Karen Maitland the author of the hugely popular Company of Liars" has written a powerful historical thriller which takes you right back to the darkest corners of the 16th century. Intelligently written & meticulously researched " The Falcons of Fire & Ice" is a real treat for all fans of CJ Sansom & Umberto Ecos " The Name of the Rose". "A tour de force: dark & woven with the supernatural". (" Daily Mail" 1564 Lisbon). The Inquisition displays its power & ruthlessly spreads fear. Heretics are tortured & burned. Any who oppose the Churchs will realize that silence is preferable to a slow & agonizing death. Isabela daughter of the Falconer at the Royal Court is about to be caught in the Churchs terrifying schemes. The slaughter of two of the Kings precious white falcons sees her father arrested & imprisoned. As punishment he & his family will be killed unless the birds are replaced. Isabela young & headstrong decides that only she can save her father. These birds are impossibly rare & she will have to travel far & into strange lands to find them to clear her fathers name. It is a journey that will take her into a dark & dangerous world filled with menacing people driven by fearful beliefs. & unfortunately for Isabela the Church has sent a companion to ensure she never returns... Step back in time with Karen Maitlands " Dark Tales" & discover a world full of imagination in " The Falcons of Fire & Ice"
- "A thrilling horrible vision of the Dark Ages". (" Metro"). Karen Maitland travelled & worked in many parts of the United Kingdom before finally settling in the beautiful medieval city of Lincoln. She is the author of " The White Room" " Company of Liars" " The Owl Killers" & " The Gallows Curse". The latter three titles are available as Penguin paperbacks."
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When war & passion collide all but the brave will flounder Sabin Fitz Simon disgraced son of an earl finally has the chance to salvage his reputation when renowned knight Edmund Strongfist asks Sabin to join him on his journey to the Holy Land offering sword & services to the King of Jerusalem. The only thing Sabin must promise is to keep away from Strongfist's beautiful daughter Annais. Sabin obeys but his attraction to Annais's spirit courage & her wonderful harp playing become increasingly difficult to resist. As Sabin struggles to keep his heart in check he must also confront the trials of The Holy Land itself. A land in turmoil from constant warfare & the capture of its King Sabin is faced with taking command of the fortress of Montabard
- & marrying its recently widowed chateleine.
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At the height of the bitter battle for Mount Longdon during the Falklands War 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment's assault has stalled in the face of determined resistance. With his platoon held up by an Argentine machine gun it falls to Sergeant Ian Mc Kay to act. The machine gun has to be silenced to break the deadlock. Gathering a small group together Ian Mc Kay leads them in a headlong dash into the teeth of a withering fire. One by one they fall until only Ian Mc Kay is left charging on alone towards the Argentine gun & a place in history. His was the final act of a man who lived breathed & was shaped by the Parachute Regiment: an act which earned him a posthumous Victoria Cross. This is the story of Ian Mc Kay: the last British hero of the Twentieth Century. ...

In 1982 Argentina rashly gambled that a full-scale invasion of the Falklands Islands
- ownership of which had been disputed with
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When an MI5 operation goes disastrously wrong James Adams needs all of his skills to get out of Russia alive. Meanwhile his sister Lauren is on her first solo mission trying to uncover a brutal human trafficking operation. & when James does get home he finds that his nightmare is just beginning.. .CHERUB agents have one crucial advantage: adults never suspect that children are spying on them. ...

Rob & Jamie are great friends from childhood. They have grown up together & become top climbers but have since become estranged. Rob is nevertheless amazed & grief-stricken when he hears of Jamies death after a fall on a relatively easy Welsh rockface. The past though hides the secret clues behind the tragedy. Layer by layer Simon Mawer peels back what happened going not only into the friends childhoods but that of their parents
- who were also intimate. & there is no escaping that past
- vividly imagined scenes in the London of the Blitz reveal how through two generations Rob & Jamie & their respective parents have been addicted
- to desire & the heady dangers of climbing. Brilliantly structured as we move from past to present & back again this novel will make Simon Mawers literary reputation.


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What would you do if the man you love was accused of murder? Bad things never happen to Charlotte. Shes living the life shes always wanted & about to marry wealthy banker Dan. But Dans been hiding a secret & the pressure is pushing him over the edge. After hes arrested for the vicious killing of a nightclub owner Charlottes future is shattered. Then she opens her door to Keisha an angry & frustrated stranger with a story to tell. Convinced of Dans innocence Charlotte must fight for him
- even if it means destroying her perfect life. But what Keisha knows threatens everyone she loves & puts her own life in danger. DC Matthew Hegarty is riding high on the success of Dans arrest. But hes finding it difficult to ignore his growing doubts as well as the beautiful & vulnerable Charlotte. Can he really risk it all for whats right? Three stories. One truth. They all need to brace themselves for the fall.
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