Although it's hard to believe now, Rose West was once a beautiful little girl with long, glossy dark hair & big brown eyes. Looking at those pictures of her, it is almost impossible to comprehend that she would grow up to become one of Britain's most notorious female murderers. Crime Writer Jane Cater Woodrow looks back at the start of Rose's life to piece together what it was that turned her into a monster. Was there always a predisposition to cruelty or did something happen in her young life? This book has 274 pages & is 19.8cm x 12.9cm x 1.9cm. ...

Although it's hard to believe now, Rose West was an exceptionally beautiful little girl with long, glossy dark hair & big brown eyes. Strangers would stop & stare at her in the street & she could entrance people from an early age. Looking at photos of young Rosie as a child, it is almost impossible to comprehend that she would grow up to become one of Britain's most notorious female murders. What happened to that little girl to make her capable of such violence? Or was there something wrong
- a predisposition to cruelty
- which she was born with? Crime writer Jane Carter Woodrow goes back to the start of Rose's life to piece together what turned her into a monster. In doing so, she presents us with a profile of the young Rose West & a fascinating insight into the mind of a killer. Rose's early life made her the perfect partner for Fred West when they met just before her sixteenth birthday. But the young teenager would kill for the first time a few months later, alone & unaided, while Fred was in prison. Her part in the killings is very different to that which many people believe even today.

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One bright autumn morning, Rose & her cheeky companion, Banjo the playful dog, head off to fly their kite.

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Eighteen months ago, 17-year-old Rose & 13-year-old Rudder escaped a strict religious sect with

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The first book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s
- the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime
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Tucked away on the Cornish coastline & brimming with history, Roseland seemed to belong to another century... The summers spent at Rosel&, the sprawling ancestral home of her best friend, Eloise, were among the happiest of Cathy’s life. Tucked away on the Cornish coastline & brimming with history, Roseland seemed to belong to another century. Cathy has barely been back since Eloise’s death a decade ago. So she is shocked when Jack, the love of Eloise’s life & father of her children, announces that he is getting married, & that the wedding will take place at Rosel&. As Cathy & Eloise’s family gather at the house for the first time in years, long buried secrets & resentments come to the surface. Nobody likes Jack’s new bride, but is she really the imposter everybody claims, or are they merely haunted by memories of Eloise? & how can Cathy look to the future, when the past refuses to let go? Utterly captivating & beautifully told, with echoes of du Maurier’s Reb... ...

Takes us from munchies at 2 am to the brunchies at 11 am & presents over 75 recipes covering: traditional English breakfast; alternative English breakfast; healthy breakfast; brunch; munchies; Special Occasion breakfast; over indulgence; &, breads, preserves & drinks. ...

Rosemary Woodhouse & her struggling actor-husb&, Guy, move into the Bramford, an old New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation & only elderly residents. Neighbours Roman & Minnie Castavet soon come nosing around to welcome them; despite Rosemarys reservations about their eccentricity & the weird noises that she keeps hearing, her husband starts spending time with them. Shortly after Guy lands a plum Broadway role, Rosemary becomes pregnant, & the Castavets start taking a special interest in her welfare. As the sickened Rosemary becomes increasingly isolated, she begins to suspect that the Castavets circle is not what it seems. ...

In the great mansions of Houston Avenue, Howbutker, live the towns founding families; Toliver, Warwick & Du Mont. Over generations they have settled their differences by exchanging roses; a red rose to ask for forgiveness & a white rose to accept. But when precocious teenager Mary Toliver inherits cotton plantation Somerset from her father Vernon, the first seeds of discontent are shown. And it is not the last time Mary will sell her should for the sake of the family soil. When she declines the proposal of handsome timber magnate Percy Warwick, it is shattering choice that will spell heartbreak for generations to come. ...

' The voice on the other end of the phone was severe. " It's your grandmother." " Yes?" " She's been arrested." ' Nick Robertson has become used to his grandmother Rosie's dotty behaviour. At 86, a widow now, she is determined that before life passes her by, she will live a little. Or, preferably, a lot. It wouldn't be so bad if Nick had nothing else to do, but with a job to find, two warring parents to cope with & a love life in terminal decline, he would prefer his grandmother to get on with things quietly. But, Rosie insists, there is no time like the present. Life is to be enjoyed to the full & to hell with the consequences. She'll help Nick find the soulmate he clearly lacks & he can help her make the most of her few remaining years. Alan Titchmarsh's sparkling new novel is a delicious blend of humour & romance, & a resounding affirmation that there is no such thing as the generation gap. ...