1857. On the LNWR train to London a criminal is being escorted to his appointment with the hangman. But the wily Jeremy Oxley conman thief & murderer has one last ace up his sleeve
- a beautiful & ruthless accomplice willing to do anything to save her lover including cold-blooded murder. When the Railway Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck learns that Oxley his arch nemesis has escaped black memories of their shared past leave him no choice but to do his duty whatever the cost. With the faithful Victor Leeming at his side Colbeck must use all of his skills to track his elusive enemy. But could he have finally met his match?
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Rebellion is in the air of London in the spring of 1663. Thomas Chaloner spy for the King's intelligence service has just returned from thwarting a planned revolt in Dublin but soon realises that England's capital is no haven of peace. He is ordered to investigate the shooting of a beggar during a royal procession. He soon learns the man is no vagrant but someone with links to the powerful Company of Barber-Surgeons. He master the Earl of Clarendon is locked in a deadly feud with the Earl of Bristol & an innocent man is about to be hanged in Newgate. Chaloner is embroiled in a desperate race against time to protect Clarendon to discover the true identity of the beggar's murderer & to save a blameless man from the executioner's noose. ...

How far will Rose go to keep a promise? The recent Strigoi attack at St. Vladimirs Academy was the deadliest ever in the schools history claiming the lives of many. Even worse the Strigoi took some of their victims with them
- including Dimitri. Hed rather die than be one of them & now Rose must abandon her best friend Lissa
- the one she has sworn to protect no matter what
- & keep the promise Dimitri begged her to make long ago. But with everything at stake how can she possibly destroy the person she loves most?


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Solange Drake will not claim her birthright; she will not be queen as vampire tradition dictates. But change always comes at a cost.. . Possessed by a vengeful twelfth-century witch Solange commits heinous crimes against the vampire tribes that she pledged to empower. Motives are questioned. Trust is broken. The treaty between the Drakes & the Helios-Ra is under threat. Solange must escape the folds of memory & time & fight for the fate of the royal crown
- & win. Her destiny & her heart depends on it. The deliciously dark & dramatic finale to the much-loved Drake Chronicles series.
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The discovery of an unidentified decomposed corpse in a railway wagon marks the beginning of Zen's most difficult & dangerous case. Set against the backdrop of the 3000-year-old city of Catalina in the shadow of Mount Etna Blood Rain" finds Aurelio Zen at his most desperate & driven." ...

Set at the time of the Russian Revolution the end of a centuries old dynasty the rise of the Bolsheviks sent shockwaves around the world. This is the story of one man who was there. Its real history
- about the riches & excesses the glory of the Russian nobility Nicholas & Alexandra their haemophiliac son Alexei notorious Rasputin Lenin & Trotsky who ruled from palaces where the Czars had once danced till dawn. The man was real too his name was Arthur Ransome. He was a writer accused of being a spy perhaps even a double agent & he left his wife & beloved daughter & fell in love with Russia & a Russian woman Evgenia. Fictionalising history & blending it with real life part i is told as a fairy tale. Wise & foolish kings princesses enchantresses (characters more suited to fairy tale than reality) wishes & magic Russia with its vast cold plains & mighty cities its riches & poverty all play a part in the downfall of the Czars & rise of the new order. Part ii is about betrayal
- Ransome the spy bleak & threatening. Part iii is a love story a fairy tale ending
- of Ransomes love for his daughter Tabitha & for Evgenia.


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The Battle of Towton in North Yorkshire fought during the Wars of the Roses was reputedly the bloodiest battle ever seen on English soil. In 1996 a mass grave of soldiers was discovered there by chance. This was the catalyst for a multi-disciplinary research project still unique in Britain ten years after the initial discovery which included a study of the skeletal remains the battlefield landscape the historical evidence & contemporary arms & armour. The discoveries were dramatic & moving; the individuals had clearly suffered traumatic deaths & subsequent research highlighted the often multiple wounds each individual had received before & in some cases after they had died. As well as the exciting forensic work the project also revealed much about medieval weaponry & fighting. Blood Red Roses" contains all the information about this fascinating discovery as well as discussing its wider historical heritage & archaeological implications. The second edition features new chapters by a re-enactor & a history teacher which apply the research from the initial study to produce a veritable living history." ...

Born into a life of secrets & service Chrysabelles body bears the telltale marks of a comarre
- a special race of humans bred to
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When Daily Telegraph" correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa in 2000 he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H. M. Stanley's famous expedition
- but travelling alone. Despite warnings that his plan was 'suicidal' Butcher set out for the Congo's eastern border with just a rucksack & a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots. Making his way in an assortment of vessels including a motorbike & a dugout canoe helped along by a cast of characters from UN aid workers to a campaigning pygmy he followed in the footsteps of the great Victorian adventurers. Butcher's journey was a remarkable feat but the story of the Congo told expertly & vividly in this book is more remarkable still."
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The UK is gripped by the threat of gang violence
- the media is building on that hysteria convincing us that knife crime is rife
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