It is Midsummer's Eve, three young friends gather in a wood. In the still-sunlit Scandanavian dusk, they don costumes joyfully to enact
- or so it appears to an unseen observer
- a kind of masque. The hidden watcher soon brings their performance to an end. His approach is careful; his aim is perfect. Three bullets, three corpses. The murderer then carefully photographs the grisly tableau. The Ystad police station meanwhile is experiencing a summer lull, indeed Inspector Wallander's peace of mind is shattered when one of his colleagues is murdered. Forced to dig more deeply than he would have wanted into the personal life of one of his colleagues, Wallander's investigation reveals something none of his team could ever have imagined. However, they remain tantalisingly, terrifyingly one step behind.

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She longs to be free, but will she always be tied to the past?

Ever since she was eight years old, Katie Roberts

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Camille Pascal, a young, unmarried French nurse comes to South Africa with her father & her small daughter, Zara, during the closing years of the apartheid regime. The family settles amongst a wine-growing community in the Western Cape where they become involved in the lives of victims of the System. Interwoven with Camille's story is that of Jake Coleman, a painter with an international reputation, a deep-seated fear of failure, & a complicated private life. It is in the exclusive Jake Coleman School of Art that Zara, now a talented artist in her late teens, decides to enrol. She is a feral, troubled girl, obsessed with scenes of violence, & quite unlike anything Jake has encountered. One Tongue Singing explores some of the different faces of power, both in the ways it operates between individuals & in societies. It is written with economy, humanity & a hard brilliance, & it announces a distinctive new voice from South Africa. ...

Camille Pascal, a young, unmarried French nurse comes to South Africa with her father & her small daughter, Zara, during the closing years of the apartheid regime. The family settles amongst a wine-growing community in the Western Cape where they become involved in the lives of victims of the System. Interwoven with Camille's story is that of Jake Coleman, a painter with an international reputation, a deep-seated fear of failure, & a complicated private life. It is in the exclusive Jake Coleman School of Art that Zara, now a talented artist in her late teens, decides to enrol. She is a feral, troubled girl, obsessed with scenes of violence, & quite unlike anything Jake has encountered. One Tongue Singing explores some of the different faces of power, both in the ways it operates between individuals & in societies. It is written with economy, humanity & a hard brilliance, & it announces a distinctive new voice from South Africa. ...

A young woman is in jail accused of the mercy killing of her mother. She says she didn't do it. Ellen Gulden is a young, successful New York journalist. When her mother gets cancer, her father, a university professor, insists she come home. As she looks after her mother, their relationship
- tender, awkward & revealing
- deepens & Ellen is forced to confront painful truths about her adored father. But as Kate lies dying, & in the weeks that follow her death, events take a shocking & unexpected turn. Family emotions are laid bare as a new drama is played out: between Ellen & her brothers, between Ellen & her father, & in court.

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A frightened child approaches Roman informer Marcus Didius Falco, pleading for help. Nobody believes Gaia's story that a relation wants to kill her- & neither does he. Beset by his own family troubles, by his new responsibilities as Procurator of the Sacred Poultry, & by the continuing search for a new partner, he turns her away. Immediately he regrets it. Gaia has been selected as the new Vestal Virgin, & when she disappears Falco is officially asked to investigate. Finding Gaia is then a race against time, ending in Falco's most terrifying exploit yet... ...

Jen is a petite, flame-haired, blue-eyed businesswoman. Lucy, tall, blonde & athletic, is a detective inspector. Julia is the slim, dark, bored wife of a financial speculator. Each arrives separately in the strange, ritualistic, disciplined domain known as the Private House. Once they meet, nothing in the house will be the same again
- nothing, that is, except the strict regime of obedience & sexuality
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Jen is a petite, flame-haired, blue-eyed businesswoman. Lucy, tall, blonde & athletic, is a detective inspector. Julia is the slim, dark, bored wife of a financial speculator. Each arrives separately in the strange, ritualistic, disciplined domain known as the Private House. Once they meet, nothing in the house will be the same again
- nothing, that is, except the strict regime of obedience & sexuality
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A modern parable about a brother & sister who spend their day playing on the beach by a rock pool. They create their own tiny marine world in a bucket &, with its wildlife, shells, oil & even a tin can, it is a microcosm of the larger world outside. With a series of stunning watercolours, Michael Foreman makes clear his underlying concern about pollution within the environment, particularly on the seashore. The book's impact derives not only from Foreman's masterly skill as an artist, but also from the strength of his commitment to its theme. ...

A brother & sister spend their day playing on the beach by a rock pool. They create their own tiny marine world in a bucket &, with its wildlife, shells, oil & even a tin can, it is a microcosm of the larger world outside.

With a series of stunning watercolours, the multi award-winning Michael Foreman makes clear his underlying concern about pollution within the environment.

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