Author:Shane Jones

February is persecuting the townspeople. It has been winter for more than three hundred days. All forms of flight are banned and the children have started to disappear, taken from their beds in the middle of the night. The priests hang ominous sheets of parchment on the trees, signed 'February'. And somewhere on the outskirts of the town lives February himself, with the girl who smells of honey and smoke...
In short bursts of intensely poetic language, this beautifully strange and otherworldly first novel tells the story of the people in the town and their efforts to combat the mysterious spectre of February. Steeped in visual imagery, this is a hauntingly enigmatic modern fairy tale - in which nothing is as it seems.
[Kevin Brooks'] pacey plots, masterly style and philosophical ideas in novels such as Martyn Pig, Killing God and Black Rabbit Summer have made him a cult among teens. This, though, is the big one. Its power as literature draws on a reality that few adult novelists have the stomach to address. It should be read by everyone.
—— Amanda Craig , The TimesChildren's Book of the Month: Gripping, streetwise and profound.
—— Geraldine Brennan , The ObserveriBoy is a hugely readable revenge fantasy....confoundedly gripping.
—— Nick Tucker , Independent on SundayTender and perceptive
—— Good HousekeepingThis tender and vivid novel of an exiled Arab woman's life in Britain, and memories of trauma at home, connects desert to Devon with warmth and wit
—— IndependentUrgent and enquiring
—— Lesley McDowell , Independent on SundayThere are some moving passages, notably his father's arresting deathbed monologue about the racism and brutality he endured in an unfairly hard life
—— Daniel Bolger , The Irish TimesPhillips subtly conveys a changing sense of attitude and perspective... It is a bleak message, brilliantly delivered
—— HeraldPraise for Liane Moriarty
—— -Every single one of her books is a great read
—— E! OnlineStaggeringly brilliant, literally unputdownable
—— Sophie HannahKeeps you guessing until the very end - perfect summer read
—— Reese WitherspoonMoriarty writes vividly, wittily and wickedly
—— Sunday ExpressThe writing is beautiful: sometimes funny, sometimes sad but always compelling
—— Good HousekeepingLike drinking a pink cosmo laced with arsenic . . . a fun, engaging and sometimes disturbing read
—— USA TodayRiveting drama packed with suspense and secrets
—— Woman & HomeWise, honest, beautifully observed. One of the few writers I'll drop anything for
—— Jojo MoyesStraight-from-life characters, knife-sharp insight and almost unbearable suspense will have you racing through it
—— Good HousekeepingPerfect
—— Hello!A hell of a good book. Funny and scary
—— Stephen KingA cracking story cleverly told
—— FabulousFascinating and compassionate
—— Daily Telegraph