Books & Book Reviews

2013 sees the publication of Martina Cole's twentieth novel, and with Revenge she is back and better than ever. It's dangerous, thrilling and compulsive...

Barbara Havers puts her career on the line while DI Thomas Lynley attempts to straighten her out before it's too late.

From the dusty archives of the Vatican to the overgrown jungles of Ethiopia, an unlikely crew of four begins a deadly search for the Holy Grail.

The authorised biography of Brendan O'Carroll, based on extensive interviews with the hugely popular star of Mrs Brown's Boys.

Once upon a time, in a world not so different to ours, a little blue man decides to create a machine to control the weather. It all goes terribly wrong.

In this funny, and somewhat surreal adventure story, a boy asks a bear to row him to the other side. They set off equipped with a suitcase, a ukulele, and a comic book.

When toddlers look outside and see the inky blackness, they might well imagine that night is nothing but a dark, empty and scary place.

In this folk tale from India, a wily jackal tricks his best friend crane into catching 12 fish. He selfishly scoffs the lot then gobbles up crane as well.

This is an extract from Maeve's Times, a collection of Maeve Binchy's writing.

A timeless collection of columns from the late, great Maeve Binchy.