A sparkling celebration of our much-loved Queen Elizabeth II for her Platinum Jubilee including special writings & illuminating

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At a private school, two teenagers are killed by an ex-Army loner who then turned the gun on himself. Finding the truth will

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A shooting incident at a private school just north of Edinburgh. Two seventeen-year olds killed by an ex-Army loner who has gone off the rails. As Detective Inspector John Rebus puts it, 'there's no mystery'... except the why. This question takes Rebus into the heart of a shattered community. Ex-Army himself, Rebus becomes fascinated by the killer, & finds he is not alone. Army investigators are on the scene, & won't be shaken off. The killer had friends & enemies to spare
- ranging from civic leaders to the local Goths
- leaving behind a legacy of secrets & lies. Rebus has his share of personal problems, too. He's fresh out of hospital, hands heavily bandaged, & he won't say how it happened. Could there be a connection with a house-fire & the unfortunate death of a petty criminal who had been harassing Rebus's colleague Siobhan Clarke? Rebus's bosses seem to think so... Read by Tom Cotcher

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Two seventeen-year-olds are killed by an ex-Army loner who has gone off the rails. The mystery takes Rebus

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Books Crime Books Six decades. Seven people. One unspeakable secret. 1957. A catastrophe occurs at the pharmaceutical lab in Coventry where sixteen-year-old Wilf is working for the summer. A catastrophe that needs to be covered up at all costs. 2017. Phiney is shocked by the death of her grandfather, Wilf, who has jumped from a railway bridge at a Coventry station. Journalist Mat Torrington is the only witness. Left with a swarm of unanswered questions, Phiney, Mat & Wilf's wife, Dora, begin their own enquiries into Wilf's death. It is soon clear that these two events, sixty years apart, are connected
- & that Wilf is not the only casualty. But what is the link? & can they find out before any more lives are lost?   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780857308498 •†Author:   Jane Jesmond  •†Publisher:   Oldcastle Books Ltd •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 320 •†Dimensions:†19.8 x 12.9 cm
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Details: Posing as an escaping Nazi war-criminal Bernie Gunther arrives in Buenos Aires &, having revealed his real identity
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Life is full of endless noise – from your phone, the buzz of people, traffic & television. You are also subject to internal

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While on a business trip to Kobe, Tsuneo Asai receives the news that his wife Eiko has died of a heart attack. Eiko had a heart condition so the news of her death wasnt totally unexpected. But the circumstances of her demise left Tsuneo, a softly-spoken government bureaucrat, perplexed. How did it come about that his wife who was shy & withdrawn, & only left their house twice a week to go to haiku meetings ended up dead in a small shop in a shady Tokyo neighborhood?

When Tsuneo goes to apologize to the boutique owner for the trouble caused by his wifes death he discovers the villa Tachibana near by, a house known to be a meeting place for secret lovers. As he digs deeper into his wifes recent past, he must eventually conclude that she led a double life...

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No sporting event has had its past & present, its highs & lows so intricately entwined with those of a country like the Tour has with France. The Tour de France is the biggest annual sporting event in the world, & at the same time it transcends sport. The Tour de France comes to the people. It passes their houses, it turns right in their village squares, it thunders through their suburban streets & into the hearts of their towns & cities. It is a unique event in that people don't so much go to see the Tour, as it comes to see them. A Race for Madmen traces how the Tour de France has developed & examines tactics, bike technology & rider preparation too. It profiles some of the men who have won the Tour de France, & others who have been key players, looking closely at their lives & motivation. Subsidiary competitions, such as the King of the Mountains prize, are featured, as well as Tour lore & traditions. The book examines the Tour's extraordinary history, & how a bike race, a simple sporting contest captured the imagination of a country, then a continent & then the world, while at the same time it has stayed uniquely French, even though a Frenchman hasn't won it for over 20 years. ...

A winning horse. A fierce rivalry. A sudden death.

Belinda Sandford thrills to the cheers of the crowd as her beautiful

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