1875 With their father missing & their mother suddenly passing, Esme & Gabriel are forced to track down their estranged grandfather in Lincolnshire.  Cold & unwelcoming, he is reluctant to take them in, but aware of his standing as the village vicar, he knows must protect his reputation, & allow the children to stay with him. Esme's relief at finding refuge soon turns to despair when Gabriel is sent to boarding school, leaving her alone in their grandfather's unhappy home.  But the house isn't as empty as it first appeared & Esme, with her unusual gift of being able to see spirits, begins to encounter the ghosts of young women in the abandoned rooms & dark corridors of the rectory. The women are trapped between this world & the next, seeking help from Esme & leaving her with a mystery to solve if she is to stand a chance of establishing a peaceful, happy life. Can Esme lay the ghosts to rest to save herself & find the life she deserves? Product Information:  •†ISBN... ...

Recently a long-lost notebook belonging to Dracula author, Bram Stoker, was discovered in the attic of one of his great grandsons. Published to coincide with the centenary of Stoker's death the text of this notebook, written between 1871 & 1881 mostly in his native Dublin, will captivate scholars of Gothic literature & Dracula fans alike. Painstakingly transcribed & researched, the entries offer intriguing new insights into the complex nature of the man who wrote Dracula more than one hundred years ago. Assisted by a team of Dracula scholars & Stoker historians, Dacre Stoker & Dr Elizabeth Miller neatly connect the dots between contents of the Notebook & Bram Stoker's later work, most significantly Dracula. ...

Winter, 1906. It's Jim Stringer's first day as an official railway detective, but he's not a happy man. As the rain falls incessantly on the city's ancient streets, the local paper carries a story highly unusual by York standards: two brothers have been shot to death. Soon Jim enters the orbit of a dangerous, disturbed villain
- & discovers that the two murders are barely the start of his plans.
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When Army Ranger Quinn Colson, the new sheriff of Tebbehah County, is called out to investigate a child abuse case, what he finds is a horrifying scene of neglect, thirteen empty cribs, & a shoe box full of money.

Janet & Ramon Torres seem to have skipped town
- but Colsons sure theyll come back for the cash. Meanwhile, Colsons sister has returned
- clean & sober for good she says. His friend Boom has been drinking himself into oblivion & picking fights at the local bar. & his old flame is pregnant.

But Colson cant focus on his personal problems. He & Deputy Lillie Virgil are convinced that Janet & Ramon have a taste for guns, drugs, & human trafficking.

Soon Colson & Virgil find a link between the fugitive couple & a drug cartel that controls most of the Texas border, taking their investigation far beyond the rough hills of northeast Mississippi...

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•ISBN: 9781472110855
• Author: Ace Atkins
• Publisher: C & R Crime
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 400
• Dimensions: 19 x 12cm

















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Books Historical Fiction Books Three sisters torn apart by war. Can fighting for peace bring them together again? December 1941: Evacuated from the threat of German bombs, sisters Amelie & Mireille have grown up under the storm clouds of war. Now they have joined the fight against Hitler, with Amelie training as a nurse to save wounded soldiers, & Mireille enlisted to help the Air Force wage war in the skies over Europe. But as each sister fights for peace, they are still haunted by the memory of their missing sister who was snatched away from them at the beginning of the war. As Mireille is recruited for a special forces role behind enemy lines in France, she puts her life on the line for the Allies. But could she also finally have a chance of reuniting her sisters, once the war is over?   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780008538392 •†Author:   Pam Weaver  •†Publisher:  Avon •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:†384 •†Dimensions:† 12.9 x 2.7 x 19.8 cm ...

Captain Scott perished with four of his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole in March 1912. Almost immediately the myth was founded, based on Scott's diaries, turning him into an icon of courage in the face of impossible circumstances. But during the final months of that journey Scott also took a series of breathtaking photographs: panoramas of the continent, superb depictions of mountains & formations of ice & snow, & photographs of the explorers on the polar trail. But these photos have never been seen
- initially fought over, neglected, then lost
- until now, that is. For the first time, they are resurrected & are a humbling testament to the men whose graves still lie unmarked in the vastness of the Great Alone.

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Don't look at Them. Never let Them know you can see Them. That is Ethan Chases unbreakable rule. Until the faeries he avoids at all costs begin to dissappear, & Ethan is attacked. Now he must change the rules to protect his family...and to save a girl he never thought he would dare fall for. MY NAME IS ETHAN CHASE. & I MAY NOT LIVE TO SEE MY EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY. ...

Ruby loves playing with Toby & can't wait to take him for proper walks – they'll have such fun!

But on an outing

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1191 & the Third Crusade is underway... It is 1191 & King Richard the Lionheart is on crusade to pitch battle against Saladin & liberate the city of Jerusalem & her lands. His mother, the formidable Eleanor of Aquitaine & his promised bride, Princess Berengaria of Navarre, make a perilous journey over the Alps in midwinter. They are to rendezvous with Richard in the Sicilian port of Messina. There are hazards along the way – vicious assassins, marauding pirates, violent storms & a shipwreck. Berengaria is as feisty as her foes &, surviving it all, she & Richard marry in Cyprus & continue to the Holy L&. England needs an heir. But first, Richard & his Queen must return home... The Lost Queen is a thrilling medieval story of high adventure, survival, friendship & the enduring love of a Queen for her King. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781472297372 • Author: Carol Mc Grath • Publisher: Hodder Headline • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 1... ...

True Love's First Kill.. . Grace Divine made the ultimate sacrifice to cure the boy she loves
- Daniel. She gave her soul to save
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