Inspector Montalbano rises one morning to find the carcass of a horse on the beach in front of his seaside home. But no sooner do his men arrive, than the body has mysteriously vanished, leaving behind only a trail in the sand... Before long Rachele, a beguiling equestrian champion, turns up at police headquarters to report her horse missing. She had been keeping it at the stables of a certain Saverio Lo Duca, one of the richest men in Sicily. Montalbano investigates, & soon things take a more disturbing turn... But who has Montalbano upset within this strange, unfamiliar world of horse-racing? & what has the Mafia to do with it all? Maneuvering his way through the colorful demimonde of eccentric aristocrats & high-rolling bourgeois, Montalbano must decipher the cryptic messages being sent by those spying on him & once again call upon his special blend of intuition, analysis, play-acting & Proustian memory for good food, if he is to uncover this latest mystery. ...

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Happy & content with a beautiful wife & thriving family, successful trader Bram is determined to help his two friends Mitchell

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Singapore in the 1860s is exotic & yet terrifying for a penniless Englishwoman, alone & vulnerable after her mother's death. Too pretty to obtain a governess's job, Isabella Saunders accepts an offer from Singapore merchant Mr Lee to teach him English & live with his family. Two years later Bram Deagan arrives in Singapore, determined to make his fortune as a trader. Mr Lee sees a way to expand his business connections & persuades Isabella to marry Bram. Bravely, she sets sail for a new land & life. But the past casts a long shadow & together she & Bram face unexpected dangers. Will they find a way to achieve their dreams of a successful trading business? & will their marriage turn out to be more of a love match than they ever could have dreamed? The size of this book is 17.6cm in height & 11.3cm wide & has 419 pages ...

Bram Deagan dreams of bringing his family from Ireland to join him in Australia, where he now runs a successful trading business. But when a typhus epidemic strikes Irel&, it leaves the Deagan family decimated. &, with other family members scattered round the world, it is left to Maura Deagan to look after her orphaned nieces & nephew. Forced to abandon her own ambitions, & unsure whether she is ready to become a mother-figure to three young children, Maura recognises that their only hope is to join Bram in far away Australia. So they set sail on the SS Delta, which will carry them there via the newly opened Suez Canal. It is only when a storm throws her & fellow passenger Hugh Beaufort together that Maura realises this journey may also give her a chance to pursue a dream she set aside long ago
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This manual provides an insight into buying, building, maintaining & using light trailers safely & legally. Coverage extends to all types of common trailers, trailer tents, tipper, box, general haulage, boat, horse, catering & exhibition trailers, & the clearly presented advice will prove invaluable to both novice & experienced trailer users alike. All current towing legislation is covered in detail. This book has 154 pages & is 27.7cm x 21.3cm x 1.4cm ...

In this comprehensive homage to trainers, there are detailed profiles on iconic footwear styles as well as a background history to the major brands. More than 500 photographs tell the story of 20 hall-of-fame classics from old-school retro styles to new classics, the greatest groundbreaking
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Naples 1943 Luisa Giordano has faced many losses: her mother to a deadly illness, the man she loved to the Nazis when war came to Italy, & her unborn child at the hands of her own husb&. All Luisa has left is her voice, & when she learns her husband is colluding with the enemy, she knows she must use it to fuel the women of Naples with fire. Los Angeles 1962 Hollywood starlet Lola Hart has come a long way from the backstreets of Naples, the glamorous parties a way to dull the pain of the past. When she is offered the role of a lifetime portraying a heroine of the Italian resistance, she knows returning home means confronting old ghosts. But as she seeks out the story behind the film, she realises there are many in Naples with secrets, & that the woman she is to play held the greatest one of all... Inspired by the stories of the heroines of the Italian Resistance, this is a heart-wrenching dual-timeframe story which is a portrait of war & a powerful exploration of how far w... ...

Adam Wilson is kidnapped & taken to the Dial after betraying his best friend. The Dial is a twilight world where teenage traitors are forced to atone for their treachery. It's a terrible place, ruled over by a cruel despot, where every day is a struggle for survival
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Playboy. Fascist. Strongman. Thief.

John Amery is a drunk & a fanatic, an exiled playboy whose frail body is riven by

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