The first body is a mystery. Shes young. Shes beautiful. & her corpse laid out in the office of Boston medical examiner Kat Novak betrays no secrets
- except for a matchbook clutched in one stiff hand seven numbers scrawled inside. The next body is a warning. When a second victim is discovered Kat begins to fear that a serial killer is stalking the streets. The police are sceptical. The mayor wont listen. & Kats chief suspect is one of the towns most prominent citizens. The final body.. .might be hers. With the death toll rising Kat races to expose a deadly predator who is closer than she ever dreamt. & every move she makes could be her very last.
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What makes a house a home? For Eve Gallagher home is miles away in England since she & her husband relocated to an apartment building on New Yorks Upper East Side. & life isnt remotely coming up roses. What makes a neighbour a friend? violet has lived in the building for decades but shes always kept herself apart until Eves loneliness touches her heart & friendship blossoms. What makes a wife a lover? Jason Kramer in Apartment 6A is no longer sure he loves his wife but hes head-over-heels for Rachael Schulman in 6B. What makes the girl next door the woman of your dreams? Meeting Emily Mikanowski from 3A turns Trip Graylings world upside down. Its love at first sight but he needs help from Charlotte the shy romance addict in 2A if hes going to win the girl. Dreams come true hearts are broken & no one is left unchanged when the secrets & desires hidden behind closed doors are finally brought into the light. ...

You only get one chance to live your life as a child but Lily was never given that chance; her childhood was taken from her before it ever begun. From the age of four when she was first sexually abused her life changed forever; when she walked through the institution's doors in Ireland her life continued along the same path that has destroyed her soul. Her emotional pain is as strong today as it was the day it began & will never leave her alone. When I go to sleep it's in my head & when I wake up I can see it in the mirror & I am only waiting to die." A child abuse story that will stay with you forever & one that you will talk about for many years to come The Girl Nobody Wants is a harrowing true story that will appeal to fans of biographies & fans of Jodi Picoult. It has been compared to Dave Pelzer's A Child Called It Damaged by Cathy Glass & The Kid by Kevin Lewis." ...

One rainy morning Commissario Brunetti & Ispettore Vianello respond to an emergency call reporting a body floating near some steps on the Grand Canal. Reaching down to pull it out Brunetti's wrist is caught by the silkiness of golden hair & he sees a small foot
- together he & Vianello lift a dead girl from the water. But inconceivably no one has reported a missing child nor the theft of the gold jewellery that she carries. Brunetti is drawn into a search not only for the cause of her death but also for her identity her family & for the secrets that people will keep in order to protect their children
- be they innocent or guilty. From the canals & palazzi of Venice to a gypsy encampment on the mainland Brunetti struggles with institutional prejudice & entrenched criminality to try to unravel the fate of the dead child.

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Cas Lowood is no ordinary ghost hunter
- he's in love with a dead girl. Her name is Anna Korlov. Anna Dressed in Blood. The girl
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Why has a secret from 1914 caused a century of heartache? Troubled by recent loss Grania Ryan has returned to Ireland & the arms of her loving family. & it is here on a cliff edge that she first meets a young girl Aurora who will profoundly change her life. Mysteriously drawn to Aurora Grania discovers that the histories of their families are strangely & deeply entwined... From a bittersweet romance in wartime London to a troubled relationship in contemporary New York from devotion to a foundling child to forgotten memories of a lost brother the Ryans & the Lisles past & present have been entangled for a century. Ultimately it will be Aurora whose intuition & remarkable spirit help break the spell & unlock the chains of the past. Haunting uplifting & deeply moving Auroras story tells of the triumph of hope over loss. ...

Elizabeth has been married to Michael for ten years. She has adjusted to a fairly monotonous routine with her wealthy decent but boring husb&. Part of this routine involves occasional visits to Beinn Caorrun the dank & gloomy house in a Scottish glen that Michael inherited. There are memories there that Michael will not share with her. But then Michael begins to change. It starts when he thinks he sees in a picture the figure of a girl on a landing. As he changes life becomes so much more fun & Elizabeth sees glimpses of a man she can fall in love with at last. But who
- or what
- is changing Michael.. .?

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Hes a real catch.. .if only she could catch him up Abby Rogers has been on health kicks before
- they involve eating one blueberry
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Jane Logan is a stranger to Berlin & she finds the city alive & echoing with the ghosts of its turbulent past. At six months pregnant shes instructed by her partner Petra to rest & enjoy her new life in Germany. But while Petra is out at work Jane begins to feel uneasy in their chic apartment. Screams reverberate through the walls lights flicker in the derelict building that looms over the yard a shadow passes on the stairs... Jane meets a neighbours daughter a girl whose life she tries to mend but her involvement only further isolates her. Alone & haunted Jane fears the worst...but the worst is yet to come. Louise Welsh the acclaimed author of The Cutting Room delivers another masterful suspense novel. The Girl on the Stairs is a powerful psychological thriller packed with twists & turns to keep you reading well into the night. Read it or be left in the dark. ...

Jane & Petra have been together for six years & after deciding to have a child they move to Petras hometown Berlin. But things do not quite go according to plan. Jane at six months pregnant finds herself increasingly isolated & preoccupied with the monuments & reminders of the Holocaust which echo around the city
- imagining the horrors that happened in the spaces around her. She becomes uneasy in the apartment & conceives a dread of the derelict backhouse across the courtyard. She also begins to suspect their neighbour Alban Mann of sexually assaulting his daughter & places a phone call to the police which holds more significance than she can ever have known.. .
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