Jess is in a fix. She has to write a letter to Edouard her French exchange before he comes to visit & her normal ability to write charismatic charming & seductive letters has deserted her. But there is an even worse problem. She has to send a photo. The idea fills Jess with a special sort of fear. But she has a solution
- a digitally enhanced solution
- & who better to ask to help than her best mate Fred? Its only when youve stopped laughing that you realise in addition to being incredibly funny Sue Limb has dealt seamlessly with the bigger themes of friendship & loyalty Fans will lap up this prequel as it charts Fred & Jesss relationship
- & Jesss relationships with others
- before Fred & Jess actually get together. The whole book sparkles with Sue Limbs characteristic wit & humour & will send fans racing to read the rest of the books in the series.



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Agatha Christie Dorothy L. Sayers G.K. Chesterton & nine other writers from the legendary Detection Club collaborate in this fiendishly clever but forgotten crime novel first published 80 years ago. Inspector Rudge does not encounter many cases of murder in the sleepy seaside town of Whynmouth. But when an old sailor lands a rowing boat containing a fresh corpse with a stab wound to the chest the Inspector's investigation immediately comes up against several obstacles. The vicar whose boat the body was found in is clearly withholding information & the victim's niece has disappeared. There is clearly more to this case than meets the eye -- even the identity of the victim is called into doubt. Inspector Rudge begins to wonder just how many people have contributed to this extraordinary crime & whether he will ever unravel it! In 1931 Agatha Christie Dorothy L. Sayers & ten other crime writers from the newly-formed ' Detection Club' collaborated in publishing a unique crime novel. In a literary game of consequences each author would write one chapter leaving G.K. Chesterton to write a typically paradoxical prologue & Anthony Berkeley to tie up all the loose ends. In addition each of the authors provided their own solution in a sealed envelope all of which appeared at the end of the book with Agatha Christie's ingenious conclusion acknowledged at the time to be 'enough to make the book worth buying on its own'. The authors of this novel are: G. K. Chesterton Canon Victor Whitechurch G. D. H. Cole & Margaret Cole Henry Wade Agatha Christie John Rhode Milward Kennedy Dorothy L. Sayers Ronald Knox Freeman Wills Crofts Edgar Jepson Clemence Dane & Anthony Berkeley. ...

Next year. Sea levels begin to rise. The change is far more rapid than any climate change predictions; metres a year. Within two years London only 15 metres above the sea is drowned. New York follows the Pope gives his last address from the Vatican Mecca disappears beneath the waves. Where is all the water coming from? Scientists estimate that the earth was formed with seas 30 times in volume their current levels. Most of that water was burnt off by the sun but some was locked in the earths mantle. For the tip of Everest to disappear beneath the waters would require the seas to triple their volume. That amount of water is still much less than 1% of the earths volume. & somehow it is being released. The world is drowning. The biblical flood has returned. & the rate of increase is building all the time. Mankind is on the run heading for high ground. Nuclear submarines prowl through clouds of corpses rising from drowned cities populations are decimated & finally the dreadful truth is known. Before 50 years have passed there will be nowhere left to run. FLOOD tells the story of mankinds final years on earth. The stories of a small group of people caught up in the struggle to survive are woven into a tale of unimaginable global disaster. & the hope offered for a unlucky few by a second great ark.. . ...

Meet the wonderfully weird Otherhand family & their faithful guardian Edgar the raven & discover the dark secrets of Castle Otherh&. Edgar is alarmed when he sees a nasty looking black tail slinking under the castle walls. But his warnings to the inhabitants of the castle go unheeded: Lord Valevine Otherhand is too busy trying to invent the unthinkable & discover the unknowable; his wife Minty is too absorbed in her latest obsession
- baking; & ten-year-old Cudweed is running riot with his infernal pet monkey. Only Solstice the black-haired poetry-writing Otherhand daughter seems to pay any attention. As the lower storeys of the castle begin mysteriously to flood & kitchen maids continue to go missing the family come ever closer to the owner of the black tail... Dedicated website on Raven Mysteries: www.ravenmysteries.co.uk
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Flooded England 2216
- Lilly Melkun has outwitted the bloodthirsty Reavers who prowl the waters that cover most of England
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1772: Althought George III reigns over a peaceful England his colonies in the Americas are claiming independence & a tide of revolutionary fervour is gripping France. Allen Morland & his beloved wife Jemimas work unstintingly to bring Morland Plce back to its former glory. Their seven children often bring them heartache but they are sustained by their love of each other. The Mordland adventurer Charles emingrates to Maryland in persuit of the heiress Eugenie but finds himself in the midst of the American claim for indepdence. Meanwhile Henry the familys bastard offshoot pursues pleasure relentlessly but pennilessly until he finds a niche for himself in the fashionable Parisian salons whilst outside revolution creeps closer. ...

Imagine that a few years from now England is covered by water & Norwich is an isl&. Zoe left behind in the confusion when her parents escaped survives there as best she can. Alone & desperate among marauding gangs she manages to dig a derelict boat out of the mud & gets away to Eels Isl&. But Eels Island whose raggle-taggle inhabitants are dominated by the strange boy Dooby is full of danger too. The belief that she will one day find her parents spurs Zoe on to a dramatic escape in a story of courage & determination that leads to an unexpected & touching conclusion. FLOODLAND has a powerful & emotive theme handled with warmth & humanity. ...

Theres no place on earth like the Whippet Hotel. Every floor has its surprises & secrets. Guests are either mad or mysterious & ducks are everywhere. If anyone knows the Whippet its Leo the caretakers son. But when he finds four strange boxes that lead him to hidden floors he realises something extraordinary is going on. As the hotel begins to fall apart Leos on the ride of his life without ever having to step outside. ...

It's 1944 & Flora Knox is enjoying a beautiful spring morning in the Swiss mountains waiting on a railway station platform for a train. Having been educated in Switzerland Flora has been unable to return home to the UK since the outbreak of war much to her delight. She is far happier there than she had been with her elderly aunt. As Flora watches a cattle train draws closer to the station pulling a fleet of slatted trucks behind. But the trucks don't contain animals. From within come the sounds of humans groaning pleading on a desperate journey across the Swiss countryside. Horrified Flora runs to the train as it slowly clatters through the station & as she does so a filthy bundle of rags is pushed out into her arms. Through the slats of the train she hears a desperate plea: ' Take him. His name is Simon.' As the train disappears Flora is left holding a tiny baby boy. Everything looks just the same as it did moments before
- the sun the sky the station
- but nothing will ever be the same again. SUNDAY TIMES bestseller Maureen Lee has written a powerful moving story of war motherhood & love.

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This landmark guide offers a comprehensive survey of the native & naturalized wild plants of England Scotland & Wales. Useful & delightful it covers 1 000 species including trees & ferns. More than a definitive work of natural history however it is also a virtual encyclopedia of living folklore recording the role of wild plants in social life the arts customs & landscapes. The information has been supplied by the people themselves creating a unique national record of the popular culture domestic uses & social meanings of Britains wild plants. Splendidly written by naturalist Richard Mabey & illustrated with 500 fine color photographs Flora Britannica" is an elegant testimony to the continuing relationship between nature & man." ...