An excavation at the lost gardens of Earlsacre Hall is called to a halt when a skeleton is discovered under a 300 year old stone plinth a corpse that seems to have been buried alive. But DS Wesley Peterson has little time to indulge in his hobby of archaeology. He has a more recent murder case to solve. A man has been found stabbed to death in a caravan at a popular holiday park & the only clue to his identity is a newspaper cutting about the restoration of Earlsacre. Does local solicitor Brian Willerby have the answer? He seems eager to talk to Wesley but before he can reveal his secret he is found dead during a 'friendly' game of village cricket apparently struck by a cricket ball several times with some force. If Wesley is looking for a demon bowler this appears to let out most of the village side. But what is it about Earlsacre Hall that leads people to murder? ...

Kit Livingstone has been bequeathed by his great grandfather Cosimo an apparently impossible task: to piece together a 17th-century map whose fragments are scattered not just throughout this universe but other universes too. Aided by his girlfriend Mina herself in Hapsburg-Empire Prague Kit begins to make progress but realises that opponents in the shape of the Burley Men are equally determined to capture the map & they have a crucial advantage: the ability to manipulate the will of historical figures for their own ends. ...

Cambridge 1392. Matthew Bartholomew physician to Michaelhouse College is called to examine some mysterious bones found in the Kings Ditch. Next day he is called to the Ditch again: a student has been found dead there. Meanwhile there is unrest in the town & the strange disappearance of Dominica former lover of the dead student & daughter of Waterstone the well-known Principal of a Cambridge student hostel. Are these events connected? Then a skeletal hand is found in the Ditch hailed by townsfolk as the final remains of local martyr Simon d Ambrey & hence a holy relic. When Bartholomew finds that the hand is wearing a ring apparently identical to a pair that were worn by Dominica & her ex-lover & now missing he knows that his investigative skills are called for. ...

Death is no stranger in the city of Erisin but some deaths attract more attention than others. When a prostitute dies carrying a royal signet Isyllt Iskaldur necromancer & agent of the Crown is called to investigate. Her search leads to desecrated tombs below the palace & the lightless vaults of the vampiric vrykoloi. But worse things than vampires are plotting in Erisin
- a long-dead sorceress is making a bid not only for renewed life but for the throne as well & Isyllt's former lover is caught in her schemes. As a sorcerous plague sweeps the city Isyllt must decide who she's prepared to betray
- the man she still loves or the royal family she's sworn to defend.

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12-year-old twins Matt & Emily Calder are Animare: they can bring art to life & enter paintings at will. They must do everything in their power to prevent a breach in Hollow Earth: a supernatural place that holds all the demons devils & creatures ever imagined. The Hollow Earth Society are getting closer to finding the key that will release the beasts: an ancient bone quill whose powers can be only be used by a powerful Animare. The quill has been lost for centuries but important clues to its whereabouts lie somewhere on the island of Era Mina
- as does the entrance to Hollow Earth itself. Matt & Em must find the quill & protect it through their drawings through certain famous paintings & ultimately deep into the mists of time itself. But their lives in the relative safety of Auchinmurn Abbey are thrown into confusion with the arrival of a newcomer who threatens to ruin everything they have worked for. All too soon Matt makes a fateful decision which forces him to make a terrible choice
- save his family or save the world?

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Contains free paperback of Bones of Betrayal! Bill Brockton is exhuming a body to obtain a bone sample for a paternity test. A simple enough job until he discovers that the bodys limbs have all been removed. Digging deeper he soon finds himself embroiled in the massive & very illegal market for human body parts. He becomes drawn into the enterprise selling donated corpses to the postmortem chop shop
- in league with the FBI hoping to bring the organization down. All the while his friend & Medical Examiner Eddie Garcia is struggling with the aftermath of their last case. A massive dose of radiation has left him missing one hand & most of the fingers from the other. Hes on the waiting list for a transplant but with so many parts around Brockton is sorely tempted to jeopardize the investigation
- & his own principles
- to help his friend. Will he be able to live with himself if he does? Will he be able to live with himself if he doesnt?


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Roe Teagardens been kept pretty busy what with two weddings
- one of a former lover
- & a funeral for Jane Engle a member of

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Following the critically acclaimed & top ten Best Seller The Deadhouse Linda Fairstein now takes us behind the scenes of some of New Yorks magnificent & mysterious institutions in her most electrifying Alexandra Cooper thriller yet. The Bone Vault begins in the glorious Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where wealthy donors have gathered to hear plans for a controversial new exhibit. An uneasy mix of scholarship & showbiz. The exhibition has raised fierce opposition from some of the museums elite: IMAX time trips & Rembrandt refrigerator magnets have no place for them at the Met. Assistant DA Alex Cooper off duty for the evening observes the proceedings with bemused interest until the Met director suddenly pulls her aside: the body of a young researcher has been found in an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus. Teaming up with cops Mike Chapman & Mercer Wallace Alex must penetrate the silent sentinels comprising New Yorks museum society investigating not only at the Met but also at the Museum of Natural History & the Cloisters to find a killer. Atmospheric chilling & shot through with procedural authenticity. ...

Early summer brings warm weather to the Body Farm in East Tennessee but Dr Bill Brocktons about to get more heat than hes bargained for. A former student whos now an agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement seeks his help in identifying a partial skull found in the woods in rural Florida. The victim appears to have been a young male who died from lethal blows to the head. While leading a search for the remaining bones Brockton & his graduate assistant Miranda Lovelady find a series of shallow graves on the overgrown grounds of a shuttered reform school for boys. According to local lore the schools poor troubled students understood that one wrong move could land them in their own plot in the de facto cemetery. As Brockton & his team close in on the truth they find skeletons in some surprisingly prominent closets...and learn that the ghosts of the past are ever present. ...

At twenty to midnight Neil Griffons home is broken into & he is roughly abducted by masked men. He has no idea who they are or what they want. But when Neil wakes up hours later he quickly discovers that unless he cooperates his kidnappers will destroy his fathers precious horses racing stable & ultimately Neil himself. Returned to take charge of the stables Neil can tell no-one about his ordeal. Vicious threats & horrible violence against his horses become a day-to-day reality & he is forced to comply with his blackmailers wishes. Trapped in a war of attrition Neil realises he must find a way to stop these criminals before his nerve gives out. After all a choice between his integrity & his life is no choice at all... ...