What Dies in Summer

‘I woke up in a cold sweat, knowing for a definite fact that death was a teenage girl and that she had been standing silently by my bed during the night…’

Read an extract from Tom Wright’s haunting novel.

An extract from The Cove, by Ron Rash

In their little cabin set in the shadow of a deep cove, Laurel Shelton and her brother Hank have built a home. The locals whisper about the cove being cursed and perhaps it is: good fortune rarely seems to wind its way down the long overgrown trail that leads to their clearing in the woods…

Nicolai Lilin interviewed

Set in a small and tight-knit community of ‘honest criminals’ in a remote part of Russia, Siberian Education is a tale of an extreme boyhood – exotic, violent and completely unique. Author Nicolai Lilin answers questions put to him by Bookdagger readers.

Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade

Drug smuggler turned author and campaigner for legalisation of cannabis Howard Marks introduces the new edition of Snowblind. the story of the legendary Zachary Swan, a mover in the cocaine trade in the sixties who set the standard for all who followed.

Siberian education, according to Nicolai Lilin

Nicolai Lilin was born in 1981 and grew up in the small republic of Transnistria which declared its independence from Moldova in 1990 but has never been recognised. In this video, Lilin tells us more about his experiences in Siberian Education, his memoir of growing up in a society of ‘honest criminals’.

Read an extract from No Angel

Jay Dobyns, alias Jaybird, is an ATF undercover agent who infiltrated the Hells Angels motorcycle club from 2001 to 2003. Read an extract and watch an introduction to No Angel, a gripping account of his time undercover.

Read an extract from Under the Skin

Isserley spends most of her time driving. But why is she so interested in picking up hitchhikers? And why are they always male, well-built and alone? An utterly unpredictable and macabre mystery, Michel Faber’s debut novel, freshly reissued for 2010, is an outstanding piece of fiction that will stay with you long after you have turned the last page.

Read an extract from Louise Welsh’s Naming the Bones

Some secrets are best left buried…