Spring 1913 & 17 year old Evie Murphy is leaving Ireland behind for the city of Liverpool with her baby daughter Linnet but has to leave behind Linnet's frail twin, Lucy behind. While Lucy grows up in the beautiful Irish countryside as Evie experiences mixed fortunes, Linnet is often forced to throw herself on the mercy of the enormous, impoverished Sullivan family. Living in the slum courts during the 30s is tough
- but when tragedy strikes, it becomes her only option. Destitute, she disappears into the Liverpool slums like a teardrop in an ocean. Lucy, on the other h&, needs her sister by her side but is ill prepared as she sets off to look for Linnet & their reunion will change their lives forever.
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1910 Liverpool Docks.

Ruby Swift is a hard-working, straight-talking woman of substance who does not suffer fools

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Evie Kilgaren is a fighter.  Abandoned by her mother & with her father long gone, she is left to raise her siblings in dockside

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On the coast of Maine sits The Three Captains Inn, a haven for tourists & locals alike.

When Lolly, the owner, summons

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London, 1883. The controversial practice of mesmerism, with its genuine practitioners & its fraudulent chancers, has hypnotised the city. Miss Cordelia Preston, a beautiful, ageing out-of-work actress terrified of returning to the poverty of her childhood, suddenly emerges as a Lady Phreno-Mesmerist. In her candle-lit Bloomsbury basement she learns to harness her talent - in completely unexpected ways. But success is fragile when you have a past filled with secrets. On a wintry, moonlit night a body is found in Bloomsbury Square, & what began as an audacious subterfuge erupts into a scandal. Cordelia's past is revealed, bringing not only heartache but terror - & the mystery of a cloaked figure who waits for her in the shadowy London streets. ...

Details: This is a unique & entertaining reference to the British weather presented in a series of colourful maps showing
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An epic adventure of daring, legend & legacy begins below the floorboards of Camelot. Below the carpets & flagstones of Camelot lies a secret world much like Arthur's royal court. Lord Yvers Christopher leads the castle creatures with a steady paw, upholds a tenuous truce with the animals of the Darkling Woods & guards the world's greatest treasure: the Holy Grail. Unknown to the knights above, the mice of the round table strive to ensure the safety of all who live within the castle walls, human & otherwise. So when Yvers is assassinated, the whole of Camelot is at risk. His grandson Calib Christopher must follow in his pawsteps but does the young mouse have the strength & power to lead his people & unite with the Darklings against the evil that threatens them all? A rich, fun fantastical new series from new talent Julie Leung. Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781848125131 •†Author:   Julie Leung  •†Publisher:   Bonnier Books Ltd •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 352 •†Dimens... ...

Michaels is one of the world's biggest specialist retailer of arts & crafts materials
- it is the place that hundreds of thousands
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Fresh out of school, young Mariah faces a new chapter of his life living in the Prince Regent Hotel, which is built into the side of a cliff. His job is to assist the magician in the stage shows held for the guests. Above ground, the hotel offers every form of luxury. Below ground, between the slimy, green-dripping walls of the basement, is where the magicshow equipment is kept
- & lurking in an Egyptian sarcophagus amond scuttling sea-creatures is a secret that draws Mariah into the path of villainy & possible death.
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Top army engineer Tyler Locke is given a mysterious ancient manuscript. Written in Greek, it initially seems indecipherable. But with the help of classics scholar Stacy Benedict, Locke comes to understand that this manuscript could provide the clues to the greatest riches known to mankind
- the legendary treasure of King Midas.
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