A girls body lies posed on the pale sand of a Hamburg beach a message concealed in her h&. I have been underground & now it is time for me to return home... Jan Fabel of the Hamburg murder squad struggles to interpret the twisted imagery of a dark & brutal mind. Four days later a man & a woman are found deep in woodland their throats slashed deep & wide the names Hansel & Gretel in the same tiny obsessively neat writing rolled tight & pressed into their hands. As it becomes clear that each new crime is a grisly reference to folk stories collected almost two hundred years ago by the Brothers Grimm the hunt is on for a serial killer who is exploring our darkest most fundamental fears
- a predator who kills & then disappears into the shadows. He is a monster we all learned to fear in childhood.
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This is an ' After-the-Bomb' story told by teenage Danny one of the survivors
- one of the unlucky ones. Set in Shipley an ordinary
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Brother Jimmys is the incredibly successful & popular chain of southern cooking & BBQ cuisine that has been a Manhattan institution for over 20 years. The incredible ribs country fried steak pulled pork sandwiches blackened chicken fried red snapper & of course the delicious sides from macncheese to black eyed peas. Brother Jimmys BBQ is the definitive cookbook from this famed institution including over 100 recipes including starters sides beef pork chicken seafood rubs & sauces & more. ...

When you touch a Lipizzaner Frank Westerman was told as a child you are touching history. In Brother Mendels Perfect Horse" he explores the history of these unique creatures an extraordinary troop of pedigree horses first bred as personal mounts for the Emperor of Austria-Hungary. Following the bloodlines of the studbook he reconstructs the story of four generations of imperial steeds as they survive the fall of the Habsburg Empire two world wars & the insane breeding experiments conducted under Hitler Stalin & Ceausescu. But what begins as a fairytale becomes a chronicle of the quest for racial purity. Carrying the reader across Europe from imperial stables & stud farms to the controversial gene labs of today Westerman asks if animal breeders are so good at genetic engineering why do attempts to perfect the human strain always end in tragedy? Brother Mendels Perfect Horse a unique & engrossing fusion of history & travel writing is a modern fable in which the pure-blood horse ends up revealing mans own shortcomings." ...

With over 400 million copies of his books sold worldwide Dean Koontz is one of the most popular writers of our time. Read this page-turning heart-breaking thriller to find why Odd Thomas is the master storyteller's most-loved creation. He sees what no one else does. He does what no one else can. Odd a charismatic young man with a sense for the otherworldly & the downright strange is in self-imposed exile. Tragic events have led him from his sun-bleached desert home of Pico Mundo to a monastery in the High Sierra searching for peace. It's December & the remote abbey is besieged by icy winds & snow. But even in the silence of the mountains danger & desperation haunt him still... As ever where Odd Thomas goes strangeness goes too. A white dog named Boo befriends him
- as does the ghost of Elvis. & a world-famous physicist is conducting experiments in the catacombs of the abbey. Could this be why Odd can once again see bodachs shadowy harbingers of violence? They prowl the halls suggesting horror to come. But what form will it take? & how will Odd defeat an enemy that eclipses any he has met before?
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Hal & his brotherband crew are hot on the trail of the pirate Zavac & they have one thing only on their minds: Stopping the bloodthirsty thief before he can do more damage. The chase leads down mighty rivers terrifying rapids to the lawless fortress of Ragusa. If Hal is to succeed he will need to go beyond his brotherband training. He will need to challenge the pirate one-on-one knowing only one of them will survive. The epic series from Ranger's Apprentice" author John Flanagan continues delivering pulse-pounding adventure & fun." ...

Enter a world of wolfships epic battles & treachery in the cold northern seas. Enter the world of Brotherb&. Hal & the Heron brotherband are on the trail of Zavac & his precious cargo. Will they be able to find the pirates when the weather clears? & when they do how can they possibly beat the mighty Raven & its crew of vicious cut-throats & killers? ...

There is only one way to become a warrior. Boys are chosen for teams called Brotherbands & must endure months of gruelling battles in the treacherous sea. Hal finds himself the unwilling leader of a band of outcasts the boys that no one wants. They are small & wiry but what they lack in size they make up with skill & courage. Now they must battle against the other bands in the ultimate race where there can only be one winner. The icy waters make the sea a dangerous playing field. Especially when
- for some
- this is anything but a game.. .

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The epic struggle begun in THE SUM OF ALL MEN continues in BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF. Gaborn has managed to drive off Raj Ahten but Ahten is far from defeated. Striking at far-flung cities & fortresses & killing dedicates Ahten seeks to draw out the Earth King from his seat of power in order to crush him. But as they weaken each others forces in battle the armies of an ancient & implacable enemy issue forth from the very bowels of the Earth... ...

This jolly birthday card for your brother designed exclusively for WHSmith features an illustration of a dancing boy & the words ‘bro it’s your birthday Hope you have a super cool day
- wahey!’ on the front. Greeting inside reads ‘ Have a fab day’. Comes complete with a blue envelope ready for posting..

Approximate dimensions: 22 x 10cm


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