Susan Fletcher Books

This powerful novel from the award-winning author of Richard and Judy pick `Eve Green' is a tale of love and the lore of the sea.

The new novel from Susan Fletcher, author of the bestselling Eve Green' and Oystercatchers'.

This poignant historical nonfiction book, about a polar bear that was gifted to King Henry III, beautifully shows the importance of respecting our natural world and its precious animals. Long ago, when kings and queens ruled much of the world, the king of Norway gave the king of England a bear.Imagine a polar bear at ease in her natural arctic world, her only home--until trappers capture her and take her to the king of England.Imagine a polar bear in her lonely new world, stuck in a cage. This small, enclosed space is her only home--until King Henry III decrees that she be brought to the Thames River every day to swim and fish.Imagine now this same polar bear dipping a curious paw in the river water, then leaping in with a joyful splash. And it is here, in this unfamiliar, faraway land, in one small way, that she finds home once again.

From the acclaimed author of Eve Green (a Richard & Judy pick) and Let Me Tell You About A Man I Knew, a compelling, wonderful historical gothic novel about lies, love and ghosts set against the backdrop of a Britain on the cusp of the First World War.

The second novel from highly acclaimed young writer Susan Fletcher, author of the award-winning Eve Green'

Pregnant with her first child, Eve Green recalls her mother's death when she was eight years old and her struggle to make sense of her parents' mysterious romantic past. Eve is sent to live with her grandparents in rural Wales, where she finds comfort in friendships with Daniel, a quiet farmhand, and Billy, a disabled, reclusive friend of her mother's. When a ravishing local girl disappears, one of Eve's friends comes under suspicion. Eve will do everything she can to protect him, but at the risk of complicity in a matter she barely understands. This is a timeless and beautifully told story about family secrets and unresolved liaisons.

Fifteen-year-old Kara is summoned by King Orrik, who believes she has the power to call down the dragons that have been plundering his realm, and she is caught up in the fierce rivalry between Orrik and his jealous brother Rog.

A tender and savage novel narrated by the wife of the doctor who tended van Gogh in his last, madly frenetic painting years.

'A wonderfully warm and involving page-turner.' Clare Chambers, Sunday Times bestselling author of Small Pleasures ------- Florence Butterfield has lived an extraordinary life full of travel, passion and adventure. But, at eighty-seven, she suspects there are no more surprises to come her way. Then, one midsummer's night, something terrible happens - so strange and unexpected that Florrie is suspicious. Was this really an accident, or is she living alongside a would-be murderer? The only clue is a magenta envelope, discarded earlier that day. And Florrie - cheerfully independent but often overlooked - is the only person determined to uncover the truth. As she does, Florrie finds herself looking back on her own life . . . and a long-buried secret, traced in faded scars across her knuckles, becomes ever harder to ignore. Prize-winning author Susan Fletcher's The Night in Question is an absorbing and uplifting story with a uniquely loveable protagonist at its heart. ' Fletcher's prose is extraordinarily lyrical . . . and her themes are profound.' Sunday Times 'A gifted storyteller' Independent 'Fletcher unpeels with delicacy and insight the complex layers of the human heart.' Guardian

Norwegen, Anfang des 13. Jahrhunderts: Der 12-jährige Arthur ist von zu Hause weggelaufen. Durch Zufall erhält er in der Stadt Bergen einen besonderen Auftrag: Er soll sich um einen Eisbären kümmern, der auf einem Segelschiff nach London transportiert wird – und der als Geschenk des norwegischen Königs an den König von England gedacht ist. Arthur ahnt nicht, worauf er sich einlässt - es ist der Beginn einer Reise voller Abenteuer! Mitten auf der Nordsee wird das Schiff nicht nur von Piraten angegriffen, sondern es gerät auch in einen Sturm. Und immer ist es der weiße Bär, auf dessen Hilfe Arthur selbst in größter Gefahr zählen kann und dem er am liebsten die Freiheit schenken würde …