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 Puzzle Books Kill a little time in this bumper quiz book full of true crime: from old-school East End gangsters to white-collar fraudsters; from dazzling diamond heists to killer cannibals; & everything in between... With over 600 questions in sixty-two quizzes, like any dogged detective worth their salt this book leaves no stone unturned to establish whether you’re guilty of being a criminal mastermind – or the weak link who forgot to start the getaway car. Besides the exhaustive question-&-answer trivia you’ll find many multiple-choice options & even a few anagrams, so even if you’re incapable of giving a straight answer you can at least take a shot in the dark!   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781802471861 •†Author: Chris Alan •†Publisher:   Ad Lib •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 196 •†Dimensions:†23.4  x 1.6 x 15.3 cm ...

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.

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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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Jonathan Demme's re-working of the 1963 film ' Charade' is set in Paris & features several cameos from French cinema. After her recent marriage to Parisian art-dealer Charlie Lambert (Stephen Dillane), Regina Lambert (Thandie Newton) decides to go away b ...

Comedy starring Dougray Scott & Jennifer Love Hewitt. As part of a drunken bet with her sister, a happily married woman (Hewitt) sends an anonymous Valentine's card to her husband (Scott) to see if he hides it. When he does, what was a prank leads to a ...

This gentle comedy is an amusingly paranoid look at how relationships can be stretched to the breaking point when pranks spiral out of control. When Alice Holbrook (Jennifer Love Hewitt) receives a Valentine card, she assumes it's from her husb&, Sam (Jimi Mistry), & sends a card back to him. But what Alice doesn't know is that the card is actually from Sam's best friend, Archie Gray (Dougray Scott), who harbours a secret crush on her. But things get really wild when Sam receives Alice's card & thinks it's from another woman. Deciding to test her husband when he doesn't tell her he's received a card, Alice enters into a dangerous game with him as she pretends to be the other woman. Some wacky scenes ensue, & The Truth About Love should find an audience among fans of similar fare, such as You've Got Mail & Bridget Jones' Diary. ...