Bøker av Jan Turk Petrie

Choosing can be hard, even for a superbeing. In 'Time to Choose', the fourth volume of Jan Turk Petrie's much praised time-slip series, we leap forward to 2036. About to leave school, Ollie Brookes has to decide on his future, while his younger sister, Vega, is drawn towards the past. Both must keep their supernatural abilities hidden from friends and teachers while facing all their adolescent angst and uncertainty. Meanwhile, single dad Tom Brookes is working as a consulting detective specialising in finding lost pets by hopping back in time. When distraught mother, Sarah Baynton, asks him to discover what's happened to her missing son, Tom is conflicted - more so when his preliminary investigations into the young city dealer's disappearance get him into a whole load of trouble.As an already volatile situation takes a more sinister turn, both Tom's children are reluctantly drawn into the Baynton mystery and face choices no kids should ever have to make.This highly anticipated addition to Petrie's popular Cotswolds Time Slip series is a must for fans of Diana Gabaldon, Jason Apsley and Audrey Niffenegger.

Tom's love for his family is put to the ultimate test. If it hadn't been for the wrinkle in time on a Paddington to Cheltenham train, Tom Brookes and Beth Sawyer would never have met. Now, in 'Turn Back Time', the third volume of Jan Turk Petrie's much praised time-slip story, we find the couple struggling with life in a sleepy village, while raising two young children whose supernatural abilities are viewed as a potential threat by the mysterious, all-powerful Guardians. When an act of bravery exposes Tom and his family to the attention of the media, a stranger tries to draw him into the search for her missing husband. What follows will divide Tom's loyalty and, in a dramatic and unexpected twist, confront him with his greatest test.This highly anticipated addition to Petrie's popular Cotswold's Time Slip series is an absolute must for fans of Diana Gabaldon, Kate Atkinson and Audrey Niffenegger.

What if the future hangs on your ability to play for time...When Tom Brookes and Beth Sawyer accidentally bumped into each other on the 15:15 train from Paddington to Cheltenham, neither of them expected it to be the start of a journey that would throw their normal lives so spectacularly off-course. In Play for Time - the highly-anticipated sequel to the much praised, award-winning Running Behind Time - Tom and Beth struggle to adjust to life in a sleepy Cotswold village while trying to rein in a toddler whose astounding abilities are seen as a threat by the all-powerful Guardians. With spies reporting on the family's every turn, what follows is as unpredictable as the knife-edge climax.Play for Time continues the story of an extraordinary relationship between two people who should never have met.

Where can a wanted man hide in a country full of returned war heroes? It's 1952 and Frank Danby has been looking over his shoulder for the last ten years, forced to lead an itinerant life, getting work wherever he can while trying to keep one step ahead of the police. Returning to London, he finds a job in an East End pub, where he becomes entangled with Grace, the young and beautiful wife of the landlord. Then the law comes knocking. Facing a justice system prejudiced against him, Frank must find a way to escape the gallowsToo Many Heroes is a gripping period thriller, exploring love, belonging and betrayal in a country still recovering from WW2.