Metronome Sadie Jones The Surprise of His Life:

The Surprise of His Life: When Douglas Armstrong has his first consultation with Thistle McCloud

A private eye with a law degree

the Captain needs Petrocs help

and the story continues in a land that is beset by enemies

lost in a brave new literary world where his books are hyped by Swiss-owned conglomerates

Metronome Sadie Jones The Surprise of His Life:Not all that is hidden is lost. For twelve years Aina and Whitney have been in exile on an island for a crime they committed together, tethered to a croft by pills they must take for survival every eight hours. They've kept busy Aina with her garden, her jigsaw, her music; Whitney with his sculptures and maps but something is not right. Shipwrecks have begun washing up, and their supply drops have stopped. And on the day they're meant to be collected