Commander Dalgliesh is recuperating from a life-threatening illness when he receives a call for advice from an elderly friend who works as a chaplain in a home for the disabled on the Dorset coast. Dalgliesh arrives to discover that Father Baddeley has recently & mysteriously died as has one of the patients at Toynton Grange. Evidently the home is not quite the caring community it purports to be. Dalgliesh is determined to discover the truth of his friend's death but further fatalities follow & his own life is in danger as he unmasks the evil at the heart of Toynton Grange. ...

Michael Jayston reads P. D. James's bestselling novel about a series of mysterious deaths in a Dorset care home. Commander Dalgliesh is recuperating from a life-threatening illness when he receives a call for advice from an elderly friend who works as a chaplain in a home for the disabled on the Dorset coast. Dalgliesh arrives to discover that Father Baddeley has recently & mysteriously died as has one of the patients at Toynton Grange. Evidently the home is not quite the caring community it purports to be. Dalgliesh is determined to discover the truth of his friend's death but further fatalities follow & his own life is in danger as he unmasks the evil at the heart of Toynton Grange. ...

Set at the height of the tulipomania" that gripped Holland in 17th century this is the story of Cornelius van Baerle a humble grower whose sole desire is to grow the perfect specimen of the tulip negra. When his godfather is murdered Cornelius finds himself caught up in the deadly politics of the time imprisoned & facing a death sentence. His jailors daughter Rosa holds both the key to his survival & his chance to produce the ultimate tulip." ...

An outcast king fights for his throne! A year has passed since Ben Holiday bought the Magic Kingdom & claimed the throne despite the machinations of the wizard Meeks. Three loyal friends had come to his aid: the incompetent Court Wizard Questor Thews; the court scribe Abernathy a talking dog; & the lovely willow who was sometimes a tree. Now Ben dreamt of a former partner Miles Bennett in grave trouble. But when he returned to Earth Miles was in the best of spirits. His home-coming to Landover was shattered by the disappearance of Willow & the partial destruction of Questors books of magic. Not only that no one seemed to recognise Ben himself. & Meeks had taken on Bens appearance & the role of king. Ben Holiday & his kingdom were in deep trouble. ...

From Publishers Weekly Tanaquil whose only talent is the ability to fix things lives in the isolated desert palace of her mother the sorceress Jaive. When an inquisitive peeve--one of the palace pets--unearths a cache of strange sparkling bones Tanaquil uses them to piece together a unicorns skeleton. A stray blast of Jaives magic brings the creature to life & it escapes to the desert followed by Tanaquil & the peeve. Free at last from her mothers wizardry Tanaquil embarks on a series of adventures that culminate in the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy. A magical journey that mirrors a teenagers coming-of-age is hardly a new plot device but experienced SF writer Lee allows events to unfold at their own pace revealing unexpected twists along the way. The combination of self-assured storytelling & the near-tangible evocation of a quirky world will have much appeal for fantasy devotees. As in the novels of Robin Mc Kinley (The Hero & the Crown; The Blue Sword ) an understated current of feminism runs throughout. Illustrations not seen by PW. Ages 12-up. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From School Library Journal Grade 7-12-- Tanaquil may be the daughter of a sorceress but she cant do any magic--or so she thinks--and she finds life in her mothers castle very dull & lonely. Her one skill that of mending things leads her to piece together a pile of old bones found in the desert & unknowingly bring back to life a black unicorn that needs Tanaquil to help it return to its own more perfect world. In the process of doing this Tanaquil finds a sister & discovers what her own powers really are. The plot of The Black Unicorn is in no way as simple as this description. It is complex & twisting & while readers may not be sure where theyre going theyll never be bored. Lees lush & highly visual style & her down-to-earth sense of humor are a constant entertainment. Her imagination is boundless whether in recreating the life of desert nomads or describing a castle full of magical devices all gone slightly awry. The static cover illustration with rearing unicorn & silver-gowned heroine does not begin to convey the special flavor of this stylish humorous fantasy. --Ruth S. Vose San Francisco Public Library ...

Don Camsell joined the men in black of the SBS in 1974. From the deserts of Oman to the hills of Port Stanley from the bottom of Gibraltar harbour to the deep cold black waters of Loch Long & from the QE2 to the back alleys of Belfast his new role demanded that Don fought in just about every theatre of war
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On a dark night out on the Houston bayou to celebrate his wifes birthday Jay Porter hears a scream. Saving a distressed woman from drowning he opens a Pandoras Box. Not the lawyer he set out to be Jay long ago made peace with his radical youth tucked away his darkest sins & resolved to make a fresh start. His impulsive act out on the bayou is heroic but it puts Jay in danger ensnaring him in a murder investigation that could cost him is practice his family & even his life. Before he can untangle the mystery that stretches to the highest reaches of corporate power he must confront the demons of his past. A provocative thriller with an exhilarating climax Black Water Rising" marks the arrival of an electrifying new talent." ...

In Dirty Game Annie Bailey was an East End Madam. In Black Widow shes queen of the gangs & trying to save her daughters life... Annie Bailey had done it all; Madam mistress & Gangsters moll. Now shes Annie Carter & she taking over the East End. Annie knew that it wouldnt last. Everything was going so well; she was living in Majorca had Max Carter
- the head of the Carter firm by her side & had given him a beautiful daughter Layla. But if there was one thing life had taught her it was that everything could change in the blink of an eye. One minute shes lying by the pool the next shes out cold. When she comes round Max & Layla are gone. Its not long before she gets the demands. They want money or shell be getting her little girl back in pieces... Theres only one thing Annie can do she heads back to the East End of London & gathers the Carter firm together. Someone has snatched her husband & child. Now theres a score to settle & its being settled Annie Carter style...
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In Dirty Game Annie Bailey was an East End Madam. In Black Widow she's queen of the gangs & trying to save her daughter's life... Annie Bailey had done it all; Madam mistress & Gangster's moll. Now she's Annie Carter & she taking over the East End. Annie knew that it wouldn't last. Everything was going so well; she was living in Majorca had Max Carter
- the head of the Carter firm by her side & had given him a beautiful daughter Layla. But if there was one thing life had taught her it was that everything could change in the blink of an eye. One minute she's lying by the pool the next she's out cold. When she comes round Max & Layla are gone. It's not long before she gets the demands. They want money or she'll be getting her little girl back in pieces... There's only one thing Annie can do she heads back to the East End of London & gathers the Carter firm together. Someone has snatched her husband & child. Now there's a score to settle & it's being settled Annie Carter style...
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He drugged his first wife & staged a fireball car crash collecting a GBP200 000 insurance payout. He cheated his second wife of her life savings & attempted to kill her in a copycat crash. He faked cancer to dupe his third victim into a bigamous marriage plotting her murder to steal her inheritance. He is Malcolm Webster: The Black Widower. After seventeen years of deception & brutality Webster was finally jailed for thirty years in July 2011 at the climax of one of the longest trials in Scottish legal history. In this chilling book award-winning journalist Charles Lavery documents the Black Widowers life & crimes giving a compelling insight into the mind of a man who killed for money & attempted to cover his tracks with drugs & fire. ...