When Holly Farthings overbearing grandfather tries to force her to marry a widower twice her age, she finally says no.



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Nuneaton, 1911.

When Holly Farthing's overbearing grandfather tries to force her to marry a widower twice her age,

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It should be an easy solve: a murder in broad daylight with two eyewitnesses. 

But the victim is the son of a notorious

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Ellen & Mirren are mill girls who earn extra money by working in a fish & chip shop several evenings a week. Mirren is engaged to Donald who has gone to America & will send for her when he is settled. However, when he does so, she is unable to leave as her mother is sick & dying. By the time her responsibilities have ended, Donald has found another... Robbie, Mirren's brother, is getting involved with politics & often brings home a friend, Joe, usually following a fight when they need patching up. Mirren is dead against the political meetings but, after several failed dates with other men, she realises she is rather attracted to Joe. ...

The magic of Christmas has arrived... much to William's dismay!

William intends to spend Christmas alone with his cat.

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Books Children's Fiction Books Aria is excited to celebrate her puppy's first Christmas
- they'll make snowmen & eat lots of food,
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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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