An intriguing Dr Kay Scarpetta novel which will take Kay an ocean's breadth away from home. The case begins when a cargo ship arriving at Richmond Virginia's Deep Water Terminal from Belgium is discovered to be transporting a locked sealed container holding the decomposed remains of a stowaway. The post mortem performed by the Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta initially reveals neither a cause of death nor an identification. But the victim's personal effects & an odd tattoo take Scarpetta on a hunt for information that leads to Interpol's headquarters in Lyon where she receives critical instructions: go to the Paris morgue to receive secret evidence & then return to Virginia to carry out a mission. It is a mission that could ruin her career. In a story which crosses international borders BLACK NOTICE puts Dr Kay Scarpetta directly in harm's way & places her & those she holds dear at mortal risk. For more on Patricia Cornwell & her books visit her website at www.patricia-cornwell.com ...

The Squad
- kickass teenage spies with the perfect cover. They are also part of an England youth football team. Wherever trouble
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At the Black Orchid Club adventurous women who yearn for the pleasures of exotic even kinky sex can quench their desires in discreet & luxurious surroundings. Having tasted the fulfilment of unique & powerful lusts one such adventurous woman learns what happens when the need for limitless indulgence becomes an addiction. ...

When the genteely impoverished & rebellious Evelyn marries the charming Emil scion of a privileged Sinhalese family she thinks that her dream of a life in England can now at last come true. So the family travel with their young son Milton from Ceylon to Tilbury Docks. But this is England in the 1950s & no matter how hard Evelyn wishes that it would England does not take kindly to strangers especially families who are half black & half white. A profound & moving novel this is the story about the search to feel at home in your own skin. ...

Arson & murder reveal an insidious plot to steal a Bible that once belonged to Charles Darwin. As Commander Gray Pierce investigates he is soon caught up in a mystery that dates back to Nazi Germany
- & to horrific experiments performed in a now-abandoned laboratory buried in a hollowed-out mountain in Pol&. A continent away madness ravages a remote monastery high in Nepal. As Lisa Cummings a young American doctor begins to investigate reported atrocities at the monastery she is suddenly the target of an assassin. Her only ally is Painter Crowe director of SIGMA FORCE now undercover
- & already showing signs of the baffling malady destroying the minds of the monks. Now it is up to Gray Pierce to save both Painter & Lisa
- & a world in jeopardy...


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The frozen body of a woman is found in a fishing ark on the ice near Tornetrask in northern Sweden. She has been brutally tortured but the killing blow was clumsy almost amateur. The body is quickly identified raising hopes of an open-&-shut solution. But when a six-month-old suicide is disinterred Rebecka Martinsson & Anna-Maria Mella find themselves investigating shocking corruption at the heart of one of Swedens most successful mining companies. One that has powerful enemies of its own. ...

Since her family moved to Cornwall Lizzys world has been turned upside down by the discovery that she has a long-lost brother Kes & even more amazingly that their mother is a mermaid. Now Lizzy & her new family must bravely battle the evil sea queen & her terrfying servant for Lizzy has a powerful treasure & the sea queen will stop at nothing to get it. It is exciting & full of dark mystery & suspense ideal for girls of 8-10 who love stories with an edge. ...

Naomi Noviks stunning series of novels follow the adventures of Cpt Laurence & his dragon Temeraire as they travel from the ...

EVERY LIGHT CASTS A SHADOW Gavin Guile is the Prism the most powerful man in the world. His strength wit & charm are all that preserve a tenuous peace. But Prisms never last & Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live. When Guile discovers he has a son born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power he must decide how much hes willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart. ...

The ' Black Queen' is what Billy calls his shadowy next-door neighbour. She always wears a black cloak & a wide-brimmed black hat. She lurks about her garden alone except for her black cat. Scarily for Billy the Black Queen befriends him & asks him to look after her cat while she's away. Billy can't resist the opportunity to peek inside her house. There are chessboards scattered everywhere. Who is the Black Queen & what sort of game is she playing? Billy thinks he knows... ...