The bets are on whodunnit when a body is found at the bookies.. . Jude has never been averse to a bit of a flutter; her friend Carole on the other hand thinks that the local betting shop is a den of iniquity. But when Jude stumbles upon the body of Polish immigrant Tadeusz Jankowski -- the race is on to find his killer. The odds arent looking good. No one seems to know anything about the mysterious Tadek -- even his sister cant shed any light on what he was doing in Fethering. Who was the anonymous woman in the bookies who seems to have vanished? Why was Tadek interested in the local university? & who is the Fifi Tadek spoke of with his dying breath? As they question the local residents Carol finds an unexpected friend in an inveterate gambler & Jude finds herself in potentially more trouble than she can handle with a lecherous & charming drama professor. In this race there can only be one winner but with no leads & several suspects in the running will our lady detectives be pipped at the post by a cold & calculating killer? ...

The master of horror returns with another spine-tingling adventure in the fifth title of the Demonata... Grubbs Grady has so far escaped the family curse but when he begins to experience alarming symptoms at the onset of the full moon he is scared that the jaws of fate are opening & about to swallow him whole. He has cheated death defeated demons moved on with his life. But Grubbs is torn between the world of magic & his wolfen genes. Can he fight the beast inside or will he fall victim to his tainted blood? ...

The king of horrors demonic symphony in ten volumes now available in omnibus editions
- each containing two titles in the spine-chilling
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Like most people who own their own business I work long hours that start early in the morning. So when someone calls me in the middle of the night theyd better be dying.. . Mechanic Mercy Thompson is woken at 3am by a vampire calling in a favour. He has to deliver a message to a fellow undead & needs a witness that wont be noticed
- & Mercys shapeshifting abilities make her the perfect candidate. But the assignment turns into a bloodbath & Mercy attracts the attention of not just a powerful vampire but the even more powerful demon possessing him. She can count on the supernatural community for protection
- & alpha werewolf Adam would like her to rely on him in other ways too
- but when it comes to being proactive shes on her own.


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A Liverpudlian West Side Story Blood Brothers is the story of twin brothers separated at birth because their mother cannot afford to keep them both. One of them is given away to wealthy Mrs Lyons & they grow up as friends in ignorance of their fraternity until the inevitable quarrel unleashes a blood-bath. Blood Brothers was first performed at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1983 & subsequently transferred to the Lyric Theatre London. It was revived in the West End in 1988 for a long-running production & opened on Broadway in 1993. ...

A Liverpudlian West Side Story: twin brothers are separated at birth because their mother cannot afford to keep them both. She gives one of them away to wealthy Mrs Lyons & they grow up as friends in ignorance of their fraternity until the inevitable quarrel unleashes a blood-bath. Willy Russell is less concerned with political tub-thumping than with weaving a close-knit story about the working of fate & destiny.. . it carries one along with it in almost unreserved enjoyment " Guardian" One of the longest-running & most successful ever West End musicals " Blood Brothers" premiered at the Liverpool Playhouse in January 1983." ...

Another page-turning story of tragedy & triumph from the No.1 bestselling author of The Loner & The Journey. Alice Jacobs has finally found the family she always wanted... With her shy smile & kind nature Alice wins the hearts of the Arnold family. A decent & well respected couple Tom & Nancy Arnold have raised two very different sons Frank & Joe. Frank is a devious brutal man. Seeing Alice as the key to his fortune he is determined to have her for himself. However his younger brother Joe has fallen in love with Alice so when she & Frank become engaged to marry Joe leaves home determined to put a distance between himself & temptation. He reluctantly returns when Frank summons him to be his best man. Alice finds herself inexplicably drawn to Joe but feeling it to be her duty she goes ahead & marries Frank not wishing to hurt him. On their wedding night Frank shows his true colours & when he forces Alice to reveal a devastating secret his evil nature reaps a shocking revenge. In his blind hatred intent on punishing those who have crossed him Frank plans the final ultimate retribution. An act that could tear apart not only the Arnold family but shatter the lives of those around them forever. Unless someone can stop him.. . ...

Blood Brothers pits brother against brother in this must-have double biography of the stars from The CWs hit series The Vampire Diaries. Discover all you need to know about the gorgeous actor Ian Somerhalder from his early modeling days through to the Lost years
- & why he was picked to play the sexy evil older brother Damon Salvatore despite completely messing up his audition. Or flip over & read about Paul Wesley the dark-eyed wavy-haired actor whose bad-boy past (he was kicked out of two different high schools!) made him the perfect choice for brooding vampire Stefan Salvatore. Thanks to their vampiric charms these two actors are the hottest properties in Hollywood at the moment
- but theres more to both of them than just their fangs! Including all the behind-the-scenes gossip from the hit TV show all your favourite Mystic Falls characters & what its really like for Ian & Paul playing such fierce on-screen rivals Blood Brothers is the ultimate guide to everyones favourite vampire siblings. Its time to choose your brother!

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The dazzling vampire Lestat was once the epitome of evil. But now he struggles with his immortality yearning for a more saintly path. His chance comes when he rescues a witch from death by turning her into a vampire. But the repercussions are swift as the powerful Mayfair family rally to punish Lestat for creating a killer from one of their flock. Yet in the midst of this schism comes a passionate love affair as Lestat becomes dangerously drawn to Rowan Mayfair a brilliant neurosurgeon & a true witch. However the fates are cruel & in an intense finale he must decide on the destiny of his beloved. ...

For Connor these are testing times aboard notorious pirate ship The Diablo
- not least when Captain Wrathes obnoxious nephew Moonshine
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