I Love, I KillCharles Maither, a publicity agent, formerly an actor, is revisiting Durrington, a Midlands industrial town where, years before, he had worked in the local repertory company. Here in Durrington, he had fallen in love with Shirley, only to lose her when she married Paul King, another actor. Charles and Paul became friends, and Charles recalls the story of Paul's rise to film stardom, with all its hopes, fears, business machinations and treachery. And

so he can kill him

one of the founders of the Wrens

arrives in the village on foot one spring morning

and when they learn that a ruthless sea-captain is intending to seek it out and make his fortune

Determined to carve out a richer and more fulfilling life for herself

but a chance discovery makes him realise that all in Gloucester is not what it seems

National Book Award-winning

Fantastical and humorous

Navigating car chases

a traitor is leaking information to the Taliban

giving us more extraordinary insight into the world ofHis Dark Materials

not many tears are shed