1918. Fleeing from her past, Cathy Carmichael is new to the Sixteen Streets. She has nothing to her name, no plan & nowhere to go. Cathy thinks she's struck gold when she runs into Mrs Sturrocks, an elderly lady who offers her a room at her boarding house. Her son, Noel, might be strange & sulky, but he gives her a job at the Robin Hood pub & before long, Cathy is thriving as the new barmaid. The Sixteen Streets was only meant to be a temporary stop for Cathy... but could it become home instead? Product Information:  •†ISBN: 9781398708952 •†Author: Elsie Mason •†Publisher: Orion •†Format:†Paperback •†Pages:†368 • Dimensions: 12.6 x 2.8 x 19.6cm ...

When justice is for sale, every jury has a price... In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark trial against a tobacco company begins. Millions of dollars are at stake & soon the case swerves mysteriously off course. The jury begin behaving strangely, & one of the jurors is convinced he's being watched. Soon they have to be sequestered. But then an anonymous tip from a young woman suggests she knows why the jury are behaving oddly. Someone has a plan. But who? &, more importantly, what do they want?   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780099537182 •†Author:   John Grisham  •†Publisher:   Arrow •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 494 •†Dimensions:† 12.9 x 2.9 x 19.8 cm ...

Sally Page is an MI5 'footie', a junior Secret Service Agent who maintains 'legends': fake identities or footprints used by real

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Books Thriller Books Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside. The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organisation that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister undertones, & unexplained deaths. In order to try to rescue Will, Strike's business partner Robin Ellacott decides to infiltrate the cult & she travels to Norfolk to live incognito amongst them. But in doing so, she is unprepared for the dangers that await her there or for the toll it will take on her... Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781408730942 •†Author: Robert Galbraith •†Publisher:†  Sphere •†Format:†  Hardback •†Pages:† 960 •†Dimensions:†15.6 x 2.2 x 24 cm ...

This is the 77th Rupert annual & features stories focusing on holidays & adventure. Adventure is a core element in many Rupert stories
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One man versus the might of the Russian mafia… The explosive new thriller series from major bestseller Ben Coes.

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As Michael Bennett's wedding day approaches, a killer has a vow of his own to fulfil in the thirteenth thriller featuring the

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Spetnaz has been a name to strike fear into the hearts of Mother Russia's enemies. But what was there left to fight for now the country had gone to the dogs? Dima Mayakovsky
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1928. Exiled from Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution, the beautiful & fiery Lydia & her aristocratic mother, Valentina, have taken refuge in Junchow, China. With destitution looming, Lydia realises that she must use her wits to survive & resorts to stealing. When a valuable ruby necklace goes missing, Chang An Lo, a handsome Chinese youth who is under threat from troops hunting down Communists, saves her from certain death. Thrust into clashes with the savage triads, of Junchow & the strictures of the white colonial settlement, Lydia & Chang fall in love & are swept up in a fierce fight against prejudice & shame. Forced to face opium-running, betrayal & kidnap, their compelling attraction to each other is tested to the limits. 1928. Exiled from Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution, the beautiful & fiery Lydia & her aristocratic mother, Valentina, have taken refuge in Junchow, China. With destitution looming, Lydia realises that she must use her wits to survive & resorts to stealing. When a valuable ruby necklace goes missing, Chang An Lo, a handsome Chinese youth who is under threat from troops hunting down Communists, saves her from certain death. Thrust into clashes with the savage triads, of Junchow & the strictures of the white colonial settlement, Lydia & Chang fall in love & are swept up in a fierce fight against prejudice & shame. Forced to face opium-running, betrayal & kidnap, their compelling attraction to each other is tested to the limits. ...

When Barbara Davies was sent to Russia on a newspaper assignment, she met Lieutenant Valinsky & her world was turned upside down. Fascinated by the harsh simplicity of his day-to-day existence in a freezing Russian winter, she embarked on a whirlwind, passionate affair with him, determined to turn her back on her old life forever. But Barbara soon had to confront the stark differences between their two worlds, & ask herself whether their lives could ever come together to give her what she desired the most. Sensual & uplifting, this frank memoir reflects on the complexities of love & how one chance meeting can change everything. ...