The House of the Dead is a stark account of Dostoyevsky's own experience of penal servitude in Siberia. In graphic detail he describes the suffering of the convicts
- their squalor & degradation, their terror & resignation, from the rampages of a pyschopath to the brief serenity of Christmas Day. Amid the horror of labour in the sub-zero work camp, we hear the stories of the prisoners, & live through the freezing isolation & pain of day after day of misery. We see a young intellectual forced to live, eat & sleep with men from a background of cruelty, coarseness & brutality. The Gambler is set in a spa town with its casino & international clientele. Alexey Ivanovitch is a young tutor in the household of a general. He is both observer & actor in the tempest which surrounds his impoverished employer, as he envies & mocks the airs & pretensions of his supposed superiors. Everyone is waiting for the death of Granny, the general's rich aunt, but so far from dying, she turns up alive & well, & makes her way to the casino..
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In a cavern called The House of Thunder, Susan Thorton watched in terror as her lover died a brutal death in a college hazing.

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Books Crime Books The House on Cold Hill is a chilling & suspenseful ghost story from the multi-million copy bestselling author of Dead Simple, Peter James. Moving from the heart of the city of Brighton & Hove to the Sussex countryside is a big undertaking for born townies, Ollie Harcourt, his wife, Caro, & their twelve-year-old daughter, Jade. But when they view Cold Hill House – a huge, dilapidated, Georgian mansion – they are filled with excitement. Despite the financial strain of the move, Ollie has dreamed of living in the country since he was a child, & with its acres of l&, he sees Cold Hill House as a paradise for his animal-loving daughter, a base for his web-design business & a terrific long-term investment. Caro is less certain, & Jade is grumpy about being removed from all her friends. But within days of moving in, it soon becomes apparent that the Harcourt family aren't the only residents in the house. At first it is only a friend of Jade, talking t... ...

Details: Tess used to be happy with her lot: she lives in the idyllic Irish coastal village, Avalon, with her teenage
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Toys & Games Jigsaw Puzzles Have hours of fun piecing together this stunning House Pond image! This picture perfect puzzle ...

The house where Stella & her sister Amy grew up never changes – the red front door, the breath-taking view over the Cornish coast, her parents in their usual spots on the sofa. Except this summer, things feel a little different...

Stella’s father is nowhere to be seen, yet her mother – in suspiciously new Per Una jeans – seems curiously unfazed by his absence, & more eager to talk about her mysterious dog-walking buddy Mitch.

Stella’s sister Amy has returned home with a new boyfriend she can barely stand & a secret to hide, & Stella’s husband Jack has something he wants to get off his chest too.

Even Frank Sinatra, the dog, has a guilty air about him. This summer, change is in the air for the Whitethorns...

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• ISBN: 9780008217983
• Author: Jenny Oliver
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 373
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm













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Books Thriller Books An unforgettable story about a family with a terrible secret... When a tragedy breaks a family apart, what can bring it back together? The Birds seem to be the perfect family: mother, father, four children, & a picture-book cottage in the country. But one Easter weekend, something happens
- something so unexpected, so devastating, that no one can bring themselves to talk about it. The family shatters, seemingly for good. Until, years later, they are forced to return to the house they grew up in, & to confront what really broke the family apart...   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781787469471 •†Author:†  Lisa Jewell •†Publisher:†  Penguin Books •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 448 •†Dimensions:† 12.9 x 2.7 x 19.8 cm
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Lewis Barnavelt doesnt have time on his side...

When Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan, comes to stay with his uncle Jonathan,

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Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I'll soon learn that the Winchesters' secrets are far more dangerous than my own... Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house from top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. & I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. & how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew's handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it's hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina's life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husb&. I only try on one of Nina's pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it's like. But she soon finds out... & by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it's far too late. But I reassure myself: the Win... ...

I used to clean other people's houses―now, I can't believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge yard where my kids can play. My husband & I saved for years to give our children the life they deserve. Even though I'm wary of our new neighbor Mrs. Lowell, when she invites us over for dinner it's our chance to make friends. Her maid opens the door wearing a white apron, her hair in a tight bun. I know exactly what it's like to be in her shoes. But her cold stare gives me chills… The Lowells' maid isn't the only strange thing on our street. I'm sure I see a shadowy figure watching us. My husband leaves the house late at night. & when I meet a woman who lives across the way, her words chill me to the bone: Be careful of your neighbors. Did I make a terrible mistake moving my family here? I thought I'd left my darkest secrets behind. But could this quiet suburban street be the most dangerous place of all? Product Information:  •†ISBN: 978... ...