Bristol has much to be proud of having prospered as a city & a major port for over six hundred years. But its past



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John Harvey has been described as the master of British crime & in A Darker Shade of Blue he has collected together some of his very best writing. From the killing fields of the East Midlands to the mean streets of London from the jazz clubs & clip joints of Soho to the barren fenlands of East Anglia this is a world of broken families & run-down estates revenge killings & prostitution drugs guns & corruption; a world of overstretched police forces & underpaid detectives men & women who strive nonetheless for a kind of justice; a world in which everything even friendship has a price. Featuring characters like Frank Elder who tried to turn his back on police work & failed; Jack Kiley ex-copper & one-time professional footballer now a London-based PI; & the renowned jazz loving & much-loved Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick John Harveys finely-crafted vignettes perfectly encapsulate life in the badlands of modern Britain. ...

Imagine a serial killer who has already struck a horrific number of times. A killer who discovers people's secrets
- the deepest
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The Todd family are strangers to city life when they move into a flat on the Scotland Road; their previous home was a canal barge. Harry gets a job as warehouse manager & his wife Martha works in a grocer's shop whilst Seraphina trains as a teacher Angela works in Bunney's Department Store & young Evie starts at regular school. Then circumstances change & Seraphina takes a job as a nippy in Lyon's Corner House. Customers vie for her favours including an old friend Toby. When war is declared the older girls join up leaving Evie & Martha to cope with rationing shortages & the terrible raids on Liverpool which devastate the city. Meanwhile Toby is a Japanese POW working on the infamous Burma railway & dreaming of Seraphina... Darkest Before Dawn is a warm passionate story that makes it easy to see why Katie Flynn is one of Britain's most popular saga writers. ...

The concluding part of this darkly funny horror series Darren Shan called deliciously nightmarish. Kyle is a bit of a problem child. He wont do what his dad tells him. But thats because his dad wants Kyle to unleash the scuttling screaming killer creatures of the Darkest Corners & bring about the end of the world. Now might be a good time to rebel... ...

May 1940. Sergeant Jack Tanner has been posted to a training company on the south-east coast of England where the mysterious deaths of two Polish refugees lead him to believe there has been foul play. As the Germans launch their Blitzkrieg in Europe the entire company are sent to join the battle to stop Hitlers drive across the Low Countries. Pitted against the die-hard Nazis of the SS Deaths Head Division & the great panzer commander General Rommel himself it is left to Tanner to get his men back to Allied lines. But if they are to have any hope of surviving the mayhem of Dunkirk Tanner must first deal with an enemy far more deadly than the Germans... ...

Step into the wild world of the Warrior Cats -- wild cat excitement epic battles & tribal rivalry! Myths & legends surround the four cat clans in this thrilling feline fantasy adventure. The thrilling saga of battling cat clans concludes in the sixth book of this fantastic feline fantasy. Thunder Clan's darkest hour is upon them as Tigerstar's quest for power plunges all the Clans into the most terrible danger any cat has ever faced. Fireheart prepares to pit his wits against his arch-enemy but the real danger he must face is even more terrible. The time has come for phrophecies to unfold & for heroes to rise! ...

Dark secrets. Dangerous seduction. It all begins with a kiss... With a werewolf's uncanny instinct for danger
- & vampire blood
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Claudine Rafferty is rich reckless & beautiful. So when she throws herself into an arranged marriage with the eminently eligible but notorious Francois de Lorvoire everyone in Paris is amazed. Determined to cope with Francois' cruelty & indifference Claudine soon finds herself driven to find love in the arms of Armand St Jacques one of her husband's vignerons. But all is not what it seems in the de Lorvoire family. As Claudine learns more of Francois's sinister past she also inherits some of his most dangerous enemies. & against a background of betrayal & conspiracy she forced to learn not only whom she can trust but also whom she really loves... ...

The fifth & final breathtaking instalment in the darkly seductive & best-selling WICKED LOVELY series about the collision of mortal & faery worlds! The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; & a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale his presence signifying the deaths of powerful fey. Torn between his new queen & his old love Keenan left Huntsdale to wander aimlessly but after centuries of leading his court it was not long before the reality of being Summer King became too pressing. Violence seemed more inevitable by the day & the Summer Court was not yet strong enough to face conflict so Keenan made a dangerous deal with the water fey. It is a desperate bargain he makes to strengthen his court against the coming war. Aislinn tends the Summer Court searching for her absent king & yearning for Seth. She knows she must be a powerful queen to hold her court together while Bananach becomes more & more dangerous & she is losing faeries to her. Donia longs for fiery passion even as she coolly readies the Winter Court for battle. Her court is still powerful but she must remain focused on keeping them that way & not get distracted by Keenan when he shows up at her door again. The Dark Court is thrown into chaos when they are rocked by tragedy. & Seth sworn brother of the Dark King & heir to the High Queen is about to make a mistake that could cost his life. They all know what Bananach seeks -- the raven-faery is the embodiment of war & discord. She & her growing number of allies want mutiny & murder. Love despair & betrayal ignite the Faeries Courts & in the final conflict some will win! & some will lose everything. The thrilling conclusion to Melissa Marrs bestselling Wicked Lovely series will leave readers breathless. ...