The book begins with a chase through the streets of Calcutta in May 1916. Lieutenant Peake pauses for breath outside the ruins of the Jheeter's Gate station knowing that he only has a few hours to live. Inside his overcoat he is sheltering two newborn babies
- twins, a boy & a girl. Pursued by his would-be assassins, Peake runs at full tilt to the house of Aryami Bose, to whom he entrusts the children. In 1932 we meet the boy, Ben, & his group of friends the night before they are due to leave St Patricks orphanage. They have formed a secret club, The Chowbar Society, that meets each week at midnight in the old ruin they have christened The Midnight Palace. Their final meeting is due that evening but then Aryami Bose turns up at the orphanage with Sheere, Ben's sister, & tells them the story of the parents they never knew. Their father was an engineer & writer who died in tragic circumstances at the inauguration of Jheeter's Gate station. But as the novel unfolds, there is more to this story than meets the eye & they are lured by a shadowy figure from the past into a final showdown in the ruins.
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Details: A little girl who loves unicorns. A beloved statue that comes to life. An unforgettable & exhilarating journey.
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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LOST DAUGHTER & THE LIES WE TOLD. 'I don't know how to tell you what I did.' The unfinished letter is the only clue Tara & Emerson have to the reason behind Noelle's suicide. Everything they knew about Noelle
- her calling as a midwife, her passion for causes, her love for her family
- described a woman who embraced life. But they didn't know everything. Because the unaddressed letter reveals a terrible secret...and a legacy of guilt that changes everything they thought they knew about the woman who delivered their children. A legacy that will irrevocably change their own lives
- & the life of a desperate stranger
- forever. Diane Chamberlain gets to the heart of the story. The size of this book is 19.9cm in height & 12.6cm wide with 417 pages Show More



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When 20-year-old Linda Fairley had her first taste of midwifery as St Mary's Maternity Hospital, Manchester, it was a place from a bygone era. Nurses in full skirts & starched caps hurried around steaming laundries & milk kitchens, Matron's commands booming after them. Outside the hospital walls, Manchester was in full sixties swing; colour filled the streets; the moon landing dominated the headlines & the Beatles blasted from every radio. Little did Linda know then the trials she would face. As the years passed & Greater Manchester changed around her, she dedicated herself to its parents, often racing along the cobbled streets to the aid of women rich & poor
- most times delivering a little miracle, but others the hardest of news. Forty years & over 2000 babies later, Linda is one of Britain's longest-serving midwives. Told with warmth & a good dose of Mancunian humour, this is the story of babies & parents, of a time long gone, & of one truly inspiring woman.
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Chrissie Walsh is back with this heart-breaking tale of love against the odds. Against the chaotic backdrop of World War II, Grace Murphy is working as a midwife in Doncaster Royal Infirmary with her two friends, Clodagh & Patsy. In between delivering babies & tending wounded airmen, the girls endure bombing raids, rationing & the hardships & heartbreak that war brings. But in the faces of the new babies she welcomes to the world, Grace always looks for hope, as she dreams of a time when the war will end. When the midwives get the chance to go to a dance at the nearby RAF Finningly, they jump at the offer. The hangar is crowded with happy dancing couples but when the glamourous Spitfire pilots saunter in, looking dashing in their leather flying jackets & brightly coloured silk scarves, Grace can’t resist taking a peek. & the moment Grace meets pilot, Richard Carmichael, she knows he will capture her heart. With every daring flying raid, Grace & Richard risk losing each... ...

The revelation that Elektra was a Skrull impostor sent shockwaves through the Marvel Universe the mistrust that followed tore at the fabric of the Avengers' unity. Now, with the Secret Invasion of the Skrulls in full force, the secrets of her abduction are laid bare! ...

Quirky comedic ensemble The Mighty Boosh perform their live musical comedy show ' Future Sailors' at venues across Britain. In this nautically-themed show, Cyborg Patrick & his neon barnacles hoist the Perspex anchor on HMS Boosh, set the controls for th ...

Quirky comedic ensemble The Mighty Boosh perform their live musical comedy show ' Future Sailors' at venues across Britain. In this nautically-themed show, Cyborg Patrick & his neon barnacles hoist the Perspex anchor on HMS Boosh, set the controls for th ...

When a little Octopus called Gus finds that being brave is hard, he sets off to find his favourite superhero, the Mighty Splash.

But although Gus finds plenty of adventure in the ocean he doesnt find his hero... or does he?

The Mighty Splash is an underwater superhero story that children age 3 & up will love.

With humorous illustrations by the brilliant Barbara Bakos, Lloyd James fun-filled debut is a perfect picture storybook for the little superhero in your life.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781787001114
• Author: Lloyd James
• Publisher: Top That Publishing
• Format: Paperback
• Dimensions: 25.5 x 25.5cm












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A Chicano handyman (Chick Vennera) in northern New Mexico inadvertently kicks down the sluice gate of a private water supply, which irrigates his father's dried-up field. Beans are planted & thrive but the developer next door (Richard Bradford) wants th ...