Two Weeks with the Queen (Morris Gleitzman)

Two Weeks with the Queen

Morris Gleitzman

Blurb: Dear Your Majesty the Queen

I need to speak to you urgently about my brother Luke. He's got cancer and the doctors in Australia are being really slack. If I could borrow your top doctor for a few days I know he/she would fix things up in no time.

Of course, Mum and Dad would pay his/her fares even if it meant selling the car or getting a loan. Please contact me at the above address urgently.

Yours sincerely

Colin Mudford

PS. This is not a hoax. Ring the above number and Aunty Iris will tell you. Hang up if a man answers.

ISBN: 9780330426220 (Paperback)

Year: 1989

Publisher: Pan

Pages: 133 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's official site

2. Wikipedia page for the book

3. Buy from Readings

4. Review of the stage play adapted from the book

5. PDF of classroom activities for teachers based on the book

The Trophy Taker (Lee Weeks)

The Trophy Taker

Lee Weeks

Blurb: Introducing Detective Johnny Mann.

A serial killer is on the loose. His target? Lone Western women lured to Hong Kong by the promise of easy money. As The Butcher's killing spree escalates, bags of mutilated body parts are found all over the island - and more girls are disappearing.

Taking on his first major homicide case, Detective Johnny Mann is determined to stop The Butcher's brutal reign. Haunted by the memory of his father's death by the Triads, he's the only man who can track down a killer who's paralysing the city with fear.

Georgina Johnson has left her tragic past in England to start afresh in Hong Kong. But soon her life is in peril as she is sucked into the sinister world of the city's hostess clubs.

Venturing into dark and dangerous places, Mann unearths chilling evidence about the killings. And then another body is found, one which brings the murders closer to home...

Bolt the doors, turn on the lights and pray for mercy - you'll be up all night with this disturbingly addictive debut from a writer being hailed as THE FEMALE JAMES PATTERSON.

ISBN: 9781847560780 (Paperback)

Year: 2008

Publisher: Avon

Pages: 498 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's Official Page

2. Review of the book

3. Good reads page

4. Buy from Amazon

5. Another review