House Rules Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (1991) Like his previous bestseller

Like his previous bestseller

and her brother Mickey has turned to a life of crime that is putting the whole family at risk

Those moments when the driving hunger and desperate love were the most exquisite insanity

Then the day comes when she must make a decision-will she risk everything for a chance to reclaim her life

House Rules Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (1991) Like his previous bestsellerJacob Hunt is brilliant at maths, has a wicked sense of humour, is extraordinarily organised, and is hopeless at reading social cues. He has Asperger's and is locked in his own worldaware of the outside world and wanting to make a connection. Jacob tries to be like everyone else but doesn't know how. When his tutor is found dead, all the hallmark behaviours of Jacob's syndromenot looking someone in the eye, odd movements, inappropriate actionsstart