The Beautiful Dead

Стивен живет на угрюмом, насквозь продуваемом плато в самом центре Англии. Куда ни глянь, везде лишь вереск и утесник. Вечный дождь и рвущий душу ветер. Не самое лучшее место для детских игр. Но Стивен и не играет. Он пытается раскрыть давнюю тайну. Много лет назад его дядя Билли, которому тогда было столько же, сколько Стивену, вышел из дома и больше не вернулся. С тех пор в семье все пошло наперекосяк. Бабушка Стивена дни напролет стоит у кухонного окна, не замечая ничего и никого, она ждет,...

Meet Felix Pink. The most unlikely murderer youll ever have the good fortune to spend time with. When Felix lets himself in to Number 3 Black Lane, hes there to perform an act of charity: to keep a dying man company as he takes his final breath . . . But just fifteen minutes later Felix is on the run from the police - after making the biggest mistake of his life. Now his world is turned upside down as he must find out if hes really to blame, or if something much more sinister is at play. All...

Kaheteistaastane Steven Lamb kaevab Exmoori nõmmel auke. Ta loodab sealt laipa leida. Steven kaevab iga päev: pärast kooli ja nädalavahetuseti, kui tema klassikaaslased omavahel jalgpallikleepse vahetavad. Ta soovib, et ta onu hing saaks lõpuks rahu. Selle onu hing, keda ta ei tundnud, kes jäi üheteistkümneaastasena teadmata kadunuks ning kellest arvatakse, et ta sattus kurikuulsa sarimõrvari Arnold Avery küüsi. Üksnes Steveni memm ei suuda uskuda, et ta poeg on surnud. Tema ootab teda endiselt...

Meet Felix Pink. The most unlikely murderer you'll ever have the good fortune to spend time with. When Felix lets himself in to Number 3 Black Lane, he's there to perform an act of charity: to keep a dying man company as he takes his final breath . . . But just fifteen minutes later Felix is on the run from the police - after making the biggest mistake of his life. Now his world is turned upside down as he must find out if he's really to blame, or if something much more...

SNAP DECISIONS CAN BE DANGEROUS . . .On a stifling summer's day, eleven-year-old Jack and his two sisters sit in their broken-down car, waiting for their mother to come back and rescue them. Jack's in charge, she'd said. I won't be long.But she doesn't come back. She never comes back. And life as the children know it is changed for ever.Three years later, Jack is still in charge - of his sisters, of supporting them all, of making sure nobody knows they're alone in the house, and - quite suddenly...

Steven Lamb is 12 when he writes his first letter . . . to a serial killer Every day after school, whilst his classmates swap football stickers, twelve-year-old Steven digs holes on Exmoor, hoping to find a body. His uncle disappeared aged eleven and is assumed to have fallen victim to the notorious serial killer Arnold Avery - but his body has never been found. Steven's Nan does not believe her son is dead. She still waits for him to come home, standing bitter guard at the front window...