Watson has been discharged from military service after suffering severe wounds, & he is having no luck finding accommodation
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A Study in Scarlet is a potent mix of murder, suspense, cryptic clues, red herrings & revenge. It introduces us to the world-famous characters of Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson & Inspector Lestrade as they join forces for the first time to track a mysterious killer that stalks London's street. ...

Details: Today's top authors including 1 bestsellers Lee Child, Neil Gaiman, & Michael Connelly pen stories inspired
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Vikram Seth's novel is at its core a love story, the tale of Lata & of her mother's attempts to find her a suitable husb&, through love or through exacting maternal praise. Set in post-Independence India & involving the lives of hour large families & those who orbit them, it is also a vast panoramic exploration of a whole continent at a crucial hour, as a sixth of the world's population faces it first great General Election & the chance to map its own destiny. ...

Glass-sculptor Claire understands fragility more than anyone, since she overheated in her studio & fainted, causing the premature birt of her son. Since then, she's given up work, & devoted herself to her husband & children. But then lock Dixon begs her to provide a glass sculpture for a charity gala night. Claire knows that her family should come first but, unable to ignore the chemistry building between herself & Lock, just can't say no. Her decision will call her marriage, her friendships & all her loves
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Summer has never been so scandalous…

When violet moves to Swallow Beach, she inherits a small Victorian pier with an empty

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A caretaker for Roundhouse Row holiday cottages. Wanted.

Where? Nelson’s Bar is the perfect little village. Nestled away

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Constance Harding's comfortable corner of the Home Counties is her own little piece of heaven. Her time is spent party-planning (disastrous), matchmaking for her startlingly well-dressed son Rupert (catastrophic), & dreaming of the hat aisles at John Lewis. But she's about to learn that her perfect home conceals scandal that would make the vicar blush. Her Lithuanian housekeeper's polyester underwear keeps appearing in her husband's study, her parrot has gained a troubling new vocabulary & her daughter is turning into a Lycra-clad gap-year strumpet. As her family falls apart, Constance embarks on an extraordinary journey. From tripping in Ibiza to riding with a handsome Argentinean gaucho whose only English words are ' Britney' & ' Spears', Constance discovers a wider world she thought it was too late to find.. . ...

A moving & intensely felt examination of the lengths to which we will go to seek protection & security in others. Returning to haunted Cornish landscapes familiar from other Gale novels, it is the story of individuals in search of a family. Dido, the nine-year-old heroine & emotional centre of Patrick Gale ...

The Long Night has begun. The Endlords & their dark army of Unmade prepare to unleash untold destruction upon the world. Every Sull warrior must step forward & fight, or risk the North falling into eternal darkness. Key to mankind's survival is the sacred warrior Ash March. But for Ash to realise her true potential as a Reach, & become the Sull's greatest weapon, she must keep herself safe as the perils that surround her multiply. Raif Sevrance has an equally perilous task. The exile must travel to the barren wastes of the Red Glaciers & recover the legendary sword named Loss. For Sull legend decrees that he who wields the Sword from Red Ice will bring terror to their enemies. But fulfilment of these goals may yet come too late. In the remote reaches of the Bitter Hills, the Endlords' minions have made a cataclysmic discovery: a crack in the Blindwall, an ancient & unguarded passage leading directly into the realms of men. ...