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Agatha Raisin And The Witch Of
Wyckhadden

Eye of newt, toe of
frog.. . and murder most
foul! Suffering from
bald patches thanks to a
hair conditioner spiked
with depilatory cream -
supplied by the murderess
in her last investigation
- Agatha escapes to the
coastal resort of
Wyckhadden to allow her
crowning glory to recover
in privacy. A local witch
provides her with hair
tonic and Agatha's lost
locks begin to grow - but
then the witch is found
bludgeoned to death. The
elderly residents at
Agatha's elegantly faded
hotel seem innocuous
enough, if a little odd,
but as she enquires into
the murder she turns up
an alarming number of
secrets. Coping with the
amorous attentions of
police inspector Jimmy
Jessop and treading an
ever-more treacherous
path to find the culprit,
Agatha is at her wit's
end - and inclined to try
a little black magic of
her own...

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Emma

Jane Austen teased
readers with the idea of
a 'heroine whom no one
but myself will much
like', but Emma is
irresistible. 'Handsome,
clever, and rich', Emma
is also an 'imaginist',
'on fire with speculation
and foresight'. Her
matchmaking maps out
relationships that Jane
Austen ironically tweaks
into a clearer
perspective.

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Crossings

At journey� �s end would
a new life begin? When
Liane crossed the
Atlantic and arrived in
Europe, the future
seemed bright and
beautiful. Only the image
of a face haunted her new
life in France. Then the
Second World War sends
her on another fateful
crossing, leaving her
husband far behind.
Suspended between two
worlds. Liane is swept
into a passionate affair,
a bright brief moment of
total happiness. Will the
voyage seal her love for
ever, or leave her
stranded on the shores of
heartbreak and despair?

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I Heart Vegas

Angela Clark loves her
life in New York,
unfortunately she's also
a Brit who lost her job.
And when the immigration
department find out,
Angela needs a new job
urgently, or a husband,
though boyfriend Alex
probably won't be keen.
She decides the only way
to escape her troubles
for now, is to head off
on a girls' weekend in
Vegas with best friend
Jenny. But they are
immediately swept up in a
whirl of cocktails,
outrageous outfits, late
nights and soon find
themselves up to their
neck in even more
trouble.

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Angels At War

The Lake District,
1910. After a tumultuous
past, the future is
finally looking rosy for
the Angel sisters. Livia
is set to marry handsome
Jack Flint, while her
sisters are content
living at Todd Farm. Yet
Livia still dreams of
resurrecting the
neglected drapery
business which was left
to her when her father
died. Racked with guilt
over the tragic death of
her sister Maggie, she
promises never to let
anyone down again and to
do something worthwhile
with her life. But is she
prepared to jeopardise
the love she shares with
Jack to achieve her wish?
With the wealthy and
determined Matthew
Grayson standing in the
way of her ambitions,
Livia must stay true to
her heart, or risk
losing everything...

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Frankenstein - Wordsworth
Classics

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Begun when
the author was only
eighteen and conceived
from a nightmare,
Frankenstein

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Fairies Of Fryfam

Jilted and cross, Agatha
resorts to a
fortune-teller's advice
and rents a cottage in
the pretty village of
Fryfam, where she hopes
good fortune and true
love will come chasing
after her for a change.
But her romantic notions
are soon dispelled by
some very strange
goings-on. What can those
unnatural lights be, in
Agatha's back garden? Who
is behind the
disappearance of
paintings and pottery?
And oh dear

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From The Dead By Mark
Billingham

Mark Billingham is an
accomplished crime writer
and the author of 11
best-selling novels. He
has won prizes for novel
of the year twice. From
the Dead is another great
addition to the Tom
Thorne series of books.
If you enjoy fast-paced
crime action, but with a
twist on the norm of the
genre, From the Dead
will have you gripped
from the first page.
The story of From the
Dead unfolds a decade
after the burned remains
of Alan Langford are
discovered inside what
was left of his charred
vehicle. At the time,
his wife Donna was
charged with conspiring
to murder him. Donna was
subsequently imprisoned
for a period of ten
years. Prior to walking
free, she is receives an
unpleasant surprise in
the form of a package
delivered to her
cell. The package
contains a photograph of
her supposedly dead
husband, except in this
picture he looks anything
but dead. Is he still
alive and if so where is
he? From the Dead
brings in DI Tom Thorne
in to track down who sent
the letter and unravel
the mystery. The book is
widely acclaimed as one
of Billingham's best
novels and is available
in paperback format.

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Gently Floating, The Inspector
George Gently Case Files By
Alan Hunter

Sometimes you can have
too much of a good thing,
if you can call having
too many suspects a good
thing. Gently most wade
through a torrent of
suspects when a body is
found floating face down
in the river. To George
Gently, there is a
overwhelming list of
people with a reason to
hate boat builder and
charter fleet owner Harry
French. Those with
grievances all had a
motive but they also had
a opportunity to kill him
too. What Gently has to
work out is which of them
had the nerve to smash
the victim's skull and
dump him in the river.

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Gently Where The Roads Go By
Alan Hunter

A Polish trucker is found
dead from a hail of
gunfire in a lonely
lay-by in the heart of
the countryside. What was
the motive? Revenge?
Money? Or possibly
something even more
sinister? The more gently
investigates, the more
complicated the case
becomes until machine gun
bullets ripping through
his car, the whole
affair turns very nasty.

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Evening Class By Maeve Binchy

The Italian evening class
at Mountainview School
like hundreds of other
classes all over the city
is starting up. But this
class has its own unique
quality - as the focus
for the varied hopes and
dreams of teacher of
teacher and pupil alike.
Aidan Dunne needs his new
evening class project to
succeed almost as much as
his pupils do. The key to
success lies with the
Signora. Her passion has
drawn her from Ireland to
Italy and back home again
with a burning desire to
share her love of all
things Italian - and a
secret hidden in her
heart.

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Babies In Waiting By Rosie
Fiore

Louise, 38, Toni, 26,
and Gemma, 18 are all
expecting babies in
September. And they are
all discovering that
impending motherhood is
more than a little
overwhelming. After
meeting in an online
forum, they discover
friendship, fellowship,
way too much information
- and ultimately one
another. Meeting in real
life, they set out to
face the highs, lows,
secrets and revelations
of pregnancy and the
first months of
motherhood together.

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Hotel On The Corner Of Bitter
And Sweet By Jamie Ford

1986, The Panama Hotel.
For decades the old
Seattle landmark has
remained boarded up, but
a startling discovery in
the basement reveals the
personal belongings
stored away by Japanese
families sent to
internment camps during
World War II. A
fascinated crowd gather
outside the hotel, among
them Henry Lee who,
armed with his
distinctive parasol, is
flooded of memories of
his childhood. Wondering,
if by some miracle,
amongst the dusty old
boxes of treasures, is a
link to the whereabouts
to the Okabe family and
the girl he lost his
heart to so many years
ago.

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I Am God By Giorgio Faletti

The bombing of a
twenty-two story
building, along with the
emergence of a latter,
lead the police to face
the dreadful conclusion
that some of New York's
buildings were mined when
they were constructed.
But which ones? And how
many? A tough young
female detective with her
own demons and a former
press photographer with a
dark past, are the only
hope of stopping this
psychopath.

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Blood On The Line, A Thrilling
Investigation For The Railway
Detective By Edward Marston

1857. Wily Jeremy Oxley,
a conman, thief and
murderer, is being
escorted on the LNWR
train to London with the
hangman. But he has one
last ace up his sleeve,
a beautiful and ruthless
accomplice willing to do
anything to save her
lover, including murder.
Railway Detective
Inspector Robert Colbeck
learns that Oxley, his
arch nemesis, has
escaped and with dark
memories of their shared
past, he must fulfil his
duty, at whatever the
cost. With faithful
Victor Leeming at his
side, Colbeck must use
all his skills to track
his elusive enemy. But
could he finally have met
his match?

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Gently Sahib By Alan Hunter

Another paperback crime
novel by Alan Hunter in
the Inspector George
Gently mystery series,
Gently Sahib sets itself
in the little market town
of Abbotsham where a
tiger has escaped from
the local zoo. The
question is, what kind
of tiger would rip a man
to shreds and then bury
him in his own back
garden? This is the
dilemma that Gently Sahib
explores. Chief
Superintendent Gently has
been promoted to C.I.D
and is called to London
to investigate the
discovery of the murdered
man. Why has the tiger,
which was shot dead a
year ago, seemingly
hidden one of its
victims? Gently can be
sure that a tiger did not
bury its victim so
neatly, but then who
did? Gently Sahib
showcases more of the
investigator's sleuthing
as he tries to figure out
why someone would want
to, or need to, bury
the murdered man.
Gently Sahib is a great
murder mystery for fans
of the genre and fans of
any previous book in the
George Gently series.

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Daring To Dream By Nora
Roberts

Laura Templeton, Kate
Powell and Margo Sullivan
have been the best of
friends since
circumstances threw them
together as children.
Laura is the beloved
daughter of the wealthy
Templetons, owners of an
international chain of
hotels; Kate is an
orphaned cousin raised on
the Templeton Estate; and
Margo is the beautiful
and spirited daughter of
the family

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Husband And Lies By Susy
McPhee

There are some people you
would do anything for...
For Fran that list would
include her husband, her
daughter and her best
friend, Alison. But
Alison has become
desperately ill and now
needs Fran's help. She
wants Fran's help to find
a new mother for her
child and a new wife for
her husband. As
uncomfortable as Fran is
with the idea, it's hard
to refuse your closest
friend at the best of
times, let alone her
dying wishes...
Reluctantly Fran joins a
internet dating site but
eventually stumbles upon
a familiar face.
'Footloose' is divorced
and his photo looks
exactly like Max, her
husband, Unable to
confront him outright,
she poses as 'Sassy' she
sets up a date with
'Footloose' but this
crazy plan leads Max to
have doubts of his own.
Torn between suspicion
and love, life for Fran
just got very complicated
- can her marriage
survive?

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Hurting Distance By Sophie
Hannah

3 years ago, something
terrible happened to
Naomi Jenkins - so
terrible she never told
anyone. Now Naomi has
another secret - her
lover, unhappily married
Robert Haworth has
vanished. Naomi suspects
he may have come to harm
but the police are less
than convinced,
especially when Robert's
wife insists he is not
missing. The only way to
get the police to look
for him is to persuade he
is a danger to others as
she can't convince them
he is danger.

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Is There Anything You Want? By
Margaret Forster

Mrs H., Rachel, Edwina,
Ida, Sarah, Dot and
Chrissie all have
something in common.
They're women, they may
be fat, thin, old,
young, married or
single, diverse as human
beings can be but they
are all survivors. This
enthralling novel follows
the ripples that go into
ordinary lives which have
been changed by a shared
experience, all
connected by the same
hospital clinic in a
small Northern town. This
is a novel about what it
means to live in the
shadow of disease, and
with mental and physical
scars. With marvellous
ambivalence of the title
question, it leaves us
with a great deal more to
consider about life and
its infinite variety.

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Eagle In The Sky By Wilbur
Smith

Drawn to the sky as
though to his natural
element, young David
Morgan pursues the life
of a jet pilot over the
boardroom future mapped
out for him by his
family. He meets Debra,
a beautiful Israeli
writer who he will fight
against, in another
country's war, at the
controls of his Mirage.
Breathless action brings
them together but is also
the very tragedy that
will threaten to tear
them apart...

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Jane Eyre - Wordsworth
Classics

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This
Wordsworth Edition
includes an exclusive
Introduction and Notes by
Dr Sally

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Anne Bennett - Daughter Of
Mine

![endif]-->Lizzie finds
that life in the
Birmingham blitz is
hard. Her husband is away
fighting in the war and
her children have been
sent to Donegal for
safety. She's grateful
for her job in munitions
but not so happy when
that means going home in
the blackout. On one
cold, foggy night she
is attacked. She comes
round, battered and
bruised, unable to
remember the details. As
there is nobody to help
her bear the
consequences, she must
turn in desperation to
her own parents for help.
They do their best but
Lizzie is almost
destroyed by the future
they arrange. All her
life Lizzie has let
other people make
decisions for her. Now,
faced with daily cruelty,
a fresh resolve is born.
Her father declares that
she's no daughter of his
- but Lizzie makes the
biggest decision of her
life, to save her own
child, and from this
point, no-one will tell
her what to do ever
again.

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