Remake of the 1920s silent film & the 1930s talkie series, featuring those rascals Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Darla, Stymie, Porky & Petey the dog. Here they get up to all sorts of trouble when their clubhouse is destroyed, & their prized go-kart i ...

Remake of the 1920s silent film & the 1930s talkie series, featuring those rascals Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Darla, Stymie, Porky & Petey the dog. Here they get up to all sorts of trouble when their clubhouse is destroyed, & their prized go-kart is stolen by some local bullies, thus preventing them from winning the big race. ...

When little Terry & Nancy arrive at the door of St Saviour’s Children’s Home, they seem shellshocked after being orphaned in the fire that killed their parents.

Terry is terribly damaged by his experiences, though the concerned staff, especially Angela Morton, suspect that there is something more sinister behind his disturbing behaviour.

Angela shares her anxieties with Mark Adderbury, a psychiatrist volunteering at the home. They’ve grown closer recently but Angela, still grieving the loss of her husb&, feels that Mark needs more from her than she can give. Then why does she feel so jealous at the arrival of Staff Nurse Carole, who seems to have captured Mark’s attention?

They must all pull together to get to the bottom of what really happened to Terry & Nancy, but the truth may be harder to take than they realise...

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780008118471
• Author: Cathy Sharp
• Publisher: Harper Collins Publishing
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 480
• Dimensions: 19 x 12cm













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A classic Raymond Chandler mystery featuring private eye, Philip Marlowe. Her name is Orfamay Quest & she's come all the way from Manhattan, Kansas, to find her missing brother Orrin. Or least ways that's what she tells PI Philip Marlowe, offering him a measly twenty bucks for the privilege. But Marlowe's feeling charitable
- though it's not long before he wishes he wasn't so sweet. You see, Orrin's trail leads Marlowe to luscious movie starlets, uppity gangsters, suspicious cops & corpses with ice picks jammed in their necks. When trouble comes calling, sometimes it's best to pretend to be out...
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After her award-winning trilogy of Victorian novels, Sarah Waters turned to the 1940s & wrote THE NIGHT WATCH, a tender & tragic novel set against the backdrop of wartime Britain. Shortlisted for both the Orange & the Man Booker, it went straight to number one in the bestseller chart. In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand & handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, the clock in its stable yard permanently fixed at twenty to nine. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr Faraday know how closely, & how terrifyingly, their story is about to become entwined with his. Prepare yourself. From this wonderful writer who continues to astonish us, now comes a chilling ghost story. ...

These days everyone seems to be a little bit stressed
- but for some it can be debilitating.

This pocket guide

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Poppy & Ben have been best friends for ever & now they’re embarking on a new adventure together – opening a joint unicorn gift

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Alexia Kennedy – interior decorator extraordinaire – has been tasked with giving the little village of Middledip the community café it’s always dreamed of.

After months of fundraising, the villagers can’t wait to see work get started – but disaster strikes when every last penny is stolen. With Middledip up in arms at how this could have happened, Alexia feels ready to admit defeat.

But help comes in an unlikely form when woodsman, Ben Hardaker & his rescue owl Barney, arrive on the scene. Another lost soul who’s hit rock bottom, Ben & Alexia make an unlikely partnership.

However, they soon realise that a little sprinkling of Christmas magic might just help to bring this village – & their lives – together again...

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780008260019
• Author: Sue Moorcroft
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Format: Harper Collins
• Pages: 356
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm













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Cloverdale is known for its winding roads, undulating hills & colourful cottages, & now for its Library of Shared Things: a

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She was wearing red shoes! With silver heels! Elisabeth Devine causes quite a stir on her arrival in the village. No one can understand why the head of a big inner city school would want to come to sleepy little Barton-in-the-Dale, to a primary with more problems than school dinners. & that's not even counting the challenges the mysterious Elisabeth herself will face: a bitter former head teacher, a grumpy caretaker & a duplicitous chair of governors, to name but a few. Then there's the gossip. After all, a woman who would wear red shoes to an interview is obviously capable of anything... Warm, funny & poignant, Gervase Phinn's first novel for adults creates a fictional world that's as real as can be. It will delight all his fans, & win him many more. 19.7 x 13 x 2.6 cm, pages 392 ...