THE FIRST PATRICK MELROSE NOVEL. At his mother's family house in the south of France Patrick Melrose has the run of a magical garden. Bravely imaginative & self-sufficient five-year-old Patrick encounters the volatile lives of adults with care. His father David rules with considered cruelty & Eleanor his mother has retreated into drink. They are expecting guests for dinner. But this afternoon is unlike the chain of summer days before & the shocking events that precede the guests' arrival tear Patrick's world in two. This title was originally published along with Bad News & Some Hope as part of a 3-book package also called Some Hope. ...

Here is the ultimate quiz book on Cardiff City. Informative & fun this is the perfect companion for those long car journeys to Preston or wet Welsh nights down the local. An ideal gift for Bluebirds" fans of all ages here's the chance to interact with the long & eventful history of the club from formation & name changes to new stadia & Craig Bellamy. From cryptic to convivial get your Cardiff thinking caps on
- it's quiz time."
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Every one of us knows the moment when the simple act of putting one foot in front of another stops being a method of propulsion & becomes an adventure. In this hilarious & heart-warming collection of essays writer & broadcaster Stuart Maconie reflects on a life spent exploring the British countryside on foot. From the splendour of the Pennines & the Lake District to the drama of the Dorset coast; from the canals of the Midlands to wildest Scotland this book is an attempt to explain a passion for walking & the delights it can bring. Never Mind the Quantocks features over 50 insightful witty & entertaining articles including festive walks Lakeland favourites & pub treks. Culled from his monthly column in Country Walking magazine this collection is full of the beautiful places magical moments & wonderful characters that Stuart has encountered on his travels. It describes such intrepid adventures as taking on the famous Wainwright Fells of the Lake District walking Hadrians Wall with colleague Mark Radcliffe & why the most important things to carry in a rucksack are a transistor radio & a small bottle of wine. ...

Keisha Ceylon is a psychic. At least that's what it says on her business card. What Keisha actually does for a living is she watches the news for stories about people who have gone missing. She gives it a few days then makes her move
- telling the distraught family that she's had a vision about their missing loved one & may just have a clue to where they could be found. Which she'd be happy to reveal
- for a modest fee of course. Keisha's latest mark is a man who's wife disappeared a week ago. She's seen him on TV pleading for his wife to come home or for whoever took her to let her go
- & right away she can see dollar signs too. But when she pays Wendell Garfield a visit to give him the good news things don't go exactly according to plan. At first he's sceptical hostile even. But once she starts telling him about her visions visions that might just explain why his wife of twenty-one years had been missing for four straight nights she can tell she's got him hooked. The trouble is unbeknownst to her Keisha's 'vision' is uncomfortably close to the truth. & advertising it may be the last thing she wants to do... Never Saw it Coming is based on the novella Clouded Vision which was published as part of the Quick Reads programme in 2011.


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Twenty years after her father's plane crashed in the jungles of Southeast Asia Willy Jane Maitland was finally tracking his last moves. She recognised the dangers but her search for the truth about that fateful flight was the only thing that mattered. Closing in on the events of that night Willy realises that she is investigating secrets that people would kill to protect. & without knowing who to trust the truth can be far from clear cut... ...

The little princess wants everything now or else
- shell cry! But what happens when she wants her very own dragon? Its time for
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In different corners of the world four high-profile figures are assassinated in less than a week. Nobody links the deaths but one thing is certain: each of them has been stalked sought out & killed with care & preparation. Then a sinister connection is established: a single blood-tipped rose is sent to each funeral & an unremarkable female agent is murdered in Switzerl&. When MI5 come to MI6 to ask for help M brings in his best. At first a weekend abroad seems tempting to James Bond: especially when he's paired with Flicka von Grusse a gorgeous Swiss intelligence officer. But this is a perilous assignment that starts with the mysterious actor David Dragonpol & leads them to Athens Milan & on to Euro Disney.. .and an explosive climax. ...

In Never Surrender Robert Kershaw captures the authentic voices of the ordinary heroes of the Second World War from the soldiers ...

A nail biting thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat. When prep school junior Julia Whitmire is found dead in the bathtub of her familys Upper East Side apartment her left wrist slashed & suicide note resting on her dresser Ellie Hatcher & her partner J.J. Rogan initially write the case off as a suicide. Julias parents insist that their daughter would never take her own life but Ellie knows all too well that family members can be the last to accept the truth. But when Julias mother appeals to her with the evidence
- including a h&-written suicide note she believes her internet-obsessed daughter would never have composed
- Hatcher is confronted with the possibility of a troubled young girls murder.

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Your past will always find you! With her three beautiful children millionaire husband & Cotswolds mansion former investigative journalist Rose Miller has an enviable life. But behind the domestic bliss lies a secret past! As Oxford students in the early nineties Rose & James belonged to Society X an elite clique that knew no boundaries. Led by the enigmatic Dalziel the group were hell bent on breaking down societys norms
- until an unimaginable tragedy occurs. With the subsequent scandal covered up Rose has settled into family life
- but is afraid to admit her feelings of boredom. So when her ex-editor asks Rose to dig the dirt on a wealthy businessman new to the area adrenaline enlivens her. But as Roses investigation begins to threaten her family she backs away
- & then a tragedy at her home begins to widen the cracks in her domestic facade. As their world crumbles around them is Rose about to atone for the sins of her past? An utterly gripping novel that will captivate fans of Sophie Hannah & Nicci French.


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