In the freezing winter of 2010 with the Irish recession in full flow property tycoon Dermot Brennan is found dead at his Dublin home. Leading the murder investigation is fifty-six-year-old Detective Inspector Leo Woods an embittered former UN peacekeeper with a drug habit a penchant for collecting masks & a face disfigured by Bell's Palsy. DI Woods meets his match in Detective Sergeant Helen Troy a bright & ambitious but impetuous young policewoman with a troubled family. A host of suspects quickly emerge
- Brennan's estranged son; two of the dead man's former business associates with grudges against him; a young man whose life was ruined after his house built by Brennan was flooded; an arrogant sculptor who may or may not have been having an affair with Anna Brennan (and with their neighbour); & an ex-pat American gardener. Together Woods & Troy weave their way through this tangled web to get to the shocking truth. Mark O' Sullivan is an exciting new voice in literary crime fiction. Already an acclaimed children's fiction writer he has produced in Crocodile Tears an excellent murder mystery which has the depth of character of Kate Atkinson combined with the plotting & ambiguous moral codes of Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse.
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A revered effigy of the god Shiva is missing from the Patna Hall Hotel on south India's exquisite Coromandel coast. Was it stolen & to whom does it belong? Young lawyer Michael Dean sent from London to argue the case for the defence falls under the spell of Artemis a graceful archaeologist who is staying at the hotel; but she proves as elusive as the mystery of the theft he is working on. Rumer Godden's classic novel is a magical evocative exploration of art love class & greed in her beloved India. ...

No Englishman has made more impact on the history of his nation than Oliver Cromwell; few have been so persistently maligned in the folklore of history. The central purpose of Antonia Frasers book is the recreation of his life & character freed from the distortions of myth & Royalist propaganda. Cromwell was a man of contradictions & surprising charm. This decisive & ruthless commander was also a country gentleman & a passionate connoisseur of music. Of Cromwells fitness for high office this fascinating biography leaves no doubt. Under his rule English prestige abroad rose to a level unequalled since Elizabeth I yet his campaign in Ireland has cast a shadow over his reputation. Antonia Fraser displays great insight into this complex man & reveals a totally unexpected Cromwell far removed from the received stereotype. ...

The price for a country. The price for a King. The price for a marriage. The second book in the Tom Neave Trilogy 1647. The King has surrendered to Parliament. Lord Stonehouse to show his loyalty to Parliament has named Tom as his successor. But Lord Stonehouses son Richard is also Toms estranged father & a fervent Royalist. If the King reaches a settlement with Parliament Richard will inherit... Parliament itself is deeply divided with those demanding a strict Puritan regime pitted against more liberal Independents like Cromwell. King Charles under house arrest tries to exploit the divisions between them. When Richard arrives from France with a commission from the Queen to snatch the King from Parliamentary hands he & Tom are set on a collision course. Caught between his love for his wife Anne & their young son & his loyalty to the new regime Tom must struggle to save both his family & the estate. Cromwells Blessing is the dramatic story of Tom Neaves fight for the principles which he holds so dear
- democracy freedom & honour
- & his young family set against the backdrop of the violent conflict of the English Civil War.

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When an earthquake forces Grug out of his cosy cave he & his family must travel through the dangerous Croodaceous landscape in search of a new home. Along the way they meet Guy a brave & impulsive risk-taker who seems to like Grug's daughter a little too much for his liking. Can overprotective Grug learn to like Guy & this weird & wonderful world around him? Find out in this spectacular story with eye-catching images from the br&-new film! ...

A wealthy Greek businessman is found dead at his London home! The Leonides were one big happy family living in a sprawling ramshackle mansion. That was until the head of the household Aristide was murdered with a fatal barbiturate injection. Suspicion naturally falls on the old mans young widow fifty years his junior. But the murderer has reckoned without the tenacity of Charles Hayward fiance of the late millionares granddaughter! ...

Nothing beats the taste of home grown fruit & vegetables! Even if you only have a tiny patio balcony or just a windowsill you can still grow a bountiful crop. Enjoy the simple pleasure of nurturing plants & reap the rewards of your harvest with simple & delicious recipe ideas. The 40 original & beautiful projects for containers in Crops in Pots are great to look at & will be a constant source of fresh fruit vegetables & herbs throughout the summer months. With easy-to-follow planting plans detailed plant profiles easy-care symbols & delicious recipe suggestions anyone can grow fruit & vegetables regardless of how much space they have. From apples & onions to strawberries & mint the choice is endless! ...

Like the idea of growing your own fruit veg & herbs but dont have the room or energy? Crops in Pots" is a user-friendly guide to getting a taste of self-sufficiency growing wherever you can grab the space
- whether it be your patio balcony or window sill. Apart from the many joys of growing your own food the benefits of container gardening are manifold: accessibility portability soil choice easier pest & disease control... Find out how to get started & choose your pots how to grow & harvest
- including the most appropriate crops for small spaces how to deal with problems & lots of great tips on how to be successful on a shoestring."

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Crosbys own local newspaper the Crosby Herald publishes a regular Memories column that features stories & photographs from the areas past. It is a popular column & made more so because of the endless supply of old photographs provided for it by local collector Tom Heath. In this book his second series of old images in the series he again takes readers on a nostalgic tour of the old Merseyside communities of Crosby Waterloo Blundellsands Seaforth & Litherl&. Using over 200 photographs this collection shows in some detail how local streets & buildings looked & how they have changed over a period of one hundred years. Most of the photographs in the book were taken by the Crosby photographer & stationer Stephen Cushing who died in 1973 & had a studio & shop in Moor Lane Crosby for thirty years. He was a prolific photographer & fortunately much of his work survives today. The images here were almost all selected from the authors own extensive archive of local memorabilia. ...