All the Troll wants is to catch a goat
- but when a string of other creatures trip-trap over his bridge instead, he's stuck with
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Master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock directs this black comedy, which he listed as one of his personal favourites. When Harry Rogers' dead body is discovered one autumnal day in Vermont, several people try to keep it a secret. Among them is Captain Albert ...

Details: When Annie finds out she's pregnant, aged 44, it comes as a bit of a shock
- after all, she's been celibate

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A huge funeral for Windermere's popular resident, Barbara Dodge, is taking place & florist Persimmon ' Simmy' Brown & her new assistant, Bonnie Lawson are busy compiling wreaths in preparation.

There's word of a series of sinister dognappings occurring in nearby Troutbeck & whilst taking a walk up Wansfell Pike, Simmy & her father, Russell, stumble on a dog, strangled to death
- it's not long before Simmy reluctantly finds herself caught up in a murder investigation.. .

This paperback book has 320 pages & measures: 19.7 x 12.9 x 2cm




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At once horrifying & fascinating, The True Crime Casefile is a gripping study of crimes that have shocked the world. Detailing a variety of offense from kidnappings to assassinations, this book features portraits of some of the most renowned criminals of that last two decades, including serial killers Harold Shipman, Robert Pickton & Marc Dutroux, kidnappers Wolfgang Priklopil, O J Simpson & Josef Fritzl & spree killers Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold, perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre. The True Crime Casefile is enhanced by the inclusion of facsimiles of documents that led to the capture & conviction of these criminals, making the book not just a catalogue of gruesome crimes but also a record of the growing skill & refined methods of the police & judicial system that have successfully brought them to justice. Removable evidence from recent criminal casefiles
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Books Modern Romance Books Felicity " Fizzy" Chen is lost. Sure, she's got an incredible career as a beloved romance novelist with a slew of bestsellers under her belt, but when she's asked to give a commencement address, it hits her: she hasn't been practising what she's preached. Fizzy hasn't ever really been in love. Lust? Definitely. But that swoon-worthy, can't-stop-thinking-about-him, all-encompassing feeling? Nope. Nothing. What happens when the optimism she's spent her career encouraging in readers starts to feel like a lie? Connor Prince, documentary filmmaker & single father, loves his work in large part because it allows him to live near his daughter. But when his profit-minded boss orders him to create a reality TV show, putting his job on the line, Connor is out of his element. Desperate to find his romantic lead, a chance run-in with an exasperated Fizzy offers Connor the perfect solution. What if he could show the queen of romance herself falling head-over-heels for all the world to see? Fizzy gives him a hard pass--unless he agrees to her list of demands. When he says yes, & production on The True Love Experiment begins, Connor wonders if that perfect match will ever be in the cue cards for him, too.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780349433639 •†Author: Christina Lauren •†Publisher:†  Little, Brown  •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 416 •†Dimensions:† 15.24 x 3.81 x 22.86 cm ...

The prison break from Stalag Luft III in eastern Germany was the largest of its kind in World War II.

It shows the

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Louis is a young swan with a problem. He is deeply in love with the beautiful Serena but, because he can't speak, is unable to declare his feelings to her. However, when his father steals a trumpet for him, Louis becomes an accomplished musician, gets hip ...

A psychological thriller, The Truth concerns the difference between appearance & reality & the problem of discerning which is which. John & Susan are happily married & successful professionals. John's multimedia business is beginning to pay back handsomely on its initial investment, Susan is a respected editor at a London publishing house. It seems that life couldn't be better. & then one day John's new bank manager calls in their overdraft. They have thirty days to find ?1.5 million or lose their house, the business, everything. All looks lost until they are offered a deal by an enigmatic Swiss banker, Emil Sarotzini. Suddenly the money is on the table but the price to be paid cuts to the core of their marriage. Sarotzini wants Susan to be the surrogate mother of his child. At first they say no, but as the deadline approaches they realise that they have no option. John cannot face defeat, Susan knows that he lives for his business. What John doesn't know is that Susan has never let go of her most heartfelt desire
- to be a mother. They say yes...and the terror begins. Why is Emil Sarotzini so secretive? How does he know so much about them? Could he be the man who was meant to have died in 1947
- the man who was the inspiration for Aleister Crowley? What is the truth behind his offer?

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Read by Alex Jennings. Keith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. When he is offered the opportunity of a lifetime
- to write
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