In a tiny stained-glass shop hidden in the backstreets of Westminster lies the cracked sparkling image of an angel. The owners of Minster Glass have also been broken: Fran Morrison's mother died when she was a baby; a painful event never mentioned by her difficult secretive father Edward. Fran left home to pursue a career in foreign cities as a classical musician. But now Edward is dangerously ill & it's time to return. Taking her father's place in the shop she & his craftsman Zac accept a beguiling commission
- to restore a shattered glass picture of an exquisite angel belonging to a local church. As they reassemble the dazzling shards of coloured glass they uncover an extraordinary love story from the Victorian past sparked by the window's creation. Slowly Fran begins to see her own reflection in its themes of passion tragedy & redemption. Fran's journey will lead her on a search for the truth about her mother through mysteries of past times & the anguish of unrequited love to reconciliation & renewal.
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The Dark Wizard Troubler has tightened his grip on the snow-bound Kingdom of Gems & is close to possessing the powerful Candara Gems. The kingdom seems lost to the rule of his evil spell as his dominance grows. Amalek & Seph have survived their long & perilous journey to the great Wizard Elzaphans castle to seek his magical help. However their rest is short-lived as a terrifying task lies ahead. Along with the group of courageous animals including Joog the owl they have to complete the return journey which is filled with unforeseen dangers. They must face the evil wizard to save their kingdom... ...

When Dave Robicheaux gets the call saying his ex-partner Clete Purcel is in jail for felony assault & resisting arrest bailing him out is instinctive. After all Clete is the man who saved Dave's life by carrying him down a fire escape with two bullets in his back. But Clete's latest escapade isn't just worrying because it shows his demons are gaining the upper hand; it also brings some of those demons into Dave's life in the most personal way possible. The man Clete assaulted a big-time pimp & meth dealer is a suspect in the murder of a series of young women
- but his criminal activities are hidden behind his involvement in a charity aimed at getting young women off the streets. As Dave probes the charity further he finds that its main sponsor is the smooth-talking scion of a wealthy family & a man whose motives Dave instinctively mistrusts. He also happens to be Dave's daughter's boyfriend.
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Cool. Balanced. Modern. The precisions of science the wild variance of lust the catharsis of confession & the fear of failure
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The Glass Room is the fifth book in Ann Cleeves Vera Stanhope series -- which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn VERA. DI Vera Stanhope is not one to make friends easily but her hippy neighbours keep her well-supplied in homebrew & conversation. But when one of them goes missing her path leads her to more than a missing friend.. . Vera tracks the young woman down to the Writers House a country retreat where aspiring authors work on their stories. Things get complicated when a body is discovered & Veras neighbour is found with a knife in her h&. Calling in the team Vera knows that she should hand the case over. Shes too close to the main suspect. But the investigation is too tempting & shes never been one to follow the rules. There seems to be no motive. When another body is found Vera suspects that someone is playing games with her. Somewhere there is a killer who has taken murder off the page & is making it real.. . Also available in the Vera Stanhope series are The Crow Trap Telling Tales Hidden Depths & Silent Voices. Ann Cleeves Shetland series (BBC television drama SHETLAND) contains five titles of which Dead Water is the most recent. ...

Cayden Silversun is part Elven part Fae part human Wizard
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Touchstone the magical theatre troupe continues to build audiences. But Cayden is increasingly troubled by his elsewhens " the uncontrolled moments when he is plunged into visions of the possible futures. He fears that his Fae gift will forever taint his friendships; his friends fear that his increasing distance will destroy him." ...

The Conjurors Game should never have been started. Now Luke must replace the Tree on the central square before the Knights & Ravens rampage in their eternal battle through the snowbound villages of Halcombe Great Wood. Can a mans soul be trapped in a candle? Cursed from infancy Meurig treasures the candle as his dearest possession. But what happens if it is stolen by his enemy a water goddess of immense power? The Candle Man" is a tale soaked in mist & marshl&. Jennie & Jamie find a magical book that offers to lead them to Fintans Tower. But who are the three strangers that pursue them? How can they know whom to trust when the glass tower contains unimaginable terrors & the only time they have left is a wink of the suns eye?" ...

Annabella Lagrange was the only child of a wealthy family owners of a glass-works in the North-East of Engl&. When Annabella was seven she thought the world a delightful place to live in & only occasionally wondered why her parents never took her beyond the gates of their magnificent country estate. When she was ten she decided that the seclusion didnt really matter because when she grew up she would marry her handsome cousin Stephen & never be lonely again. But when she was eighteen Annabella learned the circumstances of her birth--and her entire world crashed around her... ...

Portsmouth 1984. Thirteen-year-old Jakes world is unravelling as his father & older brother leave home & his mother plunges into alcoholic freefall. Despite his turbulent home life Jake is an irrepressible teenager & his troubled mother is not the only thing on his mind: theres the hi-fi hes saving up for his growing passion for Greek mythology (and his pretty classics teacher) & the anticipation of brief visits to see his dad. When his parents reconcile life finally seems to be looking up. Their first family holiday announced over scampi & chips in the Royal Oak promises to be the icing on the cake
- until long-unspoken family secrets begin to surface. Isabel Ashdowns debut novel tells a captivating story of family life at once troubling funny & joyous. Vividly bringing to life the gentility of a 1950s childhood the free-spirited hedonism of the Sixties & the urban domesticity of 1980s Portsmouth this is an intimate lyrical & deeply moving portrait of a family crumbling under the weight of past mistakes.
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