Bøger af Robert Dodds

Nineteen stories: nineteen diverse characters who will share their closest secrets with you. The artist haunted by a mysterious Chinese boy who never speaks; the girl whose murdered sister whispers in her head; the geneticist trapped in the body of a sow; the old man baffled by a peripatetic building. This is a unique collection - sometimes funny, sometimes eerie, but always surprising. Robert Dodds has been published by Andersen Press (Random House), Polygon, and A&C Black (Bloomsbury). His short stories have been anthologised by HarperCollins, and broadcast on BBC Radio Four. This is his second collection.

Great art requires careful execution!Hell hath no fury like an artist scorned... in the art school of Forthburgh in Scotland, twisted egos, thwarted ambitions and despicable desires lead to murders most foul. Can inexperienced investigator Coupar Cruickshank untangle the web of deceit?About the author: Robert Dodds worked for 23 years at Edinburgh College of Art. No murders occurred at the college during that time.He writes for both adults and children and has been widely published and broadcast. Previous novels include 'Paradise Por Favor', a humorous novel set in Spain; the historical novel 'The Garden of Earthly Delights', inspired by the work of the 15th Century artist Hieronymus Bosch, and 'Sitting Duck' - "not a whodunnit but a who'll do it".His first novel for children, 'The Midnight Clowns' (2000, Andersen Press) was short-listed for the Kathleen Fidler Award, and also published in France by Flammarion. His other children's novels are 'Nightland' (2002, Andersen Press), 'The Secret of Iguando' (2004, Andersen Press, also published in USA by Mondo, and serialised on BBC Radio Four), and 'The Murrian' (2008, Andersen Press, also published as an audio book by Oakhill). He has two books in the A&C Black/Bloomsbury 'Wired' series for struggling teenage readers: 'The Haunted Mobile' (2011) and 'Pitch Dark'(2012). For adult readers, his collection of stories 'Rattlesnake and Other Tales' was published in 2001 by Polygon, the fiction imprint of Edinburgh University Press. A second collection of short stories was published in 2015, entitled 'Secret Sharers'. He has had nine stories broadcast on BBC Radio Four, a professional production of his stage play 'Rattlesnake', and he has written and directed several short films shown on television and at film festivals.

'Not a whodunnit, but a who'll do it!' 'Lucky Jim' meets 'The Beach': a pacy comic novel with a sting in the tail. This is the journal of Martin Mallard: middle-aged, divorced and uptight, but determined to put a little adventure into his life. He's signed up with Target Holidays for a group tour of Pootapuri, an obscure island in the Bay of Bengal. The ill-assorted group turns into a hornets' nest, and, worse, it gradually dawns on him that someone has got it in for him. Someone homicidal... Within his journal's pages lie the clues to his eventual murder. It's been so generous of the murderer to share the journal with us - and belatedly to fulfil Martin's own literary ambitions. About the author: Robert Dodds has been widely published and broadcast, and writes both for adults and children. His first novel for children, 'The Midnight Clowns' (2000, Andersen Press) was short-listed for the Kathleen Fidler Award, and also published in France by Flammarion. His other children's novels are 'Nightland' (2002, Andersen Press), 'The Secret of Iguando' (2004, Andersen Press, also published in USA by Mondo, and serialised on BBC Radio Four), and 'The Murrian' (2008, Andersen Press, also published as an audio book by Oakhill). He has two books in A&C Black's 'Wired' series for struggling teenage readers: 'The Haunted Mobile' (2011) and 'Pitch Dark'(2012). For adult readers, his collection of stories 'Rattlesnake and Other Tales' was published in 2001 by Polygon, the fiction imprint of Edinburgh University Press. He has had nine stories broadcast on BBC Radio Four, a professional stage play production, and has written and directed several short films shown on television and at film festivals. His latest books are 'The Garden of Earthly Delights', a historical thriller about the artist Hieronymus Bosch, and 'Secret Sharers', a collection of short stories. Visit his website at www.robertdodds.com

David just wants to play on the school team again - but will his football dream turn into a nightmare? Chilling horror.