Strange Beasts - GSFF Edition'An absolute joy to read' TJ Klune 'A whip smart, lusciously atmospheric adventure' Frances White 'Fantastic and fresh' Wesley Chu In Belle Epoque Paris, a monster is murdering powerful men. Stopping it may be a woman's job. When the Gendarmes ask the Royal Society for the Study of Abnormal Phenomena for help, they don't expect them to send Samantha Harker. She's a researcher, more used to papercuts than knife fights. Sam is also the daughter of

Unfolding with the beauty and power of fable

So fantastic to read a novel that centres POC in the Victorian era

which Var uses to gain what he wants most

soldiers that can fight battles of their own

The firms Chairman

of how a princess with such promise

but Alex starts to realise that danger seems to follow her around

Jacqueline Wilson taps into the joys and pains of women everywhere

carrying a hideous cargo: two men

murderers and shamans

Paris ’44 looks behind the mythology to tell the real story of the liberation and expose the conflicts and contradictions of France under the occupation – the shame as well as the glory

Something sinister seems to be unfolding