Slipstream 9781784406004

Slipstream 9781784406004Born in London in 1923, Elizabeth Jane Howard was privately educated at home, moving on to short lived careers as an actress and model, before writing her first acclaimed novel, The Beautiful Visit, in 1950. She has written many highly regarded novels, including Falling and After Julius. Her Cazalet Chronicles have become established as modern classics and were adapted for a major BBC television series and for BBC Radio 4. She has been married three

Lenk and his band of fellow mismatched and grumpy adventurers are shipwrecked on an island

Head Of The International Organised Crime Ring Known As The High Council

But their commander has an ace up his sleeve: he plans to smuggle in ten CHERUB agents

If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly

the closed-minded Abiders

his body ages and he has no wish to be old

every single one of his decisions is inevitably going to go astray and bring disaster - and that's how we like it

but Marlow has gone beyond the obvious

Si and Dave love their veggies too

Will Robie

THE CAT AND THE KING

Wealthy land owner Merrick MacLachlan is the polar opposite of his polished