Standing In The ShadowsLaura Principal is repelled but fascinated when she is asked to investigate the case of an eleven year old boy who has murdered his foster mother. It is not the sort of crime one would expect in Cambridge. And that's not all. someone with a vested interest in the foster mother's murder is standing the shadows, watching Laura's every move

this kaleidoscopic novel spins the strangest

she believes her destiny is to become his wife and help him spread the Lord's word

because Lesters brief is to sit tight and turn a blind eye

blood-thirsty Brigands and enough perils to make him wonder why he ever decided to leave home

and what happened to the pretty young teenager

Nick begins to learn his grandfather's buried secrets and comes to understand the power of old wounds to leak into the present

he earns himself a trip to Greece as a reward

at a time when Theroux was following Chatwin's "In Patagonia" with "The Old Patagonian Express"

it heralds Adam Hamdy as an outstanding new talent

following Heather's lead through the bedroom to what was on the other side

A great family of merchant bankers

and tangling with the two biggest mobsters in London