When an unidentified female body is discovered laid out on a slab in an abandoned butcher's shop the cause of death is unclear. Her body bares no marks; except for the fact that her lips have been carefully stitched shut. It is only when the full autopsy gets underway at the Los Angeles County morgue that the pathologist will reveal the true horror of the situation
- a discovery so devastating that Detective Robert Hunter of the Los Angeles Homicide Special Section has to be pulled off a different case to take over the investigation But when his inquiry collides with a missing persons' case being investigated by the razor-sharp Whitney Meyers Hunter suspects the killer might be keeping several women hostage. Soon Robert finds himself on the hunt for a murderer with a warped obsession a stalker for whom love has become hate.
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With 2 million copies of her Immortals series in print Alyson Noel is one of the hottest paranormal teen authors writing today. NIGHT STAR continues the epic love story that has enchanted readers across the world. Ever & Damen must face bitter rivals jealous friends & their own worst fears -- all in the hope of being together forever. NIGHT STAR is guaranteed to mesmerize fans & leave them breathlessly awaiting the sixth & final book! ...

A new memoir from Sunday Times & New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass. When Cathy receives a call about a terminally ill widower terrified of leaving his son all alone in the world she is wracked with sadness & indecision. Can she risk exposing her own young children to a little boy on the brink of bereavement? Eight year old Michael is part of a family of two but with his beloved father given only months to live & his mother having died when he was a toddler he could soon become an orphan. Will Cathy's own young family be able to handle a child in mourning? To Cathy's surprise her children insist that this boy deserves to be as happy as they are prompting Cathy to welcome Michael into her home. A cheerful & carefree new member of the family Michael devotedly prays every night believing that when the time is right angels will come & take his Daddy to be with his Mummy in heaven. However incredibly in the weeks that pass the bond between Cathy's family Michael & his kind & loving father Patrick grows. Even more promising Patrick is looking healthier than he's done in weeks. But just as they are settling into a routine of blissful normality an unexpected & disastrous event shatters the happy group shaking Cathy to the core. Cathy can only hope that her family & Michael's admirable faith will keep him strong enough to rebuild his life. ...

There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable & nothing but inconvenience will be suffered by the passengers." (Phillip Franklin White Star Line Vice-President). On April 15th 1912 Titanic the world's largest passenger ship sank after colliding with an iceberg claiming more than 1 500 lives. Walter Lord's classic bestselling history of the voyage the wreck & the aftermath is a tour de force of detailed investigation & the upstairs/downstairs divide. "A Night to Remember" provides a vivid gripping & deeply personal account of the 'unsinkable' Titanic's descent. It comes with a new foreword by Julian Fellowes." ...

In Alaska somebody disappears every day. Hunters who head into the wilderness fishermen who brave the great rivers tourists who attempt to do both. In Aleut detective Kate Shugak's park people have been falling off the grid quite a bit lately. & as she & state trooper Jim Chopin are about to realize it's got something to do with the recent discovery of the world's second-largest gold mine in their very own backyard. A hostile environment activist organisation has embraced Alaska's Suulutaq Mine as its reason for being attracting more attention than many of the locals can tolerate. So it's almost a relief when Kate finally finds a body
- this more than politics she can handle. Until the identity of the body vanishes too. Now it's up to Kate & Jim to dig deeper into the mining controversy & find the truth about what's going on in her homel&. Even if that means facing down the enemy who will kill to keep certain secrets buried.
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Vicky Bliss is the first to admit she doesnt know a thing about Egyptology. But her familiarity with criminality brings an intelligence agency to her office with an offer she cant refuse: they want her as an undercover operative on a luxury Nile cruise because certain information has come their way that a major theft of Egyptian antiquities is in the works. Vicky suspects the man they are seeking is her occasional lover & frequent adversary Sir John Smythe. Then on the first day of her Nile cruise she spots him
- with a beautiful woman clinging to his arm. Stunned & furious Vicky is too preoccupied with her own feelings to concentrate on crime on the cruise
- but then one of the crew is brutally murdered & Vicky finds she must put all her emotions aside & join forces with her duplicitous lover if she wants to solve the case...

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The eruption of Italys Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 buried a city & its people their treasures & secrets. Centuries later echoes of this disaster resonate with profound consequences in the life of classics professor Sophie Chase. Beneath layers of volcanic ash lies the Villa della Notte
- the Night Villa
- once home to the captivating slave girl at the heart of an ancient controversy. & concealed in a subterranean labyrinth rests a cache of antique documents believed lost to the ages: a prize too alluring for Sophie to resist. But whatever shocking events transpired in the face of Vesuviuss fury has led to deeper intrigues
- & Sophie is swiftly sucked into their dark & terrifying vortex.. .


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Moving back through the 1940s through air raids blacked out streets illicit liaisons sexual adventure to end with its beginning in 1941 The Night Watch is the work of a truly brilliant & compelling storyteller. This is the story of four Londoners
- three women & a young man with a past drawn with absolute truth & intimacy. Kay who drove an ambulance during the war & lived life at full throttle now dresses in mannish clothes & wanders the streets with a restless hunger searching.. . Helen clever sweet much-loved harbours a painful secret.. . Viv glamour girl is stubbornly even foolishly loyal to her soldier lover.. . Duncan an apparent innocent has had his own demons to fight during the war. Their lives & their secrets connect in sometimes startling ways. War leads to strange alliances.. . Tender tragic & beautifully poignant set against the backdrop of feats of heroism both epic & ordinary here is a novel of relationships that offers up subtle surprises & twists. The Night Watch is thrilling. A towering achievement.
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Forty-eight hours after New York Assistant D.A. Alexandra Cooper arrives in France to visit her restaurateur boyfriend Luc Rouget her holiday is cut short when a young woman is found murdered. The only evidence discovered on the body is one of Lucs matchboxes promoting his new restaurant in New York. Before the investigation begins Alex is summoned back home to handle a high profile case. Mohammed Gil-Darsin Head of the World Economic Bureau has been accused of attacking a maid in his hotel. As the scandal unfolds Alex finds her attention torn between preparing the alleged victim to testify & a murder case with ties too close to home. When a second body is found with Lucs matchbox
- this time in Brooklyn
- Alex begins to fear that the two cases may be connected & that uncovering the sordid secrets of the citys most wealthy & powerful could cost her & her loved ones everything they hold dear...

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Someone has stolen the worlds most famous painting & replaced it with a fake. When the mission looks impossible the world calls upon UNACO. After lengthy negotiations the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam agrees to send its priceless Rembrandt Night Watch on a tour of the worlds art galleries. Security is intensive. Even so when the painting arrives in New York it is discovered to be a fake. UNACO is immediately called into action. Agents Mike Graham C.W. Whitlock & Sabrina Carver must find out who is responsible for the brilliant forgery & most important who now has the original in his private collection. Speed & secrecy are vital. The hunt leads them to Rio de Janeiro at Carnival time where their quarry is secure in his mountain fortress high above the sea! ...