This is a great book written by Jed Rubenfield, and is based on true events which took place on Sigmund Frued's only visit to the United States. On the morning he arrives he finds a stunning debutante is found bound and strangled in her penthouse apartment high above Broadway. It's social divisions, it rumbustious energy and it's tall skyscrapers have a vivid authenticity. The following night another beautiful heiress, Nora Acton, is discovered tied to a chandelier in her parents home, viciously wounded and unable to speak or recall her ordeal. Soon Freud and his American disciple Strathem Younger, (of whom the story is written through) are enlisted to help Miss Acton recover her memory and to piece together the killers identity. It is a riddle that will test their skills to the limit, and lead them on a thrilling journey. This book makes for some absolutely brilliant reading, but is definitely more for the adult population. As this is Jed Rubenfields first novel, I think he's done pretty well, and should be praised. Jed himself is the professor of law at Yale University and is described as one of the most elegant writers of his time. Published in 2007, this is not an old book, but has been overlooked as an amazing novel written by a promising author.

This is the sixth book from the Artemis Fowl series, and is as good as all the rest. By legendary Irish writer Eoin (pronounced Owen) Colfer. Eoin specializes in children's novels, and the Artemis Fowl ones are his best. Based around a human genius at the age of twelve. Artemis has met the Fairy world in his previous adventures. He is companied with his bodyguard Butler, and his Fairy friends Captain Holly Short, Mulch Diggums, and No1... Artemis finds his mother ill in bed, and realizes from Fairy knowledge, that the animal needed to cure his mother, was killed by himself- sold to the Extinctionists, to aid in the finding of his lost father. In order to save his mother, he needs the time travelling help of his friend No1, and the specialized skills of the Fairies. Artemis Fowl has to face his deadliest enemy yet. Himself. As well as a devious young elf and some caged Extinctionists. This book is possibly not the best in the series, as it is confusing some of the time, as to what character, considering there would be two Artemis' as well as an enemy Butler. It is brilliant fantasy though, and deserves praise. This book may be for children, but an adult could read it quite happily as it has all the makings of a great read. This is an inventive mix of myth and modernity, magic and crime, and well worth buying.

This is the fifth book in the Wardstone Chronicles, following the life of Tom as the apprentice of the Spook, an old man who helps defend the county from evil. The book is scary and shouldn't be read by anyone under the age of eight. It is a good book though, with a well thought out plot and imaginative writing that captures the mind. The story is that Tom is sent to the spook's former apprentice, Bill Arkwright, now a spook, to complete six months severe training. during this training Tom is wounded, and gains a few bruises. But all this comes in use when he and Bill find a rouge press-gang terrorizing a local village, of which they take care of. One problem is solved, but another awaits. The Fiend has entered the world in the book before this one, and he sends his daughter, a powerful water witch, to get rid of them. The Fiend tries to persuade Tom that Alice, his friend and former witch, was his own daughter. Tom doesn't believe it, but is anxious as Alice begins to send messages the witch way, and protect him in a way only a witch would think of. The water witch sent to destroy him, can mesmerize anyone with her Red Eye, and so Tom has to be very careful. There could be enemies round every corner, even within his friends. So who can he put his trust in? The book is hardback and has four hundred and sixty two pages.

Be prepared for spoilers, but definitely go out and by this. it is the seventh book in the Charlie Bone series, and it enchanting to the end. I think that you should definitely read the whole series first though, because the plot is intertwined. Here is a plot of the story in full...When Charlie's curiosity gets the better of him, he finds out that the enchanter Count Harken is back to take a his revenge on the Red King's heirs, starting with Charlie's family! Charlie's ancestor has been kidnapped and imprisoned in the dark, forbidding land of Badlock, and it's up to Charlie to save him. Traveling through a painting to the terrifying countryside, Charlie and his best friend's dog, Runner Bean, take up the quest. But when Runner Bean gets trapped, Charlie needs the help of his friends. Can they get past an army of trolls, rescue Runner Bean and Charlie's ancestor, and get out before it's too late? Can Charlie outwit Count Harken and his sinister troops, or will the prisoners be doomed to being held captive in Badlock forever? Otus Yewbeam, an ancestor of Charlie Bone and husband of the Red King's daughter Amoret, is trapped by Count Harken in Badlock. Charlie meets him when he is completely, involuntarily sucked into a painting of Badlock. When he manages to escape, he finds he must return due to the fact that Benjamin's Dog, Runner Bean, has become trapped in the painting. Billy returns home with Charlie in order to try and communicate with Runner Bean, who is still in the painting. When they go to visit Mrs. Kettle, they are attacked by Eric, who is controlling a giant statue of Harken's military leader, Oddthumb. Late one night Billy decides to go and see the painting where it is kept in Charlie's cellar. Runner Bean is ejected from the painting and Billy is sucked in. He meets Count Harken and his family, becoming close friends with the Count's granddaughter, Matilda. Charlie decides he must go back into the painting, where Billy is being held. When he returns to the cellar, he finds that the painting is gone and no one seems to know where it is.This book is very good, and I highly recommend it, though it should be really for eight years olds upwards, as it contains very mild horror and violence. Other than that, a great read!

This is the fifth in the chronicles of ancient darkness series by Michelle Paver. This enchanting story is set in a wilderness that houses very different clans, named after animals. When Torak, the hero of the book s an outcast and without a clan, he was the hunted one. Nine moons later he becomes the hunter when he vows to avenge the killing of one of this closest friends. He believes it is the last of the Soul-eaters, Thiazzi, who has done it. Is he wrong? He sets off with his brother Wolf and his best friend Renn on a quest that will take then in the heart of the Deep Forest, and to places feared by everyone. Here they will meet all sorts of clans, and are put in mortal danger. Will they lose valuable friends and will they complete their cured vow? All these questions are answered in Oath Breaker. It is a story about keeping secrets , and the true cost of vengeance. It is written in a way that is amazing to read, because she writes like there is different names for things, like humans to Wolf are ‘Tall Taillesses’. this is extremely good writing and this book should be bought, though the stories before this are also very good and link together. You should rad the whole series, though, not just this book alone.
I highly recommend you read this, but not before reading the other four, as they has a very close relationship. I don't think many people will understand the story as it should be, as they intertwine will what Torak is feeling most of the way through the book, and his way with the other characters.

Collection of four tales set in the world of Stuart and Riddell’s bestselling The Edge Chronicles. The Edge is a vast, floating island, over whose rocky edges waterfalls plummet into nothingness; a flat earth above which magnificent Sky Galleons clash in battle with pirates, monsters and other mysterious forces. It is also, more importantly, the set for Paul Stuart and Chris Riddell’s best-selling fantasy series, The Edge Chronicles.
Already spanning to nine books, across three trilogies (or sagas) charting the lives of three generations of the adventurous Verginix family, The Edge Chronicles is a complex and detailed epic, for which the Edge in itself provides a suitably vivid and well-imagined setting. Collected here are four tales from the Edge, telling stories from across the several generations of history the chronicles have so far described.
‘Cloud Wolf’ is the tale of a young Quint’s first battle in the sky, aboard the ship of his father, Wind Jackal; essentially a prequel to the Quint saga.
‘The Stone Pilot’ is the tale of Maugin, the mysterious creature who tends to the flight-rock at the sky-galleons heart, keeping the vast ship afloat. Like ’Cloud Wolf’, this novella was originally published as an exclusive World Book Day story.
’The Slaughterer’s Quest’ features Keris, the daughter of Twig (and hence granddaughter of Quint) as she attempts to uncover the truth about her fathers fate.
’The Blooding of Rufus Filiate’ is the first story to feature the title character, Rufus, a Freeglade Lancer, in what seems to be only the beginning of his adventures…
A fold-out timeline included in The Lost Barkscrolls handily recounts the history of the Edge and many readers will be familiar with the intervening episodes in the chronology, but it is nonetheless something of a mystery why these four particular stories should be included together here. There’s nothing really to connect the four stories, and while for the complete anorak, there’s something appealing about the idea of a book that taps into the depth of the longer series, for anyone else it can prove somewhat frustrating. These stories are pivotal, not to each other, but to the separate trilogies to which they form prequel, sequel or companion, and perhaps belong with the parent6 books, where their strengths would best be shown. But, at the end of the day, while the stories are not the best of the Edge Chronicles numerous instalments, they are of the consistently high quality the authors have set for the series thus far.