Winner of the Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year... Reginald Hill is on stunning form...the climax is devastating ...

The gripping new Temperance Brennan novel from the world class forensic anthropologist & Number 1 bestselling author. A newborn baby is found wedged in a vanity cabinet in a rundown apartment near Montreal. Dr Temperance Brennan forensic anthropologist to the province of Quebec is brought in to investigate. While there she discovers the mummified remains of two more babies within the same room. Shocked & distressed Tempe must use all her skills & inner strength to focus on the facts. But when the autopsies reveal that the children died of unnatural causes the hunt for the mother
- a young woman with a seedy past & at least three aliases
- is on. The trail leads Tempe to Yellowknife a cold desolate diamond-mining town on the edge of the Arctic Circle where her quest for the truth only throws up more questions more secrets & more dead bodies. Taking risks & working alone Tempe refuses to give up until she has discovered why the babies died. But in such a hostile environment can she avoid being the next victim?

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A newborn baby is found wedged in a vanity cabinet in a rundown apartment near Montreal. Dr Temperance Brennan forensic anthropologist to the province of Quebec is brought into investigate. While there she discovers the mummified remains of two more babies within the same room. Shocked & distressed Tempe must use all her skills & inner strength to focus on the facts. But when the autopsies reveal that the children died of unnatural causes the hunt for the mother
- a young woman with a seedy past & at least three aliases
- is on. The trail leads Tempe to Yellowknife a cold desolate diamond-mining town on the edge of the Arctic Circle where her quest for the truth only throws up more questions more secrets & more dead bodies. Taking risks & working alone Tempe refuses to give up until she has discovered why the babies died. But in such a hostile environment can she avoid being the next victim?

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Things have taken a dangerous turn at the Body Farm. Dr Bill Brockton & his graduate assistant Miranda have been called to a death scene. A body has been found in a frozen swimming pool. The dead man is found to have been a renowned engineer responsible for the Manhattan Project which produced the atomic bombs of 1945. & hes been poisoned by a radiation source. Now Brockton Miranda & the ME who carried out the autopsy are in grave danger.. . Suffering radiation sickness & worrying for his friends Brockton delves into the towns gruesome past to discover the dark secrets & lies that have lead to this engineers murder & to find out who else the killer has in their sights. ...

The third novel in the No. 1 bestselling Conqueror series following the life & adventures of the mighty Genghis Khan & his descendants Genghis Khan has fulfilled his dream of uniting the many warring tribes of his lands into one great nation. He has taken his armies against the mighty cities of their oldest enemies. Now he finds trouble rising west of the Mongolian plains. His emissaries are being mutilated or killed & his trading gestures rebuffed. He decides to divide his armies to conquer using his sons as generals & sending them out simultaneously in many directions. As well as discovering new territories & laying waste the cities which resist Genghis knows that the actions of his generals will help him decide who from his rival sons & heirs should succeed him as khan. ...

The affluent seaside resort of Smalting is unaccustomed to crime. So when human remains are found beneath the floorboards of one of its beach huts the community is awash with suspicion & fear. Amateur sleuths Carole Seddon & best friend Jude are drawn into the mystery & their suspicion quickly falls on attractive Philly Rose a young Londoner newly arrived in the area whose boyfriend has recently vanished in mysterious circumstances. Meanwhile Kelvin Southwest self-appointed 'ladies' man' & caretaker of Smalting's beach huts seems to be hiding a dark secret beneath his smooth exterior while Reginald Flowers pompous President of the Smalting Beach Hut Association becomes increasingly defensive about his own history. When the bones under the beach hut are identified the ghosts of the past are painfully reawakened & long-hidden secrets begin to surface. Bones Under the Beach Hut is an ingenious mystery from one of England's favourite crime writers exquisitely plotted teeming with wonderful characters & packed with unexpected twists. ...

For many young children their strongest impressions of religion & culture are formed by participating in or observing holiday & festivals. This series explains in a simple way what happens during each holiday or festival & why when & where they take place & who celebrates them. ...

' Late into the night we talked of love of its complications. In my father's eyes they were imaginary... This conception of rapid violent & passing love affairs appealed to my imagination. I was not at the age when fidelity is attractive. I knew very little about love'. The French Riviera: home to the Beautiful People. & none are more beautiful than Cecile a precocious seventeen-year-old & her father Raymond a vivacious libertine. Charming decadent & irresponsible the golden-skinned duo are dedicated to a life of free love fast cars & hedonistic pleasures. But then one long hot summer Raymond decides to marry & Cecile & her lover Cyril feel compelled to take a hand in his amours with tragic consequences. Bonjour Tristesse" scandalized 1950s France with its portrayal of teenager terrible Cecile a heroine who rejects conventional notions of love marriage & responsibility to choose her own sexual freedom." ...

Following his dismissal from a job he never should have had the author packs a tent some snacks & a suit & sets out on a two-wheeled adventure across Europe. With no idea where hes going & only two very large & confusing maps to rely on he heads out to prove that planning & forethought are the very antithesis of a motorcycle adventure. Is This Italy? offers a unique & often hilarious insight into the challenges & excitement afforded by a lone motorcycle journey though Europe. In his quest to escape the frantic nature of London life Kevin Turner heads south across France crossing the Alps into Italy & onto Rome before returning via Germany
- & the treacherous Nurburgring
- in the hope of rendezvousing with the beautiful Nina. Throughout the author provides valuable advice to those considering a similar journey noting the best & most scenic routes where to stay & what to see. This is interspersed with a raft of comic anecdotes that demonstrate exactly what NOT to do when lost on a motorbike in Europe.

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For seventeen-year-old Brid Stevens the day began at four oclock on a summer morning when her alarm clock roused her from a dream-filled sleep. She had an appointment to keep with Joe Lloyd whom she had met at the weekly dance. On the cliff-top at Stockwell Hill overlooking the sea they were to watch the sun come up. What was to occur after that was to bring a day of such promise to a tragic end." The events of this powerful novel set on the Northumbrian coast in the 1960s take place over one day a period during which everyone involved discovers that the consequences of an innocent meeting between two young people are far more significant than the event itself. " The Bonny Dawn" is a remarkable "tour de force" by Britains most popular novelist." ...