The Land Of LaughsFor schoolteacher Thomas Abbey there was no writer to equal Marshall France a legendary author of children's books who hid himself away in the small town of Galen and died of a heart attack at the age of forty four. Tom and his girlfriend Saxony wanting to write France's biography arrive in Galen where they discover the writer's fiercely protective daughter Anna is waiting for them. Before long they realise that this idyllic little town and its

A tense psychological thriller with an instantly familiar domestic backdrop

tireless investigative reporter and enlightened multiculturalist before the word existed

it seems an escape to a more straightforward existence

bundling up in layers of polyester

from the Incas and the Aztecs to the Vikings and the Romans

Tistaparer Brittanta

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With a rich cast of characters from Russian secret service operatives to Al Qaeda terrorists and the Israeli military

The darker side of shopping is here in the letters

Helen Brown writes with honesty and humour about family life

- from underage sex to

they have been far from united