Millie Cameron is not at all pleased when she finds herself obliged to sort through the belongings of her aunt Flo who recently died. She hardly knew her aunt & besides she has her own career to think about. But when she arrives at Flo's basement flat Millie's interest is awakened. As she sorts through her aunt's collection of photographs letters & newspaper cuttings she finds herself embarking on a journey
- a journey to a past which

Includes:: a lost lover & a secret child. Picking through the tangled web of Flo's life Millie makes the startling discovery that all the threads lead to herself.. .


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A brilliant supernatural thriller with a modern twist & a triumphant return from one of Britain's best-loved writers. At the end of a track on the outskirts of an ordinary coastal town lies a dilapidated house. Once a group of amateur ghost hunters spent the night there. Two of them don't like to speak about the experience. The third can't speak about it. He went into the basement you see & afterwards he screamed so hard & so long he tore his vocal cords. Now a group of teenagers have decided to hang out in the old haunted house. Dismissing the fears of the others their leader Jezza goes down into the basement...and comes back up with a children's book full of strange & colourful tales of a playing-card world a fairytale world full of Jacks Queens & Kings unicorns & wolves. But the book is no fairytale. Written by Austerly Fellows a mysterious turn-of-the-century occultist it just might be the gateway to something terrifying...and awfully final. As the children & teenagers of the town are swept up by its terrible power swept into its seductive world something has begun that could usher in hell on earth. Soon the only people standing in its way are a young boy with a sci-fi obsession & his dad
- an unassuming maths teacher called Martin...
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When Jonni Kendal comes to London to pursue her dream of becoming an actress shes young naive full of courage & determined to excel. Just nineteen shes desperate to escape the narrow parochial life her parents have planned for her. Jean-Baptiste St. Michel is haunted by his father: the man who abandoned him as a child the man he can hardly remember the man he cannot forget. Driven by his determination to forge a life for himself outside of the shadow his fathers famous name casts hes ambitious talented & dangerously attractive
- but suspicious of emotional attachments. When Michel rescues Jonni one night & takes her home theres an immediate attraction. Jonni finds herself embraced by an exciting new world she never suspected existed & Michel ever wary of commitment finds himself growing used to her presence in his life. But before he can commit to any kind of future he must release himself from his past.
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Life has been cruel to Grace Collins. Orphaned as a child she is raised by her severely religious aunt Emily. Starved of love she falls for the first man who shows her affection Barry Swan. & when Grace falls pregnant Emily disowns her. Barry & Grace marry & for a while she knows happiness. Barry adores her & is a wonderful father but Grace feels that something is missing. When Barry indulges her passion for ballroom dancing the gap seems to be filled
- until she meets Philip Golding. He sweeps Grace off her feet showing her what she believes is a better way of life. But as he draws her into a web of deceit she discovers that all that glitters is not gold...
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Lucie de la Tour du Pin was the Pepys of her generation. She witnessed participated in & wrote diaries detailing one of the most tumultuous periods of history. From life in the Court of Versailles through the French Revolution to Napoleons rule Lucie survived extraordinary times with great spirit. She recorded people politics & intrigue alongside the intriguing minutia of everyday life: food work illness children manners & clothes. Caroline Mooreheads richly novelistic biography sets Lucy & her dairies in their wider context illuminating a remarkable period of history. ...

Christine Bryden was a top civil servant & single mother of three children when she was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 46. Since then she has gone on to challenge almost every stereotype of people with dementia by campaigning for self-advocacy writing articles & speaking at national conferences. This book is a vivid account of the author's experiences of living with dementia exploring the effects of memory problems loss of independence difficulties in communication & the exhaustion of coping with simple tasks. She describes how with the support of her husband Paul she continues to lead an active life nevertheless & explains how professionals & carers can help. Christine Bryden makes an outspoken attempt to change prevailing attitudes & misconceptions about the disease. Arguing for greater empowerment & respect for people with dementia as individuals she also reflects on the importance of spirituality in her life & how it has helped her better understand who she is & who she is becoming. ...

Dusty Springfield made her name in the 60s with a string of top ten hits. Her unique singing style & distinctive bouffant blonde look made her famous throughout the world. Despite a period in the wilderness during the 70s & 80s she was back at the top in the 90s until her death from cancer in March l 999. Born an Irish Catholic in l 939 her background set her almost schizophrenically at odds with herself as she realised her sexuality & moved further into the rock world. Both Penny Valentine & Vicki Wickham knew Dusty well as friend & manager for much of her career. As well as charting her gay relationships this book also looks candidly at the period of her greatest self-destruction while living in Los Angeles in the 80s. Covering every area of her career with honesty & affection Dusty is brought vividly to life. ...

When Sechnussach High King of Ireland is found dead in his bedchamber with his throat cut all clues seem to suggest an all-too-obvious prime suspect. Dubh Duin the chieftain of the clan Cinel Cairpre was found with the murder weapon in his hand when the High King's guards entered the royal chamber before taking his own life. The Chief Brehon of Ireland asks Sister Fidelma to investigate & find out what possible motives could have driven Dubh Duin to assassinate the High King. Her investigations reveals an intricate web of conspiracy & deception that threatens to unbalance the five kingdoms & send them spiralling into a violent & bloody civil war & religious conflict... ...

Private Investigator Nikki James grew up on the tough streets of Lyndhurst & believes there is nothing left to surprise her. That changes the night she follows teenager Monica Trevgard & becomes a pawn caught in a war between two very different men. One fills her mind with his madness; the other pushes his way into her heart. Nikki knows how dangerous love can be but if she wants to survive she must place her trust in a man who could destroy her. For 300 years Michael Kelly has existed in the shadows learning to control the death cravings of a vampire. Nikki not only breaches his formidable barriers with her psychic abilities but makes Michael believe he may finally have found a woman strong enough to walk by his side & to ease the loneliness in his heart. ...

The second in the series set in the Derbyshire Peak District Dancing with the Virgins is a tense psychological follow-up to Stephen Booths acclaimed debut Black Dog. The body of the woman sprawled obscenely among the stones! She looked like a dead woman dancing. The ring of cairns known as the Nine Virgins has stood on the windswept moors of Derbyshire for centuries. Now as winter closes in a tenth figure is added -- a body -- & a modern tragedy is added to the dark legend that surrounds the stones. Theres no shortage of suspects each with their own guilty secret but what DS Fry & DC Cooper lack is any kind of motive. As they search separately for answers it seems the reasons for the strange behaviour of the moors inhabitants may lie somewhere in the past in a terrible crime yet to be discovered! ...