to the core. Twenty years later, Laura's past begins to close in on her and she is forced to face up to a legacy of murder. Simon Brett is the winner of The CWA Diamond Dagger 2014.

On set, actors are frequently asked to deliver big emotion on a moment’s notice – much like landing a jet on the head of a pin. It is crucial to develop a practice that allows access to a full range of emotions without delay.37 Scenes: Two Women has been crafted specifically for the intimate...

A Race of Female Patriots argues that public-spirited women proliferated on the eighteenth-century British stage to catalyze an affective experience of political belonging, as dramatists imagined new forms of affiliation, allegiance, and loyalty suitable to the new British constitution established...

Michael O’Brien is a mild-mannered English teacher who solves simple little mysteries for a hobby. When a wealthy contributor is murdered at a school fundraiser and the list of suspects includes Mike’s coworkers, Mike finds himself dealing with something far more dangerous than the safe little...

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Vibrant, fascinating, poetic - a year in living things: all the things we love, all the things we wish we could, all the little things we step over and never know - the best of British wildlife from two superb naturalists and writers' CHRIS PACKHAM From blackbirds,...

The great wurm Ghalthier knew no weakness until humankind began to hunt him. Their steel tore through his wings and chipped at his scales as he fled the eastern armies through the forests near the edge of the Empire. He took human form in an effort to hide and recover, but the battles left his body weak and his name suspect.

In a fantasy world on the brink of war, a story about a sorceress named Willowtide unfolds. She is becoming closer and closer to the her good friend Archer, a human warrior who saved her when she was banished from her people. Their fates become more and more entwined as the story goes on, until their quests become one.

City of Dragons is the third book in a trilogy set in a fantasy world where dragons have returned to the sky. We follow a young elf woman named Willowtide as her journey goes through its most intense period. Her relationship with Archer is growing ever closer, and blossoming into love. Archer is a...

Jewish Anxiety and the Novels of Philip Roth argues that Roth's novels teach us that Jewish anxiety stems not only from fear of victimization but also from fear of perpetration. It is impossible to think about Jewish victimization without thinking about the Holocaust; and it is impossible to think...

First published in 1748, this novel was one of the most notorious French erotic novels of the eighteenth century; and, despite its clandestine status, a bestseller. Among its admirers was the Marquis de Sade, who said (in his *Juliette*) that it was "alone to have achieved happy results from...

Having just stunned those in Washington with Operation Hail Storm, Marshall Hail and his crew move forward with their next mission, using assets from two ships, the Hail Nucleus and the Hail Proton. His team has been provided the latest intelligence for a new operation that seems impossible, but then,...

Sebastian meditated in the solemn halls of the only home he’d ever known. Stone, brick and steel surrounded him. Riga Temple slept quietly while he honed his abilities. Master Riga would be proud of his star disciple, but the look in Riga's aged eyes told otherwise.

Ranging from stark psychological suspense to frothy frolic, this stunning collection of twelve short stories demonstrates Simon Brett's astonishing versatility. In TICKLED TO DEATH, a lover of practical jokes is smothered to death in a custard pie. DOUBLE GLAZING reveals the patient and perverse logic...

The boon allowed life to exist and when it ceased to function, illness, madness and darkness swept the village. Howitz set off to do what his grandfather had done, light the obelisk and restore the boon to working order. It was somewhere out there, in the forbidden, barren lands of the beyond.