Stephanie Harker is travelling through security at O' Hare airport with five-year-old Jimmy. But in a moment, everything changes. In disbelief, Stephanie watches as a uniformed agent leads her boy away
- & she's stuck the other side of the gates, hysterical with worry. The authorities, unaware of Jimmy's existence, just see a woman behaving erratically; Stephanie is wrestled to the ground & blasted with a taser gun. By the time she can tell them what has happened, Jimmy is long gone. But as Stephanie tells her story to the FBI, it becomes clear that everything is not as it seems. There are many potential suspects for this abduction. With time rapidly running out, how can Stephanie get him back? A breathtakingly rich & gripping psychological thriller, The Vanishing Point is Val Mc Dermid's most accomplished standalone novel to date, a work of haunting brilliance.
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The stunning new novel from the rising star of the crime writing genre, Vanishing Point sees DI Jack Brady investigating the ...

Details: Who would have believed that Alice Whittakers life could change? She was 37, rich & dowdy with no career. Her
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Two young women, Becky Sharp & Amelia Sedley, leave Miss Pinkertons Academy together.

They are friends, yet witty &

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Vanity Fair 100 Years showcases a century of personality & power, art & commerce, crisis & culture--both highbrow & low. In the sumptuous 384-page coffee table book, the editors of Vanity Fair have created the definitive history of the most talked-about magazine of our day. ...

Ruthless social climber & irrepressible anti-hero Becky Sharp will do anything to raise her position in Society, from impoverished

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The Varangian Guards were Viking mercenaries who operated far beyond their native shores as an elite force within the Byzantine Armies. The Varangians wore mixtures of their native clothing & armour together with a splendid formal Byzantine uniform. This title offers an insightful look at this legendary guard units of the medieval world. ...

Standing at the crossroads of psychology & religion, this work applies the scientific method to a field abounding in abstract theory. It believes that individual religious experiences, rather than the precepts of organized religions, are the backbone of the world's religious life. ...

A woman vanishes in the fog up on the Hill in Lafferton. The police have one lead
- a pair of expensive cuff-links found in her
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