London in 1856 is gripped by a frightening obsession. The specimen-collecting craze is growing & discoveries in far-off jungles are reshaping the known world in terrible & unimaginable ways. When the glamorous Lady Bessingham is found murdered in her bedroom surrounded by her vast collection of fossils & tribal masks Professor Adolphus Hatton & his morgue assistant Albert Roumande are called in to examine the crime scene
- & the body. In the new & suspicious world of forensics & autopsy examinations Hatton & Roumande are the best. But the crime scene is not confined to one room. In their efforts to help the infamous Scotland Yard detective Inspector Adams track down the Ladys killer Hatton & Roumande uncover a trail of murders connected to a packet of seditious letters that if published would change the face of society & religion irrevocably. D.E. Merediths measured prose & eye for exquisite detail moves seamlessly from the filthy docks on the Isle of Dogs to the jungles of Borneo & the drawing rooms of Londons upper class. Her slow-burning mystery builds to a shocking conclusion consuming Victorian London
- & victims
- as it goes.


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It's a warm & windy day
- perfect for kite-flying. Or so Buttercup & Poppy think. They race up to the top of the hill trailing
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When Rose wakes up in the night because it is so quiet she's sure there is something wrong. With Buttercup's help she soon discovers that Owl has stopped hooting but what she doesn't know is why? Join Rose Buttercup & the other Dewdrop Fairies as they try to find Owl's lost hoot! ...

On the coldest morning of the year Vicki Myron found a tiny bedraggled kitten almost frozen to death in the night drop box of the library where she worked & her life -- & the town of Spencer Iowa -- would never be the same. Vicki was a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm & an alcoholic abusive husb&. But her biggest challenge as the new head librarian in Spencer was to raise the spirits of a small out-of-the-way town mired deep in the farm crisis of the 1980s. Dewey as the townspeople named the kitten quickly grew into a strutting adorable library cat whose antics kept patrons in stitches & whose sixth sense about those in need created hundreds of deep & loving friendships. As his fame grew people drove hundreds of miles to meet Dewey & people all over the world fell in love with him. Through it all Dewey remained a loyal companion a beacon of hope not just for Vicki but for the entire town of Spencer as it slowly steadily pulled itself up from the worst financial crisis in its long history. Dewey won hearts & proved to everyone he encountered that unconditional love comes in many forms. ...

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World was a blockbuster bestseller & a publishing phenomenon. It spent more than seven months on the New York Times bestseller list nearly the entire time in the top five. It has sold nearly a million copies spawned three children's books & will be the basis for a movie starring Meryl Streep that is in the works. No doubt about it this is one beloved cat. But he's more than just a bestselling franchise: Dewey has created a community. Dewey touched readers everywhere who realized that no matter how difficult their lives might seem or how ordinary their talents they can
- & should
- make a positive difference to those around them. Dewey's Nine Lives continues the formula that made Dewey so successful: inspiring funny & heart-warming stories about cats told from the perspective of ' Dewey's Mum ' librarian Vicki Myron. The amazing felines in this book include Dewey of course whose further never-before-told adventures & amazing legacy are chronicled but several others who Vicki found out about when their owners reached out to her. Vicki learned through extensive interviews & story sharing what made these cats special & how they fit into Dewey's community of perseverance & love. From a divorced mother in Alaska who saved a drowning kitten on Christmas Eve to a post-traumatic stress-disorder
- suffering veteran whose heart was opened by his long relationship with a rescued cat these Dewey-style stories will inspire readers to laugh cry care & most importantly believe in the magic of animals to touch individual lives.


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DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER: Dexter Morgan can't stand the sight of blood. Which makes his job as a blood spatter analyst for the Miami PD a little tricky. But it means that he's very tidy when it comes to his hobby: murder. After all even though Dexter only ever kills bad people he doesn't want to draw attention to it. But now there's another killer out there who's being a whole lot less subtle' DEARLY DEVOTED DEXTER: Miami's best-dressed serial killer is getting twitchy
- he hasn't killed for months. Ever since their paths first crossed Sergeant Doakes hasn't let Dexter Morgan out of his sight. Then a body turns up mutilated & barely alive. To trap the torturer Doakes & Dexter will have to work together if they can trust each other. It's a devil's pact & one of them will have to be the bait...DEXTER IN THE DARK: When Dexter is brought in to analyse a charred headless corpse it seems he's dealing with a killer even more sinister than he is & one with a personal interest in him. & with Dexter now having a wedding to plan & a family to protect the stakes are high. As he realises his step-children might share his blood-lust if he's ever to help them target it Dexter will first have to stay alive himself.
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Being a blood spatter analyst who hates the sight of blood has always made Dexter's work for the Miami PD tough. But it means he's very neat when it comes to his out-of-hours hobby: murder. Of course the fact Dexter only kills bad people helps too. Now Dex is facing a disturbing situation. He's used to blood at work & blood when he's out with the dark passenger (the voice that guides him on his deadly outings). But he's not sure what to make of the man who says blood is art. Using bodies as his canvas someone is out there expressing themselves in the most lethal & painful of ways. If Dexter's to escape the scalpel & avoid becoming the latest exhibit he needs somewhere to run...and he might just have found the perfect place. With his wedding looming completing his nice-guy disguise Dexter's honeymoon might just save his skin. From the most original voice in crime fiction DEXTER BY DESIGN is an enthralling macabre & gruesomely entertaining thriller. ...

Dexter Morgan is busy planning his wedding to Rita to complete his nice-guy disguise. But when a student is found burnt molested & headless
- seemingly sacrificed to an ancient god
- & Dex is brought in as forensic analyst to help investigate he realises he could be dealing with someone a whole lot more sinister than he is. Soon it seems the dark passenger in Dexters head has gone into hiding. & when something creeps out your friendly neighbourhood serial killer you know its serious.. . As Halpern & Dexter are stalked by death it looks like its getting personal
- especially as Dex now has a family to protect. Gradually Dexter realises his stepchildren might share his extracurricular interest in death. Could he help them target their bloodlust just as he steers his own? But to do that Dex must cope with a certain mutilated sergeant from his past & more importantly.. .stay alive.. .


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Kirk Bergman & Duncan Mc Boo are pedigree police: the finest canine cops in all Muttropolis. & they're never short of work. The city is heaving with cunning crooks & malevolent mongrels who would sell their own mother for a bone. Join our dog detectives as they chase leads sniff out crime collar the bad guys & generally get their teeth into adventures full of action suspense &.. .milkshakes. Criminals beware: Mc Boo & Bergman are on your tail! ...

The Dharma Bums" appeared just one year after the authors explosive " On The Road" had put the Beat Generation on the literary map & Kerouac on the best-seller list. The same expansiveness humour & contagious zest for life that sparked the earlier novels sparks this one too but through a more cohesive story. The books follow two young men engaged in a passionate search for dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen way which takes them climbing into the high sierras to seek the lesson of solitude." ...