'Utterly beguiling' Joanna Trollope

Nilus Moore, haunted by his mother's death, takes refuge in his bedrooom. His father is oblivious to plans to demolish his already-crumbling home, now filling up with a bizarre collection of paying guests. As his household crumbles around him, Nilus struggles to keep his mind from falling apart.

Jennifer is in solitary confinement. Through the world of memory and imagination she lives in, two stories emerge; her romantic relationship with a jazz musician and the link this has with her imprisonment, and the experiences she imagines her ancestor has whilst bound for Botany Bay.

A novel from the author of Honour Thy Father .

Jennifer is a girl on the brink of adolescence. With no real friends, she retreats into the world of her imagination. When she discovers that her parents are actually her grandparents she seeks her escape and finds herself having her own adventures, with terrifying consequences.

Zelda is terrified that her love affair is about to end, and she prays for something - anything - to prevent the inevitable heartbreak. Then she is told that her father has hanged himself. With questions she can no longer ignore, Zelda for the first time begins to search for her father's truth and pieces together clues to his suffering.