Details: When the body of Pauline Brent is found hanging from a yew tree in a local graveyard, DS Wesley Peterson immediately
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In 1350 the people of Cambridge are struggling to overcome the effects of the Black Death. Bands of outlaws roam the land & the high death rate among priests & monks has left the people vulnerable to sinister cults that have grown up in the wake of the plague. At Michaelhouse Matthew Bartholomew is training new physicians to replace those who died of the pestilence. When the body of a friar is found in the massive chest where the University stores its most precious documents, Bartholomew is dragged away from his teaching to investigate. But the friar's is not the only unexplained death in town. Almost by chance Bartholomew stumbles across a derelict church, abandoned since its congregation were decimated by the plague. It is now the meeting place for a mysterious sect which holds its followers in terror, & which Bartholomew believes to be at the very heart of an astonishing web of blackmail & deceit aimed to overthrow the established religion. ...

Details: Rodney Williams was neither handsome nor wealthy, but he had an unerring eye for a pretty girl & when he disappeared
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Just two years after the death of their mother, Hector Stewart tells his children he plans to remarry & has chosen a distant

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Neil is just eighteen when war breaks out, & she's keen to do her bit, which means leaving her safe office job & starting to train as an auxiliary nurse. This will bring her into contact with women of all ages & from very different parts of society
- & it will also bring her face to face with the grim realities of war. But she has a secret to comfort her: a soldier she's met & fallen in love with, who's promised to return to marry her. Then the unthinkable happens: bombs fall on York. & for Nell, this coincides with a dreadful tragedy that she can share with nobody. As she witnesses the destruction of all she holds dear, she must draw on all her resolve to carry on, overcoming her hidden sorrow. But she never forgets; & she never gives up hope that one day things will be right again.
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Books Crime Books We can't choose the strangers we meet. As the guests arrive at beautiful, remote Mitchell's Inn, they're all looking forward to a relaxing weekend deep in the forest, miles from anywhere. They watch their fellow guests with interest, from a polite distance. Usually we can avoid the people who make us nervous, make us afraid. With a violent storm raging, the group finds itself completely cut off from the outside world. Nobody can get in
- or out. & then the first body is found... & the horrifying truth comes to light. There's a killer among them
- & nowhere to run. Until we find ourselves in a situation we can't escape. Trapped.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780552174879 •†Author:   Shari Lapena •†Publisher:   Corgi •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 368 •†Dimensions:†  12.7 x 2.2 x 19.8 cm

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This book informs, elucidates & laughs at all the bizarre events, ridiculous characters & stupid decisions that have shaped Britain's story since 1945, leaving the twenty-first century reader feeling fantastically smug for having the benefit of hindsight. ...

Deep in the mighty Amazon jungle, a documentary crew headed by Dr Steven Kale (Eric Stoltz) & Terri Flores (Jennifer Lopez) rescue a charismatic loner, Paul Sarone (Jon Voight). But Sarone is a man obsessed, & his secret motive wraps them all in a dea ...

This text uses the Celtic vision of life as a means to examine the landscape of the soul. It argues that instead of seeking to satisfy our spiritual hunger on an everlasting journey of exploration, we should seek to gain an understanding that the soul lies within us always. ...

This ten-minute stories series brings together a host of much-loved tales accompanied by charming illustrations. Each book is based around a theme & each story takes about ten minutes to read. These titles are ideal for parents to share with reluctant readers or for confident readers to enjoy alone. ...