The woman who presented herself at the offices of the respectable firm of London solicitors was frail, & her clothes hung off her body. She asked to see the firm's senior partner, Alexander Armstrong, who was amazed when her learnt her name. For Irene Baindor was a woman with a mysterious past. ...

All you have to do is find out why Harry is prepared to blame an innocent man. Thats the thread. Follow it. Youll reach the Silent Ones. This is your way
- our way
- of making a difference...

With this challenge from Father Edmund Littlemore, Anselm returns to the Old Bailey.

The man in the dock is Littlemore himself. He is charged with grave offences against Harry Brandwell who, it seems, is both a victim & a liar.

But hes the only link to these others whove chosen silence over their right to justice.

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• ISBN: 9780349000398
• Author: William Brodrick
• Publisher: Little Brown
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 375
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm















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Alicia Berenson lived a seemingly perfect life until one day, six years ago. When she shot her husband in the head, five times. Since then, she hasn't spoken a single word. & it is time to find out why... Product Information:• ISBN: 9781409181637• Author: Alex Michaelides• Publisher: Orion Books• Format: Paperback• Pages: 342• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm ...

The Silhouette Colouring Book is a strikingly beautiful colouring book that allows boys & girls to explore an excitingly different way of colouring. Brimming with scenes made up of striking silhouetted shapes combined with vibrant backdrops. Filled with stunning, partially coloured scenes to complete, children can use an array of colours or simply use black to make each scene a masterpiece. ...

Margaret Montgomery wants more from life than a comfortable marriage & home, but this isn't easy for a woman in mid-18th century Scotl&. Her family is inextricably linked to the Todds & has been since the day her father brought his young bride to work for weaver Peter Todd. 17.4 x 10.8 x 2.8 cm, pages 326 ...

The powerful new novel from Susan Fletcher, award-winning author of the bestselling EVE GREEN & OYSTERCATCHERS. A profound tale of love, loss & the lore of the sea. The islanders of Parla are still mourning the loss of one of their own. Four years since that loss, & a man
- un-named, unclothed
- is washed onto their shores. Some say he is a mythical man from the sea
- potent, kind & beautiful; others suspect him. For the bereft Maggie, this stranger brings love back to the isle. But as the days pass he changes every one of them
- & the time comes for his story to be told... Tender, lyrical & redemptive, THE SILVER DARK SEA is the dazzling new novel from the author of EVE GREEN (winner of Whitbred First Novel award) & WITCH LIGHT. It is a story about what life can give & take from us, when we least expect it
- & how love, in all its forms, is the greatest gift of all.




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When Lin, Josie & Minnie left Miss Hamilton’s class at Middleton Ferris County Primary School, sixty years ago, they could only dream about what the future had in store for them.   The one thing they knew for certain was that their friendship would thrive. Years later & life hasn’t always been kind.   Josie is still mourning the loss of her beloved husband Harry a year after his sudden demise. Lin is hoping to celebrate her fiftieth wedding anniversary with husband Neil, but he’s suddenly keeping secrets & telling her lies, so she’s suspecting the worst   And as for Minnie, well she loves her life in Oxford academia, but with no family to call her own, she sometimes wonders if the sacrifices were all worthwhile. So, when the ninety-year-old Miss Hamilton – or Cecily as she lets them call her now – glides gracefully back into their lives on her glamorous violet mobility scooter, the ladies are in need of inspiration & fun.   And over their regular lunches, the friends start to dre... ...

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1854. As the Cardiff-bound train puffs out of Paddington Station, young Hugh Kellow wraps a protective arm

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During the build up to the Allied invasion of Northern Europe, Battle of Britain hero Tom ' Ginger' Neil was assigned as an RAF liaison to an American fighter squadron. Acting as a British representative, Neil was tasked with negotiating & overcoming the countless culture clashes that existed between the two allies. From encountering unfamiliar planes & uncomfortable attitudes towards the British to meeting the King of Yugoslavia & General George Patton & falling in love, Neil's time with the Americans was anything but dull. As the Allies pushed east, Neil commandeered an abandoned Spitfire as his own personal aeroplane. Erasing any evidence of its provenance & stripping it down to bare metal, it became the RAF's only silver Spitfire. Love affair & culture clashes on hold, he took the silver Spitfire into battle alongside his US comrades until
- with the war's end
- he was forced to make a difficult decision. Faced with too many questions about the mysterious rogue fighter, he contemplated increasingly desperate measures to offload it, including bailing out mid-Channel. He eventually left the Spitfire at Worthy Down, never to be seen again. The Silver Spitfire is the first-h&, gripping story of Neil's heroic experience as an RAF fighter pilot & his reminiscences with his very own personal Spitfire.

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It has been two years since the events of Christine Falls, the bestselling novel that introduced the world to an irascible Dublin pathologist named Quirke. Quirke's beloved Sarah has died, his surrogate father lies paralyzed by a stroke, & hes been sober for half a year. When a near-forgotten acquaintance asks him to cover up his beautiful young wifes apparent suicide, Quirke knows he should stay clear, for the sake of his sobriety & his peace of mind. But his old itch is irresistible, & before long he is probing further into the circumstances of Deidre Hunts death, into a web of drugs & illicit sex that may have snared his own daughter, Phoebe. With its vivid, intense evocation of 1950s Dublin, & intricate, psychologically complex storyline, The Silver Swan is "even more engrossing than last years Christine Falls" (Entertainment Weekly). ...