WNNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY The shadow of the Second World War looms dark over the third chilling mystery for Dr Ruth Galloway Some buried secrets shouldn't be uncovered'A melancholy setting an eerie discovery a lone investigator perfect for the long winter evening' Financial Times Dr Ruth Galloway is called in by a team of archaeologists investigating coastal erosion on the north Norfolk coast when they unearth six bodies buried at the foot of a cliff They seem to have been there a very long time Ruth must help discover how long & how on earth they got there Ruth & DCI Nelson are drawn together once more to unravel the past Tests reveal that the bodies have lain preserved in the sand for sixty years The mystery of their deaths stretches back to the Second World War a time when Great Britain was threatened by invasion Ruth thought she knew the history of Norfolk
- she's about to find out just how wrong she was & how far someone will go to keep their secrets buried
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' Ten years ago my top holiday read was Victoria Hislop's The Island; this summer's great escape belongs to Catherine Banner' The Pool' Delightful A captivating tale of love & loyalty peopled by wonderfully vivid characters' Sunday Express' Readers prepare to be captivated' Irish Independent On a tiny island off the coast of Italy surrounded by the sound of the sea & the scent of bougainvillea the Esposito family have been running the bar the House at the Edge of Night for generations Over the course of a century as the town is transformed by war fascism tourism & recession the spirited Esposito women are determined to keep the doors to the bar open It is after all the place where unexpected friendships are forged betrayals are discovered & great love affairs begin ...

With echoes of Daphne du Maurier this is a gorgeously written reading group debut perfect for fans of Kate Morton Tracy Rees & Jenny Ashcroft 400 pages Maine Sarah ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion With nowhere to go fate delivers her to the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta Unless they can sign a new pledge class the seven socially clueless women will lose their house to the scheming girls of Phi Iota Mu In order to accomplish their goal they need Shelley to teach them the ways of makeup & men; at the same time Shelley needs some of what the Zetas have
- a sense of individuality The combination leads all the girls to learn how to stop pretending & start being themselves
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The House by the Dvina is the riveting story of two families separated in culture & geography but bound together by a Russian-Scottish marriage It

Includes:: episodes as romantic & dramatic as any in fiction the purchase by the author's great-grandfather of a peasant girl with whom he had fallen in love; the desperate sledge journey in the depths of winter made by her grandmother to intercede with Tsar Aleksandr II for her husband; the extraordinary courtship of her parents; & her Scottish granny being caught up in the abortive revolution of 1905 Eugenie Fraser herself was brought up in Russia but was taken on visits to Scotland She marvellously evokes a child's reactions to two totally different environments sets of customs & family backgrounds while the characters are beautifully drawn & splendidly memorable With the events of 1914 to 1920
- the war with Germany the Revolution the murder of the Tsar & the withdrawal of the Allied Intervention in the north
- came the disintegration of Russia & of family life The stark realities of hunger deprivation & fear are sharply contrasted with the adventures of childhood The reader shares the family's suspense & concern about the fates of its members & relives with Eugenie her final escape to Scotland In The House by the Dvina Eugenie Fraser has vividly & poignantly portrayed a way of life that finally disappeared in violence & tragedy



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The irresistible new novel set between 1960s Tuscany & present-day Devon from number one bestseller Santa Montefiore Ten-year-old Floriana is captivated by the beauty of the magnificent Tuscan villa just outside her small village & dreams of living there someday When Dante the son of the villa's owner invites her inside she knows that her destiny is there with him But as they grow up they cross an unseen line jeopardizing the very thing they hold most dear Decades later & hundreds of miles away a beautiful old country house hotel on England's Devon coast has fallen on hard times Its owner Marina hires an artist-in-residence to stay the summer & teach the guests how to paint The man she finds is charismatic & wise & begins to pacify the discord in her family & transform the fortunes of the hotel However it soon becomes clear that he is not who he seems From the Italian countryside to the English coast The House by the Sea is a moving & mysterious tale of love forgiveness & the past revealed This book has been published in the US under the title The Mermaid Garden ...

Just across the River Thames from St Paul's Cathedral stands an old & elegant house Over the course of almost 450 years the dwelling on this site has witnessed many changes From its windows people have watched the ferrymen carry Londoners to & from Shakespeare's Globe; they have gazed on the Great Fire; they have seen the countrified lanes of London's marshy south bank give way to a network of wharves workshops & tenements
- & then seen these too become dust & empty air Rich with anecdote & colour this fascinating book breathes life into the forgotten inhabitants of the house
- the prosperous traders; an early film star; even some of London's numberless poor In so doing it makes them stand for legions of others & for a whole world that we have lost through hundreds of years of London's history

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In this drama a writer & his wife rent a small country cottage where he plans on doing some work Unfortunately he soon discovers that the eccentric landlord an artist wants to kill his wife The painter is already suspected of killing his own wife The murderous landlord is just about to kill the writer's wife when he is stopped ...

John of Gaunt's illegitimate line whose role in the Wars of the Roses led to the capture of the crown 328 pages 16 Plates color Amin Nathen ...

Bernarda Alba is a widow & her five daughters are incarcerated in mourning along with her One by one they make a bid for freedom with tragic consequences Lorca's tale depicts the repression of women within Catholic Spain in the years before the war The House of Bernarda Alba is Lorca's last & possibly finest play completed shortly before he was murdered by Nationalist sympathisers at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War Inspired by real characters & described by the author as 'a true record of village life' it is a tragic tale of frustration & explosive passions in a household of women rulled by a tyrannical mother Edited with invaluable student notes
- a must for students of Spanish drama
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