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Short articles and observations from Bennett's newspaper columns. He turns his wit on a range of subjects from house-hunting to body-piercing

n his sixth form year, Matthew 'Spider' Trent must make decisions regarding his future with little guidance from his family, but the opportunity to enter a piano competition gives him a f

Anno Adelmann, a wealthy widower, is the survivor of two heart attacks. His four scheming daughters all have designs on his inheritance.

In 1886 piano tuner Edgar Drake leaves his wife and quiet business in London for the jungles of Burma.

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague.

It's been a year since Zillah visited Roimata, the place on the wild West Coast which changed her life. Now she's back.

The story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, a librarian, who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty.

After his last run-in with the fairies, Artemis Fowl's mind was wiped of memories of the world belowground. Any goodness is now gone and the young genius reverts to his criminal lifestyle.

Nine-year-old Bruno is bored and lonely since his family moved from Berlin. It is 1942 and his father, a Nazi officer, has a new posting in a place called 'Out-With'.

Jeff Greene was seven when his mother, Melody, left him and his professor father.

Alex is in hospital recovering from a near fatal gunshot wound and determined to put his spying days behind him.

It's summer and Seymour is bored and miserable until he meets Angie, who he thinks is the most beautiful person in the world.

Reluctant MI6 agent, Alex Rider, is relaxing in France with his friend and her family. He is just trying to be a typical teenager when a chance encounter with an assassin launches him into danger.

Freckle juice is about a class of kids in an American school. Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for 50 cents.

Fred Mouse dreams of finding a nice girl mouse to marry. After his father drowns in a jug of milk, Fred sets out to find his dream by following his nose.