A world that hangs suspended between triumph & catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall & the fall of the Twin Towers, frozen in the shadow of suicide terrorism & global financial collapse, such a world requires a firm hand & a guiding light. But does it need the Concern?

A boy firebombs a building as he listens to Vivaldi's Winter Concerto splicing behind an R'n'B track. A veteran musician is found dead in an alley with the pulse of an old reggae classic playing in his pocket. Rap sensation Lord Tribulation soon has his stardom threatened when he finds himself in the middle of both incidents.

In six days Silas Mudd will be 100 years old. Grumpily flattered by the fuss over his impending party - even from his irritating family, Silas' greater pleasure is 'to go over his life' and the women he loved and who made trouble for him.

Elizabeth Egan is too busy for friends. As a reluctant mother to her sister Saoirse's young son Luke and with her own business to run, every precious moment is made to count. But with Saoirse crashing in and out of their lives, leaving both her sister and her son reeling, Luke and Elizabeth are desperately in need of some magic. Enter Ivan. Wild, spontaneous and always looking for adventure, in no time at all Ivan has changed Elizabeth in ways she...

A revenge killing. A dead public attorney. A family caught in the crossfire. For Ty Hauck, the local detective who gets caught in the cross-fire, it seems as if inner-city violence has invaded his quiet Greenwich suburb. But has it?

Here's my EXCELLENT PLAN to make DogZombies the BEST band in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD! How hard can it be? (Very.) Right now I'm going to: 1. Write more songs (not about teachers). 2. Make a SPECTACULAR music video (easy). 3. Get some sleep (tricky when you're being kept awake by LOUD NOISES). 4. Annoy Delia (nothing to do with DogZombies but always FUN).

Barry's mum has become a bit of celebrity, and now he can't go anywhere without seeing a poster of her eating a chocolate digestive or wiggling her bum in a pair of jeans. It's so annoy-embarrassing, and everyone at school is making fun of him. But you can't keep Barry down for long. With the help of his napkin collection, new girl Nancy Verkenwerken and a snail called Snailypoos, Barry is determined to prove once and for all that he is not a loser....

For Bella Swan, there is only one thing more important than life itself - Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is more dangerous than Bella could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of an evil vampire.