Bøker av Jess Kidd

Supper is at 6 o'clock sharp, and there will be no admittance after 9 - a routine Nora likes, as it reminds her of her former life as a nun. As she settles in, she is careful not to reveal too much about herself to the other guests.

Based on a true story, an epic historical novel from the award-winning author of Things in Jars that illuminates the lives of two characters: a girl shipwrecked on an island off Western Australia and, three hundred years later, a boy finding a home with his grandfather on the very same island.1629: A newly orphaned young girl named Mayken is bound for the Dutch East Indies on the Batavia, one of the greatest ships of the Dutch Golden Age. Curious and mischievous, Mayken spends the long journey going on misadventures above and below the deck, searching for a mythical monster. But the true monsters might be closer than she thinks. 1989: A lonely boy named Gil is sent to live off the coast of Western Australia among the seasonal fishing community where his late mother once resided. There, on the tiny reef-shrouded island, he discovers the story of an infamous shipwreck… With her trademark “thrilling, mysterious, twisted, but more than anything, beautifully written” (Graham Norton, New York Times bestselling author) storytelling, Jess Kidd weaves “a true work of magic” (V.E. Schwab, author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue) about friendship, sacrifice, brutality, and forgiveness.

An epic and imaginative historical novel, based on the true story of the wrecked Batavia - from the Costa Award-winner and twice BBC Radio 2 Book Club author

Magical, mischievous and mysterious, Everyday Magic is an enchanting mix of The Witches, Nevermoor and Lemony Snicket

The mesmerising new novel from Jess Kidd, selected for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club. A 'dark, comical tale of haunting and hoarding . . . Brilliant' The Times

An unforgettable debut mixing murder, mayhem and buried secrets, and where the dead play as an important a part as the living

The gripping new novel, set in crime-fuelled Victorian London, from Costa Award-winner and twice BBC Radio 2 Book Club author Jess Kidd