Jess Kidd est célébrée pour sa voix narrative distinctive, façonnée par son éducation à Londres au sein d'une grande famille du comté de Mayo. Son œuvre est souvent décrite comme un mélange captivant, évoquant des comparaisons avec 'Gabriel García Márquez rencontre The Pogues', suggérant une fusion unique de réalisme magique et de narration pleine de vie. Kidd explore des personnages et des récits non conventionnels avec un style à la fois fantaisiste et profond, souvent teinté de mystère et d'humour noir. Elle mêle magistralement tradition et modernité, créant des expériences littéraires inoubliables pour ses lecteurs.
Nora Breen Investigates
After leaving the convent where she spent thirty years, Nora Breen embarks on a new chapter in the seaside town of Gore-on-Sea. As she prepares for a dinner featuring braised liver and a gathering of unfamiliar faces, Nora navigates the challenges of reintegrating into the world outside the convent. Her journey explores themes of identity, community, and the search for belonging in a place that is both new and daunting.
Schaurige Geschichten für frostige Nächte
'Wintergeister' vereint gespenstische Erzählungen von sechs renommierten Autoren und bringt die Tradition des Spukgeschichtenlesens in der kalten Jahreszeit neu zum Leben. Ideal für lange Winterabende, entführen die Geschichten in eine Welt voller Gänsehaut und unheimlicher Atmosphäre. Perfect für Fans von Dickens und Poe.
1628. Embarking on a journey in search of her father, a young girl called Mayken boards the Batavia, the most impressive sea vessel of the age. During the long voyage, this curious and resourceful child must find her place in the ship's busy world, and she soon uncovers shadowy secrets above and below deck. As tensions spiral, the fate of the ship and all on board becomes increasingly uncertain. 1989. Gil, a boy mourning the death of his mother, is placed in the care of his irritable and reclusive grandfather. Their home is a shack on a tiny fishing island off the Australian coast, notable only for its reefs and wrecked boats. This is no place for a child struggling with a dark past and Gil's actions soon get him noticed by the wrong people.
Magical, mischievous and mysterious, Everyday Magic is an enchanting mix of The Witches, Nevermoor and Lemony Snicket
'Thrilling, mysterious, twisted' Graham Norton'Delivers chills galore' GuardianThe case of the extraordinary child . . .London, 1863. A strange puzzle has reached Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age. To recover a stolen child, Bridie must enter the dark world of medical curiosities. The public love a spectacle and this child may well prove the most remarkable spectacle London has ever seen.Things in Jars is a Victorian novel unlike any other, one that explores what it is to be human in inhumane times.
The mesmerising new novel from the winner of the 2016 Costa Short Story Award, following her debut novel Himself, longlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger.
An unforgettable debut mixing murder, mayhem and buried secrets, and where the dead play as an important a part as the living
