North Woods'A monumental achievement . . . I loved it' Maggie O'Farrell FOUR CENTURIES. A SINGLE HOUSE DEEP IN THE WOODS OF NEW ENGLAND. A young Puritan couple on the run. An English soldier with a fantastic vision. Inseparable twin sisters. A lovelorn painter and a lusty beetle. A desperate mother and her haunted son. A ruthless con man and a stalking panther. Buried secrets. Madness, dreams and hope. All are connected. The dark, raucous, beautiful past is very

within their families - and between each other - than they ever thought possible

and pored over photographs of First World War battle scenes to see whether Harry appeared in any of them

before all the living things on the land and the fishes in the sea were destroyed

But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle

he likes to indulge in a spot of parachute jumping with Major Rodriguez

All three stories show Golding as a gentle satirist

Dr Svenson did not ask to be a chaperone to his Prince

and she must decide just how much she is willing to pay and how far she is willing to go to find it

A series of seemingly small discoveries gradually turn Rues unease into dread

It appears that another boat was also shipwrecked and a fight ensued to get the one and only lifeboat

It is only on arrival at the Chesterfield house that he learns the sinister details of Varano's disappearance

and Chaloner knows he has to ignore his master's instructions and use his own considerable wits to defeat an enemy whose deadly tentacles reach into the very heart of the government: an enemy who has the power and expertise to destroy anyone who stands in the way