Obi Okonkwo is an idealistic young man who thanks to the privileges of an education in Britain has now returned to Nigeria for a job in the civil service. However in his new role he finds that the way of government seems to be backhanders & corruption. Obi manages to resist the bribes that are offered to him but when he falls in love with an unsuitable girl
- to the disapproval of his parents
- he sinks further into emotional & financial turmoil. The lure of easy money becomes harder to refuse & Obi becomes caught in a trap he cannot escape. Showing a man lost in cultural limbo & a Nigeria entering a new age of disillusionment No Longer at Ease" concludes Achebes remarkable trilogy charting three generations of an African community under the impact of colonialism the first two volumes of which are " Things Fall Apart" & " Arrow of God"."

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The limits of his control Rowan OBrien will always be the thorn in Nic Marcussens side. She was the only woman to tempt him beyond his steely control...the only woman strictly forbidden to him. Years later Nics sole focus is business
- the boy who grew up under a cloud of shame now has the world at his feet. Until tragedy brings Rowan back into his life & his facade begins to crack. In the seclusion of the Marcussen mansion in the Mediterranean their deeply buried secrets surface & they are forced to confront their darkest desires! What a debut full of emotion & drama. Cant wait for Danis next book!
- Caroline 32 Exeter

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A teenager throws a party while her parents are away with horrific consequences. The invitation to Rachels party is put out on Facebook & more than a hundred kids descend on the house in the affluent suburb. The party turns into a riot & the property is trashed. & before the night is over Rachel & her boyfriend are dead. With two bodies one the daughter of a high-profile judge a massive crime scene & over a hundred suspects DI Faraday is confronted with a nightmare investigation. But someone else wants to find the killer... The judges neighbour who has promised to keep a eye on things while he was away feels he owes the man a debt. & he has his own reputation to think about. He wants the name of the killer. The neighbour? Bazza Mackenzie a man who made his fortune supplying the city with class-A drugs. The man in his organisation charged with getting the job done? Ex D/C Paul Winter. ...

Lord Ferdinand Dudley is accustomed to getting what he wants
- that is until he appears at the door of Pinewood Manor attempting
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Olympic rowing hopeful & senior Metropolitan Police officer DCI Rebecca Meredith goes out alone to train on the river in Henley on a dark afternoon in late October -- & doesnt return. When a desperate search by the police & a K9 team reveals the possibility of foul play Scotland Yard wants one of their own on the case. Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid returning from celebrating his marriage to long-time partner Detective Inspector Gemma James is called to Henley to investigate. He soon finds that the world of elite rowing can be brutal & that Rebecca Merediths ex-husband was not the only person with good reason for wanting her dead. Then when a search-&-rescue team member is threatened Kincaid realizes the case may be even more complex & more dangerous than he believed. But it is only when he enlists Gemmas aid that they find that the answers lie closer to home than they could have imagined -- & are infinitely more deadly. It seems that more than one innocent life depends on their ability to track down the killer. ...

'I love you no matter what.' This book tells the uplifting true story of an ordinary couple who build an extraordinary family
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No book is more associated with the city of Glasgow than No Mean City. First published in 1935 it is the story of Johnnie Stark son of a violent father & a downtrodden mother the ' Razor King' of Glasgow's pre-war slum underworld the Gorbals. The savage near-truth descriptions the raw character portrayals bring to life a story that is fascinating authentic & convincing. ...

In his last book The Real Gorbals Story" Colin Mac Farlane detailed how he witnessed a once great area home to wonderful characters & grand old buildings disappear before his eyes. By the time Mac Farlanes tenement was knocked down in the early 1970s he had left school & been rehoused in another part of the city. In an attempt to extricate himself from his Gorbals gang days he took a job as an apprentice chef at one of Glasgows top restaurants where he soon discovered that his colleagues were just as insane as those he had mixed with on the city streets. Meanwhile Mac Farlane struggled to integrate into the more affluent area that his family had been moved to & soon found himself returning to his old haunts & back in trouble again. In " No Mean Glasgow" Mac Farlane charts his eventful fun-packed passage from Gorbals street boy to grown man on the brink of a new beginning. He describes his adventures with a mixture of humour sadness & delight. It is a book for those people living all over the world who remember the old Glasgow
- a city teeming with warmth passion patter & characters who could brighten up even the darkest of days."
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Shapeshifter Dev Peltier thought he knew it all. But one night when a Dark-Hunter who is also an official member of the Dogs of War sashays into his bar he realises that he might have met his match. Samia aka Sam was one the fiercest Amazon warriors in her tribe. But an act of brutal betrayal made her a Dark-Hunter & shes been angry ever since. Live fast fight hard & enjoy the night. Thats her credo. But as old enemies & new move into New Orleans she realises that Dev just might be the only hope she & mankind have to save the world. ...

Piggy Ducky & Bunny all love their dummies. When they cry its the only thing that makes them stop. But one day Bunny doesnt need his dummy because hes too busy playing. Then Ducky doesnt need her dummy because she wants to be a grown-up. But will there be no more dummy for Piggy? ...