Nine-year-old Samuel lives alone in a once-great estate in Surrey with the family's housekeeper, Ruth. His father is dead and his mother has been abroad for months, purportedly tending to her late husband's faltering business. She left in a hurry one night while Samuel was sleeping and did not say goodbye.
?A fiendishly efficient, gorgeously written, nasty little thrill ride of a psychological thriller. I couldn't put it down, and it's entirely possible that I'll never sleep again. A true tour-de-force of a debut novel.??Lyndsay Faye, author of The Gods of Gotham and Jane Steele For fans of Shirley Jackson, Sarah Waters and Daphne du Maurier, an electrifying debut about a boy left alone in his family's English estate with a housekeeper he suspec...
Dads are expected to be a master of all trades and a Jack of none! If they're not putting up shelves, or balancing family life with a hectic job, fathers everywhere are supposed to be the fountain of all knowledge, whether it's how to deal with spiders, or what all the capital cities of Europe are. This handy, pocket-sized book is the perfect gift for any dad, packed with practical and fun information of things your dad will need (and want) to...
Nasce il primo figlio e la vita è scombussolata: una valanga di novità e di cambiamenti. Ma dove s'impara il mestiere di papà? Certamente sul campo, giorno per giorno, ma anche facendosi aiutare da un libro come questo che può fare da guida nell'affrontare i non pochi dubbi e le mille perplessità. Stephen Giles racconta la propria esperienza fatta con i suoi due vivaci bambini in un libro pieno di umorismo, di spunti e consigli pratici e inseg...
This addition to the Pocket Bible family is packed full of tips and advice especially for Dads. From mowing the perfect lawn to teaching their teenager to drive, this is a great gift for Father's Day, Christmas and birthdays.
Meeting for the first time, cousins Milo, Adele, and Isabella soon realize nothing is as it seems. Lured to their sick Uncle Silas's home under the pretense of becoming heirs to a vast fortune, the trio figures out too late that Silas is a villain who will stop at nothing to prevent his own death.
Meeting for the first time, cousins Milo, Adele, and Isabella soon realize nothing is as it seems. Lured to their sick Uncle Silas's home under the ...