Blood on the Thistle is the tale of how a once proud Scottish family was devastated by war, & how the effects continued to ripple through time & generations. Until, a century later, the threads of this remarkable family are finally drawn together again, in a book that is at once a superb documentary account & a moving tribute to a generation. ...

Alison really does have it all...

A loving family & a career on the rise
- she's just been given her first murder case

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It is Scotl&, 1020 AD & King Malcolm II is lying on his death bed...

When the most violent family makes a claim

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After his last case, among the gentle hills & lush vineyards of Piedmont, Inspector Zen finally receives the order he has been dreading all his professional life. His next posting is to Sicily, home of the Mafia. He is welcomed by the gruesome discovery of an unidentified, decomposed corpse sealed in a railway wagon on a disused siding. Set against the backdrop of the 3000 year old city of Catania, in the shadow of the smouldering volcano of Etna, Blood Rain finds Aurelio Zen at his most desperate & driven. This audiobook has 8 CDs & has a runtime of 720 minutes. ...

There are no laws in Saba's world. When her twin brother is stolen, she pursues his captors through a wild, wasted l&. She must become a warrior to survive. On this dangerous road she can become a warrior to survive. On this dangerous road she can trust no one. Not even the handsome thief who saves her life
- & steals her heart.
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Set at the time of the Russian Revolution, the end of a centuries old dynasty, the rise of the Bolsheviks sent shockwaves around the world. This is the story of one man who was there. It's real history
- about the riches & excesses, the glory of the Russian nobility, Nicholas & Alexandra, their hemophiliac son, Alexei, notorious Rasputin, Lenin & Trotsky who ruled from palaces where the Czars had once danced till dawn. The man was real too, his name was Arthur Ransome. He was a writer, accused of being a spy, perhaps even a double agent, & he left his wife & beloved daughter & fell in love with Russia & a Russian woman, Evgenia. Fictionalising history & blending it with real life, part i is told as a fairy tale. Wise & foolish kings, princesses, enchantresses (characters more suited to fairy tale than reality), wishes & magic, Russia with its vast cold plains & mighty cities, its riches & poverty, all play a part in the downfall of the Czars & rise of the new order. Part ii is about betrayal
- Ransome the spy, bleak & threatening. Part iii is a love story, a fairy tale, ending
- of Ransome's love for his daughter, Tabitha, & for Evgenia.


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Chrysabelle's skin bears the telltale markings of a prized Comarre
- a race of humans bred to feed vampire nobility. But when her
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DI Kelly Porter investigates why a naked young woman has been found at an ancient stone circle, refusing to speak...



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Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange & magical things
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As the Nazis roll into Warsaw, a serial killer is unleashed… September 1939. A city ruled by fear. A population brutalised by restrictions & reprisals. Amid the devastation, another hunter begins to prowl. What are a few more deaths amid scores of daily executions? Former chief investigator Jan Kalisz lives a dangerous double life, forced to work with the occupiers as he gathers information for the fledgling Polish resistance. Even his family cannot be told his true allegiance. When the niece of a Wehrmacht general is found terribly mutilated, Jan links the murder to other killings that are of less interest to his new overlords. Soon, he finds himself on the trail of a psychopathic killer known as The Artist. But, shunned as a Nazi collaborator, can he solve the case before another innocent girl is taken? A chilling serial killer investigation, perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow's Blackout & the TV series Hannibal starring Mads Mikkelson. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804365... ...