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The news of her fiancï
½'s death at Dunkirk was
a cruel blow for Holly
Morgan. But forced to
nurse enemy soldiers back
to health while her
beloved Jersey ails
beneath an epidemic of
crime, rationing and the
worst excesses of Nazi
occupation, for Holly,
the brutality of war has
only just begun. From
the grim condition
theatre where Holly is c
e hours alongside the
very people responsible
for grief, unexpected
bonds of resilience and
tenderness are forged.
When friendship turns to
love between Holly and a
young German doctor,
Peter Schmidt, their
forbidden passion finds
sanctuary at Half Hidden,
a deserted house deep
within the island
countryside. A refuge
where traditional battle
lines recede from view in
the face of more powerful
emotions, it neverless
becomes the focus for the
war Holly and Peter must
fight together ï ½ a war
where every friend may be
an enemyï ½
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In 1875, a row of tiny
cottages stands by the
tracks of the newly built
York-Doncaster railway...
Railwayman Tom Swales,
with his wife and five
daughters, takes the end
cottage. With no room to
spare in the loving
Swales household, eldest
daughter Mary accepts a
position as housemaid to
the nearby stationmaster.
There she battles the
daily grime from the
passing trains
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Crime and
Punishment is one of the
greatest and most
readable novels ever
written.
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The peace of a small West
Country village is rudely
shattered when a bomb
explodes in the local
supermarket. Karen
Slocombe, a member of
the Food Chain Group and
staunch supporter of
local produce, would not
normally care for the
loss of a supermarket,
but she does take offence
to such violence and the
fact that she and her
daughter were very nearly
caught up in the
explosion. When, a few
days later, Karen
witnesses the horrifying
murder of an adjacent
stallholder at the local
farmer's market, she
begins to wonder just who
is committing these
seemingly motiveless
crimes and why does she
keep finding herself in
the middle of the crime
scene?
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Oxford historian and TV
personality Daniel Kind
and his new lover,
Miranda, both want to
escape to a new life. On
impulse they buy Tarn
Cottage in Brackdale, an
idyllic valley in the
Lake District. But though
they hope to live the
dream, the past has a
way of catching up. When
DCI Hannah Scarlett
launches a cold case
review into an old crime,
Brackdale
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Joseph O'Loughlin appears
to have the perfect life
- a beautiful wife, a
loving daughter and a
successful career as a
clinical psychologist.
But nothing can be taken
for granted. Even the
most flawless existence
is only a loose thread
away from unravelling.
When a young woman is
found dead with multiple
stab wounds - all of them
self-inflicted - the
police asked Joe for
help. The body he views
at the mortuary turns out
to be a former colleague
- and when a patient of
Joe's alludes to his own
involvement in the
murder, Joe finds
himself caught in a
complex web of deceit...
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Kind-hearted Miss Hannah
Pym is off to Portsmouth
in the company of the
beautiful and practical
Miss Penelope Wilkins.
Miss Pym quickly realises
that Penelope needs
someone to enliven her
sheltered life, someone
perhaps like their
handsome travelling
companion, Lord Augustus
is a ne
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There's something magical
about Ceri D'Altory.
After departing London to
follow her heart's desire
to become a psychology
lecturer, Ceri D'Altroy
vows to leave her
matchmaking ways behind
her for good.
Unfortunately, all she
seems to do is inspire
the new people she meets
to change their lives.
There's Ed, who's
decided to declare his
love to a woman who is
way out of his league;
Mel and Claudine, two
long-term friends who are
now tempted to start an
illicit affair; and Gwen,
the chain-smoking head
of department who has a
deep, dark secret she
only wants to share with
her new employee. No one
who comes into contact
with Ceri is ever the
same again. Could this
unsuspecting young woman
be a modern-day Cupid?
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Originally written in
1913, this charming and
original sequel to the
novels of Jane Austen
intertwines the lives of
the most beloved
characters from all six
Austen novels with new
characters of the
author's devising.
Inventive matchmaking
leads numerous pairs of
lovers through the
inevitable (and
entertaining)
difficulties they must
encounter before they are
united in the end. A
wonderful read for anyone
who loves Jane Austen.
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How long can she keep her
dreams alive...? After
losing both her parents,
sixteen-year-old Merrion
Roberts is left to bring
up her baby sister.
Unable to cope alone,
she teams up with Rhonda
Rees, a trained
milliner, who also has a
young baby. They share
rooms in notorious Tiger
Bay in Cardiff,
struggling to make ends
meet. In time, though,
they are able to open up
a little shop and it
seems as if life is
looking up for both young
women. But fate soon
intervenes and they are
reduced to living in even
greater squalor, barely
able to eke out enough
money to support
themselves let alone
their two children.
Meanwhile, Merrion
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Introduction and Notes by
John M.L. Drew,
University of
Buckingham.
Wildes
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Academy Award-nominated
director Chris Weitz and
his creative team have
brought the second book
in Stephenie Meyer's
riveting vampire romance
saga to the big screen.
Inside this deluxe visual
companion, get an
intimate look at the
creation of the
film. With lavish,
never-before-seen
full-colour photographs,
exclusive interviews with
the cast and crew, and
answers to questions
about costume and set
design, bestselling
author Mark Cotta Vaz
gives a special
behind-the-scenes tour of
the film millions have
devoured. Inside you'll
get a glimpse into the
director's aesthetic
inspiration, learn the
secrets behind some of
the film's most intense
stunts, and learn just
how a person can become a
werewolf.
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First, she has no soul.
Second, she's a
spinster whose father is
both Italian and dead.
Third, she was rudely
attacked by a vampire,
breaking all standards of
social etiquette. Where
to go from there? From
bad to worse apparently,
for Alexia accidentally
kills the vampire - and
then the appalling Lord
Maccon (loud, messy,
gorgeous and werewolf) is
sent by Queen Victoria to
investigate. With
unexpected vampires
appearing and expected
vampires disappearing,
everyone seems to believe
Alexia is responsible.
Can she figure out what
is actually happening to
London's high society?
Will her soulless ability
to negate supernatural
powers prove useful or
just plain embarrassing?
Finally, who is the real
enemy, and do they have
treacle tart?
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Crack the code.
Discover
the secret. Live to
tell...? In the ruins of
a medieval monastery in
Dorset, the diary of an
11th-century monk is
uncovered - and the
murders have already
begun... Cybersleuth Gil
Pearson and expert
translator Sabbie Karaim
are thrown together to
decipher the ancient
text, rumoured to
contain the location of
one of the Dead Sea
Scrolls ï ½ and
unimaginable riches. But
what they discover is far
more shocking. In their
hands lies a document
written by Jesus's fabled
'13th apostle' which
could rewrite history
itself, sparking
international
terror. Pursued by those
intent on controlling the
past, their frantic
quest takes them across
the globe as they stop at
nothing to expose a
two-thousand-year-old
conspiracy. Just who can
you trust when you hold
the fate of mankind in
your hands? A
high-octane,
international conspiracy
thriller for anyone who
loved The Da Vinci Code
or Labyrinth.
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Her murder was just the
beginning. She was an
army captain and the
daughter of legendary
General 'Fighting Joe'
Campbell: her body was
found - naked and bound -
on the firing line of
Fort Hadley. The
political powder keg of a
case goes directly to the
elite army investigator
Paul Brenner and rape
specialist Cynthia
Sunhill - and
explodes. Behind the
military code of honour,
Brenner and Sunhill
uncover trails of
corruption - all leading
to the golden girl's
shocking secret.
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The Seatons, affluent
members of the Protestant
gentry, own The Haven,
a lush, opulent estate
in the Scottish
countryside. The Flynns,
proud Catholics to the
core, spend their
working days in the
factories and laundry
houses of industrial
Glasgow. Divided by
class, wealth and
religion, two families
could not live more
different lives. As the
Great War fades from
memory, however, both
the Seatons and the
Flynns grow restless. Pat
Flynn abandons himself to
the sins of the flesh,
blind to the dangerous
activities to his teenage
son, Sean, while
Georgina, second wife of
William Seaton, is
desperate for pleasures
her society marriage
cannot provide. Yet she
never anticipated being
attracted to the same man
as her stepdaughter Rose,
nor realises how
tragically the affairs of
the Flynns and Seatons
are about to become
entangled
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Famed sculptor Clare
Kimball has the art world
at her feet. But her
success can't help
her
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A mercy mission that is
hilariously sidetracked
by human weakness; a
manipulative death-row
inmate with one last
plea; a small-town
divorce attorney who
suddenly hits pay dirt; a
man who sets out to break
a casino to revenge a
broken heart; a kidnapped
lawyer who is confronted
with one of his previous
cases at gun point; a
conman who preys on the
rich and elderly; a boy
dying of AIDS who finds
mercy across the tracks
in downtown Clanton: the
sum total of human life
is brilliantly captured
in Grisham's unique
evocation of lives lived
and lost in Mississippi.
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Alex Cross is about to be
thrust into a case he
will never forget. This
time there isn't just one
killer, there are two.
One collects beautiful,
intelligent women on
college campuses on the
east coast of the USA.
The other is terrorising
Los Angeles with a series
of unspeakable murders.
But the truly chilling
news is that the two
brilliant and elusive
killers are
communicating,
co-operating, competing.
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Home. For most it's a
place of calm and safety.
For Lizzy Walter, things
are a bit more
complicated. Keeper House
- the family home deep in
the countryside - has
always been where Lizzy
can escape her London
life and ease her heart
and mind. But trouble is
on the horizon. For a
start, her entire family
is hiding something. Then
the Love of Her Life
makes an unexpected
reappearance - just when
she thought she was
starting to get over him.
And now Keeper House
itself is in peril. By
the time the Walters
gather for a summer
wedding, the stakes have
never been higher - for
Lzzy, for her family and
for love.
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Heartbroken Tess Tennant
is fleeing London for a
fresh start. She's
dreaming of familiar
faces, picture-perfect
cottages and Adam, her
best friend since
childhood. But Langford,
a lovely slice of Jane
Austen country, is at
war over a scheme to
build on a local water
meadow and Adam is too
wrapped up with a new
girlfriend to tend to
Tess's bruised heart. A
trip to Rome promises a
respite and when a
mysterious stranger
whisks Tess into a dream
of Italian moonlight and
prosecco, she's ready to
be reckless. But her
magical holiday ends with
a shocking discovery and
Tess finds herself back
home - and in a tangled
mess of friendships and
feelings.
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Growing up in a small
seaside town, Marcie
Brooks dreams of owning a
Mary Quant mini-skirt,
the Beatles, and escape.
Instead she's stuck in a
dead-end job
selling candy floss to
tourists and with a crazy
family. Her grandmother
sees ghosts, her
step-mother is unable to
control her growing
family and Marcie's
father is usually in and
out of prison or away
'working' for East End
gangsters. Despite it
all, Marcie adores her
father, but Tony's light
fingers and hard man
reputation mean most
people give the Brooks
family a wide birth.
Sometimes Marcie wishes
she had a respectable dad
like her friend Rita;
well-groomed, wealthy by
local standards and
surprisingly attentive to
a teenage girl.
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Autumn, 1797. With
Napoleon' forces sweeping
through Europe, a young
Englishwoman travels to
Paris, risking her life
on a secret mission that
may buy Britain vital
time. Mary Finch is no
stranger to adventure,
but even she hesitates
before accepting her new
assignment. She must rely
wholly upon a stranger,
while deceiving her
'dearest friend',
Captain Robert Holland.
Once in France, Mary
sets about her task with
wit, stealth and
determination. But she is
not the only spy in
Paris, and there is more
than one British life in
jeopardy if she fails.. .
Thrilling and deeply
satisfying, The Mistaken
Wife is a spirited and
gripping historical
mystery from the author
of the acclaimed The
Blackstone Key.
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Deep winter, and an
electrocuted body lies in
the snow besides a frozen
lake, a cloud of
footprints around it.
It's the perfect crime:
no witnesses, no clues.
But when Chief Inspector
Armand Gamache starts to
untangle the victim's
troubled, past, he
discovers a secret
history filled with
enemies and dark secrets.
As a bitter wind blows
across the landscape,
something even more
chilling is sneaking up
behind Gamache...
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Whitby farmer, John
Dugdale, is involved
with a local band of
smugglers, seeing it as
an easy and harmless way
of making money. But John
is shocked when Mark
Roper - his daughter
Emma's childhood
sweetheart - turns up on
a secret mission for the
local excise
officer. Emma is forced
to face the harsh
realities of a world she
never knew existed, and
must also decide who it
is she really loves: the
dependable Joe, or the
handsome Mark, who has
disappeared from her
life.
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In 1173 the rebellious
sons of King Henry II
ignite unrest and bloody
warfare throughout
England. When mercenary
soldier Joscelin de Gael
encounters Linnet de
Montsorrel on the road to
London, he has no
inkling of how much she
is about to change his
life, nor does she
realise the effect he is
going to have on hers.
Both Joscelin and Linnet
are survivors, scarred
by their pasts, but
their greatest challenge
is facing the future as
old wounds are torn open
amid bitter and deadly
family conflicts.
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CAMBRIDGE IN A BLISTERING
SUMMER, THE FAMOUS
COLLEGES SHIMMER IN THE
HEAT. BEYOND THE CITY,
THE FENS LIE QUIET,
WAITING. Detectives Tom
Fletcher and Sal Moresby
are called to a farm
equipment showroom,
where the corpse of a
young man has been half
consumed by a giant
shredding machine. A
whole community is about
to be engulfed in a tide
of violence and
retribution. But where
has it come from ï ½ and
why? For Tom Fletcher,
the secrets of the past
are just as dangerous as
the ruthless killer he
faces in the present.
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Murderer,
philanthropist, drug
dealer, politician,
devil, saint: many words
have been used to
describe Pablo Escobar,
but one is irrefutable -
legend. He ordered the
death of thousands, ran
drugs to all corners of
the world, was elected
to parliament,
constructed his own
prison and consorted with
presidents. Controlling
an estimated fortune of
over $20 billion, built
through fear, murder,
and criminal ingenuity,
his ambition was as
boundless and insatiable
as his violence. This is
the first major,
definitive, biography of
his remarkable life,
told through the
all-knowing eyes of his
brother, Roberto
Escobar.
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Carmel Duffy is the
eldest child of a brutal
and abusive marriage,
and she can't wait to
leave home. She's equally
determined to have no
husband or family of her
own - what she wants more
then anything is to be a
nurse. As soon as she
turns eighteen, she
heads for Birmingham and
begins her
training. However, her
resolve is tested when Dr
Paul Connolly comes onto
her ward. Gradually he
wins her heart, and they
agree to marry, both
certain they want no
children. Bur World War
Two's years of courage
and devastation will
change everything. Carmel
will find that the future
is very different form
the one she thought she
wanted for so long...
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It is 1800 and in the
quiet village of Felpham
hearts are stirring and
passions are rising. At
Turret House, the
elegant estate of
celebrated poet William
Hayley Esquire, there is
much excitement at the
arrival of another poet
and engraver, William
Blake, to the
village. But young
Johnnie Boniface,
recently employed at
Turret House, has more
pressing concerns.
Mesmerised by the
enchanting blue eyes of
the prettiest housemaid,
Betsy Haynes, he can not
believe his luck when she
agrees to 'walk out' with
him. As their feelings
for each other develop,
the two lovers struggle
to contain their
passion. This charming
love story, set against
the historical events of
Blake
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Hearts Of Gold
It's
difficult to say which is
harder for trainee nurses
Bethan Powell and Laura
Ronconi - their gruelling
work in the hospital, or
the frictions and the
financial hardships at
home. Bethan's communist
miner father, rigidly
chapel-going mother,
unruly brothers and
delightful but dubiously
honest aunt, and Laura's
vast Italian cafe-running
family, cause the girls
as much worry as any
difficult case or strict
ward sister. But working
class Pontypridd agrees
on one thing - the
'crache', or gentry,
who live in the big
houses on the Common,
inhabit a different
world. So when Bethan and
Laura are smitten by two
young doctors, can love
really bridge the divide?
Or is the pull of the
family too strong, the
gulf too wide. One Blue
Moon Maud Powell and her
cousin Diana has always
dreamed of becoming
nurses, but their hopes
are shattered when Maud
contracts TB - a death
sentence in 1930s
Pontypridd. With pits
closing, Haydn
abandoning a steady job
for a stage career, and
their cousin Diana's
secret burden, the
Powell family are facing
hard times. Meanwhile,
Ronnie Ronconi, eldest
of the large cafe owning
family, has two simple
beliefs: his sisters must
marry good Italian
Catholics, and
determination and hard
work will get him
anything he wants. But
his dreams are shattered
when he realises that
what he wants is Welsh,
chapel-going,
consumptive Maud. For
once, high-handed,
ruthless Ronnie seems to
be facing the impossible.
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The first time Jessie
laid eyes on Tommy
McBride was in July 1947,
when they were still at
school ï ½ and long
before she knew anything
about heartbreak or pain.
Then she was the
sheltered, dreamy
minister's daughter,
determined to take a bite
out of life. And he was
the fighter from the
wrong side of the tracks,
hell-bent on proving
himself to the world.
They had nothing in
common, separate
destinies. But in 1947
the world was about to
move into new decades of
turbulence and change ï ½
and it was only the
fighters and the dreamer
who would make it theirsï
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A
fascinating new social
history of medieval
England.
Between the
tenth
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Christian Knox is a girl
who dreams - of a life
beyond that of a Paisley
housewife, of a world of
learning beyond her
Ladies' School, of
possibilities her father
dismisses as 'daft
ideas'. But Christian is
determined and when her
father refuses to finance
her education further she
resolves to pay for it
herself, by working as a
tambourer, embroidering
freelance for local
textile manufacturers.
Soon she's managing a
group of Tambouring women
on behalf of Paisley's
biggest weavers, among
them Angus Fraser, a man
old enough to be her
father but wise enough to
appreciate her
talents. Plunged into the
fascinating world of
Scotland's fledgling
textile industry,
Christian soon fins her
combination of Lowland
resolve and female flair
begins to make its mark.
And, in the shape of her
greatest, most
fought-for inspiration,
the Paisley Shawl, it is
a mark to be remembered
for generations to
come...
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They watched as the car
burnt. A smell of
gasoline mingled with the
throat-catching stench of
melting rubber, almost
masking the sickly sweet
smell of roasting flesh.
No one spoke. The time
for recriminations and
the apportionment of
blame would come. For now
they were united by the
need to cover up a crime
and destroy the
evidence. As DCI Fenwick
investigates a powerful
and predatory paedophile
ring and Inspector
Nightingale is left to
deal with an
ex-serviceman turned
vigilante, they are both
forced to ask themselves:
when is a murderer not a
murderer, and how far
are they prepared to go
to see justice done?
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From the series of books
that inspired the hit TV
series HEARTBEAT Life on
the beat in rural North
Yorkshire. How hard can
that be for a young
bobby? PC Nick Rhea is
about to find out that
Aidensfield isn't the
sleepy village it may
seem. Sheep-worrying,
graveyard fights,
missing men and a
thieving bus conductress
are just some of the
problems he faces as he
settles into village
life. And soon he learns
that some aspects of law
enforcement in
Aidensfield can be
unofficial but still
highly effective in this
vivid and light-hearted
insight into rural
policing.
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Vanessa Ratcliffe is just
sixteen, daughter of one
of the town's richest
men. And in spite of her
social standing and
convent education,
Vanessa's provocative
manner often draws
envious eyes in her
direction. Over in
filthy Ryder's Row,
Angus Cotton is a rough
diamond, but as engineer
at Affieck and Tate he's
worth his weight in gold.
And Angus has ambitious
plans for his future ï ½
plans that had never
included Vanessa, until
now.. . The Round Tower
is a beautifully imagined
story of power, love,
honour and greed from one
of Britain's most popular
novelists.
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East London, in the late
1880s. With their mother
and father dead from
diphtheria,
fifteen-year-old Maggie,
her sister Liz and young
brother Charlie must fend
for themselves from now
on. But suddenly Liz is
taken ill, and in caring
for her, Maggie loses
the little work she had.
One night, in
desperation, she
ventures onto the
streets, risking her
safety and innocence,
discovering both violence
and compassion. Yet that
dark night also provides
Maggie with a chance to
lift her family out of
poverty and though
tragedy still lies in
store, a mysterious
stranger has her best
interests at heart and
Maggie
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A new life in Wales has
not turned out to be the
rural fantasy that social
worker Jess imagined when
she left London. Having
put the memories other
previous harrowing cases
behind her, she had
hoped to embark on a
simpler, more fulfilling
future, but it seems
there's no escape from
evil, even in such a
beautiful landscape.
Just as Jess takes on a
new case, she learns
that the body of a young
boy has been found in the
woods close to her home.
Her worst nightmare
becomes reality as she
realises he was a child
she was supposed to
protect. As her
professional life gets
harder to deal with,
Jess is forced to come to
terms with her own past
when someone unexpectedly
reappears. She finds
herself crossing the line
from investigator to
victim, forced to
question the very basis
of her identity, and she
can only wonder: who's
there to protect the
protector?
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Welcome to Cedar Cove - a
small town with a big
heart! Life's busy for
Sheriff Troy Davis! His
daughter, Megan, will
be making him a
grandfather soon. But
pregnancy's not slowing
her down. She's
matchmaking between Troy
and Faith Beckwith - and
inadvertently causing
misunderstandings. Faith
ended the relationship
last month, but Troy's
determined to win her
back. He's got plenty to
keep him occupied,
though. Unidentified
human remains were found
in a cave outside town.
Troy's friend Judge
Olivia Griffin is
fighting cancer. And
there have been break-ins
at 204 Rosewood Lane -
the house Faith happens
to be renting from Grace
Harding... There may be
trouble in Cedar Cove.
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Young David Fernley is
determined to escape the
drudgery of his life as a
Yorkshire farmhand.
Setting off for the
coast, his aim is to
join the whaling fleet at
Whitby, to earn his
living on the stormy and
icy Arctic seas. Although
he has few sailing
skills, a captain soon
recognises his worth for
David is strong and
unafraid of danger. David
is followed to the small
fishing town by Ruth,
his childhood sweetheart,
her heart set on
marriage. Passionate and
proud, she is sure to be
a worthy wife. Yet David
is drawn to another's
betrothed: the pretty,
gentle Jenny. And it is
Jenny's bright red shawl
that David searches for
on the cliff-tops on his
return from the long
months at sea.
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The war has brought
devastating changes to
the people of Portobello,
a seaside district in
Edinburgh. But as VE day
nears, Tess Gillespie
and her mother are
feeling hopeful. Tess is
looking forward to being
able to walk on her
beloved beaches for the
first time since war was
declared. More
importantly, her father
and sister will soon be
back home and they can
all be a family once
again. However, the war
has changed Don Gillespie
and he is no longer
content to settle back in
to his former life. The
future will bring both
betrayal and heartbreak
for the Gillespie women.
And it will take all
their courage and
resolution to rebuild
their lives and find new
happiness.
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Never off duty, that was
me. Joanne Baldwin:
Weather Warden - if a
world-ending storm blew
up without notice, I was
the go-to girl. When
Joanne's Djinn lover,
David, asks her to marry
him, she's thrilled to
say yes, but there are
certain parties - some
human, some otherwise -
who are less than
enthusiastic. Joanne's
premarital bliss ends
when a devastating
earthquake hits Florida.
And this time she won't
be able to ask David and
his kind for assistance.
The cause of the quake is
unlike anything Joanne
has ever encountered -
and it is fuelled by a
power even the Djinn
cannot perceive.
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In this enchanting and
highly original retelling
of Jane Austen's Pride
and Prejudice, Elizabeth
Bennet sets out for the
new world aboard the
grand ship Pemberley's
Promise. She's prepared
for an uneventful voyage
until a chance encounter
with the handsome,
taciturn Mr. Darcy turns
her world upside down.
When Elizabeth falls
ill, Darcy throws
convention overboard in a
plan that will bind them
to each other more deeply
than he could ever
imagine. But the perils
of their ocean voyage
pale in comparison to the
harsh reality of
society's rules that
threaten their chance at
happiness. When they
return to the lavish
halls of England, will
their love survive?
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Three years into the war
and the country is facing
its darkest days. Victory
has never seemed so far
away. The changes the war
has brought are affecting
everyone, not least the
Campion family. Eldest
son Luke is fighting on
the African Front. Emily
is harbouring romantic
thoughts about Wilhelm,
the German POW. Bella
still pines for her
forbidden love. The war
effort has steered twins
Lou and Sasha on
different paths, but has
it driven a wedge between
them?
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For Josh Harper, being
in show-business means
money, fame, a
beautiful wife, and a
lead role on the London
stage. For Stephen C.
McQueen, it means a
disastrous career playing
passers-by and dead
people. Stephen's stuck
with an unfortunate name,
a hopeless agent, a
daughter he barely knows,
and a job as understudy
to Josh Harper, the 12th
Sexiest Man in the World.
And when Stephen falls in
love with Josh's clever,
funny wife Nora, things
get even more difficult.
But there yet may be a
way for Stephen to get
his Big Break?
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As war breaks out so too
does Molly
Dearden.......Molly is
used to living in the
shadow of her sister,
June. After their
mother died when Molly
was just seven years old,
June helped their grief
stricken father look
after her in their tiny
home in the Edge Hill
district of Liverpool.But
as her seventeenth
birthday passes, Molly
doesn't realise how
quickly she is going to
have to grow up. As the
threat of a second world
war looms, she must
protect herself, her
family - and her
heart.Molly finds the
courage to enlist in the
Women's Voluntary
Service. There, she
can help the war effort
and finally stand on her
own two feet. It's a
terrifying time - but
also some of the best
days of her life,
especially when she falls
for Eddie.The pair live
for the precious hours
Eddie is on leave from
the Navy and excitedly
plan their future
together. But then
tragedy
strikes.Devastated,
Molly can take no more.Â
But as the terrible
reality of war hits her
beloved home town, Molly
must find the strength to
protect those closest to
her heart.
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Menacing... The Drapers
rule the streets of South
London. Everyone's afraid
of them - and that's just
how they like it. But
when tempers flare and a
family feud spirals out
of control, tragedy
strikes, leaving eldest
son Danny in charge.
Manipulated... But he has
shocking plans for the
family business and
Petula, the baby of the
family, becomes the
scapegoat for the
Drapers' dirty dealings.
Missing... Years later,
and the once united
family has now split up.
Petula returns to the
place she once called
home to face her family
as well as her demons,
unleashing a terrible
secret that could destroy
them once and for all...
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Elspeth's mother died
when she was a baby and
she never knew her
father. Raised by her
mother's cousin, Flora,
Elspeth is resented by
her foster mother, but
loved by her foster
brother. She falls in
love, but is rejected
and then her father
appears, forcing her to
decide on her life's
path.
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D.I. Charlie Priest is on
gardening leave - the
neighbours have
complained about his
weeds - when the call
comes. Ghislaine Curzon,
girlfriend of one of the
royal princes, is in
Heckley to open the
Curzon Centre, a new
shopping mall and
conference facility. But
as she reveals the
commemorative plaque it
looks like someone has
got to it first,
defacing it with a single
obscene word in foot-high
red letters. The visiting
dignitaries are aghast
and the chief constable
insists on Charlie
investigating the case.
When the mayor of Heckley
and driving force behind
the construction of the
controversial new mall is
found murdered, killed
by a single shot to the
head, the investigation
takes a deadly turn. It's
going to take more than
standard police procedure
to crack this case.
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A Christmas break means
business as usual for
Gently when there's
murder beneath the
mistletoe. Having been
invited to spend
Christmas in the country
fishing for pike, Gently
finds himself hunting a
completely different
predator when a guest at
Merely Hall, a nearby
stately home, is found
dead at the foot of the
grand staircase on
Christmas morning. At
first the tragedy is
assumed to be a simple
accident, but Gently is
not one to jump to
conclusions and is soon
in no doubt whatsoever
that this was murder.
Merely produces the
finest tapestries in
England, but the threads
that Gently must unravel
in his investigation are
more complex than any
weaver's pattern.
Everyone, from the lord
of the manor to his most
lowly servant, falls
under suspicion. It's a
cold Christmas in the
country when the air is
sharp with the chill of
murder.
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Top army engineer Tyler
Locke is given a
mysterious ancient
manuscript. Written in
Greek, it initially
seems indecipherable.
But with the help of
classics scholar Stacy
Benedict, Locke comes to
understand that this
manuscript could provide
the clues to the greatest
riches known to mankind -
the legendary treasure of
King Midas.
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Plucky Lucy Linden is the
mainstay of her family,
selling firewood and
toffee apples on the
streets of Liverpool to
support her widowed
mother and little
brother. Her uncanny
ability to be in the
right place at the wrong
time gets her noticed by
uptight, young police
constable Rob Jones, who
decides to keep a
watchful eye over her -
much to her
annoyance. But when
Lucy's uncle returns from
the Great War with a
tendency to lash out,
her attitude towards Rob
changes forever. For
while she must appear to
be strong for her
family's sake, Rob
turn's out to be someone
she can trust with her
innermost secrets and
fears. But there's one
secret she can't quite
bring herself to tell
him...
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It's 1937 and, when Jo
and Phyl decide to become
Lyons Corner House
Waitresses, or Nipples',
as they are known for
their speedy service,
they have no idea how
their lives are about to
change. Uprooted from
family lift in Woolwich
to digs in London;
transported from a
factory and a
grocer's shop to the
wonderful dining rooms of
Lyons, Marble Arch;
swapping their old
overalls for the smart
uniforms of the Corner
House girls... Despite
the hard work, they
settle in easily and
before long there are
boyfriends, lovers and
fiances, friendship and
romance. But a dark cloud
hovers over this bright
new life. The Second
World War is looming,
and Jo and Phyl find
themselves facing a
future as daunting as it
is uncertain.
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A savage assault with a
scalpel leaves Dr Tim
Fletcher's body badly
slashed in a deserted
walkway. The first victim
in a series of brutal
assaults on hospital
staff. As panic grips
the city, it's up to
Detective Inspector
Charlie Resnick to find
the killer. Faced with a
mass of clues that lead
nowhere and a past he
cannot forget, it's not
long before he's pushed
close to breaking pointï
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Holly Krauss lives life
in the fast. A successful
young business-woman with
a stable home life, she
is loved and admired by
all who meet her. But
that's only one side of
holly. The other sees her
take regular walks on the
wild side where she makes
ever more reckless
mistakes. And when those
mistakes start mounting
up, the two sides of
Holly blur together and
her life quickly spirals
out of control. She
thinks she is being
stalked, someone is
demanding money from her-
threats lurk around every
corner and those closest
to Holly are running out
of patience. But is she
alone responsible for
what's happening? Are her
fears just paranoia or an
illness-or intimations of
very real danger? And
if she can no longer rely
on her own judgment, who
can she trust to catch
her when she falls? Nicci
French is the pseudonym
for the writing
partnership of
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Condemned by the gods to
live out his existence
without emotions, Xypher
chose the pursuit of
sensations, to feel
again in the dreams of
humans, only to find
himself condemned to
death. But he is given
one last chance at
reprieve. Made human for
a month, he must redeem
himself within that time
or Hades will return him
to Tartarus and his
torture. Simone Dubois is
a coroner who isn't
scared by much,
especially since she's
psychic and can see and
hear the people she's
working on. When they
wheel in another victim,
she doesn't think much
about it, until he gets
up from her table and
starts to leave. Xypher
doesn't have time to
spend with his human
woman and her questions.
But it's not long before
mysterious attempts on
Simone's life force
Xypher to stand between
the woman who is
beginning to touch his
heart and the danger that
is threatening her life.
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Hope Randall leads a
quiet life, but that
peace is about to be
shattered. When a
stranger turns up on her
doorstep, bringing news
of a half-sister she
never knew she had, he's
going to change her world
for ever. Connie's in
deep trouble and the
mysterious Flint needs
Hope's help in finding
her. Returning to London,
Hope is forced to
confront her old demons -
and new ones. To find her
sister, she'll have to
toughen up, and fast.
But when she enters the
dark underworld of the
East End, it's not only
the notoriously savage
Street family she'll have
to worry about: there's
also a psychopath on the
loose, attacking working
girls.
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Young Jane Towland lived
in Linden Mews, in the
flat over the garage. She
was the housekeeper's
daughter, the
chauffeur's daughter,
and even though she was a
bright and sensitive
child, she had been
taught to know her place
when it came to going
round to the big house -
the Marchant House - in
Linden Square. But the
two families - on the
surface separated by a
gulf of birth, wealth
and breeding - were
deeply involved and
reliant on each other.
Old secrets, old
emotions, seethed
beneath the respectable
facade they preserved
between them. And then
the war came. As the
barriers between the
Marchants and the
Rowland's began to
crumble, so Jane -quiet,
beautiful, and with a
great capacity for love -
began to become more and
more the hub of the
wealthy Marchant family,
the one on whom they all
depended, the one who
had to unravel and solve
the emotional disasters
left over from the past.
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In the town of Segontium,
a wild storm washes a
fugitive ashore. He
brutally rapes he
granddaughter of the king
of the Deceangli tribe,
leaving her to bear his
son, Myrddion Merlinus.
Spurned as a demon seed,
the boy is raised by his
grandmother and is
apprenticed to a healer
who hones his remarkable
gift. Meanwhile, the
High King of Celts,
Vorigern, is rebuilding
the ancient fortress at
Dinas Emrys. According to
a prophecy, he must use
the blood of a demon seed
to make the towers stand
firm. Myrddion
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Sam Carpa is living the
life of his dreams. A
young American in London,
he has the perfect flat,
a perfect job with the
CIA and a perfect wife,
Lucy- who is seven months
pregnant with their first
child. But one sunny day,
it all goes up in
flames. Sam receives a
call from Lucy while he's
at work. She tells him to
leave the building
immediately, which he
does - just before it
explodes, killing those
inside. Lucy vanishes,
and Sam wakes up in a
prison cell. Why did Lucy
call him? Is she a loving
spouse or an enemy
operative. Is Sam's
unborn child safe?
Adrenaline coursing
through his veins, Sam
enters a frantic race to
save his life and
discover the truth about
those he thought he knew
so well...
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Desperate... Left to
raise seven siblings
after her mother's death,
17 year-old Emma
Chambers faces a daily
battle with hunger and
her father's drunken
rages. Until she is
offered a way out. If she
marries landlord Horace
Bell - twenty years her
senior - Emma can swap
abject poverty for
comfort. Degraded... But
Horace soon reveals his
true, sadistic colours.
Emma is thankful when he
eventually abandons her -
until she realises she is
again penniless and in
peril. A chance meeting
plants an idea in her
mind. All her life, men
have taken advantage of
her. Now it's time to
turn the tables. In
danger... Years later,
and Emma has built up a
successful business on
South London's meanest
streets. But then tragedy
strikes - and it becomes
clear that someone has
been watching Emma,
intent on revenge...
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Major Dirk Pitt picked up
the frantic distress call
as he cruised his
lumbering amphibious
plane over the islands of
the Aegean. Brady Air
Force base was under
fire, its entire fleet
of jets destroyed on the
ground.. . by just one
First World War
bi-plane! A psychotic
ex-Nazi, a bloodthirsty
Greek strongman and a
beautiful double agent
set Pitt on the trail of
the warped mastermind
behind a devastating
sabotage plot. And on
that trail, danger and
death are never far
behind.. .
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Criminal profiler Maggie
O'Dell had been
instrumental in putting
Albert Stucky, the
notorious Collector,
away. Named for his
ritual of collecting v!,
before disposing of them
in the most heinous ways
possible, he's on the
loose again. But O'Dell
feels she's lost her
edge. tortured by the
NIGHTMARES and guilt for
the ones she couldn't
save. As the death toll
increases. Maggie becomes
the FBI's best hope to
hunt this man down. Only
she can see into this
PSYCHOPATH'S TWISTED
MIND. And Albert Stucky
wouldn't have it any
other way
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With Peaceful Repose
Cemetery, Drew Slocombe
is determined to
revolutionise the entire
death industry and make
ecologically sound
burials a popular choice.
Unfortunately, his
gravedigger has just
discovered that their
cemetery has one too many
corpses
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Meet Jonathan Quinn: a
freelance espionage
operative with a
take-no-prisoners style
and the heart of a loner.
His job? Professional
`cleaner'. Nothing too
violent, just disposing
of bodies, doing a
little erasing of
uncomfortable evidence if
necessary. But in Brett
Battles' thrilling debut
novel, Quinn's latest
assignment will change
everything, igniting a
harrowing journey of
violence, betrayal and
revenge, which will take
him from Colorado, via
Vietnam, to Berlin. The
job seemed simple enough:
investigating a
suspicious case of arson.
But when a dead body
turns up where it doesn't
belong - and Quinn's
handlers at 'the Office'
fall strangely silent -
he knows he's in over his
head. With only a handful
of clues, Quinn dives
for cover, struggling to
find out why someone
wants him dead - and if
it's linked to a larger
attempt to wipe out the
Office.
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He swore never to kill
again. Then he came home
to Spencerville. After
twenty-five years of
working in the shadowy
world of espionage Keith
Landry is on his way
home. Driving along the
highway, humming a few
bars of 'Homeward Bound',
the years of service he
has given the US
government are fast
becoming a distant
memory. He is safe. He is
alone. And life has never
felt sweeter as the signs
for hometown Spencerville
come into view. Keith
Landry has promised
himself no more violence,
no more death. But a
chance meeting with
childhood sweetheart
Annie Baxter makes it a
promise he cannot keep.
As passion is rekindled
between them, jealousy
flares. for Annie is
married to a violent and
sadistic bully: the man
who runs Spencerville,
Sheriff Baxter. And he
won't tolerate any man
near his wife. Especially
Keith Landry. 'An
intense, absorbing,
suspenseful read.. . a
thriller that transcends
the genre WASHINGTON POST
read the book during a
rough flight and did not
feel the bumps. You
cannot ask more than that
the mortality of the
characters keeps your
mind off your own
mortality' IRISH
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County prosecutor Katie
DeMaoi lands in hospital
after a minor car
accident. During the
night, she sleepily
watches through the
window as a man loads a
woman's body into the
boot of a car. Is it just
a medicated nightmare,
or is the scene
horrifyingly real? Back
at work, a suspicious
suicide investigation
leads Katie into
acquaintance with Dr
Richard Carroll, a
medical examiner whose
concerns about brilliant
fertility specialist Dr
Edgar Highley begin to
entwine with her own
findings. Dr Highley
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Only one thing is more
terrifying than seeing
the
Ghost. Surviving. As
they enter the menacing
world of Chinese
organised crime,
quadriplegic detective
Lincoln Rhyme and his
partner and lover Amelia
Sachs face an ultimatum
from the west, evil from
the east and a brand new
threat ï ½ from
within. Having tracked
down a cargo ship
carrying illegal Chinese
immigrants, Thyme and
Sachs find the capture of
the notorious killer
behind the human
smuggling goes terribly
wrong. Now the detectives
have just 48 hours to
find the two surviving
families before the Ghost
does. And as the
assassinï ½s threat grows
clearer, Amelia is
forming a connection that
endangers the very fibre
of her relationship with
Rhymeï ½
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It is 1952. Guided by the
ruthless hands of Shasha
Courtney and Centaine
Malcomess, the Courtney
family empire has come to
dominate the lives of
white and black South
African alike. But the
winds of change are
fanning fires of
revolution. In his deadly
quest for power Shasha
will be tested far beyond
the battles of the
boardroom, forced to
betray his ideals for a
misguided dream of
national unity. Rage is
Wilbur Smith's
impassioned account of
post-war South Africa. It
is also the work of a
master storyteller at the
zenith of his powers: an
unforgettable blend of
passion, power, history
and intrigue.
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In the early days of the
19th Century Whitby is a
thriving port. Both the
Coulson and the Campion
families make a living
from the sea. Sam Coulson
has three sons: Martin,
Ben and Eric. He gas
grand plans for expanding
his whaling business; and
as Seaton Campion has no
sons, a marriage between
Martin and Campion
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Rebecca Bradford has had
more to cope with in her
nineteen short years than
most people face in a
lifetime. Her peaceful
childhood in Kent is
devastated when her
parents and younger
brothers are taken by
smallpox. When her
cousin Richard offers to
take her in, it seems an
offer too tempting to
refuse. But Richard
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When Malory Price is
issued with the above
invitation she is
naturally suspicious. But
with her overdraft at
crisis limit and on the
verge of losing her job,
she has little to lose by
attending the event. Only
Malory is about to get
more than she bargained
for. At Warrior's Peak
she finds that she and
two other women are the
only guests of their
mysterious hosts. They
are told an amazing story
of magic, gods and
goddesses; and of three
demi-goddesses who have
been cast into an eternal
sleep, their mortal
souls placed under lock
and key. And in every
generation, three women
are born who alone have
the power to free them -
if they are prepared to
accept the challenge.
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When Rose sees Joe in an
Oxford bar, for her it
is instant infatuation.
He is everything she
could ever want: a gifted
pianist, witty and a
high achiever. In her
mind, at least, they
are ideally matched and a
burning desire for him
takes hold. She knows she
will never love anyone
else. Fate, however,
has other plans and Joe
has no intention of
settling down. All Rose
will ever be to him is
part of the student
crowd. Instead, he
embarks on a dazzling
career, leaving Rose
with shattered dreams.
But when Joe falls for
her sister Lily, fantasy
turns into gruesome fact.
Two people die and a
child is born. Murder is
no big deal, after all.
Rose has killed before
and will do so again -
and again - until she
achieves her ultimate
goal.
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Gennetta Turner's father
owns a large jet-carving
company. To consolidate
his hold over the town,
and domination of the
industry, he resolves to
give Gennetta in marriage
to the son of his
arch-rival. But,
Gennetta is wildly in
love with her childhood
sweetheart, a young
sailor, and resolves to
foil her father's
plans. In a family
divided by ambition and
beset by tragedy, one
independent woman defies
all convention - and
follows her heart.
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Glasgow would destroy her
innocence, but not her
dreams of love. Even to
a girl from the slums of
Bristol, the streets of
Glasgow were inhospitable
and grey, the wealth and
splendour of its mansions
cold and heartless. But
for Hester Dark, there
could be no turning back
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Special Agent Maggie
O'Dell. FBI Profiler.
Fiercely independent.
Stubborn to a fault.
Holding on by a thread.
But now Maggie is
Exposed. Agent Maggie
O'Dell believes she's the
responding to a threat,
but instead walks into a
trap. The killer's weapon
is a deadly virus,
virtually invisible and
totally
unexpected. Maggie knows
dangerous minds - from
hauntingly perverse child
predators to cunningly
twisted serial killers.
Now Maggie must find
clues to catch the killer
- while waiting to see if
the lethal strain is
already multiplying in
her body. With every new
exposure there's the
potential for an
epidemic. And Maggie
knows she may not live
long enough to stop the
nightmare scenario
becoming a devastating
reality.
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It's four years since
Erin Joyce left Dublin
under a cloud and brought
a guesthouse in the
remote, beautiful
village of Dunbarra. The
Gatehouse attracts a
strange clutch of guests,
none of whom want to
leave. There's Hazel, an
artist, and Gracie, her
sweet, silent daughter.
There's Sandra, a brash
American. And then
there's wise old
easy-going PJ, who seems
to have been there
forever. But Erin's
fragile happiness is
thrown off-balance by the
arrival of A-list
Hollywood actor,
Sebastian Gray. Erin
finds herself drawn to
this handsome, enigmatic
man, who used to walk
with a swagger but now
prowls the country lanes
with haunted
eyes. Sebastian isn't the
only one at the Gatehouse
with a secret. Why is
Hazel cast so adrift?
Where does PJ go each
week without fail, and
what really brought
Sandra to Dunbarra? As
Erin finds herself
embroiled in her guests'
secrets, she starts to
ask herself: will she be
ready to reveal her own?
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Dana De Lacy,
bestselling romance
novelist, has the world
at her feet. The words on
the page flow easily, an
exciting new book deal
beckons, and life at
home in Dublin is good.
But Dana's
self-confidence and
success depend on one
person: her gorgeous
husband Gus. Without him,
she has no fall-back. No
children, no close
family of her own to call
upon. When Gus leaves
her, she is devastated.
The words fail to come.
The alcohol flows too
freely. She cannot sleep.
Then her estranged
brother Ed arrives out of
the blue to take care of
her and memories that she
has kept buried for many
years start to rise to
the surface. Forced to
face up to the past, can
she find the real Dana,
recover her career, and
try to make Gus love her
for the person she really
is?
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Arthur has drawn the
sword Caliburn from the
stone and sits as High
King of Dark Age Britain.
It is a golden age for
Camelot. But Merlin,
Arthur's trusted advisor,
can foresee doom,
thanks to his gift of the
Sight. In his twilight
years he retreats to the
crystal cave where the
legend began and leaves
Fate to take its course.
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Bullied. Taunted by
everyone around her, 15
year-old Mavis Jackson is
devastated when her only
ally, her father Ron,
leaves home to beat his
gambling addiction.
Forced to walk the
streets in search of junk
to sell, the future
seems bleak. Bribed.
Until an unexpected fairy
godmother arrives in the
form of invalid Edith
Pugh. She needs help
around the home and sees
Mavis as the perfect
solution. especially as
she has ulterior
motives... Blamed.
Meanwhile, Ron has
fallen off the wagon and
disappeared. Best mate
Pete doesn't know where
he is and has to break
the terrible news. But
does he have another
reason for his sudden
interest in the Jackson
family? Betrayed. Back at
Edith's, Mavis revels in
her new job. But when she
learns of Edith's true
motives, she faces a
monumental decision, one
which could change her
life forever...
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A prisoner of a palace ï
½. Serena was almost too
beautiful. Yet behind her
aristocratic face there
was something hurt.
Something closed. When
she went back to the
family palace in Rome
after the Second World
War she was searching for
a shining fragment of the
past to hold to her
heart. The last thing she
was looking for was
love. But the past was
about to vanish for ever.
Consumed in love so
complete it made Serena
dissolve with passion in
the warm Italian night.
All she had treasured
before had been taken
from her ï ½ would it
last this time? Or would
the priceless promise of
love for a lifetime live
only in the bittersweet
heartbreak of
rememberance?
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Hannah Kirk and Alice
Moran have been friends
since childhood. Growing
up in the back streets of
historic Chester at the
beginning of the 1900s,
they are used to
supporting each other
when family life gets
tough. But when Alice's
mother dies in
childbirth, Hannah fears
that her friend will be
left to defend her
sensitive brother
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After four years, the
tide of war is turning in
North Africa and Europe.
The conflict in Southeast
Asia, however, has
reached new heights of
savagery, and Operation
Monsun poses a sinister
threat to the hope of
allied victory. The
Special Operations
mission of the Burmese
coast requires
volunteers. Men with
nothing to live for, or
men with everything to
lose. Men like Lieutenant
James Ross, awarded the
Victoria Cross for his
work in underwater
sabotage, or the
desperate amateur Charles
Villiers, heir to a
fortune now controlled by
the Japanese. The
tow-man torpedo
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When the first body is
found, mutilated and
strangled on the
riverbank, Philadelphia
homicide detectives Kevin
Byrne and Jessica Balzano
suspect yet another case
of random urban violence.
Then it happens again.
And again. Carefully
dressed and posed, each
victim seems to tell a
storey so gruesome that
Byrne and Balzano
struggle at first to make
sense of the killer's
dark and twisted
imagination. But when
they stumble upon a
collection of old fairy
tales, the fragile link
between the murders
suddenly becomes clear -
and with it the
terrifying conclusion of
the killer's
plan. Desperately, they
try to anticipate the
madman's next move, but
as the body count rises,
the killing spree spirals
out of control...
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When his best friend,
Dee, fell in love with a
faerie, James realized
she'd never fell the same
way about him. Trying to
escape into music, James
finds himself surrounded
by more faeries than
ever. Before he knows it,
James is trapped in a
dangerous game. One where
the only way to win is to
betray the one you
love...
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Rosie finds it hard to
cope with her eldest
sister's over-possessive
nature. Since the death
of their mother,
Beatrice has been
insufferably dominating,
taking over the running
of Pine Hurst and ruling
their father and servants
with an iron hand. She
glories in being the
mistress of the house and
never dreams of
leaving. But when the
girls' father dies
unexpectedly, their
security is threatened,
and Beatrice must lay
plans to protect this
most prized
possession. The
Obsession is one of
Catherine Cookson's most
unusual novels,
powerfully portraying a
woman dangerously driven
by desire and ambition.
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This edition contains
Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland and its sequel
Through the
Looking-Glass. It is
illustrated throughout by
Sir John Tenniel, whose
drawings for the books
add so much to the
enjoyment of
them. Tweedledum and
Tweedledee, the Mad
Hatter, the Cheshire
Cat, the Red Queen and
the White Rabbit all make
their appearances, and
are now familiar figures
in writing, conversation
and idiom. So too, are
Carroll's delightful
verses such as The Walrus
and the-Carpenter and the
inspired jargon of that
masterly Wordsworthian
parody, The Jabberwocky.
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When Sander Weir leaves
everything to Morag, the
girl he and his wife
raised as their own
daughter, his brother
Lawrence feels that he
has been cheated out of
his inheritance. As
Morag's real father, who
abandoned her as a child,
Lawrence makes it clear
that he should have
control of her new-found
wealth, but with the
support and encouragement
of Cal, a cargo boat
skipper, and Aidan, a
young lawyer, Morag
finds the courage to defy
Lawrence and run her own
affairs...
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Local landowner John
Bettison has forbidden
his workers to attend
church, but when curate
Toby Lovell arrives in
Porthluney, he is
determined to bring about
change. Injured during
the Battle of Trafalgar,
Toby is used to facing
adversity but little does
he realise the challenge
that lies ahead of him.
The trouble really stars
when Toby falls in love
with Bethany Poole, a
local Quaker girl. When
her society rejects her,
she turns to Toby for
support, but a dreadful
misunderstanding
involving Bettison forces
her to leave without a
word of explanation and
Toby will not rest until
they are reunited. Set on
Cornwall's south coast in
the early nineteenth
century, Moontide is a
captivating tale of loves
lost and found.
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He was head of an
international drugs ring,
a kidnapper and a
ruthless killer. One nigh
British Sea Harriers
reduced his Beirut
headquarters to rubble
and his evil empire to
ruins. But Abdul Habib
still had money, and
hate, enough hate to
spare to construct an
elaborate plan which
would destroy Gibraltar
and the British Aircraft
carrier which had
committed the fatal
strike. All he needed
was luck to thread a
nuclear warhead through
the complicated network
of the Middle Eat
terrorist rings, get it
on a Libyan freighter and
head west across the Med
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Raven Whitney is a
psychic who has used her
gift to help the police
track down a serial
killer. Now she is
determined to escape the
glare of recent publicity
for the peace and quiet
of the Carpathian
Mountains. Despite her
emotional fatigue, Raven
finds herself connecting
psychically to another
wounded individual
somewhere close by.
Prince Mikhail Dubrinsky
is the leader of his
people but, as his
ancient Carpathian race
grows ever closer to
extinction, he is close
to giving in to the heavy
weight of loneliness and
despair. Then a female
voice enters his mind and
tries to console him.
Intrigued, Mikhail
becomes obsessed with
finding this unusual
human female. From the
moment their minds touch,
Raven and Mikhail form a
connection. But there are
those who incorrectly
view all Carpathians as
vampires, and are
determined to give their
extinction a helping
hand...
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With an
Introduction and Notes by
Dr Tim Middleton, Head
of English Studies,
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WATCH OUT FOR TEMPTATION
IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
.. Fran March's life in
the idyllic village of St
Ceridwen's Well is coming
up roses. ALMOST. If
only daughter Rosie - the
result of an
uncharacteristic
one-night stand 18 years
ago - wasn't so curious
about her real father,
and if only husband Mal
spent less time on his
hobbies, everything
would be blissful. But
then a face from the past
turns Fran's world upside
down. The handsome face
of TV gardener Gabriel
Weston, currently
restoring the village's
stately home. And when
another old flame appears
on her doorstep - along
with TV crews, nosy
neighbours and friends
behaving badly - it seems
that all the ghosts of
her romantic past are
back to haunt
her... Find out how
every rose has its thorns
in this delightful
romantic comedy. Fans of
Katie Forde and Alan
Titchmarsh won't be able
to resist...
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Scotland, 1863. In an
attempt to escape her
past, Bessy Buckley
takes a job working as a
maid in a big country
house. But when Arabella,
her beautiful mistress,
asks her to undertake a
series of bizarre tasks,
Bessy begins to realise
that she hasn't quite
landed on her feet. In
one of the most acclaimed
debuts of recent years.
Jane Harris has created a
heroine who will make you
laugh and cry as she
narrates this
unforgettable story about
secrets and suspicions
and the redemptive power
of love and friendship.
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This is the story of
Margaret Catchpole, born
into a smugglersï ½ world
in Suffolk in the late
1700s. As the valued
servant of a wealthy
family and a friend of
criminals, Margaret
leads a double life that
inevitably brings about
her downfall, and she is
sentenced to hang not
once, but twice. But she
escapes the gallows and
is transported with other
convicts to Australia. A
wonderful adventure
story, Scapegallows
takes inspiration from
the life of the real
Margaret Catchpole. A
woman who lived by her
wits, she was a
slip-gibbet, a
scapegallows.
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