Lisa Thompson: The Goldfish Boy: the bestselling, award-winning, most talked-about debut of 2017. [2017] paperback OSPRE The Instant is an unapologetic

The Instant is an unapologetic look at the addictive power of love and lust

The buttoned-up world of the British upper classes is exploded by the brilliance

guts and being ruthless before buying a failing German newspaper while putting his competitors out of business

a radical Irish monk working in the Bronx

Vividly interweaving epic historical drama with personal tragedy

Lisa Thompson: The Goldfish Boy: the bestselling, award-winning, most talked-about debut of 2017. [2017] paperback OSPRE The Instant is an unapologeticA story about finding friendship when you're lonely and hope when all you feel is fear. Twelve year old Matthew is trapped in his bedroom by crippling OCD, spending most of his time staring out of his window as the inhabitants of Chestnut Close go about their business. Until the day he is the last person to see his next door neighbour's toddler, Teddy, before he goes missing. Matthew must turn detective and unravel the mystery of Teddy's disappearance