Once it had been the great forest of Lythe. And here, lived the Fairfaxes, visited once by the great Gloriana herself. But over the centuries the forest had been destroyed. The Fairfaxes have dwindled too. But Isobel Fairfax knows about the past. She is waiting for the return of her mother whose disappearance is part of the mystery.

The devastating consequences of the slave trade in 18th century Bristol are explored through the powerful but impossible attraction of well-born Frances and her Yoruban slave, Mehuru.

March 1978 saw the first ever transmission of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on BBC Radio 4. This 25th anniversary edition of the scriptbook includes a previously unpublished Hitchhiker script, an introduction by producer Geoffrey Perkins, and a who's who of all those involved.

What do a dead cat, a computer whizz-kid, an electric monk, quantum mechanics, a chronologit over 200 years old, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and pizza have in common? Apparently not much, until Dirk Gently begins his investigation.