Clear Light contains 150 haiku bursting with Alan Spence's characteristic verve and wit. Mythic and mesmerising, awestruck and hilarious, these poems shed clear light on the delights, hardships, breakthroughs and frustrations of the world of the momentary.

This examination of forgiveness explores the topic in the widest context, but underpinning it is the belief that religion has given us many of the best stories and metaphors for the act. It looks at how forgiveness works and where it came from, and how it can enrich our humanity.

'Sexy, funny, blisteringly intelligent ... Duncan is the cleverest literary horror merchant since Bram Stoker.' The Times

Detective fiction from a moving, nostalgic and truly authentic new voice

At the end of his life, an old man waits in his office for a stranger to arrive. Over the next few weeks, Teiresias will visit again, making his way across the heath to relate the story of his life. As these two men sit together in front of a roaring fire, a remarkable tale unfolds.

A collection that explores what it is to be human. Never neatly resolved, these provocative and unforgettable stories resonate with honesty and wry humour and introduce us to a major new talent.

Featuring each of the first 3 titles of the Myth series - The Penelopiad , Weight , and A Short History of Myth , this edition boxset also includes the introductory pamphlet, A Word or 2 About Myths , and is presented in a slipcase. Each book is a retelling of a myth by an internationally renowned author.

On the edge of the Antarctic Circle, in the years after World War One, a steamship approaches a desolate island, far from all shipping lanes. On board is a young man on his way to assume the post of weather observer, to live in solitude for a year at the end of the earth. But on shore, he finds no trace of the man whom he has been sent to replace.

Eric Sanderson wakes up in a place he doesn't recognise, unable to remember who he is. Attacked by a force he cannot see and confronted with memories he cannot ignore, Eric discovers he is being hunted by a psychic predator, a shark. This creature may exist only in his mind, but it soon starts making some very real appearances in his world.

The extraordinary story of a cop who went undercover inside the notorious Hells Angels Motorcycle Club

Confronted by as sinister a bunch of villains as ever disgraced the pages of fiction (Lady Hermione, Dame Daphne, and the sinister child Huxley), Galahad is resourceful, indomitable and vastly entertaining.

By 1910, Leo Tolstoy had become an almost religious figure, surrounded on his lavish estate by family and followers alike. Too ill to continue beyond the tiny station of Astapovo, he believes he is dying alone. This book centres on the battle for his soul waged by his wife and his leading disciple.

Simon's Cat, but bite-size!

The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the cente of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of men confronted by the darkest of American visions. This book presents an account of casework and an investigation into our culture of violence.