Author:Anne McCaffrey
The beginning of a beautifully written, compelling and captivating trilogy that runs the gamut of human experience and emotion from Anne McCaffrey, storyteller extraordinare and New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author. If you like David Eddings, Brandon Sanderson and Douglas Adams, you will love this.
'Anne McCaffrey, one of the queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants' - THE TIMES
'A simply stunning start to a trio of books' - ***** Reader review
'One of the best books I have ever read' - ***** Reader review
'Engaging and entertaining' - ***** Reader review
'The pages of her books are coated with glue...you just can't put them down!' - ***** Reader review
'What a writer - she is amazing!' - ***** Reader review
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Killashandra thought her world had ended when she was told she would never become a concert singer. And then she met the stranger from off-world...
He said he was a Crystal Singer - one of the unique ones of the Galaxy - and when Killashandra tried to find out what a Crystal Singer was the answers were vague and obscure. All she could discover was that they were special people, shrouded in mystery, and danger, and beauty - and something altogether incomprehensible.
It was then that she decided that she too must try and become a Crystal Singer...
Brilliantly funny
—— GuardianA comic tour de force...the hapless Appleby remains one of his most keenly observed characters
—— ObserverA Trick I Learned From Dead Men is a wonderful book, written with a mixture of pathos and bleak humour that brings to mind classic television comedies such as The Office... Lee’s narration seems beautifully true: it is stop-start, cliché ridden, and marked by that peculiarly British tendency to point out the stray cloud in an otherwise spotless sky
—— Financial TimesPitch-perfect ... blackly funny, moving
—— IndependentAldridge beautifully captures Lee’s thought patterns... Her research is impeccable, and the quirky portrait of funeral home routine will appeal to fans of the TV series Six Feet Under
—— Daily MailAldridge is a skilled observer and the novel is full of detailed, sometimes strangely beautiful descriptions... Aldridge shows her eye for detail: there is joy to be found in the mundanities of day-to-day life
—— Times Literary SupplementImmensely powerful
—— Independent on SundayA wonderfully funny, original novel ... joyous and life-affirming
—— GuardianThis small but perfectly formed third novel from Kitty Aldridge is over too soon but is impressively accomplished, nailing the distinctive voice of its protagonist… Inventive coming-of-age tale
—— MetroKitty Aldridge’s latest novel mixes pathos and bathos in industrial quantities…he [Lee Hart] is an immensely likeable protagonist and Aldridge has absolutely captured his engagingly open inner voice
—— Scotland on SundayAn uplifting tale of life after death. Dead good
—— Time OutWonderful… I am completely convinced by Lee and drawn along with his narrative voice which Kitty Aldridge has pitched to perfection… Kitty has taken a taboo subject and achieved that fine balance, writing engagingly and openly, and with great sensitivity and humour about something most of us just don't like to think or talk about
—— Dove Grey ReaderAldridge’s writing is a rare find: startlingly original without being showy, skilfully crafted but not selfconsciously literary, a genuine, honest voice… Harrowing and hilarious, profound but unpretentious, this book conjures up a compelling world and an eminently likeable protagonist. For all the dead bodies and thwarted lives, it is surprisingly uplifting
—— Juanita Coulson , The Lady
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