` Like all the Jim Stringer adventures, The Last Train to Scarborough bewitches with its detail, dry humour & laid-back ruminations.' Observer It is March 1914, & Jim Stringer is uneasy about his new assignment. It's not so much the prospect of a Scarborough lodging house in the gloomy off-season that bothers him, or even the fact that the last railwayman to stay in the house has disappeared without a trace. It's more that his chief inspector seems to be deliberately holding back details of the case ...

Details: One hundred years have passed since Robert Falcon Scotts beleagured expeditionary team arrived at the South Pole,
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Rebellious Alex Faversham dreams of escaping her stifling upper-class Victorian background. She yearns to be like her long lost Aunt Alicia, the beautifulblack sheep of the family, & so, inspired by Alicia's glamorous life abroad, Alex sets off to Italy. She finds it enchanting, but soon Alex's taste for travel draws her to the city her aunt calls home
- Vienna. Its heady glitter in the years before the First World War is as alluring as she had imagined, the city seemingly existing in an everlasting round of balls & parties. Here, at last, Alex finds romance, with Karl von Winkler, a hussar in the Emporer's guard. But, like the Hapsburg Empire, Alex's fledgling love affair cannot last. &, as Alex's situation suddenly becomes desperate, she finds herself away from home on the brink of war. Will she ever see England or her family again?
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Words can be dangerous. Sometimes they kill… Natalka & Edwin are running a detective agency in Shoreham, Sussex. Despite a steady stream of minor cases, Natalka is frustrated, longing for a big juicy investigation to come the agency’s way. Then a murder case turns up. Local writer, Melody Chambers, is found dead & her family are convinced it is murder. Edwin, a big fan of the obit pages, thinks there’s a link to the writer of Melody’s obituary who pre-deceased his subject. The trail leads them to a slightly sinister writers’ retreat. When another writer is found dead, Edwin thinks that the clue lies in the words. Seeking professional help, the amateur investigators turn to their friend, detective Harbinder Kaur, to find that they have stumbled on a plot that is stranger than fiction. The unmissable new novel from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529433470 • Author: Elly Griffiths • Publisher: Quercus Publishing plc • Fo... ...

Marcus Trower hated WWF. He hated Hulk Hogan, Big Daddy & all the other spandex-clad musclemen who over the years had made a mockery of his beloved sport. For him, wrestling
- real wrestling
- was a means of expression, both physical & mental. It was also, in Britain at least, a dying art. Then tragedy struck
- chronic health problems prevented him doing what he loved most. Unwilling to let go, he travelled to such far-flung reaches as India, Mongolia, Nigeria & Brazil in an attempt to uncover some deeper, perhaps spiritual, dimension to wrestling. Amidst incredible scenery & a cast of colourful characters, Marcus discovered the true origins of wrestling appeared to have little to do with spirituality & everything to do with seduction... The Last Wrestler is the story of one man's rebellion against the office-bound constraints of the modern world. Vivid, comic & often moving, it reveals a testosterone-fuelled world you never knew existed.


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A hilarious, fully illustrated joke book for children aged 8+. Containing over 800 eye-wateringly funny gags including: comedy classics (old favourites given a modern twist); one-liners; silly shaggy dog stories; the best spoof film, song & book titles you've ever heard; & many more! The humorous illustrations give added pace & extra laughs. A great gift for all the family to enjoy! 27 x 22 x 1 cm, pages 128 ...

The fourth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s
- the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian
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Books Crime Books The trip of a lifetime. You'd die to be there... Ten lucky people have won a place at the most exclusive launch event of the century: the grand opening of the Hotel Artemis, the first hotel on the moon. It's an invitation to die for. As their transport departs for its return to Earth & the doors seal shut behind them, the guests take the next leap for mankind. However, they soon discover that all is not as it seems. The champagne may be flowing, but there is no one to pour it. Room service is available, but there is no one to deliver it. Besides the ten of them, they are completely alone. When one of the guests is found murdered, fear spreads through the group. But that death is only the beginning. Being three days' journey from home & with no way to contact the outside, can any of the guests survive their stay? Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781838777517 •†Author: Lauren Forry  •†Publisher:†  Zaffre •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 400 •†Dimensions:†12.9 x 2.2 x 19.8 cm ...

Provence, 1942 Luc Bonet, brought up by a wealthy Jewish family in the foothills of the French Alps, finds his life shattered by the brutality of Nazi soldiers. Leaving his abandoned lavender fields behind, Luc joins the French Resistance in a quest for revenge. Paris, 1943 Lisette Forestier is on a mission: to work her way into the heart of a senior German officer, & to infiltrate the very masterminds of the Gestapo. But can she balance the line between love & lies? The one thing Luc & Lisette hadn't counted on was meeting each other. Who, if anyone, can be trusted
- & will their own emotions become the greatest betrayers of all?
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Summer, 1384. The sun is hot & high
- but storm-clouds of insurrection are gathering over Engl&. Hildegard of Meaux
- sleuth,

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