Simon Tolkien's gripping Oxford-based thriller which sees Inspector Trave in a race for justice against deception conspiracy & the long shadow of the past. When an eminent art historian is found dead in his study all the evidence points to his estranged son Stephen. With his fingerprints on the murder weapon Stephen's guilt seems undeniable. As the police begin to question five other people who were in the house at the time it is revealed that Stephen's father was involved at the end of World War II in a deadly hunt for a priceless relic in northern France & the case begins to unravel. As Stephen's trial unfolds at the Old Bailey Inspector Trave of the Oxford police decides he must go to France & find out what really happened in 1944. What artefact could be so valuable it would be worth killing for? But Trave has very little time
- the race is on to save Stephen from the gallows.
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Theres nothing like a death in the family to stir up old loves rivalries & hatreds.. . In a world of winners & losers; friends & lovers; horses & dogs Bramble Felicity & Helena are sisters
- but three very different women. Felicity the eldest a journalist most comfortable in a war zone ran away from home after an argument with her father & has never healed the rift; Helena in the middle an actress concerned above all with creating the perfect appearance
- but how long can she keep it up? & Bramble who wants to be a champion just like her father Olympic horseman Edward Beaumont. Family secrets long buried are unearthed as the women battle their fathers enemies
- & each other
- to discover the real value of the Beaumont inheritance.



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It began with Eragon.. . It ends with Inheritance. Not so very long ago Eragon
- Shadeslayer Dragon Rider
- was nothing more

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The 21 years between the end of the Great War & the outbreak of World War 2 were a confusing mix of triumph & tragedy for the Great Western Railway & its employees. This comprehensive new history covers these two decades of railway & social history with the content falling neatly into two sections. The first section chronicles the effects of the postwar grouping of 1923 which left the GWR in a strong position compared to the other ' Big Four'; it not only retained its name & identity but absorbed some large & prosperous companies in the process not least a rich inheritance in South Wales both in terms of the coal business & the enormous dock operations at Cardiff Newport Swansea & elsewhere. Although this inheritance was seen as a huge asset to the company the GWR suffered from the industrial unrest of the time both on & off the railway which culminated in the General Strike of 1926. The second part largely covers the period of the 1930s which saw the gradual improvement of the GWR's fortunes as it used government grants resulting from the Depression to modernise on a grand scale the like of which had not been seen on the railways since before World War 1. The company also further developed its own unique corporate identity & developed the now well-known posters & publicity material for which the GWR is justly famous. High end passenger services were big news during this period & the book chronicles the story of the Cheltenham Flyer improvements to the company's ' Blue Riband' Cornish Riviera services & the introduction of the stylish art-deco railcars. The book also reviews locomotive development between the wars the work of CB Collett & analyses how the GWR coped with the assimilation of hundreds of pre-Grouping engines inherited in 1923. The section concludes with details of the GWR's relatively low-key centenary celebrations in 1935 & the subsequent preparations the company made in anticipation of the war that finally broke out in 1939. ...

At last Christopher Paolinis epic & bestselling Inheritance cycle" is complete. This deluxe hardback collection tells the complete saga of the Rider Eragon his dragon Saphira & their epic struggle against Galbatorix. Re-experience the magical tale from its very beginning & discover the thrilling conclusion in the long-anticipated final volume. This box set comprises of hardback editions of " Eragon" " Eldest" " Brisingr" & " Inheritance" & together they form the ultimate collection of one of the most spectacularly successful & beloved fantasy stories of our time." ...

In the foothills of the Himalayas sits a once grand now crumbling house
- home to three people & a dog. There is the retired judge
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TROUBLE WITH A CAPITAL T When Kit Becker travels to Nevadaville to find her new guardian she doesn't count on train robbers stealing her grandfather's will. Determined to track down the thief Kit's prepared to use any pretence necessary. Clay Hoffman knows a thing or two about money-grabbing females so when he finds one posing as his new ward he's determined to get beneath every delicious layer of her disguises. Discovering she's telling the truth Clay is torn
- he should be protecting her not thinking about making her his bride! All he knows for sure is that he's inherited a whole heap of trouble!
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An astonishing & original tour de force.. . Golding is a genius". (" Daily Telegraph"). When the spring came the people
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A Jeeves & Wooster collection A classic collection of stories featuring some of the funniest episodes in the life of Bertie Wooster gentleman & Jeeves his gentleman's gentleman
- in which Bertie's terrifying Aunt Agatha stalks the pages seeking whom she may devour while Bertie's friend Bingo Little falls in love with seven different girls in succession (including the bestselling romantic novelist Rosie M. Banks). & Bertie with Jeeves's help hopes to evade the clutches of the terrifying Honoria Glossop... At its heart is one of Wodehouse's most delicious stories ' The Great Sermon Handicap.'
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The long-awaited beginning of the fourth story arc
- Sword of the Canon
- in the epic fantasy series the Wars of Light & Shadow.

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