Michael Jayston reads this complete, full-length novel about a murderer in a secluded lighthouse, by bestselling author P.D James. Combe Island off the Cornish coast has a bloodstained history but now, privately owned, it offers respite to over-stressed men & women in positions of high authority who require privacy & security. However, the peace of Combe is violated when one of the distinguished visitors is bizarrely murdered. Adam Dalgliesh is called in to solve the mystery quickly & discreetly, but at a difficult time for him & his depleted team. Dalgliesh is uncertain about his future with Emma Lavenham, the woman he loves, Detective Inspector Kate Miskin has her own emotional problems, & Sergeant Francis Benton-Smith is worried about working under her. Hardly have the team begun to unravel the motives of the suspects than there is a second brutal killing... ...

Hear all about Lighthouse Keeper
- Mr. Grinling & his adventures in these seven exciting stories, read by Jean Waggoner. The stories
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From the author of the ever-popular Flashman novels, a collection of film-world reminiscences & trenchant thoughts on Cool Britannia, New Labour & other abominations. In between writing Flashman novels, George Mac Donald Fraser spent thirty years as an "incurably star struck" screenwriter, working with the likes of Steve Mc Queen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cubby Broccoli, Burt Lancaster, Federico Fellini & Oliver Reed. Now he shares his recollections of those encounters, providing a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes. Far from starry-eyed where Tony Blair & Co are concerned, he looks back also to the Britain of his youth & castigates those responsible for its decline to "a Third World country.. .misruled by a typical Third World government, corrupt, incompetent & undemocratic". Controversial, witty & revealing
- or "curmudgeonly", reactionary, undiluted spleen, according to the critics
- The Light's on at Signpost has struck a chord with a great section of the public. Perhaps, as one reader suggests, it should be "hidden beneath the floorboards, before the Politically-Correct Thought Police come hammering at the door, demanding to confiscate any copies".

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Mma Ramotswe & Mma Makutsi have always relied on the advice of the classic guide to their trade, The Principles of Private Detection. But who is the eminent author, Mr Clovis Andersen, & what if he were to come to Botswana? That seems a very unlikely possibility, & yet.. . When Mr Andersen visits Botswana on holiday, he is delighted & intrigued to stumble across a roadside sign that reveals the existence of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Professional courtesy suggests that he call & announce himself. Meanwhile, Mma Makutsi & Phuti Radiphuti are embarking on married life & building a new house
- a tricky business under any circumstances but especially hazardous when the name of the contractor is the Joy & Light Building Company.
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Mma Ramotswe & Mma Makutsi have always relied on the advice of the classic guide to their trade, The Principles of Private Detection. But who is the eminent author, Mr Clovis Andersen, & what if he were to come to Botswana? That seems a very unlikely possibility, & yet... When Mr Andersen visits Botswana on holiday, he is delighted & intrigued to stumble across a roadside sign that reveals the existence of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Professional courtesy suggests that he call & announce himself. Meanwhile, Mma Makutsi & Phuti Radiphuti are embarking on married life & building a new house
- a tricky business under any circumstances but especially hazardous when the name of the contractor is the Joy & Light Building Company.
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Details: They're called Lincoln Lawyers: the bottom of the legal food chain, the criminal defence attorneys who operate
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Home of beautiful sandy beaches, quaint cottages & windmills
- Lincolnshire's huge expanses of countryside & coast provides the
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The final part in the Channel 4 series following the development of the passenger liner in the twentieth century. This volume looks at the advent of the Boeing 747, the launch & maiden voyage of the QE2, the introduction of Destiny, the first 100, 000 ton liner, the potential of cruise liners at war & a look at the ships of the future. ...

Have a safe jump, Mr Corey.' Detective John Corey is floating to earth, his skydiver's parachute billowing above him. His wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, is mere metres away, beneath a chute of her own. & clinging to Kate in midair, aiming a knife at her throat & a Glock at Corey, is the most dangerous man alive: Asad Khalik, code name The Lion
- infamous terrorist, ice-blooded assassin, & Corey's greatest nemesis. 'I promised you I would return, Corey...' It's been three years since Corey last traded words
- & bullets
- with The Lion, who vanished after a devastating attack on American soil. But with Khalil's spectacular return, the threat of a terrorist apocalypse now darkens the globe. The Lion wants revenge. & with Kate's life in the balance, so does Corey.


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A young recruit, a legendary battle, a cataclysmic war, a baptism by fire...

Confident & strong willed, Kelly Maguire

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