Sleepy Time Crime

When STREAKY won't wake from his catnap, his friend SUPER-TURTLE discovers something shell shocking. The SUPER-CAT'S kibbles are filled with kryptonite! Only one evil being could plan such a slimy scheme IGNATIUS IGUANA. Can SUPER-TURTLE nab this vile reptile before it's too late, or will STREAKY be forever sleepy?

"Serial meets Ruth Ware's In A Dark, Dark Wood in this ... psychological thriller about a mega-hit podcast that reopens a long-closed murder case and threatens to unravel the carefully constructed life of the victim's daughter"--

"Time Crime" by H. Beam Piper is a gripping science fiction novella that combines elements of time travel and detective mystery. In this thrilling tale, government investigator Verkan Vall navigates a complex web of temporal anomalies and criminal activity across parallel worlds. Set against the backdrop of the Paratime police force, tasked with policing temporal dimensions, the story unfolds as Vall pursues a criminal mastermind who threatens to disrupt the fabric of the multiverse. Piper's narrative skillfully explores the implications of time manipulation and the challenges of maintaining order across divergent timelines. "Time Crime" is a compact yet intricately woven story that offers readers a fascinating blend of speculative fiction, detective work, and exploration of the consequences of temporal meddling. This novella remains a notable contribution to the science fiction genre, capturing the imagination of readers with its imaginative premise and well-crafted narrative.

The figure of the monster in medieval culture functions as a vehicle for a range of intellectual and spiritual inquiries, from questions of language and representation to issues of moral, theological, and cultural value. Monstrosity is bound up with questions of body image and deformity, nature and knowledge, hybridity and horror. To explore a culture's attitudes to the monstrous is to comprehend one of its most important symbolic tools. The Monstrous Middle Ages looks at both the representation of literal monsters and the consumption and exploitation of monstrous metaphors in a wide variety of high and late-medieval cultural productions, from travel writings and mystical texts to sermons, manuscript illuminations and maps. Individual essays explore the ways in which monstrosity shaped the construction of gender and sexual identity, religious symbolism, and social prejudice in the Middle Ages. Reading the Middle Ages through its monsters provides an opportunity to view medieval culture from fresh perspectives. The Monstrous Middle Ages will be essential reading for anyone interested in the concept of monstrosity and its significance for both medieval cultural production and contemporary critical practice.

Cracking a tough case is difficult enough when time is running in just one direction. In H. Beam Piper's Time Crime, detectives have to pursue criminals into the past, future, and other possible presents. SF lovers, settle in for a pulse-pounding -- and thought-provoking -- adventure.

'Gives Jo Nesbo a run for his money' Sunday Express From the author of the bestselling Richard and Judy bookclub pick I'm Travelling Alone No one is safe in the dark... When a young woman is found dead, the police are quick to respond. But what they find at the murder site is unexpected. The body is posed, the scene meticulously set. And there is almost no forensic evidence to be found. Detective Mia Krüger is a woman on the edge - she has been signed off work pending psychological assessment. But her boss has less regard for the rules than he should. Desperate to get Mia back in the office, Holger Munch offers her an unofficial deal. But the usually brilliant Mia is struggling and the team are unable to close the case. Until a young hacker uncovers something that forces the team to confront the scope of the murderer’s plans and face the possibility that he may already be on the hunt for a second victim. Samuel Bjork’s latest novel The Boy in the Headlights is out now

"A COMPLEX, CREEPY, AND INSIDIOUS NOVEL ABOUT AMBITION." --THE GUARDIAN "READERS OF RUTH WARE AND GILLIAN FLYNN WILL LOVE IT." --LIBRARY JOURNAL (STARRED REVIEW) "FASCINATING, BRILLIANT, CREEPY." --GOOD HOUSEKEEPING If you had the perfect life . . . how far would you go to protect it? Professor Olivia Sweetman has worked hard to achieve the life of her dreams, with a high-flying career as a TV presenter and historian, three children, and a talented husband. Only one other person knows that Olivia's perfect life is in fact a desperate tangle of lies: Vivian Tester, the socially awkward, middle-aged housekeeper of a Sussex manor who found the Victorian diary of a pioneering female surgeon on which Olivia's new biography is based. In a gripping narrative that shifts between London, Sussex, and the idyllic South of France, Olivia and Vivian will learn knife-edged truths about themselves and discover just how far each will go to protect her reputation.