CATHERINE O FLYNN

La Kate Meaney té vuit anys i no és una nena com les altres: òrfena i solitària, viu amb una àvia amb qui no s’entén i passa les hores fent de detectiu —amb l’ajuda del seu inseparable mico de peluix

A stolen phone and an unruly dog; a buried lunchbox and an antique childrens book. Lori and Max must dig through layers of lies to solve two mysteries.Second in the Lori and Max detective series.A wittily told detective story about two eccentric and endearing girls its a real page-turner. Jacqueline Wilson

This thrilling, funny, perceptive detective story is in a class of its own. The Times Childrens Book of the WeekA wittily told detective story about two eccentric and endearing girls - its a real page-turner. Jacqueline WilsonAbsolutely wonderful! Nina StibbeLori wants to be a detective, but so far the most exciting mystery she has solved is the disappearance of her nans specs down the side of the sofa. Max is the new girl at school and Lori is asked to look after her. Max is odd. She doesnt fit in - but then, Lori realises, she doesnt really fit in either.When some charity money goes missing and Max disappears, Lori seems to be the only person who doesnt think Max has stolen it and run away. Even the police dont want to investigate and suddenly Lori finds she has a real crime on her hands.

Mr Lynch's Holiday is the new comic novel by Catherine O'Flynn, the bestselling and prize-winning author of What Was Lost and The News Where You Are. 'I'm looking forward to seeing you and Laura and getting my first taste of "abroad".' Eamonn Lynch stares at the letter announcing his father's imminent arrival. His first thought: I'll make an excuse, I'll put him off. But it's too late. Laura has left, and Dermot is already here, a fresh arrival from Ireland to southern Spain. Now it's just the two of them, father and son, for two long, hot weeks. Neither knows quite what to make of the other. But as they are swept up in the British expats' ceaseless barbecuing and bickering, they begin to discover the truth about why each left home and about the family past. At the same time they uncover a shocking, unacknowledged secret at the heart of this defiant but beleaguered community. Mr Lynch's Holiday is the moving story of a father and son pushed together in sunny Spain. With warmth and wit it is about the clash of generations; about how families fracture and heal themselves; and about how living "abroad" can be less like a holiday and more like a life sentence. "An awesomely talented writer". (Jonathan Coe). "Delightful ...a rare love story between a father and a son". (Sunday Telegraph). "Subtle, clever and thoroughly enjoyable". (Sunday Mirror). "A remarkable and original writer ...tenderness, warmth, thoughtfulness and comic genius are words that are flung around a lot, but it's more than that. She flinches at nothing and is as sharp as dammit". (Fay Weldon, Observer). "A flow of laugh-aloud satire ...sharp enough to rank her with Mark Haddon and Marina Lewckya". (Independent on Sunday on The News Where You Are). Catherine O'Flynn was born in 1970 and raised in Birmingham, the youngest of six children. Her debut novel, What Was Lost, won the Costa First Novel Award, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and was longlisted for the Booker and Orange Prizes. Her second novel, The News Where You Are, was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize and an Edgar Allen Poe Award.

Una novela con historia destinada a convertirse en un éxito. Tras las puertas de cristal del centro comercial Green Oaks, en Birmingham, se esconden los anhelos de cientos de personas. Una noche, un guardia capta a traves de las camaras la imagen de Kate Meaney, una niña solitaria y perspicaz desaparecida hace 20 años. Kate solia deambular por el centro mientras jugaba a ser detective e imaginaba los oscuros secretos de clientes y trabajadores, con la unica compañia de su mono de peluche Mickey. Contiene una intriga detectivesca y una historia de fantasmas, pero es, por encima de todo, una novela sobre la amistad, la infancia y la busqueda de la felicidad. Con incisivo sentido del humor y gran empatia, Catherine OFlynn convierte un centro comercial en un microcosmos que refleja el mundo en que vivimos, o, quizas, en el que estamos atrapados.Novela con historia. Fue rechazada por 20 editoriales y agencias literarias. La autora no cejo en su empeño y finalmente fue publicada por una pequeña editorial, cosechando un gran exito de critica y publico. Ganadora del Costa Award, el Galaxy British Book Award y el Jelf Group Award, y finalista del Booker Prize, el Orange Prize, el Guardian First Book Award, el Commonwealth Writers Prize y el South Bank Literature Award.

Tras las puertas de un centro comercial de Inglaterra se esconden los anhelos de cientos de personas. Una noche, unguarda capta a través de las cámaras a imagen de Kate Meaney, una niña desaparecida veinte años atras mientrasdeambulaba por el centro jugando a ser detective. Una intriga detectivesca y una historia de fantasmas, pero tambien unanovela sobre la amistad y la busqueda de la felicidad.La novela tiene su propia historia. Fue rechazada por veinte editoriales y agencias literarias antes de ser finalmente publicada por una pequeña editorial con gran exito de ventas y criticas.La obra ha recibido numerosos premios, como el Costa Award o el Galaxy British Book y ha sido finalista del Booker Prize o el Commonwealth Writers Prize entre otros.

Frank, presentador de las noticias de la televisión local en Birmingham, es conocido por sus chistes malos y su falta de ambición. En su tiempo libre, cumple con una extraña costumbre: acudir a los entierros, a menudo como unico asistente, de aquellos que mueren solos en la ciudad y que nadie echa de menos durante dias, semanas o incluso meses, pero que son mencionados brevemente en las noticias. Por otro lado, vive obsesionado con la muerte de su predecesor en la television, el glamuroso pero envejecido Mikey Church. Frank quiere resolver el misterio que rodea el atropello de Mikey, en el que el conductor se dio a la fuga. Esta es una novela sobre la amistad, el paso del tiempo y como reinventarse a uno mismo, una novela que se hace las grandes preguntas de manera muy amena, que te hace reir a carcajadas, te conmueve y, ante todo, te levanta el animo.