Tessa Markham returns home to find a child in her kitchen. He thinks she’s his mother. But Tessa doesn’t have any children. Not anymore. She doesn’t know who the little boy is or how he got there. After contacting the police, Tessa is suspected of taking the mystery child. Her whole life is turned upside down. & then her husband reveals a secret of his own… Tessa isn’t sure what to believe or who to trust. Because someone is lying. To find out who, she must confront her painful past. But is the truth more dangerous than Tessa realises? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781836180685 • Author: Shalini Boland • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Pages: 304 • Format: Paperback ...

Books Crime Books The spine-chilling follow-up to The House on Cold Hill. Now a smash-hit stage play. Cold Hill House has been razed to the ground by fire, replaced with a development of ultra-modern homes. Gone with the flames are the violent memories of the house’s history, & a new era has begun. Although much of Cold Hill Park is still a construction site, the first two families move into their new houses. For Jason & Emily Danes, this is their forever home, & for Maurice & Claudette Penze-Weedell, it’s the perfect place to live out retirement. Despite the ever present rumble of cement mixers & diggers, Cold Hill Park appears to be the ideal place to live. But looks are deceptive & it’s only a matter of days before both couples start to feel they are not alone in their new homes. There is one thing that never appears in the estate agent brochures: nobody has ever survived beyond forty in Cold Hill House & no one has ever truly left... Product Informa... ...

Would you stay in a haunted house for more than one night? Who you live in a place where ghostly things keep happening? Where a cellar door you know you locked the night before is always open the following morning? Where hushed whimpering is heard? Where white shadows steal through the darkness? Where the presence of evil is all around you? The Caleighs did but they had their reasons. They should have known better though. As terror mounts, they begin to regret their decision. As horror rises, they realize their very lives are at risk...and so is their sanity. For the secret of Crickley Hall is beyond all nightmares. ...

Read by David Rintoul. There is an old, empty house in Devil's Cleave, a deep gorge that leads from the high moors down to the harbour village of Hollow Bay. The house is Crickley Hall & it's large & grim, somehow foreboding. It's rumoured to be haunted. It's thought to hold a secret. Despite some reservations, the Caleighs move in, searching for respite in this beautiful part of North Devon, seeking peace & perhaps to come to terms with what's happened to them as a family. But all is not well with the house. They hear unaccountable noises. A cellar door they shut every night is always open again in the morning. They see things that cannot be real. The house is the last place the Caleighs should have come to, for the terror that unfolds in beyond belief. Soon they will discover the secret horror of Crickley Hall... Adapted as a major BBC One television series. ...

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Summer 1944: Bombed out by the blitz, Bethany Merston takes up a post as companion to elderly Alice Summer, last remaining inhabitant of the dilapidated & crumbling Summerhayes estate.

Now a shadow of its former glory; most of the rooms have been shut up, the garden is overgrown & the whole place feels as unwelcoming as the family themselves.

Struggling with the realities of war, Alice is plagued by anonymous letters & haunting visions of her old household.

At first, Beth tries to convince her it’s all in her mind but soon starts to unravel the mysteries surrounding the aristocratic family’s past.

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• ISBN: 9780008193850
• Author: Merryn Allingham
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 359
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm













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When Edward IV died in 1483, the Yorkist succession was called into question by doubts about the legitimacy of his sons (the ` Princes in the Tower'). John Ashdown-Hill argues that Eleanor Talbot was married to Edward IV, & that therefore Edward's subsequent union with Elizabeth Widville was bigamous, making her children illegitimate. ...

A brilliant series for 7+ readers full of adventure, magic & friendship from Paula Harrison, author of the Rescue Princesses & Kitty & the Moonlight Rescue series. Talia lives in a tropical rainforest that is home to a flock of magical firebirds. Once day she meets a lovely baby firebird & they become firm friends! But the firebirds are in terrible danger. Can Talia protect them, & save her new friend’s home from destruction? Beautifully illustrated throughout by Sophy Williams, this is the perfect book for young readers who love magic & animals! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780857636089 • Author: Paula Harrison • Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 112 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm ...

A brilliant series for 7+ readers full of adventure, magic & friendship from Paula Harrison, author of the Rescue Princesses & Kitty & the Moonlight Rescue series. When Sophy finds a little lost dragon, she knows he’s in danger. It will take all her courage to keep Cloudy safe, & a little bit of magic too. But what if there are other creatures in danger? It looks like Sophy’s going to need some friends to help her with her secret rescues… Beautifully illustrated throughout by Sophy Williams, this is the perfect book for young readers who love magic & animals! Product Information: • ISBN: 9780857634771 • Author: Paula Harrison • Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 112 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm ...

A lavish party. An isolated mansion. Two hosts who will do anything to protect their secrets.

When husband & wife Henry

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