Jonathan Brett: 7 books

Serena Doyle is an eighth-grader with several problems: she hates school, her father is shipping out to the Middle East, and a strange man in black is trying to kill her. Adding to that is the mysterious Door in her dreams that keeps calling to her. When she finds the Door in her grandfather's...

Michael O’Brien is a mild-mannered English teacher who solves simple little mysteries for a hobby. When a wealthy contributor is murdered at a school fundraiser and the list of suspects includes Mike’s coworkers, Mike finds himself dealing with something far more dangerous than the safe little...

After a man dies, he is shocked to find himself watching his three sons fight over petty problems. Just his last request of spreading his ashes in Boston on St. Patrick's Day threatens to tear the whole family apart. Now his everlasting peace is contingent on three brothers finding common ground...and kazoos. New Edition: Updated and expanded throughout.

Bristol is a major city and port in the south-west of England. In medieval times, it became the third largest city in the kingdom, behind London and York. Bristol was founded in the late Saxon period and grew rapidly in the 12th and 13th centuries. Initially, seaborne trading links with Ireland and...

The “black car” has appeared both conspicuously and inconspicuously throughout the annals of fiction—its presence both mysterious and menacing, its appearance enough to pause your heart. It’s the sedan just within sight that seems to be mimicking your speed and movements as you walk...

How does Southern food look from the outside? The form is caught in constantly dueling stereotypes: It’s so often imagined as either the touchingly down-home feast or the heartstopping health scourge of a nation. But as any Southern transplant will tell you once they’ve spent time in the region,...

Volume 34 of Theatre History Studies revisits the foundations of theatre, explores the boundaries and definitions of theatre, and illuminates how writing about the history of theatre is itself a form of historiography.   The five essays are arranged chronologically, starting with Alan Sikes’s discussion...