The Beautiful Summer

Cesare Pavese

'An astonishing portrait of an innocent on the verge of discovering the cruelties of love... there are whispers here of the future work of Elena Ferrante' Elizabeth Strout, from the introduction. 'Life was a perpetual holiday in those days...' It's the height of summer in 1930s Italy and sixteen-year-o...

Ali Cross: The Secret Detective

James Patterson

School, mysteries, crime-solving - just an ordinary day for Ali Cross!Ali has helped to solve two big cases and he knows he has what it takes to follow in the footsteps of his famous father, Alex Cross. Eager to keep solving crimes, Ali and his friends hack into police calls and secretly check out crime...