DI Andrew Hicks thinks he knows all about murder. For Hicks however horrific the act the reasons behind killing are ultimately all too explicable. So when a woman is found bludgeoned to death he suspects a crime of passion & attention focuses on her possessive ex-husb&. But when a second body is found similarly beaten Hicks is forced to think again about his suspect: the second victim is a homeless man with no links to the other woman. When more murders take place in quick succession Hicks realises he is dealing with a type of killer he has never faced before one who fits nowhere within his logic. Fear spreads as the police search for patterns & reasons where none appear to exist. Then the letters begin to arrive... As the death toll rises the threat gets closer to home. To survive Hicks must face not only a killer obsessed with randomness & chaos but also the secret in his own past. If he is to stop the killings he must confront the truth about himself & the fact that some murders begin in much darker places than he ever imagined. ...

The Dark Room tells the stories of three ordinary Germans: Helmut a young photographer in Berlin in the 1930s who uses his craft to express his patriotic fervour; Lore a twelve-year-old girl who in 1945 guides her young siblings across a devastated Germany after her Nazi parents are seized by the Allies; & fifty years later Micha a young teacher obsessed with what his loving grandfather did in the war struggling to deal with the past of his family & his country. ...

1501: the turbulence of Henry VIIIs reign brings passion & pain to the Morlands as they achieve ever greater wealth & prestige. Paul great-grandsom of Elanor Morland has inherited the Morland estates & his own Amyas is set to be his heir. But Paul fathers a beloved illigitimate son & bitter jealousy causes a destructive rift between the two half-brothers which will lead to death. Pauls niece Nanette becomes a maid-in-waiting to Anne Bolyen & at the court of Henry VIII she becomes embroiled in the Kings bitter feud with Rome. Through birth & death love & hatred triumph & heartbreak the Morlands continue proudly to claim their place amongst Englands aristocracy. ...

Colby Jansen has been raising her step-siblings Ginny & Paul single-handedly since her beloved stepfather Armando Chevez died. Shes also been working herself into the ground to keep the family ranch running but now shes got a real fight on her hands. Members of the Chevez family along with two of the powerful De La Cruz brothers for whom Colbys family has worked for centuries arrive at her door intending to take custody of the children & dispose of the ranch. For ancient Carpathian Rafael De La Cruz the world has become dark & he is in danger of turning vampire. But when he meets Colby he knows immediately that she is the one who could save him. Colby finds the handsome Rafael threatening but against her better judgement she is also irresistibly drawn to him. They quickly find that they are an equal match in terms of fiery temperament & stubbornness but when an ancient & powerful vampire begins stalking Colby & her family she & Rafael combine forces to combat a deadly evil... ...

Youve devoured The Fifty Shades Trilogy.. . Now prepare yourself for incredible sensual revelations in a... Dark Secret. Harriet Radcliffe is bored with her life. At twenty-three her steady job & safe engagement seem very dull. If she is to inject a little excitement into her life she realises now is the time to do it. But the excitement lying in wait for Harriet is beyond even her wildest ambitions. Answering a job advertisement to assist a world-famous actress Harriet finds herself plunged into an intense & secret world of sexual obsession
- playing an unwitting part in a very private drama but discovering in the process more about her own desires than she had ever dreamed possible.. . The prequel to Forbidden Desires.
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Legacy of Lies When Megan arrives at her grandmother's house she immediately feels that there is something curiously familiar about the place. She's been there in her dreams or rather her nightmares but still cannot place what exactly it is that gives her the creeps. All Megan wants to do is get through the visit without any drama but as the house starts to reveal its secrets & the past comes to light Megan finds herself caught up in a twisted love triangle with potentially fatal consequences. Don't Tell Lauren knows that by returning to the town where her mother accidentally" drowned seven years ago she'll be reliving one of her most haunting memories. When she arrives she is propelled into a series of mysterious events that mimic the days leading up to her mother's death. Could it be that her mother's drowning wasn't an accident after all? & as the past unravels around her Lauren begins to wonder whether she might be next..." ...

No Time to Die When Jenny plans to spend the summer undercover at the theatre camp where her sister was murdered she had no idea the drama would be quite so deadly. Still grieving & trying to cope with the loss of her sister Liza Jenny feels completely out of place on stage unlike the rest of her theatrical family. But she is determined to understand why her sister was murdered & more importantly find out who killed her. So when Jenny thinks she hears Liza speaking to her & suspects that someone might be following her she is sure the truth will unfold...but the drama that follows is even more twisted that she thought. The Deep End of Fear After her childhood best friend Ashley tragically drowns in an icy pond Kate thought she was done with daring adventures for good. But now she has to return to her childhood home & it all comes flooding back. & the scary thing is the neighbour that shes tutoring claims he can see Ashley...and that shes been daring him to go on potentially fatal adventures. Can Kate face up to her childhood fears to stop history from repeating itself? ...

Reissue of the timeless Higgins classic... Captain Hugh Lomaxs last view of Kyros had been as a German prisoner of war. The picturesque beauty of the Greek Islands hiding their blood-drenched history & the terrifying carnage that took place years earlier. But there are questions still unanswered. Lomax knows he was innocent & as he returns to Kyros he begins to remember things he had long since buried in the back of his mind; the deadly mission he undertook as well as a horrific massacre that still remains without reason. Now the time has come for answers. Lomax is set to unlock the secrets of his past; someone betrayed the islanders at the height of the Nazi occupation & they want their secret kept whatever it takes whoever has to suffer. ...

In this enlightening guide Debbie Ford explains that the dark side of our personality should not be hidden. By denying our dark side we reject these aspects of our true natures rather than giving ourselves the freedom to live authentically. Here she shows that it is possible to acknowledge & accept our so-called weaknesses proving that these qualities may be important hidden strengths. For example perhaps some 'selfishness' can save us from exhaustion & resentment. Full of illuminating stories & practical exercises Debbie Ford shows us how to reconcile our darker impulses & find the gifts they offer. Your life will be transformed when you unconceal own & embrace your shadow. ...

Susan Michaels is a reporter on a mission to resurrect her professional reputation. & she only has to brave her cat allergy at a local animal shelter to follow the lead that could get her off the tabloid beat forever. But she gets more than she bargained for when she inadvertently adopts one of the cats... As soon as she gets home the cat turns into a gorgeous naked man. Ravyn is entirely unique
- a Were-Hunter who became a Dark-Hunter as well. Suddenly Susan is pulled into Ravyn's mysterious world
- one full of danger & magic. & despite the way he makes her sneeze despite the danger that swirls around him she just can't resist him...

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