At first the virus wiping out grass & crops is of little concern to John Custance. It has decimated Asia, causing mass starvation & riots, but Europe is safe & a counter-virus is expected any day. Except, it turns out, the governments have been lying to their people. ...

The legend of King Arthur has retained its appeal & popularity through the ages: Mordred's treason, the knightly exploits of Tristan, Lancelot's fatally divided loyalties & his love for Guenevere, the quest for the Holy Grail. This title presents an account of the knights of the Round Table. ...

The master of historical fiction presents the iconic story of King Alfred & the making of a nation.

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It is the summer of 1911 & as Britain is gripped by paranoia about German spies & secret preparations for war, railway detective Jim Stringer decides to set out for a much-needed holiday. But before he can leave he finds himself escorting a young aristocrat, Hugh Lambert, who is on his way to be executed for the murder of his father. When Hugh warns that a second murder is imminent in his isolated village, Jim sees a chance to kill two birds with one stone. & so, as he visits the village with his wife Lydia under the guise of holidaying, Jim finds he has one weekend in which to stop another murder & unravel a conspiracy of international

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One misty autumn dawn in a quiet fishing port in northwest Spain, the body of a sailor washes up in the harbour. Detective Inspector Leo Caldas is called in from police headquarters in the nearby city of Vigo to sign off on what appears to be a suicide. But details soon come to light that turn this routine matter into a complex murder investigation. Finding out the truth is not easy when the villagers are so suspicious of outsiders. As Caldas delves into the maritime life of the village, he uncovers a disturbing decade-old case of a shipwreck & two mysterious disappearances. Death on a Galician Shore is a chilling story of violence, blackmail & revenge that has enthralled readers across Europe... The size of this book is 19.7cm in height & 12.7cm wide with 371 pages. ...

For Miss Cordell, principal of Persephone College, there are two great evils to be feared: unladylike behaviour among her students, & bad publicity for the college. So her prim & cosy world is turned upside down when the drowned body of the college bursar is found floating in her canoe. ...

The case that had everything: lies, betrayal, sex. The story that fascinated the nation. On 15 December 2008, two screams shattered the peace of the affluent Windgate Road in Howth, Co Dublin. Celine Cawley, founder of the hugely successful Toytown Films, former model & ' Bond girl', lay dying on the patio of her home. A major garda search got underway for the balaclava-wearing burglar that Celine's husb&, Eamonn Lillis, had described so vividly as his wife's attacker. But it quickly became clear that there was no burglar, & the finger of suspicion pointed squarely at Lillis himself. Journalist Abigail Rieley, who covered the trial for the Irish Independent, gives a step-by-step account of the day of the killing, the garda investigations, explores the relationship between Lillis & Cawley & between Lillis & his mistress, & gives a day-by-day account of the sensational trial & its impact on the families. ...

The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head.

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France, 1963. A farmer reports a truck ramming into a car near Amiens, Picardie, followed by gunfire.

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Nothing else mattered. He'd been cut loose by his bosses & his twisted vision of what had happened saw only one ending: revenge. & that revenge was centred solely on Rocco. France, 1963. A farmer reports a truck ramming into a car near Amiens, Picardie, followed by gunfire. A group of Englishmen are brought in after a bar fight. A tramp's body is discovered in a burnt-out truck. All this occurring after multiple attempts on the President's life. Inspector Lucas Rocco knows there's a connection somewhere. Yet despite all clues pointing to the Pont Noir for the next attack on the President, his superiors reject his suspicions. Finding himself suspended, the victim of a set-up, with no badge & no authority, & facing the lethal response of English gangsters, Rocco has to go it alone.. . ...