It was a night of exquisite rapture that changed Lady Octavia Grenvilles life forever. Not only did she long for sexual pleasure
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On a cold night shortly before Christmas an immigrant street vendor is killed in Venices Campo Santo Stefano. The nearest witnesses to the event are the tourists who had been browsing the mans wares before his death
- fake handbags of every designer label
- but they have seen nothing that might be of much help to the police. When Commissario Brunetti arrives on the scene he finds it hard to understand why anyone would murder an illegal immigrant. They have few social connections & little money; in-fighting among them is the obvious answer. But once Brunetti begins investigating this unfamiliar Venetian underworld he discovers that matters of great value are at stake in the immigrant community...

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The latest novel in the gripping Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus series
- published in the USA as GUN GAMES
- from New York Times

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When a devastating earthquake in Masada Israel reveals a tomb buried in the heart of the mountain a trio of investigators
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Now You See Her... Gillian is haunted by the disappearance of her little girl two years ago. A devastating fire burned down their home but she remains convinced her daughter survived. Now You Dont... Ten-year-old Tom lives by the towns neglected churchyard. Is he the only one who sees the strange solitary child playing there? & what is she trying to tell him? Now You Run... Theres a new vicar in town
- Harry
- & hes meeting the locals. But menacing events suggest he isnt welcome. What terrible secret is this town hiding?

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Thea Osborne & her faithful spaniel Hepzie have taken on a house-sitting assignment in the charming Cotswold village of Temple Guiting. But as always an idyllic village can harbour a disquieting number of secrets & when a skeleton is discovered at the roots of an old beech tree Thea is grateful for the presence of her partner DS Phil Hollis. There is no concrete evidence as to who the bones belonged to although it isnt long before theories & rumours abound. Thea soon finds herself drawn into a murder investigation
- perhaps the countryside isnt that quiet after all.
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This is a fascinating collection of true crime stories from the Highlands & Islands of Scotl&. Murders & unexplained deaths happen wherever there are people & despite its sparse population the Highlands have had more than their fair share. Now Jean Mc Lennan a honorary Sheriff from Wick investigates some of the most chilling crimes committed in the north over the last sixty years. This is an intriguing & authoritative look at the background to each crime the motives of those involved the crimes themselves & their repercussions. ...

This is a stunning blend of romance horror & magic. For Mab Prowd the practice of blood magic is as natural as breathing. Its ...

This is the second installment of the Chronicles of the Necromancer". Having escaped being murdered by his evil brother Jared Tris must take control of his magical abilities to summon the dead & gather an army big enough to claim back the throne of his dead father. But it isn't merely Jared that Tris must combat. The dark mage Foor Arontala has schemes to raise the Obsidian King." ...

As a child in the 1960s Luke Jennings was fascinated by the rivers & lakes around his Sussex home. Beneath their surfaces it seemed to him waited alien & mysterious worlds. With library books as his guide he applied himself to the task of learning to fish. His progress was slow & for years he caught nothing. But then a series of teachers presented themselves including an inspirational young intelligence officer from whom he learnt stealth deception & the art of the dry fly. So began an enlightening but often dark-shadowed journey of discovery. It would lead to bright streams & wild country but would end with his mentors capture torture & execution by the IRA. Blood Knots is about angling about great fish caught & lost but it is also about friendship honour & coming of age. As an adult Jennings has sought out lost & secretive waterways probing waters as deep as England at dead of night in search of giant pike. The quest as always is for more than the living quarry. For only by searching far beneath the surface Jennings suggests in this most moving & thought-provoking of memoirs can you connect with your own deep history. ...