In a future existence ruled by anonymous authority, Gem discovers another world. It is a world of water tunnels underneath the city, where handicapped people live. Their struggle to escape becomes Gem's struggle. Messages are sent in paper flowers en...
On holiday in Scotland, Ceri discovers that there are secrets in her family about which she knows nothing. Her father left a long time ago. Why is her mother still afraid? Why is her half-sister running away, and who is her mysterious boyfriend?...
From thirteen talented Oxford writers, stories that sweep across town, gown and countryside. Featuring everything from love, lust, loss and death to tortoises and Tchaikovsky, this collection of stories will delight and enthral all those who have a p...
A collection of Oxford short stories and a sequal to the successful 'Sixpenny Debt'. In his foreword, Colin Dexter writes: "Volume II? Well, a common reference in the publishing world is the peril of 'the second-book hurdle', at which a good many run...
The Bodleian Murders is the third collection of short stories, all based around the university city of Oxford. These stories once again cover the range of emotional topics that are skilfully woven into the local landscape from murders motivated by...