When DCI Alan Banks arrived in Eastvale his life was every bit as much of a mess as it is now. But he is holding an envelope that could change everything he understood about the events that sent him north twenty years ago. Walking again the narrow alleys & backstreets of his mind, he remembers the seedy Soho nights of his last case
- dubious businessmen in dodgy clubs, young girls on the game. & a killer on the loose. In addition to the brand new novella that fills in the gaps in Banks's life before Yorkshire, Peter Robinson gives us ten more brilliant & eclectic stories that have never before been published in the UK. The Eastvale Ladies' Poker Circle finds that murder may be just another game of risk. Is a suitcase of cash worth a man's head on a plate? & tragedy leads a young boy to learn the price of love
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A wonderfully entertaining riches-to-rags story with the glitz of a celebrity mag expose, mixed with an old-fashioned tale of comeuppance & self discovery. Meet Charlotte Williams! Rich, gorgeous, blonde & a talented singer, she has everything going for her. Spoiled & indulged, her life has always revolved around fashion, gossip, partying & men. When Charlotte's father -- her only family since her mother's tragic death years ago -- is arrested on fraud charges, her glittering world shatters around her. Alone & penniless, she must make her own way for the very first time. Harassed by paparazzi & the outraged victims of her father's crimes, Charlotte flees to New Orleans to escape the scandal. But what happens when a Park Avenue Princess is forced to fend for herself? How will she adapt to the Big Easy's bohemian lifestyle? & in the face of anonymous death threats, can she keep herself out of danger? From the stylish avenues of Manhattan & dark clubs of the French Quarter to the bright lights of Los Angeles, Nicole Richie's scintillating tale shows that the very life you run from is the one that won't let you hide. ...

At two international auction houses, fine art experts vie to get the world's most fabulous & expensive paintings into their salerooms. At Ludbrooks of London, Lizzy Duffy does her best get ahead as an auctioneer, while her boss Nat Wilde takes advantage of her in more ways than one. Meanwhile Carrie Klein, number two fine art expert at Ehrenpreis in New York has been charged with opening Ehrenpreis's new operation in London, & she's determined that it's going to make her name. & in a draughty farmhouse in Cornwall, impoverished artist Serena Macdonald struggles to support her young daughter by painting family pets. Until a mistake leads to a cottage industry in 'old masters'
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When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant & conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks & lively mind. When she discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley & her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions & superbly evokes the friendships, gossip & snobberies of provincial middle-class life. ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. Austen's best-loved tale of love, marriage & society in class-conscious Georgian England still delights modern readers today with its comedy & characters. It follows the feisty, quick-witted Elizabeth Bennet as her parents seek to ensure good marriages for her & her sisters in order to secure their future. Through the irrepressible characters of Mr Collins & Mrs Bennet & the sensitivities & nuances of the relationship between Darcy & Elizabeth, Austen's skill & artistry as a writer shines. ...

Adaptation of the classic novel by Jane Austen starring Keira Knightley & Matthew Mac Fadyen. When wealthy Mr Bingley (Simon Woods) & his friend, the dashing Mr Darcy (Mac Fadyen) arrive in a small Hertfordshire town, Mrs Bennett (Brenda Blethyn) sees i ...

Adaptation of the classic novel by Jane Austen starring Keira Knightley & Matthew Mac Fadyen. When wealthy Mr Bingley (Simon Woods) & his friend, the dashing Mr Darcy (Mac Fadyen) arrive in a small Hertfordshire town, Mrs Bennett (Brenda Blethyn) sees i ...

When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant & conceited. When she later discovers that Mr Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Mr Bingley & her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. ...

Pride & Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners.



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