A Severed HeadMartin believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a delightful lover. But when his wife, Antonia, suddenly leaves him for her psychoanalyst, Martin is plunged into an intensive emotional re education. He attempts to behave beautifully and sensibly. Then he meets a woman whose demonic splendour at first repels him and later arouses a consuming and monstrous passion. How will he survive it?

Genetic engineering has pushed evolution far beyond nature's boundaries

And the more he rebels

King Rat marks out China Miville as an author to be watched The Times Brings together elements of fantasy

as seen by the journallists involved: and there is the enigmatic life of the woman libelled

Eunice for swimming

But Urquhart is not yet ready to be driven from office

a six-year-old girl called Amy is left at the convent of the Sisters of Mercy and wonders why her mother has abandoned her

and without comparison

but add in an arrest for murder

The Priest

As he discovers the shocking truth Joe must work fast to unmask a killer whose motives are rooted in the dark history of India itself

have we not all heard a voice call out our name