The book begins with a house burning down and then goes back to how we got there, following the lives of a group of people who become intertwined through their children and siblings. Mia Warren and her teenager daughter, Pearl, move into a rented house in Shaker Heights, Ohio. It’s a city that has been planned to perfection and run by specific rules, down to what colour you can paint your house. It’s safe and predictable and the opposite of what Mia and Pearl have […]
No Mourners, No Funerals
In the bustling city of Ketterdam, thief Kaz Brekker is a leading member of the street gang, the Dregs. He has a talent for scheming and coming out of close calls, and when a wealthy merchant asks him to do the seemingly impossible, he can’t say no. The task is breaking into the Ice Court, an impenetrable fortress, to retrieve a valuable asset. The score is the millions Kaz is offered if he succeeds. And survives. To pull off the heist, Kaz assembles his crew: […]
We’re a hockey town
Beartown is a small town in the middle of nowhere, Sweden. A town that gets by on its gritty residents, determined not to let harsh winters or the decline of their home get them down. They’re tough. They live surrounded by forest and snow. They look after their own. They’re the Bears from Beartown. It’s a hockey town. People live and die for this sport. Making it to the A Team and beyond can set you for life. Sponsors are eager to make back their […]
‘Life is happening to us now, just like it’s happening to you’
Mikey is about to graduate from high school and head off to college, escaping his small town and irritating parents, but leaving behind some amazing friends. His anxiety is through the roof, trapping him in loops of hand washing and counting, and that’s before the indie kids start dying. There’s something strange happening in this town. Again. There’s been soul eating ghosts and vampires and gods and now there’s something else lurking in the woods causing the deer to freak out and the police force […]