A delightful story about twin girls, one shy and the other one an extrovert. The story is written in the form of diary with contributions from both sisters.

England; 1800s; Male Author – Considered to be one of the first mystery novels.

U.S.A.; Late 1900s; Female Author

London; Mid 1990s; Female Author

England; Late 1800s and Early 1900s; Male Author – considered a classic of working class literature

Historical Fantasy; France – 1800s; Male Author – Translation (originally written in German)

England and Greece; Post Second World War; Male Author

Australia; 1915-1969 ; Female Author

A young peasant girl from a small fishing village in Kyoto is sold as a servant to a famous geisha house. As the story unfolds details of an unimaginable time gone by are revealed with all its perfection and ugliness.

Japan; 1930s ; Male Author

Malorie Blackman creates an alternative future where everything is pretty much as we would have expected, except that there is a ruling class, which is dark skinned and a colourless underclass who were once slaves.

The popular series has four further books – Knife Edge, Check Mate; Double Cross; Crossfire.