"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." It's August 1994, in Limerick, Ireland and Jonathan Musgrave is 15, going on 16, and loves his girls, his music, and his booze - among other things. When his rock band finally find the drummer they've been looking for, a chance to compete in a local battle of the bands comes their way, with a prime spot at a local music festival among the prizes. Life is pretty sweet for Jon, until he meets a girl who looks like trouble, and has what would be a night to remember - if he could remember it. From there, he finds himself entangled in a local...

Poppy Riley is missing. The man who has her wants no ransom, has made no contact with her family, and has no intention to do so. His plan for Poppy is far more sinister. In a locked room, somewhere in London, the ten year old girl sits and wonders how she came to be there. Alice wakes up to a call from Frank. He is not a friend, but he knows everything about her. He is not a kidnapper, but he knows how to get Poppy back. The worst day of her life has already started, and he is her only guide through the horror. She knows she cannot trust him, but time is running out. All over the capital,...

Darkly funny, shocking, heartwarming, brutal, manic, touching, emotional, and exciting - Ciaran West's fourth novel is many things, but it's certainly not a romance, in the traditional sense. Through the lenses of excess, addiction, psychosis, and worse, it tells the story of Tom - a man who has lost everything, is plagued by his demons, and in the grip of the compulsions over which he has no control. Coming back home to a country he no longer recognises, his inevitable downward spiral is halted by a face from fifteen years before - a lost love that was never his to lose in the first place. A...