Thomson, Rupert

One night in November 2002, PC Billy Tyler is called to a mortuary in Suffolk to guard the body of a notorious child-killer. But in the eerie silence of the hospital, the killer's presence begins to assert itself... A vivid evocation of an extraordinary moment in crime history, Death of a Murdere...

In the late 80s, Katherine Carlyle is created using IVF. Stored as a frozen embryo for eight years, she is then implanted in her mother and given life. By the age of 19 Katherine has lost her mother to cancer, and feels her father to be an increasingly distant figure. Instead of going to college,...

In the late 80s, Katherine Carlyle is created using IVF. Stored as a frozen embryo for eight years, she is then implanted in her mother and given life. By the age of 19 Katherine has lost her mother to cancer, and feels her father to be an increasingly distant figure. Instead of going to college,...

A small city in western France, the early 1900s. Suzanne, a shy 17-year-old with a rare talent for drawing, is entranced by brilliant but troubled Lucie, the daughter of a Jewish newspaper magnate, and the two young women embark on a clandestine love affair. Suffocated by provincial convention an...

In the years preceding World War I, two young women meet, by chance, in a provincial town in France. Suzanne Malherbe, a shy seventeen-year-old with a talent for drawing, is completely entranced by the brilliant but troubled Lucie Schwob, who comes from a family of wealthy Jewish intellectuals. T...

On a sunny day in July 1964, Thomson returned home from school to discover his mother had died suddenly while playing tennis. 20 years later, Thomson and his brothers are told that their father has died alone in hospital. This text works Thomson's memories into a mosaic that reveals the fragility...